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*bugs nubby* I pronounce it 'boatswain'. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 19:36
Amusing commercial from USA about Raw going three hours. - Tim Jul 2, 19:33
As promised, my crazy-ass story from the weekend, entitled Jesus Effing Christ, the Crazy Goddamned Town I Come From - Reagen Jul 2, 19:17 19
- Why would he bring the French and Germans in such proximity! -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 19:44 1
  - He's even from the Ardennes! -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 19:46
- I...wow. - kelly Jul 2, 19:24 6
  - on a house on a piece of land several miles away that my brother owns. -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 19:25 5
    - Okay. I wasn't sure whether they were originally staying in your brother's house or not. - kelly Jul 2, 19:27 4
      - currently still in that house, so far as I know - Reagen Jul 2, 19:28 3
        
        wait. what? -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:39 1
        
        There's a certain...leeway with regards to farming communities, but it's like - Reagen Jul 2, 19:40
        
        That's crazy. -- nm - kelly Jul 2, 19:32
- "The Canadian, The!" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 19:23
- He just *had* to go bringing the french into it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 19:23
- oh wow. that got much more interesting than I ever expected. - loosilu Jul 2, 19:21 7
  - He's rural French, so yes. - Reagen Jul 2, 19:23 6
    - ahhhh, makes sense. poor kid. - loosilu Jul 2, 19:24 5
      - (though he is deeply unimpressed by the state of our cheese) - Reagen Jul 2, 19:33 4
        
        you should see the French when they get here. Australia has no unpasteurized cheese at all, which offends even me. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 19:38 2
        
        somewhere, hyde is frothing at the mouth, and he doesn't know why. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:39 1
        
        Cheese rabies. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 00:13
        
        I can't say I blame him. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:38
What's a f*****g town with no ducks?! It's nothing! It ain't nothing! -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 19:13 7
- I challenge you to a beat off! - Tim Jul 2, 19:19 6
  - This is the only line you know, right? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 2, 19:20 5
    - line? -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 19:22
    - And I know that one of the characters is named L Dubba E. (nm) - Tim Jul 2, 19:21 3
      - After seeing an interview with the actor in the bonus features, the dude deserves an Oscar. -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 19:29
      - That's 2 and a half minutes I won't get back. - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 2, 19:24 1
        
        I'm watching the movie for the second time. I will purchase it. -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 19:29
Legend Time! -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 19:11 1
- Ooh, Doink and DDP. -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 19:25
St. Louis TE Brody Eldridge suspended 4 games for using performance enhancers.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 2, 19:11
weird. at a bar and there's someone here who is almost a dead ringer for my ex-wife - znufrii Jul 2, 19:07 3
- Are you calling your ex-wife fa? -- nm - Other David Jul 2, 19:08 2
  - Fat, even. -- nm - Other David Jul 2, 19:08 1
    - not anymore, but this girl is a toothpick -- nm - znufrii Jul 2, 19:11
Savages looks downright brutal. I bet Fat Guy is going to love it. -- nm - Qale Jul 2, 19:05 1
- could be damn good -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 19:09
ST Test Group: Do you think I need the work "California" in this sentence? "...a physician describe his experience during the California Northridge - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 2, 19:03 11
- From a business perspective, I think you need it. Always assume your audience needs breadcrumbs. -- nm - Amanda Jul 2, 19:36 2
  - I agree with you. -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:37
  - I'm on my phone. It won't not capitalize my name. I swear I haven't been kidnapped by aliens. -- nm - Amanda Jul 2, 19:37
- I'd ditch California. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 19:29
- IMO, no. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:22
- Consider your audience. Is this being written for local readers or going to a wider area. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 2, 19:14 4
  - Nation wide, hence I think CA is needed but my advisor said to remove it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 2, 19:21 3
    - I am an East Coaster and I know exactly what it means. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:22 2
      - What do you do for a living? Yes, of course you would. But normal people -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:38 1
        
        This, plus consider the age of the potential audience. Remind them. -- nm - Amanda Jul 2, 19:38
- Northridge quake should be sufficient, I'd think -- nm - znufrii Jul 2, 19:09
Power is back on.....just short of 72 hours - prayformojo Jul 2, 19:02 3
- Also, limbs from the fallen tree are still draped over the power lines down the street, so.......that's odd - prayformojo Jul 2, 19:13 1
  - did you report that? -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:14
- awesome! my friends in A-dale got theirs back today as well. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:11
Aj....cutie pie -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 19:00 1
- And she's just playing her role perfectly too, Bryan broke her and made her crazy. -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 19:05
Four score and a couple of years ago, Ma and Pa fought for some serious shit! -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 18:56 3
- and killed vampires -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 18:58 2
  - wrong movie -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 19:00
  - for Truth, Justice and the American way. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 18:59
Just had a robo-call from the NRA. Question: "Do you think is ok for the UN to be on American soil attacking our gun rights?" - GregW Jul 2, 18:50 3
- how are you getting those robocalls? more fun than mine. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:11 1
  - Probably because I joined the AARP. They probably think everyone over 50 secretly hides behind their doors with their guns cocked. -- nm - GregW Jul 2, 19:33
- "Would you like to donate $10,000 to the NRA? Press 1 for 'yes', 2 for 'no I want to die a violent death unable to defend myself.'" -- nm - nubby Jul 2, 19:05
there's a "dry july" challenge here, where you don't drink for the month, and raise money for cancer. it's almost as unimpressive a feat as movember. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 18:39 2
- What about no fapping February? -- nm - Qale Jul 2, 19:05
- I've already won. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 18:49
does anyone actually print emails? a lot of the office people have started using the "please consider the environment before printing this email" - mafic Jul 2, 18:36 5
- I do sometimes. Mostly because it's handly to have a hard copy of someone's comments on a document when you are at a meeting or processing changes. - ralph wiggum Jul 2, 19:31
- in my office, only old white guys. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 19:13
- My parents-in-law do, but they're old. They keep folders of e-mails. It's absurd. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 18:46
- I print out some that are backup for invoices, but try to limit them -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 18:40
- Our assistant prints every email she gets, every order she gets, and possibly every attachment she gets. - Kim Pine Jul 2, 18:37
Hey, thanks, idiot kids who pulled fire alarms in three buildings. - Kim Pine Jul 2, 18:36 3
- "Aww, lumber has a million uses!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 18:39
- this is one of those times I hope there are cameras everywhere -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 18:37 1
  - This is one of those times I mock the people who believe you should never spank a child -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 2, 18:54
Re: Chief Justice Roberts, I'm inclined to believe the pundits over JackDawson. But... - Mop Jul 2, 18:32
woot, i seem to have a itunes/mac bug. - tRuMaN Jul 2, 18:24 16
- Have you tried repairing the permissions? -- nm - Guigue Jul 2, 19:06 1
  - Is that like playing, "Apple May I?" -- nm - Qale Jul 2, 19:14
- Uninstall and re-install. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 18:27 13
  - question, the disc utility - tRuMaN Jul 2, 18:46 10
    - This sounds like a bigger problem than just iTunes. - Mop Jul 2, 18:48 9
      - when i run the verify disc option - tRuMaN Jul 2, 18:50 8
        
        It can't repair because it's your startup disc, so yeah, you'd need to boot off something else - Guigue Jul 2, 19:09 5
        
        And it's not simple, but here's how to create a bootable DVD -- (link) - Guigue Jul 2, 19:11 4
        
        2 other things - Guigue Jul 2, 19:14 3
        
        i tried that with iphoto, it was doing the same thing - tRuMaN Jul 2, 19:17 2
        
        Oh you have the problem with other software? - Guigue Jul 2, 19:17 1
        
        (From now on, Time Machine the hell out of your computer!) -- nm - Guigue Jul 2, 19:23
        
        A quick Google search seems to indicate: prognosis negative. - Mop Jul 2, 18:57 1
        
        if its not one thing breaking, its something else - tRuMaN Jul 2, 19:15
  - working on it, but decided to run disk utility first. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 2, 18:28
  - Also: What did you do to our computer? -- nm - The Ghost of Steve Jobs Jul 2, 18:27
Spawn...looks who's back..... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 2, 18:24
I'm taking sole responsibility for dragging Crash back into Adventure World. It's all my fault. - Mop Jul 2, 18:23
Response to LIR post - I thought Dawson's usual view of AC was from behind at the gym. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 2, 18:11
A Wedding with Starwars and Zombies...and JD, you should get the wedding party to do this behind the bride's back, surprise her, she'll love it,.... - zeitgeist Jul 2, 18:07 1
- Well, he'll be in the right place when she kills him. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 2, 18:13
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- Sure, I will give you Josh Lindholm for him. - Other David Jul 2, 18:32 2
  - Well, Josh Something. -- nm - Other David Jul 2, 18:33 1
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My HSX port is less than 1M away from 7B now. Will it make it over the hump tonight? - GregW Jul 2, 17:41 7
- sigh ,,, and to think I was doing good with $1M dollar days ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 2, 18:02 1
  - It helped to have all the OW warrants held correctly. First time I have ever done that. -- nm - GregW Jul 2, 18:12
- VNT! I feel like I should trade mine again. I think it's been at H$2.something billion for a few years now. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 17:57 1
  - Yeah, I passed you a couple of months ago. -- nm - spamlet Jul 2, 18:14
- the first 7b is the hardest -- nm - CQ Jul 2, 17:56
- WTG!! I'm looking at H$6billion this summer. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 2, 17:44
- Huzzah! I'm closing in on the top 300 again. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 2, 17:42
SITWAY - "What Happened to the Star Wars that I Used to Know" Goyte parody. (link) -- (link) - Buzz Jul 2, 17:37 [youtube]
It's raining and I'm scared. Let's do the Thunder Buddies song. -- nm - David Jul 2, 17:27 1
- Here you go. -- (link) - Kim Pine Jul 2, 17:32 [youtube]
Here is what Danny Ferry did today. - David Jul 2, 17:16 1
- Breaking: Danny Ferry has just traded 3 magic beans for Lebron James... -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 17:55
Just finished reading "Storm of Swords" and can I just say (no spoilers) - Volnelk Jul 2, 17:13
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I think I want to watch The FP again tonight. -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 17:05 4
- the what? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 2, 18:06
- You have me curious. Is it on watch now? -- nm - Amanda Jul 2, 17:18 2
  - You can get it for a few bucks on Ultraviolet. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 2, 17:43
  - I don't think so. -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 17:20
a couple of The Newsroom thoughts - tRuMaN Jul 2, 16:56
Diablo servers are up. Return to fighting evil -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 16:52
I like that serious ML came back to respond to a post that was joke. - Spawn Jul 2, 16:44 1
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YouTube stars join forces in viral complaint parody -- (link) - Beaker Jul 2, 16:42
Bryce is voting for Chipper. Chipper is voting for Michael Bourne. Will the circle-jerk be completed? -- nm - nubby Jul 2, 16:35 2
- By and by, nub. By and by. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 16:38
- I'm a big fan of the idea that each league should get 1 wild-card pick. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 16:37
Controversial WSOP hand from a few days ago (PLO) -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 2, 16:24
Hawks trade Marvin Williams for Devin Harris. - David Jul 2, 16:24 3
- Wow, another expiring contract. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 2, 16:26 2
  - Duke rules! -- nm - David Jul 2, 16:27 1
    - Next move: Hire Wojo to be your HC. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 2, 16:35
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*feels shame for promoting his projects on twitter, so denigrates them at the same time* ... Who has issues? Me? Probably. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 16:17
FactCheck.org criticizes Obama campaign's claims about Romney/Bain. Obama campaign sends 6-page letter refuting the article. FactCheck smacks O down. -- (link) - nubby Jul 2, 16:17 10
- Good for FactCheck. I don't cotton blind allegiance to anyone. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 18:26 1
  - I just used "cotton" in a non-noun form. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 18:29
- I wish all news orgs fact checked even half as well as this. - TWuG Jul 2, 16:58
- With all that undressing of the Obama campaign, I feel like I don't need to see Magic Mike now. -- nm - Inigo Jul 2, 16:35 6
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    - Pippy's got wishful thinking as a handicap sadly. -- nm - Qale Jul 2, 19:18
    - I would say no. There is the suggestion of dong but no actual dong. -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 17:14
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      - This is the post of the day. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 2, 18:00
      - There's definitely dong in the Presidential campaign. - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 2, 17:42
The best part of our conservative newspaper fighting our Republican mayor is the outcries of "liberal bias". -- nm - David Jul 2, 16:14
*hears an elk slaughtered* Ah, the dulcet tones of Jim Joyce calling a strike. -- nm - nubby Jul 2, 16:13 1
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Kim Kardashians ass = 1 Volkswagon Bus -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 16:08 1
- so, Kloe's ass is a fleet of VW bus'? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 16:10

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