askjeeves

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You know what to do!

Screenshot excerpt of a white background webpage with the House & Garden masthead. “There are two approaches facing anyone in this predicament. One involves deciding it’s far too late, and you’re going to introduce your children to the tradition of Thai takeaway for Christmas dinner followed by a whole tin of Quality Street (after all, nothing says Christmas like the preferred confectionery of Saddam Hussein – yes, he really did love a chocolate toffee finger.) The second is to recognise that, actually, in as little time as maybe half a morning – and without necessarily spending a fortune – you can pull Christmas out of the bag, even at the very last minute. We’re here to help with the latter.”
Meme image of three vertical-panel comic illustration. Panel 1: person riding bike with a stick in their left hand on a gray path with green field and blue sky behind Panel 2: person still on bike inserts stick between the spokes of the front wheel Panel 3: person is on the green field laying on their side holding their bent leg into their torso; bike and stick are thrown on the path and field
Meme image illustration of a messy apartment, clothes strewn about a room and on a busted couch; in foreground, Disney’s A Goofy Movie character Max says to Roxanne, “Damn, bitch, you live like this?”
Cover of the book The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of The Romanovs by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
A white metal display shelf with black perforated rubber mats and an assortment of ceramic and glass jars with kitchen utensils like silverware and plastic soup spoons and corkscrews. Bright light from outside the frame left illuminates a disgusting patch of gray dust on the black mats.
Meme image of white guy with sandy blond hair and receding hairline in a black suit jacket, white shirt, and blue tie; eyes closed with face of concentration. Subtitle says, “Jesus, I see what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me.”
[Vince McMahon meme format, his face progressing over four frames from incredulous, to excited, to open-mouthed eyes rolling to back of head, to open-mouthed red glowing demon eyes] Hosting 14 in-laws for Xmas dinner Serving $500 of prime rib A dish I’ve never cooked before Major cooking appliance in the house is a toaster oven
A dimly lit wood countertop with four quart-sized plastic deli containers (background), one pint-sized deli container and one quart-sized glass Ball jar (foreground) all filled with light golden liquid, each with a blue masking tape label saying “Turkey Stock 12•2•24”
A cropped screen capture of two suggested communities on X: Recreational crack smokers (1,754 members) Guys with fat nuts (74 members)
A screenshot of an Airbnb listing which outlines the costs: $109 x 1 night = $109 Special offer = -$22 Cleaning fee = $120 Airbnb service fee = $29 Total before taxes = $236
Article Sven Sofa as it appears on the company website. The couch looks sleek and hard-edged with crisp back cushions, solid arm bolsters, and a tightly tufted bench seat.
A screenshot of an iPhone call log with the top most-recent call from +1-971-289-4891 (a northwestern Oregon area code), and the second, earlier call from +971-2-894-891, the same number but with an United Arab Emirates country code prefix.
A still from the 1990 film Metropolitan showing Tom Townsend turned towards the right, face in wide-eyed open-‘mouthed shock with the subtitle text “Well, if Lionel Trilling thought that, he’s an idiot.”
A bottle of 1998 Mayacamas Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon