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hahahahaha - this made me laugh - TFox - how's the hang over now? -- (link) - JenBro Apr 26, 14:07 [Backboard]
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- I'll be seeing it in 2D -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 14:15
- north of $160 million opening. I just don't if theaters will be able to screen it ennough times -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 14:05 2
  - the pre-tracking numbers sometimes influences theatres to add more screens before the opening -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 14:08 1
    - sure. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 14:10
It's weird that the "perfect face" article from yesterday called that woman "perfectly symmetrical" when her left eye is clearly higher than her right -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 14:02 1
- I am assuming they did not use your definition of perfekt :( -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 14:05
Life of Pi footage shown at CinemaCon. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 14:01 1
- I think Scorcese said there all his movies from now on will be in 3D - con_carne Apr 26, 14:05
sitwap: WWE: Rey Mysterio suspended for 60 days for wellness violation - Remlik Apr 26, 14:00
ohh...Pixie...they're looking for new screenwriters for Daredevil! -- (link) - Remlik Apr 26, 13:50 4
- well there is no shortage of hacks who can fit the bill -- nm - pixitude Apr 26, 13:54 1
  - do it Pixie so I can consult. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 13:57
- I'll admit, I really like Daredevil. -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 13:52 1
  - I liked the directors cut. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 13:53
"There is zero point zero chance the Jets trade up to #3 for Trent Richardson." -- nm - David Apr 26, 13:39 6
- Too bad. Another year of a mediocre to poor offense. -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 14:05 2
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    - Your getting close to making the list, buddy. - Krusty Apr 26, 14:17
- so you're saying there a chance? -- nm - ceregon Apr 26, 13:44
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  - I am curious how much more someone would have paid for Luck. - David Apr 26, 13:43
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- pretty funny stuff. Is there a better (larger) version that's easier to read anywhere? -- nm - sycor Apr 26, 13:53
- "Doesn't matter, had sex." -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 13:52
- I loved the secret lord of the rings diaries - ceregon Apr 26, 13:47
LYC - it's 99% certain that I'll be seeing Avengers at IMAX in 3D in Grand Rapids the weekend of May 20th when I visit a friend there on my way home - JenBro Apr 26, 13:36 5
- Glad to know you count yourself among the 99 percent-ers... - Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 26, 13:39 2
  - JenBro is still amazed by the technology of adding arms to chairs. IMAX may break her. -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 13:40 1
    - :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 26, 14:31
- Question for ST: Was any Avengers footage shot in IMAX? -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 13:38 1
  - no. It's a conversion to 3D. and it looks great I thought and I hate crappy converted 3d movies...but do you need to see it in 3D? No. but it's good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 13:44
Loomis pretty much just called espn a big bunch of fucking liars during his press conference -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 13:36
Hey Microsoft, I'm all for video ads in my Xbox Live. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 13:31
So now that my wife has her new job, they're sending her for training in Chicago in May, smack in the middle of the Loop. - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 13:31 1
- tell me more..... - groiny Apr 26, 13:39
LYC: Happy birthday to me (in two weeks). just ordered my waterproof mp3 player in pool blue. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 26, 13:28 5
- "I dropped my mp3 player in the pool and now I can't find it because it blends in too well. Bad color choice." -- nm - Loosi in two weeks and one day Apr 26, 13:32 1
  - ok, but, the other two colors are black and white, which means I will lose them everywhere else! -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 13:39
- nice, but - if you drop it in the pool, how will you find it? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 13:32 2
  - I guess I'll put a strip of neon duct tape on one edge. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 13:40
  - damn you! -- nm - sycor Apr 26, 13:32
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House spoilers from last week - Beryllium Apr 26, 13:23 1
- Some people simply *must* be right. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 13:24
Damn, that Clooney contest was just too tempting! Fine, Obama, you can have my $15!! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 13:16 1
- I don't think Romney's "Be Hunted By Ted Nugent in the Woods Sweepstakes" is going very well. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 26, 13:59
LIR: we have had fights break out in the theater (usually just yelling arguments though) over people texting/using their phones during the movie to - sycor Apr 26, 13:16 4
- of course getting into a shouting match in the theater about it is so much less distracting to the other patrons... -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 13:16 3
  - agreed. Stupid is as stupid does. But it usually starts with the annoyed person asking the phone user to put it away or something and then escalates - sycor Apr 26, 13:17 2
    - *remembers when dealing with smokers was this ...dangerous -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 13:25 1
      - *blows smoke in your face* -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 13:26
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- Some say he can withstand a 120,000-foot free fall. - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 13:24
- Insane. -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 13:23
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- this reminds me of that scene in Clear & Present Danger when Jack Ryan stares at the TV and says to his wife "I said that! I told him to say that!" -- nm - JenBro Apr 26, 13:32 1
  - I say it here, it comes out there... -- nm - Aaron Altman Apr 26, 14:00
- That's great! When is the decision? -- nm - Roger More Apr 26, 13:18 1
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st poll: what year did you first have a mobile/cell phone? - tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) Apr 26, 13:01 27
- 99 -- nm - J Apr 26, 14:06
- Not until 2004. - Dr.Vermin Apr 26, 14:01
- 1973 -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 13:25
- I had one in '92 for work purposes. A bag phone. - Kim Pine Apr 26, 13:24 1
  - Me TOO! mine was a bag phone for the car - I won it at a Business After Hours - I remember it was a big huge deal too because - JenBro Apr 26, 13:35
- how about never? Does that work -- nm - mud Apr 26, 13:21
- Late 90's, Early 00's. -- nm - lileve Apr 26, 13:20
- 1998 or 1999. It was a phone I found at the theater. We left it in lost and found for a couple months and then I took it -- nm - sycor Apr 26, 13:16
- 1996 -- nm - ceregon Apr 26, 13:15
- Some time in the mid-90's. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Apr 26, 13:12
- 1997. in 98 i ditched my home number (it was a good number, i still remember 416-413-0099) -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 13:09 1
  - Heh, I remember my old number. (530) 894-6613. One of the dorms on campus was (530) 895-6613 - amoxy Apr 26, 13:13
- 1995 -- nm - amoxy Apr 26, 13:09
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- 2001 -- nm - Jovian Apr 26, 13:06 1
  - or the summer that Survivor premeired. Whatever year that was. -- nm - Jovian Apr 26, 13:06
- 2002. I played a sport in HS and was too young to drive, so parents got me a phone to call/ emergencies. -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 13:05
- 2003 -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 13:05 1
  - Hmm...could have been earlier. I might have had one for the 2000 World Series. - Krusty Apr 26, 13:07
- I think 2001. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 13:05
- '94 or '95 -- nm - decline Apr 26, 13:05 1
  - I think mine was somewhere in that timeframe, too. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 13:34
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- '07 -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 13:05
- 2004 or 5, I think? - znufrii Apr 26, 13:04
- I want to say 1996. It was one of those companies that don't exist any more. -- nm - David Apr 26, 13:04
- 2002. -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 13:03
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SITWAP: According to Movietickets.com 'Avengers' is currently selling 1.5x as many tickets as all previous Avengers movies combined. -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 12:59 1
- but how does that compare to the Hunger Games? -- nm - tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) Apr 26, 12:59
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Schefter is hearing Claiborne at 3 then Blackmon at 4. - David Apr 26, 12:56
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- 45 pitches and counting. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:57 2
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    - 46 was the final straw. -- nm - David Apr 26, 13:05
LYC: It was the all-you-can-eat Pizza Buffet at Round Table - amoxy Apr 26, 12:43
Kobe decided not to play tonight. Durant will win the scoring titlew -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 12:40 3
- Once again, Kobe is failing to be Jordan. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 12:50 2
  - So when he's owner of an NBA team he should be a huge success!! -- nm - Bacon, via Droid Apr 26, 12:52 1
    - The formula is, the better player you are, the worse coach/owner you are. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 26, 12:53
Ryan Leaf = fugitive from justice in Texas -- (link) - Beaker Apr 26, 12:35 5
- Am I reading this wrong...he's in a jail (as of yesterday) in Montana....and answered the charges.... - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:37 4
  - Or, more likely did ESPN just write a garbage story that's already been answered? - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:43 3
    - NFL Draft traffic. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:56 2
      - So, all around shitty reporting/writing. Got it. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:57 1
        
        its espn, what did you expect? -- nm - tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) Apr 26, 13:00
I'll bet I was 'mobile' first among all of you - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:34 2
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  - I guess there was 'texting' from the days of beepers when you'd send codes in the form of numbers, IE: 187 was the CA law number for murder and a - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:39
Tap damn! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 12:31 2
- I'm doing the time step of victory. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 26, 12:38
- I guess Pixie is no longer in timeout over Scott Pilgrim. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:36
I don't see why people can't disconnect for two hours either. *refreshes ST a bazillion times a day* -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:31 6
- cause you might miss something...refresh, refresh... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:35 5
  - I think the main reason I gave up swimming was that you can't do 'anything' for that half hour or so, I mean no email, no music, not even CNN -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:42 4
    - I'm thinking of getting a waterproof mp3 player. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 13:09
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      - yeah...but....you don't know where 'my thoughts' might lead me...besides there's nothing 'shiny' to distract me - zeitgeist Apr 26, 13:28
      - I wonder if shaky emailed me? I wonder if the Yankees are winning? I wonder if maj emailed me? I wonder... -- nm - JackDawson swimming thoughts Apr 26, 13:02
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- the day having a work-issued anything translates to an expectation of 24-7 work is the day I turn into a work luddite. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 13:00 15
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    - your IM is more realistic. - b. Apr 26, 13:32 12
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        I do sometimes check-in at off-times, especially if time zones are in the mix - it's the - b. Apr 26, 13:52 1
        
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        "I sent it to you overnight" would have been more accurate. -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 13:51 8
        
        now you're losing me. heh. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 13:53 7
        
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        unless arrangements/warnings have been made ahead of time (for a specific situation), yesterday ends at the close of the work day. This changes if - zork Apr 26, 13:58 5
        
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        there's only so much you can do on a bb (or other device), though. - b. Apr 26, 14:09 3
        
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        I have more disagreement! heh. - b. Apr 26, 14:20
        
        Ahhh, I only just saw the post on B2. It's still grey but their argument is stronger. -- nm - zork Apr 26, 14:15
- These days I'd assume it's because they plan to pass you off as an employee of their competition and tell their clients... - Ender Apr 26, 12:35
- because this is something process-specific, not simply responding to an email. -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 12:33
blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see, all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:29
Rockefeller Hate Parade. New band name. I called it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:28 10
- The Androgynous Tin Weasel - znufrii Apr 26, 12:37 1
  - hee - I like it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 26, 12:55
- my new band name will be: Snarky Tweets -- nm - Epiphany Apr 26, 12:33 5
  - Pushy Pinterest Hipsters -- nm - amoxy Apr 26, 12:46
  - mine will be The Latest Allegations. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 12:35
  - the band at the jazz show this weekend was Snarky Puppy -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:35
  - Snarky Tweets and the Facebook Hunch -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:34 1
    - I love it when a plan comes together -- nm - Epiphany Apr 26, 12:43
- *devastated at missing the chance* -- nm - every other band on earth Apr 26, 12:30 1
  - No worries! I'll move on to another one in 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. LUNCH -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:30

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