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CCat - I might need your mail address though - can you gmail it to me please & thanks? -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 14:04
From the comments section of the ESPN story about the Flames-Habs trade, funny stuff - Subversive Jan 13, 13:54 2
- I like that the Flames solution to this season is to trade for the guy who couldn't get out of town fast enough last time he played for you. :) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 13:56 1
  - Yeah, they do love their retreads. He's an upgrade over Bourque, though, so I'm optimistic. - Subversive Jan 13, 14:01
Genericization that always sounds stupid: YouTube - Reagen Jan 13, 13:51
Huh, guess I should have started using Bing for (eventual) free MS points sooner. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 13:44 1
- 267 points in the bank. I think I got into some program once. Go figure. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:53
Favorite Bowie song - damn near all of them, the man is a hit machine. Pick just one? Young American I guess. -- nm - rollo Jan 13, 13:43 8
- I can't pick just one... - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:44 7
  - Me either. - TFox Jan 13, 14:09 4
    - you should. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 14:11 3
      - meh. - TFox Jan 13, 14:13 2
        
        That was 35 years ago -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 14:14 1
        
        I'm going to allow TFox to wallow in his hairy ignorance. I know when he's being stubborn. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 14:15
  - Yeah, I love I'm Afraid of Americans. -- nm - Subversive Jan 13, 13:51 1
    - I really hate that I missed the NIN/Bowie tour. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 14:08
Flair says he will be at the WWE Induction of the Horsemen for the Hall of Fame show.... - Remlik Jan 13, 13:36 5
- I have to say that, back in the day when they were in their prime, the Horsemen was 1 of the great ideas of all Pro Wrestling -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 13, 13:39 2
  - I will still flash the Four Sign if I know I'm in the right crowd. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 14:09
  - the lineup they're putting in is strong. and apparently comes in time as Barry Windham isn't doing well. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 13:42
- Can he *afford* to get fired from any paying gig right now? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:38 1
  - that's my thinking as well, unless Vince is going to give him a PR gig again.... - Remlik Jan 13, 13:42
omg - on Facebook "Fun fact - Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th!" - Andie Jan 13, 13:33 17
- I know this because of Encyclopedia Brown - prayformojo Jan 13, 13:42 12
  - Some of those solutions haven't aged well - Reagen Jan 13, 13:45 11
    - Holy shit, he's still writing these? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 13, 13:54 8
      - Also, there is an Encyclopedia Brown character named "Stinky Redmond" -- (link) - Roger More Jan 13, 13:59 3
        
        Ha. I remember #6. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 14:06 1
        
        They missed the one where the escaped criminal leaves behind a list of exotic foreign locations - London, Paris, Palestine, Odessa - Roger More Jan 13, 14:18
        
        never look that up on Urban Dictionary. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 14:00
      - Donald Sobol has be to like Carolyn Keen at this point, right? - Andie Jan 13, 13:56 2
        
        I wondered that too, but didn't find any evidence of it. -- nm - mara Jan 13, 14:02
        
        "has to be" -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 13:56
      - That was #28 -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 13, 13:56
    - "You claimed he took your wallet in the washroom, but there is a separate washroom for the coloreds, Bugs Meany!" -- nm - Encyclopedia Brown Jan 13, 13:47 1
      - oh, well done. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 13:48
- st fun fact. words that start with P start with a p as well. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 13, 13:34 2
  - pooh. OMG u r rite! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 13:34 1
    - I think he was in the head with a pot. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 13:50
- *throws FB a ball of yarn* - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 13, 13:33
seattle/pnw slackers...mt rainier is FREE this weekend plus the snow play area is open - z-tabulous Jan 13, 13:30
I now have 44 (44!) saved user IDs & PWs for various internet sites I log into. - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:25 22
- Oh, I just use the same username and password for everything. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 14:00 1
  - User name Mop password Pom? -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 14:01
- only 5, but 4 are really used -- nm - z-tabulous Jan 13, 13:44
- 78 here. -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 13:29
- Double check. - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 13, 13:26 1
  - You're right. Forgot to add the one I just set up (with 6! security questions) so I can get my paystub. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:30
- No, that's right. When you get to the porn sites, it's sure to go into the hundreds. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:26 15
  - niiice -- nm - Tom Hanks si Jan 13, 13:26 14
    - Sometimes, I just don't get these joke nicks. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 13, 13:27 13
      - SFAN -- nm - Tom Hanks si Jan 13, 13:29 12
        
        *shakes head* -- nm - inspector spacetime Jan 13, 13:29 11
        
        ok - I guess I know what I'm giving up for Lent - Tom Hanks si Jan 13, 13:31 10
        
        this is a good subthread. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 13:52
        
        Typing? -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:32 7
        
        you USED to be my FRIEND (lip quivers) - JenBro Jan 13, 13:34 6
        
        No, that's OK. Thanks for asking. - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:36 5
        
        i think i spend as much on coffee as i do alcohol -- nm - z-tabulous Jan 13, 13:47
        
        pffftttt ... you don't really think I'd have to pay for it do you? -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 13:38 3
        
        In that case, whole bean. - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:40 2
        
        don't be silly - you don't really think I'd pay for postage do you? - JenBro Jan 13, 14:00 1
        
        No wonder the post office is going broke! -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 14:09
        
        da$nit -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 13:31
Haha! First thing I thought when I saw NWBR's post before following the thread! nice one Andie! -- (link) - CrankYanker Jan 13, 13:22 [Backboard]
Alison Brie will be on The Nerdist on BBCA this Saturday following The Fades -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 13:19 1
- also related the Blade Anime starts tonight on G4. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 13:21
for groiny - game theory for WWF -- (link) - Reagen Jan 13, 13:14 1
- In Tetris-speak, get one line now, or get a Tetris later. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:20
did anyone see Californication this past sunday? the Sex and the City shiv was highly amusing. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 13:13 4
- We're blasting through S2 of this and I hav eto say I love this show. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:15 3
  - Let me guess, you are a Samantha fan? -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 13, 13:16 2
    - I'm such a cliche that way. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:17
    - *golf clap* -- nm - sycor Jan 13, 13:17
I can feel this afternoon is going to move very s l o w -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 13:12 1
- its only 3:30. i think its been only 3:30 for like 30 mins now -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 13, 13:29
*6* security questions?!? Really? Just to get set up at the website where I have to go to print my paystub now. - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 13:10
Awesome quote in an Interview on NPR with retired Admiral Tim Keating where he explains our response should Iran close the Strait of Hormuz -- (link) - decline Jan 13, 13:07
99 dudes and 1 chick? Smurf VIllage is a sausage fest. -- nm - David Jan 13, 13:07 1
- The joke was always that that was why they were blue. - Reagen Jan 13, 13:12
Canadians - buy houses! BMO just made the five year fixed rate 2.99% - lowest ever. -- (link) - Andie Jan 13, 13:05
That Winter Classic news is remarkably forward-thinking and reasonable of the NHL. I have to say I'm shocked. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:04 4
- Yeah, I was afraid that L.A. vs. San Jose was inevitable. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:11 2
  - Might still be down the line. Both are strong teams and California is actually becoming a pretty good hockey draw. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:17 1
    - there inclusion will ensure a sell out if it is 110,000 stadium for sure -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 13:46
- wait a minute...yeah fuck this idea. -- nm - NHLPA Jan 13, 13:05
*confesses big crush on Patsy Kensit* -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:00 1
- Nothing can stop you from having it all -- nm - ceregon Jan 13, 13:00
Dear David Bowie... -- nm - David Jan 13, 12:59 1
- ...keep your package to yourself - oblique Jan 13, 13:02
haxchat related poll. What movies are guys allowed to cry at the end of? - tRuMaN Jan 13, 12:58 63
- The Natural -- nm - Max Jan 13, 15:07
- the end of The Last Samurai got to me .... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 13, 13:38 2
  - "White people are crazy. What's next, 'The Last N&gga On Earth', starring Tom Hanks?" -- nm - Paul Mooney Jan 13, 13:48
  - The scene after that is the one that gets me. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:42
- does Pixie crying at Toy Story count? - JenBro Jan 13, 13:38 2
  - Oh, the 'When She Loved Me' scene from Toy Story 2? That's a wrencher. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 13, 14:02 1
    - heh. that's one of the funniest scenes in our house. - TFox Jan 13, 14:04
- Saving Private Ryan. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:36 1
  - yes, yes, yes -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 13:37
- The Rookie ... when the dad shows up for his game and gets the baseball -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 13:36
- Brian's Song. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 13:29
- King Kong -- nm - peglegpete Jan 13, 13:23
- the one scene that has some magic ability to get me to tear up..Casablanca when the whore stands and joins singing the french anthem -- nm - z-tabulous Jan 13, 13:20 2
  - Whore? -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 13:26
  - class, you has it -- nm - inspector spacetime Jan 13, 13:20
- Watership Down! -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 13, 13:15 1
  - amy is right to laugh at you -- nm - inspector spacetime Jan 13, 13:19
- hmm, mayhap the end of armagedon - tRuMaN Jan 13, 13:13 3
  - Never - the rest of the movie is too cheesy to bring out emotions (for me) -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 13:20
  - yeah that one gets to me too. Not as bad as Braveheart though. -- nm - sycor Jan 13, 13:18
  - My best friend, who probably never cried in his life and is a total tough guy, bawled like a baby during that scene -- nm - ceregon Jan 13, 13:17
- Iron Giant. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 13, 13:10 1
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Jan 13, 13:26
- I'll admit to getting choked up at most movies like Secretariat, Seabiscuit, etc. during the winning race, etc. -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 13:08 2
  - But do you cry at the end of Sarah Jessica Parker movies? -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 13:10 1
    - neigh -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 13:12
- Mr Hollands Opus -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 13:04
- Green Mile -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 13:03
- Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - decline Jan 13, 13:03 1
  - heh -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 13:33
- Star Trek III (spoilers for II also) - ceregon Jan 13, 13:02 4
  - See I bawled at the end of Star Trek II (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 13, 13:10 3
    - "of all the souls I have encountered.... his was the most.....human" - Remlik Jan 13, 13:11 2
      - me too. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:37
      - Yup -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 13:11
- Schindler's List -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 13:02 1
  - the little girl in the red dress gets me. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:39
- Field of Dreams -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 13, 13:02
- Dirty Dozen -- nm - Tom Hanks si Jan 13, 13:02 4
  - why Tom Hanks? why?! -- nm - inspector spacetime Jan 13, 13:21 3
    - wait ... wasn't that the movie he mentions in Sleepless in Seattle ... where he fake cries about Trini Lopez running to put the dynomite down the tube - Tom Hanks si Jan 13, 13:29 2
      - Jim Brown. Trini Lopez died in the parachute jump. -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 13:39 1
        
        :) thanks -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 14:02
- Return of the King - amoxy Jan 13, 13:02 1
  - The line that got me choked up was - ceregon Jan 13, 13:03
- Shame -- nm - budice Jan 13, 13:01
- Forget the end. The trailer to Big Miracle gets me teary. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:01
- Braveheart - oblique Jan 13, 13:00 2
  - every. damn. time. -- nm - sycor Jan 13, 13:04 1
    - ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 13:35
- Titanic -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 13:00 7
  - *buzzer noise* sorry, not a valid response. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 13, 13:02 4
    - can we shed a tear of awesomeness for those breasts :) -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 13:17 3
      - breast waiver is allowed. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 13, 13:18 2
        
        and now we get to see them in 3D! -- nm - sycor Jan 13, 13:19 1
        
        I wouldn't have resisted going the first time if this had been an option. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 14:13
  - I can't believe she threw it into the ocean! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jan 13, 13:01 1
    - dementia had clearly set in -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 13:43
- Marley and Me -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 13:00 1
  - To be fair though, this would just be carryover from the guy crying because he's being forced to watch it. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 13:05
- Old Yeller -- nm - ceregon Jan 13, 13:00
- Big Fish -- nm - inspector spacetime Jan 13, 12:59 1
  - this is the #1 answer. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 13:42
~Who will love a lad insane~ -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 12:58 1
- Listening to this CD. Definitely a DID. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 13, 12:59
snark -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 13, 12:58

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