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Oh, ST Poll: I've decided I need to own more comedies on DVD. They cheer me up after a rough day. Name three movie comedies I should own, pls. - con_carne Feb 20, 14:04 22
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Fish Called Wanda, Ghostbusters. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 14:15
- Hot Fuzz?Liar Liar? -- nm - Sheep Feb 20, 14:12
- Empire Records, Waiting & Groundhog Day -- nm - Epiphany Feb 20, 14:12
- Lots of good ones already named. In the interest of no repetition, I'll go with The Man Who Knew Too Little and Little Miss Sunshine -- nm - Subversive Feb 20, 14:11
- Airplane, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, There's Something About Mary -- nm - ceregon Feb 20, 14:11
- The Thin Man, The Big Lebowski and Snatch. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 20, 14:10
- Royal Tenenbaums, Blazing Saddles, Zoolander -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 14:10
- young frankenstein, blazzing saddles, the jerk -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 20, 14:09
- Rushmore, Groundhog Day, Spies Like Us -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 14:09
- Dumb & Dumber, American Pie, Blues Brothers -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 20, 14:08
- Full Monty, Fish called Wanda -- nm - Minivan Man Feb 20, 14:08
- Bull Durham, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Blades of Glory. (nm) - David Feb 20, 14:07
- My Man Godfrey, The Thin Man, Sullivan's Travels -- nm - Mr. Nocountryfor Oldmen Feb 20, 14:07
- You hated Tropic Thunder, right? - kelly Feb 20, 14:07 5
  - I didn't like it either. -- nm - Subversive Feb 20, 14:12
  - Correct. (I feel I *should* have liked it though. *shrug*) -- nm - con_carne Feb 20, 14:08
  - Yeah, you and Will were wrong. -- nm - TFox Feb 20, 14:07 2
    - Yeah, I think the general opinion on this board re: TT shows that we're not all that wrong. -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 14:12
    - Will is wrong on something? Is it a day ending in "y" again? -- nm - Mr. Nocountryfor Oldmen Feb 20, 14:09
- Planes trains and Automobiles. Hitch. Eddie Murphy: RAW - oblique Feb 20, 14:06
- Caddyshack, Super Troopers, See No Evil Hear No Evil -- nm - TFox Feb 20, 14:06
- Sullivan's Travels, The Goldwyn Follies, Buck Privates -- nm - peglegpete Feb 20, 14:06
I can't believe we're about to hit a Cappy on a debate about powers of banks to foreclose on homeowners. - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 14:02 5
- And ironic you use Cappy - Mr. Nocountryfor Oldmen Feb 20, 14:08 1
  - was that before or after he bought himself and the wife giant matching SUVs? -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 14:09
- i remember when TT was all about movies, and parties, and shopping, and cupcakes. We're all so... grown up... now! -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 14:03 2
  - I know! It's like a loss of innocence or something. - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 14:08 1
    - thank GOD for Hotkiss! - Andie Feb 20, 14:08
I had a FB friend disappear and then reappear a couple days later. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 20, 14:02 1
- I didn't know your real name, Turf Toe. -- nm - David Feb 20, 14:03
Is it bad of me to want Lefty to fail and fail miserably? -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 14:02 9
- yes -- nm - pigby Feb 20, 14:05
- CQ, what is going on tomorrow... is everyone still doing a movie and/or dinner? - secretslacker Feb 20, 14:02 7
  - I think some are seeing Class earlier at some theater. Hold on, let me check -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 14:06 5
    - Oh, I might be into seeing that again... didn't really get it the first time. - secretslacker Feb 20, 14:07 4
      - here's the info - CQ Feb 20, 14:07 3
        
        Please let 'em know I might be interested in catching that (I assume you're talking to them in IM) -- nm - secretslacker Feb 20, 14:10 1
        
        Oh, wait.. that's from the Email that ty97 sent out, conveniently excluding me. - secretslacker Feb 20, 14:13
        
        the movie is at 4:40pm -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 14:07
  - I'm not getting into the city until about 7pm. I'm just gonna head to the Rodeo Bar -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 14:05
Watching West Wing season 1 is wonderful right up until Moira Kelly appears. - David Feb 20, 13:59 7
- She showed up in the second episode -- nm - Minivan Man Feb 20, 14:08
- and it's to bad cause she's a good actress, Sorkin just had no clue what to do with her on the show. -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 13:59 2
  - I think she's just a bitch and isn't acting, which is why she's typecast as a bitch. -- nm - David Feb 20, 14:00
  - I agree with Remlik. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 14:00
- Was she the new chick on Heroes? -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:59 2
  - yeah the Homeland Security chick. -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 14:00 1
    - Did Hiro and his "good friend" ever hook up? -- nm - David Feb 20, 14:06
Jack, automobiles depreciate, and banks have loans on them. They don't suddenly say "the $40k car you bought is now only worth $20k. We're changing - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:58 1
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I'm still frustrated. There's a rant building up inside me. - nubby Feb 20, 13:55 5
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  - If Griffey really did go to Seattle because of that, good riddance. - David Feb 20, 14:05
- Flunk someone. You'll feel better -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:57
- I am with you Nubby - Middle class will be kept in the Middle Class state - people will see to that. It is unfair. - Epiphany Feb 20, 13:57
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SITWAP: Potentially the funniest news article in a while "Hair Weave Stops Bullet" - MDH Feb 20, 13:54
I just found out I have the right to exercise 30,000 options in stock at $0.10 within 90 days of my last day on the job here. - Subversive Feb 20, 13:53 2
- if you can make a profit immediately. I wouldn't do it if they're underwater. -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:55
- Not that it's alot, but don't forget you pay taxes on the gains -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:54
kare - 'better safe than sorry' - words to live by. :) -- nm - Andie Feb 20, 13:47 16
- Yeah, I agree kare. I've always been super spooked by the idea of rushing things too, figuring, "What's the rush?" - Name Withheld By Request Feb 20, 13:52 7
  - i wonder if i'm too practical/gunshy to "just know." -- nm - kare Feb 20, 13:53 6
    - Funny, just last week KD asked me when I first felt it. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 20, 14:04 1
      - KD - I like that for her. It could take - years and years and years for a fight to happen. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 20, 14:13
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      - oh, i know. i'm just wondering about some things and it's leaking out. really i just need to shut up ;) -- nm - kare Feb 20, 13:54 2
        
        Let me help. - David Feb 20, 13:57 1
        
        :) -- nm - kare Feb 20, 13:58
- Boooooooooooo -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 13:49 5
  - i don't mean 'don't go fast', i mean 'if you aren't sure, what's the hurry?' - Andie Feb 20, 13:53 4
    - My only reservation with this is, I do think at some point the waiting can sow doubt and other problems... - TFox Feb 20, 13:55 1
      - (clarification: not kare. just as a general principle.) -- nm - TFox Feb 20, 13:57
    - oh, i wouldn't. i am just paranoid of being strung along. -- nm - kare Feb 20, 13:55
    - Yeah, I hear ya :) -- nm - CQ Feb 20, 13:54
- Ppppfftttt! What fun is there in that?!?!? - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 13:48
- :) -- nm - kare Feb 20, 13:47
SITWAP: "Shaun of the Dead" to become "Shaun of the Dad". -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 20, 13:47 1
- Speaking of likenesses, the Scotty action figure looks NOTHING like Simon Pegg - secretslacker Feb 20, 13:48
Did anyone ever figure out tomorrow's Tystravaganza plans? - secretslacker Feb 20, 13:46
argh! Werner Herzog tonight at UCLA. - pigby Feb 20, 13:44 9
- You must *never* listen to him speak. nm - Dignan Feb 20, 13:46 8
  - Every time he opens his mouth, someone gets attacked by a grizzly bear. Bad news. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 20, 13:53
  - i kinda want to go to hear him berate me for being a creative coward and failure -- nm - pigby Feb 20, 13:47 5
    - Or stay here and save $28. nm - Dignan Feb 20, 13:49 4
      - no, no, I see his point. It'll have more weight to it and be more emotionally devistating. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 13:51 3
        
        i'm gonna make him eat his other shoe -- nm - pigby Feb 20, 13:53
        
        You've apparently never been on the business end of a wiggums shiv. nm - Dignan Feb 20, 13:53 1
        
        motherhood has so mellowed her, alas -- nm - pigby Feb 20, 13:54
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Newsweek article making a comparison between American and Canadian banking and economic systems and responses to economic crisis.... -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 20, 13:43 1
- Bah! Fareed Zakaria. What does he know? -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 13:46
CNN: Women rob banks for diapers, not crack -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 13:43 1
- butt crack -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:44
I was searching YouTube for something called "office attack". I don't think this is it. This is SO MUCH MORE AWESOME. -- (link) - Mop Feb 20, 13:41 [youtube] 8
- You haven't seen this yet? -- (link) - Mr. Nocountryfor Oldmen Feb 20, 13:42 [youtube]
- Sincerely, last year's viral marketing campaign for Wanted. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 13:42 5
  - Yup. Never did figure out why that was supposed to make me want to see Wanted. -- nm - Ender Feb 20, 13:44 1
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  - ahhh. I didn't click on the link but I wondered if that was what he's talking about. -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 13:44
  - I don't get what it has to do with Wanted. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 13:44 1
    - spoiler - secretslacker Feb 20, 13:46
- oh yeah, I've seen that before. crazy. -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:42
Ugh, so much for 'lunch leftovers for dinner'. - kelly Feb 20, 13:41
My pen cup is a 7-11 Squishee cup from the Simpsons movie tie-in last year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 13:41 1
- Can I thread jump here to say how much I'm loving the Petro Canada Olympic glasses commercial? - Name Withheld By Request Feb 20, 13:48
SITWAP: *drools* Terminator Salvation T-600 and T-700 action figures coming soon. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 20, 13:40 6
- No cursing Christian Bale action figures? -- nm - eag Feb 20, 13:42 5
  - Not making this up but Bale had problem with his likeness so you won't be seeing John Connor's face at least in the first wave. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 20, 13:45 2
    - I have to say: I had no idea this guy was so damn complicated - Epiphany Feb 20, 13:51
    - yeah the picture in previews with the figures had his face blacked out. -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 13:46
  - Pull the string and it quits you professionally. nm - Dignan Feb 20, 13:44
  - Give 'em a little time. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Feb 20, 13:43
Is JackDawson crazy or am I? Do banks forclose or demand more money from loans where the house value drops below the loan amount? - oblique Feb 20, 13:40 54
- I don't know the answer, but I know the person who does. - ReluctantCynic Feb 20, 13:50
- It depends on what the loan documents say. It is possible that there is a right to do that, but it's highly unlikely in today's environment that they - pmb Feb 20, 13:44 12
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    - That's only the case if it's an investment property instead of a personal residence. - pmb Feb 20, 13:52 10
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        It's the not making payments that is the default, not the drop in value. - pmb Feb 20, 13:55 7
        
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        But you did say or insinuate that the drop in value causes forclosures, to the point that the bank initiates it - oblique Feb 20, 14:01 5
        
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        Making payments is purely a cash flow issue. The value of your assets is a balance sheet issue. They're not the same. - pmb Feb 20, 14:12 2
        
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        Seriously Jack, you're all over the place on this. - pmb Feb 20, 14:19
        
        so? -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 14:09
        
        What? If my home dropped in value, I wouldn't stop making payments because of that -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:55
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  - Seriously? They can call a loan due even if you've never missed a payment based on an assessed value or something? -- nm - Subversive Feb 20, 13:43 29
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      - If you continue to make $1,000 payments, they don't care. If you try to refinance, and they do an appraisal which shows the value as $1 now, - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:51 6
        
        (out of the blue.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:51 5
        
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        Are we talking about Fixed loans or ARMs? - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:54 2
        
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        They are completely unrelated. - pmb Feb 20, 14:00
        
        So you're saying there is margin call language written into most residential mortgage contracts? -- nm - Subversive Feb 20, 13:54
      - It depends on what the document says. There is no general right in law to do that. - pmb Feb 20, 13:50 1
        
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      - If you keep paying the mortgage every month, I would think they have no right to do anything until the term is up. - Subversive Feb 20, 13:48
      - So long as you continue to pay your loan they don't give a crap. - Ender Feb 20, 13:48 13
        
        if you were a back, would it make sense to have a $100,000 loan outstanding when the collateral is only worth $1? -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:52 11
        
        When they're still making payments it makes a lot more sense than it does to erase the loan and take the dollar. - Ender Feb 20, 14:02
        
        As long as they're making payments, yes. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:53 8
        
        Here's a dollar, can I borrow $100k? -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:54 7
        
        That's different, becuase we'd be signing into a contract with those values. - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:56 6
        
        it's not really different at all. The underlying asset is the same. - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 14:01 1
        
        You are massively confusing making a loan in the first place and what happens after a loan has been made. - Ender Feb 20, 14:06
        
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        That only matters if you're selling. Nobody is doing those calculations on their home unless they're selling. -- nm - pmb Feb 20, 14:08
        
        who in the world makes that calculation on their residence? I don't care what my home is worth. I'm not selling it, I'm making payments I can afford - oblique Feb 20, 14:03 1
        
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        back-bank -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:52
        
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      - Glad we were talking about an actual situation that likely happened or could happen to nubby -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:46 3
        
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        I understand the concept. As znu said, I have never heard of it being applied to the housing market -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:49
        
        *cancels the bulldozer reservation* -- nm - nubby Feb 20, 13:47
- if you're making payments on time I would think that would be a breech of contract -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 20, 13:42
- No, they can't. As long as you're making payments on time. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:42 1
  - Thanks. *makes check mark next to JackDawson is crazy* -- nm - oblique Feb 20, 13:42
- Ususally they forclose because the borrower stops paying for something that's worth less than he owes on it. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 20, 13:41
- I'd think with as much property that is underwater right now, value-wise, they'd be ridiculous to actually do so. - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:41 3
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    - makes sense, it had just never occurred to me to apply it to the housing market. -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:47
    - "Would you be will to take Citigroup stock as collateral?" -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 20, 13:46
- I think he's right but only in extreme cases. I can't see the housing market taking another nosedive such that houses are worth half of whattheyarenow -- nm - nubby Feb 20, 13:41
My cousin just asked me a very interesting question re: BSG. - nubby Feb 20, 13:39 3
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- It has happened before. It will happen again. - JaxSean Feb 20, 13:41
- You're kidding me. -- nm - nubby Feb 20, 13:39

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