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Calling all boodechays? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 09:22 1
- Yeah, not that it really matters at this point, but I hate going before him just in case because of the news below. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:29
The NFLPA will have to think twice about trusting espn -- (link) - Beaker Aug 23, 09:22
How many of you want this refrigerator? -- (link) - amoxy Aug 23, 09:16 7
- Basement. Beer Fridge. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:31
- This isn't one of those teases, is it? Like the tauntaun sleeping bag? - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 09:27 1
  - You mean the one that can be bought at ThinkGeek? -- (link) - TWuG Aug 23, 09:29
- that could scare the crap out of a lot of people in the middle of the night. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 09:23
- heh -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 09:23
- ... I think Amy would go for this. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:21 1
  - I just emailed her that I want it for my birthday, and my mom will chip in. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:24
Huge sinkhole in swamp swallows trees in Louisiana......(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Aug 23, 09:10 2
- There is a Lafarrow joke here somewhere, I know it. -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 09:13 1
  - I would rather not think about his stinkhole. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:14
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- The thing that's being overlooked is that it's still a Zack Snyder film. The best actors in the world won't save it - TWuG Aug 23, 09:25 12
  - I quite enjoyed Man of Steel. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:26 11
    - It was crap. Slow, nonsensical. Everything Superman shouldn't be. I was never awed or inspired by the character or the movie - TWuG Aug 23, 09:28 2
      - Even worse that Superman Returns? -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 09:30 1
        
        By a country mile. -- nm - TWuG Aug 23, 09:32
    - Meh. It was no Watchmen. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:27 6
      - I couldn't get through Watchmen. Sooo boring. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:32
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      - yeah, I did not yawn once in Man of Steel. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:28 3
        
        i fell asleep in Watchmen. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 09:29 1
        
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        You must have left halfway through. -- nm - David Aug 23, 09:29
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- What are you guys talking about? -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:24
- One word: Daredevil -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 09:21 6
  - Another word...2003. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:23 1
    - I agree with you and groin. That was 10 years ago, he's changed...and he wasn't the problem in the first place. -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 09:24
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    - I remember posting it here or on TT, that I thought it was a really dumb idea and he would be awful - amoxy Aug 23, 09:27
    - yeah, it was not a great reaction. no one saw that coming. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:25
  - he was hardly the problem in that movie. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:22
Wow, Rory McIlroy had 3 double-bogey's yesterday and finished even par. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:07
Celine Dion selling Florida home for .... $72.5 M. -- (link) - Andie Aug 23, 09:06 7
- that'll be a helluva commission -- nm - zork Aug 23, 09:26
- OMG, the pool. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 09:23 1
  - You could fit a Titanic in it! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 23, 09:24
- I like the Timbaland article -- monthly maintenance costs are $2,914 a month - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:22
- even my opulent nature boggles at some of the details. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:16
- $20Mish to buy the properties in 2005/2008. Maybe another $20-25M to raze/build (at most). That's a cool profit. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 09:13
- crazy, but it does have 5 houses on the property (an 8 bedroom guest house?) -- nm - decline Aug 23, 09:09
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- Neither is curation - a word I use regularly. -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 09:28
- Ballmer + MS Word Dictionary + Windows 8 = it's a trifecta! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:07
And that's my holiday for the week after next booked. Off to the Austrian Tirol. -- nm - LMS Aug 23, 09:04
Interesting post about online community management on forums ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 23, 09:03
groiny, nuditarian X2, groiny -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:02 1
- nudie -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:08
Jim....my 10.7 pick is Walt's. Thanks again for the help! -- nm - Samara Aug 23, 08:57 1
- Very good...and no problemo! -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 08:58
Today's "Stupid People are Stupid" politician is... -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 08:40 6
- "And, of course Asians have more car accidents, obviously, because of the way they drive... Am I right, people?" -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 23, 08:57
- speechless -- (link) - amoxy Aug 23, 08:49 [Image]
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  - How did that ever get backwards in the first place? -- nm - Vicki Aug 23, 08:49
  - all that real cane sugar, I guess -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:48
- offs -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 08:43
Mets pitching coach defeated by bullpen phone. -- (link) - Tim Aug 23, 08:40
jen, my brother mel profit and I are going to need you to commit to rewatching the town. please indicate your agreement. -- nm - amanda Aug 23, 08:39
Don Homer, Kim, Groiny -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 08:33
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WashingtonPost's "The People's Burger" complete with fried egg, bacon jam, onion ring and fried green tomato -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 23, 08:28 5
- I saw that on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a couple of nights ago -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 08:30
- Bacon jam is awesome. True story. -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 08:29 2
  - Is it your jam? - Spawn Aug 23, 08:30 1
    - I shall pump up the jam. -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 08:39
- "The Fat People's Burger". -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 08:29
Scully to return in 2014 -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 23, 08:21 4
- Heh. I was like "X-Files? C'mon now". Oh -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 08:21 3
  - every time a commercial comes up for her new show, mrs. zork has to mention how bad Gillian looks as a blonde -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:22 2
    - really? I think she looks better as a blonde. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 09:22 1
      - you may never have been more wrong in your life -- nm - zork Aug 23, 09:24
Dawson, I guess I'm just used to reviewing tax cases where they do often go back to things like the Congressional record to review the intent/ - spamlet Aug 23, 08:19 1
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JenBro, we're going to be doing followup tests on Brody plus all the regular tests and vaccines (for both) that were put off at the time. Plus we've s - zork Aug 23, 08:19 1
- :( good thoughts going your way -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 08:37
See, the thing about Alfred is, he's Ex-SAS ... that means he's basically like Delta Force on his own. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:17 10
- was this made up for the movies or did they mention this in the books? - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:18 8
  - in various stories they've hinted that he worked for British Goverment at times in some capacity.... - Remlik Aug 23, 08:24 4
    - neat. thanks Pusherman. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:32
    - The need Christopher Lee to play him! ... and in his own books/movies -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:26 2
      - yeah he would have been great -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 08:37
      - "And for alfred we've casted ... - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:32
  - The comics pre-date the SAS, I think. Operation Colossus was their first jump. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:19 2
    - Oh, alfred started in 1943. Nm. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:19 1
      - And from the start, or nearly the start, he was a former intelligence agent. - Beryllium Aug 23, 08:22
- The new Batman animated show has my fav Alfred. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:18
LIR: kilbo was fixing his draft -- (link) - oblique Aug 23, 08:16 [Backboard] 6
- Draft fixing? -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:27 5
  - What part of "No Heath Miller" is unclear? :) -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 08:30 4
    - He is expected back in September. -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:31 3
      - It's more a bye week issue. No point in my backup TE having the same bye week as my primary -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 08:31 2
        
        Fair enough. Sorry you were not a satisfied customer. -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:33 1
        
        It's all good. You guys are truly appreciated given everything you're dealing with. Truly generous people -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 08:34
jim, I am here, i will try to get my pick in now -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 08:16 3
- sweet... -- nm - Jim Aug 23, 08:17 2
  - if i get can things to load. - Truman Aug 23, 08:17 1
    - Moxy is up -- nm - Truman Aug 23, 08:31
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- While I appreciate that he finally admitted it...how can we be sure that he's telling us the truth. - Jim Aug 23, 08:28 1
  - you can't, and he is lying, no doubt about it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:54
- I think what bothers me about this is that sports have set expectations so high that players *will* get injured and basically must find ways - TWuG Aug 23, 08:26 11
  - no doubt this is how guys can come back from tommy john and torn ACL's in record time now. - groiny Aug 23, 08:58
  - Start paying them peanuts. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:27 9
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      - If you want to make people stop cheating, eliminate the incentive to do so. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:40 6
        
        but some people will do anything for $5k and Olympians have cheated when there was no monetary reward -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:44 5
        
        It's been a long time since winning an Olympic medal had no monetary reward in first world countries. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 08:47 4
        
        I didn't say otherwise -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:51 3
        
        So you agree with Will that there is financial incentive to winning an Olympic medal? (You used the word "but".) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 08:53 2
        
        What I'm saying is that removing financial incentive will not stop some people from cheating -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:54 1
        
        There is precisely 1 way to get all people to stop cheating at events where there is any spoils to the winner. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:04
      - and stop buying the advertisers' products -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:36
- how do you police it, then? - znufrii Aug 23, 08:23 2
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  - which is what happens now with adderall -- nm - decline Aug 23, 08:24
- Then the rules need to be changed. As they are, if he used a banned substance for healing purposes then he gained an unfair advantage - JD Aug 23, 08:22 1
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- It's a slippery slope. This is the same argument that a relief pitcher I can't name has made (he's been cut since he was hurt). - spamlet Aug 23, 08:22 4
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    - I think it's less a slippery slope, and more that MLB wouldn't be able to disprove anyone claiming they tested positive for healing reasons. - Inigo Aug 23, 08:39 1
      - I think they would have to file the dosage with the league and tests that show higher amounts than expected for that dose would count as illegal use -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:43
    - You would also have MLB interfering in the doctor-patient relationship a lot more to police. - spamlet Aug 23, 08:26
- just because it's not injected, doesn't mean it can't do things counter to the rules of the game. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:21
- If that's the case, then why didn't he just say that when he was originally accused instead of accusing people of being on an anti-semetic witchhunt? -- nm - volnelk Aug 23, 08:20 6
  - I do understand the fundamental argument of "if we want athletes to play, and these drugs get them to heal quicker so they then why are they illegal?" - volnelk Aug 23, 08:22 5
    - I think the player, team, and doctor should submit an intend-to-use request to the league who would then give permission to proceed -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:24 4
      - and if it were restricted to a bona fide injury, and the player would need to be on the DL to get approved, I could see a regime like that working out -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 08:26
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        then they could put in place uber-strict penalties for those caught using without being approved beforehand -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:32
        
        the union needs to have a player do this. when the league says no, they would file that the league is keeping him from being able to (come back ) work -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:29
- He's lying. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:17 10
  - In fact, his roommate said Braun was using in college. -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:26 4
    - good lord. really? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:28 3
      - Yes. -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:29 1
        
        (The "healing from injury" excuse tests better in pr circles.) -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:30
      - I heard he was using in kindergarten. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:28
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    - These guys nowadays know that if they want to be 'forgiven', claim medical necessity. It worked for Andy. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:25 3
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        Hypothetically, I would need to see a case where a guy is punished for a legitimate need -- I don't think that test case has existed. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:29 1
        
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wait, next weekend is Labor Day Weekend already? - znufrii Aug 23, 08:13 7
- i was just saying last night that next summer we need to take a week off work to do nothing. i did tons of fun summer things but never just relaxed - Andie Aug 23, 08:39
- summer is *so* crappy for me here from a personal and work (and commute!) standpoint that I am so psyched to see the shit end. - amanda Aug 23, 08:38
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- Summer? I was recently thinking it's been almost fourteen f@cking years since Y2K. 14! - oblique Aug 23, 08:15 3
  - and somehow we got through that decade without having to decide to call it The Naughts or such -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:16
  - fun times...fun times. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 08:16
  - Yeah, but we're still 987 years from Y3K... -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 08:16
You're all just lucky I don't play this draft game thing and mess all's ya' all up real good! -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 08:11 3
- the best part about this...this is just the beginning! - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:12 2
  - Yep ... Me knows! I've already recruited Spawn for our office pick'em league this year! -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 08:43
  - *puts Mel on his taxi squad* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:13

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