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Thad Cochran will run for 7th Senate term, will face Tea Party challenger in the primary. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 13:54
I think I might want a cat. do you guys want to discuss? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 13:53 18
- what became of the bean? -- nm - Max Dec 6, 14:06
- while cats are glorious, its equalled by smells and allergies, sometimes one trumps the other, sometimes its a coin flip -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 14:01
- sure if it's one of those new Sheltie breed of cats. They're the best cats ever. -- nm - zork Dec 6, 14:00
- See the dog video on back boards - ty97 Dec 6, 14:00
- just do it. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:56
- you have to decide what " type" of cat. Evil Genius? Lovey Dovey? ambivilant? one that acts like a dog? - Epiphany Dec 6, 13:56 7
  - hahaha, what kind of cat, that is funny. they all start as cute little kittens and in a few months turn into assholes -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:58 1
    - sometimes you get a cat that is all of things at various times - Epiphany Dec 6, 14:01
  - Whatever you get, adopt it from a shelter. Please don't go to a breeder. Petsmart works with local shelters to adopt out cats. -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 13:57 1
    - oh duh. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 13:57
  - I want a slightly mean talkative cat. so siamese mix. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 13:57 2
    - yes that sounds about right. I always request a " talker" -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 14:01
    - they're trouble (but I love them) -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:00
- Cats are wonderful. When they aren't being sadistically cruel. - TWuG Dec 6, 13:55
- Cats are awesome pets. I wasn't a cat person until I lived with one and now I'll never live without one. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 13:55
- Sure. Do it. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:54 2
  - right? why not? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 13:55 1
    - because it's a cat? -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:56
weird, but the military commissary used to play the most full on worship music from turkey day till nye - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:49
woman supposedly takes a selfie knowing that a potential jumper was on the bridge in the background. -- (link) - zork Dec 6, 13:48 3
- what about the person who is taking a picture of her taking the selfie? they are bad too, right? -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:50
- and someone took a picture of her taking the picture? -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:49 1
  - then it becomes journalism -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:50
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In case it hasn't been posted on ST recently: Patton Oswalt's Christmas Shoes rant. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 6, 13:41 [youtube]
ST Poll -- What Christmas song do you dread hearing the most? - znufrii Dec 6, 13:37 42
- walking in a winter wonderland irks me for no apparent reason -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 13:58 3
  - No building snowmen in the meadow for you? - Krusty Dec 6, 14:02 1
    - :) -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 14:03
  - I've always felt like parson brown would punch that dude in the face if he really existed. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 14:00
- Can't name one I hate. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 13:57
- I can't think of one. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:52
- I am not a Grinch. -- nm - David Dec 6, 13:47 2
  - I don't know that one. Can you hum a few bars? -- nm - pmb Dec 6, 13:49 1
    - Go swallow a monocle. - David Dec 6, 13:51
- almost everything except: Father Christmas & Run Run Rudolph -- nm - peglegpete Dec 6, 13:42
- Snoopy's Christmas remake, most of the really new stuff as well -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 13:41
- Christmas Wrapping. (Don't think I've heard Christmas Shoes) -- nm - elf kelly Dec 6, 13:41 15
  - I don't know this 'Christmas Shoes' song either. Just youtubed it. it's my first time hearing it. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:44 13
    - I thought I was the only one. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 13:46
    - it's worse than two girls one cup. do not do it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:45 4
      - it reminds me of 'Butterfly Kisses' and 'Dear Mr. Jesus' in tone. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:45 3
        
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        I'm speaking musically not textually. With the cheesy synths and child-like melodies. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:48 1
        
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    - ...and, yeah it's pretty wretched. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:45 2
      - .....Wow. - elf kelly Dec 6, 14:00 1
        
        heh -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 14:00
    - Yeah, I don't think I know it, either. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:44 3
      - nor I. I'm not sure I want to find out, either because then I'm sure I'll start hearing it everywhere. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 13:45 1
        
        It's definitely no 'Jesus Is the Reason' or 'God Needs His Little Angels'. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:47
      - you have been spared. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:45
  - I want to live in your universe. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:42
- All of them. If I never heard another Christmas song it would be too soon. -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 13:40
- dogs barking jingle bells, the first of such dreck to fill the airwaves..lf course soon we'll have xmas rap - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:40 2
  - soon? -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:41 1
    - i don't 'exposed' to such evil much, but soon my pretty it will be added to the holiday mix -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:46
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- Elvis' Blue Christmas is pretty dreadful (the annoying background 'a-wooh-wooh' stuff) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:40
- Any of the ones from Foxworthy et al. They're all terrible. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 13:39
- Hey Santa. Thanks for making me think of it -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 13:39
- grandma got run over etc. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 6, 13:38 2
  - THIS. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 13:40
  - This -- nm - amoxy Dec 6, 13:39
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- that awful christmas shoes one, and Paul McCartneys' horrible "Wonderful Christmas Time." -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:38 2
  - yep - the Macca one. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 13:39
  - ditto -- nm - Max Dec 6, 13:39
groiny, my son went to Disneyland with the B&G club for 3 days when he was 12 - amoxy Dec 6, 13:37
Reds may be building the longest bar in the world. I'm working on details. - Volnelk Dec 6, 13:35
You're all wrong on B2. The worst Christmas song is Run, Run Rudolph. - TWuG Dec 6, 13:33 3
- Screw You!! :) -- nm - Chuck Berry Dec 6, 13:43
- nah, they don't play that nearly as often as those other songs, plus it's much newer so we haven'y heard it for as many decades -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:35 1
  - 2 separate versions were on one 25 song loop for the holiday for 4 or 5 years at one of my retail jobs. - TWuG Dec 6, 13:39
I don't ask much, but could you help my son's school in fighting morton's neuroma? just vote for his class, easy-peasy. thanks -- (link) - dogbert Dec 6, 13:31 [youtube] 22
- TRICKS DON'T COUNT -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:41 1
  - that's what my hooker girlfriend says, but I ain't buying that for a second -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:44
- I was immediately suspicious when the cause was Morton's Neuroma. - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:39 12
  - all kidding aside, I had it and was cured by wearing one of those toe-separator thingys they use with pedicures. I wore it all the time and it kept - dogbert Dec 6, 13:55
  - I was immediately suspicious when dogbert had a child materialize out of thin air -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 13:40 10
    - I was suspicious when I saw Andie's post about it being a trap -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:45
    - ha. i was like "dogbert has a child? how did i not know that? I am a *terrible* STer." -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:44 1
      - ditto. I really felt guilty for being a lousy STer. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:49
    - my daughter's call is goona cure achilles bursitis if everyone here will just help a little... -- (link) - dogbert Dec 6, 13:43 [youtube] 1
      - call = school. please don't let the children suffer because I can't type -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:45
    - I thought that part was totally plausible. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:42 1
      - *paypals four bits to Kim* -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:49
    - I was immediately suspicious when I saw it wasa post from dogbert -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 13:42 1
      - I was susicious when it looked like dogbert cared about others -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:43
    - *laughing* -- nm - elf kelly Dec 6, 13:42
- IT"S A TRAP! (i have my computer muted.) -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:32 5
  - admiral andikbar? -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:33
  - but, the rules do state: (Special note: You cannot be done in by anyone tricking you into hearing the dreaded tune or otherwise hitting you with it on - Andie Dec 6, 13:33 3
    - accidental hearing counts though, right? cause I may have accidentally posted the wrong link cause that doesn't look like my son's school page -- nm - dogbert Dec 6, 13:35 2
      - scoundrel! -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:37
      - *snort* -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:35
- THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:32
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- hahaha no speakers on my puter -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:56
- you can't be set up. - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:30
- *sets gmail filter to automatically delete any emails from STers* -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 13:30
- I do not have speakers so have at it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:30
From B2: ty97 that was great - true, basically a firm party. Dawson, the bf and I are moving in - MDH Dec 6, 13:25 4
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  - 15th and O, so the same neighborhood, 2 blocks to JRs, 3 McDs, 1 to #9, with a guest room! - MDH Dec 6, 13:39 1
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  - ... with you. -- nm - MDT Dec 6, 13:30
when it came to Thatcher's death, I just followed the Thumper Doctrine. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 13:24 4
- I saw Billy Elliot in the west end a couple days after she died. a big part of it is deidicated to how evil she is, complete with caricature masks, - mafic Dec 6, 13:32
- OK, I'll bite - zork Dec 6, 13:32 2
  - If you can't say anything nice... -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 13:38
  - He who bites it... -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:32
I love looking at nubby's spotify activity.... - groiny Dec 6, 13:24 1
- I actually completely forgot about Spotify. Hopefully I didn't cause a deluge of emails/notifications by getting it back up. -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 13:57
Mop... - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:21
customer purchases a Tesla Model S for 91.4 Bitcoins. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 13:18 2
- *grumble* -- nm - David Dec 6, 13:46
- wow -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:28
Roger - Andie Dec 6, 13:14 5
- One more question - Roger More Dec 6, 13:16 4
  - no, well, yes, but not yet.... - Andie Dec 6, 13:18 3
    - Ah, bugger (and thanks) - Roger More Dec 6, 13:21 2
      - god, i hate our current stove. i hear you. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:24 1
        
        probably better than mine. all our appliances suck, although the landlord just had to replace the furnace. -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:27
More videos of cats being assholes to dogs please -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 13:14 2
- How about cats stealing dogs' beds? -- (link) - loosilu Dec 6, 13:18 [youtube] 1
  - lol yea I had watched those too. Poor dogs. They are just too sweet to fight with their feline housemates - Jovian Dec 6, 13:24
times have changed: Mandela died yesterday and it did not occur to me to buy and save today's newspaper(s). - zork Dec 6, 13:12 7
- same thing happened to me with the last WS. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:13 6
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      - Yeah, kinda takes the edge off of. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:16
      - auto-correct = desk scotch and a Slippery When Wet tent sign/hat. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:16 1
        
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  - Obama inauguration is the last I have saved. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:14
ty won B2 with that Hitler Headline. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:11
LIR: that Peter Gabriel quote from earlier put great perspective on things, namely that Mandela managed the transition to his gov't without violence - zork Dec 6, 13:10 2
- i don't know how the confess amnesty tfials workrd but it sealed his place as world leader nlt just revolutionary -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 13:17
- Give credit where credit is due. -- nm - Cruz supporter Dec 6, 13:12
okay, challenge begins *now*. :) -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:07 35
- Just listened to it on purpose -- (link) - amoxy Dec 6, 13:34 [youtube] 2
  - amoxy is *out* -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:39 1
    - That's fine, it was worth it -- nm - amoxy Dec 6, 13:39
- in -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 13:30
- I'm in. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 6, 13:28
- Y'all don't have a chance. -- nm - David Dec 6, 13:23
- I'm in. Christmas shopping is done. If I can make it out of Indigo now without hearing it, I should be good until Xmas Eve -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 13:22 2
  - i (a) spend my lunch hour in a mall and (b) an going to the Distillery Christmas Market tomorrow, I assume I will be out by Monday. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:24
  - get 'im, boys! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 13:23
- Screw you guys...that's like one of my favorite Christmas songs. The Bing and Bowie version is fantastic. - Jim Dec 6, 13:18 12
  - Have you ever done the drummer boy at Grace Church? - spamlet Dec 6, 13:37
  - it. is. awful. - Reagen Dec 6, 13:25 3
    - and Bowie's eyes and snaggle tooth are so unnerving in that video -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:27 2
      - THANK YOU! - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:28 1
        
        You're not. - spamlet Dec 6, 13:38
  - Bob Segar does my favorite version of it. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 13:21
  - your IM preempts my response -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:19
  - you don't have to dislike it to play. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:19 4
    - But I want to hear it...that goes against the very spirit of the game. Maybe I'll try to trick y'all into hearing it. Muahahahaha! -- nm - Jim Dec 6, 13:21 1
      - I'd rather be Rick-rolled -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 13:23
    - does getting it as an ear worm now, count? - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:21
    - sounds like he intends to listen to it ... voluntarily -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:21
- I'm out! *slams money on counter* -- nm - Cosmo Kramer Dec 6, 13:16
- I am in. Except for the Animaniacs version, I have ye to hear it this year. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:16 4
  - that WILL count.... -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:16 3
    - Well, that was last week, so I am gold. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:30 2
      - you have yet to hear something you heard last week? -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:31 1
        
        fresh start! -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:31
- I'm totally doing this. We should keep a list somehow. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:15 2
  - just say littledrummerboychallenge in the subject line here when you're out. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 13:16 1
    - as soon as we go brick and mortar shopping we're effed. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 13:16
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- Yay! (I'll probably hear it on my way home or something now.) -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 6, 13:09 2
  - I'm not clicking any youtube links for fear of being rickrolled into hearing it. -- nm - zork Dec 6, 13:10 1
    - ~whistles innocently as he stops searching youtube... -- nm - decline Dec 6, 13:12
And the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 13:06 1
- and the christmas bells that ring there, are the clanging chimes of doom. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 13:07

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