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Jessica Alba schools Bill O'Reilly on Sweden's neutrality during WW II -- (link) - pigby Jan 27, 21:22 3
- you know, I imagine she did mean switzerland, but sweden still works. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 21:35
- to be fair, and I am not defending O'Reilly, but maybe Alba just got lucky? - Jovian Jan 27, 21:25 1
  - i'd guess more likely than not, but that doesn't make Bill O any less wrong - pigby Jan 27, 21:27
Oh, whatever happened to you, Shannyn Sossamon? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 21:15 [Image] 1
- *loves her* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 21:15
Amoxy....My favorite speech....Mayor Papas (Al Pacino) doing the eulogy in City Hall. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 21:06 [youtube] 3
- Gayle Sayers on Brian Piccolo. -- nm - Trish Jan 27, 21:17 1
  - "aww, gonna cry now baby? cry, baby, cry!" -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 21:25
- Runner Up: Terance Mann on baseball. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 21:11 [youtube]
polar bear plunge poll: ever done one? would you ever do one? - pigby Jan 27, 21:03 7
- Yes, in Summer Camp, did it every morning for a week to earn a stupid patch. -- nm - Stacy Jan 27, 21:21 2
  - swimming anywhere south of the arctic circle during summer is pretty much the antithesis of a polar bear plunge -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 21:23 1
    - well they called it a polar bear plunge, it was in grass valley north of sacramento, and it was frickin cold. :)~ -- nm - Stacy Jan 27, 21:26
- formally, no, but I've been swimming in plenty of freezing-ass bodies of water. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 21:20
- Yes. Once was puh-lenty. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 21:10
- I've done close to that - Reagen Jan 27, 21:09
- No and probably not. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 21:08
Rail gun. HELL YEAH!!! -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 20:53 [youtube] 2
- Adds to back-up vehicle. -- nm - Obama Jan 27, 20:56 1
  - Let's blow some shit UP! -- nm - Jo Biden Jan 27, 21:02
Those peanut-butter bastards!!! -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:43 3
- Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, - znufrii Jan 27, 21:11
- in China, they'd have been executed by now -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 20:46
- It never was. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 20:45
i think I may just stop watching smallville now that lana is back - truman Jan 27, 20:39 2
- she's not. she's got 2 more episodes and then she's done. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 20:46
- Wait for it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 20:40
Colbert spoiler - nubby Jan 27, 20:38
F/X that hold up well..."Jurassic Park" - Mel Profit Jan 27, 20:36 18
- I'm still in love with the effects in Twister. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 20:47 13
  - Especially how tornadoes hit when it's nice and sunny. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:52 1
    - That's pretty much exactly how they hit. You need to watch more Storm Stories young man. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 21:26
  - I had no idea that was originaly going to be a Godzilla movie, but they lost the rights to it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 20:49 10
    - I thought it obvious. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 20:54
    - whats this? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 20:54 8
      - Jan De Bont was going to make a Godzilla film. But they lost the rights to do it... - Remlik Jan 27, 20:56 7
        
        At this point, he's probably glad he lost the rights to the giant lizard. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 21:06
        
        crap...that is a fantastic bit of trivia. thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 20:59 3
        
        yep he was attached to it in 1994 and started work on it, built sets and what not and Tristar balked at the price...1996...Twister.... - Remlik Jan 27, 21:10 1
        
        cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 21:17
        
        That's Hollywood thinking, right there. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 21:08
        
        "Twister v. Gamara"! -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 20:57
        
        It *DOES* explain why Helen Hunt's aunt is killed by a giant moth... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:57
- Alien, Aliens. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 20:42
- T2, too. nm - Dignan Jan 27, 20:41
- they really do -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 20:38
- When King Kong came out one of my first comments was that the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park more than 10 years earlier looked better. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:38
i think Chloe and Parker need to have a sourpuss-off in Thunderdome -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 20:18 3
- Zellwegerdome -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:19 1
  - Two pouts enter, one pout leaves. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 20:24
- I think Eliot is totally adorable in his little knit ski cap and wire rim glasses. -- nm - Trish Jan 27, 20:19
2 things: 1) the best part of this coming Sunday will be the puppy bowl 2) I found it off-putting that Aimee Teegarden was in the hottest 99 women. - Trish Jan 27, 20:16 1
- Ah, thx. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 20:18
I'm hereby claiming Eliza Coupe. She's mine. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 27, 20:12 10
- Why does everyone dump me for other women?? -- nm - Jennifer Aniston Jan 27, 20:14 9
  - I blame this picture. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 20:30 [Image] 4
    - What is that from? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 20:49 1
      - Originally? No idea. On the Hottest 100 list we were discussing on B3. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 20:59
    - never would have guessed that was her -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 20:32 1
      - word - Spawn Jan 27, 20:38
  - You're still #1. I have other open slots on my Laminated List, though. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 20:18
  - WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - David Schwimmer Jan 27, 20:15
  - cause you never stop talking about your ex. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 20:15 1
    - ^5s! -- nm - Trish Jan 27, 20:18
Netflix shipping Wednesday: Get Smart. I hope it's funny -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 20:09 7
- It's very excellent. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 20:27
- C+ Moderately entertaining. -- nm - Subversive Jan 27, 20:24
- fun film. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 20:10
- I really liked it. Were you ever a fan of the show> -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:10 2
  - I loved the TV show. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 20:11 1
    - It keeps the spirit of the show and Carrel does very well capturing Maxwell Smart's competent incompetence. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:15
- I was a huge fan of the original when I watched the reruns in the late 80s and early 90s, and I quite enjoyed the movie. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:10
i think my crazy neighbor just brought an original Warhol Campbell's Soup can painting home - pigby Jan 27, 20:06 3
- ok Pixie. Who's on our elite squad of heisters? *cues up Gritty Shaker* -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 20:10 2
  - I'll be Hardison. - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:11
  - The Mmm Mmm Good Job could only be a 5 minute webisode - pigby Jan 27, 20:11
Okay, on HL2 - having a pack of antlions following you around and killing anything you tell them to is *fricking awesome* -- nm - Subversive Jan 27, 20:05 4
- I wish they would be quicker with hl2 episode 3. I'm tired of waiting. -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 20:11
- there should be an Antlion, Witch, and the Wardrobe achievement -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:08 1
  - This made me laugh far more than it should. -- nm - the darcy Jan 27, 20:20
- yes yes it is. -- nm - truman Jan 27, 20:06
the fact that mandy moore was not on the hottest women list results in it being a failure. -- nm - truman Jan 27, 20:05
Thanks to the PopCrunch's 100 hottest women of 2009, I now know my school is the 46th best looking college. That's right, Playmate of the Year, baby! -- (link) - Mop Jan 27, 20:05 5
- Top 10 school.. sucka! :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 27, 20:48
- The gravity in North Carolina appears to be... less. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 20:24 1
  - NCState, that is. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 20:25
- A Beaver! -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 20:08 1
  - Not in the picture I'm looking at! -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 20:18
heh, the slackertalk "full database backup" is now at 44MB. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:59 3
- That's a whole lot of nothing. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 20:18
- The articles database at The Trades - gzipped - is about 140mb. I wonder what BOP's got? -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 20:02 1
  - I think I'm going to have to start doing the backups on a month-to-month basis, rather than full dumps. Might be easier that way. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:05
only as a matter of curiousity, i would like to have known wiggum back in the lost weekend days - Person A Jan 27, 19:54 9
- Let's just say its really awkward that all these people from Elkhart are FB friending me. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 27, 21:03
- dick -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:55 7
  - *perks up* -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 19:57 6
    - Gotcha!! -- nm - Dick Cheney Jan 27, 19:57 5
      - Oh no! I forgot... - nubby Jan 27, 19:58 4
        
        *shoots you in the face* -- nm - Dick Cheney Jan 27, 19:59 3
        
        ummmm... you're not holding a gun... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 20:01 2
        
        he didn't say he was shooting with a gun -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 20:03
        
        how do you think he hurt his back? -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 27, 20:03
I'm not sure what's more surprising - that I got the letters C-U-R-T-E-M in an FB WordTwist game with other STers... - Roger More Jan 27, 19:52 2
- hmmm - Sheep Jan 27, 20:03
- damn near killed 'em -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:52
Okay, I came up with a workaround to the null board issue that I think everyone will appreciate. - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:48 13
- You lost me at "okay" -- nm - secretslacker Jan 27, 19:52 1
  - well, you need some sort of technobabble GPS, then -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:53
- [an error occured while processing this directive] -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 19:51
- I don't notice the null boards. -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:48 9
  - It basically happens when Person A hits the "Live" link or refreshes B1 while the system is in the middle of a roll. - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:49 8
    - Blank boards have always been a part of our culture. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 19:50
    - Tell Person A to stop it! -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:50 6
      - Eh, it only proves what I've been saying for years: Person A is a dick. nm - Dignan Jan 27, 19:51 2
        
        sorry for the crabs, dickweed -- nm - Person A Jan 27, 19:53
        
        They are an A hole -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 19:52
      - I got distracted in the middle of that, it was supposed to be "While Person B is in the middle of triggering a board roll" :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:51
      - Who made you board police, jerkass? -- nm - Person A Jan 27, 19:51 1
        
        I'm more like board snitch in that situation. -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:52
Good movie speech: the one at the end of Team America -- nm - Guigue Jan 27, 19:47
Hook'em Horns! -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:46 3
- You can't lost to a team with players named Tweety, Quincy, and LaceDarius! -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:51 2
  - Seriously, what kind of name is LaceDarius? -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 19:56 1
    - It's pornesque -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 19:57
the end of Raw was stellar. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 19:44 2
- I agree, except for (spoils) - TFox Jan 27, 21:00
- meh -- nm - truman Jan 27, 19:53
Remlik: Yes, I know that song. Hrm. Are there others like it? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:44 1
- a few. You just might want the Oceans 11 soundtrack. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 19:45
WHAT'S THAT NOISE? -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 19:43 2
- The answer is on facebook. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 19:44 1
  - If Facebook could erase from my mind that stupid article I linked earlier, I would join in a heartbeat. -- nm - Spawn Jan 27, 19:51
callisto...tumlr. talk to me. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 19:42 3
- I believe Tumblr is a simple blog that you use a browser toolbar to post items with. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 19:49
- She's asleep. Ask again tomorrow if you would. -- nm - David Jan 27, 19:47 1
  - cool. will do. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 20:02
I love kelly. She's my something-something soulmate. That is all. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 19:40 5
- hee hee. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 19:44
- Nice try. I am not loaning Will anymore money to lose to you. -- nm - kelly si Jan 27, 19:42 3
  - fuckin' me. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 19:42 2
    - Nice try, but Will's not going to fall for the banana in the tailpipe again. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 19:43 1
      - He learned after the fifteenth time? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 19:44
*paging crash davis* If you haven't seen what I got in the mail today, you need to. :) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:38 [flickr] 2
- He is most appreciative of this. -- nm - the darcy Jan 27, 19:49
- *kills crash with a mean ray of green light* -- nm - Green Lantern Jan 27, 19:40
Heh, Mute Math, Godsmack, Steve Miller Band and Rob Zombie - Trish Jan 27, 19:37 2
- Im gonna end up getting one of these games RB2 or GH4 just for DLC content I just know it -- nm - eag Jan 27, 19:38
- shoulda been MuteMath, Def Leppard, and Blind Melon. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 19:38
pfooey! -- nm - pigby hearts the blart Jan 27, 19:37
Okay, this null-board-stuff has got to stop. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:37 3
- talk to the developer -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 19:37 2
  - he's an elitist bastard who won't listen to the brayings of simple peons like me. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 19:38 1
    - Is that supposed to narrow down who it could be around here? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 19:40
Play nice -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 27, 19:37 1
- Till its time not to play nice -- nm - James Dalton Jan 27, 19:40

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