I Need a Laugh. Tell me a Joke. Keep em PC.

[DooDiligence]

This guy is not only a phenomenal rubber duck player, he's also a fabulous classically trained pianist.

 

 

 

[John Hjorth]

 - Me, slow catcher, suddenly realizing what he actually was may be playing with in the last video!

[DooDiligence]

49 minutes ago, John Hjorth said:

 - Me, slow catcher, suddenly realizing what he actually was may be playing with in the last video!

 

Here's his more serious side.

 

 

[DooDiligence]

1 hour ago, John Hjorth said:

 - Me, slow catcher, suddenly realizing what he actually was may be playing with in the last video!

 

Old boy may have copied that bit from someone else. He's still great. Slava Ukraini.

 

 

[John Hjorth]

It's Thursday, so soon Friday! LOL!

 

 

Edited November 13, 2025 by John Hjorth

[Spekulatius]

Dealbreaker:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPjrQJOk0wo/?igsh=dnA4ZWhreXJvMzgy

[John Hjorth]

A few days ago, I stumbled on X on a post  containing what is now also a separately short on the YouTube channel named Nordnet Sverige [<- meaning Nordnet Sweden], he is the investment economist at Nordnet, Sweden branch, operating out of Stockholm.

 

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He is certainly a different personality than his brother in arms and crime , Danish Nordnet investment economist Per  Hansen, operating out of Copenhagen branch, who is of a totally different mold and breed, pretty rational, neutral, not even ever, never, actually stuffed into a suit, or wearing a tie under client events, simply never!, always dressed something like this, with 36 years experience in the stock markets, I personally consider him a very good talking head, simply because it over some time becomes clear and evident to one self, that he actually knows what he is talking about, and his total capacity of what he is cabable of to follow closely on ongoing basis, is very impressive!

 

I personally think he is a material driver of Nordnet Bank AB, Danish branchs succes, having surpassed by now more than every 10^th Danish citizen, from the youngest new born, to eldest Danish citizen, at hospice, closest to passing away.

 

 

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Here is his Swedish brother in arms and crime performing on a slack rope :

 

 

 

The title of the short is 'The superpower on the stock exchange'.  What he talks about in Swedish is that all his friends and family members he has helped setting up their portfolios beat the crap out of him, because they don't give a damn about how things are going, never logging on to their portlios, unless he contacts them about something about it!, while he, him self, starts selling when he suddenly is up i.e. 60 per cent on something, and using the proceeds from sales on averaging down on things that are going down! [  ] Outcome : His family members and his friends sitting on several multi baggers, while he, none! 

 

Please note the colour of his butterfly! It is the colour used by Nordnet Bank AB, all branches, on all marketing material!

Edited November 25, 2025 by John Hjorth

[John Hjorth]

The front page of latest physical edtion of The Economist :

 

 

I imagine and visualize the Economist editor in chief adressing KAL 15 minutes before the to the press internal realease dealine :'KAL, we're in desparate need for something to the frontpage related to our main article in this edition, Come on, man!' KAL 'going Grok' in desparation ... 

 

- And isen't that just a bit cheap?

 

I mean, even I can do it today , and the world hasen't missed out at all on a great cartoonist in me never surfacing:

 

 

 

[Longnose]

[John Hjorth]

Today, it's 1^st December, I'm up quite early, one of my weather apps tells me : Sun up 8:21 AM, sun down 3:52 PM [15:52] [I'm at UTC +1].

 

The first day in the meterological winther on the Northern hemisphere, 20 days to go to 21^st December 2021 at 4:03 PM [16:03] my local time, before it gets better, at winther solstice! - Arrgghh!

 

 

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Where am I on the planet, by latitude : 

 

 

Source : Map from Reddit.

 

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So, actually north of Vancouver, BC, and also a great deal more north of Toronto, ON, if in  Alberta, more than half way into the Northern Territories from the US border! But it's not that cold in winthers here, but the winthers are wet and humid, because of the Gulf Stream passing by to the west!

 

I hate it wholeheartedly!

 

Then desparately looking around for something to cheer me up, and from left is Chris Bloomstran suddenly coming in, hot, at warp speed :

 

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2025 by John Hjorth

[UK]

2 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

I hate it wholeheartedly!

 

Oh, I can relate to that:)

 

[John Hjorth]

27 minutes ago, UK said:

 

Oh, I can relate to that:)

 

 

LOL! - Let me just add here, that I've intentionally left out how deprived I also am for kisses this time of the year, @UK !  - Poor me! 

[UK]

59 minutes ago, John Hjorth said:

 

LOL! - Let me just add here, that I've intentionally left out how deprived I also am for kisses this time of the year, @UK !  - Poor me! 

 

Well...at least airport in your country is still mostly open:))

[John Hjorth]

Here is a LinkedIn post by 'the Novo Nordisk Pink Lady' Lotte Bjerre Knudsen :

 

 

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To me, it looks more like a hostess gift at a bad taste party.

 

 

 

 

[nsx5200]

On the topic of potential AI bubble:

 

Ronny Chieng Investigates the Promises of AI, the Most Expensive Circle Jerk Ever

[John Hjorth]

39 minutes ago, nsx5200 said:

On the topic of potential AI bubble:

 

Ronny Chieng Investigates the Promises of AI, the Most Expensive Circle Jerk Ever

 

HaHa!  - What a great start to my Saturday this has provided for me!, @nsx5200!

 

-I have a question though ... -Does that mean that in not so long, we'll hear Bruce Flatt and Marc Rowan talk about the power of the concept of 'Circle of Jerk' in video presentations

[whatstheofficerproblem]

Found this in the wild.

 

[UK]

What a brilliant safeguard against possible Russian conspiracy against freedom of speech:))

 

The debate on the amendments in the Seimas lasted more than 7 hours. On Tuesday evening, members of the Seimas considered amendments that would make it easier to dismiss the LRT director general. Opposition MPs have registered dozens of proposals, which have been rejected one by one by the ruling party. However, one ironic proposal related to Agnė Širinskienė's cat Firebrand was nevertheless approved. When considering the opposition's proposals, the ruling party unanimously rejects them, however, one of the ironic amendments proposed by the opposition - the proposal of conservative Dalia Asanavičiūtė-Gružauskienė - was approved, writes ELTA.  "The LRT Director General can be dismissed from office due to lack of confidence in him before the end of his term of office only if Seimas member Agnė Širinskienė's cat Firebrand expresses no confidence in him," the parliamentarian voiced the proposal. 43 members of the Seimas voted for such a comical proposal by the conservative, 23 were against, and 8 abstained. The opposition accompanied the approval of this amendment with applause. A. Širinskienė reacted to this on Facebook: "Firebrand [that is the name of Širinskienė's cat] thanks the Seimas for the trust and is very much looking forward to the ruling party voting for the project, which mentions his duties and name. It will be the first time in Lithuanian history that a cat is mentioned by name in a draft law and the ruling coalition votes in unison." 

 

Edited December 17, 2025 by UK

[John Hjorth]

 - Gave me a great start on my day, here 8:40 AM, @UK!

[73 Reds]

They don't make em like this anymore.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR5g21pka3E/?igsh=MWtwbzd6NTZuYnF1MA==

 

 

[John Hjorth]

Posted by @UK in the JOE topic :

 

 

 

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[John Hjorth]

Fjord Phil on Christmas eve, from 'home in Norway', at his Mom :

 

 

 

- Great start on my 25^th December, here in Denmark called 'Christmas Day'.

 

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Explainer, for those may not know :

 

Fjord writes "... offshore ...', but he actually by that means '... offshore drilling ...'.

 

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From his profile on X :

 

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'Akkevit' -> Please see Wikipedia : Akvavit. 

 

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The man on the photo is John Frederiksen. He is known as the likely wealthiest a live person born in Norway. The photo is not manipulated. It is how he looks.

 

Here is the Wikipedia article about him in Norwegian Bokmål, translated to English [better than the article about him on the English Wikipedia website].

 

The story about him, his life and career is actually incredible, if you aren't susceptible to the disease called envy. Totally selfmade, incredible business accumen, strong headwind mentality, stamina and hellbent.

 

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But it's also a fact that if that you grab your phone and zoom in on his face, it will start showing you the usual portrait frames, after which - shortly, the phone software gets confused about what is actually looking at, removing the frames again! 

 

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It's reminds me of the summer when my own daughter turned the corner of 4, and she started to develop frickles, like her mother has every summer ... - I asked her : 'Do you know that you're now getting frickles? - And where do you have them them from, ... - the Postman?' Answer : 'Nah, that that's just the way I'm built!' [Almost impossible to keep up posture, not craking up totally and to stay serious, just taking in 'the wise words'! ]

[brobro777]

 

Chiseled for an 1/8th! 

 

Haha

 

 

 

[DooDiligence]

Warren lets Rebecca Jarvis examine his wad.

 

Rebecca: How much you got?

Warren: Four or five hundred dollars.

Rebecca: I wanna see.

Warren: Most women do.

 

 

[John Hjorth]

It's the first weekend in 2026, and up here in the Northern Europe, the sun was up around 8:45, and after snowy weather the last two days, the sun nolw shines from a clear blue sky, like if  it was Joe Land, but the landscape is covered in clean white snow! Impossible not to become glad in the lid!

 

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During the last few days CofB&F members have been reporting their 2025 returns, and they are just awesome in general, I think perhaps the best ever in the time I've been around here on CofB&F.

 

if you have kids or a doggo, I wish for your kids teddybears and your doggo not to experience zero G in 2026! :