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Fun fact: the only Wonderlic study guide our main vendor offers costs $62.99. That's an IQ test in itself, I think. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 09:08
Yanks, Tigers, Angels, Rangers, Blue Jays (yes, I know...)/Atlanta, Cincinatti, San Fran, Philly, Milwaukee, - Name Withheld By Request Apr 4, 09:02
CNN viewership down 50% in March -- (link) - ty97 Apr 4, 08:56 3
- They clearly need more Erin Burnett. - Jovian Apr 4, 09:13
- They should get in a preemptive firing of Olbermann. -- nm - Ender Apr 4, 08:59
- *hires palin -- nm - ghost of ted turner Apr 4, 08:57
Castle (spoliers?) - Capstern Apr 4, 08:55 1
- Spoils - Beryllium Apr 4, 08:56
Smart Phones and Stupid Games -- (link) - znufrii Apr 4, 08:45 1
- 1790 -- nm - Guigue Apr 4, 08:48
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- mmmBop? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 08:45
Happy Happy Endings Season Finale Day! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 4, 08:40 4
- This sentence confuses me -- nm - Guigue Apr 4, 08:41 2
  - Word. Happy Endings ending is not happy. -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:51 1
    - Happy Unhappy about Happy Endings ending Day! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 4, 08:52
- Republic of Doyle as well. -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:40
Dear God: Seacrest joins NBC Olympics coverage -- (link) - budice Apr 4, 08:25 22
- He's a douche, but the guy is a good host. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 08:54 2
  - What loosi said. - Dr.Vermin Apr 4, 09:11 1
    - it's really damn hard to host a live show in front of millions. he makes it look easy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:13
- Seacrest shills Seychelles by the seashore. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 4, 08:34
- "To vote for Team France dial 1-866-OLYMP-01, to vote for Team Great Britain dial 1-866-OLYMP-02..." -- nm - Ender Apr 4, 08:33
- So would it be accurate to say that the most successful person to come out of American Idol is Seacrest? -- nm - decline Apr 4, 08:32 10
  - Who is the most successful singer? Clarkson? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 4, 09:12 4
    - Underwood, then Clarkson, then a dropoff -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 09:12 3
      - 3-5, Hudson, Daughtry, Lambert? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 09:13
      - You can make an argument for either, but I agree on the dropoff after them -- nm - amoxy Apr 4, 09:13 1
        
        Daughtry seemed to make a run of hits for a while there -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 09:14
  - Simon than Seacrest -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:33 4
    - I'd give Seacrest the edge. Especially considering he was a nobody beforehand. - ty97 Apr 4, 08:34 3
      - I'm still holding out hope for that Season 1 co-host dude... -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:50 2
        
        Dunkleman. Proof that it's better to cut and run than ... wait, no, it's not proof of that. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 08:55 1
        
        Dammit! -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 09:00
- Brian Dunkleman opening a Cracker Barrel in Des Moines Iowa -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:27 3
  - Who's Brian Dunkelman? - TWuG Apr 4, 08:28 2
    - That was a given, they had to do that line - but it was still good :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 08:48
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- Considering how bad their coverage is already, this might be a net positive. - ty97 Apr 4, 08:26
- he's really triplets right? Dude is freaking everywhere. -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:26
Should I laugh at a business plan offering an English/Math tutoring service where I found at least five grammar mistakes... - Walt_Disney Apr 4, 08:22 1
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 4, 08:27
Bloomberg has the Gov of Iowa on defending "Pink Slime"..."the viscious attack against this healthy product" -- nm - budice Apr 4, 08:20 15
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- Didn't the company that makes the stuff just file for bankruptcy? -- nm - decline Apr 4, 08:22 3
  - Yup, Chapter 11. Sales have dropped a lot the past month due to the focus -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 08:23
  - There's more than one company, but one of them did, yes. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 08:22 1
    - ACME Pink Slime -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:48
- Have I missed something where it was deemed unhealthy? I thought it was just 'icky' but not bad for you? -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 08:21 8
  - it's washed with Ammonia prior to distribution. Health officials say that is ok. I say 'ick' -- nm - decline Apr 4, 08:22 7
    - Aren't distributors still using carbon monoxide to keep meat looking red? -- nm - Max Apr 4, 09:25
    - Amonia is used to kill bacterial in *lots* of food -- cereal, chocolate, bread, etc. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 08:24
    - I don't disagree on ick, and I don't want the stuff, just making sure I understand the facts. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 08:23 4
      - You live in a country where the FDA is in charge of food safety. By default, facts will be elusive. -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:26 1
        
        in the case of meat, it's USDA. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 08:56
      - What amuses me is that it's probably no different than what ends up in many hot dogs. - TWuG Apr 4, 08:26 1
        
        a. the main shock is that its added to products we don't expect b. its supposedly lower in fat than hot dogs c. its gassed with ammonia d. that's the - zeitgeist Apr 4, 09:02
- this has a Mister Burns/Blinky the fish vibe to it -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:21
Sure, grade my fantasy squad. - CQ: Middle Reliever Apr 4, 08:18 4
- Your team is not unlike my ST league team -- strong starting pitching and weakness elsewhere. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 08:20
- Danger, Will Robinson! -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:19
- Love your SP. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 08:18 1
  - it's all I got, heh -- nm - CQ: Middle Reliever Apr 4, 08:19
Can anyone Google me up a full video of Obama's speech yesterday about the Ryan budget? - con_carne Apr 4, 08:15
dammit - a plane crashes into a supermarket and the security cameras don't capture it? Lame! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 08:14
FB counter-suing Yahoo in their patent fight -- (link) - Beaker Apr 4, 08:14
hi Diva. :) -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 08:12 6
- :) - Diva Apr 4, 08:19 2
  - I will! - kelly Apr 4, 08:37 1
    - CUUUUUUUUUTE!!!! -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:41
- I am not Diva, but Hi Kelly -- nm - amoxy Apr 4, 08:15 2
  - Hi amoxy! -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 09:04
  - I am not Kelly, but hi Amoxy -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:17
Askmen.com:20 Sentences That Will Make People Automatically Dislike You -- (link) - amoxy Apr 4, 08:09 44
- There's one in there that I hear all the time and it annoys me: I don't have a TV - Guigue Apr 4, 08:30 9
  - heh that was my wife when we first started dating. - Stephen, (still) loving the Lady Irish! Apr 4, 08:38 3
    - see, her place is where I'd rather spend all the time...if you get my drift... -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:39 2
      - "so what do you do with all you're free time with no tv?" "talk" "my place it is" - Stephen, (still) loving the Lady Irish! Apr 4, 08:48 1
        
        ugh, your not you're -- nm - Stephen, (still) loving the Lady Irish! Apr 4, 08:50
  - i have a gf who held off on getting a cell phone until 2 years ago. For some reason not having a cell made her feel cool. - Diva Apr 4, 08:33 4
    - Yeah and those people are always using your cell phone and giving your numbers to their friends -- nm - Guigue Apr 4, 08:35 3
      - this. so this. I had so many random numbers in my phone and they were all related to this gf. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:37 2
        
        It sucks the iPhone forces you to label numbers like "Home" and "Work", not "Hairdresser's Beeper" and "Baby's Daddy's Momma's House". -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:38 1
        
        my entires were always like 'Englewood Dave' and 'Chi-Chi - Hooters'. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:41
- If a gay guy goes: I'm really straight acting and masculine, you wouldn't know I was gay. - MDH Apr 4, 08:25 11
  - Back in the day my go-to on that one for the gents was (profanity inside) - Cows on the Farm si Apr 4, 08:28 8
    - "Wow, those cows have gotten uppity." -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:30 7
      - "Boy howdy!" -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:54
      - sometimes an autonick invites a world of wrong. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:30 5
        
        I'm picturing the farmhands, slyly doing all their sucking of c*ck on the down low in the barns, to avoid the teasing, you see... - TFox Apr 4, 08:33 4
        
        This is exactly how this all plays out. Every. Time. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:35 3
        
        gay clubs outside Buffalo = just barns, but with no cows. - TFox Apr 4, 08:37 2
        
        you sure do know a lot about this. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 08:39 1
        
        i can't even watch Chik-Fil-A commercials; they're too damn painful. -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:39
  - L4!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 08:26
  - *snork* -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:26
- *phew* "I don't own a car" isn't on there -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 08:22
- "I have better things to do with my time than use Facebook.� but its true! -- nm - sycor Apr 4, 08:21
- I've read more of these on ST than I care to come to terms with -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 08:21
- " I don't own a TV" really, really nerves me - Epiphany Apr 4, 08:18
- *nodding* -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:18
- But it's true! - Stephen, (still) loving the Lady Irish! Apr 4, 08:17 5
  - count your blessings -- nm - CQ: Middle Reliever Apr 4, 08:33
  - do you have any idea how bad for you it is? -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 08:18 3
    - Do you mind? I'm trying not to surround myself with negativity. -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 08:22 2
      - *just now realizes how close this comes to something recently posted here* -- nm - mara Apr 4, 08:23 1
        
        yep -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 08:26
- "my mom thinks I look handsome" -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:16
- "My therapist has been saying that for years." -- nm - Max Apr 4, 08:13
- No wonder ST gets fighty. Easily half those come up regularly here. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 4, 08:12 4
  - I know, I had names for 5-6 of them. Not counting the 3 that applied to me. -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 08:14 3
    - I was telling my model girlfriend the exact same thing just now. -- nm - TWuG Apr 4, 08:16 2
      - You seem unsatisfied. Wouldn't you prefer to be with someone with substance? -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 08:18 1
        
        My wife has plenty of "substance". Plenty. - TWuG Apr 4, 08:24
- #3. Poor Spawn! -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 08:11
- "Get your shit tight" -- nm - CQ: Middle Reliever Apr 4, 08:11
- "Helloooooooo" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 08:10
- "Hi, I'm Redmond" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 4, 08:09
Happy National Walking Day! - ty97 Apr 4, 08:08 5
- That article you posted on the walkability of cities was really interesting. - con_carne Apr 4, 08:52
- brought my swim gear for after work. *smacks forehead* -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 08:13
- Also, Tell a Lie Day -- nm - amoxy Apr 4, 08:09 1
  - My IM was true, dammit! -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 08:10
- Walking Dead Day? -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 08:08
10am and I'm into the Baked Ruffles - oblique Apr 4, 08:06 3
- Step away from the bag sir. - ty97 Apr 4, 08:08
- my breakfast was popcorn and pretzels this morning -- nm - decline Apr 4, 08:07
- My motto since 2001 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 08:06
So I went ahead and watch the first two hours of The Killing Season 2 - ty97 Apr 4, 08:04
LIR - Diva - I agree - she's pushing him to break up so she doesn't have to - that is mostly a " dude move" - and going home? - Epiphany Apr 4, 08:04 3
- Very much a 'dude move'. Lesson I Learned Today: If somebody leaves you for a farm, it's over. - Diva Apr 4, 08:07 2
  - heh heh - true that -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 08:10
  - he's dating Dignan? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 08:07
Since y'all love this shit, opinions on my FBB team...... - groiny Apr 4, 08:02 19
- Same league, my team. - spamlet Apr 4, 08:13 7
  - honestly.... - groiny Apr 4, 08:17
  - yeah, not gonna front. - TFox Apr 4, 08:14 4
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    - I had Venters for a $1 and kept him so that's why I started to punt saves. - spamlet Apr 4, 08:18 2
      - you need to be pretty damn awesome everywhere to make up a 9 point hole in a single category. - TFox Apr 4, 08:22 1
        
        I'll pick up some coming into the league I figure. - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 4, 08:26
  - 5th place. -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 08:13
- Second place at best. - spamlet Apr 4, 08:06 3
  - I am going to spank you. - groiny Apr 4, 08:07 2
    - Maybe in saves. - spamlet Apr 4, 08:09 1
      - I tried to punt saves. - groiny Apr 4, 08:11
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- The only real weak spot I see is OF in that you have a lot of guys who are flawed but competent.... - Will Hunting Apr 4, 08:06
- I'm worried about your pitching ratios. And your SB totals. -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 08:05 4
  - really, Reyes and Fowler, and I have Nyjer Morgan on the bench to start. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 08:06 3
    - Fowler hasn't stolen more than 15 bags in the last two seasons. - TFox Apr 4, 08:07 2
      - eh, I think I get steals from Weeks and BJ Upton as well. - groiny Apr 4, 08:08 1
        
        I like 35 from Reyes, 25 from Upton, maybe 20 combined from Weeks and Fowler... - TFox Apr 4, 08:13
Ah, hindsight. McCain jokes about Palin as Romney's VP. -- (link) - mara Apr 4, 08:01 [youtube]
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