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Get a friend to dress up as court server and server you with paternity suit papers. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:54 2
- Nice. I wanted to get my gf involved, but she can't get off work. This is another good option to involve another person. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:56
- nice as well -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:55
Letter grade this year's NCAA tournament so far: - prayformojo Mar 28, 09:52 6
- A- (points off for my team being out the first afternoon, and slightly less fun if your bracket blew up) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 28, 10:03
- B but after yesterday it's a big F for me personally. - Krusty Mar 28, 10:01
- A-. It doesn't have that signature moment, but 70% of the games have been great. - David Mar 28, 09:54 3
  - I didn't watch it, saw the score and resisted turning over to it in order to not invoke the Joey Jinx. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:59
  - a- here too. i thought all i would do was check in on that game a couple times....nm - x Mar 28, 09:59 1
    - What surprised me is how easily VCU got open looks at the basket. - David Mar 28, 10:05
I miss the time in my life when I would move, and only what fit in the backseat would come with me. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 28, 09:49
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LUNCHTIME!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:47
TAR spoilers - Beaker Mar 28, 09:47 19
- that was a cool moment, but this season has been my least favorite -- nm - ceregon Mar 28, 09:49 13
  - the formula for that show got old after like two seasons....nm - x Mar 28, 09:55
  - I've loved it. They've been putting these guys through the ringer. - Reagen Mar 28, 09:50 11
    - has the city they ended in last night always had that name or has it changed recently? or is it a different city altogether? - Beaker Mar 28, 09:51 10
      - There's been a whole thing about cities returning to their "Indian" names - Reagen Mar 28, 09:52 4
        
        Yep - it's as much about claiming the name in a regional language (like Bengali, or Telugu), rather than a national one like Hindi. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:55 3
        
        coupled with lingering anti-colonialist sentiment, I'd wager, since it was the Brits who f*cked up the spelling in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:56 2
        
        Let's just say that spelling was done in a fluid environment :) And sounds were spelt differently in different parts of Britain -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 10:00
        
        hey, some of it is the fault of the Portuguese. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:57
      - It modified its name in the 1990s. - Roger More Mar 28, 09:52 4
        
        that far back? I though it was *slightly* more recent... - znufrii Mar 28, 09:55 2
        
        2001, according to wiki. China is different - they didn't rename anything,but codified how the entire language was spelt in the Roman alphabet. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:58 1
        
        thx -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 10:03
        
        huh, I knew the last two. Interesting. Thanks. -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:53
- spoils - Reagen Mar 28, 09:48 3
  - That's what Mrs. Vermin said. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 28, 09:51
  - this is exactly what my wife and I said -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:49
  - I left a little bad that (spoilers) - oblique Mar 28, 09:49
- That was a very cool ending to an otherwise torturous episode segment -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:47
So, i am caught up on Chuck except for last week's. How annoyed am I going to get? -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:41 4
- If it's the one I think it is, I actually found it very entertaining. Even the buy more story was compelling. - Beryllium Mar 28, 09:43 3
  - spoils? - Spawn Mar 28, 09:44 2
    - it's a decent epi then -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:46 1
      - Good. - Spawn Mar 28, 09:47
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- He's got options, whereas Pie doesn't....unless he hit .600 this spring, this was almost guaranteed to be the outcome. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:49 2
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    - He's available ... or he's backup for when Pie fails (again). - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:55
the unidentifiable item in con carne's pho was: tendon....nm - x Mar 28, 09:39 19
- And you people wonder why I eat at Subway when I'm in Asia -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:54
- Oh, there was also something else I couldn't recognize - con_carne Mar 28, 09:53 1
  - those are a kind of vietnamese meatball....nm - x Mar 28, 10:01
- Hm. - con_carne Mar 28, 09:49
- Worst. Iron Chef. Ever. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:42
- Some things just aren't food, Asian people. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:41 13
  - I like that we assume stuff like this doesn't go into hot dogs and other packaged meats -- nm - con_carne Mar 28, 09:55 2
    - Guess what else I don't eat! -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:58
    - There's a lot to be said for dicing it up finely and repackaging it in a non-threatening meat tube format. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:57
  - *shrug* i like it fine. and it beats wasting stuff you had the temerity to kill....nm - x Mar 28, 09:44 6
    - didyou see the Idiot Abroad episode in China? - loosilu Mar 28, 09:45 5
      - I'm not sure I'd want to eat scorpion on a stick either. - Reagen Mar 28, 09:46 4
        
        "In China street food is something walking along the street that you pick-up and eat. I don't think it's possible for a Chinese person to starve - loosilu Mar 28, 09:48 3
        
        i guess the guy don't know much about history....nm - x Mar 28, 09:49 1
        
        well the whole point of the show is that he's a colossal ignoramus. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:51
        
        but is it fast? Not if you can catch it. -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:49
  - is that a for example? -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:42 2
    - yes -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:43
    - Taste like chicken. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:42
This is where I hope ST can shine. I am being the subject of a practical joke on Friday... - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:35 54
- Fill out FMLA paperwork for your pending adoption! -- nm - Amy Mar 28, 09:55
- Twist-tie ring where you ask the ring-leader of the women to be your baby-momma for realsies. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:47 2
  - Interesting direction as well. I am very tight with her, and was just sitting here debating if I could convince her - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:49 1
    - careful, Hollywood movie logic dictates that it will eventually evolve into a not-pretend relatinoship leading to tears and bitterness once either - znufrii Mar 28, 09:51
- Use a hidden bag of fake blood in your pants to simulate a miscarriage in the middle of the party. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 28, 09:41 3
  - Where do you work!? {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:47
  - no. -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:44
  - gross. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 09:43
- Wait a minute....will this have like gifts and cake and stuff? -- nm - Jim Mar 28, 09:41 2
  - I didn't think of that! I don't know. My boss scheduled a "must attend" meeting for me on 4/1, and I accidentally saw an email of my coworker's {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:44
  - win/win - Spawn Mar 28, 09:42
- fake belly? -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:41
- Leave a message with a phone number that Myra Mains called. The phone number should be to a funeral home. -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:39 2
  - my wife's parents did this to her once. Hilarious -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:40 1
    - Ohhh...Myra Mains. I just got it. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:51
- How well do they know you? Would the breaking die crying about the death or your pregnant fiancée in 2008 be too cruel? - ty97 Mar 28, 09:37 15
  - Didn't Pearl Jam remake a song about that? -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:38 11
    - Last Kiss. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:40 9
      - awful, awful song. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 09:41 8
        
        Their biggest hit ever! - Reagen Mar 28, 09:47
        
        I wasn't a fan either. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:46
        
        Not sure if it made it better or worse when I learned it was a cover. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:43 5
        
        It was originally one of the great dying boyfriend/girlfriend songs of the 50's/60's with Leader of the Pack, Tell Laura I love her and others. -- nm - pmb Mar 28, 09:49
        
        and it just keeps going. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:49 1
        
        it's like it won't *whips off sunglasses* die. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 10:01
        
        if i remember correctly, it was just a song they did at sound checks, and someone recorded it, some radio station started playing it, - Andie Mar 28, 09:46
        
        ~oh where oh where can my baby be, the Lord took her away from me~ -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:44
    - I think science has yet to determine what Eddie Vedder was mumbling. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:40
  - that's taking it a little far, I think... -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:38
  - breaking *down* crying. Too many scheming words in head at once. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:37 1
    - I like how bad you are at being evil. - Spawn Mar 28, 09:38
- (a) have candy cigars ready to pass out. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 09:37
- show up with a real baby -- nm - decline Mar 28, 09:36 18
  - and your same-sex life partner -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:37 1
    - pretend that he's taking his partner and new baby to a compound and will be quiting. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:40
  - this was my first thought as well... -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:36 15
    - I had thought that as well, or at least a sonogram or something. But I am not *totally* sure I want to tip my hat that I know what the joke is...just - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:38 14
      - Pretend you didn't nkow about the pregnancy and have no idea who the mother is. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 09:40
      - Wear a "Baby On Board" tshirt under a regular shirt and take off the button-up after you let them think they 'got' you. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 09:39 12
        
        If his workplace has parties and/or snacks he should milk the "I am eating for two" line for the next nine months. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:45
        
        Also prepare an eBay listing for the sale of your fictional child. - David Mar 28, 09:42 6
        
        Wouldn't ebay take that down? I like this direction as well. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:45 4
        
        Print it out before they do. You just need the paper copy @ the party -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:48
        
        craigslist, then. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:47 2
        
        One of these two. So awesome. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:48 1
        
        Craigslist is probably better since you can tell everyone he's about to be Nigerian royalty. -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:52
        
        I like this -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:44
        
        nice -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:42
        
        *winner* -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:41
        
        Oh I am liking this! Let them have their joke, then let them have it! Awesome direction. Thanks! {nm} - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:40
        
        with a belly bump underneath! -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:40
- Congrats!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:36 2
  - [tweets that Banzai! is having a baby] -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:36 1
    - ha - Banzai! Mar 28, 09:39
LIR: ty97. Cancun. We get 1 bag checked for free per person + 1 carry-on - oblique Mar 28, 09:34 10
- Suggestion: bring a bag that might fit inside another bag, so you can Russian doll them on the way home when they are emptier - ty97 Mar 28, 09:35 3
  - oh, take cheap cheap bags as carryon, and leave them behind. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 09:36 1
    - we're definitely leaving behind the bags we bring (duffel bag style) -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:38
  - I did this when I went to Spain. Saved me a bunch of money :) -- nm - decline Mar 28, 09:35
- can you drop ship to the hotel instead of taking them on the plane? -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:34 5
  - I'm guessing that at this point it's more money than the $25 for the extra bag to ship it and get it there promptly. It's just toothbrushes and stuff - oblique Mar 28, 09:36 1
    - ah. -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:37
  - Yeah, supplies should not go on commercial passenger flight. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:35 2
    - you sure? it's pretty standard in every business trip I did. - loosilu Mar 28, 09:38 1
      - Bulk amounts? -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:44
RE: Pizza. In NYC, the usual arrangement is you look at a bunch of pizzas in a case, pick a slice, and they reheat it for you. I call that fast food. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 09:33 2
- Not fast food in my book. Only a single slice is served that way. Almost everything else in a pizzeria is made from scratch when you order it. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 10:03
- Pizza falls outside the fast/not-fast designation. It's in the 'pizza' category. - ty97 Mar 28, 09:34
Mel...for your device table...it wasn't something as simple as disabling the spool was it? - Jim Mar 28, 09:31 7
- Wow. Your Snapple info comes in handy! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:34 3
  - TAR last night. How much you want to bet some of those people *never* drink Snapple again? -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:40 1
    - agreed. -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:45
  - That was Snapple Mumps fact #1001. :) -- nm - Jim Mar 28, 09:38
- Thanks. I'll back door this suggestion to a programmer friend. Thanks! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:33 2
  - No problemo. Given your other issues, this probably isn't it. But if it is, it'll save a lot of rework and panic. -- nm - Jim Mar 28, 09:39
  - oh and thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:34
Swiss Chalet not good? Does not compute... -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:31 5
- I know, I'm going to fail my citizenship test. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:33 4
  - Where do you stand on Tim Hortons? -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:33 3
    - and Bloody Caesars? -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 09:34 1
      - Caesars, poutine and tourtiere all get the thumbs up -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:36
    - Coffee = terrible. Donuts = adequate. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:34
I'm proctoring an exam until two, so I'll be quickfire on any WWF games. -- nm - iNubby 4 Mar 28, 09:30 2
- The lights just went out in the building, so belay that. -- nm - iNubby 4 Mar 28, 09:44
- you should play Angry Birds, with the volume up -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:31
five nines = 5.26 minutes of downtime per year -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 09:29 3
- i.e. Don't be down. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:33
- what was st's downtime last year? -- nm - Truman Mar 28, 09:31 1
  - I didn't measure. The server itself never had to reboot, though. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 09:43

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