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Of *course* Cee Lo made a Christmas album featuring the Muppets. Of course he did. -- nm - TFox Nov 28, 12:49 2
- While this suggests a decline for Cee Lo, IMO it implies an increased relevance for the Muppets, ironically. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:51
- bawk bawk! -- nm - David Nov 28, 12:51
BB: buy homes in fab cities or just rent fab places/top hotel suites and move on? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:46 3
- It is far more fun to trash places you get to leave behind, so rent suites. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:49
- is this in relation to the "if you won powerball" thing? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:48 1
  - yeah but not moot if $ gained elsewhere -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:50
The Tennessee Titans fired offensive coordinator Chris Palmer. - David Nov 28, 12:41
The 10 hour version of Bacon Pancakes. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:41 [youtube]
another word that is used incorrectly all the time 'nonplussed'. - Andie Nov 28, 12:38 1
- "Because I wasn't sure if you knew what "amenable" actually meant, until you followed it up with "nonplussed." " -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:42
Sources: Pettitte, Yankees agree to $12M deal -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:38
49ers to start Kaepernick at QB vs. Rams -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:37 5
- Battle of the Hottie Quarterbacks - please tell me this will be Televised - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:41 4
  - Bradford is a...hottie...? -- nm - Mr. Underhill Nov 28, 12:42 3
    - The point is moot as they will be wearing helmets. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:49
    - Ryan Reynolds! -- nm - David Nov 28, 12:45 1
      - ...who's been knocked about the head a few times. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:47
Answering an Ipsos poll right now that's asking me who I think the candidates should be for 2016. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:32 5
- Jeb vs. Hillary? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 12:36 3
  - That was a choice, yes. Although there was heavy emphasis on Christie in the polling. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:41 2
    - Christie comes off as too angry, IMO. Another Bush vs Clinton showdown...I wonder how history will look upon us, 100 years from now -- nm - flavorize Nov 28, 12:45 1
      - I sometimes wonder if they will, period. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:49
- The point will be moot when Obama has ushered in the new golden age and is appointed for life. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:33
Has ST seen the 'Egyptian Popeye' with the 31 inch arms? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 28, 12:28 8
- That's a moot moniker, because it's his biceps that are big, not his forearms. - Max Nov 28, 12:33
- I am f-ing sick of peple calling *that* look Popeye. Has nobody ever seen Popeye!?! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:29 6
  - It's the kind of confusion caused by watching Vanilla Sky, totally understandable. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:34
  - 'Egyptian dude with 2 massive tumours in his arms and forearms like a 12 year old girl' - Beaker Nov 28, 12:31 1
    - Much. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:32
  - Here people. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 28, 12:31 1
    - thank you -- nm - E.C. SEGAR Nov 28, 12:33
  - Yeah, the forearm should be the massive ones -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:31
Red Sox traded Zach Stewart to the Pirates for a PTBNL, reducing their haul from the Youk trade to effectively nothing. -- nm - TFox Nov 28, 12:27 2
- But at least the manager is happ...Well, at least Youk's replacement is a supersta...Ok, give me a minute. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 28, 12:29 1
  - There were those two hits that Lillibridge got in a Sox uniform. I shouldn't discount those. -- nm - TFox Nov 28, 12:31
LYC: Tickets to Amy Schumer secured! (If anyone likes here, she just announced a US Tour, on sale this week) -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 12:27 2
- Looks like she doesn't get any closer to me than WA. But yeah, her last tv special slayed. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 28, 12:29 1
  - Sorry :-( "Mostly Sex Stuff?" I caught it at midnight two weeks or so ago. Watched it with friends, we cried from laughing. All of us got tickets. -- nm - MDH Nov 28, 12:31
Suh fined $30k for his nut kick -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:26 4
- I thought for sure when he got suspended that he would get it - amoxy Nov 28, 12:33
- pretty lenient, if you ask me .... -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Nov 28, 12:27 2
  - it is a shit fine. This guy is a menace. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 12:27 1
    - word. - Luck Nov 28, 12:28
what is it about not having bathroom facilities that makes you want to use the bathroom -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 12:23 1
- If employees want to go to the bathroom, they are away form their desk and not working? -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:24
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- Trustworthy -- nm - flavorize Nov 28, 12:40
- important? -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:24
- not moo -- nm - Joey Tribiani Nov 28, 12:24
- "not a cow's opinion" -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 12:23
- I would go with "relevant" -- nm - Strongbad Nov 28, 12:22
- depends ... -- (link) - zork Nov 28, 12:21
- unmoot. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 12:21
- germane, relevant -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:20 11
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    - I've always thought of a moot point (quite possibly wrongly) as an argument nullified by equal weight on either side. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:29
    - irrelevant, in the sense that it's no longer a thing that can be changed. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:27
    - moot - irrelevant and inconsequential -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:26
    - I always thought it to mean "does not have, or no longer has, any bearing on the matter at hand" or something to that effect. -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:25 6
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      - This is the way I use it also. - Strongbad Nov 28, 12:26
      - as in "the question is moot" -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:25 3
        
        (which I seem to remember reading somewhere is actually the exact opposite meaning from how it was originally used) -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:27 2
        
        yup. -- (link) - decline Nov 28, 12:29 1
        
        eh. language changes. it's how they stay alive. - Reagen Nov 28, 12:32
- relevant -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 12:18
- proven, resolved -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 12:18
- applicable? -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:18
- moops -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:18
- debatable? -- nm - decline Nov 28, 12:18 2
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  - wait. there should be an 'un' in front of that -- nm - decline Nov 28, 12:19
- germane? -- nm - TFox Nov 28, 12:18
- material, or relevant? -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:17
mopped? powerball now $550 M -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:14 4
- Mop will tell us tomorrow how much it is -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:15 3
  - the news just said over $1B has been spent on this pool -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:17 2
    - One Biiiiillllllioooon Dollllarrss! -- nm - Bruiser Oliver Martinez Nov 28, 12:20 1
      - LOL -- nm - Fiscal Cliff Nov 28, 12:22
Bacon Shaving Cream -- (link) - znufrii Nov 28, 12:12 1
- (would be better if it actually contained soap made from bacon fat, but alas, it is only bacon-scented) -- nm - znufrii Nov 28, 12:16
i always wondered why it was the jewish tradition to hae someone sit with the body till its buried -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:12 4
- according to legend H. C Andersen alway wrote a note before going to sleep - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 28, 12:16
- The tradition was developed in response to the Old Testament Genesis 50:1-14 from Genesis in which Joseph mourns the death of his father Jacob (Israel -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:15 1
  - 0 for seven days. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:16
- To make sure it does not get up and walk away. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:13
ST Christmas Poll -- Is your workplace (cubicle, office, lobby, etc.) decorated for the holidays? - znufrii Nov 28, 12:11 10
- no -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 28, 12:23
- not yet but they will be putting up a tree -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:21 1
  - same -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 12:24
- Its bad luck in Aus to put up any xmas decorations before Dec 1 -- nm - Karl_S Nov 28, 12:19
- my "office" has a swag on the door, a half doz poinsettias and soon the scotch pine will have big balls hung -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:17
- Lobby has Christmas trees, manger, menorah, and Kwanzaa whatever with holiday explanation cards. - TFox Nov 28, 12:17
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- not my desk, but the lobby is. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 28, 12:13
- As I said, I pulled the tree out of the closet. 5 foot. Red lights and red wooden hearts for ornaments. - Spawn Nov 28, 12:12
- nope -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 12:11
Necrophilia: last chance for those who die virgins -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 12:06
the noon news opened with a live report from the 2 closest powerball spots almost 30 miles into AZ. the lines are over an hour wait -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:06 3
- since we can get them at most s -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:32 1
  - food stores, qwikimarts, no lines, clerk said a little busier than usual, people buying more than usual at a time -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:34
- I stopped this morning and got a couple more tickets. no wait. -- nm - decline Nov 28, 12:06
Brian Adams (that on) has a new photography book which includes shots of Morrisey as well as a topless Pink. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 28, 12:04 7
- Any nudi... oh! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:10 4
  - no shock to anyone that Pink *spoils* - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:21 3
    - I watched a video of when she had them done. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 12:25 2
      - This and you can see it therough many of her outfits. - Spawn Nov 28, 12:25 1
        
        She looks like a man most of the time - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:39
- good shots until I got to Lana Del Ray My Daddy Bought My Fame -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:06
- still alive? eh, not interested. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 12:05
No one answered "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". I think that took #1 in a poll in the UK. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:03 1
- (that was the I had played as the last song of the night at my reception. it was awesome.) -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 12:05
we accrue 16h vacation and 8h sick per month. vacation, after you have 240h banked, you lose what you don't use each month. - amanda Nov 28, 12:02 1
- ah, gotcha. that makes a bit more sense. (we can go above 240 during the year, but not at the end of the year.) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 12:03
anybody else getting those southern comfort commercials with the barrel gut dude in a speedo ? sure doesn't sell booze to me - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:02 1
- yes - are you talking about the Scotch girl? Clare Forelani - You'd be surprised how old she is - she sure doesn't look it -- nm - Epiphany Nov 28, 12:05
"I jammed _______'s corpse, and all I got was this disgusting t-shirt!" -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:00
I was looking forward to Cougar Town to premiere, but TBS has gone so overboard with the commercials, - amoxy Nov 28, 12:00 4
- Hmm. I don't think I ever watch TBS anymore. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:07 3
  - This. I'll set the Tivo to record Cougar Town, but the network is irrelevant to me. -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Nov 28, 12:12 1
    - It will join Falling Skies, for me. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:27
  - I have been watching BBT reruns and there is 2-3 promos each episode -- nm - amoxy Nov 28, 12:10
Speaking of healthy/safety (sorta) according to signs in my Aussie office, gays are only deferred for one year after having sex. - ty97 Nov 28, 11:58 8
- I assume you mean "from donating blood"? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 28, 11:59 7
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    - pfft. we don't make you wait more than 24 hrs. -- nm - Random Canadian si Nov 28, 12:04 1
      - well, we are way more liberal up here. -- nm - Andie Nov 28, 12:06
    - it's this. mafic mentioned it last week. -- nm - amanda Nov 28, 12:00 3
      - this really should have been mentioned in the Men At Work song. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:01 1
        
        ~I'm living in a man down under.~ nm -- nm - groiny Nov 28, 12:26
      - *looks uneasily at mafic* This might be taking "What happens in the field, stays in the field" a bit too liberally. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 12:01
Song choice -- either The Dance, or Ladies and Gentlemen. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 11:57
Costco auto batteries: Any good? - lileve Nov 28, 11:56 2
- I usually get them from Canadian Tire but I guess that doesn't really help you. - zork Nov 28, 12:18
- i've never been disappointed with costco stuff, had issues with sears batteries -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 11:59
*bookmarked* for the day ty97 decides to run for office. (best Daily Show ever) -- nm - Max Nov 28, 11:55 12
- I want to know how 97 plans to get the corpse drunk? - TFox Nov 28, 12:19
- I'm pretty sure kilbo's behind ruined any chances of public office. -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 11:55 10
  - Too sexy! Too sexy!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 12:09
  - Did anyone answer the question though? ST is supposed to be helpful to each other, even to our most alternative-lifestyle members. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 11:59 7
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      - What if ty97 performs the sex act on the corpse vicariously using a Real Doll, so that he doesn't exchange fluids with it? - Max Nov 28, 12:03 4
        
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        So my trebuchet idea is probably nixed. -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:09
        
        I don't think it's my fluids that are the health concern - ty97 Nov 28, 12:05 1
        
        "I'm trying to have a religious experience here, officer, wait your turn." -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:05
    - Dawson did as the board rolled. -- nm - ty97 Nov 28, 11:59
  - *clenches* -- nm - oblique Nov 28, 11:56
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- for assuming porn of something on the net? umm, that's the rule, isn't it? -- nm - zork Nov 28, 12:17
Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks -- nm - David Nov 28, 11:54

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