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EuterpeThelo

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43. Yeah, I cry over onions too

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:56 AM

Nov 5

But mainly because (a) they cost so much after they deported everyone that picked them for us, and (b) thinking about the people who can't even afford one without SNAP.

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Border Patrol Agent Testifies On DC 'Sandwich Guy': 'I Could Smell The Onions' [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 4 OP

I saw the moon rising! sheshe2 Nov 4 #1

Don't go 'round tonight... 3825-87867 Nov 4 #8

There's a bathroom on the right! (nt) Pinback Nov 4 #28

Philly? Chrysanthemum Nov 5 #57

That sounds like fun Pinback Nov 5 #59

"Full Beaver" (or "Frost) Moon! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #10

He recognized the onion smell UpInArms Nov 4 #2

So they are saying they were tear gassed? twodogsbarking Nov 4 #3

Thread Winner! Clouds Passing Nov 5 #53

These people are so weird 0rganism Nov 4 #4

Reads like an onion article SSJVegeta Nov 4 #5

Only at this point in the decline of the US would this Klarkashton Nov 4 #6

Is this the Onion? Cirsium Nov 4 #7

Depending on the verdict BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #9

ooooh Cirsium Nov 4 #17

Lettuce enjoy THAT show! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #19

I can't beet that Cirsium Nov 4 #22

Olive ya anyway! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #27

I'll bet that toasted his buns orangecrush Nov 4 #36

Eggsactly! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #37

I never sausage a thread as this. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 5 #55

Hey! I yam what I yam! BumRushDaShow Nov 5 #56

but said he could feel its impact through the ballistic vest he was wearing! 3825-87867 Nov 4 #11

Low-bid, government-issue vest? SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #63

As someone who loves onions Diraven Nov 4 #12

I heard this reported on the radio on the way home today and I couldn't stop laughing. ... littlemissmartypants Nov 4 #13

Agent Lairmore Is So Courageous 2na fisherman Nov 4 #14

HaHa! Chrysanthemum Nov 5 #58

And he's allergic to onions, so the "explosion" triggered a wave of sneezing and tearing up and nasal stuffiness TheRickles Nov 4 #15

I don't think the testimony chives with the lunacy of the charges. NBachers Nov 4 #16

I'm laughing so damn hard I can't catch my breath. 2MuchNoise Nov 4 #18

Snowflake. CaptainTruth Nov 4 #20

Definitely! Rebl2 Nov 4 #30

I hope the defense has a ballistics expert testimony nuxvomica Nov 4 #21

Rapid involuntary deconstruction to its component parts. Oh, the humanity! nt SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #64

Strange...all I smell is pork. And bullshit. Grokenstein Nov 4 #23

They wonder why they are held to such a high level of ridicule from moniss Nov 4 #24

Oh, the humanity! He could smell the onions and mustard. Must be the crime of the century. sinkingfeeling Nov 4 #25

Good thing he was wearing that ballistic vest!!11!! progressoid Nov 4 #26

Oh the horror Rebl2 Nov 4 #29

Don't belittle his PTSD! PurgedVoter Nov 4 #31

Love the moon shot! As for that bp agent, what a victim.🙄 58Sunliner Nov 4 #32

Imagine if that roll was just a few hours older BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #34

Ha! Nothing more vicious than a hard, day old dinner roll. 58Sunliner Nov 4 #35

or a rubber biscuit DBoon Nov 4 #42

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Hung jury. republianmushroom Nov 4 #38

I thought this WAS The Onion, not he "smelled the onion". niyad Nov 4 #39

Well, at least we know his name now. CanonRay Nov 4 #40

He may have suffered a cold cut on his arm fargone Nov 4 #41

Yeah, I cry over onions too EuterpeThelo Nov 5 #43

Not an onion lover but they do seem to be part of our food culture. The small ones are easily grown from cut off root efhmc Nov 5 #45

Acctivated his armpit? Randomthought Nov 5 #44

if this agent bathed once in a while DBoon Nov 5 #51

Thanks for the beautiful picture. (You folks are really having fun with this one.) efhmc Nov 5 #46

Most welcome - my first attempt at the enhanced zoom on the phone. :D BumRushDaShow Nov 5 #48

In the south ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #65

I have had a few "po' boys" over the years! BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #66

What a bunch of spineless wimps. I wish I was the judge on the case. Aristus Nov 5 #47

... ruet Nov 5 #49

Dick Cheney Shoots a Guy In The Face... DrFunkenstein Nov 5 #50

OMG he could have died! mike_c Nov 5 #52

"Make them smell the onions" will be a great protest sign Raven123 Nov 5 #54

You can't make it up.... Beacool Nov 5 #60

The Silence of The Alliums tonekat Nov 5 #61

Did the onion make him cry? Hekate Nov 5 #62

With apologies to the late Lou Reed tonekat Nov 6 #67