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ST: May I present my college bar: youtube video Girl attacks fights bouncer, then police, gets cuffed, escaped cuffs, then gets hogtied -- (link) - MDH May 5, 11:22 [youtube]
I think the challenges on this years Top Chef Masters have been insane compared to any previous iterations of Top Chef -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:19 3
- that's why they're called "masters" dummy -- nm - lord tubbington May 5, 11:21
- Yeah. Also, I'm completely done with (spoiler) - prayformojo May 5, 11:21 1
  - He sucks, -- nm - MDH May 5, 11:24
Ebert's review of The Beaver -- (link) - ty97 May 5, 11:15
color of money chat q: they have about 10k in credit card debt. should they use 401k money to pay it all now or do it with $500/mo extra? - lord tubbington May 5, 11:15 19
- is there a slut involved here? -- nm - CQ May 5, 11:26
- No no no. Rotate that money around on 0% intro APR cards and pay it off. - Dr.Vermin May 5, 11:24
- Is the APR 300 per cent? Absolutely. -- nm - con_carne May 5, 11:21 1
  - in fact, they should get a payday loan to pay it off. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 11:21
- oy, of course not. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 11:20
- You are not okay for retirement. You are okay with paying $500/month. -- nm - Amy May 5, 11:19 9
  - True. For a couple in their mid 30s to have only 80K in retirement, not so hot. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 11:22 3
    - Actually, that's not shabby at all - Will Hunting May 5, 11:27 1
      - wow -- nm - lileve May 5, 11:28
    - Pension and SS, but they will have to work longer. -- nm - Amy May 5, 11:23
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    - Right, if they had a home equity loan or something that would make sense. -- nm - Ender May 5, 11:24
    - Or, roll it around a few introductory rates. -- nm - Amy May 5, 11:23 1
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    - or transfer to a 0% card. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 11:22
- No. -- nm - lileve May 5, 11:18
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- no no no no no no no no no no. leave the 401k alone. no. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 11:17 1
  - Especially since you haven't fixed the root case of the debt. 'Unexpected expenses, child care'. You're overspending, time to adjust. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 11:21
I hate digging. Shovels are evil things. -- nm - CQ May 5, 11:10 6
- thats why god inveted the bobcab -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 5, 11:12
- Just hire a Mexican to do it for you. -- nm - Don Homer May 5, 11:11 2
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    - Think again, gavacho. -- nm - busboy at a Mexican restaurant filled with whites May 5, 11:19
- The retaining wall I built yesterday says differently. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:11 1
  - personal use may be different. maybe -- nm - CQ May 5, 11:16
Thank you for indulging me, David. Here's my extremely insightful Justified question, mega-spoils - prayformojo May 5, 11:09 8
- Spoilers - David May 5, 11:21 2
  - Great point on your last paragraph (spoiler) - prayformojo May 5, 11:23 1
    - Spoiler - David May 5, 11:26
- third item in that list - Max May 5, 11:15
- addendum - spoils - crash davis May 5, 11:12 3
  - What I liked about that scene was (spoils) - prayformojo May 5, 11:14 2
    - Spoilers - David May 5, 11:24
    - word -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:15
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- See also: "The End of the Whole Mess": King, Stephen -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:07
Rumor: ABC is considering cancelling "General Hospital" to make room for Katie Couric talk show - MDH May 5, 11:03
Ryan Mallett says the Dolphins will rue the day! for passing on him -- (link) - lord tubbington May 5, 11:03 4
- Um...didn't EVERY team pass on Mallet? 3 sometimes 4 times? -- nm - Jim May 5, 11:14
- We'll be in the next presidential campaign cycle before you get on the field for anything that matters rook. Go snort so more chalk dust. -- nm - Miami Dolphins May 5, 11:05
- "'Rue the day'? Who talks like that?" -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:04 1
  - "I would have gotten away with it to, if it weren't for you meddlin' kids!" -- nm - Don Homer May 5, 11:05
holy crap my internet at work is finally working. I've been so bored today I actually had to work! - sycor May 5, 11:02 1
- oh hai! -- nm - lileve May 5, 11:11
I was promised a Justified question! Where in the blue Hell is it? -- nm - David May 5, 11:02 12
- Was the episode awesome? -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 11:08 3
  - I was wholly satisfied. -- nm - David May 5, 11:24
  - (Oh, and we got a whole $1 credit from Amazon.) - JaxSean May 5, 11:09 1
    - It was.....unexpected -- nm - prayformojo May 5, 11:09
- You want a question? (spoiler nature of question) - crash davis May 5, 11:04 7
  - Spoiler - David May 5, 11:07 6
    - spoiler - crash davis May 5, 11:09 5
      - I would have preferred (spoils) - prayformojo May 5, 11:12 4
        
        Spoilers - David May 5, 11:16 2
        
        also - Max May 5, 11:22 1
        
        explain? -- nm - prayformojo May 5, 11:24
        
        spoils - crash davis May 5, 11:14
Why Did Thor Open Outside the U.S. First? -- (link) - con_carne May 5, 11:01 1
- for spawn -- nm - lord tubbington May 5, 11:04
All I know is that the way they got rid of Bin Laden makes it awfully fucking difficult to dance on his grave. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:01 6
- When the news hit, All Things Considered interviewed regular NYers, and they actually got a guy with a NY accent using "swimming with the fishes." -- nm - con_carne May 5, 11:06
- Actually, this is the 'joke' my friend texted me the other day... - Dr.Vermin May 5, 11:04
- All the oceans are connected. Just go to the beach and take a piss. -- nm - TWuG May 5, 11:04
- *hesitates on Under the Sea joke* -- nm - Max May 5, 11:02 2
  - Jon Stewart's bit about this was solid - Reagen May 5, 11:04 1
    - everything he's done this week on OBL has been great. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 11:23
Toccata and Fugue on the Big piano. Pure awesome. -- (link) - TWuG May 5, 10:58 [youtube] 2
- thats a funny sounding Piano -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 5, 10:59 1
  - and one which apparently doesn't have octaves -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:00
Okay, to clarify: despite previous reports, Seal Team 6 did not initially attempt to gain entry to the compound with the greeting "Candygram!". -- nm - J.Carney May 5, 10:57 2
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- "Friendly dolphin, Ma'am." -- nm - TWuG May 5, 10:58
Gravity Probe B confirms Einstein effects -- (link) - Danedukenuuk May 5, 10:53 1
- If Einstein was so sure about gravity, how did he explain his hair? -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:54
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- Yuri is funny -- nm - prayformojo May 5, 10:49 1
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Wes Bentley is A) alive and B) will play Seneca Crane, the gamemaster in Hunger Games? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 10:47 4
- Did they already give up on this project? - Will Hunting May 5, 11:07
- I like his cars -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:48
- If he attempts an accent, someone shoot him please. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 10:48
- link -- (link) - ty97 May 5, 10:48
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first American in space. -- (link) - loosilu May 5, 10:46 2
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- precluding those abducted of course -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:46
Mother's Day flowers for Mom: Delivered -- nm - prayformojo May 5, 10:45
Mel Profit Alert: Sequel will have *12-person* human centipede -- (link) - ty97 May 5, 10:45 1
- Awesome. -- nm - Don Homer May 5, 10:46
And in the ongoing saga of "getting weird emails to my GMail account from people who think I'm someone else" ... - Beryllium May 5, 10:44 7
- Did we know "Adalton" is a first name in Brazil? I get so much stuff. -- nm - Amy May 5, 11:03 2
  - Rebecca Eagen needs to get her shit straight. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:08 1
    - hee, I never get anything. I think I envy you. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 11:15
- Oh, Presumably, TX is a horrible place to buy a house. Sure, it's a step up from Seemingly, TX, but you really want to be looking at at least Apparently, TX. - Ender May 5, 10:49 1
  - Nice. :) I just meant that the agency is based there; but they have other locations, too. (Coldwell) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 5, 10:51
- it's code for killing Osama -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:45 1
  - The Abbotabadian Candidate? -- nm - zork May 5, 10:46
LYC: I'm downloading an android emulator so I can try playing WWF on my computer. -- nm - zork May 5, 10:43 3
- Let me know if that works. -- nm - Amy May 5, 11:02
- I always liked an Earthquake and Jake Roberts tagteam when I played WWF -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:44 1
  - but proper nouns are not allowed - zork May 5, 10:45
NDP Deputy Leader almost trips over self backing away from his Osama comments yesterday -- (link) - Beaker May 5, 10:42
Sounds like Bill Murray may go Oscar'ing. To be play FDR -- (link) - ty97 May 5, 10:41 2
- I like that : "Oscaring" -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:42
- Heh...follows the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Hyde Park. I wonder if Firth and HBC are available? -- nm - ty97 May 5, 10:42
WSJ launches Wikileaks competitor names SafeHouse -- (link) - ty97 May 5, 10:37
That Malin Akerman vid con carne linked at the top of B2 may be my favorite thing she has done. -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:37 20
- She is a scene stealer on Childrens Hospital. -- nm - David May 5, 11:06
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  - If I ran the world, the director of Watchmen would have received a special Academy Award for most boring sex scene ever -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:40 17
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      - It appears that I've missed something -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:42 15
        
        She's the chick in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. - Will Hunting May 5, 10:51 1
        
        yeah, I didn't know that was her as well -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:52
        
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        I looked at her IMDB page, and I'll make it up to you by promising to watch The Linda Lovelace Story -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:48 11
        
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        I've seen Harold and Kumar, I didn't realize she was in it -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:52 9
        
        And Freakshow, her hubby.....Christopher Meloni, the tough-guy cop on SVU. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 10:52 7
        
        regarding her inability to act, she'll probably win an Oscar for the Lovelace movie since she replaced Lohan on it (and karma is out to get Lohan) -- nm - crash davis May 5, 10:57 6
        
        You mean, it still hasn't finished the job? -- nm - Roger More May 5, 11:01
        
        Only if every other female in acting dies...and even then, they might give it to Tyler Perry for Madea. - Will Hunting May 5, 10:59 4
        
        speaking of things I didn't know about actors, I didn't know until a few days ago Paul Giamatti is the son of the baseball commissioner -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:02 3
        
        He is? - Will Hunting May 5, 11:06
        
        *sighs* -- nm - Every Single Article Ever Written About Him May 5, 11:03 1
        
        I finally read one! -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:04
        
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LIR: On TV/in movies, the Situation Room needs to be large to fit the camera and lighting equipment -- nm - con_carne May 5, 10:34 2
- And on CNN, to accomodate Wolf Blitzer's giant noggin. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 10:35 1
  - Who the hell is Wolf? -- nm - Falcon in a UFO May 5, 10:41
Has anyone noticed that Oil is down over 6% and gold is down signifcantly also today on the commodities market? -- nm - Walt_Disney May 5, 10:34 18
- Am I the only one that filled up thinking the price of gas was going up? - Epiphany May 5, 10:38 6
  - Nope, but the tank was empty, so there wasn't much choice. -- nm - not2fast May 5, 11:02
  - it still might. Exxon needs to get a head start on next year's record-breaking profits, after all... -- nm - znufrii May 5, 10:40 1
    - for real -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 10:43
  - PSA: the price of Zork is going up - zork May 5, 10:39 2
    - to the pumps! -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 10:42 1
      - :-) - zork May 5, 10:48
- 11.86 pr. littre 93 oktane and 11.63 for 95 oktane - Danedukenuuk May 5, 10:38 2
  - how is 95 less expensive than 93? -- nm - zork May 5, 10:41 1
    - yep cought my eye too - supply and demand i guess -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 5, 10:46
- Isn't Silver trading hire that Gold? Or maybe I was on crack when I watching the financial news. -- nm - lileve May 5, 10:37 3
  - ...than gold. -- nm - lileve May 5, 10:37 2
    - nowhere close -- nm - Beaker May 5, 10:38 1
      - doh. I meant percentage gained. Sorry. Maybe I should have had lunch. -- nm - lileve May 5, 10:43
- Strong Dollar Syndrome -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 10:36
- How is lead doing? -- nm - Jon Stewart May 5, 10:35
- commodities commodities commodities -- nm - con_carne May 5, 10:35
- CDN$ is down about a cent and a half over the last two days. -- nm - Biden May 5, 10:34
Okay, to clarify: despite previous reports, the dog that accompanied Seal Team 6 in the raid was *not* trained by Michael Vick. - J.Carney May 5, 10:31 4
- *squeak! squeak squeak!!* -- nm - SEAL team seal piloting the chopper May 5, 10:33 3
  - you're better than this. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 10:36 2
    - would have been better as "your better than this" -- nm - zork May 5, 10:38
    - I should remember not to post within an hour of eating a full meal. -- nm - Max May 5, 10:37

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