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"Please tell us what you think of the new Google Maps..." *rubs hands together* -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 10:59
Pop Quiz: Can You Identify These ’90s Hits by Just Their First Second? I missed 1. -- (link) - MDH Jul 10, 10:58 7
- 12/16 - 3 I used the help of letters :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 14:27
- 11 - but it was to easy to guess -- nm - decline Jul 10, 11:08
- 14 out of 16. Didn't know question 14 or 15. -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 11:08
- Missed 1. spoils - Shaun Jul 10, 11:08 1
  - Mine was - MDH Jul 10, 11:11
- There were 4 I didn't recognize off the bat, but only one I couldn't guess. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 11:07
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Footy News: Atletico Madrid sign Mario Mandzukic from Bayern Munich -- (link) - Budicio Jul 10, 10:54
blugh, Dr. Brown's is about the worst Root Beer I've tasted. -- nm - Max Jul 10, 10:53 2
- He shoulda never strayed from making flux capacitors. -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 10:55 1
  - "Paul Newman??! The pasta sauce salesman??" -- nm - Max Jul 10, 10:57
Estimated End Time: 2014-07-15 10:00 PM - 2014-07-15 11:00 PM - Shaun Jul 10, 10:49 6
- Harry Potter wait? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 10:50
- blackout? -- nm - Znoofree Jul 10, 10:50 4
  - For my area specifically, yes. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 10:51 3
    - I told you that moving to Baghdad was a bad idea. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 10, 11:03
    - let's hope they are padding it and you'll get power back much sooner. -- nm - decline Jul 10, 10:53 1
      - Aye. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 10:59
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- and what happens when El Nino smashes into the Polar Vortex? -- nm - decline Jul 10, 10:47 1
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of all the movie's opening this week, i want to see Boyhood and Land Ho more than Apes. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 10:44 5
- I don't know what the first two are -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 11:01
- I see Boyhood and the Apes series as basically the same story. -- nm - Max Jul 10, 10:49 1
  - I know a single mother of an ADHD boy who would agree -- nm - Znoofree Jul 10, 10:53
- Lucy, GOTG and maybe TMNT is all that's left on my summer watching schedule. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 10, 10:49
- I want to see Boyhood and Apes equally as much. -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 10:47
Is anyone here planning to see Snowpiercer in the next few weeks? Either VOD or in theatres... - Inigo Jul 10, 10:44 5
- I saw it last Friday. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 11:08 2
  - Did you like it? -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 11:11 1
    - It didn't blow me away, but I liked it. Somewhere between an A and a B. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 11:15
- Diva and I have wanted to see it. It's in the art houses here. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 11:01
- Me and Con Carne already saw it - I gave it a B+, its worth seeing - its different and when the action starts - its a great pace -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 10:58
ST Vacation Planning Poll -- On a scale of 1 to "Why would you even think that's a good idea?"... - znufrii Jul 10, 10:41 19
- *shrug* It can't be any worse than going places with your soon to be ex-wife and her current - Jásdeando Jul 10, 11:04 1
  - Stop. Letting. Yourself. Be. Emasculated. -- nm - David Jul 10, 11:21
- eh...I'd rethink it - I'd get horrible grief for something like that. not worth it. -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 10:59
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  - "Here we turned to page 32 of the Kama Sutra..." -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 10:59
- don't mention it to your new wife and just go -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:53 6
  - "So, how did you find out about this restaurant again?" - znufrii Jul 10, 10:56 4
    - I have a feeling that you are slightly worried about slipping and mentioning your previous visit in passing -> don't set up that possibility -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 10, 11:01 1
      - or, "That place was pretty cool but I take it that you don't want to go there" - Zorcàs Jul 10, 11:03
    - if only there was a place people could go to find out information about far away locations... -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:57 1
      - "asked my internets friends", "went online", "read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown" etcetc -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:58
  - but make sure to bring copies of Dan Brown books so you can follow in Robert Langdon's footsteps -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:54
- idiot -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 10:50
- Perfectly ok. And make sure to clarify you want to go there because you had such a great time there with the Ex. -- nm - decline Jul 10, 10:45 2
  - I'll ask them to give us the same room!!! -- nm - Znoofree Jul 10, 10:47 1
    - and let Mop pick out all your dining options -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 10:54
- if your current wife has never mentioned any desire to see those places, then, don't go there. - Andie Jul 10, 10:42 1
  - maybe give her a (long) list of things and see if she picks any of those -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:46
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- so effing booooooring -- nm - CQ Jul 10, 10:38
Strange but true facts * -- (link) - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:23
What would the polar vortext look like if it happened in summer? We may be about to find out. -- (link) - mara Jul 10, 10:20 14
- "The pattern may last only a few days, but will probably set some records, especially around the Plains and Great Lakes" because we are supposed to ha - Znoofree Jul 10, 10:57 1
  - SFAN -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:59
- fine by me -- nm - oblique Jul 10, 10:51
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- comments, as usual, are a wasteland. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 10:29 4
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  - i can only assume there is 'global warming' whining. -- nm - Andie Jul 10, 10:34 2
    - indeed. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 10:35 1
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- 10-30 degrees *ABOVE* average in my area. Come to Oregon, Where Summer Exists All Summer Long! -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 10, 10:27
- It's funny how it all stops just north of the Canadian border. Those Inuit have some powerful ju-ju. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 10, 10:25
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- DOOOOOM!!!! -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 10:21
- So.... a cold front? -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 10:21
How does Eric Dane keep getting hired? - David Jul 10, 10:08 3
- *smoldering look* -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 10, 10:27
- He is specifically the reason why I decided to skip The Last Ship. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 10:26 1
  - That's what I'm watching right now. It's a pretty good concept...but he's the lead. -- nm - David Jul 10, 10:29
ender, on RHAP, rob and bryan were talking about frankie lying to vic that zach threatened to beat her up. am I mishearing? - peggy ann m Jul 10, 09:58 7
- I don't recall anything specific about Frankie, but Devin did lay the groundwork that Zach's disrespectful with women and Vic's been running with that. - Ender Jul 10, 10:02 5
  - wait, *is* zach disrespectful to women? (also, vic was totally invisible last night.) -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 10, 10:04 4
    - Vic is totally invisible every night. - Ender Jul 10, 10:10 3
      - She's said the frisbee thing "is a violence" at least 3 different times. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 10:27 2
        
        ohhhhhhh. maybe that. it seems like things may be whisper down the alleying. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 10, 10:28 1
        
        I think Vic's someone who's used to getting her way and sees anything else as a grave disrespect. -- nm - Ender Jul 10, 10:29
- wasn't that Steve who said Connie had a bun in Jon but then Ralph had told Murf that Billy Bob was a tool -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 09:59
Pippy got some new ink! -- (link) - Shaun Jul 10, 09:54 [Image] 2
- *snork* -- nm - Znoofree Jul 10, 10:49
- Buwhaaa - I love it. -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 10:00
Steven Spielberg, big game hunter -- (link) - Max Jul 10, 09:45 [Image] 1
- this makes me laugh every time i see it. - Andie Jul 10, 09:48
LYC: Jimmy Johns delivered hundreds of free sandwiches to our new office today as a "Welcome to the hood/please have us cater." Thanks for lunch! -- nm - MDH Jul 10, 09:39 14
- We had this too in SLC. Wayyyyyyy better. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 10, 09:53 3
  - the most depressing thing about that website? "You are currently 4,915 miles from Hawaii." -- nm - decline Jul 10, 10:06 1
    - how am I 700 miles closer than you are? - znufrii Jul 10, 10:23
  - I had that once in atl. their chili is pretty good. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 10, 09:56
- They make a good Sammich -- nm - decline Jul 10, 09:46 1
  - they really do. I dislike almost all sandwiches but can stand jimmy john. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 10, 09:51
- You should put any extra out in your car and you can have it tomorrow! -- nm - Moop Jul 10, 09:45
- Had that last Thursday for lunch down in SLC. It was a nice sandwich. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 09:41 6
  - # 4 Turkey Tom for the win! -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 09:42 5
    - I had the #10 Hunter's Club. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 09:48 3
      - You chose the right one baby -- nm - JenBro Jul 10, 12:11
      - #9 Italian Night Club owns me. -- nm - Wawa Jul 10, 09:51 1
        
        #7, add bacon. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 10, 09:53
    - They delivered #1, 4, and 6. -- nm - MDH Jul 10, 09:45
why would we need to indict a ham sandwich anyway? -- nm - mud Jul 10, 09:35 1
- we don't know the details but something is not kosher -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 09:43
Rory McIlroy drove the green on a 436-yard par-4 during the Scottish Open Today -- (link) - MDH Jul 10, 09:35 4
- If I did this, I'd likely four-putt. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 10:30 1
  - I remember putting a blind, second shot a foot and a half from the hole and two putting. - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:44
- 9.5 - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:37
- Depending on conditions, the fairways would be concrete so it's definitely doable for pros. - Shaun Jul 10, 09:37
Some Argentinian fans got their hands on some kind of gigantic horn that sounded exactly like a a train horn. Took us a couple of time before we - Guigue Jul 10, 09:31
Irish pub's World Cup backfires. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 10, 09:25 10
- heh. That place is right up the street from where my brother used to work. He says it's a great pub -- nm - decline Jul 10, 09:48 6
  - Even greater with .50 Euro pints :) -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 09:49 5
    - "Euro pint?" A-HA! -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 09:50 4
      - I don't know where the symbol is on my keyboard :( -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 09:51 3
        
        hold the alt key and type 0128 on the numpad, then release alt ... € -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:15 2
        
        No. -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 10:42 1
        
        OK, don't do it. -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 10, 10:45
- I wouldn't say that it backfired. They may have lost money, but it was money well spent in terms of PR. -- nm - Fox News Jul 10, 09:46
- *inserts 'promotion' before 'backfires'* -- nm - Shaun Jul 10, 09:28
- Nice. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:26
Frankenkale! -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 09:25 2
- Poor Qale. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:32 1
  - that's worth some points right there -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 10, 10:15
Things overheard in the Office #312.5: "So it's not machine learning in the Skynet sense, which I'm in favor of..." - Mel Profit Jul 10, 09:20 9
- nmbmel - Diva Jul 10, 09:28 1
  - I'm totally going to have to kill him. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 09:30
- Eleanor Roosevelt? -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 09:27
- Extant discussion? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:21 5
  - "Extant does rank as this summer’s highest rated series premiere in both adults 18-49 and viewers" 1.7 and 9.4 respectively -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 09:22 4
    - was it any good? I forgot it was on -- nm - decline Jul 10, 09:26 2
      - Very... clunky. Hopefully that gets smoothed as it goes. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:27 1
        
        this -- nm - Jaxón Jul 10, 10:28
    - Berry is getting north of 100k per episode, so it had better do well. - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:25
I've been Stalked by a crafty Argentinian(?)!! " Andante A La Puta Madre Que Te Repario!" means Go Argentina! - Pippe Jul 10, 09:19 3 1
- Oh, I'm so glad you like it! - con_carne Jul 10, 09:24 2
  - :) I am most definitely going to root for Argentina! I love black t-shirts like a fat kid loves cake -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 09:31 1
    - Glad I made the right choice. I had a feeling! ... I totally wrote that letter as if ARG was going to be in the final. And it worked! -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 09:34
Haitian malnutrition efforts highlight how subsidized food aid can wreak havoc on local markets -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 09:17 2
- wait, they're making an effort at malnutrition? -- nm - decline Jul 10, 09:27
- This is what I'm saying! -- nm - Fox News Jul 10, 09:23
Ah ST - how you influence my life. This morning's Today show has a segment featuring - Meg Jul 10, 09:17 6
- I do love this place. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:22
- " she's losing it" - Mojo SI Jul 10, 09:20 4
  - Said cats just chased each other under my desk and unplugged the modem :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 10, 09:31 3
    - Madcap Cats! -- nm - Pippe Jul 10, 09:37 1
      - The Keystone Cats! -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 09:40
    - Now she will pay more attention to us! -- nm - Mojo Jul 10, 09:32
~its Thursday Thursday the day before Friday~ -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 09:11
Clap along if you feel like B2 is the truth. -- nm - Wawa Jul 10, 09:11 1
- ~Because I'm snarky...~ -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 10, 09:13

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