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that Herman Cain/women of South Africa candy picture is quite something. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 10:21
i love the internet. - Andie Dec 2, 10:20 1
- :) -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 10:21
Wasn't someone looking for Roku boxes? The Roku2 HD is 20% off this weekend. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 2, 10:20 1
- I am. Generally, at some point before Christmas, Amazon does a 50% off deal. That's what I'm on the lookout for. - David Dec 2, 10:23
Watch out deer, there's a new sheriff in town! - oblique Dec 2, 10:13 6
- you should have mounted Samara on your roof with a sniper rifle. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 10:23
- yikes. -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 10:22
- I've never known anyone that this happened to, glad you're ok. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 2, 10:21
- Glad everybody is OK, what happened to the deer? -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 10:19
- i saw that. I'm glad you're okay. Somehow only one member of my family ever hit a deer and it was just a grazing. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 10:18
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Taxi cab scam...I feel sorry for elderly or gullible people that fall for this. - CrankYanker Dec 2, 10:13 1
- That must be one charming cab driver. I'm surprised if that works very often. - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 10:16
~As you make your bed, so you lie there. But who tucks you in when you do?~ - znufrii Dec 2, 09:58
Awesome! Group C for Euro 2012 is the Financially Unstable Group. Croatia, Spain, Italy and Ireland. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 09:56 3
- Loser gets kicked out of the Euro. (nm) - spamlet Dec 2, 10:15
- thus giving them an incentive to doing well??? -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 2, 09:59 1
  - If you don't do well, you'll get eaten. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 10:01
NCAA Rumor of the day: Mack Brown retiring at UT. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:55 5
- Oh, F@)#$@#$ YOU! - Wil Muschamp Dec 2, 10:00 4
  - Gumpy - is that Les Miles? -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 10:03 2
    - Les Miles = Forrest Gump. Where ya been, Crash? -- nm - David Dec 2, 10:15
    - Yep. No matter what that guy does, he comes out smelling like a rose. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:07
  - That's the first person I thought of too. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 10:03
My BIL like Jameson and Bushmills. Whisky connoisseurs... what should I give him for Xmas as an upgrade? -- nm - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 09:53 13
- the 100 year old Shackelton -- nm - peglegpete Dec 2, 10:23
- Elijah Craig is nice, also, try Colorado Whiskey very good stuff -- nm - flavorize Dec 2, 10:18
- sounds like he likes the Irish stuff - I don't know enough about them to give you a good anser -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:56
- how much do you want to spend? :) - znufrii Dec 2, 09:55 9
  - Thank you! -- nm - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 10:07 3
    - and if you want to branch out from Irish, I can recommend some good American single malt whiskeys that will go over a treat as -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:09 2
      - by all means! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 10:18 1
        
        Hudson and St. George are the two good ones I've had that come to mind. - znufrii Dec 2, 10:20
  - I was given a botttle of Suntory Hibiki 17. Have you tried their whisky? -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:03 4
    - Yeah, I recently finished up a bottle of the Yamazaki 12. good stuff. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:04 3
      - Cool. I'll give it a taste this weekend. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:05 2
        
        let me know what you think. - znufrii Dec 2, 10:06 1
        
        I don't drink much anymore but I do like whisky and I'm not going to pass on what appears to be some nice stuff. - Krusty Dec 2, 10:14
John Boehner has asked Obama to intercede in the growing push to change the automatic spending cuts triggered by the failure of the supercommittee -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:51 19
- And they wonder why Congress has a 12% approval rating. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 10:14 4
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    - I was foreshadowing the next poll. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 10:21
  - *looks around* Every 8th person thinks they're swell. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:14 1
    - Staffers and family members. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 10:17
- Profiles in Courage. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:02 8
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    - The tax cuts are all that matters. They're the lion's share of the savings. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 10:13
    - Oh, I mean folds in the instance he gets next to nothing in return. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:09 5
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        If the GOP agrees to the expiration; they all go down together. It's an issue taken off the table. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:22
      - Hey Will (nmb) - kelly Dec 2, 10:17 2
        
        nope, no call on my phone. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:20 1
        
        Yeah, not a fan. -- nm - kelly Dec 2, 10:26
- "Help me Barack Obama, you're my only hope." -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 09:55 3
  - The first comment on that page is pretty funny. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 10:08 2
    - the second one is amusing in its own way - znufrii Dec 2, 10:11 1
      - November will cure all of our ills, as it has since 1776! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:13
- "I had my fingers crossed! No? Olly olly oxen free?" -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 09:53
News anchor ruins Christmas for Chicago kids. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 2, 09:49 2
- I'm sorta surprised the headline of this story isn't "FOX NEWS CRUSHES CHILDREN'S SPIRIT" - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 10:06
- Her name has always bothered me. Robin Robinson. Really? -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 09:52
LUNCHTIME!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:44
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- Any chance he's done for the season? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:41 2
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  - It's been a bad, bad year. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:42
heh, snowblower ad ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:35 8
- I like. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 09:46 2
  - ...and now I'm feeling motivated to rewrite my latest craigslist ad. - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 09:50 1
    - Exactly. I've got an office chair headed to sale over Christmas. Like I won't be writing something like this. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 09:55
- You stole this from me! I was *just* about to come and post it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 09:43 1
  - Jerk. :-p -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 09:44
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- oh, this must have already been posted, because the phrase "I dare you to find a harder-working four year old" seems very familiar. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:36 1
  - And you never will in the ghetto. -- nm - Gingrinch Dec 2, 09:37
ST is brainstormy: My brother turns 30 in a few months and we need to figure out what to do celebration-wise. - ty97 Dec 2, 09:34 17
- Ask people to do a brief video (via their computer), on their favorite memories of him/stories with him. String them together, show at dinner -- nm - flavorize Dec 2, 10:15 1
  - Or just have them upload them to a facebook page you create -- nm - flavorize Dec 2, 10:19
- Add a theme: Chicago gangland -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 09:44 2
  - Roaring twenties. Golden Age of Hollywood. Chilean miners. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 09:47 1
    - Skyrim -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:47
- urban scavenger hunt -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 09:42 2
  - wait not a scavenger hunt. What's that thing where you have a list of missions to accomplish? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 09:48 1
    - Skyrim -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 09:52
- Vegas baby! Vegas! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:36
- strip club -- nm - decline Dec 2, 09:36
- Skydiving. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 09:35 6
  - go karts! -- nm - amanda Dec 2, 09:36 5
    - I agree - family competive go karting is funner than it has a right to be -- nm - Epiphany Dec 2, 09:39 4
      - "If you ain't first, you're last!" -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:40 3
        
        we get vicious about it. heelariously so. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 2, 09:43 2
        
        The last time I went go-karting, some lady I don't know flicked me off - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:44 1
        
        haa! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 2, 09:57
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Skyrim - last night I disrupted the skooma dealing in Riften. Realizing what was going on in that cave was sad hilarious. - crash davis Dec 2, 09:24 11
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  - that sounds cool - did you lead the bandit into a sabretooth attack? -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:27 4
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      - that is one of my biggest problems, I'm a rogue type and I try to slug it out with larger groups - I need to remember to summon allies -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:32 2
        
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        (spoils answer) - crash davis Dec 2, 09:50
- *flies backwards, breathes fire* -- nm - Dragon Dec 2, 09:25 4
  - I dusted a Frost Dragon last night. It was a little too easy as it concentrated on trying to kill villagers instead of coming after me. -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:26 3
    - You are the worst hero ever. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 09:57 2
      - wait until I'm done with all the miscellaneous and bad stuff and start on the main storyline and then tell that to me -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:59 1
        
        sure thing Fansy -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 10:12
JD: FATCA is a nightmare for private companies of all sorts, not just banks and funds. - spamlet Dec 2, 09:23 12
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    - Let's not get into the ridiculousness of some of the 1441 requirements. - spamlet (iPhone) Dec 2, 09:36
  - Unless you do business with foreign banks on a regular basis. - spamlet Dec 2, 09:28 1
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- it should have been modified to make it more efficient with something that starts with T - crash davis Dec 2, 09:25 6
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    - get an afterwork cocktail tonight -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:28 4
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        good cranky Jack isn't as fun (though wishing coal and sh!# on libraries cracked me up yesterday) -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:33 2
        
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        I'm not really a Wii guy, but the Zelda ads look like a lot of fun. -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:45
My bro just sent his annual 'I'm not exchanging Christmas gifts w/family members' text. He cracks me up. - Diva Dec 2, 09:23 5
- and you're the one who ruins Christmas? speaking of which: what are your christmas ruining plans this year? - Epiphany Dec 2, 09:42 2
  - The seeds have already been planted. I can't reveal much more... -- nm - Diva Dec 2, 10:01 1
    - Ahhh, the poison ivy instead of mistletoe gambit...well played Deevs, well played. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:10
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  - yeah. I'm going to send my brother and his fiancee something anyway. I remember being cash-strapped last year while planning the wedding and everyone - Diva Dec 2, 09:30
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- Celebrate diversity, jack. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, :) Dec 2, 09:37
- When we lived in Austin, some friends had their second child at a birthing center a mile from the office around 8 or 9am. - ty97 Dec 2, 09:36
- And we have covered this. Weddings, births... so many antiquated societal norms. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:28 8
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    - That events between a husband and wife have to be immediately celebrated if not actually witnessed by a large group of family and friends. - Spawn Dec 2, 09:38 4
      - We're not wanting most people around...her family who is genuinely thrilled aren't local and my family can't be bothered - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:03 2
        
        Theres also the issue of having to deal with all the doctors trying to regulate my insulin levels and make sure I am okay, in addition to the baby. - kelly Dec 2, 10:14
        
        wait....so there isn't an ST event in the birth room? -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 10:14
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    - yeah, I don't get that either. -- nm - amanda Dec 2, 09:36
  - yup... - znufrii Dec 2, 09:29
- that's an interesting comparison. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 09:26
- I doubt it is quite the norm. I was at the hospital for my niece's birth (hell, I drove my sister to the hospital). - Spawn Dec 2, 09:25
- Introverts are slowly winning. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 09:23 6
  - It is not so much introverts. Giving birth is kinda like surgery. You are not really feeling your best afterwards, ready to play hostess. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:26 5
    - I was joking, but the expectation that family and frieds should all be allowed to show up is clearly an extroverted one :) - Roger More Dec 2, 10:27
    - hey, come on in and see the baby while they're stitching up my vagina and my boobs are hanging out as I desperately try to figure out this - kare Dec 2, 10:21 1
      - nice callback. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:24
    - and in many cases, it literally *is* surgery. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:32 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:39
Some nice photos via In Focus: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 2, 09:20 1
- That Amazon warehouse is terrifying. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 10:16
HALO NIGHT!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:20 7
- Who invited you? -- nm - David Dec 2, 10:09
- We doing any of that ODST stuff? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Dec 2, 09:30 2
  - Nah, ODST is better forgotten. Never even tried to finish the mission. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 09:40
  - not me, I traded in my ODST disc. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 09:39
- ~Now you're a man..a manly manly man~ -- nm - budice Dec 2, 09:23
- concert in my house tonight! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 09:22
- okay, I'll be there -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 09:21

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