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Supposedly God told Josh Hamilton he would hit that 2-run home run in the 10th inning. - znufrii Oct 28, 10:23 10
- and lo, the Lord said "back, back, back, gone! and we rejoiced in his love" -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 10:29 1
  - "Strike five!" "Three, sir!" "Three!" -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:31
- Drugs are bad. -- nm - Krusty Oct 28, 10:25
- pffft. doesnt he know that God is too busy watching out for Coaches tribe? -- nm - Jovian Oct 28, 10:25
- ON YOUR KNEES!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:24
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  - Apparently he's on the side of people wanting an exciting game. -- nm - Ender Oct 28, 10:27 1
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  - St. Louis prayed harder, apparently. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:26
- *makes drinky drinky motion* nm -- nm - groiny Oct 28, 10:23
friday hax chat q: she doesn't think she and bf are right for each other, but breaking up would put a serious dent in her social life - poxie Oct 28, 10:15 14
- Learn to live alone and be by yourself - amoxy Oct 28, 10:32
- spend the next few months solidifying a group of friends, and then break up. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:29 3
  - i agree with this but in reverse order. -- nm - kare Oct 28, 10:33 2
    - your suggestion contains less sex, most likely. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:35 1
      - ooh. true. i was worried about the BF's heart, silly me! so: break up but do the FWB thing while solidifying a new group of friends! -- nm - kare Oct 28, 10:36
- Beer Pong is not a " social sport" even though they use balls in it - bitch are you stupid? - Epiphany Oct 28, 10:23
- Hire a hooker to sleep with him, break up when you "catch him in the act" and keep the friends from the break-up -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 28, 10:20
- have a kid -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:18 2
  - you are on a roll -- nm - Epiphany Oct 28, 10:21
  - it fixes everything -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:20
- by all means, keep wasting this poor schmuck's time. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:17
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- gangbang with the rest of the team. (decline? is this right?) -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:16
- offs - znufrii Oct 28, 10:15
Oh, that wacky Steve Jobs! How is it he got away with driving a car without plates? -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 28, 10:13 8
- What an asshole move. -- nm - lileve Oct 28, 10:15 6
  - How is that an asshole move? It's weird and eccentric, but it doesn't really hurt anyone -- nm - Guigue Oct 28, 10:32 5
    - The fact that he apparently parked in handicapped space, that's being an asshole -- nm - Guigue Oct 28, 10:34 4
      - yeah, especially for a cancer patient. asshole. -- nm - kare Oct 28, 10:35 3
        
        He's been doing it pre-cancer. -- nm - lileve Oct 28, 10:43
        
        I heard this has been going on for a long time, that he felt he could park there before the cancer - Guigue Oct 28, 10:39 1
        
        Ok the reports are from 2006, so after his first canced. But he didn't seem weak at all during those times - Guigue Oct 28, 10:41
- dance on that grave. dance! -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:15
Ok, my Halloween costume made it's way from Minnesota to Memphis, TN overnight (FedEx) but is still showing a Nov 1 delivery date... - Stephen Oct 28, 10:11 1
- If it doesn't arrive, maybe you can shave your head, paint it crimson, put on a black leather jacket and go as Red Skull? -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 28, 10:14
ST Poll: I'm about to go clothes shopping. Where should I go? - ty97 Oct 28, 10:11 24
- Nordstom -- nm - 2 Geisty for my Zeit Oct 28, 19:45
- Macy's -- nm - con_carne Oct 28, 10:20
- TJ Maxx? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 28, 10:19
- Express for Men -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:16 2
  - their jeans have *nice* butts. -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:20 1
    - I like their long-sleeved shirts, they have nice colors. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:29
- Loehmans -- nm - lileve Oct 28, 10:15
- J. Crew -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:15
- Rainbow - Krusty Oct 28, 10:13 1
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- Ricky's -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 28, 10:12
- Salvation Army Thrift Store -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 10:12
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  - Who am I, MDH? -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 10:14 1
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- banana -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:11 6
  - I like BR and am sure I will stop there, but I'm mad at the price of this cardigan -- (link) - ty97 Oct 28, 10:23 5
    - it's 40% acrylic. don't waste your time being mad. -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:26 3
      - god, how unflattering is this? -- (link) - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:27 2
        
        i hate those necklines. they make everyone look like they have oversized saggy boobs and waist-fat. - Andie Oct 28, 10:31
        
        back is cute, front is atrocious -- nm - Epiphany Oct 28, 10:30
    - do you have an outlet center close by? -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:25
- Hardware store. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:11
- Costco. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 28, 10:11
Heh, Rice/Houston amassed 107 combined points last night -- nm - prayformojo Oct 28, 10:06
Gorging on Halloween candy better for kids teeth than rationing -- (link) - Beaker Oct 28, 10:06
Wow. Play Leigh Bodden off, Keyboard Cat! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 28, 10:05 1
- wow. -- nm - Diva Oct 28, 10:13
ST Poll -- Where di you put your teeth for the tooth fairy to collect? - znufrii Oct 28, 10:05 13
- i think i did the glass of water thing too. way easier for the parents than trying to get under the pillow, that's for sure. -- nm - kare Oct 28, 10:34
- my mother had a small orange ceramic dish with the relief of a small upturned animal paw which was the designated spot. - Mel Profit Oct 28, 10:15 1
  - feed the paw! -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:19
- under my pillow the way you're supposed to -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 28, 10:11
- "here dad, you just put me through hell to yank this out. now give me a buck" -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 10:09
- i had a little pink, lace-trimmed, tiny tooth pillow that had a little pocket on the front. - Andie Oct 28, 10:06 4
  - now that you mention it, we might have had (a far more masculine) one of these. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:08 3
    - if i remember correctly, my younger brother's was made out of denim. -- nm - Andie Oct 28, 10:18
    - Like one with a gap-toothed skull-and-crossbones motif? -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 28, 10:09 1
      - nope same thing, just had a little nutsack sewn on it -- nm - tfox si Oct 28, 10:13
- what are you an 80 year old woman? under the pillow -- nm - Beaker Oct 28, 10:06
- under the pillow, like an American? -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:06
- under pillow. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:05
Adventure World survivors: There's Halloween maps. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 28, 10:04
There's another Amazon $2 MP3 credit via Twitter (check my feed) with caveats. - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 28, 10:02
Mike Tyson is . . . The Herminator -- (link) - poxie Oct 28, 09:59
A craving has been developing in me since yesterday. It is time for pie. Sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, a good sour cherry pie. I will miss the - bc/nc Oct 28, 09:55 7
- ~Tastes so good, makes a grown man cry~ -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:18 2
  - you + me = NFA - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:18 1
    - L3. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 28, 10:19
- mmm, sour cherry pie. mmmm, blueberry pie (I won a BB pie in a bet last week. I hope I get paid soon.) -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:17 2
  - I hope you do too. Warm with a side of vanilla. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 28, 10:21 1
    - (I don't like ice cream. just the pie, sir.) -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 10:23
- I had great chocolate cream pie for the better part of last weekend. You guys know Shari's? Mmm... good pie. Horrible restaurant. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 28, 09:59
This is what Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 will look like... hey! Is that a Vudu app? -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 28, 09:49
Project Runway Season 9 quiz -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 28, 09:48 1
SITWAP: Woman detained at Customs with 24 boxes of cake mix -- (link) - amoxy Oct 28, 09:47
I don't get novocaine and why I can't do simple tasks afterwards - Will Hunting Oct 28, 09:46 23
- Next time, see if they will give you the stuff they gave me last month. - kelly Oct 28, 09:57 3
  - I'm ok with biting my tongue a couple of times if it means my jaw is cadaver-numb. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 09:58 2
    - Oh, I was plenty numb for the dental work. It just wears off quicker. - kelly Oct 28, 10:01 1
      - huh, interesting. I need to get shot up into oblivion for it to work at all. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:02
- "Sam went to Foggy Bottom." -- nm - Jelly Oct 28, 09:54
- "Is this real life?" -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 09:49
- "Can I play the piano anymore?" -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 28, 09:48
- no proprioception?\ -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 09:47 15
  - *snork* -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:04 1
    - I knew this would bring you out! -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:08
  - Stop making up words znu. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 09:48 12
    - you know what it means. feedback. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 09:50 11
      - No, I really don't. I know dollar words, but I use ten cent words -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 09:59 1
        
        Your muscles are telling you what they are doing. It's how you know what kind of object is in your hand, without looking. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 10:00
      - from wiki: "the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement." -- (link) - loosilu Oct 28, 09:52 8
        
        I woudl assume from the weight, size and surface texture, but I guess I'm wrong. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:20
        
        fascinating. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 10:09 6
        
        if someone puts a coin in your hand, and you don't look, how do you know what kind of coin it is? - loosilu Oct 28, 10:10 5
        
        clearly, using proprioception. i mean, fucking duh. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:12 4
        
        can you explain this bit, just so I know? is it that I make shit up? or that I look shit up? - loosilu Oct 28, 10:13 3
        
        this post pretty succinctly sums up why it's humorous. -- (link) - TFox Oct 28, 10:30 [Backboard]
        
        I imagine it's just using a word that you have good reason to believe will have to be defined. To some, it looks like showing off. -- nm - mara Oct 28, 10:20 1
        
        oh, that makes sense. I learned that one in intro bio 25 years ago, figured many would know it. -- nm - loosilu on the droid Oct 28, 10:31
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- This reads less as a gay thing and more as a time/place thing. - TWuG Oct 28, 10:01 1
  - "Principal Skinner and Mrs Krabappel were in the closet making babies and one of the babies looked at me" -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 28, 10:03
- if they had been lipstick lesbians making out...they would have rolled cameras -- nm - Epiphany Oct 28, 10:01
- "She said her town is not accepting of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, which she estimates has approximately 3 or 4 members" - loosilu Oct 28, 09:57 2
  - Well it can't be easy being gay, and a midget, in a small town. (nm) - Stephen Oct 28, 10:04 1
    - "I'm the only gay Eskimo in my tribe" -- (link) - TWuG Oct 28, 10:06 [youtube]
- Depends who's telling the truth. If they were making out hot and heavy, then I would say TH staff had the right of it. - Subversive Oct 28, 09:48 3
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  - Yeah, I just don't trust that a manager would be that overt about discrimination in today's day and age. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 28, 10:02 1
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totally serious tooth fairy question - what do you say when your kid tells you their friend got more for their tooth? - Andie Oct 28, 09:41 22
- Their tooth was bigger. It's priced out by weight, not a flat rate per unit. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 28, 10:06
- neighborhood exchange rate. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 28, 09:58
- Tawanda a bitch! -- nm - poxie Oct 28, 09:55
- "The Tooth Fairy sees how much you already have, including a loving family, and knows that more money wouldn't make you happier, just richer." - TWuG Oct 28, 09:51 9
  - So you're telling your kids that their friends are poor or that their family doesn't love them as much? - Stephen Oct 28, 10:13 4
    - Sure. Why not. *throws up hands and walks away from ST for the day* - TWuG Oct 28, 10:16 3
      - (angry TWuG) -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 10:27
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        I was, and I thought the "heh" in the IM was enough to convey that. - Stephen Oct 28, 10:27
  - "Thank god we don't have to listen to her preach, she just leaves the money and goes, huh?" -- nm - kids Oct 28, 10:03
  - WORD. -- nm - Jim Oct 28, 09:58
  - This is in line with Laura's approach. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 28, 09:53
  - i like htis -- nm - Andie Oct 28, 09:52
- Something along the lines of "Not everything in life is fair, appreciate what you get." - Subversive Oct 28, 09:49 1
  - this. i have a feeling this is something that will have to be repeated often, about many things. -- nm - kare Oct 28, 10:38
- I always tell them it's me and that it's all we can afford. But that it's still a fun game, so I'll keep sneaking in to leave it. -- nm - landbeck Oct 28, 09:46
- the other kid's fairy gets corporate sponsorship, while yours had to pull himself up by his bootstraps and do everything on his own. - znufrii Oct 28, 09:46
- I've wondered the same about Santa. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 09:45 1
  - santa i actually think is different (though still very hard). it's not so much apples to apples. -- nm - Andie Oct 28, 09:48
- "your teeth aren't as good." -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 09:41 2
  - hee. This could come from me but I'd be so doghouse. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 28, 09:56
  - right? "if you brushed more and flossed every day, you would fetch the higher price." -- nm - Andie Oct 28, 09:42
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- I would write Texas'. The Oatmeal says you can do either, just be consistent. -- (link) - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 28, 10:09 1
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- Texas's. The exceptions are Hercules' Jesus' and Moses' -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 28, 09:45
- Texas'. The plural wold be Texases. -- (link) - GregW Oct 28, 09:41 2
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    - Nope. - GregW Oct 28, 10:58
- we do: if you say the "s," you type it. so I would say it as "texas's" so I would type that. but "illinois'" would be like that. see? -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 28, 09:41
- Texas's laws. - Krusty Oct 28, 09:40
- Heh, I ran into the same thing in my trip diary on B2. Finally went with Chris's rather than Chris' -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 28, 09:40
- Texas's, the latter is used for plurals and would imply multiple Texases (Texi?) -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 09:38
- the latter, I think -- nm - Jim Oct 28, 09:37
Puss in Boots got a good review in our local paper. "Wit and heart." -- nm - bc/nc Oct 28, 09:30
I admit that I love in Batman when amongst the taunts the thugs say, "When we get through with you your mama won't recognize you!" - Spawn Oct 28, 09:28
Almost time for sailing :) bus routes work out poorly, though, so I got here 40 minutes early -- nm - Beryllium Oct 28, 09:26
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