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This is cool...Vanessa Selbst won the NAPT Mohegan Sun event yesterday; just like she did last year as well. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:58
What's wrong with "complimentary"? -- nm - mara Apr 14, 07:58 5
- May have had something to do with the dude telling her that her friends were not very complimentary of her...or something. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 08:03
- Nothing. I love free stuff. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 14, 08:02
- It's pretty formal for drunk convo. It just sounded hilarious. -- nm - Amy Apr 14, 08:00 1
  - Ah! -- nm - mara Apr 14, 08:00
- I didn't understand that either. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:59
breaking: FAA official in charge of air traffic control has resigned. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 14, 07:53
ST Poll: Next to my hotel is a restaurant called Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill. It only exists in HK, Taiwan, and Singapore. I A) must go. B) must not. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:51 45
- If it's a legit Chicago grill house, why would it only exist in Asia? Might have some cool flavor twists though. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:53 35
  - and, of course, I have no idea if it's legit. It could be crap. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:03
  - There's no Outback Steakhouse in Australia -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:01 10
    - Turns out I'm wrong - there are six Outback locations around Sydney. It even has the same ridiculously named menu items -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:08 1
      - I apologize on our behalf. Can I buy you a blooming onion to make up for it? -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:09
    - is there a Beef n Reef? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 08:05
    - I don't remember if they do this any more, but for the longest time Victoria's Secret was pretending it was a British company. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 08:02 3
      - Did they think "as worn by Queen Victoria" was a selling point? -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:05 2
        
        they referred to the company as "Victoria's Secret, London" - loosilu Apr 14, 08:06 1
        
        My secret? Lie back and think of England. -- nm - Queen Victoria Apr 14, 08:06 1
    - Give it time. Eventually we send our bastardized versions to the countries the claim to represent. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:02 1
      - I think most Australians would only eat there ironically -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:04
    - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 08:02
  - Unsure. It's Hong Kong based. Three locations there plus on in Taiwain and one here. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 07:55
  - because America sells! I remember seeing a Boston Pizza in London. - loosilu Apr 14, 07:55 21
    - There's McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Subway, even Texas Chicken here. Like everywhere else in the world. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:57 4
      - I continue to think it's neat I'm in a country without a single American chain restaurant. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:59 2
        
        one of the many reasons to love Cuba. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 07:59 1
        
        for now..... :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:00
      - I know, I was talking about the blatant American name (Chicago). There's a *lot* of California and NY - named stuff abroad. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:58
    - boston pizza is actually a canadian chain. distinctly average. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:56 15
      - Way better than pizza hut pizza, though. For one, it has more than one colour. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:57 1
        
        granted. for sit-down restaurant, not very good. for takeaway chain pizza, not so terrible. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:59
      - I don't get the marketing idea behind this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:57 12
        
        Technically, it's the same idea behind Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill :) except it was started in Edmonton, iirc -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:58 11
        
        but Boston pizza isn't exactly a regional delicacy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 08:00 9
        
        the best pizza I had in Boston was a hole-in-the-wall across from my dorm called... - znufrii Apr 14, 08:03
        
        that doesn't so much matter. outside of america a lot of people won't know that. - mafic Apr 14, 08:03 5
        
        oh, I know! that's what was funny to me. There was also a brand of chocolate chip cookies called Baltimore. - loosilu Apr 14, 08:04
        
        well, that's not very scientific. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 08:03 3
        
        neither is marketing. you get name recognition with Boston, which lends credibility to the brand, even if they've never heard of pizza from Boston. - mafic Apr 14, 08:08 2
        
        he's calling back to yesterday. - loosilu Apr 14, 08:09 1
        
        I figured, but tou never know when he's serious. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 08:09
        
        "Brooklyn Pizza" was probably already taken -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:02 1
        
        maybe Uncle Vinny trheatened to break their kneecaps if they descecrated Brooklyn like this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 08:03
        
        (no one on the planet would buy "Edmonton Pizza", not even edmontonians) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:59
- B. you can do better. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:53
- MUST! -- nm - lileve Apr 14, 07:52
- A, be sure to ask to meet Mr Ryan as you may know him. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 07:52 3
  - "Is Mr. Shack, here? We're old friends." -- nm - the only time Howie Mandel was funny Apr 14, 08:03
  - laughing. Dan Ryan, Sr died in 1923. Dan Ryan, Jr died in 1961. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:54 1
    - Hmm. I was going to make a crack about Glorious Founder Daniel-san Ryu-Ng, but I guess it doesn't work -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:55
- Must. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 07:52
- MUST. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:52
- A -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 07:51
Jimmer Fredette has been asked to stop coming to class at BYU because.... -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 14, 07:51
Question: negotiating prices at consignment shops is like an expectation, right? - TFox Apr 14, 07:50 2
- How badly do you want it, and how soon is the next price drop? I'd ask if they'd take my number and call me if it hadn't sold by (xx) date. If - MojaveMeg Apr 14, 07:59 1
  - pretty badly, which is why i suck at negotiating. - TFox Apr 14, 08:00
Happy Titanic Sinking Day! 99 years ago IIRC -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 07:48 2
- and happy baptising day for: Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander and Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:53
- And on a slightly related note, I stupidly watched Titanic 2 the other night. Good gravy that is terrible. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 07:51
I finally got back the obit on a step-mother to my grandfather. She was 20 and my great-grandfather was 50 when they married - oblique Apr 14, 07:46 1
- Wow. -- nm - lileve Apr 14, 07:50
Survivor spoils - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:44 1
- dont forget the (spoils) - Roger More Apr 14, 07:46
I know the right answer, but would like to poll the collective wisdom, dumping a hot pan into cold water: good, bad, indifferent? -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:44 25
- what metal and why do it? - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:48
- If it's Teflon, very bad -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:47 12
  - only if it has cracks before - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:50
  - I got rid of all my TEflon when I had birds (it can kill them). If it's bad for birds, can it be good forus? -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:48 10
    - Was there a chance the birds might get into the Teflon? *confused* -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 07:58 3
      - no, when you cook it emits toxic gases. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:58 2
        
        As opposed to after you cook, when loosi emits toxic gases -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:01 1
        
        oh, it's on. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 08:05
    - Nearly everything is toxic to birds :) Also, the only plant at my place that my bird will eat is the only one that is toxic to him -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:50 5
      - And now we know how dinosaurs went extinct. :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:52
      - I prefer my cast iron anyway. what kind of bird do you have? -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:51 3
        
        Budgerigar. So he's hyperactive and not very bright -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:53 1
        
        I had two. The girl was smart and a pain in the ass. The boy was sweet and stupid. - loosilu Apr 14, 07:56
        
        "Stainless." -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 07:53
- isn't that bad for the metal? (I have no idea) -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:46 8
  - yep. ever had a pan with a warped, curvy bottom? this is what does it. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:48 1
    - nope! I don't do that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:49
  - depends on the metal, but IIRC especially bad for cast-iron -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:47 5
    - reverse: cast iron is ok - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:49 4
      - cast iron might crack, is what I heard. -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:53 3
        
        the layer might yes lots of crappy made pans outthere - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:55
        
        yeah, rapid temperature change is bad for any metal. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:55 1
        
        titanium pans baby :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:57
- In my mind, bad. In the heat of the moment, indifferent. -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:46 1
  - and the *PHOOOSHHHH* is fun. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:46
Redbox rentals (dvd) are $0.50 today with the uberspecial code - tRuMaN Apr 14, 07:44
Everyone ready to feel old?? Today is my oldest's birthday. Happy 13th birthday, Jamie!!!! nm - Jim Apr 14, 07:42 3
- old??? should not have started early then :) - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:44
- HB Jamie! And when Logan is 13 I'll be 53. Feel young Jim! -- nm - Amy Apr 14, 07:44
- Happy Birthday J2! -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 07:42
(hyde alert) Surprise, Surprise. Moody's, S&P Caved to Mortgage Pressure by Goldman, UBS, Levin Report Says -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 07:36
Great line from Probst's blog (maybe spoilers?) - oblique Apr 14, 07:36 1
- heh - spoilers, I guess - Roger More Apr 14, 07:38
So what was Kobe's $100,000 slur ? (I googled but can't seem to find what he actually said) -- nm - decline Apr 14, 07:32 33
- Looks to me like he says "fuckin' faggot." -- (link) - mara Apr 14, 07:34 28
  - yeah, the story I read had a lot of asterisks, but it was pretty clear this is what it was (f****n' f****t or some such). -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 07:51
  - It bugs me that gays can throw around the word fag and faggot but it's the worst of slurs for others to say. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:39 26
    - I WAS TRYING TO BUM A SMOKE! -- nm - British person Apr 14, 07:45 1
      - Londoners do need to be cautious about which neighborhood they ask to bum a fag in - ty97 Apr 14, 07:47
    - I don't hear my gay friends saying it. -- nm - Amy Apr 14, 07:44
    - Let me just say that none of my friends throw it around, the majority of my group hates hearing it. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 07:43 3
      - On principle it's an ugly word. Like hag and sag, these words just aren't pretty, much less considering the implications -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:45 2
        
        There have been certain rap songs that I will shut off if I hear it. That's a weird recent development of mine. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 07:52 1
        
        I'm with you on this. There's some songs I just can't really enjoy because of material like this. - TFox Apr 14, 07:55
    - it shouldn't. - TFox Apr 14, 07:42 1
      - Of course you'd say that. Cracker-ass cracker! -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 07:45
    - (submits this to first world problems). On a serious note, it's definitely not the worst slur. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:42 13
      - Which, I've learned, is a totally normal word in the European circles. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:42 12
        
        I imagine it doesn't have quite the history it has in the US. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:48 7
        
        My roommates from Holland and Poland throw it around all the time when talking about Sinterklaus's helpers or rap songs. - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:53 6
        
        The radio station in Stockholm that the taxi driver was playing didn't even censor it. Then again, they didn't censor anything. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:59 5
        
        I'm starting to think that censorship (of words, and sex and violence in media) is very fundamentally American these days -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 08:02 4
        
        hang on ... how much sex and violence is shown on TV in Tunisia? I'm honestly curious. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 08:08
        
        I don't know if it's actual censorship, but we are prudish about sex compared to Europe. - loosilu Apr 14, 08:07
        
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        Limiting the discussion to the Western World, you're somewhat correct (particularly compared to Europe) - ty97 Apr 14, 08:04
        
        I can't even type that word. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:47 3
        
        What word? -- nm - Admiral Ackbar si Apr 14, 07:48 2
        
        trap -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 07:49 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - mara Apr 14, 07:54
    - Really? Who are you aching to use that word on? -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 07:41 1
      - I think she's saying that if it's so taboo, keep it out of the vernacular. - con_carne Apr 14, 07:59
    - I'm taking it back -- nm - Randall Apr 14, 07:40
- He called the ref a (cursing inside) - ty97 Apr 14, 07:33 3
  - which, at least, it's nice that he doesn't want y'all to stay celibate. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 07:35 2
    - "Kobe called a ref "faggot" last night. Apparently he felt the ref's lifestyle of CONSENSUAL anal sex made him look bad." - ty97 Apr 14, 07:37 1
      - nice. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 07:40
*runs Mel over with a rickshaw* -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:31 18
- when we win the lottery I absolutely having a fleet of those. - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:35 6
  - who're you going to get to pull them? -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:39 4
    - whoever wants to work for 3 squares a day and lodging. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:43 3
      - That'll get you thru lunch with me so sorry. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:50
      - so, not Will. - loosilu Apr 14, 07:48
      - Rice krispy squares? Sold! -- nm - pixie si Apr 14, 07:45
  - I will have a Silver Spoons-esque train installed between rooms in my home. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:38
- See, now don't you feel better? - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:32 10
  - I don't rush shivs. I'll pick my spot and nail ty when I'm ready. [nm] - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:38 8
    - lube up first -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 07:41
    - You don't get how this game works. Where's goatee-sporting Haley Joel Osment to explain? -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:40
    - I see a NCM attack in Will's future. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:39 5
      - "he" actually went after Reagen yesterday but I censored. - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:42 4
        
        dude, those are the *best*. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:50
        
        I imagine if Chun ever wanted to hire a Director of Revenge, you two would be perfect, unstoppable, entirely original forms for evil -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:44 2
        
        I have sort of transitioned to an Idea Man at this point. - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:47 1
        
        Oh yes, I envisioned you as the Imagineer in this duo. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:49
  - I wish Redmond would get here. I need someone to abuse. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 07:32

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