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Seriously - why use any container for ice cream - just grab the right number of spoons and pass the pint around until it's gone. -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:47 17
- This would depends who it is with. My GF sure, my family if I have to, after that no thanks -- nm - Karl_S Jan 23, 21:55 1
  - because GF's don't have germs. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 22:23
- cause that's effin gross? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:48 14
  - I...I agree with pixie. - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:53
  - You're crazy. -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:49 9
    - "here, let me dip my spoon back in the carton after it's been in my mouth. but you go ahead and dip your spoon in first after it's been in your mouth -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:50 8
      - the bacteria already in the food probably isn't that different from the bacteria in your mouth. -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 21:53 2
        
        Hey? Are you doing ST BL this time? If so get Meg your starting weight -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:55 1
        
        ah yes, I was planning on it. I shall. -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 22:11
      - Ok seriously - I have germophobic tendencies - but that is extreme! -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:52 2
        
        You should find some homeless guy and share a pint, then. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 23, 21:54 1
        
        Now there I'd draw the line - but friends that I would pass the peace pipe with - no worries! It's not like they are stirring the ice cream - you - JenBro Jan 23, 21:58
      - Two girls, one pint -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 21:51
      - if each of your personalities double-dips, does it cause you to beat yourself up? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:51
  - Not when there's only one of you. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:49 2
    - pixie should know that feeling well. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 23, 21:50
    - LOLLLLLLL -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:49
Why can't they build a/c what works well when its 34c outside -- nm - Karl_S Jan 23, 21:47 2
- my office is a pleasant 20 degrees, and it's 36 outside. my house on the other hand... -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 21:48 1
  - The office is about 28, The apartment will be 30+, but we have a portable a/c which will bring it down to 26 in the room we want to put it in -- nm - Karl_S Jan 23, 21:50
I have to hand one thing to Gingrich. He can really handle questions that would take most politicians apart. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:44 1
- maybe he'll be asked one of those kinds of questions eventually -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:46
Remember how I said I could take on extra board responsibilities 'cause I was coming off the arch. soc. board for the next year...? - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 21:39 3
- Tell them you think they should give it a go without a recording Secretary :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 21:51 2
  - I should just not turn up for board meetings. I always have because I chair two committees but I'm not required to. - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 21:57 1
    - There's your answer - skip it until they have their alternative. :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 22:10
Mitt's tax returns: $21.7 million in 2010, $20.9 million last year. All capital gains, taxed at effective rates of 13.9% and 15.4% -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:34 5
- and only $7 million in charitable donations. for shame, Mitt! - mafic Jan 23, 21:39
- that sounds fair. - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:35 3
  - the question is, what did he earn/pay in a year when he *wasn't* running for president? - howie Jan 23, 21:40 1
    - what? 1989? hah -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:42
  - Hey, he paid more in actual dollars than most of the 99%. Never mind that he'd barely feel the hit to his standard of living - TWuG Jan 23, 21:39
Today's Jeopardy category "Dominoes Pizza" was an odd, awkward bit of in-program ad placement -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 21:27 1
- what is cheese burst crust, Alex? -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 21:43
I should add this blog to my rss feeds. I especially like the "... in a landscape" feature. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:26
*wonders how Hoagy will be ringing in the Chinese New Year* -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:25
Google+ is so irrelevant they find it necessary to email me the "top posts" from recently because no one actually uses it regularly. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:23 5
- It depends who you know. Or, more correctly, who you have circled. On Facebook, friending is mutual. On G+ circling is one way - TWuG Jan 23, 21:29 3
  - It doesn't seem to know what it wants to do. If it's great for following people/subjects I find interesting, it's duplicating Twitter, Facebook, and - Qale Jan 23, 21:46 2
    - It's better than Twitter (long form versus short form) and the Facebook "subscribe" didn't exist until G+ came along. - TWuG Jan 23, 21:50 1
      - Colin wanted me to use the Hang Out feature more, but he keeps showing me his tits and that's just another huge turn off. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:54
- ST could take it over and have all to ourselves. - H-Mogul Jan 23, 21:27
Wow..."His Schlong" was an answer on the Family Feud -- (link) - amoxy Jan 23, 21:19 4
- "Name DIgnan's most diseased body part" -- nm - Richard Dawson Jan 23, 21:22 2
  - "Top 14 answers are on the board" -- nm - rollo Jan 23, 21:28 1
    - quality. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 21:29
- The other day I saw "Panties" as the overwhelming #1 for "Things you'd find a guy smelling". - Reagen Jan 23, 21:21
LYC: Holy crap. has anyone heard Alison Krauss' song "Jacob's Dream?" I think I may need therapy. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:05 6
- Sad but gorgeous. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 21:13 5
  - when Pandora threw it at me I had to literally get up and stop it. then I had to read everything I could about the Lost Children of the Alleghenies. - loosi Jan 23, 21:17 4
    - "litrally" -- nm - kelly Jan 23, 21:23 3
      - did I misspell? -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:25 2
        
        It's a Parks and Recreation reference -- nm - nubby Jan 24, 03:58
        
        no. -- nm - kelly Jan 23, 21:26
So if buy a horse in Skyrim and enter a city, is it there waiting for you when you leave the city? -- nm - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:03 20
- The horse waits five minutes. Anything happens inside that five minutes, that horse is yours. Anything on either side of that and you're on your own. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 21:19 4
  - This makes Stephen's incident make so much more sense now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 21:23
  - Well, that sucks. Seems like a waste of 1000 gold then. -- nm - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:23 2
    - psst. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 23, 21:25 1
      - There are cars in Skyrim? - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:42
- I've not found a need for horses. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:16 10
  - Oh, I have, you can be carrying too much weight to run but with a horse still travel as fast -- nm - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:17 9
    - My carry weight is 526. So yeah, the horse is more likely to ride me. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:25 5
      - hey now! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:27
      - Mine's still at 300... -- nm - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:27 3
        
        Steed Stone and like three items with Fortify Carry. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:32 2
        
        thieves guild armour adds 30, I believe. -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 21:38 1
        
        Yeah but if you are detected, mobs at my level will chew right through that. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:48
    - How many Ancient Nord Daggers does one need? -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 21:18 2
      - As many as I can sell! -- nm - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 21:22
      - All of them. -- nm - TWuG Jan 23, 21:20
- waiting...and watching. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 21:16 1
  - and judging. silently judging. -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 21:37
- It's always stabled when you're in a city and travels with you when you fast travel. - nubby Jan 23, 21:06
- Not if you are Remlik. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 23, 21:04
I really have to stop watching it Republican Debates. It just winds me up. And it's not even my country. - H-Mogul Jan 23, 20:59 2
- i'm shocked that you would suggest our elections are all just a kabuki dance between the candidates and corporate media to give the illusion of choice - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:11 1
  - let me guess, you're caught up on Chuck? :) - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:13
Hah! Maximum Bob was also an Elmore Leonard joint. That was a fun show. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:58 2
- ... which apparently happened to have a character by the name of Dickey Crowe. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:04
- *boom* -- nm - car Jan 23, 20:58
"David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) mentioned you on Twitter." -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:51
Now this has to be like 3x as good as Twilight. -- (link) - Qale Jan 23, 20:51 [youtube] 2
- But, 3X zero is zero -- nm - Bacon on the droid Jan 23, 21:02 1
  - thatsthejoke.jpg -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 21:15
gosh. -- nm - (no). Jan 23, 20:17 4
- no. -- nm - (gosh.) Jan 23, 20:26 3
  - Also: Sebiliboner. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:26 2
    - good woman. good woman. I like her a lot. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 20:29 1
      - hot. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:43
I love our local politicians so much! -- (link) - TFox Jan 23, 20:14
So this is how Toby passes the time between Paranormal Activity movies. -- nm - David Jan 23, 20:05
the whole point of eating ice cream out of a coffee mug instead of a bowl twice the size is defeated when I can just go back for seconds anyway. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 20:04 35
- Nostalgic for your scooping days? -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:41
- the point isn't to look pretentious by eating ice cream out of a coffee mug? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 20:20 26
  - Can you be pretentious when you're the only one around? -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 20:39 5
    - If a hipster falls in the forest, have you ever heard of it? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:44 3
      - If Mop posts news, did it happen twice? -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:53
      - Exactly. Wait, whut? -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 20:50 1
        
        If a hipster falls in the forest, you've never heard of it. - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:59
    - Let's ask znu. znu? -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:40
  - how is that pretentious? -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:27 18
    - Is this a trick question? -- nm - David Jan 23, 20:28
    - because everyone else in the world eats ice cream in a bowl like normal -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 20:27 16
      - I eat ice cream out of a mug a lot of times. - kelly Jan 23, 21:00 10
        
        *links you to the Team Loosi mugs on cafepress* -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 21:13
        
        thank you. teacups are even better. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:06 8
        
        err, no. -- nm - kelly Jan 23, 21:16
        
        OK, now THAT'S pretentious. - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:08 6
        
        I wouldn't register for place settings for my bridal shower, because I had no use for teacups. - kelly Jan 23, 21:26 2
        
        fwiw, I have place settings with coffee mugs. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:45 1
        
        *shrug* We have enough of those, too. -- nm - kelly Jan 23, 21:46
        
        what? they are smaller and round. perfect ice cream cups. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 21:18
        
        only if you stick your pinkie out. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 21:18 1
        
        ah! point taken -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 21:28
      - I generally eat ice cream in a bowl, because that gives me extra space for the brownie and the caramel sauce, but occasionally I have it in a bug. - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:34 1
        
        mug, not bug. - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:34
      - you probably do it while sitting indian style on your couch and checking your bank account on your laptop. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 20:30 1
        
        there is clearly a cultural ref I am missing. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:31
      - I am the only person I know who does it. I like how they are small. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:29
  - "What? It's mocha." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:22
- heh. I got all of my former roomies and housies to eat ice cream out of a mug. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:09 6
  - I eat pizza with a fork -- nm - Bacon Jan 23, 20:10 5
    - that just means you were born in Kenya. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:15 4
      - I saw Obama eat his pizza with a fork! -- nm - Birthers Jan 23, 20:17 3
        
        Trump does it too! -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:19 2
        
        His hair emigrated from kenya -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:23 1
        
        I know I have told this story. In May, my folks went to a college graduation (My dad was a 50 year alum). My mom was seated next to Donald. - loosi Jan 23, 20:25
I was busy and wasn't around to slap Bacon on B2.....can I do it now? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 20:04 8
- you never need permission -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 20:28
- for what (this time)? -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 20:10 1
  - Just kick a few more old people off of Social Security and we will have the money. -- nm - Mom's Helpful Cabana Boy Jan 23, 20:11
- Euphemism? - Bacon Jan 23, 20:05 4
  - Try and take away my Social Security and I'll do more than slap you :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 20:10 3
    - Don't you want to explore space? You are greedy! -- nm - Bacon Jan 23, 20:11 2
      - And that defines 99% of Republicans, they all wish they were the 1%. And if they have to fuck over the sick, the poor and the old they are fine with - Mom's Helpful Cabana Boy Jan 23, 20:15 1
        
        and they have a *wide stance* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:38
We will have to become a spacefaring race at some point in our evolution as a species. The choice is that or death. - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:03 10
- As an example of what I mean, watch this video and behold the baby steps to our future. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:07 [youtube]
- Space Hunger Games -- nm - Max Jan 23, 20:06
- Would it really be horrible if in 10,000 years we weren't here anymore? -- nm - Bacon Jan 23, 20:04 1
  - only if Law & Order is still on the air -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 20:05
- at the rate we are warming the planet, we better get damn busy -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 20:04 3
  - Get busy leaving or get busy dying. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 20:20 1
    - if you did a Silent Running reboot, you would have to include more than just the forests -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 20:23
  - That's the beauty of it! The robotics we'll have to build to fix global warming will also help us escape. :) - Beryllium Jan 23, 20:13
- I choose cake. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 23, 20:04 1
  - Snort -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 20:08
it's been quiet for a few minutes, so i'm assuming the show's over. going up to bed. - prayformojo Jan 23, 20:01 3
- "Night" -- nm - The Lamp Ghost Jan 23, 20:02 1
  - L3! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 20:11
- *laughs maniacally* -- nm - It Jan 23, 20:02
NYTimes columnist ask liberals what conservatives actually get right and they respond generously and insightfully -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 19:58 4
- You must have missed the whole bottom portion of the article that talks about what conservatism gets wrong.... - Sourdough Stephen (with a sexy new iPad) Jan 23, 20:59
- I didn't agree with much said in either column. -- nm - David Jan 23, 20:12
- FB'd. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 20:11
- "Then, he shits on them." -- nm - The Hottest Show on FOX News! Jan 23, 19:59

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