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Taylor Swift as Rapunzel -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 23, 13:04 1
- How long until we get a song about Flynn Rider? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:08
Nina Siemaszko's last role of note was as "admiring woman" in the Artist, and they mispelled her name. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:04 1
- poor old Ellie Bartlet -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 13:08
Well, Arsenal's goal scoring boots are certainly on -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 13:02
contain your outrage, kilbo: Chipotle is testing tofu burrito fillings in San Fran -- (link) - charlie Jan 23, 13:02 2
- Moe's already has tofu. They're not pulling meat. - spamlet Jan 23, 13:10
- *sniff* nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 23, 13:04 [Backboard]
New to me: Trailer to Red 2. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:00 [youtube]
heh, I was trying to find a company one of my brothers mentioned he'd invested in; and I came across a past investment. its stock symbol? IRYS.-- nm - b. Jan 23, 13:00 2
- bery, can you please auto-censor that acronym -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 13:00 1
  - Slippery slope! -- nm - idris elba si Jan 23, 13:03
Using DNA to store computer data? WTF -- (link) - oblique [223] Jan 23, 12:57 2
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  - I've resisted posting this for the North Korea column that has been viral the past couple of days. -- nm - David Jan 23, 13:10
If Manti and Stacy had a relationship, what do you think we could convince them both of? - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:56 6
- "now presenting the new King and Queen of Candyland" -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 12:58
- "Congratulations! You've both been chosen to be the first couple on Mars!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:58
- That they are both actually dating Madonna. [Also, I need background, what's the "NHFL" reference?] -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 12:57 3
  - National Homosexual Football League - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:59 2
    - Oh, wow. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 13:05
    - that thread also has the honor of first mentioning "elves" -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 13:00
Couple glues almost 60,000 pennies to create their floor -- (link) - oblique [223] Jan 23, 12:53 13
- not being mop-y, but I just searched because I coulda/woulda sworn we talked about this in the past. nada. - b. Jan 23, 13:02
- it looks great. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 12:58 3
  - right? but likie what did they use for grout? -- nm - amanda Jan 23, 13:01 2
    - The article just says "some special glue" that acts like grout. Probably the video might tell us? I don't know that either of us care enough to - Jim Jan 23, 13:09
    - i am guessing they just glued and then buried in epoxy. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 13:05
- that's one way to improve your home's resale value, I suppose. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 12:55 1
  - ummm...wha? - znufrii Jan 23, 12:57
- amateurs...*makes floor out of $100 bills* -- nm - Tiger si Jan 23, 12:54 2
  - Na -- those are for the loo's walls. -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Jan 23, 13:03
  - Dale Chihuly made me a glass floor -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 12:56
- Cheaper than hardwood. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:54
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  - Kept reading "crate" and scratching my head. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:54
TV News: Fox has officially benched "Ben & Kate." Replaced with Hell's Kitchen. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 12:52 6
- OK, so this is step one in revoking Lucy Punch's green card. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 13:05
- that's troubling for Fox. HK is a summer show and probably has not even finished shooting the season -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 13:02 1
  - How hard would it be for them to just finish 2 challenges quickly while having that douchebag yelling? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 13:03
- Glad I gave up on it even though it was cute. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 13:00
- ~fiiiiii-re~ -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 12:55
- Ugh. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:53
Dr Who returns on the BBC on March 30th. No official word on BBC America, but probably same day. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 12:50 1
- *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 12:51
dignan news network: a rough day for this Florida naked, masturbating, pooping home-invader -- (link) - charlie Jan 23, 12:42 20
- Bath Salts - decline Jan 23, 13:09
- My favorite part is he sucked all the contents out of the vacuum -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 13:01
- If only they had a gun. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:53 9
  - there was a gun and the wife shot at him but missed. so he just kept on going. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 12:56 8
    - You get my point, then. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:01
    - "Your bullets are no match for my powers of masturbation" -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 12:58
    - To be fair, it's probably why he pooped. nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:57 5
      - let's recap... - Diva Jan 23, 12:58 4
        
        I did all that to avoid an algebra test once. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 13:01 2
        
        Poor Nonnie. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 13:02 1
        
        the smile you see on her in the pictures at my HS Graduation are utter relief. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 13:06
        
        in that order, apparently. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 13:01
- Lucky for him it's Florida. He'll fit right in when he's released. -- nm - ceregon Jan 23, 12:53
- "The Golden Triumvirate." nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:52
- I had an entire semester like that. - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:52
- jeez. that's insane. he must have been on pcp or meth. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:44 3
  - Bath salts. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:53
  - or he's just really dedicated to his craft - charlie Jan 23, 12:48 1
    - don't forget sucking the contents from the vaccuum! -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:48
- what the hell did that human being's parents DO to him? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 12:43
I'm glad this story didn't break while I was still dating... - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:31 42
- I still question why the flower place wouldn't have contacted him to let him know there was no such funeral to deliver to. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 23, 13:01 7
  - he never thought about this, so he wasn't able to build it into his web of lies. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 13:09
  - Turns out he was duped by the hoaxers *and* by 1-800-FLOWERS. -- nm - mara Jan 23, 13:08 1
    - L3 -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 13:13
  - they didn't want to embarrass him (hurt feelings hurt) - charlie Jan 23, 13:06 3
    - Again, I laugh at you making these jokes considering the part he played in putting an exclamation mark on USC's embarrassment of a season. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 13:10
    - the credit card was valid. They likely got brought back to the shop and resold. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 13:08 1
      - Without telling him? That's extremely shitty customer service. - Kim Pine Jan 23, 13:11
- Is this like how Mattel should be apologizing to China? -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 12:51
- First off, 1000 calls is insanely excessive. People his age rarely call, I can only imagine the text number. He better have an unlimited plan. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 12:43 6
  - he just had to talk to her (but never see her) -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 12:44 5
    - Once again, me in high school with regards to the female anatomy. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 12:45 4
      - seriously, gay flags are all over the place on this one. - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:46 3
        
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        Surely you know that is a Seinfeld quote - con_carne Jan 23, 12:50
        
        This has to be Manti T'eo's theme song -- (link) - MDH Jan 23, 12:47 [youtube]
- Yeah, that would've ruined your plans! - con_carne Jan 23, 12:40
- Why would Deadspin apologize? His story is still riddled with question marks. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:35 4
  - they had such a connection after their 1000 phone calls that doing anything more than sending flowers to her funeral would have been an empty gesture -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 12:40 3
    - Well, weren't most of those phone calls where he was just listening to her breath cause she wsa in a coma? -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 12:43 1
      - "e'o was told Kekua awoke from the coma in mid-May. From that point, the relationship became more serious and they spoke on the phone every day." -- (link) - mara Jan 23, 12:52
    - heh -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:42
- Manti Te'o admits to Katie Couric that he did lie about his "girlfriend" after learning it was a hoax in December -- (link) - charlie Jan 23, 12:35 1
  - I wouldn't blame him for it. The shame and embarrassment must have been overwhelming. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:36
- You do know he has admitted he lied. So what are we to believe -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 12:35
- From what I am reading, he didn't produce the actual records but a spreadsheet of all the calls -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 12:34
- what should they be apologizing for? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:33
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  - The anonymous 80% quote. - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:39 9
    - Clearly the 10 reasons to hate Notre Dame article is under-researched. They could definitely come up with more than that. - pmb Jan 23, 12:48 1
      - heh -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:48
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      - That's not correct. It's from an unnamed friend of Roniah, not someone who knew Te'o. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:50 3
        
        Also, retread the article, they stated "the calls did not happen." "He did not send flowers." - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:53 2
        
        They're not saying he didn't call a person. They're saying a person never existed - in context with the rest of that paragraph... - Kim Pine Jan 23, 12:55
        
        Reread. SFAC -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:53
    - Just to make sure, you believe him 100%. And you have no problem with his story? -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 12:42 1
      - I'm at 99.9%, which is as high as I can go for a situation I wasn't personally involved in. - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:57
  - him doing it a few says after the reveal I get. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 12:35
  - (assuming he is telling the truth now) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:34
- Now we're just humiliating the guy. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:33 1
  - "Now?" -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:33
Is it possible that Obama is secretly a genius playing the long game? - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:30 2
- At this rate he'll be doing great by his 7th term. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 12:38
- There are no 'red' states and 'blue' states, Mop. There's only these UNITED States of America. - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 12:32
Ha. Dana White: "Ronda Rousey is a Diaz brother trapped in a pretty girl's body." -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 12:29 18
- (He also calls Justin Timberlake a giant dick.) nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:43
- I don't see the pretty here at all. nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:31 15
  - She looks like the woman at the end of the bar who vaguely resembles Julia Styles. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:36
  - She's no Gina Carano. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 12:35 10
    - Or even Miesha Tate. nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:43 2
      - you have the premium access to chickswithbigschnozzes.com? -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:45 1
        
        I don't pay for hypothetical niche porn. nm - Dignan Jan 23, 12:54
    - Dead eyes. Her and Danica could make the most boring lesbian movie ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:36 6
      - Heh. Check out dis guy over here... he looks at their *eyes*! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 12:40
      - don't give the godaddy guy any ideas. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:39
      - Please oh please let them try. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:36 3
        
        I mean, it's still a lesbian movie, but they are lacking anything approaching a joie de vie. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:37 2
        
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        (slightly to your right) -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 13:10
  - She's a good looking woman and unlike many other 'hot' sports women, has some life in her eyes. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 12:34
  - Bah! - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 12:34
  - not on a model scale. but she's obviously fit, so that goes a decent ways. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 12:33
- And for those who forgot who Ronda Rousey is... -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:30 [Image]
Las Vegas at night from the Space Station -- (link) - amoxy Jan 23, 12:29 9
- wow -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 12:47
- Cmnd Hadfield... FTW! - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:35
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- Damn your IM! - Spawn Jan 23, 12:34
- it's only the Batsignal on top of the of Luxor -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 12:33
- speaking of pictures from space. Have we all seen this one of the new bright spot in the US ? -- (link) - decline Jan 23, 12:31 [Image] 2
  - crazy -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 12:32
  - Frak! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:32
- dang, that's pretty neat. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 12:30
Someone remind me later to watch the first episode of Ripper Street at 10pm. Thanks a bunch, snookums -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 12:29 4
- I kile that his sargent is Peter Dinklage's knight on Game of Thrones. he is good and needs to be in more stuff -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 12:35 1
  - like -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 12:35
- I had decided I would pick this up if I did not like The Following. - Spawn Jan 23, 12:32
- I like Matthew Macfayden a lot..but the 1st ep was just ok -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 12:29
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- I love that "buttfumble" is now a word. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 23, 12:39
- At a minimum, QBs should be allowed one Longest Yard per game. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:29
So far, Step Up Revolution is no Perks of Being a Wallflower. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:27 7
- supposedly a viewing of Step Up 3D almost dissuaded Ang Lee from attempting to direct 'Life of Pi'. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 12:29 5
  - It's in this week's EW in the half page they give him as nominated director -- nm - ceregon Jan 23, 12:34
  - Explain. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:31 3
    - I think he looked at it and was convinced he couldn't make the 3D work in a way that wasn't cheesy and would actually serve the story. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 12:36 2
      - Hmm, the 3D in Step Up is actually great. -- nm - David Jan 23, 12:38 1
        
        that's what I've always heard. I'm not exactly sure where he was going with that. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 12:40
- It's so bad, that I keep fantasizing that one of us is dying of cancer, so that I don't have to break up with her. -- nm - charlie Jan 23, 12:28
*fines B2 for wearing a short sleeve shirt with a tie* -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 12:25 1
- But Sipowicz does it! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 12:27

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