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So what's the prize for Apple here? The headphone business or the music subscription business? Either way... that's way too much money. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 9, 09:04 7
- i'm still skeptical about the source of the news... this is very unlike them. - colin May 9, 09:12
- That's an amount of money that doesn't even tickle Apple. -- nm - David May 9, 09:12
- My assumption was that they wanted to buy it in order to kill it. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 09:10 1
  - I wonder if the labels won't give them contracts for streaming rights and this would be a back door way to get them. -- nm - spamlet May 9, 09:12
- It will give the Apple haters a field day though. - spamlet May 9, 09:07 2
  - They're mediocre headphones that are most definitely overpriced but they seem to sell like crazy. - Krusty May 9, 09:11 1
    - Mediocre? Overpriced? Sells like hot cakes? That's Apple's wheelhouse. -- nm - TWuG May 9, 09:14
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- Who did he say had the best 1st round? -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 09:09 3
  - everyone else. nm -- nm - groiny, crying May 9, 09:09
  - Skip Bayless. -- nm - Diva May 9, 09:09 1
    - L4 -- nm - CQ May 9, 09:41
- *marks this post for when Bridgewater is playing golf with Culpepper in 4 years* -- nm - groiny, crying May 9, 09:01 6
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    - you would enjoy the Bears fans freaking out here about their pick. - groiny, crying May 9, 09:04 4
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        they wanted a Safety mostly. Chris Conte is the most hated man in Chicago since Sosa. nm -- nm - groiny, crying May 9, 09:07 2
        
        *starts planning to move back home* -- nm - Bartman May 9, 09:08 1
        
        aah, yes, more idiot fans blaming him for that debacle. - groiny, crying May 9, 09:09
- Achievement Unlocked. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:59
Did anyone else find it kind of funny that to kick off ESPN's 1st Round Draft Coverage, that in the "I'm A Man" video, the two players doing a - crash davis May 9, 08:50 4
- If they wanted to have the Lombardi Trophy, who else could they have gotten? - Jim May 9, 08:58 2
  - I thought they would have used #1 picks, like Luck. But thank you for acknowledging the Lombardi. Sometimes I think I dreamed the whole thing -- nm - crash davis May 9, 09:01 1
    - I hate you. nm - Jim May 9, 09:02
- C+ players, the whole lot of them! -- nm - Mel Kiper Jr. May 9, 08:51
discussed? jayden has fallen! baby names list. -- (link) - the mystifying virtuoso May 9, 08:49
For ML... - Mel Profit May 9, 08:49 [Image] 2
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  - y'all can bag on him but it's clear he's got "Im so good looking that I think today I'm going to mess with my look today...also have you seen my"... - Mel Profit May 9, 09:00
A guy turned up in our office with Godzilla premiere tickets for this Sunday. Sadly none for me. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:41 11
- I just ordered mine for Thursday at 8 - amoxy May 9, 09:00 2
  - No Imax?? ;) -- nm - Meg May 9, 09:01 1
    - :( Chico doesn't have an IMAX theater -- nm - amoxy May 9, 09:02
- come to Vegas and see it with us next weekend -- nm - peglegpete May 9, 08:53
- He sucks! - Krusty May 9, 08:42 6
  - Oh, we talked. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:46 5
    - About how he should have brought enough for everyone? ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:49 4
      - About how if he pulls that s*** again he better not bother to show up if he at all values his life - JD May 9, 08:54 3
        
        Doesn't he know that LMS knows Meg?!? Bad move. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:56 2
        
        In his defence he did introduce me to Peter Capaldi last year. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:59 1
        
        What has he done for you lately? - Krusty May 9, 09:02
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- "Gonna go all Arya here before going to sleep, "Colts, Ravens, Vikings, Eagles, Patriots..."" - crash davis May 9, 08:53 1
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- blocked. what does it say? -- nm - Diva May 9, 08:49 5
  - spoilers (swearing) - Cartographo May 9, 08:51 4
    - I wonder if this poster had a few drinks while wathcing the draft. -- nm - Diva May 9, 08:52 3
      - Oh there were dozens (maybe hundreds) of posters - Cartographo May 9, 08:53 2
        
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        i figured as much. :) - Diva May 9, 08:56
- *rubs hands together* this season is going to be beautiful. -- nm - colin May 9, 08:39
- HASMLBOUGHTATEDDYVIKESJERSEYYET.com -- nm - spamlet May 9, 08:39 8
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  - that url is *really* hard to read. -- nm - prayformojo May 9, 08:40 6
    - Hasml Bough Tated Dyvikes Jersey YeT? -- nm - TWuG May 9, 08:43 4
      - Nell? -- nm - Reagen May 9, 09:03 3
        
        L3 -- nm - Diva May 9, 09:06
        
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        my cube mates must hate me. I hated them first, but still... -- nm - Diva May 9, 09:06
    - Yeah, I was trying to make it better but couldn't. -- nm - spamlet May 9, 08:42
SHIELD finale opening. -- (link) - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:34 5
- Huh. I think the new hire is in the AT&T ads as the awkward install tech. - TWuG May 9, 08:39 3
  - Was wondering if that was him. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:40 2
    - Spoils for the clip you linked - TWuG May 9, 08:45 1
      - Oh wow, didn't notice that. (spoils) - Beryllium May 9, 09:11
- Wow. Is a "rip-off" of a part of the Iron Man comic. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:36
Browns sold more than 1k season tickets within an hour of the pick. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:32 5
- That should pay for the study that said Bridgewater was the better pick. -- nm - Jim May 9, 08:34 4
  - I just heard a good argument against him in Minn. The worry is that now that's outdoors he doesn't have a strong enough arm to deal with the weather - Krusty May 9, 08:36 3
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      - Good to know and that's something that wasn't mentioned. I thought your new place was outdoors but if it's only two years that's not a big deal. - Krusty May 9, 09:13
    - *now that the stadium is outdoors* -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:37
I demand TBS cancel Cougar Town and pick up Trophy Wife and The Neighbors. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 May 9, 08:26 7
- There have only been 2 shows ever cancelled that I was upset about - Groiny May 9, 08:33 6
  - Arrested Development made me very upset. It was genius. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:55
  - Journeyman and now The Neighbors for me. -- nm - Jovian May 9, 08:43 1
    - Yes Journeyman -- nm - amoxy May 9, 09:01
  - Pushing Daisies. Boomtown. Happy Endings. Line of Fire. - Cartographo May 9, 08:41 2
    - Pushing Daisies is the one I think that hurts the most. - Mel Profit May 9, 08:52 1
      - Followed closely by Bunheads... - Mel Profit May 9, 08:53
Ok, opinions time on how to best ask the tenants to leave... - colin May 9, 08:17 18
- can't you give them 45 days? so they are out on the first of a month, and have time to find something? - Andie May 9, 09:03
- a $100 bill danging outside the front door off a fishing pole? -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 08:43
- With a chainsaw -- nm - Groiny May 9, 08:34 1
  - HEYTENNANTWANNACHECKOUTMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEY MASK?!?!?! -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 09:12
- ALL OF THIS HOUSE ARE BELONG TO ME -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 08:29
- Burn the place down while they are at work -- nm - Cartographo May 9, 08:29 1
  - a jewish lightning strike? -- nm - colin May 9, 08:35
- 30 day notice, June is free if out by the 15th, power goes off on 16th. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:22 8
  - can i ACTUALLY turn the power off if they're not out? -- nm - colin May 9, 08:25 7
    - Laws may vary by state, but here if you gave them their legal 30 day notice, yes. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:29 6
      - huh. that's pretty extreme. i'll check the state laws on it. -- nm - colin May 9, 08:35 5
        
        As I said before, it is for your refurbishment plans. - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:37 4
        
        alrighty. we'll make it so. -- nm - colin May 9, 08:39 3
        
        Be sure to. Laws vary. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:41 2
        
        If not, make it that June is free if out by the 15th but will be charged retroactively if they fail to vacate. - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:41 1
        
        i like it. -- nm - colin May 9, 08:53
- Stand outside with a boom box playing "Hit the road Jack" -- nm - IrishStephen May 9, 08:20
- "Get Out of My House!" -- nm - kate bush May 9, 08:20
I really like it when the Dolphins draft 3-4 round talent in the first round. Fun stuff. Who was it last year they drafted way high too? - CQ May 9, 08:08 7
- And then promptly tried to trade him last month. -- nm - David May 9, 08:20
- TED GINN JR!!!!!!! -- nm - Jim May 9, 08:17 3
  - To be fair, I wanted them to draft Quinn that year, so....... -- nm - CQ May 9, 08:26 2
    - Eh, I'm not totally sure Quinn was destined to be a bust. Not going to Cleveland could have made a huge difference in his career. - Jim May 9, 08:34
    - this. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 08:30
- yes, Strongbad, 120! -- nm - CQ May 9, 08:17 1
  - I am still laughing at this btw. - Strongbad May 9, 08:30
In Toronto with the world’s feminist pornographers -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 08:02 1
- I would party with these people -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:35
It's that microcosm of European politics that is Eurovision this weekend. I've got Romania in the office sweeps. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:02 6
- i am as usual boycotting that crap untill voting - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 08:04 5
  - You should have an illegal war like we did and then you'll never win. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:08 4
    - The UK needs a modern Lulu, or a rebooted Buck's Fizz. -- nm - Roger More May 9, 08:31 1
      - Well we've carted out Bonnie Tyler and Englebert Humperdink in recent years so I'm sure we could get Lulu again. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:34
    - not true - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 08:10 1
      - The danish navy needs worse PR. -- nm - LMS May 9, 08:47
~Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about, how about love, lerv, looooooov~ -- nm - con_carne May 9, 07:54
well, just heard from the auto mechanic . . . my truck problems yesterday? at the very least, a busted up radiator. we'll know in a few hours if . . - i'm not dead yet ! May 9, 07:53 2
- an eeg helps i've heard - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 08:00
- ugh -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 07:53
Chicago's 10 Most Ridiculous Burgers -- (link) - Cartographo May 9, 07:51 7
- The Cow Burger. It's ground up cow meat between two pieces of bread garnished with lectuce, tomato and congealed cow milk. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 May 9, 08:29
- waffle burger doesn't really belong. the rest.. i'd try at least once. -- nm - colin May 9, 08:06
- more is not nessesary better -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 07:54 4
  - Communist. -- nm - con_carne May 9, 07:55 3
    - don't eat burgers? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 07:59 2
      - Exactly. Because Communist -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:04 1
        
        i always thought couse burgers are an instument of imperialism and the extortions of the proletariate - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 08:07
14 years (age 4-18) in my childhood home. -- nm - Cartographo May 9, 07:49 8
- Yup, my parent's house is still the longest. They moved there when I was 2 months. -- nm - spamlet May 9, 08:44
- Wow, just realized that the house I'm in is the one I lived in the longest in my life. - Jim May 9, 08:36 1
  - 33 years this month - prior to this I don't think I lived more than 3 years in any one house in my life. -- nm - Meg May 9, 08:39
- this is my stretch exactly. -- nm - Diva May 9, 08:20
- Got you all beat...46 years here... -- nm - BAD May 9, 08:13 3
  - That's great -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:14 2
    - it is considering I bounced around alot here in L.A. -- nm - BAD May 9, 08:19 1
      - We did too when I was a kid -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:34
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- They are going to end seasons for some teams by injuring QBs. -- nm - David May 9, 07:52 4
  - and watch out for those LB's and CB's INT numbers to go up. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 08:31
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    - Does Carr count? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 07:57
thor needs a new phone - DaneDukeNuuk May 9, 07:47
That is horrible news about Trophy Wife, and I blame Jovian for bringing it to us so early on a Friday morning! -- nm - IrishStephen May 9, 07:47 8
- yes! and I blame myself for putting The Neighbors on a list of 'to be decided' only to have it announced almost immediately that it is also cancelled - Jovian May 9, 07:49 6
  - There can be only one thing called Neighbors. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:52 5
    - Why pass up a chance to unreasonably blame Zac Efron? -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:08 1
      - Uh, of the male leads, he is not the one to blame. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 08:12
    - What about Neighbours? -- nm - Roger More May 9, 08:02
    - bah. you mean that shitty looking Rogen comedy with the stupid airbag on his chair gag? - Jovian May 9, 07:53
    - RIP, Jim Belushi. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 9, 07:53
- He delivered it later on the east coast. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 07:49
*sob* The Neighbors cancelled. :( -- nm - Jovian May 9, 07:46 3
- Jesus. You're just full of sunshine and roses today aren't you? -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 May 9, 08:25
- expected. but sad -- nm - pippy bells May 9, 07:47 1
  - Yeah. They killed it by moving it to Friday. Too bad, it was funny. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 07:56

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