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Hanksy -- (link) - con_carne Jul 25, 12:54 [Image]
Graphic from Hawth: The man with the plan: RE: Colorado -- (link) - oblique Jul 25, 12:47 3
- fwiw: the vtech killer double tapped his vics, so did, iirc, the mcdonalds guy in san diego/sanyisidro? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:58 2
  - Why is that a FWIW? - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:59 1
    - for what its worth -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 13:07
ST Poll -- When you rent a car, do you buy the tank, or return it full? -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:47 22
- i check mileage and ask about mpg and return with one extra, show then the reciept when turning it in -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:54
- return full, you never want to pay what they charge you if you don't. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 12:51
- I've always returned full except one magic time, at one airport (can't remember where now) where they actually charged a reasonable price. - b. Jul 25, 12:51 6
  - But unless you returned it nearly empty, you still lose. - spamlet Jul 25, 12:52 5
    - iirc, they had a plan where you didn't have to buy the whole tank, just pay their rate for fill-up to full. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:56 4
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      - And they didn't gouge you? Must not have been a national rental car company :) - spamlet Jul 25, 12:57 2
        
        when we rented the fill-up rate was around $8/gal, I want to say. - znufrii Jul 25, 12:59
        
        yes it was. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:58
- return it on 'F' just the way I got it. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 12:51
- if you buy the tank, you're an idiot. - spamlet Jul 25, 12:50 6
  - This idiot shows signs of sentience. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:55 1
    - c'mere, max, we can sit under the blanket statement together. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:57
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  - ,, or not. ;p -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:52
  - or on an expense account. -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 12:51
  - Yup. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 12:51
- return full -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:49
- I would like to buy a tank, please -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 25, 12:48 1
  - dropped this -- nm - si Jul 25, 12:48
- return full -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 12:48
- Return full -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 12:47
sitwap: Penn State football players issue statement -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 12:45 1
- "a group of penn state players, led by seniors..." the makeup of the group would be interesting. - b. Jul 25, 12:54
A lefty SuperPac ad targeting Romney. Amusing. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 25, 12:41 [youtube]
football poll, keep one - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:32 10
- peyton -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 13:03
- Probably Peyton but surely to God even in Cavemen you can work a trade for the others. -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:34 4
  - i havent been able to work anything. - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:35 3
    - You can have Hakeem for your #1 pick -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 12:42
    - Yes re: keepers. -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:36 1
      - sweet. - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:37
- Peyton. Not sold on Dalton...and if I'm keeping an injury risk, I'll keep the hall of famer. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 12:33
- Manning by a mile --- he's the best option, given Dalton isn't #'s good and Schaub is equally an injury risk. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:33 1
  - aging QB in the outdoors? yeesh -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:35
- Shaub-Super Bowl bound -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:33
We still need a fair bit of people updating their rosters on the Astronauts board. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:31 2
- *sigh* - oblique Jul 25, 12:53 1
  - Trades are your friend - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:55
so i guess my boss thinks that no matter where you are, you should answer your phone, or else he will - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:31 6
- do you submit stuff to Dilbert to use? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:44
- Call the cops on him. -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 12:35
- That's a lawsuit...she shouldn't bitch about it, she should contact her attorney. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 12:35
- Wow. I think that is textbook "hostile work environment". -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 12:34
- WTF? -- nm - Stephen Jul 25, 12:32 1
  - yes. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:32
Let's see how ST does on this. LA Weekly has a list of "Five Song Requests Jazz Bands Wish You Would Stop Making." Care to guess what they are? - con_carne Jul 25, 12:29 39
- Current Earworm: Birdland -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 12:46
- Here's the article, which at least makes suggestions of alternate choices for each of the songs -- (link) - con_carne Jul 25, 12:44 1
  - I just found that and read it. - b. Jul 25, 12:49
- Does When the Saints Go Marching In count? -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 12:36
- that's an odd one. some popular jazz is popular because it's good, so what'd the complaints be? -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:35 5
  - "Of the tens of thousands of available standards, the following five songs come up more than any other and there isn't a jazz band in the world that - con_carne Jul 25, 12:40
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  - probably just tired of playing it. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 12:36 2
    - I'd get that - I think I was reading more into it, like judgment. :) - -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:43
    - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:37
- Stormy Weather. Cry Me A River. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 12:35
- Hints for the rest: One is associated with a beloved cartoon, one with sports, one with South America, and one is more of an old pop song - con_carne Jul 25, 12:34 10
  - linus & lucy?? -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:36 1
    - *DING DING DING* Linus and Lucy is #5. Well played everybody! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:37
  - Pink Panther {nm} - Banzai! Jul 25, 12:36
  - Mack the Knife? -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:36
  - Sweet Georgia Brown, Moondance. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 12:35 1
    - Sweet Georgia Brown is #1. One song left. -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:36
  - blues in the night -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:35
  - the merry go round broke down -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:35
  - Girl from Ipanema. -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:35 1
    - that song just turned 50 and *the* girl looks damn fine for being almost 70 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:49
- what a wonderful world and the girl from inpenea. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:34 1
  - #3 and #4! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:35
- anything that Frank sang -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:33
- Sentimental Mood? -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 12:33
- my favorite things -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:33
- Entertainer? Is that jazz? -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:33 1
  - that's ragtime, which is a precursor of jazz -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:33
- Freebird! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 12:32
- my funny valentine -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:32
- RagTime Girl? - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:32 1
  - *ribbit* -- nm - Warner Bros. froggie Jul 25, 12:42
- My Ding a Ling -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 12:31 1
  - Davy's Dingy (is the only one for me) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:51
- I got nothing. -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:30 1
  - I guarantee you know most of these songs -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:32
- Take Five -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:30 1
  - #2! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:31
You guys are all missing the (fairly obvious) possibility that this *entire thing* was engineered by Jennifer Lawrence -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 12:28 2
- "She volunteers! She volunteers for tribute!" -- nm - Jenny Jul 25, 12:29
- Ha! -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:29
Listening to TDKR score solo - Zimmer is definitely cribbing from himself and the Inception score in particular, but - Reagen Jul 25, 12:28 1
- (Danny Elfman needs to be mentioned here too) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 12:41
re: b2, and car loaning - nobody suggested talking with the rude loanee? - b. Jul 25, 12:27 1
- ooh, good idea, send an invoice. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:28
Is it just nuts that a week before the keeper deadline (in a non-ST league) no one has responded to my offers to trade Brees? - Stephen Jul 25, 12:26 1
- I will give you Vince Young for him. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 12:27
wtf is a "wine diaper" -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:26 2
- what groiny wears when I oppose him in Call of Duty -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 12:43 1
  - or is that a Whine Diaper? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 25, 12:46
If I just go ahead and have a piece of that pie, no one will notice, right? -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:24 2
- Are we talking a normal size slice or a Will-sized slice? - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:25 1
  - hee -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:29
Rendezvous with Rama is another good one. - Mel Profit Jul 25, 12:20
Burrito Bowl people! rice, black beans and sauce, pork carnitas, shredded cheddar, pico de gallo, green onions, and sour creme. what? -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:18 10
- replace the cheddar with queso fresco and have a little fresh cilantro on the side -- nm - decline Jul 25, 12:35
- Little Lettuce and some Guac -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 12:26
- jalapenos - Epiphany Jul 25, 12:20 4
  - meh. too weak. Serrano's or habaneros -- nm - decline Jul 25, 12:33 1
    - yeah, but the Pinch has to eat it too. I don't want to fry the kid -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:40
  - I use hot sauce :) -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:22
  - or some other hot pepper -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:21
- There can be only one: white rice, pinto beans, steak, tomato salsa, corn, cheese -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 12:20 1
  - CQ doesn't live at Chipotle, kilbo. -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:29
- sounds like an improved Famous Bowl -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 12:20
karen and I just made up a word. "uncomflirtable." - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 12:17 3
- porch monkey -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 12:25
- exhaustipated... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:21
- I'm claiming "circumcistantial" btw. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:19
sitmop - looks like Gisele's preggers again. - Diva Jul 25, 12:13 4
- Can you she not see his hair or something? -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:31
- was "preggers" a thing before Northern Exposure? -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:13 2
  - long before -- nm - zork Jul 25, 12:17 1
    - more than nine months before? -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:19
Now someone explain the "Dignan Deal" -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:12 2
- You f the goat or the goat f's you. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:17
- It's baaaaad -- nm - goat si Jul 25, 12:16
Current score: 10 Astronauts, 9 Vampires, 8 Cavemen. - David Jul 25, 12:11 12
- Vamps: Julio Jones and Steven Jackson are looking for good homes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 12:33
- I'm sorry, Kelly and I don't fiddle with each others teams ;) - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:14 8
  - Good man. -- nm - kelly Jul 25, 12:23
  - Done. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:18 6
    - All right, everyone go harass RC on FB now. -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:18 5
      - He just signed up. We're 12 for 12 on Astronauts. -- nm - spamlet Jul 25, 12:41 2
        
        WE WIN!!! -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:42 1
        
        Now, everyone....if you were bad last year, between ML and I, we could field 3 teams of keepers so if you're trading, that's just sad. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:45
      - I know he was on travel this weekend. I am sure he will get it tonight. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 12:27
      - Vick and Jordy Nelson available to good home(s). - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:23
- Negative Ghostrider. - Stephen Jul 25, 12:13 1
  - My fault, it's Stewie instead. -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:18
People should be more surprised if they weren't cheating. It's freaking Hollyweird people! -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 12:09 9
- it was such a hard sell though - not to us - to the twilight fans - its just crazy that its *gasp* not real -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 12:21 6
  - its like a plot from an old hollywood movie. next someone will be singing in the rain. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:27 5
    - I can't decide the next step: 1) fake marriage or 2) all kinds of peeps come out of the woodwork as being " flings" of both parties - Epiphany Jul 25, 12:31 4
      - this apology came so fast, I'm thinking this fling was not in the script. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 12:32 3
        
        i think if they didn't have a movie coming out, the apology wouldn't have happened at all. - Andie Jul 25, 12:33 2
        
        THIS. For sure. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 25, 13:29
        
        this. 100% -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 12:45
- Someone you have to sleep with someone who's alive to make sure your boyfriend isn't undead. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:11 1
  - (weird. "sometimes") -- nm - Max Jul 25, 12:11
*cuts the baby in two* -- nm - Solomon Jul 25, 12:07 1
- I wonder what would have happened if neither claimant had said "Cut the baby in half, that's a great idea!" -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 12:11
Alone at a showing of the Dark Knight Rises. -- nm - Mop on Galaxy SIII Jul 25, 12:07 2
- At least you are safe. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 12:26
- Don't get any ideas, fanboy. -- nm - Fred Willard Jul 25, 12:08

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