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Would taking a little nap at my desk really be that bad? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:54 8
- lie down, spread out some paper clips.. - colin Oct 21, 09:59
- "Get back down there, son. You're the only son of a bitch around here who knows what he's trying to do!" -- nm - Gen. Georege S. Patton Oct 21, 09:56
- you could get fired -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 09:55 2
  - I'm the only manager here today, my team has no work today and I'm tired. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:56 1
    - Officier Privilege! -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:57
- "Is that wrong? No one told me that was wrong." -- nm - George Kastanza Oct 21, 09:55
- No, not at all. Just do it under your desk, preferably with an alarm clock (just in case). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:54
- grade C -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:54
*hates his job just a little bit more everyday* -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:54 2
- raises a beer -- nm - lileve Oct 21, 09:58
- *nods* -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 09:55
Mass suspension of 'wild' pupils -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:54
America's 'most dangerous fault' -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:51
when i rule the pixiepound, Joe the Plumber will be the actual plumber -- nm - chris Oct 21, 09:50 2
- earning 250K+ a year? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:54
- Not Dick Cheney? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:51
of the $125 million being spent to recapitalize the 9 largest banks, 20% will go towards paying dividends to shareholders over the next year -- (link) - znufrii, elitist Oct 21, 09:49 5
- Incredible. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 09:55
- If the government is comfortable bailing them out in the first place, I cannot see being upset about them conducting normal business operations. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 09:51 3
  - it is both unconscionable and moronic to be paying a shareholder dividend if you're not fully capitalized...nm - x Oct 21, 10:00 1
    - I'm not too fussy on the bailout as a whole, but wouldn't shorting the dividends greatly affect mutual fund holdings and other investment? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 10:06
  - if they're doing so poorly that they need a bailout, they shouldn't be hemmorhaging cash through paying out dividends, should they? -- nm - znufrii, elitist Oct 21, 10:00
Survey Shows Economic Depression Likely -- (link) - Loyola Oct 21, 09:48 4
- survey.....of people. who have no idea what they are talking about. -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 09:50 2
  - I can imagine Hollywood execs saying that about HSX players. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 09:56
  - The public's opinion matters, because economic growth, or lack thereof, is largely psychological - con_carne Oct 21, 09:55
- But the fundies are strong! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:49
Green policies in California created 1.5 million jobs -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:40 4
- Yes, but we lose! -- nm - OPEC Oct 21, 09:46
- Cutting taxes for rich people will also create jobs. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:42 2
  - housecleaning in spanish is not a high tech industry -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:44
  - in the Caymans? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:43
EliteXC, home to Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano....folds. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:40 14
- EliteXC-ya -- nm - ceregon Oct 21, 09:54
- Something tells me Gina will land on her feet. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 09:43 5
  - At some place, I don't think UFC has any desire to go with women fighting so she's heading elsewhere for a while. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:47 4
    - Just to be sure. She's Crush, yes? -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 09:51 3
      - yes. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:54 2
        
        Like I said then...I think she'll be all right. She could ride the Crush thing pretty far if she wanted to. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 09:57 1
        
        I'd like to, as well -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:58
- hmmm....I think you bring Kimbo in for a fight or two to see just how much of a stiff he is compared to the others.... - Remlik Oct 21, 09:43 6
  - I concur. -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:55
  - He's Butterbean. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:49 4
    - And my firends and I once spent an extra thirty minutes at a bar just because we saw Butterbean was coming up. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 09:52 1
      - he's on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling show. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:54
    - agreed. But I think he's got one PPV in him. People want to see how he does. And if he wins...well that's good for UFC.... - Remlik Oct 21, 09:52 1
      - Yeah, a rematch has got to be a no-brainer. I don't know anyone who watches MMA and wouldn't watch that. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 09:53
Canseco regrets naming names in his book about steroids. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:40 1
- What he says means nothing and he's still an asshole. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 09:46
5 enormous cracks -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 21, 09:37 10
- fine, corrected linkaged -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 21, 09:56
- I had expected a photo of Joe the Plumber at work in there -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:40
- linking doesn't really work right on here, does it? -- nm - colin Oct 21, 09:38 7
  - People! Put http:// in front of your links. You need to tell the web browsers what protocol the link is using. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:41 2
    - throw an error condition in there - decline Oct 21, 09:43
    - you gotta truman-proof the linking! -- nm - colin Oct 21, 09:43
  - *** bery, another linking bug *** - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:41 3
    - I have a project in the works to fix the linking stuff to make it more secure. I've been busy lately, though - that's why the TZ stuff isn't done yet -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:42 1
      - I was just marking it for you for later. :) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:54
    - i'm thinking it drops it in like that if you don't put "http://" or "www." -- nm - colin Oct 21, 09:42
Poll: Americans angry, worried over state of nation -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:37 2
- What are we angry about? We got ourselves here. - ty97 Oct 21, 09:45 1
  - Don't buy stuff you can't afford? Sounds confusing. -- nm - Americans Oct 21, 09:51
Budice: Find me one place in Los Angeles that is selling gas under $3/gal - Mr. Havens Oct 21, 09:35 3
- He said "SoCal" -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:51
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- GasBuddy,com starts at $3.13 for Los Angeles -- (link) - TaurusII Oct 21, 09:42
when does the world series start? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 21, 09:30 2
- tomorrow night at 8:20 -- nm - decline Oct 21, 09:31 1
  - tanks -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 21, 09:31
I wonder if my wife would like to go out for dinner at the Orange Orange -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:28 13
- "BuyMore... Courtyard... *AWKWARD*...." - TWuG Oct 21, 09:31 1
  - oh yeah, Trish said Carrie as soon as she saw it too -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:32
- Is that like the Orange Tree? -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:29 7
  - its similar in some respects -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:33 6
    - They do have kick-ass dogs. I miss Orange Julius. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:40 5
      - I loves me some julius on occasion - here's a link to what you can find at the Orange Orange -- (link) - crash davis Oct 21, 09:42 4
        
        ack. clicked on it and didn't realize it was a FB page. - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:53 3
        
        oh sorry - it was a fan page for Yvonne Strahovski (the Orange Orange is her cover workplace on Chuck) -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:54 2
        
        ooooh. *bookmarks for later* -- nm - George Kastanza Oct 21, 09:55 1
        
        sfan. - nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:56
- no, she would rather you cook her dinner while she plays oblivion. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 21, 09:29 2
  - no no no! She would rather cook dinner while he plays Halo! -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:41
  - they have a better system for playing games at the Orange Orange than I do -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:30
Afghan man spared death sentence -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:27
Palin says the role of VP is to be in charge of the Senate. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:25 5
- She might want to check with Alexander Haig about that whol "in charge" thing. -- nm - sheba Oct 21, 09:55
- like measuring the drapes and such??? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:27
- Oh, that poor deluded woman. Woe unto our country should she attain the Vice Presidency. -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 09:26 2
  - or that other presidency -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:28 1
    - Or *any* other presidency. -- nm - TaurusII Oct 21, 09:33
Muslim-American voices heard in presidential race -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:23 4
- Just to be an ass - I am telling everyone I am voting for " the Muslim" -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:26 3
  - "I'm voting for the ni&&er" is more suscint and face slapping to the point in a charming folksy rednecky way -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 10:47
  - I got into it at the gym with a guy in the locker room...he was talking politics and he said "It goes like this... - Remlik Oct 21, 09:45
  - nice. -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:31
Someone offered me LT and Roy Williams for Wayne and McGahee - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 09:23 1
- I'm trying to angle for LT because I love his playoff schedule, so I would say yes-ish. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 09:30
Well, that annual review can kiss my ass. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:21 9
- Given a A grade at my work means you must be a star and without you the whole department falls apart..... - Walt_Disney Oct 21, 10:05
- Reasons my company sucks: I've worked here for three years now and I have never had a performance review -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:43 1
  - Take that back: I have interviewed internally for other positions, and those were de facto performance reviews -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:44
- sounds about right, for performance-revew-speak -- nm - znufrii, elitist Oct 21, 09:39
- A grades get big raises.. it's just a money thing. -- nm - colin Oct 21, 09:37
- Ummmm... based on the limited info you provided, that seems to match. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:23 3
  - A grade of " A" will only be given to employees who do their own work, their co-workers work, answer the phones, pick up dry cleaning & bang the boss -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:29 2
    - As a manager one of the things I always get a laugh out of are people who rate themselves a "5" (we do a 1-5 rating) on their self-evaluations... - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:34 1
      - yeah, that's how I see it as well. I never expect 5's, really. -- nm - Callisto Oct 21, 09:36
Facebook keeps suggesting I might want to be friends with these same 3 people. - ty97 Oct 21, 09:16 3
- like I want any more to do with hyde that the occasion post here ;-) -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:24
- did you check the names on the TT group list? -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:23
- Yeah, I like Xing people out there, and eventually FB comes up with more people I don't know for me to X out -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:18
the name pixiepound isn't going to fly - crash davis Oct 21, 09:14
mrs. zork says thanks. Flagship was the word that she had been trying to remember. -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:14
YDC: After years of ugly, my company's website is finally halfway presentable -- (link) - con_carne Oct 21, 09:14 5
- Not too bad. -- (link) - lileve Oct 21, 09:49
- "10 KW in a 5x5 package". --nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 09:19
- i like the "watts new" idear :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:18
- Where's the porn? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:15
- That's a nice. -- nm - emoticripple Oct 21, 09:15
SmartFlicks for Blackberry for managing your Netflix account -- (link) - kilboooo Oct 21, 09:10
Even simple phrasing, such as using the term "your problem" or "you know what", can kick off a flame-spiral. Depending on the mood someone is in, - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:08 18
- imbued??? :) is that not some dirty word..... -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:20
- This is so true. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 09:17
- Fuck you. You know what? I don't give a shit what your problem is. -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 09:14 3
  - *kills a man with a trident* -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:20 2
    - "Brick, I've been meaning to talk you about that...you might wanna lie low for a while, till things blow over." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:21
    - missile??? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 21, 09:21
- You know what your problem is? - pmb Oct 21, 09:13
- You talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me? I don't see anyone else, so you must be talkin' to me. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 21, 09:10 1
  - I believe we've recovered your dildo, sir. -- nm - Bery's Guide to Netiquette Oct 21, 09:12
- Who you callin' "simple" jerkface!? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:10 4
  - Simmer down, Simon -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 09:10 3
    - YOUR A DOODYHEAD!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:13 2
      - Lighten up, Francis. -- nm - TaurusII Oct 21, 09:16 1
        
        YOUR A DOODYHEAD TO!!! - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:23
- you know what your problem is? - znufrii, elitist Oct 21, 09:10
- (That said, I thought the IM of that post was fairly decent.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:10 2
  - this is not the birthday present that we ordered for trish -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:13 1
    - Yes, this is true. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:14
at the risk of everyone sending these to each other as a joke: e-card that alerts one about potential STD is catching on -- (link) - chris Oct 21, 09:08
"People have a very sophisticated sense for their online hangout�if you mess up the feel of it, or impede the ways they want to schmooze online..." - David Oct 21, 09:08 5
- I can has link? -- nm - emoticripple Oct 21, 09:14 4
  - I linked it on b2. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:22 2
    - Interesting. I sure hope we don't leave HSX altogether forever, but it is really great to have ST. -- nm - emoticripple Oct 21, 09:28 1
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  - David doesn't believe in linking. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:16
boo -- nm - chris Oct 21, 09:06 5
- to boobies -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 09:07 2
  - Hooray for!!! -- nm - Bloodhound Gang Oct 21, 09:09
  - in 60 seconds. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 21, 09:08
- -urns -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 09:07 1
  - Identities -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:08
Gears of War 2 leaked yesterday for Xbox. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:06 5
- IMO, this and GT5 Prologue are the most graphically impressive games this generation. -- nm - Inigo Oct 21, 09:15 2
  - is GT5 going to Xbox? -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:47
  - Really? GoW was very nice looking but I wasn't blown away by the graphics. - Krusty Oct 21, 09:20
- How does that work? DL from torrent and burn a DVD? -- nm - lileve Oct 21, 09:08 1
  - I think. but you need an modded 360 to play it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 09:10

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