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this board needs more lawyer-written erotic fiction - pigby Feb 2, 22:15 2
- What about me? I can write erotic fiction. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 22:17
- she has 6 minutes or David gets it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 22:17
wow. Heroes was terrible. they arent even trying anymore. - Guy Feb 2, 22:00 2
- i especially loved (spoilers) - Guy Feb 2, 22:15
- you mean I wasn't watching Prison Break?? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 2, 22:06
OK that Heroes was better -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 22:00
Watching the history of Polio. What a nasty nasty disease. -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:55 6
- I had a suspected case during an epidemic in Australia when I was 4 or 5. I was lucky. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 2, 22:01 5
  - Eeeesh!! Not all kids that got it were paralyzed. This is a very interesting show. On PBS -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 22:02 4
    - Right. I wasn't paralyzed, and wasn't hospitalized because there were so many more serious cases. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 2, 22:08 3
      - I am watching now rows of people in Iron Lungs. OMG I would freak! - Phil Connors Feb 2, 22:09 2
        
        Until they found polio vacinations, it was pretty scary. I had a cousin who got it and ended up with a bad limp in his right leg. -- nm - BAD Feb 2, 22:19 1
        
        a good friend of mine too -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Feb 2, 22:32
the grammar/style of comic book lettering -- (link) - pigby Feb 2, 21:41
RC, you need an RC-Cycle :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 2, 21:37 2
- Ooooooohhhhhh ... good idea! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 22:00 1
  - he was talking about a menstrual cycle -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 22:17
Our furnace is making a sound on occation that's very similar to a belt on a car. We'll call them in the morning, but otherwise, I hope we don't die. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:18 5
- there's belt to the fan's motor, so yeah it could be the same thing. Of course the repair guy will explain to you that your 20 yo heater is a waste.. - zeitgeist for dogs Feb 2, 22:35
- I, too, hope you don't die. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:28 1
  - I mean, if I do, it'll be okay. It's just, there's this whole not dying thing I'd like to continue doing. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:28
- BAD Blower Bearing? -- nm - BAD Feb 2, 21:26 1
  - I'm assured I have no idea. It's not constant. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:27
Republicans push for a 4% mortgage rate as part of the stimulus plan. Also... -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 21:14 2
- isn't this the kind of monkeying around with crap that caused problems in the first place? -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 21:19 1
  - I think it was the lending to anyone with a pulse that did it. If they tighten the standards, 4% would help -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:34
Is Alzheimer's a form of diabetes? -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 21:10
So those of us the are prepared for the digital switch get to watch scroll bars for the next 15 days for the people that aren't? - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:08 4
- I think I resemble that remark :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 2, 21:11 3
  - How can you keep up conversations here, if you can't read? Do you have a STing Eye Dog? -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:12 2
    - My caregiver reads it to me, and I dictate my answers. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 2, 21:15 1
      - I want a caregiver -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:29
If Obama doesn't fix the economy in a year, I'm seriously considering joining the Peace Corps. - Hotkiss Feb 2, 21:07 8
- The best that can be hoped for really is the economy will start to improve. "Fixed" is a long way off. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 2, 21:17
- don't count on it being significantly better in a year and do the Peace Corps for your own reasons, not economic -- nm - tv's pigby Feb 2, 21:08 6
  - I agree with the pig. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:10
  - I mean to say that it's a much more lively-looking option the more the economy crashes. That or take a year off traveling anyway. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 2, 21:09 4
    - well it's not exactly like a paid vacation abroad, as i understand it - tv's pigby Feb 2, 21:14 2
      - We met a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco. I don't remember what they were working on, but they seemed to be enjoying themselves. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 2, 21:20
      - And in some pretty squalid and dangerous conditions at times. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:20
    - In another year we will all be sneaking over the border to get jobs in Mexico. -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:11
"You gave Weeds: Season 2 5 stars, so why not enjoy it again?" - JaxSean Feb 2, 21:03
Heroes asked if we could start dating again, and I said "yes." Will I regret this decision? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 20:59 10
- are you still keeping Chloe on the side? :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 2, 21:05
- Stacy thinks you are a fool. -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:01
- until it starts going all Ike & Tina on your suspension of disbelief. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 21:00
- *throws crystal ball at RC's crotch* - JaxSean Feb 2, 21:00 6
  - WOO!!! FREE DORITOS!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 2, 21:05
  - *collapses and writhes in pain* - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:04 4
    - It's not like you were using it anyway. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:20 3
      - I'd be really upset now if you weren't speaking the truth. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 22:02 2
        
        Well... - Qale Feb 2, 22:10 1
        
        (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 22:19
*/ Make you grind / Okay make you grind /* -- nm - nubby Feb 2, 20:55
I cannot fathom the patience it would take to create traditional animation. - nubby Feb 2, 20:52 7
- Are you referring to Coraline at all? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 2, 21:08
- Trivia: I made a stop-motion animated film in high school using D&D figures. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:01 5
  - did you make the orc and troll have sex? -- nm - tv's pigby Feb 2, 21:08 4
    - No, I just created a massive battle of good versus evil. And I won the film competition at my high school. - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:16 2
      - *stilfes laughter* yeah, I could never top that -- nm - Peter Jackson Feb 2, 21:20 1
        
        I BROUGHT MY VISION TO THE SCREEN! I WAS AN AUTEUR! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 21:29
    - The orc wouldn't sleep with fraskal. -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 21:10
sitwap: eTrade baby outtakes. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 2, 20:50 3
- "Skunk-a-potomus" -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 20:54
- "I want to punch the economy in the face!" -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 20:52 1
  - I already did that -- nm - George W. Bush Feb 2, 20:54
The 3D gimmick got me to watch a show I have never seen for 14 minutes. I figured out I don't like Chuck. Back to watching How I Met Your Mother - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:48
~ get a load of me, get a load of you...walking down the street and i hardly know you ~ -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 2, 20:48
Heroes was good. - Spawn Feb 2, 20:48 1
- yes I thought so too - Jovian Feb 2, 20:51
ok, so the Year One ad was different than the clip remlik posted on his site - Reagen Feb 2, 20:47 21
- Which one was funnier? I only saw the one on Remlik's site and that wasn't funny. -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 21:01 4
  - you're the worst Paul Rudd stalker ever. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 21:06 1
    - To be fair, I only watched the first half because I couldn't take it any more. -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 21:07
  - "er." - JaxSean Feb 2, 21:02 1
    - er-er-er. - Reagen Feb 2, 21:03
- Face it, you've swung over to the Beverly Hills Chihuahua crowd. -- nm - David Feb 2, 20:50 14
  - watch the other clip. - Reagen Feb 2, 20:51 13
    - link? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 20:55 10
      - here -- (link) - Reagen Feb 2, 20:57 8
        
        ohhhh, so it's like Wholly Moses. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 21:30
        
        How can it be far, far, far better if you really liked the other one??? You're using the Chewbacca Defense here! -- nm - David Feb 2, 21:00 5
        
        no, I never saw the other one (we don't get all the American ads during the SB) until just now. - Reagen Feb 2, 21:01 4
        
        Okay, that would explain it. - David Feb 2, 21:06 3
        
        this looks like the kind of comedy you can't really hack up into 6 second bits - Reagen Feb 2, 21:09 2
        
        I think it's safer to say that it looks like the kind of "comedy" Nacho Libre and Semi-Pro were. - David Feb 2, 21:11 1
        
        the dude couldn't even eat spicy food convincingly. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 21:13
        
        "I've made a shelf unit for my hut..." -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 20:59
      - www.whatinthebluehellisspocksmoking.com -- nm - David Feb 2, 20:56
    - I'm not interested in watching Jack Black on a Segway. -- nm - David Feb 2, 20:52 1
      - there's no Segways in prehistoric times, dummy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 20:54
- 100 x zero = . . . -- nm - tv's pigby Feb 2, 20:50
Judd Gregg to accept Commerce Secretary post. And just like that, the Dems get a 60 seat super majority. -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 20:38 7
- I thought they still needed Al Franken's seat too -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Feb 2, 20:46 3
  - Pretty sure that is all over -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 20:49 2
    - no, Coleman's now pushing for a do-over. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 20:57 1
      - Coleman can push for a butt plug, for all I care. Doesn't mean he's gonna get one. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 21:05
- Whiney Republican put conditions on his appointment!!! -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 20:39
- my understanding is that he wasn't committing unless it was assured that a Repub would be appointed to take his place -- nm - tv's pigby Feb 2, 20:39 1
  - Yep the govenor has already said that he will be replaced by a republican -- nm - eag Feb 2, 20:44
You know, thining back onit I can think of only one commercial that should have been on 3D. - Spawn Feb 2, 20:36 2
- Coke would have been fun -- nm - peglegpete Feb 2, 20:38 1
  - Yup. That was one of the three commercials I liked. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 20:39
Miller 1-second ads (that didn't make the cut). -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 2, 20:31 [youtube] 1
- When did it air? - psilotum Feb 2, 20:43
No glasses, it is not doing anything for me - amoxy Feb 2, 20:27 1
- The glasses are really distracting. I would rather have clear color, and 2D. spoilers - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:31
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 20:25 3
- I want to punch "21" in the face for making that term so common and overused. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 2, 20:27 2
  - You don't watch enough SportsCenter. -- nm - nubby Feb 2, 20:46
  - The man with a boiler just posted a spoiler -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:27
The goggles do nothing!" - H-Mogul Feb 2, 20:17 2
- Beer Goggles? -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:18 1
  - DOH! Didn't know there was another kind. :) -- nm - H-Mogul Feb 2, 20:21
News that sounds fake but is not:: Surgeons remove kidney through vagina..... - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 20:11 4
- You know what else could be removed through a vagina, avoiding a large incision? A BABY! - Mop Feb 2, 21:08
- It's only a matter of time before some woman removes 8 kidneys through her vagina. -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:13
- ta da! -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 20:13 1
  - TTPOW! -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 20:37
Frozen peas. Frozen peas ... IN July, my kingdom for Frozen Peas! -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 2, 20:10
The corpse of Steve Perry is apparently still going strong... -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 20:09
actually i think it should be Survivor and they should sing this song -- (link) - tv's pigby Feb 2, 20:08 [youtube] 1
- Would Jeff Probst introduce them? -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:10
Juno, B+ - znufrii Feb 2, 20:08 25
- (I've been trying to get Will to watch this for months now.) - kelly Feb 2, 20:19 9
  - He's probably afraid there's a Springsteen song in it or something. - Trish Feb 2, 21:40
  - Hey Will, stay strong on this one. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 20:21 7
    - Huh. $10 says he'll watch it now. - kelly Feb 2, 20:26 5
      - Like I did not expect this. - Spawn Feb 2, 20:30
      - How could he not want to watch the delight that is Ellen Page? - Qale Feb 2, 20:28 3
        
        cause he would have to suffer through the crap that Diablo Cody makes come out of her mouth -- nm - tv's pigby Feb 2, 20:37 1
        
        She was a stripper, did you know that? -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 21:23
        
        mm...Allison Janney... -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 20:30
    - Maybe he can hire a Stunt Will to watch the movies he doesn't want to watch. ?? -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:23
- Jennifer Garner really surprised me in that. She started out (I thought) as the weakest part/performance in the movie. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 2, 20:09 14
  - Then they let her out to pasture and wow did she just jump and frolic! -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 20:18
  - I couldn't agree more. -- nm - kelly Feb 2, 20:15
  - She was very convincing when she (spoil) - Spawn Feb 2, 20:12
  - it's only when she does that that you realize - znufrii Feb 2, 20:10 9
    - Exactly. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 2, 20:11 8
      - I also really enjoyed the fact that (spoilers) - znufrii Feb 2, 20:14 7
        
        But see, that is the magic of Juno! - Spawn Feb 2, 20:16 6
        
        if anything, I thought the contrary - znufrii Feb 2, 20:22 5
        
        That was exactly what they were going for. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 20:23 4
        
        I'm not convinced. - znufrii Feb 2, 20:26 3
        
        But see, most of America did not think about it as deep as we did. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 20:27 2
        
        I honestly don't care what most of America thinks of a film. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 20:28 1
        
        I don't either, hence me thinking the movie was bad. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 20:32
  - Epic word. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 20:10
It's Groundhog Day -- nm - Phil Connors Feb 2, 20:07 3
- I'm sensing a trend here ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 2, 20:39
- When I left work we had a white out blizzard going and then the sun came out and it kept right on snowing. - Spawn Feb 2, 20:09
- Hmmm. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 20:08

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