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Simon Pegg and Bob Weide say "Don't buy our DVD!" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 10:07 5
- Good for them. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 10:18
- Dignan says "no problem." nm - Dignan Jan 8, 10:14 1
  - Heh -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:16
- Wow. MGM/Fox bred a new species of dog to fuck on that one. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 10:13
- *buys 10* -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 10:12
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- 4.5. If they don't move out when they start preschool then they're just good-for-nothing moochers. -- nm - Ender Jan 8, 10:21
- I would charge my kids rent if they were still living with me after 18, and just put the money into a savings account. - JaxSean Jan 8, 10:20
- I told my folks when I was at home that I'm not paying rent coz when they're 90 I'll be the one changing their nappies. -- nm - Loyola Jan 8, 10:18 1
  - you'd better live up to that. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:20
- I graduated in May, my parents refuse to let me pay. They say save up and buy. - MDH Jan 8, 10:17 2
  - You have wise parents, take advantage of that generosity while you can. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 10:19 1
    - Yeah, thanks I do. - MDH Jan 8, 10:22
- 11. -- nm - Jim Jan 8, 10:15 1
  - Paper Route! -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:15
- My criteria: full time job, but not unless I need it from them or if they're not saving their money and using it unwisely. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 10:14 2
  - I've heard of parents "charging rent" that they put into forced savings for the kid. I like that concept. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 10:16 1
    - yes, exactly. If they can't discipline themselves to save, then you have to do it for them by charging "rent". -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 10:18
- as soon as they aren't in school. and, i also think not having a job is not really an option if you aren't in school. - Andie Jan 8, 10:14
- lil miss ccc is welcome to move back after college rent free...provided I can move in with her family in my old age -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 8, 10:13
- A few months after having a job post college. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:12
- As soon as they stop school, and/or get a full-time job. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 10:12
- If they live at home and work full time they should be paying something towards the rent. -- nm - krusty Jan 8, 10:09
- After college, as soon as they have a job. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 10:09 7
  - i think i would rather tell my hypothetical kid to get their own place than have them pay rent - kare Jan 8, 10:12 6
    - By that time, food and gas etc will be so high and salary so behind COL you'll need them to help survive - zeitgeist Jan 8, 10:20
    - My nephew is back at home, even though he makes twice what I do. He's saving up to buy and my sister is charging him almost nothing in rent/food. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 10:19
    - i think so too. but, who knows how i'd feel if it were really happening. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:15
    - Yeah, me too. If I'm putting up with them there, I want it to be helping them. - TFox Jan 8, 10:14 2
      - right, they need to learn to live on their own. but also, i would imagine I'd be ready to revel in my freedom some after 20+ years of dedicating my - kare Jan 8, 10:15
      - (although, i might threaten rent to get them to move out instead of kicking them out.) -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 10:15
- when graduated from University (unless they make a career of school). -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:07
- As soon as their parents ask them to. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 10:07 5
  - i agree with this, as long as "after age 18" is part of it -- nm - kare Jan 8, 10:08 4
    - technically it's illegal to charge your kids rent before they're 18. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 10:15
    - Yeah, not at 6. That ain't cool. -- nm - TFox Jan 8, 10:09 2
      - Sounds reasonable to me. nm - Drew Barrymore Jan 8, 10:15
      - giggle. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 10:09
- 18 -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:07 3
  - More precisely, as soon as they graduate high school -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:07 2
    - yikes, that's harsh -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:08 1
      - Well, I'm thinking not if they continue into college -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:08
- .................................. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 10:06 3
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    - spoilers - ty97 Jan 8, 10:13 1
      - oh? do you offer to cover the bills or something? - Andie Jan 8, 10:17
That guy on TDS who wrote the book on Rupert Murdoch was like Gilbert Gottfried's Lex Luthor. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 10:04 1
- He had a shockingly good Murdoch impersonation. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:05
i can't wait until college football drags out the bowl season so long that the final game is in february...nm - x Jan 8, 10:03 3
- it was nice when the bowls and the superbowl wrapped up by mid-january -- nm - zork Jan 8, 10:05
- Obama will fix it. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:05
- 6 weeks ago? -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:04
i'll admit it. i love the kathie lee and hoda hour on the today show. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 10:00 3
- Especially when they're talking about the Porn Industry Bailout -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 10:03 2
  - gives the term "Stimulus package" a whole new meaning -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:04 1
    - This joke is being made locally x10. Even the news anchors are making it -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:06
/= Por amor a un dia , Que jam�s volver� =/ -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:57 2
- una paloma blanca...nm - x Jan 8, 10:00 1
  - La boca es en la mesa. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 10:02
I'm gonna go take a pre-nap nap. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 09:54 2
- Gonna be a long night? -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:55 1
  - Nothing scheduled, bored. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 09:58
NPR/Don Gonyea's summary of the Bush Presidency was sobering and yet it made me cackle uncontrollably -- (link) - con_carne Jan 8, 09:52 1
- Will Ferrell's show should be archived and played in history classes 100 years from now. It's going to be gold. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:09
I'm watching the unedited live feed from Cnet at CES and it's clear that this show is packed with fat tourists. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:51 5
- Oooh, let's play Who Has to Sit before Going to the Next Booth? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 8, 09:53
- "tourists" is code for geeks now? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 09:52 2
  - Nope, seriously. I've seem packs which can only be described as "families". -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:52 1
    - "pods" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:53
- You saw my friend George! :) - oblique Jan 8, 09:52
20 years...20 - oblique Jan 8, 09:50
lir I'm not dead - that's some detailed dreaming right there! -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 09:49 1
- Gotta do something with all that extra time of his now. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:50
May I rant? (you don't care, i know.) - Andie Jan 8, 09:47 23
- Get some beautiful paperweights, so that taking things off your desk becomes unbearably awkward. Only use them on Wednesdays. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 10:06 2
  - oh, i like this. (but, yes, i can only use them when she's here, otherwise i'll be sure to break them.) - Andie Jan 8, 10:08 1
    - ST's assignemnt: Find Andie a paperweight. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 10:13
- someone is supposed to be calling me about that so i need it here. -- nm - zork Jan 8, 10:06
- Keep the stuff on your desk, but in a manila folder? -- nm - mara Jan 8, 10:02 1
  - With a code word. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:03
- "I don't like being asked 27 different quesitons about something that I have not processed for you." -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 09:59
- if she's not indispensable for some reason, i'd want to talk to the bosses about finding another one. -- nm - zork Jan 8, 09:58 5
  - she sort of it. we have about 11 corporations. getting up to speed takes months, we can't start again, it's unbearable. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 09:59 4
    - bummer, but this is unbearable for you too :-( -- nm - zork Jan 8, 10:02
    - Hire an "assistant" for her that will learn the job. Then fire her. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:02 2
      - we have almost no staff, i can't hire anyone at the moment. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:02 1
        
        Sorry. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:05
- I'd say I don't have time to answer any of your questions about that because it will lead to more questions, now please put that back where you found - Loyola Jan 8, 09:56
- Next time, smack her hand. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:55 1
  - With a ruler. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 09:58
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  - seriously. i would have a very difficult time not slapping her hand. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 09:55 3
    - there's only a couple people here, we all work in one big space. and, i'm terrified she may quit. - Andie Jan 8, 10:00
    - Word. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:55 1
      - hee hee. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 09:56
- *hands Andie a copy of The Secret* -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:48 1
  - Feel free to read ahead to chapter 6. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 8, 09:50
lir con_carne - cocaine, of course. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 09:46 1
- /= When the day is done, and you want to run... =/ -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:52
Lady GaGa is on Leno tonight. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 09:45
Using the Naked Man technique in an elevator would make that line unnecessary. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 8, 09:42 4
- Unless it's a tall building, or you have a robe on in the elevator, it might be hard to get to that point in time -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:45 3
  - When the reward is that great, I can undress rather quickly. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 8, 09:48
  - The Secret: Tear-away stage clothes -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:46 1
    - The Secret saved your life too?! -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:47
I *knew* there was a reason ST have been talking about Sham-Wow and Billy Mays. Infomercials have been airing during prime time. Blame the downturn. -- (link) - con_carne Jan 8, 09:40 1
- My daughter was talking about a killer whale and called it "Shamo" which, of course, made me think ShamWow - TWuG Jan 8, 09:45
Best review on Amazon, ever. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 09:37 19
- LOL! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:48
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- This is making me laugh very hard -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 09:43
- *snork* Chapter 6 *snork* -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:43 1
  - "Relationships" -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:01
- be sure to read his other reviews as well (he has 4) -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:43
- Nice. And it seems to be about the review that book deserves - ty97 Jan 8, 09:42 3
  - I've seen the movie. it's kind of scary. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 09:45 1
    - The woman on the Bachelor who did "vision boards" (same concept) was scary. She had so much faith in it. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:02
  - ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 8, 09:44
- The reviewer has 3 other funny reviews, though The Secret is by far the best. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 8, 09:42
- I like this one too. -- (link) - nubby Jan 8, 09:41 1
  - avenge me... - oblique Jan 8, 09:43
- L5. Hilarious. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 09:40 3
  - "The next day in the exercise yard I carried "The Secret" with me and when Marcus approached me I opened the book and stabbed him in the neck." - JaxSean Jan 8, 09:43 2
    - That is quite a helpful book -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 09:46
    - SPOILER!!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 09:46
- LOL. "...and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15." -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 09:39
- "Although I've never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15." - loosilu Jan 8, 09:39
SITWAP: Does the US *ever* learn??? Navy sending forces to Somalia. -- (link) - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:37 2
- well it's not *quite* the same as last time. -- nm - loosilu Jan 8, 09:38 1
  - Hopefully, the results will be very different. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:40
Kim Kardashian on "Celebrity" Apprentice would be bad enough, but Khloe Kardashian?! -- nm - Ender Jan 8, 09:37 5
- This lot is certainly a step down. I can't picture any of them as being able to pick up the phone and call rich friends like they did last season. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:41 4
  - I don't know...Clint Black will be able to rally the entire country music population, like Trace did last time. And Joan Rivers knows some people... - Jim Jan 8, 09:46 3
    - Yeah, you're right. They're probably the two finalists, right there. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:49 2
      - Denis Rodman can just call Jordan. A meet and greet with Michael would get a HUGE donation. -- nm - Jim Jan 8, 10:02 1
        
        Does Rodman still have that kind of clout? I know Barkley still has Jordan on speed dial, but at some point, Rodman must have been cut off. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:06
Heh. Stevedores are on the list at #175. I had never even heard that term until I saw The Wire. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 09:37
I'm not sure what to do for lunch. Mandy, is it CGC day? -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 09:36 8
- speaking of, my flight doesn't land into Chicago untl 2:30pm, so I'll miss meeting your for lunch, alas -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:37 7
  - Afternoon Tea then :) -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 09:37 6
    - That's doable. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:46 4
      - I don't actually drink tea so you may be disappointed -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 09:48 3
        
        neither do I, actually -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:59 2
        
        *wink* - oblique Jan 8, 10:01 1
        
        grilled chicken? salad? - ty97 Jan 8, 10:03
    - "Six meals a day. When they can get them." -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:39
How many points is the Halo 3 map pack? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:35 2
- It was on sale over christmas. You know, with the NXE, the Marketplace website lets you buy and queue stuff using your web browser ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:41 1
  - I'm getting my brother some points so he and I can finally catch up to the rest of you guys. But I'm asking him not to buy the pack until... - Mop Jan 8, 09:56
I want this to be my birthday cake this year. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 8, 09:34 [flickr] 1
- unfortunately, your b-day cake will look more like this.... - x Jan 8, 09:38 [Image]
Am I nuts or is the coolest looking hammer ever? (I've been berrymandering.) -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 09:34
"Medicate the cat" sounds like a deviant sexual euphamism -- nm - rollo Jan 8, 09:33 5
- Probably not to cat owners. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 09:36 1
  - Disagree. -- nm - kilbo SI Jan 8, 09:37
- I wish. - Callisto Jan 8, 09:34 1
  - Speaking of which, the biggest pill was sitting on your pillow when I woke up. -- nm - David Jan 8, 09:56
- Hear a lot of them, do you? ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:34
know that mathematicians do when they're constipated? -- nm - zork Jan 8, 09:32 4
- they mafic -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 07:37
- [spoil] - zork Jan 8, 09:32 1
  - [spoiler] - loosilu Jan 8, 09:33
- round up? -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 09:32

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