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I was originally a little down on Google for their "Offers" thing in iGoogle, but now I find it scary good. - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 6, 09:23
Denver cops should be trained in the fine art of putting your hand on the forehead of someone smaller than you and holding them at arm's length. - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 6, 09:20 5
- my favourite part of the whole incident is that they're only identifying them by first names "to protect the family's privacy." - mafic Apr 6, 09:30
- Because that way they can't slash your out-stretched arm with a knife? . -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:23 3
  - He didn't have a knife. -- nm - Jim Apr 6, 09:25
  - Obviously, they need to be armed with a big set of tongs -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 09:25 1
    - Murphy, get the "grabbers". -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 6, 09:26
My favorite bub thing: When he's all pissed because I said no to something, he'll put on a total stink face and say, "Mama, do I look happy?" -- nm - Amy Apr 6, 09:18 1
- I get a Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction vibe from this. "Does Marcellus Wallace look like a b*tch?" -- nm - bc/nc Apr 6, 09:30
Government drops 1 of 5 counts against Barry Bonds. -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:17 2
- They're gonna walk him to get to Jeff Kent. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:22
- the prosecutors did well it seemed till they tried to get that tape into evidence now I don't trust anything they say -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 09:20
Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars did a Kurt Cobain tribute video that is scary.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 09:17 [youtube] 2
- ACK!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:21
- he even went lefty. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:18
LIR: Dismissing Devo as a "novelty" is not fair. - con_carne Apr 6, 09:16 4
- "whip it" is a novelty. (and it sucks). but the '78 and before stuff is great....nm - x Apr 6, 09:22
- I wasn't around for the start of this discussion. Was Bauhaus ever mentioned? -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:19
- People don't quite know how to deal with humor and/or a wink of irony in rock music. It sooperserius bidness, you know. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:17 1
  - they're all Mongoloids! -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:19
How did this Rick Roll in the Oregon state legislature occur? Were they reading letters into the record, maybe from constituents? -- (link) - mara Apr 6, 09:15 [youtube]
Good lord, the Mad Men Netflix deal is worth between $75-100M, roughly $1M per episode. Is this the new syndication? -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 09:14 2
- that's like a dollar for every viewer...seriously -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 09:15 1
  - True life. -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 09:17
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So my 4 yr old daughter threw this little bon mot at me the other night. - bc/nc Apr 6, 09:09 26
- I totally got the creepy horror film vibe from this. -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 09:15
- Staple the kids to the walls. -- nm - lileve Apr 6, 09:14
- The children smell fear. If this were a horror film, Ms. Debra would die in the next scene. -- nm - David Apr 6, 09:14 3
  - Thanks to recent events, daycare providers are now armed with mace and/or tasers. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:15
  - maybe one of the kids can turn out to be a 33 year old Estonian midget -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 09:15 1
    - Never. Gets. Old. -- nm - David Apr 6, 09:17
- Ms Debra needs to pick the biggest kid in the schoolyard and kick his ass. -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 09:12
- "Well, one of them is going to start!" - Amy Apr 6, 09:12
- You need to expect that from a 4 year old. Level one deflection. - Spawn Apr 6, 09:12 4
  - "if the other kids jumped off a bridge ..." -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:13 3
    - Jump off a bridge gotcha. -- nm - What the kid will hear Apr 6, 09:14
    - That would be cool! -- nm - The Bub Apr 6, 09:14 1
      - Yes, that's exactly the response I'd expect :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:16
- "Ms Debra a *beetch* daddy" -- nm - moles Apr 6, 09:11
- and you said??? I'm not sure how I'd answer it and keep a straight face at all :D -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 09:10 8
  - Oh you know. "The other children are wrong and you are to listen to Ms Debra. When she says to do something, you do it and when she says to stop doing - bc/nc Apr 6, 09:13 7
    - Did you ask why? Do you know her at all? I'd be a little worried it's because she's a minority, or overweight, or something. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:17 6
      - how shocked would you be if your 4-year-old busted out something like "nobody likes those damn dirty estonians, daddy." -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 09:25
      - Oh yeah we know Ms Debra quite well. She runs a tight ship. Recognized in the county for her work in the past. Very good with our older son and very - bc/nc Apr 6, 09:23
      - Outnumbered. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:18
      - I don't think 4 year olds care about that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:18 2
        
        I think some do. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:23 1
        
        Nothing physically stands out. Italian-American, avg height, weight. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 6, 09:25
- "...and....we're organizing" -- nm - lil miss bc/nc Apr 6, 09:10 2
  - "Throw off the shackles of the bourgousie!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:16
  - "when we're supposed to have our heads down for nap time we're secretly going over The Plan." -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 09:15
NYC next in line to declare war on the Happy Meal -- (link) - znufrii Apr 6, 09:02 1
- *updates resume* -- nm - Toucan Sam, Tony the Tiger, Trix Rabbit etc, Apr 6, 09:04
Spoofee: Get 99 classical music MP3s for $0.99 and get 20GB Amazon cloud storage free. -- (link) - not2fast Apr 6, 09:00
david left halo right as he could have had a great game. - tRuMaN Apr 6, 08:59 18
- My internet cut. - David Apr 6, 09:02 7
  - honestly i think its as simple as - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:03 5
    - Even so, that means I'm playing wrong. - David Apr 6, 09:07 4
      - yeah, I agree. but in that sword base game - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:10 3
        
        The fascinating aspect of the flying ability is that walls don't matter any more. - David Apr 6, 09:24 2
        
        I have tried the jetpack sword base set-up. There are *so* many points of attack that it was difficult to defend myself. Two would help, though. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:28
        
        yeah - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:26
  - Not just me! -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:03
- I will be on tonight, if anyone wants a go. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:00 9
  - I might cave and buy Reach today, but tonight is predicted to be a sleep regression night for kieran, so I probably can't play -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:02 8
    - As I mentioned, you can download it. I would have if I had known. - Spawn Apr 6, 09:05 6
      - The thing is, A) I have a mall-wide gift card with $$ on it, and B) the noisiest part of my xbox is the external power supply, not the drive -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:07 5
        
        Ah, good reasons. Do we know when we are hearing from xbox about being beta testers? A free Reach comes with it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 09:14 4
        
        wait, what? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:24
        
        US-only. Blah. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:17 2
        
        If I am chosen I will mail mine to you. Actually, wish I had known. I traded a spare copy in for Halo Wars a few weeks ago. - Spawn Apr 6, 09:19 1
        
        Like I said, used Reach: 54.99 ... they probably paid $9 for it. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:21
    - It's been on sale a lot for $39.99. It's at BestBuy.com for that right now: -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 6, 09:03
sitmop, dishnetwork bought blobkbuster -- (link) - decline Apr 6, 08:59 4
- Who would want it? maybe as a tax break as it continues to lose money? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 09:12 1
  - Customer database, distribution systems, licenses and contracts with vendors and studios... -- nm - Dr.Vermin is just guessing Apr 6, 09:19
- Wayne Huyzienga is worth 2 billion; Blockbuster is worth $320 million. There is something wrong about that. -- nm - David Apr 6, 09:08
- er, Blockbuster. -- nm - decline Apr 6, 08:59
David: More Survivor Power Ranking talk...I'm looking at the differently. - Jim Apr 6, 08:58 3
- I just don't think you can do that with a dozen people remaining. - David Apr 6, 09:04 2
  - Probably why I'm having such a hard time with it. It's still fun to make these rankings and then look back and see - Jim Apr 6, 09:10 1
    - Coincidentally, I am doing that right now with the Top Chef finale. - David Apr 6, 09:16
I may not be extreme, but I coupon. It's like a personal shopping challenge. - musubi Apr 6, 08:57 12
- I haven't used a coupon in years - except for the ones that are in the store. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 09:02
- i only watched the first one of that coupon show, but my one thought was that they never seemed to consider how many hours it takes... - x Apr 6, 09:01 10
  - I haven't watched any of it, I only know of what TT has mentioned and linked. - musubi Apr 6, 09:11
  - and that one guy did mention spending $70 or so to get coupons from a coupon service -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:03
  - I haven't watched the show, but if some of them are stay at home housewives anyway, at least they're making themselves useful. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 6, 09:03 7
    - You'll never land the woman of your dreams with that attitude! :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:12
    - yeah! otherwise, all they'd do is sit around watching soaps and eating bon-bons -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:08 2
      - sign me up! -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:09 1
        
        and they could at least enter some contests to make themselves worthwhile -- nm - zork Apr 6, 09:10
    - Seriously? -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 09:07
    - because stay at home wives are normally useless? -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:07
    - is this 1975? -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:04
B2: I was just going to post The Communards sound like Bronski Beat, then I wikipediaed and realized :-) -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 08:51 1
- that poor, poor small town boy. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:53
hey zork, when you talk about AoN, do you mean earlier or later? I *love* the seduction of claude debussy for night driving. my friends think I'm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:50 2
- Any of it really. I think I might have best of on cassette, or do I? I'd send it to n. if I found it. - zork Apr 6, 08:53 1
  - and LYC, they were one of the first CDs I ever bought. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:54
TV PSA: Survivor, Republic of Doyle season finale. -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 08:47 2
- Justified!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 09:14
- Top Chef Reunion, Top Chef Masters Premier (Restaurant Wars) and Extreme Couponing! -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 08:47
so with the cdn $ at a 3 year high, silver at a 31 year high and gold hitting yet another record today, is it safe for me to.... - x Apr 6, 08:46 2
- no, buy some junk bonds with them. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:00
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I think you start at love and rockets and move to front 242. you don't just dive into front 242. (I love front 242.) - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:46 17
- anyone got love for Strange Advance or for Images in Vogue? -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:50
- workbook is amazing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 08:48 8
  - I think I will listen to it now, in fact. because I can. and because it's that flipping good. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:50 7
    - Bonus: Mould is a DC guy now. He DJs and does shows. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 08:51 6
      - former creative writer for World Championship Wrestling (really) -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 09:07
      - my old gf lives in his building....nm - x Apr 6, 08:57 1
        
        So she can make all the noise she wants! he's reportedly going deaf. - loosilu Apr 6, 08:59
      - He DJs a big monthly gay party at 9:30 Club. -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 08:55 1
        
        he does occasional solo acoustic shows, which I recommend. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 08:56
      - we've talked about this prev. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:53
- and I think you are right about simple minds as well. (I have such a weird relationship with the psych furs. I have no idea why.) -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:48 4
  - If you remove Sanctify Yourself from their catalog, I classify them differently. - Spawn Apr 6, 08:51 3
    - All the Things She Said is their finest work. -- nm - David Apr 6, 08:53 2
      - seriously the Good News from The Next World is stellar and I *think* eclipses some of the hits. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 09:09
      - Agreed, but I classify bands as having multiple "finest work"s. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 08:55
- Was about to disagree until I saw your IM. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 08:47 1
  - my above post? here is where it goes. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Apr 6, 08:48
MDH, I would expect the second airing to be at 12 if the first is at 9. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:46 1
- TVGuide says 11pm with Hoarding re-airing at 12AM -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 08:50
I think we can all agree though; those cops are going to be teased by their fellow cops about this from now until they retire. Mercilessly. -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 08:45 1
- "But he was coming right at us!" -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 08:46
So that WI supreme court judge election is... pretty close. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 6, 08:44 23
- Holy f*ck. It's gonna come down to lawyers and lawsuits decided by... yup... the WI Supreme Court. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 6, 09:26
- Very close. I imagine judges don't lose reelection very often. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 08:47
- damn -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 08:46
- I think it's ridiculous as well. It also strikes me as bizarre that they run under a party banner. -- nm - pmb Apr 6, 08:46 15
  - in WI they don't, it's nominally nonpartisan. - znufrii Apr 6, 08:47 10
    - For some reason? Maybe because Prosser said he supported Walker? -- nm - mara Apr 6, 08:55 9
      - No, I'm wrong. It wasn't Prosser, it was his campaign manager. And he didn't say he supported Walker, he said Prosser was a "complement" to Walker. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:01 8
        
        Close enough. Get the pitchforks and torches! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 6, 09:03 7
        
        Sounds reasonable. Judges aren't supposed to be compliments to politicians. - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:06 6
        
        except that's not the reason why. - znufrii Apr 6, 09:10 4
        
        He's losing cuz there needs to be a target. But actually having part of your team say something so stupid doesn't help -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:13 3
        
        precisely - znufrii Apr 6, 09:14 2
        
        Actually, he's losing by a couple hundred. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:16
        
        n/m, just looked at the updated vote counts. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:15
        
        I think the number of elected positions in the US is ... something. Overwhelming. Unwieldy. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 6, 09:10
  - That's how you got elected judge in my Texas county - be the Republican. - ty97 Apr 6, 08:47 3
    - ditto for Democrats in NYC, the Democratic primary is the de facto election -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 08:49 2
      - Of course they sometimes elect Republicans as mayor... -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 08:50 1
        
        go figure... - znufrii Apr 6, 08:52
- that's likely below the margin of error for the election. they might as well just flip a coin for it. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 08:45 3
  - when I registered for absentee voting in TX, they even had the dog catcher on the ballot. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:47 2
    - A strong write in could decide that. Great prank to pull on a buddy. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 08:47 1
      - this would be worth signing up to FB to do on someone. -- nm - zork Apr 6, 08:57

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