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Incredibly detailed hand-cut paper art. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 10:21
Here is a fun little exercise from Grantland.. -- (link) - David Aug 22, 10:21 3
- Spoilers - David Aug 22, 10:23 2
  - How is Lose Yourself not on that list? - Will Hunting Aug 22, 10:24 1
    - I don't know. I thought there were several glaring omissions, which may be unavoidable. -- nm - David Aug 22, 10:25
The Student Athlete's Guide to Not Raping Anyone -- (link) - znufrii Aug 22, 10:16 1
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Ooh, SEC Coaches vote Andy Murray pre-season 1st team QB. - David Aug 22, 10:15 2
- That *and* a Wimbledon championship, in the same year! -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 10:16 1
  - Heh, whoops. *Aaron* Murray. - David Aug 22, 10:17
STEELER RUN!!!! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:02 2
- Kelly is required to take another one. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:03 1
  - He feels like a Steeler.... I've got three hours to pick, right? Good, I have a meeting in five minutes. Should be back by then. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 10:15
Mayor Rob Ford to arm wrestle Hulk Hogan this week -- (link) - Andie Aug 22, 10:02
Well, since we are getting TMI today I might as well share this. I'm coming to terms with my ability to drink milk/consume dairy - con_carne Aug 22, 10:02 24
- I'm a child of the 50's....we're not allergic to anything because we immersed ourselves in dirt. -- nm - CrankYanker Aug 22, 10:22 1
  - It's not an allergy, it's lactic acid production in mah belly -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:23
- I'm this way with tomatoes. :( -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:09
- Welcome to the club, brother. Sherbet is better, anyway. -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 10:09 1
  - *sips soda*... Ahhhhhhhhh. -- nm - Tom Hanks in A League Of Their Own Aug 22, 10:20
- Are you able to handle cheeses? -- nm - Stephen Aug 22, 10:08 1
  - Yeah, cheese is fine -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:10
- I gave up most dairy 4 or 5 years ago. - TWuG Aug 22, 10:08 3
  - It's more or less like that for me as well. Fresh milk is the kryptonite -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:10 2
    - this is very similar to what happens to me. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 10:14 1
      - What's annoying is how little amount of milk it takes for things to get unpleasant -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:23
- my intolerance is weird. most times I'm fine. but sometimes it's like a Tropical Storm Deeve down there. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 10:05 3
  - L4! OMG, gigglefit. -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 10:09
  - If that's what it takes to get Jim Cantore to show up, it might be worth it. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 10:06 1
    - *nodding* -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 10:12
- inability -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:02 8
  - I would have to kill myself. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 10:04 7
    - Middle carne makes these great protein shakes when I visit (he's a health nut)... gonna have to start saying no to those -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:07 6
      - can't you just use an almond milk, or soy milk, or rice milk instead? - Andie Aug 22, 10:09 5
        
        Lil' Vermin loves her 'chocolate shakes'. Ice, almond milk, Hershey's syrup, a little vanilla, and a scoop of whey protein. - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 10:16 3
        
        Any ice? That adds such frosty goodness. This is similar to what MC does (minus the choc) -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:18 2
        
        yeah, he says it right after "shakes" - groiny Aug 22, 10:19 1
        
        See how distraught I am? -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:21
        
        Probably, and I enjoy soy milk. But it just won't be quite the same I guess -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:14
That guy breaking into Merkel's plane makes me think that the schemes we see in Mission: Impossible and Alias just aren't necessary. - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 10:01
Big General Hospital casting news. -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 22, 09:58
Best post on B2 -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 22, 09:56 [Backboard] 1
- I actually remember that dude. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 22, 09:58
re; my draft pick, 1) Thank you Jim for looking out for me; 2) Spammy sucks for this round; 3) ML is wrong wrong wrong - crash davis Aug 22, 09:56 7
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  - you can't spite me unless you draft Percy -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 10:02 1
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- and as far as a full team goes, Will is correct only insofar as the draft as I won't be drafting a defense -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:57 3
  - You have 5 seahawks -- we play 10 players on a 15 player roster - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:58 2
    - People love the team's they love. In my $100 money league Brady went with the #4 pick to a HUGE Pats fan - Beaker Aug 22, 10:13
    - We talked about this yesterday. -- (link) - crash davis Aug 22, 10:01 [Backboard]
CCC posted this on Facebook, about Texas banning the sale of Tesla cars. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 09:53 3
- Hard to blame the dealers. That's a scary trend for them, if it catches on. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 10:08
- Here's a Planet Money episode about the answer. -- (link) - nubby Aug 22, 10:07
- can you spell d i s i n t e r m e d i a t i o n? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 22, 10:03
SB, JD, Kelly -- nm - samara Aug 22, 09:52 14
- *whew* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 09:53 13
  - I like Givens, but had another guy in mind. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 09:53 12
    - Damnit. I was taking that guy with my picks. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 09:55 10
      - David drafted him at 3-5, he *has* to be a good pick. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:08 3
        
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        Favourite'd. -- nm - David Aug 22, 10:13
        
        But at 5-7, good value! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:11
      - love his upside... -- nm - samara Aug 22, 09:57 4
        
        Oh, I meant Strongbad's Dwyer pick (in light of the Bell injury). I have enough Rams liability with Tavon Austin. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 10:01
        
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        he's no mewelde...but he'll do. -- nm - samara Aug 22, 09:58 1
        
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      - I was hoping Brown or him would fall to me. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 09:56
    - Foley's in my head, man!! -- nm - samara Aug 22, 09:54
UPS ending benefits for spouses of some workers, if they can get health insurance through their own employer, blames Obamacare -- (link) - znufrii Aug 22, 09:52 3
- We pay a penalty here if our spouse is on our plan if they decline their own. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 10:01
- is that a big deal? for us, if i have a spouse covered, my insurance would only pay the difference of what their own didn't cover. - Andie Aug 22, 09:54 1
  - Yeah, that's the way it works around here. Spousal insurance only covers the difference. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 10:02
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- 35% -- nm - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:54
- J'indicate! -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 09:52
There are 20 answers in an official Magic Eight Ball. Can you name them? -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:46 26
- and the full list ... - zork Aug 22, 10:02 1
  - I guess it would make sense it's a 1d20 in there. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 10:08
- signs point to yes -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 09:58 1
  - Bah. -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 09:59
- Really? That many? I always get 3 or so. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 09:53 4
  - "Using the Coupon collector's problem in probability theory, it can be shown that it takes, on average, 72 outcomes of the Magic 8 Ball for all 20 of - zork Aug 22, 09:56 1
    - So what you're saying is that I get bored with it too quickly. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 09:57
  - they boil down to yes, maybe/later, and no. just various ways of saying it. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:55 1
    - 10 yesses, 5 "no", 5 "try again" -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:58
- Outlook Good. and Doubtful. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:51 1
  - yes and yes (Very Doubtful) -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:53
- My personal favorite: "My sources say: NO!" - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 09:50 1
  - yes -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:51
- Outlook Hazy -- nm - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 09:48 4
  - not quite -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:51 3
    - Reply is hazy? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 09:56 [Image] 2
      - yes, Reply hazy try again -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:57 1
        
        and that's pretty amusing -- nm - zork Aug 22, 10:03
- Ask again later -- nm - decline Aug 22, 09:47
- Yes, No, Maybe -- nm - amoxy Aug 22, 09:47 4
  - yes, no, no -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:50 3
    - it is more like "Definitely Yes", isn't it? -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:52 2
      - err, definitely no. (one of them uses 'definite!' -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:53 1
        
        correct the first time (Yes definitely) in addition to Yes -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:55
- Ask again later, all signs point to yes -- nm - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:47 1
  - yes, yes -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:50
Dano: Local Man Catches 2 Bull Sharks in the Potomac -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:45 9
- never ever swimming in a river that connects to the ocean again. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 09:48 8
  - The Mississippi connects to the ocean. Should people in St. Louis not swim in it ? -- nm - decline Aug 22, 09:51 7
    - That's like #543,321,785 why people shouldn't swim in it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 22, 09:54 5
      - I have fished the Mississippi river, and I swear to christ..... - groiny Aug 22, 09:57 3
        
        Water Moccasins and stuff are just a hazard of lakes and rivers down here. -- nm - spamlet Aug 22, 10:10 2
        
        I am pretty sure it was just someone who had a python, it got to big, and they released it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 10:13
        
        yes, moccasins, not a goddamned anaconda!!!!! - groiny Aug 22, 10:13
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    - I would say no. - groiny Aug 22, 09:54
Is there any way to move movies from the instant queue on the default profile to one of the other profiles? - spamlet Aug 22, 09:45 1
- I don't think that's possible. -- nm - decline Aug 22, 10:01
Will have my pick in in 5. -- nm - Stephen Aug 22, 09:44 1
- Stewie, Brian x2, Stewie -- nm - Stephen Aug 22, 09:50
what is your preferred slang term for penis? - groiny Aug 22, 09:42 6
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- there's a bunch of good ideas here... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 22, 09:48 [youtube]
- Todger -- nm - LMS Aug 22, 09:47 1
  - you silly brits. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 09:48
- The Hammer - Beryllium Aug 22, 09:44 1
  - so when Mrs. Bery has a headache, you get the Banhammer? -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:46
Top 10 Worst (Best?) infomercials -- (link) - zork Aug 22, 09:41 [youtube]
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- FWIW, spammy sniped him. Powell was his top choice here. -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 09:44
- If he has anyone hurt or with a bye week when the Hawks are on bye -- he won't field a full team. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:42 1
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- Ok, fine, I'll buy a Chromecast... -- nm - Ender Aug 22, 09:44
- i'm less interested now that i now how they work :-/ -- nm - colin Aug 22, 09:40 5
  - You're less interested know that you know how they work? -- nm - Ender Aug 22, 09:43 3
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      - know i wasn't! -- nm - colin Aug 22, 09:45 1
        
        You don't now what you're talking about. -- nm - Ender Aug 22, 09:50
  - know.. not now. -- nm - colin Aug 22, 09:40
It looks like *finally* we have broken past the rain every day blues here in the Deep South. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 09:39 5
- Huh, we've had the same for a couple weeks up here too. But the state fair starts today - hopefully it's drying up. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 09:48 1
  - How's the midway. Nothing beats a good stair fair midway. (the Freakshow by Jonathan Sexton nt.) -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 09:49
- Damn you for jinxing us. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 22, 09:41 1
  - Weather's not like pitching a perfect game. Go ahead, change your underwear and socks. Please! -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 09:47
- some just headed through here on the way to you.. enjoy it! -- nm - colin Aug 22, 09:39
"'Bama featured backs are like Sith Lords. Always there are two, a master and an apprentice." - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:38 1
- This makes me remember the days of Auburn's 3 headed monster - Strongbad Aug 22, 09:52
heh, Christopher Walken overdoses on irony -- (link) - zork Aug 22, 09:38 2
- "It's like RAIN... on my wedding... day?" -- nm - Ender Aug 22, 09:40 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:42
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they are doing the Pepsi Challenge down on the corner outside my window. -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:36
Now I will think something else when I hear "that guy is cut." -- nm - Dr.Vermin, Aug 22, 09:33 3
- ... ripped .. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 22, 09:34 2
  - ...jacked. -- nm - colin Aug 22, 09:35 1
    - .. stoked -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:40
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign. -- (link) - CrankYanker Aug 22, 09:33

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