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I don't think Greinke liked having his collarbone broken. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 12, 10:30 [Image] 1
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Happy Birthday Ed O'Neill! -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 10:22
Really, HBO? You want to charge me $30 in shipping to send me an $8 bobblehead? - Vermin Targaryen Apr 12, 10:22 7
- Will is pretty heavy. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:26 4
  - LIR - saw your post about the part thing ... am figuring you already googled to see if any hardware place still had it in stock (needle in haystack - JenBro Apr 12, 10:29 3
    - I went to 5 different places over the weekend. - groiny Apr 12, 10:33 2
      - Wait, so have you tried to Google it? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 10:42
      - dang ... that just sucks Groiny - it's not a part that someone crafty could craft either I'm guessing? - JenBro Apr 12, 10:40
- dog sleds ain't cheap. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 10:26
- You live in, like, a different country. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 10:24
The "Honey Badger" stopped counting his failed drug tests when he hit double digits -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 10:15
Carlos Quentin has been hit more in his career than Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.....combined. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:09 6
- *crowds the plate* -- nm - Chuckie Apr 12, 10:30
- 116 times in his 8 year career. Not close to Biggio but on that pace -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 10:12 1
  - and he is not wearing that gigantic elbow brace. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:13
- yeah, he is a ball magnet. - groiny Apr 12, 10:10 2
  - Yeah, 10 games is where I'd go. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:11 1
    - Monday's game between the Padres and Dodgers will be umpired very tight - amoxy Apr 12, 10:14
Not sure if funny or not funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 12, 10:08 3
- You have either - con_carne Apr 12, 10:32
- Not. -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 10:32
- my vote is not - JenBro Apr 12, 10:30
6 mind blowing things from WWII recently discovered -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 10:05 1
- #2 reminds me of the time one of my employees at the time who brought in... - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:11
A groupon for "Massage and Facial Services". Pass. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 10:02
I'm a nice guy! Why can't they see that? -- nm - Mop on Chrome on iPad Apr 12, 10:01
Aw, Jonathan Winters has died. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 12, 10:00 22
- Wow, and I just linked that cartoon with him doing the voice of the dog yesterday -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 12, 10:42
- (I had no idea he was even still alive.) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 10:23 1
  - truth be told.....same here. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 12, 10:30
- Jonathan and Robin Williams on Letterman about 7m 30s in.......... -- (link) - CrankYanker Apr 12, 10:18 [youtube]
- Signing off... sadness. -- nm - SpawnDroid Apr 12, 10:10
- Very sad. A great comedic mind -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 10:06
- So underrated it's not even funny. - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:03 2
  - Role model for Robin Williams for sure....I saw them together on a few talk shows...it left you out of breath. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 12, 10:07 1
    - I remember being a kid and seeing them together and that being one of the first realizations as to how funny two human beings could be together. - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:16
- they can bury him next to Shelly, a block apart. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:03
- Yeah, I woulda missed dead or alive on him. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:02 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 10:02
- Mearth! -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 10:01
- I may have to rewatch It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World in his honor. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 10:01 8
  - can this movie be underrated? I think so. He's genius in it amongst other geniuses. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:02 7
    - The talent in that movie is over the top....so many great comics. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 12, 10:06 4
      - I have never seen this movie. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:14 3
        
        I've seen it on TV as a kid, but I'm sure I couldn't appreciate what it was at the time - con_carne Apr 12, 10:19
        
        It is a screwball comedy with one of the greatest casts ever. Rat Race was a pale ripoff of it -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 10:15 1
        
        I haven't seen it in a few years but it's probably a little dated unless you love it originally. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:17
    - But you know who steals the show in that movie? Dick Shawn - amoxy Apr 12, 10:06 1
      - "I'm comin' Mama!!!" *crying and driving* ...I agree. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:14
Quiz: This is a recent photo. Do you know who this is? -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:55 [Image] 12
- it took me a minute but I recognized him. -- nm - loosilu Apr 12, 10:21
- Yes - but only because I saw it on TISL (my first 10/10 ever) -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 10:06
- Judging by the guys in the background, he's at some sort of D-bag Convention. -- nm - Flavorize w/fava beans Apr 12, 10:05 1
  - he is on his way out of an Audi dealer. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:05
- Yosemite Sam -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 10:01
- Jon Voight gone terribly wrong. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 10:00
- Axl? -- nm - Jim Apr 12, 09:58 1
  - This would be my guess. (Where's the doo-rag, though?) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 10:25
- whoaaaaaa sweet child of mine..... nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:57 1
  - I would say "Nice. Real nice." sarcastically, but it's pretty obvious -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 10:00
- yes (spoilers) - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:56 1
  - I don't think I would ever have guessed this -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:58
ika frustration... - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:53 2
- Going on a 42 hour trade mission to a partner and finding the goods not there? - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:59 1
  - that's more than frustration, I'll grant you. - Mel Profit Apr 12, 10:02
That Chinese 14yr old is at even par today thru 12, +3 for the Masters - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:52 4
- He's actually +2 today, but doesn't make it any less remarkable. And he still could make the cut. He birdied 18 yesterday. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 10:02 3
  - I have to imagine that will be tough with the pressure and attention on him. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 10:04 1
    - Maybe, but it's not like he's shown much so far.... - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:05
  - That's right, i've gotten used to the par 70 stuff..... - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:03
random thought: Tommy Lee Jones has become the Wilfred Brimley of tv ad shills. - Max Apr 12, 09:43 6
- also, I had completely forgotten about High Road to China -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:52 1
  - lucky you -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 10:32
- he's soooo lifeless in those ads for whateveritis -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:47
- It amuses me that The Fonza is now hawkin' Reverse Mortgages... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 09:47 2
  - Are they adjustable? *looks in the mirror* Eyyyyyy. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 09:55 1
    - Bery just jumped the shark. (huh, jumptheshark.com still works-ish) -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:58
2.16 miles at lunch -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:42 1
- bah, that was yesterday. today was only 1.6 - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:48
LIR: Meg -- nevver TMI - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 12, 09:39
the world map according to penis size -- (link) - charlie Apr 12, 09:35 5
- size matters -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 12, 09:47
- I suddenly feel a hell of a lot better about myself. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado Apr 12, 09:44
- we saw this a year or two ago. as I recall Colombia and a couple of African countries were the top ones -- nm - zork Apr 12, 09:41
- Sorry, Asia. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 09:39
- "Yes, Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible." -- (link) - Orson Welles Apr 12, 09:39 [youtube]
spawn, right? feel like I would always be laughing at home because I would be laughing at my house. -- nm - amanda Apr 12, 09:27 4
- But it looks like you'd be laughing in the dark. There's so little natural light. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:34 1
  - (over rated) -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:35
- Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:27 1
  - In some houses, each rooms has a name. That is one of those houses. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:28
nmbBacon - Capstern Apr 12, 09:25
tru, the water does not turn off. My hot water is running constantly. - groiny Apr 12, 09:24 10
- You obviously should have bought an Audi house, not a Pontiac house. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 09:33 1
  - Rookie. You mean a couple. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:33
- i am trying to figure out this then. - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:28 4
  - not not really all the wall, but assuming you can get the tiles off without breaking them.... - groiny Apr 12, 09:30 3
    - well, you can always ask whoever - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:32 2
      - for sure, I just have to then move my refridgerator out, and hope they can get to it from there. - groiny Apr 12, 09:35 1
        
        well the fridge may make it easier. not sure on the rest really. but yeah - tRuMaN Apr 12, 09:41
- how much access to you have to the main line. Can you at least turn that off overnight? -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 09:25 2
  - we have been turning it off at the hot water heater at night, and when we leave for work. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:25 1
    - thank god you can at least do that. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 09:27
I am not sure if this helps my credit score ...but....I have 2 corporate credit cards. a T&E and a PCard - so both run up balances - Capstern Apr 12, 09:23
Today is National Grill Cheese day! Here are 50 recipes from Food Network -- (link) - amoxy Apr 12, 09:21 14
- And here's Hungry Girl's low-cal grilled cheese concoctions. -- (link) - Kim Pine Apr 12, 09:23 1
  - That Brummel & Brown spread is indeed yummy as hell. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 10:29
- The only recipe: Take 2 slices of buttered bread, add cheese, grill. Done. - TWuG Apr 12, 09:23 11
  - I used to think this way but I've gotten into bacon in my sandwiches. - spamlet Apr 12, 09:43 2
    - I add a fried egg, lately. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 12, 10:00 1
      - I love egg and cheese sandwiches. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 10:01
  - Side of tomato suop -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 09:25 7
    - Why you gotta ruin a perfectly good toasted cheese by putting it in crap? - TWuG Apr 12, 09:27
    - Campbell's Creamy -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:25 5
      - The cheese already has plenty of dairy -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 09:42 4
        
        there is no other! -- nm - charlie Apr 12, 09:44 3
        
        I've switched to Healthy Choice Tomato Basil -- (link) - mara Apr 12, 09:44 2
        
        I like that you provide a link - con_carne Apr 12, 09:46 1
        
        Heh, I just wanted to get it into the sidebar. -- nm - mara Apr 12, 09:47
The deal is closed, we making a movie with Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet. - LMS Apr 12, 09:21 26
- Sense and Sensibility II - More Sensible -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 10:08 1
  - Sense Harder -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 10:10
- and one day I will go see that movie -- nm - prayformojo Apr 12, 09:42
- Interesting combo -- wonder which will get naked -- nm - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 12, 09:37
- Very sweet! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 09:35
- sweet! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 09:29
- This short film with him and Emma Thompson was pretty cuteon Masterpiece -- (link) - con_carne Apr 12, 09:29
- The man ST wants to be, and the woman ST wants to be with -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 09:24
- "Gruber & Rose" She's a by-the-book rookie cop, he's a loose cannon who doesn't play by the rules - charlie Apr 12, 09:23 2
  - "She's an MI-5 agent, he's a hooker with a heart of gold...." -- nm - TWuG Apr 12, 09:25 1
    - "She's running away from a loveless engagement. He's running away from the law" - zork Apr 12, 09:37
- Woohoo! Can you say what it's called (or what it's about)? -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 12, 09:22 14
  - "The costume comedy revolves around a pair of landscape gardeners who compete to design a fountain at Versailles for Louis XIV." -- nm - mara Apr 12, 09:54 2
    - (i would so go see that movie) -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 10:09
    - Hope it's a bodice ripper -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 09:59
  - A Little Chaos -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 09:24
  - "Colonel Brandon's Lovescapades." -- nm - Diva Apr 12, 09:23
  - I would say Rickman is an aging curmudgeon and Winslet is a free spirit, and they become lovers. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:23
  - Skip Kim's question and answer my more important one: how much nudity is going to be in it? -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:22 7
    - Dammit, this was my first question - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:28 4
      - I'm flattered -- nm - Alan Rickman Apr 12, 09:30 3
        
        7 minutes to steal a joke? - Spawn Apr 12, 09:34
        
        Read the IM Alan, you'll be less flattered. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 09:30 1
        
        "Kate, I am going to carve your eye out with my love spoon!" nm -- nm - Rickman Apr 12, 09:31
    - You'll have to see it to find out. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 09:26
    - ... kay but if you really want to see Alan naked, I could sell you some pictures of me. - Spawn Apr 12, 09:23
jerk shoots Ringling Bros. elephant -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 12, 09:20 6
- who the hell busts a cap in Dumbo? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 09:21 5
  - Dumbass Mississippians. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 10:03
  - Fuckin' elephant shouldn't be wearing a hoody! -- nm - Jim Apr 12, 09:59 1
    - Those are my *ears*, dumbass! -- nm - Elephant Apr 12, 10:04
  - He refused to leave the giraffe's bedside. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 09:21
  - Africans. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 09:21

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