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what was your favorite GOP party reboot moment, Haley Barbour fans? -- (link) - charlie Mar 18, 19:27 3
- I loved when he pardoned all those murderers -- nm - Bacon via Droid Mar 18, 19:29
- when someone suggested that slavery might not have been all that bad, they got free room and board you know -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 19:29
- later adding, "I know it's on!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 19:27
The mother on the new show "Bates Motel" is already setting my teeth on edge. I'm not sure I'll make it through 2 episodes, this is worse then - Valar Morghulis Mar 18, 19:23 1
- And you just *know* she will be on the series forever! -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 19:25
even though they'll never do the same for their customers, Verizon wants to tie its own FIOS carriage costs to the # of viewers per channel -- (link) - charlie Mar 18, 19:16
You know you're reading an old chemistry manual when an experiment asks for CCl4 - Reagen Mar 18, 19:16 1
- Ha, and the next one is about pouring rubbing alcohol into their skin - Reagen Mar 18, 19:19
Whoa. The DVR has come back to life. - Spawn Mar 18, 19:13 3
- Maybe the soul of Remlik's dead Kindle leapt into the DVR -- nm - Bacon via Droid Mar 18, 19:28 1
  - "why did it record All Of Me 17 times?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 19:29
- Plus HIMYM. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 19:13
want to start a FB shitstorm? Say you hate Bohemiam Rhapsody. - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:09 15
- its one of those things that has acheived a cherished spot on the american conscience for no real reason -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 19:28 7
  - The reason was illustrated in Wayne's World. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:29 4
    - as I said on FB, I respect it, just don't like it. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:30 2
      - And I'm completely fine with you not liking it. :) nm - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:32 1
        
        I've been on the receiving end of the second one too many times. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:37
    - it's pretty played out now but that was so much fun at the time - charlie Mar 18, 19:30
  - No real reason other than being AWESOME! -- nm - TWuG Mar 18, 19:29
  - well Wayne's World was a pretty real reason -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 19:29
- On a seemingly unrelated note (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:22 3
  - yeah, yeah. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:24
  - I thought it was going to be this. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 18, 19:23 [youtube] 1
    - I honestly wish Bery would put that at the top of every board in flashing letters. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:27
- Well yes, that's how trolling works. -- nm - TFox Mar 18, 19:19
- 5 years later :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 19:11
- Posting nonsense on FB normally ends this way. -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 19:11
so in terms of RPI, the 5 lowest ranked teams in the tournament are: - prayformojo Mar 18, 19:00 1
- Liberty is one of the biggest embarrassments of all time. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Mar 18, 19:29
you don't care: I've done two brackets by flipping a coin, and both have gonzaga in the final (one winning, one losing). -- nm - mafic Mar 18, 18:56 1
- Jesuit Pope effect. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:09
t-party/xian fundy craziness not exclusive to the US...russian orthodox protestors unfurl creationist banner on darwin science museum -- (link) - npr Mar 18, 18:55
Dinner report: YUM. I thought it was great. - kelly Mar 18, 18:42 2
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 18:48
- heh..typical husband reaction to wife cooking -- nm - budice Mar 18, 18:45
From Facebook. See why we had to put her in theatre camp? Do you see?! -- (link) - Subversive Mar 18, 18:41 8
- on a seemingly unrelated note, how are your shotgun skills? -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 19:27 3
  - Like, for real? I hunted fowl with my dad a couple times when I was 12/13, but haven't touched one in years. - Subversive Mar 18, 19:31 2
    - Oh wait, I get it. - Subversive Mar 18, 19:32 1
      - heh -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:32
- Oh yeah, I see. :) - kelly Mar 18, 18:58 3
  - A made up song of her own creation. -- nm - Subversive Mar 18, 19:01 2
    - Wow. - kelly Mar 18, 19:06 1
      - Yeah, the kids love putting on mom's boots and stumbling around the house. - Subversive Mar 18, 19:07
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Robert Kraft: "I don't answer to Tom Brady" - amoxy Mar 18, 18:34 1
- . . . except for voting to keep the Tuck Rule. then he's mah boy -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 18:41
23 mind blowing true stories behind famous songs -- (link) - Beaker Mar 18, 18:33 1
- #14 made me laugh -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 18:36
Alan Tudyk once auditioned for the role of Michael Scott. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:30 1
- wow. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 18:30
NFLDraft: Vikings own picks 23, 25, 52, 83, 102, 120, 155, 189, 213, 229 and 231 -- nm - budice Mar 18, 18:21 5
- So, they have an extra first and then a few extra picks late? Right? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 18:24 4
  - Enough picks to pull off a Ricky Williams trade with some left over -- nm - budice Mar 18, 18:34 2
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      - No Herschel Walker types then? Dallas has the phone ready to bargain for those picks. Romo? -- nm - Bacon Mar 18, 18:44
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Fun google collaboration demo. Start writing (or paste text) and it will get edited by Shakespeare, Poe, Dickinson, Dickens, and others. -- (link) - loosi at home Mar 18, 18:16 1
- Clever! Paste in something famous like the preamble to the Constitution or the Gettysburg Address. -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 18:59
Somewhere, I suspect, TFox is feeling conflicted... - Stephen Mar 18, 18:00 1
- Admittedly, sometime this year he finally learned how to be an NBA caliber player. - TFox Mar 18, 18:08
Amazon users ...how effed am I? I dropped my kindle in the bathtub, got it out asap... - Remlik Mar 18, 18:00 20
- You shouldn't be reading 50 Shades of Grey while taking your bubble bath. This is what will happen. -- nm - Bacon Mar 18, 18:31
- Was it on when you dropped it? - Subversive Mar 18, 18:17 2
  - crud -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 18:41
  - fun kindle fact, it doesn't use battery power unless you're changing pages (or the wireless is on). so even if it's on, it's not necessarily *on*. - mafic Mar 18, 18:38
- how long have you riced it? might need more than a day. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 18:10
- Remlik's Bathroom Adventures #6 -- nm - budice Mar 18, 18:08
- *sigh* -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 18:04 6
  - SFEK. What were it's last words? -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 18:07 5
    - "Toby, come quick, Sam is getting his ass kicked by a girl" - Remlik Mar 18, 18:53 1
      - Love that episode. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 18:56
    - *glug**glug*glug* -- nm - budice Mar 18, 18:23 1
      - tsk tsk - JaxSean Mar 18, 18:25
    - "it's its that gives me fits." -- nm - b. Mar 18, 18:14
- it is not an intant result. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 18:01 6
  - detailed fixing info - peglegpete Mar 18, 18:03 5
    - rem., did you try holding down the power button for 30 seconds? - b. Mar 18, 18:11 2
      - thanks. will give that a try -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 18:37
      - oh, and, just in case: you may want to plug it in, in case the battery was somehow drained. (be careful!)-- nm - b. Mar 18, 18:13
    - yep did all that yesterday. Im wondering about returns and exchanges...think I'm hosed -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 18:05 1
      - you are hosed. by a new one mr. moneybags. - Truman Mar 18, 18:06
NCAA: For the first time since 1977, no team from Texas in the Tournament. -- (link) - budice Mar 18, 18:00 1
- I know everyone says its all parity and watch for a big upset year, but I'm feeling it's going to be pretty chalky this weekend. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 18, 18:10
I'm almost tempted to contribute to this Kiva loan.... -- (link) - Meg Mar 18, 17:57
sigh. no good deed goes unpunished - Truman Mar 18, 17:55 12
- maybe she was afraid of getting in trouble with the bf? -- nm - b. Mar 18, 18:15 1
  - no, they are both morons. - Truman Mar 18, 18:18
- Offs. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 17:57
- DPS. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 17:56 8
  - Make that CPS. That shit is bananas, and it sounds like that mother may not "get it" until her kid's blood is on her hands. - Beryllium Mar 18, 17:59 4
    - oh i agree. this is the couple that built a deck - Truman Mar 18, 18:01 3
      - Erph. One more strike, and I'd call that a pattern. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:02 2
        
        the neighbor has already thrown a tantrum at "us" (the other nearby neighbors) - Truman Mar 18, 18:05 1
        
        Some people are bad at life. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 18:07
  - Douchebag parent syndrome? -- nm - J-Nexus Mar 18, 17:58 2
    - Dumbassery Prevention Services -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:00 1
      - (Was supposed to be Child Protective Services) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:01
Cyprus rescue breaks all the rules -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 18, 17:52 2
- We haven't been using "Cypriot" enough in all this -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 18:28
- But it gets results, you stupid chief! -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 17:52
When Koufax is 23rd and some guy name Butch Vig is third you're rankings are way off. - Krusty Mar 18, 17:45 18
- New episodes this summer! They're filming now. -- nm - J-Nexus Mar 18, 18:35 2
  - You're my favorite person right now. Woo hoo!!! - Krusty Mar 18, 18:58 1
    - I was so disappointed when I went to download Sundays episode....and it wasn't there - J Mar 18, 19:10
- which top gear? - Truman Mar 18, 18:08 7
  - The new Africa special. It's not the best one but it's much better than their last attempt with that awful Middle East trip. - Krusty Mar 18, 18:15 6
    - I just watched them cross the river on the raft. I thought for sure Jeremy was going to sunk it on the last car -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 18:30 1
      - Me too. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 18:38
    - the middle east was bad, the india one wasnt a ton better. - Truman Mar 18, 18:19 3
      - And you're right about India as well. It wasn't very good. A few chuckles but otherwise it was weak. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 18:25 1
        
        do you watch the usa version - Truman Mar 18, 19:04
      - If they had some more challanges like when they worked to cross the river w/their cars on the raft it would have been better. - Krusty Mar 18, 18:23
- Sounds good to me, he gave us Nevermind... Among other works -- nm - J-Nexus Mar 18, 17:59 2
  - He's not on the level of athletes like Koufax and Gibson. He helped make one good album. - Krusty Mar 18, 18:18 1
    - So he could throw a ball good... -- nm - J-Nexus Mar 18, 18:27
- Koufax was too Jewish. -- nm - TFox Mar 18, 17:47 3
  - Oof. I guess Bob Gibson was too black. He's actually 23rd and Koufax is 21st. - Krusty Mar 18, 17:52 2
    - What the hell kind of list is this? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 18:05 1
      - Some website tried to rank the NCAA teams based on their most famous graduate. Apparently Brad Pitt is the most famous person to graduate from any - Krusty Mar 18, 18:21
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- Are the rest of ours 7th rounders? -- nm - David Mar 18, 17:44 2
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    - Ooh baby, three picks out of seven late in the 7th. - David Mar 18, 17:49
hey amoxy - Truman Mar 18, 17:41 1
- If you go to the link there is the whole movie. I fast forwarded it - amoxy Mar 18, 18:31
Fandango! -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 17:37 1
- the light -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:39
"Entering live draft" - spamlet Mar 18, 17:36 1
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and Steve Guttenberg is cooler than anyone. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 17:35
It just took me an hour and ten minutes to drive home. Normal trip is 20-25 minutes. -- nm - timPhone Mar 18, 17:25 2
- our buses are running so behind that on some three-bus routes, they dropped back to two. -- nm - amanda Mar 18, 17:39
- Drive 3x faster next time. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:27
ika boat question..... what is the minimum amount of rams I would have to leave in a town to assure I will last to a 2nd round and colossus someone? - dogbert Mar 18, 17:21 4
- Front row +1. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:21 3
  - rams take 5 per flank and 10(?) per front row? -- nm - dogbert Mar 18, 17:24 2
    - It varies by battlefield. Act like you are sending from a different city to the one in question so you can see the field. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:25 1
      - thanks, forgot I could do that -- nm - dogbert Mar 18, 17:26
a classic of hand-held eating: the meatloaf sandwich. It's when the bread loaf and the meat loaf finally come together in a sort of Loafapalooza -- nm - npr Mar 18, 17:20
Like you care: in TBBT series 3 ep 15 they talk about the LHC at CERN - marcel Mar 18, 17:16
So, which free EA game do I want? -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 17:13 10
- i wonder if i can get the mac version if i get simcity 4 - Truman Mar 18, 18:10
- SimCity 4 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 18, 17:40
- None. Don't support them. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 17:29 3
  - Why? -- nm - J-Nexus Mar 18, 18:05 1
    - I'm boycotting them for bogarting the Porsche sublicense for racing games. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 20:14
  - I agree and I avoid their games as much as possible but he already bought the game so he might as well get a free game from them. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 17:38
- Mass Effect 3 might be a one you'll like but most don't seem like something you'd really like. - Krusty Mar 18, 17:23 2
  - yeah, not an fps guy at all. ME3 it is. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 17:40 1
    - You could always get the last Sim City. I don't know that one at all to recommend it. ST loves Mass Effect and I think you might too. - Krusty Mar 18, 17:48
- One that works. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:14
"Molly, I think I�m going to die.� -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 17:12 1
- Smart brother, am I gonna die? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Mar 18, 17:14

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