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Heh. I'm currently looking at this book, deciding whether to withdraw it. -- (link) - mara Apr 21, 09:12
Two chambered Slurpee's coming in June -- (link) - oblique Apr 21, 09:11
My department is slammed at work today, and I am the only person on my department working on charts that need to be input by the end of the day. - kelly Apr 21, 09:10 10
- heh. I am slammed and *will* be working through lunch! -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:12 4
  - I work* through lunch pretty much every day. - znufrii Apr 21, 09:13 3
    - We are not allowed to eat at our desks. -- nm - kelly Apr 21, 09:19
    - Your asterisk footnote is almost meaningless to me. I have no idea what you are trying to say. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 09:17
    - Well, you are still eating lunch, at least. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:14
- Because the company is breaking the law if they don't compensate you for it, and they don't want to compensate you for it. -- nm - mara Apr 21, 09:12 2
  - But I'm allowed to come in early or stay late, and they will compensate me for that. ?? -- nm - kelly Apr 21, 09:18
  - this -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:13
- isn't it the law ? -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:11
- Sorry, that sucks. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 21, 09:11
Man punches another man for viewing porn on library computer -- (link) - oblique Apr 21, 09:06 2
- Hairy amputee midget porn?? WTF?? *punch* -- nm - Don Homer Apr 21, 09:13
- It was a peep lover vs a peep "lover". -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:11
An interesting take on the royal wedding and the hold the Royal Family has on Britain's psyche. -- (link) - mara Apr 21, 09:04
Looks like Jiffy Jeff did a video blog this week. Here's the link... -- (link) - Jim Apr 21, 09:01 [youtube]
This sets a bad precedent, I just know it, but whaddayagonnado? - znufrii Apr 21, 09:01 1
- *shocked* -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:09
It seems "my people did it" is becoming a very common excuse amongst arrogant self-involved celebrity types. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) Apr 21, 08:59
And there it is: Filing from the hilarious appropriate location of Conception Bay, NFL: 'PM Harper vows Gov't won't reopen abortion debate' -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 21, 08:57 2
- "Mr. Trost will be made Minister Responsible for Shining My Shoes" -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 08:59
- This quote sounds like a man who's having an MP sent out to the northern ice floes as we speak. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 21, 08:59
It's bad to snoop in an ex-boyfriend's email, but hey, whatcha gonna do when you're drunk? - Hotkiss Apr 21, 08:53
ack. jeffprobst.com is down! -- nm - oblique Apr 21, 08:50 3
- I KNOW! -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:58
- quick, tweet jeff with "going down" jokes! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 08:51 1
  - I could tell that about him through my years as a super special agent with the Universal Federal Department of CIAFBINSC. -- nm - Phillip Apr 21, 09:03
So I suspect it is pretty much over for the Rangers now. Collapse. - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:50
Man, I am so irate at iPhones and iPads recording all my movements. By the way I just checked into the 2nd stall of the men's bathroom at the - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:42 10
- hey man, how did you fair with the storm this weekend? -- nm - sycor Apr 21, 08:49 5
  - Well, I did actually have to take cover in the downstairs bathroom of the house (innermost room) for a few minutes when things got all crazy - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:54 4
    - How'd you do? -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:55 3
      - I think we were maybe 4 miles from one of them at the closest. We actually did loose power but I was worried about some trees for a while. Luckily my - sycor Apr 21, 08:58 2
        
        Yeah that Brentwood mobile home park and the 4 kids lost there is so tragic. They were buried yesterday. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:59 1
        
        yeah that's right by my work, which was also unharmed, but the trailer park is about a half mile away. Tornadoes are strange. -- nm - sycor Apr 21, 09:01
- movements, heh. -- nm - zork Apr 21, 08:44 1
  - Intentional. ;) -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:45
- Oh, we know. And aim a bit more to the left next time. -- nm - Steve Jobs Apr 21, 08:43 1
  - *places iPhone at my church, goes to Jiggles down the road a bit, picks up iPhone later* Alibi! -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:46
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- Penske. - TFox Apr 21, 08:54 2
  - Is this the file that George Costanza was (not) working on in Seinfeld? -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 08:57 1
    - Yes. - con_carne Apr 21, 08:58
- Slightly related: Enterprise is supposed to have excellent customer service. - con_carne Apr 21, 08:51 6
  - Biggest benefit is that they'll pick you up. I use them if my car needs to be in the shop overnight - they'll pick me up at the dealership and - MojaveMeg Apr 21, 08:59 2
    - Yep. The neighborhood offices tend to be franchises. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 09:04
    - Other places are starting to bring in this service. Budget, for example. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 09:00
  - I've had them fuck up royally on me, but they acknowledged it without being prompted. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 08:58
  - I've had a good experience renting from them locally in NYC - znufrii Apr 21, 08:56
  - (all geared toward the business traveler, IIRC.) LYC. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 08:52
- Enterprise locally. Out of town it was generally whatever was cheapest at the airport. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 21, 08:49
- Enterprise -- nm - Epiphany Apr 21, 08:46
- no preference -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 08:41
- pretty much which ever one has the cheapest rates for where I am going. -- nm - decline Apr 21, 08:40
- Whatever gives me the lowest rate. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Apr 21, 08:40
- I don't rent enough to have one. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 08:39
- Hertz, Budget, and I had an alright experience with the one in the MGM Grand -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 08:38
- My company uses National, and since I don't rent much, I use them when I have to.l -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 08:38
- Five Finger Discount Cars -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:37
- Hertz -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:37
- avis. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 08:37
IDGAMITWAP: Battlefield 3 12 minute Fault Line trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 08:27 [youtube] 2
- that game better be good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 08:42
- 3 12 (50) -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:29
"Trapped abroad and need cash now" scams move to facebook. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 21, 08:24 2
- like, a year ago. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 08:31 1
  - You misspelled, "Mop?". -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:10
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I just looked at the weather for the next six days. we're going to need some sunscreen. (!!!!!) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 08:18 10
- Not here...we need coats and umbrellas. When the hell will spring get here? -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:21 9
  - actually, look at the 7 day here for me -- 0% chance of rain, right? - amanda jones Apr 21, 08:26 3
    - yeah, something ain't right because we're going to get rain most of the weekend. -- nm - decline Apr 21, 08:27 2
      - I quit. I just *quit.* -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 08:31 1
        
        *snow* on friday? just shoot me. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 08:49
  - hey, are Cardinals tickets easy to come by? - groiny Apr 21, 08:22 2
    - Depends on the game...but they should be, yeah. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:23 1
      - Cub tickets are harder to come by then others. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:24
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    - After I deep fry that fuckin' groundhog, me and OMW will have some words. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:22
Honeywell has a wind turbine that generates power in winds as low as 2 mph. -- (link) - mara Apr 21, 08:15 2
- wow. great investment. you could be selling back to the grid and pay for it in no time. -- nm - zork Apr 21, 08:41
- I wonder if it's small enough to fit on a sailboat? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 08:29
The People vs Larry Flynt - C- - Hotkiss Apr 21, 08:13 2
- What???? -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:14 1
  - get out. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:15
Kevin Nash talks about Scott Hall.... - Remlik Apr 21, 08:09 12
- Whoa...can you catch me up? Don't watch wrestling anymore...but one of my favorite matches of all time was Shawn Michaels-Razor Ramon ladder match - Jim Apr 21, 08:15 7
  - here are the videos....he was invited to the WWE Hall of Fame for HBK for a total Kliq reunion...but he passed on it saying he can't handle... - Remlik Apr 21, 08:25 5
    - Wow...he looks pretty fucked up. Why would they let him go out there like that? -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:31 4
      - Promoter's taken a lot of heat over it...but he's said, Hall was my marquee person, - Will Hunting Apr 21, 08:33 3
        
        Wow...that blows. Hopefully someone gets the dude some help. He was a fantastic heel back in the day. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:34 2
        
        He's gone thru help iirc several times already. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 08:37 1
        
        I read Vince and Linda reached out a couple of weeks ago to get him to rehab. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 08:40
  - He's an addict and he showed up to a small show in no condition to work, but then went ahead out the curtain to work - Will Hunting Apr 21, 08:19
- very well spoken. Always liked Nash. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:14 3
  - I did too...but it doesn't make sense. He's not an addict...he just uses drugs and alcohol because of PTSD? Kinda sounds like an addict. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:23 2
    - he may have used the wrong expression, but I suspect something happened to Hall when he was young.... - Remlik Apr 21, 08:26
    - I got his point. - groiny Apr 21, 08:24
things i did not need to know: there is adult fetish porn stuff done with peeps. - tRuMAN Apr 21, 08:08 9
- 2 girls, one peep? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:15 2
  - Get's bigger in the microwave. -- nm - Ender Apr 21, 08:16
  - Now THAT I'd watch. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:16
- Rule 34. -- nm - Ender Apr 21, 08:15
- And thanks to you we really didnt need to know about it either - eag Apr 21, 08:10
- Perhaps I do not need to know why you needed to indicate "adult" in this post... -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 08:09 3
  - because the story I was reading actual stated there are two kinds. peeps fetish, and adult fetish porn. I dont want to know what the difference is. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 21, 08:12 2
    - Peepophilia? -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 08:18 1
      - Won't someone think of the peeps!?! -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:30
Ok, Beaker, more Survivor talk (spoils and stuff) - Jim Apr 21, 08:07 12
- my thoughts (spoils) - Gwaahjo Apr 21, 08:17 5
  - If you read any of Probst's blogs/interviews. They don't wing things. These things are planned out way in advance of shooting -- nm - oblique Apr 21, 08:29 4
    - They have to...the way I understand it, they could get in big trouble if they don't. - Jim Apr 21, 08:35
    - spoils - Gwaahjo Apr 21, 08:32 2
      - There's a pretty clear precedent IIRC for their "gimick" tribes to be broken up quickly in past seasons -- nm - oblique Apr 21, 08:49 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 09:08
- I do think that the plan for RI (spoils) - TFox Apr 21, 08:14 2
  - I still think (spoils) - Jim Apr 21, 08:17 1
    - spoils - TFox Apr 21, 08:24
- Spoils - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 21, 08:09 2
  - Nope...no clip show. Also, just read Dalton Ross's interview with Probst for this week (numbers spoils) - Jim Apr 21, 08:14 1
    - That's a really crazy final episode then. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 08:15
I'm sporting a beard right now. It's not nearly as good as Morgan's glorious beard in Chuck, but a man can dream, right? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 21, 08:05
Um, forget the Weird Al stuff, this Yvonne video of her lampooing pop stars is ... whoa. You're all fired for not making a bigger deal out of this -- (link) - oblique Apr 21, 08:01
LYC: Due to issues with the flight booking, my company is now sending me home a month earlier than I had planned. - Hotkiss Apr 21, 08:01 2
- aw, that's too bad. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 08:04
- Is there only one flight out of the country per month now? -- nm - Ender Apr 21, 08:03
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- I hate my phone, I butt dial all the fucking time. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:03
Ok, how bout a poll? Now that Weird Al and Gaga have kissed and made up...what will Al be wearing on his new album cover? - Jim Apr 21, 07:57 9
- Totally coming out of an egg. -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 08:21
- Agreed, but perhaps cooked. He could wear done steaks with parsley sprigs, and those pins that say "Well Done." Burger patties on his chi chis. - con_carne Apr 21, 08:06 1
  - I would say Bacon Strips. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:07
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  - Al is hardly a diva. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 08:04 1
    - A thousand times this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 08:49
  - Someone linked to it yesterday. It's typical Al stuff. It's funny, but nothing special (kinda like Born This Way, actually), -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 08:01 2
    - I think the video is going to be the real component of this parody. - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 08:50 1
      - yes, this -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 08:51
Well, they just took my dad back for his surgery. - Stephen Apr 21, 07:57 10
- This is like "good thoughts" already served up to you by him! ;-) You and he are in my thoughts, man. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 08:59
- Good healing wishes! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 21, 08:49
- He will be kicking your ass in bowling again in no time. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:17
- good luck. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 08:13
- good thoughts (and here's to a speedy recovery!) -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 08:08
- All the best. -- nm - lileve Apr 21, 08:07
- sending good thoughts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 08:05
- all the best for successful procedure and a speedy recovery -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 07:59 2
  - Seconded. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 08:00 1
    - now get out there and get Halo Reach Sciere! - groiny Apr 21, 08:02
*jumps over B2* - oblique Apr 21, 07:56

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