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"Wiener" and "Vienna" are actually the same word with different pronunciations. Discuss. -- nm - Mop Feb 23, 09:47 8
- That makes Vienna sausage redundant. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 23, 09:50 2
  - only if it's a Vienne Wiener. -- nm - loosilu Feb 23, 09:51
  - Weiner, Weiner! *giggle* -- nm - 5 yo Feb 23, 09:51
- "I'd like to put my Vienna in you" also does not work in bars, I take it? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:49
- incorrect. - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 23, 09:48 2
  - and the german "W" is pronounced like english "V" -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 23, 09:49
  - what he said. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:49
- Disagree. 5 year olds don't giggle when you mention Vienna. -- nm - TWuG Feb 23, 09:48
i think i am going to give up dairy for lent. and possibly sugar, too. eek. -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:44 21
- eek! -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:46
- I honestly doubt you could give up dairy totally. you mean milk/cheese? - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:46 19
  - there are plenty of vegans out there. it's not that hard. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:50 2
    - sure they are, there are also lots of dairy allergic people. - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:53 1
      - one of my vegan friends in school had a little book with all the safely vegan products listed in it. handy little devil, that one. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:58
  - i mean all dairy. soy cheese instead of dairy cheese. etc. etc. i think i can. - kare Feb 23, 09:48 13
    - ok, then you also need to cut out all whey and - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:52 3
      - i actually have a huge list to consult, but i appreciate your input, i know you've been thru it! -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:53 2
        
        the biggest pain in the backside - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:56
        
        thru it, living it, suffering for it - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:54
    - try to be sure it's fortified. - Callisto Feb 23, 09:49 5
      - nmb Callisto - kelly Feb 23, 09:52 1
        
        hmm, can I gets a link to this site. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:56
      - absolutely. i need to work in many more leafy greens if i'm doing this, too. -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:51
      - with calcium? -- nm - loosilu Feb 23, 09:49 1
        
        And Vitamin D. And get lots of sunshine so you actually absorb the D. -- nm - TWuG Feb 23, 09:51
    - I'm sure you will do fine. I would hate to give up cheese though. -- nm - loosilu Feb 23, 09:49 2
      - i'm certain i'll lose weight if i do. you know, it's weird, my scale *disappeared* from my bathroom. where the hell would it go?! - kare Feb 23, 09:50 1
        
        lizzie has a complex. she buried it in the yard. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:51
  - I bet that is easier than sugar. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 23, 09:47 1
    - I have successfully not eaten sugar for years at a stretch. -- nm - loosilu Feb 23, 09:49
HdnAgnda! I finished Mad Men this weekend! - kelly Feb 23, 09:43 5
- Spoils - HdnAgnda Feb 23, 09:45 4
  - (spoilers) - kelly Feb 23, 09:47 2
    - Oh that's right. I forgot about that. (Time to re-watch!). And then there was the (spoil) - HdnAgnda Feb 23, 09:49 1
      - I can't stand that guy. -- nm - kelly Feb 23, 09:50
  - Oh yeah, we agreed the first thing was hysterical. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:47
Quiz: According to Bill Clinton (on cspan now, and I assume he's right), where is the poorest congressional district in the country? - Max Feb 23, 09:42 24
- real answer: Detroit? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:45 1
  - that'd be my guess, or somewhere near there, like Flint. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:47
- Omaha? -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:45 1
  - Or Harlem. -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:49
- You're all wrong so far. It's urban. 42% below the poverty line, median income: $19,000 -- nm - Max Feb 23, 09:44 8
  - Cleveland -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:48
  - Gary, Indiana? Flint, Michigan? -- nm - Roger More Feb 23, 09:46
  - NOLA? -- nm - Mop Feb 23, 09:46
  - Little Rock, AR? -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 23, 09:45
  - Wouldn't be surprised if it were somewhere in LA -- nm - con_carne Feb 23, 09:45
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    - answer: South Bronx -- (link) - Max Feb 23, 09:47 1
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- Mississippi -- nm - con_carne Feb 23, 09:44
- Somewhere in West Virginia -- nm - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 23, 09:43 1
  - My guess, too. -- nm - Mop Feb 23, 09:45
- Probably in Ark, Alabama or Louisiana. -- nm - TWuG Feb 23, 09:43
- Washington D.C. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:43 5
  - Where would DC even put garbage? -- nm - TWuG Feb 23, 09:44 4
    - Congressional seats -- nm - con_carne Feb 23, 09:44
    - In office. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:44 2
      - *shakes fist* -- nm - con_carne Feb 23, 09:44 1
        
        (spoiler) - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:45
- Southwestern West Virginia. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:43
Spot a comet tonight. -- (link) - Mop Feb 23, 09:41
I'm in Detroit again. - ty97 Feb 23, 09:37 1
- meth? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:38
Our latest giveaway at The Trades: Watchmen mini-poster collection. -- (link) - Mop Feb 23, 09:35
LIR: Loyola. What's L.A. like during the Oscars? - con_carne Feb 23, 09:31 2
- Ah, ok. They should think of doing something that'd make it more inclusive for those actually in LA. Like, every bar, say if you pick all the oscars - Loyola Feb 23, 09:35 1
  - That's fine, except most ordinary folks who care about the Oscars really only care about the fashion/glamour stuff - con_carne Feb 23, 09:40
Explosion at Romania nuclear lab -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 23, 09:29 2
- Nuclear Dracula! -- nm - alpine misanthrope Feb 23, 09:31 1
  - Sci-Fi will have a movie out in 3 months. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 23, 09:49
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- I wished these mapped out the other stores they own/control in other parts of the world. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:35
- this reminds me of a nuclear bomb fallout map -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 23, 09:26 1
  - That reminds me of the little monkey from Outbreak. -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:31
Also useful in a zombie apocalypse ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 23, 09:23 6
- They LIE! It does NOT fire 300 rounds per minute. It fires at a *rate* of 300 rpm. - TWuG Feb 23, 09:40 3
  - still, dont most zombie movies just have ammo laying around everywhere. - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:43 2
    - Any good Zombie flick will have a guy who can modify it to fire continuously from the bed of a pick up or the back of an SUV. -- nm - TWuG Feb 23, 09:45 1
      - true true. or string the ammo into some type of backpack system. - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:46
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- Jeebus. That'll make zombies run away screaming. I no longer fear the zombie apocalypse. -- nm - Mop Feb 23, 09:26
So, when you break up with somebody, do you want to still be friends? - amoxy Feb 23, 09:21 38
- by and large no, but probably my two best friends are exes. -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 09:47
- it depends. -- nm - loosilu Feb 23, 09:45
- Absolutely not. I cut all ties the instant we know it's over over. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 23, 09:42
- Maybe in time...when I'm macking it with someone sexier. -- nm - HdnAgnda the spiteful Feb 23, 09:41
- sorry man. and no I think it depends on the relationship - tRuMaN Feb 23, 09:36
- i used to, i think i wouldn't anymore. friendly, not friends. -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 09:36
- very situationally dependent. I would say in most cases, no. - znufrii, unpatriotic Feb 23, 09:34
- btw, my bf and i have already talked about this. he was surprised i wouldn't want to remain friends if we split. -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:29
- not anymore -- nm - alpine misanthrope Feb 23, 09:29
- not a chance. all or nothing. -- nm - Jim Feb 23, 09:27 1
  - word. -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 23, 09:29
- not really. This only really worked out for me - once - and there was several months in between - Epiphany Feb 23, 09:25
- Depends. -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:25
- I wished we were just friends and never crossed that line. -- nm - Sheep Feb 23, 09:24
- I've done it before, but only after years of being apart. "Time heals all wounds" -- nm - con_carne Feb 23, 09:24
- Yes, if I'm the one dumping. No, if I'm being dumped. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 23, 09:24 12
  - I agree with this. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 09:28
  - see, i think this is kind of cruel, if it's one-sided. -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:25 10
    - Dumping or gettting dump often is one sided. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 09:28 1
      - i know... i completely wasn't making sense. CY understood though! ;) -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:34
    - But it makes sense, one person always loses the feelings first, ya know? -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 23, 09:27 4
      - I was posting from my point of view - she's looking at it from the dumpee's pov. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 23, 09:28 3
        
        right, but I'm considering you could be in either position at some point in your life. -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 23, 09:30 2
        
        and i'm saying you are better off with a clean break, either way - kare Feb 23, 09:32 1
        
        I totally agree it's healthier and a cleaner break, but it's not reality for what most people do or perceive they should do - Gwaahjo Feb 23, 09:35
    - I getcha, I guess I feel guilty and think being friends is a slow let down, but you're right, it's cruel. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 23, 09:26 1
      - i can see that. :) -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:28
    - (wanting to remain friends with someone *you* dump) -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:25
- no, no, no. a clean break is best. maybe eventually, when there are truly no feelings left. and sorry you're going through this, hope you're doing ok. -- nm - kare Feb 23, 09:23
- You can't be. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 09:23 1
  - But I will add I think after some time (a lot of time) has passed you can be "friendly aquaintances" so to speak. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 09:24
- I always thought I did at the time of break-up. - kelly Feb 23, 09:23
- the longest time after I've broken up with someone that I've spoken to them (excepting awkward bumps into in the street) is one month. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 09:23
- Friends....with benefits? - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:22
- I usually don't talk to a girl for awhile, but after some time I'm usually friendly with them again - Gwaahjo Feb 23, 09:22
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- oh honey...so sorry. : ( -- nm - Diva Feb 23, 09:22
- no -- nm - Don Homer Feb 23, 09:21
~All my exes send me textes~ -- nm - JackDawson SI Feb 23, 09:21
I always get the impression that Meryl Streep is one of the more normal people in Hollywood. - Reagen Feb 23, 09:20 38
- I get the opposite. I think she's kind of full of herself and I wouldn't be interested in dining with her. -- nm - Max Feb 23, 09:34 1
  - addendum: and I think it's only because she's received so much praise that she appears to be relaxed about it. -- nm - Max Feb 23, 09:36
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  - yeah, like any Oscar producer wouldn't invite her. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 09:24 18
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      - And Hilary is totally getting nominated again this year for Amelia, right? -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 09:33 4
        
        it's a really strong contender. - Reagen Feb 23, 09:35 2
        
        It'd be a helluva return. 3 good roles, 3 best actress awards. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:37
        
        I concur with the IM. -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 09:36
        
        I think that's a lock. -- nm - Jim Feb 23, 09:33
      - Why the Hillary Swank hatey? -- nm - Jim Feb 23, 09:29 11
        
        I think most people would agree Meryl is a far superior actress to her, yet has only won 1 lead Oscar as compared to Swank's 2. -- nm - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:31 8
        
        Do you disagree with either of Swank's awards? - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:31 7
        
        It's sort of like John Daly. He's won 2 (2!) majors, yet is nowhere near the golfer many men who haven't even won 1 are. - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:34 3
        
        I can't pinpoint any of Streep's noms where it felt like robbery that she didn't win, though. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 09:36
        
        I just don't see anyone ever saying Swank is better than Meryl though. - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:36 1
        
        I don't know my movie and nomination history well enough to argue them without doing a bunch of research. - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:39
        
        That's just it...I wouldn't take either of Swank's awards away from her. - Jim Feb 23, 09:33 2
        
        I wouldn't either. I'm not ever going to say Hillary's better than Streep as a whole, but the 2 to 1 argument needs a lot more - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:34 1
        
        Yeah, the Oscars really can't be used for a quantitative comparison, IMO. Hitchcock won exactly zero Oscars. -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 09:35
        
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        as if Swank isn't suggestive enough -- nm - Roger More Feb 23, 09:32
- at the pinnacle of his career "You either think you're God's gift to mankind, or you think all those people are just fucking nuts" -- nm - What Huey Lewis said to me. Feb 23, 09:22
- She's probably the only actress aged over fifty who gets offered good roles, which must help. Oscars is one night a year, doing work you love is more - Roger More Feb 23, 09:22
- I feel like her awful singing in Mamma Mia should preclude her from getting nominated, at least for a couple years. -- nm - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:22 6
  - I though she was decent in Mamma Mia, singing-wise. Surprised me, really. - ty97 Feb 23, 09:32
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    - I don't have any particular problem with her performance in the movie. I have a problem with her being in a musical when she sings worse than most - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:30
  - Yeah, Mamma Mia getting any nomination love for her takes away from the "That Good" argument. - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:25 2
    - eh, it's just the Globes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 09:27 1
      - Even still......some roles just don't merit awards. - Will Hunting Feb 23, 09:29
- I think she could win again if she did something really edgy, a character she doesn't normally do in a more popular movie -- nm - Guigue Feb 23, 09:21 5
  - Meryl Streep as an Arab terrorist would be good. -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:22 4
    - If she played a slightly retarded black man, she would win for sure. - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:25 3
      - As long as she doesn't go full-retard. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 09:32
      - Or perhaps a slightly-retarded victim of the nazi regime -- nm - Ricky Gervais si Feb 23, 09:27
      - *laughing* or as a cross dressing eskimo that wins who wants to be a millionaire. - Loyola Feb 23, 09:27
- Me too. The big normal head on her gives it away. -- nm - Loyola Feb 23, 09:21
Word. -- nm - Jim Feb 23, 09:18 1
- Bird is a -- nm - Subversive - VCP Feb 23, 09:20

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