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It was a lovely 20°C (68° F) this morning in our neck of the woods, and the view was rather pretty.

Some context, for those of you who didn’t grow up reading Tintin: “Bashi-bazouk” was an insult that Captain Haddock often used…

The term bashi-bazouk is from Ottoman Turkish, and is generally used to mean “damaged head”. It’s a reference to the bashi-bazouks, who were irregulars in the Ottoman army, and who had a reputation for being out of control and robbing civilians.

Recommended reading

• Norton of Morton: Captain Haddock’s curses, insults, and exclamations. He had a pretty good vocabulary!
• The Weekend Historian: On Bashi-Bazouks!
• The Guardian: What does the Tories’ landslide victory mean for Brexit?
• Reuters: Explainer: Reality check for Johnson’s Brexit – it’s just the beginning

Thanks to Nic Pouliot for the find!

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Some customers like to get right down to business! Of the 100 people busted in the Polk County sting operation with the name “Operation Santa’s Naughty List,” only Rodney Davis, a (soon-to-be former) security guard at Walt Disney World, showed up completely naked.

The photo above is from video taken during the sting. There are excerpts of the video below, including this sad-larious exchange between Davis and the undercover detective at the scene:

Undercover detective posing as a prostitute, after greeting an already-naked Davis at the door: Come inside and get warm.

Davis: Oh, I’m warm. You the only one home?

Undercover detective (off-camera): Yeah.

The scene changes to the living room.

Undercover detective: Since you’re already naked, let’s get started. Do you have the money?

Davis (looking around): I do. There’s nobody hidden around the corner, like a cop or anything like that?

Undercover detective: Uh, no… (laughs nervously)

Content warning: Blurred-out large naked man, and discussion of services to be rendered.

It’s worth watching Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd’s press conference on the sting, just for his quips:

Here’s what he had to say about Davis:

“He didn’t have a stitch of clothes on, but he was carrying a shirt. I guess in case of emergency.”

One of the arrested johns was a pastor, to which he remarked:

“Jesus ain’t gonna be happy.”

And after remarking on a particularly shocking remark by a john, he took a dramatic pause, following it up with “That gives me pause.”