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Masterchef's Jaimee's voice is getting *worse* - Reagen Sep 1, 18:32 1
- I heard Apple's 9/9 event is to announce that they are replacing Siri with Jaimee. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 18:37
hey producers of Forever, this was already tried with that Jaime Lannister fella and he`s Much cooler than Gruffaud. -- nm - mud Sep 1, 18:26
I took Nick to Laser Tag for the first time this weekend. - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:21 6
- North Virginia is where all the important stuff is. nm - Dignan Sep 1, 18:51 1
  - South Virginia is better known from the inside. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 18:58
- Poor, poor Virginians -- nm - budice Sep 1, 18:40
- Boom! -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 18:31
- Hee. Literally LOL'd -- nm - JaxSean Sep 1, 18:25
- HAHA! -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 18:23
What are you writing, ST? - David Sep 1, 18:17 8
- A quiz for HWDYK -- nm - Krusty Sep 1, 18:49
- A check. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 18:39
- Informational report for a board meeting that didn't have a quorum so met for discussion only. -- nm - Meg Sep 1, 18:35
- Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 18:23
- Exam I, AAUP newsletter, fraternity initiative proposal. -- nm - nubby Sep 1, 18:21 1
  - Well done! -- nm - David Sep 1, 18:22
- QV season preview -- nm - rollo Sep 1, 18:21 1
  - Nice! -- nm - David Sep 1, 18:22
This Azarenka/Krunic match isn't exactly high quality, but it is entertaining. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 18:15 1
- Cameraman likes the slo-mo on Az's arse -- nm - budice Sep 1, 18:38
I expect wiggie will appreciate this most: North American kids react to trying vegemite -- (link) - ty97 Sep 1, 18:13 [youtube] 10
- It's probably not prepared right -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 18:18 7
  - The proper preparation seems to be to throw it in the trash and find something else to eat. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 18:24 6
    - Nah, it needs the light, delicate touch that you would expect from Australians. - Roger More Sep 1, 18:27 5
      - And butter, apparently. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:28 4
        
        That works too. BTW I haven't seen an "Australians being casually racist" story go viral in a while. - Roger More Sep 1, 18:31
        
        That's my method. Good butter and just a light smear of Vegemite. - Meg Sep 1, 18:30 2
        
        and in a pinch you have 3 ways to kill a man with it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 18:31 1
        
        And a fourth that is not technically murder, but will have him begging for the sweet release of death. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:32
- My kids both like Vegemite, but you could not pay me to get near it. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:17
- "Everybody try this!" *cough cough* -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 18:16
RIP Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 1, 18:03 5
- Oh-ee-oh-oh-oh-oh-ee-oh-ee-oh aren't lyrics to be remembered for -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 18:22
- Eye of the Tiger survivor? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 18:09 3
  - That was Dave Bickler. He also sang on the Real Men of Genius beer ads. -- nm - TWuG Sep 1, 18:33 1
    - apparently they've been co-touring. -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 18:37
  - same band. Different singer. he sang a bunch of the other hits -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 18:20
What are you reading, ST? I just finished the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was pretty good overall and had a *great* ending. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 17:59 29
- The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. It's amazing. - Kim Pine Sep 1, 18:35
- Well.. American Urology Association Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertension ... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 1, 18:06 6
  - blah.. hypertension = hyperplasia. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 1, 18:12
  - "a mile a minute thrill ride!" -- nm - mafic Sep 1, 18:08 4
    - "I laughed, I cried, I asked someone else to pee his pants." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:10 3
      - I'm going to wait for the movie. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 18:13 2
        
        Lee Daniels' The Urethra -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 18:14 1
        
        Depends on Madea -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 22:01
- just finished the girl with all the gifts (quite good), dr. sleep (the shining it ain't, but not bad). reading east of eden now. -- nm - mafic Sep 1, 18:05 1
  - Encore has Stephen King Collection. All September -- nm - Epiphany Sep 1, 18:23
- still reading the borgia (the medevial family with all the popes) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 18:03 2
  - if you got change for a groat you'd have 4 old english pennies -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 18:08 1
    - sigh...this should have gone under peggy's post on trivia -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 22:04
- live by night. I didn't know there was a third wayward book that is top of my list now -- nm - ajrimmer Sep 1, 18:02
- finished The Martian, and on the last chapter of The Goldfinch. what to read next ...hmm, maybe Tinker Tailor Soldier finally -- nm - mud Sep 1, 18:02
- Finished The Martian last night, not sure what's next. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 18:01 12
  - is it the book by Andy Weir? -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 18:23 1
    - Yes, Definitely a good read. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 18:35
  - Hmm? After all the talk here I figured there'd be a wait-list at the library. There's actually a copy available at a branch across town... - Meg Sep 1, 18:09
  - What did you think of The Martian? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:02 8
    - My dad called last night to tell me how much he liked it - prayformojo Sep 1, 18:05 5
      - Search your feelings, you know it to be true! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 18:08 2
        
        Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 18:09 1
        
        *cuts off pfm's hand* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 18:12
      - but... is CT your father? -- nm - mafic Sep 1, 18:08
      - :) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:06
    - I liked it quite a bit but the problem/solution/NEW DISASTER! cycle got a bit repetative. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 18:03
    - (I promise not to tell you to shut your whore mouth if you say anything bad.) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:02
- Gone Girl -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 18:01
Residents of Japan are being urged to stock up on toilet paper in anticipation of major earthquakes....... -- (link) - Meg Sep 1, 17:36 4
- It's the currency of a post-apocalyptic society. -- nm - Tim Sep 1, 17:56 1
  - replacing cigarettes? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 17:58
- Job Security For Me! -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 17:48 1
  - do you have tsunami resistant paper? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 17:59
I almost just swallowed two alka-seltzer discs as if they were aspirin pills. I could have exploded! -- nm - Max Sep 1, 17:17 1
- Try some Menthos with a Pepsi chaser -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 17:31
What the heck is an Aleksandra Krunic? -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 17:02
Spiderman interests me about the least among modern comic book movies, but the music in Amazing Spider-Man 2 does a good job of keeping it engaging. -- nm - Max Sep 1, 16:21 1
- Agreed. Nothing new. Sinister Six could be interesting -- nm - budice Sep 1, 16:25
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- probably one of my all time favorite games. -- nm - decline Sep 1, 16:16
unexpected trivia! any trivia nuggets you'd like to share? I will read while walking downtown. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Sep 1, 16:07 26
- Oh, I've got a good one. Which is the only continent in the world without any major desert? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:35
- Johannesburg is the largest city in the world that isn't on a lake, river or coastline. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 18:12
- osmium is the densest naturally occurring element. (22.6ish g/cm3). -- nm - mafic Sep 1, 18:11
- L Ron Hubbard's first name is Lafayette. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:05
- rolls royce dash boards are made out of walnut -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 18:02
- All US nickels minted have said five cents, the word nickel has never been used. All other recent coins though, have said one cent, one dime, etc -- nm - Flavorize Sep 1, 17:38
- What country has the most of the world's 10 largest lakes and how many does it have? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 17:35 3
  - (bu only if the Caspian Sea is not counted as a lake) -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 17:52 2
    - Freshwater only! -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 17:55 1
      - Well OK, but it still has 3 + 2 halves = 4 -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 18:00
- Tim Horton [of doughnut fame] was on 4 Stanley Cup winning teams -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 1, 17:31
- Name the only world flag with more than 4 sides. - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 17:29 10
  - The only flag with a weapon on it? - Reagen Sep 1, 17:39 9
    - The Chinese flag has 1 large star and 4 smaller stars. What do the smaller stars represent? - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 17:47
    - But the - mud Sep 1, 17:44 7
      - Yeah, there are a few with weapons - Roger More Sep 1, 17:58 3
        
        I must have misremembered this bit - looking further, I replaced that with the actual bit which is - Reagen Sep 1, 18:00 2
        
        Similarly, Barbados has the only national flag with a trident. -- nm - Roger More Sep 1, 18:07 1
        
        Heh. "May I take your trident, sir?" nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 18:07
      - Hmm. Good catch. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 17:55 2
        
        I assume they just mean theirs to be counted as costume weaponry -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 17:55 1
        
        It's just a really souped up eating utensil. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 1, 17:57
- The average American spends about 90% of their time indoors. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 16:10 3
  - It takes food about seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 16:11 2
    - Kobe Bryant’s middle name is Bean. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 16:13 1
      - Bubble wrap was first manufactured to be sold as wall paper. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 16:17
Makarena at the US Open! -- nm - budice Sep 1, 15:29 4
- Macarena dance record set at Yankee Stadium -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 15:55 [youtube]
- Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra! -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 15:47
- What where the 1990s? -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 15:43 1
  - were -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 15:43
Big Brother POV spoils - Peglegpete Sep 1, 15:22
we need Bradley Cooper to do a sequel to Midnight Meat Train -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 1, 15:20 4
- Morning Meat Train? -- nm - budice Sep 1, 15:26 3
  - After Midnight Meat Train -- nm - CQ Sep 1, 15:29 2
    - Midnight Jerky Train -- nm - Max Sep 1, 15:33 1
      - bacon bus after houers -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 1, 15:50
wap? Cracked: "The 36 Greatest Shows and Movies Ever to Almost Happen" -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 1, 14:59 2
- "...At one point, Robin Williams, Rodney Dangerfield, Cher and Donna Summers were all attached.....it would have featured Kiss fighting the Village - prayformojo Sep 1, 15:05 1
  - That looks like it would have rivaled Zardoz for insanity. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 15:15
Top Gear in Bolivia is one of the greatest things ever. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 1, 14:56 2
- Yes, Yes it is. At least twice you really feared for their lives - amoxy Sep 1, 15:21 1
  - spoils - Peglegpete Sep 1, 15:23
“...They are already working on Ant-Man, Dr. Strange and the Black Panther and there are others I am not allowed to talk about.” - Stan Lee Sep 1, 14:35 5
- Black Widow ! -- nm - mud Sep 1, 15:00
- All 3 of those sound interesting and can act in the same way the b story does in a TV show. - TWuG Sep 1, 14:53 3
  - expect that in Avengers 3 -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 14:59 2
    - nmbR - Spawn Sep 1, 15:07 1
      - I don't know yet. lots going on with store. -- nm - Remlik Sep 1, 15:17
I was surprised at how few people were in the park - guess that's because we have no BBQ pits.... - Meg Sep 1, 14:32
I love the Top Gear marathon. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 1, 14:17
Reggie Wayne on Peyton: "he's my brother. He's the enemy." -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 14:09
for the 1st time in a long time, i'm actually seriously considering skipping T'giving and Christmas "festivities" this year . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 1, 14:07
So, ST poll. I am on a train with a reclining seat. Unfortunately I am back-to back with another reclining seat. The two seats must share the - Roger More Sep 1, 13:46 8
- D. smear some nutella on the seat behind you so someone thinks a person had a shart and doesn't sit there. -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 14:45
- Closure: I went with B, which was lucky be wise I got moved to the seat immediately behind me, and didnt get stuck with the hair that won't recline. - Roger More Sep 1, 14:06 1
  - hummmmphhh -- nm - Marge Simpson Sep 1, 14:25
- D -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 1, 14:01 1
  - what size drink -large or jumbo? -- nm - mud Sep 1, 14:15
- D. Take it all but first go to the other seat and spill a drink in it so nobody sits there. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 13:56
- B -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 13:49
- B -- nm - rollo Sep 1, 13:48
Rams sign 10 to practice squad, none of them Michael Sam -- nm - budice Sep 1, 13:37
I'm getting a sidebar amazon ad for Bertman's Ballpark Mustard, it looks awesome but spendy -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:25 1
- Plochman's pretty good -- nm - budice Sep 1, 13:37
Atlanta Braves = no hits today -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 13:23 2
- Rats. -- nm - David Sep 1, 15:46
- nmbb - Spawn Sep 1, 13:28
Outlook/Yahoo e-mail question. I access my work's e-mail account (Yahoo), at work, through Outlook. At home, when I pull it up through Yahoo, i'm not - IrishStephen (2013 FJS and QV CHAMPION!) Sep 1, 13:17 6
- It depends if you are pulling the email via pop or imap - droidlet Sep 1, 15:33
- You need to change outlook to leave the messages on the server and only get a copy. - Karl_S Sep 1, 14:58
- been so long since I used Outlook, but on that isn't the read inbox and sent on the actual computer you use and not on the server? -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:19 1
  - Ah, could be. I've never used Outlook before this. Thanks (to both of yous), that makes sense. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 1, 13:21
- If the mailboxes are stored locally on your PC at work, you won't see it remotely. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 13:18 1
  - this, when you look at email from another server/site, you usually only download the new stuff at the isp mail server -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 17:57
*celebrates new board by kragling Dano* -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:15

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