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The SEC bagged Rudy, and now they're after former NFL'er Willie Gault (nmbl) - Brian Dec 20, 15:09 1
- It was funnier when it was a Notre Dame instead of UT guy. -- nm - David Dec 20, 15:16
"As a penalty (for not following through with the merger), AT&T will hand to T-Mobileâ��s parent, Deutsche Telekom, - prayformojo Dec 20, 15:09
Question for the ST parents - we got one of those baby monitors that has a pad you put under the mattress that picks up on the baby's movements. No - kelly Dec 20, 15:06 9
- My parents didn't even use a baby monitor -- nm - Karl_S Dec 20, 15:16
- I have heard of them, but have not used one. You might be better off just sticking with a monitor that lights up with noise levels. - Beryllium Dec 20, 15:09 5
  - We don't have to use it - I didn't even realize it came with that pad until reading customer reviews very recently. - kelly Dec 20, 15:11 4
    - I think it would be good for the first month or so, when parents are really tense about that sort of stuff, but after that you should wean off it :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 15:12 3
      - Do babies move all the time when little? -- nm - the liioulu with Dec 20, 15:13 2
        
        I was wondering about the sensitivity. Seems like it would have to monitor breathing?? -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 20, 15:15 1
        
        That seems better. It would have to be sensitive for that. -- nm - the liioulu with Dec 20, 15:19
- never heard of it. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 15:07 1
  - yeah, that's a new one for me too -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 15:09
ST 2011 News/Stories Poll. A lot of things *ended* in 2011. The LA Times has a list. Name them. - con_carne Dec 20, 14:58 37
- spoiler answers - con_carne Dec 20, 15:15
- Not on the list, but -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 15:12 1
  - oops. Andy Rooney -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 15:13
- Egypt and Libya -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 15:08 1
  - Nope! -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:17
- Four "things" left. #4 is a retailer, #8 is a US policy, #11 is a media company, #13 is a US TV show -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:07 12
  - Did Lost end this year or was that a year ago? Also DADT. -- nm - pmb Dec 20, 15:16
  - #11 is Netflix would be my guess or Apple -- nm - eag Dec 20, 15:12 1
    - Methinks you should reread the poll. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 20, 15:13
  - #4 = Blockbuster? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 20, 15:11 4
    - No. You're getting warm... -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:13 3
      - Did Hollywood Video finish their liquidation in 2011? -- nm - David Dec 20, 15:21
      - Did Circuit City go under in 2011? -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 15:15 1
        
        Oh no, that was a few years ago -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:15
  - dont ask dont tell? fox/news world thing? x-factor -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 15:11
  - Zellers? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 15:10 2
    - (This is what canadians call DADT. I win!) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 15:11 1
      - DADT is #8 -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:11
- Bin Laden, Oprah Show, Harry Potter movies, Jobs, Paterno, Kardashian marriage -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 15:01 9
  - #1, #2, #3, #6, #9, the Kardashian marriage is not on the list! -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:03 1
    - wha? sad day for journalism. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 15:03
  - Bin Laden and Qadaffy -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 15:02 3
    - Qadaffy is #7 -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:03 2
      - Gadhafi -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 15:09 1
        
        Qadaffy Duck -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 15:10
  - oh oh, Regis. yeah, la times would think that is important too. - tRuMaN Dec 20, 15:02 2
    - Admittedly, a pic of Regis was used as the link to this story from the homepage. #10 :) -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:04 1
      - aww, my faith in journalism has been restored. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 15:05
- Michael Jackson? -- nm - subversive Dec 20, 15:01 1
  - Not on the list -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:05
- Shuttle program -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 15:01 1
  - #12 -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:01
- Paterno. nm - Dignan Dec 20, 15:00 1
  - #9 on this non-ranked (I think) list -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 15:01
- (this article predates Kim Jon II's death) -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 14:59
- War in Iraq -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 14:58 1
  - #5! -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 14:59
JackDawson: it took no time to remember that battery drain was the main reason for uninstalling WWF in the summer. Even when plugged in .. - zork Dec 20, 14:44 2
- Have you uninstalled it again? your move was 5 days ago -- nm - J Dec 20, 15:05
- note that I don't play WWF; don't even have it installed. so that's *not* my issue. -- nm - bad honey Dec 20, 14:46
SCary Snowman prank -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:36 [youtube]
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- weren't there rumblings about this some time ago with him? - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:52
- Oh no. -- nm - David Dec 20, 14:50
- wow -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 14:43 1
  - Looks like he can't be prosecuted, but god damn that's a lot of firsthand evidence cited in that article. -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 15:01
"Ok see you down there in a minute." -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 14:29 2
- *snicker* -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:43
- Oops. This should be under Amanda's post. -- nm - Krusty Dec 20, 14:30
aaand, of course now they shipped it - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:29
here's a poll: what's the last text message you got? no explanation, just message. mine was "good anytime." -- nm - bad honey Dec 20, 14:27 43
- I forgot to get the lamb out :P -- nm - Karl_S Dec 20, 15:19
- Kim's last text to me is much less interesting: "Well, we have them if we need them" -- nm - David Dec 20, 15:16
- "ok babe" -- nm - J Dec 20, 15:13
- This is a fun thread. Do this more often. - subversive Dec 20, 15:01 1
  - that's a pretty specific text -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 15:02
- "Thanks" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 14:54
- "try me again". nm -- nm - ralph wiggum Dec 20, 14:53 1
  - yes m'am! -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:55
- Can't you call? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 20, 14:53
- "Maybe next time...i am washing it now." -- nm - subversive Dec 20, 14:49
- "awesome, can't wait to see you!" nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:47 2
  - from the brother in law? -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:49
  - You have a really friendly parole officer. -- nm - pmb Dec 20, 14:48
- "a drug addled, redheaded, vagrant slut" - loosi on the droid Dec 20, 14:46 2
  - was that one from your mom? -- nm - Its beginning to feel a lot like zeitgeist Dec 20, 16:07 1
    - no, she doesn't write in english -- nm - loosi loo who Dec 20, 16:26
- I like lampshades (from my brother) - Jovian Dec 20, 14:44
- "Kate is #2, turns out #3 is Will!" -- nm - rollo Dec 20, 14:39
- You wouldn't believe it, so I took a photo. -- (link) - Dignan Dec 20, 14:35 [Image] 6
  - winner! -- nm - loosi on the droid Dec 20, 14:59
  - rook to dignan's inbox, checkmate -- nm - dogbert Dec 20, 14:43 4
    - And that's the reply I get after offering a dude a ticket to a Jets game. nm - Dignan Dec 20, 14:46 2
      - do you have tickets to when they play the Leafs? - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:50 1
        
        Oh god, no. No. nm - Dignan Dec 20, 14:53
    - this is great. -- nm - bad honey Dec 20, 14:45
- "I know your at work Gordo , I just got out of the hospital , I have pnuemonia. -- nm - eag Dec 20, 14:34
- From Ashlee "did you update the CC info for Netflix? Connor says you're a bad daddy cause he can't watch Sid the Science Kid! - Stephen Dec 20, 14:34
- t-mobile telling me they got the monthly payment. it's the only one I ever get. my texting is turned off -- nm - peglegpete Dec 20, 14:33
- vacation: I can't go in march. work is weird and I can go first two weeks of feb. can only afford a few days tho.. you in? -- nm - dogbert Dec 20, 14:33
- I have to preface this because of the responses I will get. It is from my daughter in response to my text to her that I got Coldplay tickets. The - pmb Dec 20, 14:33 2
  - the last word was supposed to be "no", right? -- nm - dogbert Dec 20, 14:34 1
    - Her favorite band in the world. -- nm - pmb Dec 20, 14:36
- Tirso maintainence man 6262777O95 -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 14:32 1
  - *saves* -- nm - mr. grinch Dec 20, 14:35
- "doesn't matter, just curious" -- nm - mr. grinch Dec 20, 14:31
- that will be fine. We'll see you at 6. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 20, 14:31
- "Hard to see, but this man has made a questionable fashion choice in general, but also his specific decision to roll the bottoms of his sweatpants up" -- nm - MDH Dec 20, 14:30
- "No prob" - Kim Pine Dec 20, 14:30
- "Actually the bat broke, but I can glue it." -- nm - TFox Dec 20, 14:29 1
  - Wonderboy?! -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:43
- ikke på fredag -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 20, 14:29
- "Gotcha. See you then." -- nm - znufrii Dec 20, 14:27
- "where are you?" -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:27
Kill, Motorboat, Kill! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:24 5
- a good thing that came out of this afternoon. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 14:26 1
  - we should come up with more variations on KMF like this. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 20, 14:27
- and JackDawson's secret CIA code name is revealed. -- nm - znufrii Dec 20, 14:24 2
  - God damn it Archer! -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 14:30
  - Wait, *he* is Motorboat? Fuuuuuuuuuuu -- nm - Michael Westen si Dec 20, 14:29
Awww groiny looks so cute! -- nm - amoxy Dec 20, 14:23
sitwap: Newt picks up a key endorsement.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:13 1
- *best car known to man* -- nm - bad honey Dec 20, 14:19
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- good thing you will not let a tattoo needle touch your flesh. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:23
- Text I got from David a couple of weeks ago... - Kim Pine Dec 20, 14:21 22
  - Blame Siri. -- nm - David Dec 20, 14:54 2
    - blame assam! -- nm - Siri Dec 20, 14:55 1
      - I'm pretty sure that word was "assuage". I'm learning to be monosyllabic with Siri. -- nm - David Dec 20, 15:19
  - hee! -- nm - loosi on the droid Dec 20, 14:48
  - "Hey Pinsky! Where's my poem?!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 14:33
  - that makes Dawson's drunk texts read like Judy Blume. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 14:25 4
    - "Are You There, Assam? It's Me, Bugeyes" -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:27 3
      - this is rich -- nm - bad honey Dec 20, 14:48 1
        
        i only read the Fudge books, for the record. all those "girl problem" books . . . uh uh -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:51
      - I was waiting for this. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 14:28
  - the most coherent thing i've ever seen him write -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:23
  - i am trying to convert that from autocorrect and i've got nuthin'. -- nm - Sandie Claus Dec 20, 14:23
  - But bugeyes french fries are the best kind! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 20, 14:22
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  - he needs a cell phone with giant buttons! -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:22 7
    - This was how the phone translated his voice, apparently. - Kim Pine Dec 20, 14:24 6
      - David doesn't sound southern at.all. -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:31 2
        
        Do I? - Kim Pine Dec 20, 14:32 1
        
        No I think you sound very midwestern. -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 14:42
      - Yeah, I've found myself yelling at Siri on occasion because she mistranslates what I'm saying, and I don't have an accent. - Stephen Dec 20, 14:31
      - That's funny. You guys don't read Southern. -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 14:25 1
        
        I don't think his is really that extreme (his Halo friends may disagree). - Kim Pine Dec 20, 14:27
I wonder why he hasn't kissed me for a week -- nm - mrs groiny Dec 20, 14:12
"smells kind of cunty in here." nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:07 1
- "This shirt smells like Indira Ghandi's thong." -- nm - znufrii Dec 20, 14:16
A MH LYC: Someone let JenBro know the new area is open and the Mad Elf is loose. -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 14:07 7
- is this sexual innuendo? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:08 6
  - Only if the fallout from the backboards means I can't talk about MouseHunt. Otherwise, no. -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 14:10 5
    - If I can't talk about Skyrim, I guess there is only one thing left for me to say. - Qale Dec 20, 14:18 1
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    - But can we talk about Fight Cliub? -- nm - eag Dec 20, 14:12 2
      - Club -- nm - eag Dec 20, 14:12 1
        
        Why does no one ever read the rules book? - TWuG Dec 20, 14:13
"You know who would never call? Starbuck. She isn't that dependent on people" When BSG takes over a couples life -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 14:07
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 20, 14:06
I know what TFU means. - David Dec 20, 14:06 8
- but is it a word? - groiny Dec 20, 14:07 6
  - I am afraid to be specific about anything on ST today. -- nm - David Dec 20, 14:08 5
    - "Schmoggledyboop." "Ah, an STer mentioned that in 1998. Why you baiting?" -- nm - con_carne Dec 20, 14:11
    - because of Andie, right? - TFox Dec 20, 14:08 2
      - fucking Canadians. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:09 1
        
        "I'll take "Things to do North of the Border" for $500, Alex." -- nm - TWuG Dec 20, 14:16
    - dont be scurred. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 20, 14:08
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