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*laughing* Belgian beer company tries to trick Americans into drinking Bud -- (link) - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:17 1
- hah! -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 07:17
So, is Yahoo on any set top box? Roku? Apple TV? Tivo? Any smart TVs? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:16
Happy Canada Day! Go USA! - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:06 1
- Let's go to the mall! -- nm - Robin Sparkles Jul 1, 07:13
do we think I will be able to convince charlie to go out to lunch today? -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 1, 06:56 2
- Depends if his shirt is in the car. -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:11
- chicken wings! -- nm - decline Jul 1, 06:57
European Court upholds French full veil ban -- (link) - Dándukini Jul 1, 06:45
I'm eating hotpockets for breakfast (pretzel bun bbq chicken) and they taste kind of... garbagey. - colin Jul 1, 06:38 5
- There's a simple explanation for that. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 1, 07:08
- Did you pull them out of the garbage? -- nm - Wawa Jul 1, 06:43
- Brother hasn't listened to Jim Gaffigan -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 06:42
- Oh, so they haven't changed the recipe then. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 06:42 1
  - I usually stick to Lean Pockets pepperoni pizza.. these new flavors are trying to have too much flavor. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:42
Qale... liked Mam? - colin Jul 1, 06:36
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- Can you give a quickie response as to why you say this is so wrong? - Jim Jul 1, 06:45 9
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    - Thanks! -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:55
    - thanks Jack for this info - how could they get this so wrong? it's scary -- nm - JenBro Jul 1, 06:53 4
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        But now can't they (the hypothetical Muslim family) use Hobby Lobby as precedent to do exactly that? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:08 2
        
        I can not WAIT for this. Let's just get this all out in the open. -- nm - Mel Premio Jul 1, 07:21
        
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    - heh. jack and jim just had a quickie. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 1, 06:52 1
      - LIke it's the first... -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 06:54
- can you explain what they mean by "closely held" stock corps? Is that a real thing, or just something from the decision? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:40 11
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    - Corporations are people, my friend. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:07
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  - It's a tax rule. Basically 50% or more owned by one family with no outside investors. - spamlet Jul 1, 06:44 7
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      - I truthfully didn't read the decision, but to say that the concept of closely held corporation doesn't exist is flat wrong. - spamlet Jul 1, 06:49 5
        
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        Spammy didn't say that. Colin asked if closely held was a real thing or not, and spammy answered. -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 06:56 2
        
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        I was giving the benefit of the doubt that there was reasoning behind it (however nebulous). -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 07:10
        
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- So the majority wrote that it was "very limited" in scope, but knowing full well it will cited with increasing frequency? -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 06:38 1
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In my quest to see 52 (or 53) movies in a year, here is my ranking of what I have seen so far - amoxy Jul 1, 06:28 6
- holiday weekend, now is your chance to catch up! :) -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 06:35
- In theaters, or just in general? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:30 4
  - Sorry, yes in the theater -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 06:30 3
    - Oh cool. Yeah.. I've been terrible about getting out this year. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:32 2
      - I had been doing the quest with my daughter and we would go to the Saturday matinee - amoxy Jul 1, 06:35 1
        
        Midnight movies! -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:36
The game starts at 4:00, right? - Krusty Jul 1, 06:25 14
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 06:51
- I have EOY drinks with bigwigs at 430. kind of sucks... -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 1, 06:30 4
  - I have a conference call from 4-5 -- nm - MDH Jul 1, 07:02
  - Happy New Year! -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 06:44 1
    - it's such crap because my EOY lasts through 7/11, so this EOY drinks actually detracts from my ability to close. - peggy ann m Jul 1, 06:49
  - At a bar? The game should be on. - Krusty Jul 1, 06:34
- No, 1:00 - amoxy Jul 1, 06:29 2
  - :-( - Krusty Jul 1, 06:33 1
    - I am going to try and watch it on Univision.com, but it may be tricky -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 06:35
- I have my mid-year review, then another meeting. This blows. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:29 4
  - Crap. Sorry. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 06:32 3
    - I'll just have to relive the glory through a 3 minute highlight video... -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:32 2
      - Watch on your phone on the DL. :-) - Krusty Jul 1, 06:34 1
        
        YES! I mean.. yes... that initiative is going well. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 06:36
YDC: Listening to some of the upcoming summer songs, I am so ridicuously excited that 90s club/dance music is back. -- nm - MDH Jul 1, 06:10
Ex-Tinder Executive Slams Company with Sexual Harassment Suit -- (link) - Tyego97 Jul 1, 06:05 2
- She's gonna win a lot of money for that. The swipe left on the executive comment was nice, though. -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 06:20 1
  - I have no idea what that means. Clearly I'm not hip enough. -- nm - Wawa Jul 1, 06:47
The NYPD officer who talked about kidnapping, killing, and eating women has had his conviction overturned -- (link) - Tyego97 Jul 1, 05:59
this rarely happens ... but I have to bitch about a change from one of our biggest insurance carriers ... pay history is now a rate factor - and it's - JenBro Jul 1, 05:37 4
- So to be clear....it's the payment on time of insurance premiums or all bills? - Pippy Jul 1, 05:57 3
  - so far they are applying this factor to home and mobile home - so property policies - it's a direct factor for that policy - BUT - - JenBro Jul 1, 06:34 2
    - also - paying a quarter for reading the comments - but this guy hit a point that I think is a valid factor to watch out for ... - JenBro Jul 1, 06:51 1
      - Thank you for both of these. It's fascinating stuff -- nm - Pippy Jul 1, 07:09
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, ST! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 1, 04:49 6
- How are you celebrating? -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 06:27 1
  - Playing cards in an adjoining conference room after I present my portion of a client presentation. -- nm - Hunta Jul 1, 06:32
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- Of all the people who I would expect to come up with this payment idea, Bobby Bo would not have been it. - Hunta Jul 1, 05:38
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 03:38 2
- dammit, people -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 04:49 1
  - If you slept normal people hours this wouldn't be an issue. -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 06:17
At this point, even I'm only staring at Lana's tits during these repetitive promos. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 23:24 1
- (spoiler) - Qale Jul 1, 00:16
"I was a leaf on the wind" -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 23:10 [flickr] 2
- and ... "The BFD" -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 23:10 [flickr] 1
  - from today, "Wing on Winging It", a cool sailboat photo -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 23:51 [flickr]
About the best than can be said of The Monuments Men is that it led me to a wikipedia page I hadn't read before. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 22:10 1
- Yeah, that is not a good movie. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 22:37
Reds gave up one hit and lost. That's tough to do. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 30, 21:58 2
- We only got one [censored] hit? -- nm - Bob Uecker Jul 1, 06:08
- Talent! -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 22:37
Iron-curtain consumables -- (link) - Dándukini Jun 30, 21:55
"You may be just 18 years of age, but you have the biggest balls in this kitchen" - wth -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 21:33 2
- Meh. Teens have no filter. Being cocky is squarely in their playbook. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:51 1
  - Gordon Ramsay said this to an 18 year old girl on masterchef. My issue isn't with the "balls", my issue is the complete mismatch of the beginning of - Beryllium Jun 30, 22:02
What happens when Americans try to label a map of Canada -- (link) - Reagen Jun 30, 21:26 31
- Man, New Brunswick didn't even get a mention. -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 05:22
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- Frankly surprised how many times someone guess Nunavut. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 23:02 1
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- I liked the "North of the Wall" map, mostly because it got nova scotia right. AND ONLY NOVA SCOTIA. - Beryllium Jun 30, 22:19
- Lake made of Ice -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 22:07 1
  - This cracked my shit up -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 22:11
- Yes, but how many Canadians have been to Kuujjuaq and Pangnirtung? Because I have. (nm) - howie Jun 30, 21:43 5
  - yo. Pang at least. name a weird town in Nunavut, I've probably been there. -- nm - mafaça Jun 30, 22:49 2
    - That's... Unfortunate. I bet you've eat pemmican. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 23:08
    - I think we already discussed Rankin Inlet -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 23:06
  - Who would want to? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:49 1
    - not many. they're pretty bleak. (nm) - howie Jun 30, 21:57
- northern not usa border -- nm - Dándukini Jun 30, 21:43
- Yeah, that's about right. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 21:38
- I'm sure americans don't even know mexico has states or recognize names of areas they've heard of but never seen spelled -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 30, 21:35 10
  - I'm pretty sure they're Tequila, Northern Gordita, and Corona. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 21:47 6
    - Tabasco, Chihuahua... -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 06:04
    - Puerto Rico, Cuba, Honduras, East L.A. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 23:01
    - and the one named after a kangaroo variant -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 22:17 3
      - Wallaby? -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 23:01 1
        
        Quintana Roo -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 23:07
      - Or as Dawson told me, "You know it's not pronounced that way, right?" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 22:17
  - There are 2 Mexican states. Sleeping & Drunk! -- nm - what Jack Dawson might say Jun 30, 21:44 1
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  - This is true. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:37
- What bugs me is that these are Buzzfeed editors, not just random stupid people. It's specific stupid people. - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:35
- "The Great White North. Done!" -- nm - TWuG Jun 30, 21:28 3
  - "Frost Giants" -- nm - Max Jun 30, 22:02
  - I bet I would do better on an American geography quiz than a large majority of Americans -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 21:49 1
    - In high school a group of German exchange students came to our town and embarrassed the shit out of our US knowledge. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 22:06
I had no idea the Hangouts app existed on iPhone -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 21:21
Pope Francis: Communists Are Closet Christians -- (link) - Dándukini Jun 30, 21:14 1
- He's not wrong. The problem of course being that every communist leader we've ever met turned out to be a blood thirsty tyrant. -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 22:35
no blacktop yet for my drive, but at least I got dirt filler today so I can use my driveway - YAY! My fix it friend is coming tomorrow to repair my - JenBro Jun 30, 21:12
Did Lebron sign yet? -- nm - Volnelk Jun 30, 21:09
Hah. Just saw my FIL on TV. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 20:59 1
- He was a customer on "You Gotta Eat Here" (Canadian show) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 21:00
Ken Watanabe to star on Bway in (yet another) revival of The King and I -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 20:51 2
- I'm a fan of his, but zzzzzz. .. -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 20:52 1
  - He plays the stereotypical Japanese samurai Autobot in Trans4mers. It's offens-ilicious! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:37
Not sure how this worked out but I have power, my next door neighbors have power... and nobody else I can see from my yard does. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 20:40 4
- Ray, the next time someone asks if you're a warlock...! -- nm - Mop on iPad Air Jun 30, 23:10
- Are you the Warlock? :-) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 20:41 2
  - I'm not... must be the next door neighbors. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 20:42 1
    - "Shuffles paws and looks innocent" -- nm - Darwin si Jun 30, 21:03
Watching Big Brother After Dark for the first time ever. This is certainly an insomnia cure. -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 20:39 1
- this early in the season? it certainly is. -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 22:13
Flying appliances. - Spawnaldo Jun 30, 20:37 5
- After Dark? -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 23:29
- What has Jeff Bezos wrought?! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 30, 21:51
- Wow.... I look forward to next week. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 30, 21:09
- Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance. -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 30, 20:51
- yeah . . . i have the show recorded. can't wait to find some time to sit down and watch it . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 30, 20:41

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