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tennis spoil - zork Jun 28, 14:12
Hey Fish, Brian Baker *destroyed* Jarkko Niemine to get to the third round. -- nm - David Jun 28, 14:11
Have we done this poll? Thanks to magic, you're suddenly gifted competitive ability in the summer Olympic sport of your choice. Which event is yours? -- nm - Max Jun 28, 14:08 11
- The 100m. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 14:30
- hmm, not sure but I guess the short list would be - zork Jun 28, 14:20 1
  - also - zork Jun 28, 14:22
- Tornado Class Catamaran sailing. (Cancelled in 2012 - the same magic would bring it back) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 14:17
- Does the ability stay after the olympics? I want baseball so I can go on to sign a big contract. -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 14:13 1
  - No, but you can sell the rights to the story of your unlikely success. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 14:17
- Diving -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 14:12
- i'm 55 and i'm the Olympic boxing champ! -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 14:12
- Women's wrestling -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 14:10
- 3K Steeplechase -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 14:09
- Fencing -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 14:08
From BB - I think one reason my work has such a good sick time sell back/bonus is to try to counteract absenteeism. - Dano Jun 28, 14:03 1
- Probably true. I can't sell mine back, but it counts as time worked when I retire. - ceregon Jun 28, 14:06
106.7 in the shade. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 28, 14:02 3
- lows of 85 highs up to 110 for the next week, here -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 14:06
- "You're tuned in to 106.7, The Shade!" -- nm - nubby Jun 28, 14:04 1
  - ~Shadoe Stevens in the mooorning!~ -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 14:05
Obama just tripled down on his support of Holder. -- nm - David Jun 28, 14:00 1
- That's too bad. I think he should have been cut loose. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 14:02
LYC: You know someone needs to cull their e-mail when a 2001 program participant my work offered asks me to sponsor them in a charity event. - Walt_Disney Jun 28, 13:59
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- Yeah, they're making this point over on The Corner as well. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 14:01 3
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    - so much for judicial modesty, then? -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 14:12 1
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it's a gorgeous night to sit outside on the balcony - marcel Jun 28, 13:55 4
- and it's a marvelous night for a Moondance -- nm - Van Morrision Jun 28, 13:59
- Nice! But: Ita/England spoilers inside -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:57 2
  - Italy/Germany, that is -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:57 1
    - DAMMIT -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:57
(zee football spoilers) - Andie Jun 28, 13:50 5
- Forza Azzurri! - Krusty Jun 28, 13:55 2
  - what time would the game be? -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 28, 14:04 1
    - Final is at 2:45 ET on Sunday -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 14:07
- wpp-hoolia!!! -- nm - Diva Jun 28, 13:52 1
  - just a little closer to...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Jun 28, 13:55
Why do I want to feed a steak into the turbine of this Google Cloud Platform logo? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 13:50
Pizza sounds good for dinner tonight - amoxy Jun 28, 13:48 4
- Relatedly: All of these stupid little things Pizza Hut keeps coming out with slows down everything. They obviously failed at K.I.S.S. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 13:54
- chili and beer at Germany bro's for me -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:50 1
  - Spots open in the cantina -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 13:53
- That's my plan for tomorrow. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 13:49
Hello from Holmes County. It's too hot. - CovingtonCat Jun 28, 13:42 4
- It is currently 107 degrees outside. - spamlet Jun 28, 13:58
- heh - so cute -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:49
- 95 now, 108 tomorrow, 106 Sat, 104 Sunday. I won't be leaving the house this weekend. -- nm - sycor Jun 28, 13:49
- Last night 1047p 101F -- nm - Capstern Jun 28, 13:45
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- I hope that you are keeping very strong anal notes for the screenplay you will be selling about her wedding -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 14:00 1
  - *spittake* -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 14:16
- dayum. -- nm - Diva Jun 28, 13:57
- Is it too late to tell the groom to run away fast? -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 13:45
- offs.\ -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:44
- Doesn't she know the rules? - Spawn Jun 28, 13:43
- heh, that marriage is doomed. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:43 5
  - murder suicide and will be adapted for Law and Order SVU. Quick...who do we cast as Dawson? -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 13:55 3
    - is freddy prince available? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 15:08
    - It will just LOOK like a murder suicide, Dawson will actually be the murderer. (Played by William Levy!) -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 14:03 1
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  - There's still hope. - con_carne Jun 28, 13:52
Newsarama: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Review - 10/10: The Reboot It Needed -- (link) - Remlik Jun 28, 13:40 2
- ie no jazz hands -- nm - David Jun 28, 13:43 1
  - or Bruce Campbell -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 13:54
For those with Access to my FB - started a new game - Music Video Bimbo Trivia - see the pic name the video :) -- nm - Capstern Jun 28, 13:39
Goon is now on netflix streaming. Did someone here recommend this? -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 28, 13:36 2
- I didn't but I will. It was a good, fun flick. I don't even care much for hockey and enjoyed it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 13:41 1
  - ditto..its a cool watch. -- nm - budice Jun 28, 13:42
Why the hell am I hearing a dot matrix printer? What is this, Mad Men? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 13:34 11
- our second printer was a dot matrix printer - znufrii Jun 28, 13:57
- What the hell is that weird machine doing?!?! Am I tripping again? -- nm - Roger Sterling Jun 28, 13:47
- so funny you should mention this - i had drinks with a friend last night and she was desperately trying to find away to make one of those mid 80s dot - Andie Jun 28, 13:36 6
  - or, Print Shop! -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 14:03
  - Hmm, I don't think I've ever seen the letters-made-of-letters up close before. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 13:42 2
    - Me either. And I remember making a few of those banners. Maybe I just didn't pay attention to what was making the larger letters -- nm - sycor Jun 28, 13:45
    - heh, yep that was the standard. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:43
  - hmmmm, apparently Avery still makes banner paper. or they did, seems to be out of stock in a bunch of online stores. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:40
  - (i hate auto correct on my phone) -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 13:37
- *Buzzer* Dot matrix printers didn't exist until the 1970's -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 13:36 1
  - Heh. Six MIllion Dollar Man. Shoulda went with Six MIllion Dollar Man. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 28, 14:19
the cost of things in surgery is why I *always* suggest to friends and family unfortunate enough to be going into surgery to... - Mel Profit Jun 28, 13:31 10
- I love me some propofol -- nm - ceregon Jun 28, 13:53 2
  - Demoral is pretty wonderful, IIRC. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 13:57 1
    - I specifically told the surgery staff not to tell me what it was lest I go looking for it upon discharge. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 28, 14:08
- honestly, I have no problem getting cut on. - groiny Jun 28, 13:36
- counter example ... the one time I got a sedative, for my wisdom teeth, it didn't go well. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:33 5
  - counter-counter example... when I had to go to the ER with an infection in my tearduct the Dr. gave me a shot of something that went really well :) - decline Jun 28, 13:35 4
    - see, that sounds fun. I can't believe mine got screwed up. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:35 3
      - although, to be fair, other things about it were even more screwed up, which may have been the main problem. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:36 2
        
        yeah, I think the dentists refer to that kind of problem as an error between the bib and the chair. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 13:46 1
        
        if you mean they didn't give me near enough novacaine, yes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:49
Deevs, my last knee, in 2007, I was on the hook for 24k, - groiny Jun 28, 13:25 3
- You'd better have a freaking adamantium bionic knee for 24k - oblique Jun 28, 13:31 2
  - gold is probably too soft... -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:37
  - how much is to worth to you to be able to walk a block? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:37
Charlie! Wake up, Charlie!!! We're going to Candy Mountain! -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:24 2
- *curses you* -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 13:30 1
  - *takes your kidney* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:35
Cleaned out my email in-box. This morning it was at 510 emails 37 unread - amoxy Jun 28, 13:24 1
- My work email: 6,946 items, 3 unread. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 13:26
I heard Obama controls the weather and wrote the screenplay to Glitter. -- nm - David Jun 28, 13:23 7
- I know where that quotes from, and think I lose man points for it. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 28, 14:01
- Does this meme already exist? We take a picture of a gloating Obama... - ceregon Jun 28, 13:55 1
  - It's Kenya-stutional! - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 14:04
- He also signed off on Joe Johnson's and Dunta Robinson's contracts -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 13:25 3
  - Dunta gets a bad rap. -- nm - David Jun 28, 13:26 2
    - That's a lot of $$$ in your nickel CB -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 13:28 1
      - In an age of 5 pattern pass plays, I'm fine with that. -- nm - David Jun 28, 13:30
LIR: In the Vietnam War, Viet-Cong were sometimes called Charlies, as in VCs (Victor Charlies) -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:23 11
- I did not know this. interesting. - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:24 7
  - It was mentioned in Forrest Gump. "We was always lookin' out for this guy named Charlie" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 13:34
  - how did you not know this? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:30 1
    - I knew Charlie - not Charlie Victor -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:47
  - Have you never watched 'Good Morning, Viet Nam?' -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 13:30
  - Also, they don't surf. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 13:25 1
    - They don't get much USO either. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:26
  - You should watch Apocalypse Now. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:25
- Water gun dude was just pretending to be a soldier in that war -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 13:24 1
  - no one believed him. even when he said " you can't see me, I'm in a cammo hat" -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:25
- I can't read it without hearing Cartman in my head, from season 1. - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 13:24
what do we think of this for my next tattoo? - groiny Jun 28, 13:22 [Image] 28
- we're gonna call that a Sword Tree. - Remlik Jun 28, 14:11
- in pink? sure :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 14:01
- Right down your forehead and nose. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 13:42
- shouldn't you be repairing your car, fixing up the house, or healing someone? or am I just turning republican or something? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 13:38 4
  - dude. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:42 1
    - it's fine, loosi. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:44
  - well, I have no idea when I will be getting this ink. - groiny Jun 28, 13:40
  - *blink* - znufrii Jun 28, 13:40
- Groiny Targaryen -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 13:30 1
  - it has a nice ring to it -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:48
- It's a nice start, but I would think you'd want to fill in a lot of those lines so it won't be distorted. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 13:26
- Pretty cool but that's gonna hurt going down the spine. - Krusty Jun 28, 13:26 8
  - I have concerns about the stright lines being straight. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:27 7
    - Yeah that's kind of what I was going at. It'd be easier to maintain them if they were more full, but even then it's so long. - Qale Jun 28, 13:36
    - I would think that's difficult even if they do a transfer for guidance. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:29 3
      - it is, some high end places do it well, but it costs alot more. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:30 1
        
        I am guessing they use more drawing aids rather than free hand, so there's longer prep time. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:31
      - although, actually, couldn't they use tape as a guide? -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:29
    - Good point. I didn't think of that. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 13:28 1
      - well, I want a sword, that is certain. Just need to find the right design. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:29
- It looks like a massive penis. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 13:25 2
  - rorshach test? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:26
  - ...and? -- nm - guy si Jun 28, 13:26
- I like it! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:25
- It would remind me of those things the aliens put on the kids in "Falling Skies" -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 13:25 2
  - is this good or bad? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 13:26 1
    - Not really, the kids are under alien control and kill humans -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 13:29
- This is still going to be mine. Someday. maybe. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 13:25 [Image]
I'm Qale and I approve this message. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 13:21
Supernatural returning for Season 8 -- (link) - oblique Jun 28, 13:21 4
- Wednesdays? I think the Tide is turning. Hopefully they can eek out 10 seasons like Smallville did -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:23 3
  - how many times can Heaven and Hell switch hands? -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:33 2
    - *shrug* - they are boring the shit out of me. I watch out of pure loyalty. -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 13:50 1
      - hate to say it but yes. and also hoping to Cas. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 13:57

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