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Cards game spoils - Jim Oct 7, 13:33 2
- he take a flyball off the nutsack again? -- nm - groiny Oct 7, 13:37 1
  - nope (spoils) - Jim Oct 7, 13:40
CNN/ORC Poll: Slightly more people are angry at Republicans than Democrats for the federal shutdown, but all sides are taking a hit. - ty97 Oct 7, 13:28 7
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  - Wait, it's not? -- nm - spamlet Oct 7, 13:54
  - thank god. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 13:36
- I was afraid that would happen. the longer this goes on, the easier it gets for the right to sell their BS - Jovian Oct 7, 13:34 2
  - This is shocking to you? 2 bitter rivals are going to try to gain the upper hand via any means they have? - Will Hunting Oct 7, 13:47
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- Not surprisingly, 80 per cent of orcs prefer drinking the blood of elves to Obamacare -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 13:30
I just realized that the Wacha-bration began at 3pm EST!! Thought it was 3 my time. DOH! -- nm - Jim Oct 7, 13:27
Esquire says Scarlett Johansson is the sexiest woman alive [again] -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 7, 13:22 1
- she would have been even sexier if she got naked for Don Bon or Don Juan or Bon Bon or whatever that movie is called. -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 13:28
Have bikers really changed in 50 years? really? Here's a respectful shot of the biker who used his helmet to smash the SUV window. -- (link) - CrankYanker Oct 7, 13:20 [Image] 3
- he looks nice -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 13:21 2
  - I wonder if he's single. decline, if he is, no date for you and me this weekend; sorry! -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 7, 13:23 1
    - story of my life... -- nm - decline Oct 7, 13:23
The telekinetic coffee shop....in NYC -- (link) - Remlik Oct 7, 13:16 [youtube] 1
- that's pretty good! -- nm - JenBro Oct 7, 15:13
2 rooms have now been debordered. All done! I guess I didn't need the 24-hour rental after all ... *goes looking for more wallpaper to remove* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 13:08
Fox News gets suckered again (nmbl) -- (link) - Brian Oct 7, 12:59
The Simpsons Quote Tournament You Didn't Ask For (But You Need!) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 7, 12:57 2
- No Kodos and no "I wanted a peanut" quote make me something something. -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 7, 13:38
- and he does take on the Viking Paradox... -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 13:04
The Sweet Tango is good, but it's no Honeycrisp and loses points for the stupid, smooshed together name. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 12:46 23
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- I gotta add that in my experience, apple variety hasn't mattered nearly as much as where I buy it. Apples from any farmer's market usually beat - con_carne Oct 7, 13:07 7
  - word! Charlevoix's annual Apple Festival this weekend - YAY! -- (link) - JenBro Oct 7, 15:21
  - well that's because the ones from the supermarket are probably months old -- nm - decline Oct 7, 13:09 4
    - the average is apparently 10 months for a standard grocery chain apple. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 13:17 2
      - this is fascinating! -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 7, 13:35
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    - Palabra. -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 13:14
  - The fact that they usually let you try a slice before buying always helps -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 13:09
- so word!! what a lame name! -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 7, 13:05 3
  - they could have named it 'disco dude' -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 13:15
  - I think I hate it more than SyFy. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 13:06 1
    - I think I do as well. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 7, 13:23
- I'm a fool for Criterion. Can't buy them here in Washington State . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 7, 12:55
- apparently a bunch of apple farmers slapped their heads and said d'oh, they want 'flavor' and now red delicious is new and improved - zeitgeist Oct 7, 12:52 3
  - Are you saying Red Delicious now have flavor and have lost the mealy texture? - TWuG Oct 7, 12:53 2
    - the ones we get here in WA, yes -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 13:04 1
      - That seems unpossible. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 13:05
- Granny Smith. Case closed. -- nm - Shaun Oct 7, 12:48 4
  - In a pie? Yes. To eat? Um...no. nm - Jim Oct 7, 12:50 3
    - I agree with Shaun. They are excellent to eat - crisp, tart, also excellent with peanut butter -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 13:07 1
      - note that planter's PB is the best PB for granny smith. mm, so sweet. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 7, 13:37
    - You are dumb. -- nm - Shaun Oct 7, 12:52
Ambrosia apples or go to hell. -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 12:46
NY AG: Airbnb gets subpoena demand for all data on all 15,000 NYC-area hosts -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 12:42 1
- I am positive there's a full time Airbnb unit in my building illegally. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 12:58
Curt Schilling: Selling the house, and everything in it -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 12:38 1
- a lifetime's worth of spices! -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 13:11
Still haven't seen a money line for DEN/JAX. Hoping for something in the +1000 neighborhood. - Strongbad Oct 7, 12:38 2
- that's what I was thinking too. -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 12:46
- I should plan a trip to vegas just to make a wager like this -- nm - budice Oct 7, 12:39
Google Play now selling HBO shows including 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Newsroom' -- (link) - MDH Oct 7, 12:34
Bill Maher: When Americans watch the NFL, they are really supporting social equity and economic fairness -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 12:28 2
- If you support the free market, you should avoid American sports entirely and watch the English Premier League -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 12:34 1
  - So, EPL doesn't mean El Pollo Loco? -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 12:42
going on vacation? read the brochure .. -- (link) - marcel Oct 7, 12:21
Has ST seen the new Fox News Deck yet? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 7, 12:21 8
- Perhaps they are just tiny newsmen. -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 12:44
- i'll wait for TDS report so I don't have to look at faux...but it doesn't look as dumb as CNN's holo-interviews -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 12:39
- I'm surprised Wesley Crusher isn't on the COM back there. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 12:39 1
  - Ann Coulter does look like a Klingon who's had skull bone protusion reduction surgery -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 12:42
- I can't with this. SMDH. -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 12:38
- *takes notes* -- nm - JJ Abrams si Oct 7, 12:30
- *ask his boss for a BAT* - Strongbad Oct 7, 12:23
- OMG. - znufrii Oct 7, 12:22
Vikings HC: Josh Freeman will NOT be starting Sunday vs. Carolina. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 12:20 2
- Nobody should have expected that he would be. Weeks 9 or 10 at the earliest. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 7, 12:27 1
  - I agree with Rotoworld. I think he starts or plays next week. -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 12:36
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Fast Food Report: Sonic Cheesy Bacon Pretzel Dogs (B+). -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 12:14 4
- tangent: I wonder how much some marketing consultant got paid to convince people that "melty cheese" sounds more appealing that "melted cheese". - znufrii Oct 7, 12:16 3
  - its not a cheese, its a cheese food product -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 12:29 2
    - Cheese... cheese product... same thing. -- nm - People who like American Cheese Oct 7, 12:34
    - Kid, your face is a cheese food product! -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 12:31
So, Gravity in IMAX 3D is how I want to see it right? -- nm - spamlet Oct 7, 12:14 3
- I saw it in fake-IMAX 3D, and it looked and sounded amazingly. - Inigo Oct 7, 12:21
- No one has said otherwise. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 12:17 1
  - I didn't pop for IMAX -- it's not filmed with IMAX film -- it's a digital wonder - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 7, 12:56
In the BF Def scoring system, this season KC has 134 pts and NY Giants have -56 -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 12:14
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Gravity - A- I really wasn't impressed with the trailers, but the movie was damn good. (spoilers) - Inigo Oct 7, 12:10 6
- but (spoils) - Jovian Oct 7, 12:27 3
  - Seems very unlikely that... (spoilers) - Inigo Oct 7, 12:35 2
    - I dunno (spoils) - Roger More Oct 7, 12:40 1
      - She did say that (spoiler) - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 7, 12:58
- It was Central America -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 12:24 1
  - Gracias. -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 12:32
the wallpaper border is *gone, baby, gone* in one room now. (I rented a wallpaper steamer this morning) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 12:08 2
- one room down, one to go. Fricking borders. Who ever thought they were a good idea, anyway? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 12:09 1
  - my mom still has them up in the bedrooms at her house. - Andie Oct 7, 12:22
Repost: It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers! -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 12:07
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- damn they're ugly. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 12:17
- Great, how the strippers will think we're carrying fake money -- nm - budice Oct 7, 12:11 2
  - "Here's a new crisp $40 bill for all your hard work." -- nm - budice s.i. Oct 7, 12:13 1
    - "All of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch." -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 12:25
- great, now what am I supposed to do with all these old hundreds? -- nm - Max Oct 7, 12:07 3
  - You send to me. I send back you crisp new $110 American dollars. -- nm - Nigerian Prince Oct 7, 12:12
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  - Use them to light your cigars. -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 7, 12:08
Sam Wyche: Pete Rozelle tried to kill the no-huddle offense in 1988. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 7, 12:03
What's that you ask? More College Football bowls? -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 7, 12:00 2
- they need to reorganize college football into a tiered system with promotion/relegation - znufrii Oct 7, 12:08
- ooh, I want to play in the Bahamas Bowl in December -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 12:02
"Andrew Luck is Peyton Manning in Ben Roethlisberger's body." -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 11:58 1
- Pagano has that team solid, if they can only keep the owner off Twitter -- nm - budice Oct 7, 12:12
dear god it is boring at work these last couple weeks. i just redid all my binder labels so they are all exactly the same - Andie Oct 7, 11:55 3
- Why does that happen? Is it just that everything is running smoothly? (My job gets boring near the end of the year when money gets tight, and I can't - mara Oct 7, 11:59 2
  - It means y'all need more entrepreneurial initiative -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 12:10
  - in my case, there are no imminent year ends, the people i report directly too are out of the country (for the past 4 weeks), and our busy season has - Andie Oct 7, 12:02
obscure NCAAF trivia question - during Boise State's current 48 game in October win streak, the wildest was a 69-67 (4 OT) victory in 2007 against - crash davis Oct 7, 11:53 3
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  - spoils - crash davis Oct 7, 11:55
- (answer inside) - crash davis Oct 7, 11:54
I have thought this for some time. Dan Harmon needs to spend more time developing shows and way less time on the Internet dealing with chucklenuts -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 11:34 3
- No one should really spend any time on the internet dealing with chucklenuts. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 11:51 2
  - I also want to point out that the irony of my post is not lost on me -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 11:57
  - Poor bery. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 11:51
I wonder what the all time Astronauts for Points Against In A Season is? I bet I'm on a good pace right now :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:30 20
- and btw, congrats nubby - I don't even resent that you drafted Ryan Matthews right in front of me anymore :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 12:00
- Damn you groiny. 163.45 to 163.80. -- nm -- Spawn Oct 7, 10:21 -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 11:44 12
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    - So!?! - Spawn Oct 7, 11:45 10
      - I finally won my first game in FJS - eag Oct 7, 11:52 7
        
        congrats! Now trash talk RC -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:54 6
        
        Um - eag Oct 7, 12:02 2
        
        NO! TRASH TALK RC NOW! -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 12:03 1
        
        I wanna wait till I beat Bacon - eag Oct 7, 12:08
        
        You better get it done tonight. - Spawn Oct 7, 11:55 2
        
        Rather him then say Bacon -- nm - eag Oct 7, 12:03
        
        re your IM, I feel the same way -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:56
      - even though ML doesn't empathize, I feel your pain buddy. Especially since it was groiny -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:49 1
        
        he beat me in another league this week as well, he should stop whining. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 7, 12:39
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    - too dang funny, I'm almost half way to the record in week five -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:38
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      - Hooray? -- nm - David Oct 7, 11:43
  - I was lucky enough to edge out Will and jfields when they both had their highest scoring games of the season - crash davis Oct 7, 11:36
What do people from MN know about apples anyways? -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 11:28
So Your Cat Wants A Massage? -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 11:24 [youtube] 2
- There are more cuts in that video than a Michael Bay film. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 7, 11:29
- Not if a bruised knee is the outcome -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 11:27
I say, take the $500 and pocket it, and then in a few months or years, install hardwood. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:23 1
- Take the money, let it ride on the Jaguars. nm - Dignan Oct 7, 11:46
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Fascinating/Informative Read: "Inside the GOP: Report on focus groups with Evangelical, Tea Party, and moderate Republicans" -- (link) - MDH Oct 7, 11:20
I don't really have a good subject header for this -- (link) - con_carne Oct 7, 11:18 3
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  - And by this you mean, "It had better be more Dinosaur Beast Porn." - Spawn Oct 7, 11:20 1
    - I bet they didn't even do the research on the dinosaurs! (the I'm stilly jelly text) - Qale Oct 7, 11:50
Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 7, 11:13 4
- scissors -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 11:15 3
  - rock -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 7, 11:21 2
    - Spock -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 7, 11:35 1
      - mock clock -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 7, 12:59

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