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doesn't the fact that you would save it from the burning house mean it's not just a throwaway? - pigby Feb 13, 14:31 2
- first, you'd have to get out of the way of the fire truck -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 14:33
- I inferred a "to anyone else". -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 14:32
My net worth is negative. -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 14:31 4
- seriously. -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:35
- Honestly, if it weren't for my car, mine would be too. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 14:35
- mine's gone to plaid -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:32 1
  - Word. -- nm - pmb SI Feb 13, 14:36
Michael Jordan, David Robinson, John Stockton among 16 finalists for the basketball hall of fame... - Stewie Feb 13, 14:27 15
- All locks, anyone else or are they the only ones? -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 14:28 10
  - here are the others - Stewie Feb 13, 14:29 7
    - No other's I'd add in there; not with those 3 at the top. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:34 1
      - Sloan should get in, he was an all star more than once as a player too -- nm - Stewie Feb 13, 14:36
    - Not sure if he's worthy but I hope Mullin gets in. He was a favorite of mine. - Krusty Feb 13, 14:32 1
      - crew cut, and he liked beer - I always liked him too -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:34
    - DJ! -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:30 2
      - and no induction for Kondrashin, unless he admits that game was a travesty -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:32 1
        
        Word. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 14:33
  - I need to learn to read better, sorry. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 14:28 1
    - no apology necessary, we know what salami deprivation can do to a person -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:29
- i wanna see someone not vote for Jordan -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:27 3
  - maybe he took steroids -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 13, 14:33
  - Protest vote because of the gambling suspension? - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:31
  - unless Isiah Thomas has a vote... -- nm - Stewie Feb 13, 14:28
Also, doesn't my buddy have a Bryan Adams vibe to him? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:27 1
- Very much. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 14:34
Dawson, I don't leave town until Monday. I'll totally go hovel-shopping with you. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 14:27 3
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  - I thought you know. - ty97 Feb 13, 14:30 1
    - *knew*. thought you *knew* - ty97 Feb 13, 14:33
honestly, i'm holding out for a Monet -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:26
Ok, I need to get Mrs. CCC something for V-Day,, cause despite saying we were just going to do dinner and such she bought me something yesterday - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:25 17
- I nice sappy card -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 14:32 4
  - Already have...I'm not a dumb husband, but we said "no gifts"...I should be mad -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:34 3
    - then... you don't have to get her something, right? -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:36 1
      - i know! a little keepsake box! tell her she can put her word in it - kare Feb 13, 14:37
    - flowers. just get some carnations or something -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 14:35
- Footlong - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 14:30
- print a digital pic at walgreens. pick up a frame when you pick it up. lottery tix with a "i got lucky" message. single flower. -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:29 1
  - a pretty cupcake from a cupcake shop. food for a breakfast that you make for her tomorrow (buy a breakfast-in-bed tray too). -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:33
- condoms? -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 14:29 3
  - No need now I'm firing blanks...plus lil miss ccc has to see us open the gifts -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:32 2
    - not to be nosy but, why? -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:34 1
      - We will all open gifts together...otherwise it wouldn't be a big deal...but now I look like "daddy doesn't care" -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:37
- i was bad. i put some little doohickeys in a bag. dorky golf balls, candy. maybe i should wait until sunday so he doesn't feel bad. -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:26
- One rock of crack. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 14:26 1
  - ~ just blew him away ~ -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:28
- A really cheap hooker. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:25 1
  - She has me -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:27
I know times are tough but the salami hero I just bought is lacking in salami. Bastards! - Krusty Feb 13, 14:24 12
- there goes my hero -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:26
- so someone where you bought it hid the salami on you? -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 13, 14:26
- Get Salami back in there! -- nm - The White Shadow Feb 13, 14:26
- God dammit, now i have a Jukebox Hero earworm. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:25 1
  - You're welcome. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 14:25
- The new hit pr0n video game? Salami Hero? -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 14:25 5
  - darcy would be on YouTube setting the world record -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:25 4
    - oooo...Pixie. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 14:26 3
      - I'm going to take it as he was referring to the sandwich artist, not pr0n -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:27 2
        
        that's what I totally thought. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 14:36
        
        yes. oh yes. -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:28
- then it's a sidekick. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:24
Okay, one boss gone. Now, the two-hour countdown until Boss #2 leaves, then I can cut out early. - Verminhawke Feb 13, 14:22 2
- "Thank you Vermin! But the Princess is in another castle!" -- nm - Mushroom Feb 13, 14:23 1
  - *nice* -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 14:23
~ so when you really love me darling bring me edelweiss ~ -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:19 7
- do you want me to do some Pierce Brosnan harmonies for you? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:20 6
  - ~when you're gone how can i even try to go one~ -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 14:23 1
    - it makes me feel good to think that I might be able to do one thing as well as James Bond -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:24
  - do they have ABBA packs for Rock Band yet? -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:21 3
    - om*g* -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:24
    - unfortunately not, I'd be downloading that stuff so fast it would make your head spin -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 14:21 1
      - and you comment on *my* musical taste? -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 14:38
SITWAP: The first country to start showing results from their stimulus packages? China. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 13, 14:15 1
- Communism works! -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 14:18
And now I have a Charles Aznavour earworm. Thx, pigby. *mwah* -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 14:15 1
- it's the gift that keeps on giving, valentine -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:17
I'm not sure why one would assume that just because she could afford the painting, it meant nothing to her. - kelly Feb 13, 14:15 24
- if someone gave me something that increased my net worth by a factor of like, 100, I'd feel a bit awkward. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:17 19
  - So like, a PS3? -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:18
  - they're not *that* pricey. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:18 16
    - or ten, even. - Reagen Feb 13, 14:21 14
      - any whole number factor, for simplicity. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:21
      - he was pretty prolific (meaning not worth as much) -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:21 12
        
        (it would help to slap a number on it, if you know.) -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:22 11
        
        a few million for some, a few thousand for others, and probably everywhere in between. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 14:27 1
        
        whereas someone like Van Gogh is always in the millions, often over 100. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:28
        
        but it doesn't really. if she gave him something she had that cost nothing, but she knew he would love it, it's the same gesture. - Andie Feb 13, 14:25 3
        
        But I'm saying that I couldn't shake the monetary value of it. - Reagen Feb 13, 14:29 1
        
        ah, gotcha. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 14:30
        
        not to Reagen's point. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:26
        
        half a mill, let's say. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:25 4
        
        How often do you get gifts worth half a mil? - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:26 2
        
        Hell, I felt embarassed over some of the amounts we got from people for our wedding - Reagen Feb 13, 14:31
        
        it's a lot, and Reagen's argument totally holds water. I'd feel super super weird. - loosilu Feb 13, 14:27
        
        I say Reagen's point still holds water at half a mil. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:26
    - Maybe Reagen is *that* cheap. -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 14:19
  - I'd need a really disgusting slob to show me what it really meant -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:18
- I don't recall any indication that she cared about it, is all. it was an expensive doodad in an apartment full of expensive doodads. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:16 3
  - i kind of admire your dedication to your hate of Julia. ;) -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:17 2
    - hee. visceral thing. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:18 1
      - hee hee. :) -- nm - kare Feb 13, 14:18
A look at potential higher profile Cannes films. -- (link) - Dano Feb 13, 14:13
The real question is, what does Julia Roberts do when a fire truck is behind her in traffic? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 14:13 14
- "They're called boobs, Ed." -- nm - TaurusII Feb 13, 14:14
- show some cleavage and cause a city block to burn down. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:14 9
  - she has no cleavge. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:15 8
    - you know who has no cleavage? that poor git Kate Hudson - that is just sad - Epiphany Feb 13, 14:19 1
      - Yeah, Kate's best bra would be 2 pasties. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:20
    - Erin Brockovich begs to disagree. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:16 5
      - her ex-bf Benjamin Bratt said to her at the time "It took a village to make that cleavage". - Diva Feb 13, 14:18
      - some good CGI right there. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 14:17 3
        
        or structural engineering. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:17
        
        wonderbra. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:17 1
        
        And weight gain! -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 14:22
- cackles loudly, charming the crusty old fire chief. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:13 1
  - you have to include some sort of reference to her gaping maw, too ... hmm -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 14:14
- *explodes from an overdose of meta* -- nm - ST Feb 13, 14:13
*writes a rom-com for his ST valentine* -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:12 4
- who *is* your valentine? I submitted my application but... -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 13, 14:13 3
  - unfortunately, i'm under a gag order by the court -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:14 2
    - your valentine would gag if she knew even without the court order -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 13, 14:20 1
      - hell, i even trigger my own gag reflex sometimes - pigby Feb 13, 14:21
here is a poll: what is the most throwaway item you own that has value to you? - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 13, 14:12 10
- My Pearl Jam tape... - Mel Profit Feb 13, 14:29
- probably a recipe card where my grandma wrote down her buns recipe - kare Feb 13, 14:25
- a small jar of black sand that someone gave to me about 10 years ago. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 14:22
- An old circa-early-90's Pepsi tin that my Pepsi rewards watch came in. The watch was junk, but the tin has become a catch all for various... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:20
- this little african style wooden jar that has a elephant on it. love that little useless thing -- nm - Dr. Michael Stone Feb 13, 14:19 1
  - sfan -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 14:19
- i have a wooden egg with legs - kind of like humpty dumpty with no face. i love it. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 14:19
- My futon, which was a gift from a good friend who I miss a lot -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 14:16
- my dignity? -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 14:13
- probably my box of theatre programs -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 14:12
It just got all kinds of rainy and windy here in Santa Monica - con_carne Feb 13, 14:11
*wants someone to give him an original Chagall* -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 14:10 12
- exactly, at least then if things go sour you can still hock it and come out ahead -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 13, 14:12 4
  - chagall's not my favorite. I'd flip it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:13 2
    - yeah, I'd trade it for a Rothko and change in a heartbeat -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 14:13 1
      - chagalls aren't priceless. Rothko might go for more. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:17
  - Ding. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:12
- I can give you an original loosi for free! (the painting, pervs, not the person)( -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:11 6
  - I've got the wall space. - znufrii Feb 13, 14:12
  - there are copies? -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:12 3
    - ...and they have a plan. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 14:17
    - you can buy prints, but no one does. :( -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 14:12 1
      - (of you) -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 14:14
  - (i figured you would have charged more for the painting.) -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 14:12
*arranges fixed date board rolling* -- nm - zork Feb 13, 14:10
L.A. Palooza: Catch it! -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 14:10 2
- did I miss something? when, where? -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 14:12 1
  - There is no hard date/time/location yet, but there is a FB event I invited you to -- (link) - con_carne Feb 13, 14:14
CCC - ygm -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 14:10 1
- Got it, thanks...replied...this is going to be a great addition to the raffle -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 14:14

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