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I think I've talked my dude into watching the Twin Peaks first season DVD tomorrow instead of going to The Hobbit. *crosses fingers* -- nm - Mara Dec 23, 19:42 1
- He probably misunderstood what "Twin Peaks" was, probably thinks he's getting a booty call. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:43
Idaho Senator Crapo (really?) arrested for DUI in DC -- (link) - zeitgeist roasting on an open fire Dec 23, 19:36 5
- Oh hell yes! We call him "Crapo the holier-than-thou wolf killer". - Trish Dec 23, 19:43 1
  - He's team Edward -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:44
- Mormon too... oops -- nm - SG3 Dec 23, 19:38 2
  - Oh, come on. That seems unlikely. -- nm - Mara Dec 23, 19:44 1
    - no, it is true and apparently its not the first time -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 19:55
We secretly replaced Russel Wilson with Barry Sanders -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:22 6
- The announcers keep comparing him to Fran Tarkington. I want them to stfu before they ruin it. -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:24 5
  - That's Incredible!!! -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:29
  - He's Doug Flutie 2.0. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 19:25 3
    - So you're saying he'll knock around a few years, go be a CFL star, then return to the NFL in time to make pixie lose his FF match by .10 points? - Trish Dec 23, 19:30 2
      - Well Seattle didn't break your heart against the Steelers in the Superbowl, that bad ref call did. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:31 1
        
        A heart break is a heart break. That ref was just a conduit (and a dick) -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:44
All large bodies of water should have a lighted ferris wheel on its shore -- nm - prayformojo Dec 23, 19:18
Tuff Puppy Christmas special! -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 19:05
so Do No Harm is just NBC revamping that Christian Slater show from a couple years ago right? -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 19:04 2
- That's what I think every time I see the promo. -- nm - jnine Dec 23, 20:00
- No. (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 23, 19:43
*starts warming up* -- nm - Alex Smith Dec 23, 19:04 5
- You think he wants any of that Seattle D? -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 19:05
- They really should make the change. -- nm - David Dec 23, 19:04 3
  - The speculation from many sources is that he's getting cut after the season. - Bacon Dec 23, 19:08 2
    - Winning a Super Bowl now is more important than cap space later. -- nm - David Dec 23, 19:14 1
      - I wonder if Jim Harbaugh thinks he can't have both -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:17
Dear Robert Griffin: That's a slash, not a backslash. -- nm - nubby Dec 23, 18:56
hd makes it seem like its down pouring, but its just catching the lights across the field -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:55 3
- I guess that's why the announcers keep talking about the hard rain. Wait, they are there and you are? -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:00 2
  - light rain here, can't hear the announcers much over the chit chat -- nm - zeitgeist roasting on an open fire Dec 23, 19:24 1
    - The rain was pouring down when SF kicked their second FG. Sometimes, rain is just rain. -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:27
I wonder what the record for most points in 3 consecutive games is. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:53 2
- (answering my own question: probably 165) -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:58 1
  - Pretty much. -- nm - Tom Brady Dec 23, 19:39
Matthew Stafford looks like he was a chubby kid -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 18:48 2
- We prefer the term "husky". -- nm - nubby Dec 23, 18:59
- I could never figure out what it was about him...but you nailed it. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 18:49
Tim Tebow opted out of Wildcat - David Dec 23, 18:47 12
- I think it's great that the guy they threw out there after he quit on the team now has more passing yards on the season than him - SG3 Dec 23, 19:05 1
  - except for Jacksonville every other team owner and gm and coach saw that and will not take him. he has no heart -- nm - Remlik Dec 23, 19:15
- Is this the worst QB mess we've seen? - Mel Profit Dec 23, 18:52 4
  - I still think Arizona is worse since they have one guy with a huge contract, another who won some last year and a third guy they are playing who blows -- nm - David Dec 23, 18:53 3
    - So you're saying I shouldn't keep Ryan Lindley in QV? -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:57 1
      - That depends. Are you targeting a player in the 2014 draft? -- nm - David Dec 23, 19:01
    - Probably about the same or a little worse, just gets 1/10 the press coverage -- nm - amoxy Dec 23, 18:55
- Honestly for me, I am glad he's not showing some phony, "aaaw shucks I just want to be there when called upon". He actually is acting like a normal - Bacon Dec 23, 18:50
- You'll forgive me, but what's a "wildcat"? -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 18:49 2
  - A football play wherein the QB oftentimes runs the football. -- nm - David Dec 23, 18:51
  - She is a stripper at Stars Cabaret. She wants to meet you and I will introduce her to ya. Have a safe word ready to go -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 18:50
- Who could have predicted this would lead to chaos? -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:49
So you mean the DDT is not a legal tackling technique? -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:45
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You know, I don't want to be a dick, but I'm still pissed that shaun spoiled the finale to X-Factor just minutes after it aired. - Mop Dec 23, 18:43 3
- I think in this case, you're not the dick. -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:10
- take it out on the ex. that's how single bros roll -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:53
- Your Anger Has Made You Powerful - The Emperor Dec 23, 18:47
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Was looking over the submitted songs for Best Song Oscar and wondering if McConaughey would sing Ladies of Tampa in chaps at the Oscars. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:33
The Sound of Music .... spoilers ... - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 23, 18:29 4
- another fave... - Diva Dec 23, 18:35
- plus Uncle Max is super queeny - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:33 2
  - You guys STOP IT! Stop it right now! La la la la I can't hear you. - Trish Dec 23, 19:12 1
    - Ha! Trish's monocle is falling out because the theatrical agent is queeny. -- nm - Roger More Dec 23, 19:15
SI currently has the score of the football game as 20-1 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 23, 18:19 4
- When did we adopt the rouge? -- nm - David Dec 23, 18:35 3
  - it's about time you saw the wisdom of it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:39 2
    - Confession: I have no idea how a team gets a rouge...and I used to watch CFL football during the early days of ESPN. -- nm - David Dec 23, 19:06 1
      - It's in most of the same places where you get touchbacks - Reagen Dec 23, 19:27
from a screenwriting board: best/favorite long scene from a movie, e.g., the Indianapolis scene from Jaws - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:18 33
- the Wild Bunch bank robbery -- nm - peglegpete Dec 23, 19:02 2
  - The Minnesota raid in The Long Riders (found this movie out shopping today, was overjoyed!) -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 19:05 1
    - I love [the whole film but especially] the knife fight -- nm - peglegpete Dec 23, 19:32
- The final courtroom scene in "And Justice for All" -- nm - amoxy Dec 23, 18:58 2
  - lots of closing arguments -- The Verdict too -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 19:00 1
    - I like the scene with all the cigarette smoke -- nm - go giants! Dec 23, 19:04
- I don't think this fits all the parameters but,... I love the opening scene in Lord of War with all the steps in a bullet manufacturer then shipment to - Bacon Dec 23, 18:52
- I love the opening credits to Birth. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 18:52 2
  - okay, now answer the question - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:54 1
    - For a written scene, the #1 for me is the 7 minute "pain?" scene in the middle of Sneakers. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 18:56
- bank shootout in Heat -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 18:47 4
  - ooh! what about that other scene .. - go giants! Dec 23, 18:54 2
    - the coffee shop conversation between Neil and Vincent - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:55 1
      - [shoots you in the kneecap] -- nm - go giants! Dec 23, 18:58
  - yes! -- nm - go giants! Dec 23, 18:48
- This is my favorite scene I think as well. If I had to pick just one. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 18:45
- candle scene: Nostalghia (Tarkovsky) -- nm - go giants! Dec 23, 18:43
- you want the truth? You can't handle the truth... I guess most courtroom dramas are long scenes -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:37
- Rope -- nm - David Dec 23, 18:35
- Let's see... - Roger More Dec 23, 18:28
- Sicilians & eggplants -- nm - peglegpete Dec 23, 18:26 1
  - or Jimmy Stewarts fillabuster in Mr. Smith ... -- nm - peglegpete Dec 23, 18:28
- children of men, that whole long battle scene in one long take -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:24 1
  - my dinner with andre was basically one long...oh 'favorite' -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:27
- Atreyu's conversation with Morla, the Ancient One in the Swamp of Sadness. - Qale Dec 23, 18:23 [youtube]
- You can't give the correct answer as the example. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:19 5
  - Moulin Rouge - the giant elephant. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:21
  - after someone mentioned the "ABC" speech in Glengarry Glen Ross, i did have to think about my choice - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:21 3
    - also, "I believe in America" opening from The Godfather -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:24 2
      - The scene where they discuss what to do after the Don is shot - Mel Profit Dec 23, 19:01
      - probably my #3. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:25
- opening interegation - Inglourious Basterds -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:19 1
  - there are a lot of Tarantinos you could cite -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:20
WOW! -- nm - Remlik Dec 23, 18:17 1
- just a chip sho.... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:17
Seattle D !! -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 18:17
Our White Christmas hit it with a bang a couple of hours ago. - Trish Dec 23, 18:11 4
- We are 37 and sleet. We just can't get cold enough to get all the way over to snow. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 19:30
- you getting ready for shovel duty? -- nm - Remlik Dec 23, 18:16 2
  - It'll be warm enough to salt :) -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 19:16 1
    - as long as you keep the sidewalk and driveway clear for Crash -- nm - Remlik Dec 23, 19:29
That was a VICIOUS hit! WOW -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 18:11 2
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- Rang his bell -- nm - Pippy Dec 23, 18:12
2nd in a series... for Bacon. -- (link) - Mop Dec 23, 18:10 [Image] 1
- You are the best!! -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 18:11
Great start. 18 more points to the championship. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 18:02
"That's a ripoff." "What?" "That SodaStream on tv." "Didn't you just poor yourself hot chocolate from a K-cup machine?" "... yeah." -- nm - Holiday transcripts Dec 23, 18:01 2
- K-Cup hot chocolate *buuuurns* -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 18:14 1
  - I'm sorry, are you saying "boo-urns"? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 19:16
amanda... - Mel Profit Dec 23, 17:58 1
- What were the names of the three wisemen? The fact that I'd been seeing your nick allowed me to recall the first easily and then - Amanda Dec 23, 18:07
Why would the basketball game between Arizona and Miami be scheduled to start at 11:30 pm on a Sunday night? -- nm - prayformojo Dec 23, 17:53 3
- Is it one of the Hawaii tournaments? -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 17:55 1
  - Thank you. That's it - prayformojo Dec 23, 17:59
- 11:30 pm eastern.....but even for mountain time, that's really late -- nm - prayformojo Dec 23, 17:54
Do you have to work tomorrow poll?: I do, but Hotcakes is off. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 17:48 22
- Nope, off till January 7th -- nm - J - Nexus Dec 23, 18:43
- yeah. work till 4 or so. then get ready for Wed. -- nm - Remlik Dec 23, 18:19
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- no, but Mrs Beak does -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 18:10
- Nope. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 18:09
- Work to noon and then off but paid for the full day. -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 23, 18:07
- No. Go back Wednesday. Part of the skeleton crew -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 23, 18:05
- Nope ;) -- nm - Meg Dec 23, 18:01
- Took a vacation day -- nm - tRuMaN, a little fall of rain Dec 23, 18:00
- Today, no. Its a company holiday -- nm - Karl_S Dec 23, 18:00
- yes, yes have two weddings, plus i do believe the recorder's office is open -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 17:59 2
  - Wedding on Christmas Eve? Eh, that would suck for the guests. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 18:00 1
    - elopements, the couple a few witnesses -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 18:14
- No -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Dec 23, 17:57
- Yup. luckily my team has Christmas day off -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Dec 23, 17:56
- No -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 17:56
- Crash and D both work til 9pm. I'll pretty much be all by myself from noon, on. -- nm - Trish Dec 23, 17:55
- I'm nominally off until mid-January. -- nm - mafic Dec 23, 17:55
- I am not scheduled, but I may go in for a few hours - amoxy Dec 23, 17:54
- ayup -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 17:52 1
  - (but then both of my attorney are out of their offices in varying degrees for the next two weeks) - prisoner 24601 Dec 23, 17:52
- I do and don't expect it to be much fun. -- nm - Qale Dec 23, 17:49
(LIR dammit) Mop, honey... - Trish Dec 23, 17:45 3
- Thanks Trish - Mop Dec 23, 18:08 2
  - You know her better than anyone else. It obviously bothers you she does it. Say something to her -- nm - Pippy Dec 23, 18:17
  - Oh pish posh - Trish Dec 23, 18:16
I am admittedly a sucker for the large ensemble drama genre, but I loved 10 Years. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 17:42 3
- Is Elizabeth Olsen in it? -- nm - Max Dec 23, 17:57 1
  - She's a little young for a 10 year high school reunion movie. How about Rosario Dawson? -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:03
- And the Dallas Cowboys. -- nm - Mop Dec 23, 17:44

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