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- What I want to know is... - Mel Profit May 8, 13:00 2
  - my understanding it that it was intercepted before it could be deployed - znufrii May 8, 13:02 1
    - ah. right. - Mel Profit May 8, 13:06
Cal Ripken: Hitting Bryce Harper wasn't "old school"... -- (link) - Don Homer May 8, 12:51 2
- Rosenthal is mistaken, and it's one of my issues with the pitch. - the wrong element, bad guy May 8, 13:02
- it's never old-school if you have to tell people after the fact that it's old-school. -- nm - znufrii May 8, 12:59
local gall works the coupon/reward bucks shopping for her family, turns $10 into a car load (mostly baby stuff...) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 8, 12:50
animated gifs -- (link) - marcel May 8, 12:47
Kentuckians need a sense of humor. This is pretty funny. -- (link) - TFox May 8, 12:45
Anyone have any suggestions for a good and free drawing program, that I can set to only draw lines at specific angles? - znufrii May 8, 12:44
St Poll: What is your top pet peeve today (like bugging you the most)? -- nm - tRuMaN (sarcastically stoic) May 8, 12:44
John Edwards update: Obama campaign was alerted to the infedelity rumors in 2008, before considering him for a position in the administration -- (link) - Strongbad May 8, 12:31 12
- what the article says he said is not the same as what your subject line says. -- nm - znufrii May 8, 12:56 2
  - I should have just stopped at the comma. You're right. - Strongbad May 8, 12:58 1
    - Well, one makes it sound like the Obama's didn't seem to care that he was a scumbucket...when reality says they were warned to do their due diligence -- nm - Will Hunting May 8, 13:03
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  - his trial is all over the news right now -- nm - decline May 8, 12:52 2
    - Why would Dawson be interested in Legal News? -- nm - Bacon, via droid May 8, 12:53 1
      - I know, it's a stretch, but one can always hope he picks up on this kind of thing -- nm - decline May 8, 12:54
  - Maybe because the guy testified about it today? -- nm - Strongbad May 8, 12:51
- That's a pretty misleading subject line. - Will Hunting May 8, 12:44 1
  - of the major players in that book both of the Edwards come off the worst, I think. - Mel Profit May 8, 12:50
- waits for some conservative blogger to take this and turn it into a headline saying the president was trying to help edwards hide the infidelity -- nm - tRuMaN (sarcastically stoic) May 8, 12:43
- read "Game Change". - Mel Profit May 8, 12:35
She didn't wait until her Gay Pride performance: Queen Latifah has come out of the closet (and is urging African Americans to support gay marriage) -- nm - MDH May 8, 12:27 8
- good for her! -- nm - Andie May 8, 12:54
- link? -- nm - Epiphany May 8, 12:37 2
  - No thanks, no sausage for me. I like tacos. -- nm - Q.Latifah May 8, 12:38 1
    - and you invited Eric Roberts? I thought you said he gave you the creeps -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 12:42
- I've had "Ladies First" in my head since this morning. -- nm - Mel Profit May 8, 12:36 3
  - the chick bank robber movie was on a few weeks ago - Love that movie -- nm - Epiphany May 8, 12:37 2
    - I think that was everyone's first clue... -- nm - Mel Profit May 8, 12:38 1
      - my 'clue' was used to see her walking down 5th Avenue with her girlfriend. -- nm - Diva May 8, 13:01
My coworkers either love me or hate me. I'm nominated for VP of our college management council. - ceregon May 8, 12:25 1
- I'm sure it's both. -- nm - Roger More May 8, 12:43
You fail as a mother and human being. -- (link) - Mop on Evo May 8, 12:22 2
- "hey I just watched the Hunger Games, and figured she was more lethal than I could ever be" -- nm - Bacon, via droid May 8, 12:24
- "I thought she could take him" -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:23
for loosi, and anyone else who's interested, some paintings of my brother's -- (link) - znufrii May 8, 12:21 [Image]
The speech accent archive -- (link) - marcel May 8, 12:18 17
- Very interesting. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:38
- Awesome. I love these! - Dr.Vermin May 8, 12:37 15
  - Schwarzenegger has modified his accent, though - znufrii May 8, 12:51
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    - Mine has changed since I moved. But I actually pick up accents fairly easily. - spamlet May 8, 12:56 1
      - heh. i did that in Nashville some. especially working at the bank when i was selling something. - TFox May 8, 12:57
    - My office mate has been living in the states for over a decade, but still has his midland english accent - con_carne May 8, 12:55
    - People can. My sister has picked up a Missouri accent after 10 years there - TWuG May 8, 12:53 2
      - The day Diva drops her Rs in favor of "ah" my ass is ovah. -- nm - Mel Profit May 8, 12:55 1
        
        "Go Jetahhhhh oh no. Oh please no." -- nm - Diva si May 8, 12:56
  - I was told a few weeks ago that I had a Boston Accent. - Mel Profit May 8, 12:47 6
    - I've been told numerous times over the years that I have an English accent. Which is amusing because I've never even been there. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:49 4
      - When we win the lottery I'm going to pick random days to talk like an English Gentleman... - Mel Profit May 8, 12:52 3
        
        Go for Asgardian English. It will pay off for you, I think. -- nm - TFox May 8, 12:54 1
        
        *and* I get to wear a costume! Bonus. -- nm - Mel Profit May 8, 12:56
        
        heh -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:52
    - my family *loved* pointing out mine whenever I'd come home from school... -- nm - znufrii May 8, 12:48
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- *finger to nose* - Mel Profit May 8, 12:41 4
  - It's discouraging that, as a whole, Black and African Americans tend to not be very supportive of gay rights considering the history. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:44 3
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      - Where about 10 years out from an overwhelming majority of Americans supporting gay marriage - TWuG May 8, 12:51 1
        
        "We're" or "We are" obviously. -- nm - TWuG May 8, 12:54
- doesnt it ban more than these normally do? like civil unions and such? -- nm - tRuMaN (sarcastically stoic) May 8, 12:27 3
  - Raises it to the constitutional level in the state and bars marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships for gays. -- nm - TWuG May 8, 12:29 2
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      - I thought so, but couldn't recall specifically and played it safe. -- nm - TWuG May 8, 12:46
- Civil rights should never be put to a popular vote. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:20 1
  - right -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:23
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NCIS new tonight. -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:14
and the hits keep coming for G4...Kevin Pereira leaving AOTS -- (link) - Remlik May 8, 12:12
A new study shows that teen driving is even deadlier when more of them are in the car... - Don Homer May 8, 12:11 14
- I love money wasted on studies that we all already know the results of. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:20 4
  - Well, I don't think we knew the precise increases in likelihood. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:21 3
    - Are those useful? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 8, 12:32
    - We are a stat obsessed species. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:22 1
      - New show on History: United Stats of America -- (link) - Strongbad May 8, 12:24
- So not looking forward to having a teenage driver -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 12:19 5
  - A coworker has two teen daughters and one recently got her permit. The coworker is generally *excited* and can't wait for her to - Don Homer May 8, 12:20 4
    - I had a coworker like this. Very excited to take her teen daughters tanning and into modeling. - Dr.Vermin May 8, 12:32
    - I've been working with my younger daughter on getting her hours for her license for a while now. It's not fun. Though she's better than my older - pmb May 8, 12:25
    - I think my Mom was excited about me getting my license, simply to get out of providing transportation to all of my after-school activities -- nm - Strongbad May 8, 12:25 1
      - precisely. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:34
- In Illinois, drivers under 18 can only have 1 other passenger in the car under the age of 18 unless an adult is present. -- nm - pmb May 8, 12:17 2
  - So, they are encouraging them to pick up hitchhikers or homeless people? -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:21
  - Maryland has a similar law, I believe, though certainly rules get broken. -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:18
nmbSpawn: Ika Stuff inside - marcel May 8, 12:08 6
- *add to the list* -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:14 4
  - You or him? -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:19 3
    - oh, he's now on the list (not me) -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:22 2
      - *phew* -- nmbB - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:25
      - is that good or bad? :) -- nm - marcel May 8, 12:24
- Ahh... will do. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:14
Mitt's Wife does drive several cadillacs, maybe that's what saved GM -- nm - twitted May 8, 12:06
lyc. last final of the spring term tonight, summer classes start next Monday. - znufrii May 8, 12:05 3
- About that. You are not enrolled for summer classes, after all. -- nm - School May 8, 12:07 1
  - don't even joke about it. - znufrii May 8, 12:08
- break a leg! -- nm - Don Homer May 8, 12:07
Welcome to Pennsyltucky. (People think Philadelphia and Pittsburgh but there's a vast area everywhere else.) -- nm - Dano May 8, 11:58 5
- a vast (empty) area -- nm - decline May 8, 12:05 3
  - with windmills -- nm - Remlik May 8, 12:10 2
    - and elves -- nm - decline May 8, 12:11 1
      - and Amish -- nm - Strongbad May 8, 12:11
- yup. -- nm - znufrii May 8, 12:00
Pippy: The stars of the Avengers' high school yearbook photos -- (link) - MDH May 8, 11:56 5
- crazy that Thor really doesn't look much different - LOL at Hawkeye's hair -- nm - Epiphany May 8, 12:14
- Chris Evans kind of looks like a dork. -- nm - sycor May 8, 12:09 1
  - Chris Evans looks hot. -- nm - MDH May 8, 12:11
- So, Hawkeye's first movie was playing Tom Hanks' best friend in Big? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 8, 12:02 1
  - also: shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy ro-ock. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 8, 12:03
Sitwap? from that fashion thing last night, Anja Rubik shows as much leg as humanly possible -- (link) - prayformojo May 8, 11:55 3
- Girl needs to eat a sammich (or 10) and who's the garden gnome standing next to her? -- nm - decline May 8, 12:29
- Not sexy at all...That bony hip, eww -- nm - amoxy May 8, 12:03
- [clicking] Not attractive? How is that possib- [loads] Ah. - Dr.Vermin's inner monologue May 8, 11:57
Seven minutes until the next test of The Incredibly Complicated Thing - prayformojo May 8, 11:53
~I'm a creap - I'm a weirdo~ -- nm - Strongbad May 8, 11:53 3
- *hits Spell Check* Oops. -- nm - Strongbad May 8, 11:53
- what the hell are you doing here? -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 11:53 1
  - Clearly, he does not belong here. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:00
Hmm. The meeting I thought was tonight is actually one week from tonight. - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:49 6
- Now what am I supposed to do with this ice cream cake? -- nm - con_carne May 8, 12:12
- My meeting that was tomorrow night is moved to tonight - amoxy May 8, 12:04
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  - There was a lot more to it, but I like to leave you all hanging. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:58
  - now he's going to go home and brew beer -- nm - Remlik May 8, 11:55 1
    - mmm...beer -- nm - znufrii May 8, 11:58
Steve Nash was named General Manager of Canada Basketball's senior men's team today. -- nm - Beaker May 8, 11:45
For spamlet. Couple drives 1600+ miles on one tank of gas in a VM Passat TDI -- (link) - oblique May 8, 11:44 23
- If they put gas in a TDi they wouldn't get 1600 feet! - spamlet May 8, 12:19 1
  - This is what I was thinking :) -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 12:44
- How do you get 84 mpg's from a car that -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:52 11
  - your son secretly follows you on the trip and refills your tank each night -- nm - decline May 8, 12:51
  - they drobe 15 miles per hour? -- nm - Beaker May 8, 11:59
  - SFEK - that's EPA rated at 43 mpg's (other than driving downhill the whole way). -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:53 7
    - Yeah, and here I have been happy to be getting 40mpg out of a car that they said would get 35. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:54
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      - I'm aware of the concept, I just had no idea it could create a nearly 100% increase in mileage. I thought it was more in the 10-20% range. -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:59 4
        
        just make sure to always drive down hill -- nm - decline May 8, 12:55
        
        Rolling through stop signs helps a lot. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:00 2
        
        hiring those hobos to push the car half the way really helped as well -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:01 1
        
        cutting out the floorboards and adding 'flintstone' power -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 12:03
  - Exactly. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:53
- what it doesn't tell you is how much gas they actually used. - znufrii May 8, 11:48 4
  - Doesn't miles divided by miles per gallon give you gallons? -- nm - mara May 8, 11:50
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    - there it is, I missed that it included their acheived mpg as well... - znufrii May 8, 11:51 1
      - Big gas tank. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:53
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  - They don' -- nm - spamlet May 8, 12:20 2
    - t tell you about the idjits that rear end semis doing this while trying to stay in their slipstream. - spamlet May 8, 12:21 1
      - I have decided the next ticket I get I will blame on hypermiling. - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:23
*drills B2 in the back with a fastball* -- nm - znufrii May 8, 11:42
85 degrees - grabs Ciroc coconut vodka/diet A&W root beer, heads for the pool and cranks up this song. -- (link) - CrankYanker May 8, 11:41 [youtube]
Good article on the 1994 Chargers and the deaths of team members -- (link) - Beaker May 8, 11:39 1
- There's an evil curse! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) May 8, 11:47

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