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Remlik: Jericho just put out his third(?!) memoir. -- nm - Tim Oct 21, 10:02 1
- yeah it sounds good. His first two were really good. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 10:03
Last night my daughter wanted to stay up late. We watched last week's Gotham (the one with the parental advisory at the beginning and the chick fight) - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 21, 09:53
"How do you launch America's newest $360 million ship? Like a toy in a bathtub" -- (link) - @jalopnik Oct 21, 09:48 5
- oh no no no no no! -- nm - the cook Oct 21, 09:57
- It could be worse. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:56 [youtube]
- We lose so many that way. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 21, 09:54
- You'd think you'd come up with a system more like the locks at Mackinaw to get the ship afloat - oblique Oct 21, 09:51 1
  - Right, build it in drydock, flood the dock, sail it out... -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 10:02
Regarding B2 ... I guess Sears is the new Black. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 09:46
Prescription processor Caremark (owned by CVS) will start charging extra for prescriptions filled at places that sell tobacco. -- nm - Tim Oct 21, 09:44
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- A Jim Cantore shoot without 100mph rain is no shoot at all. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:38
oh come on! It's like my Victoria's Secret supermodel coworker isn't even trying to wear clothes anymore. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:30 14
- Did you bring dollar bills just in case? -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 10:06
- My brother works for Victoria's Secret. In most workplaces looking at lingerie photos gets you fired. There they're 30 feet tall in the lobby. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 10:05 2
  - He must be in a lot of meetings -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 10:06 1
    - And every once in a while an actual supermodel walks through the office. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 10:09
- Your office sounds like the Charlie's Angels bit from Charlie Wilson's War. -- nm - David Oct 21, 09:46 2
  - Ever since I started working here it's been like Charlie's Angels. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:48 1
    - You really need to instagram. -- nm - David Oct 21, 09:53
- I look forward to this upcoming dilemma. -- (link) - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 21, 09:40 [youtube]
- Ask her if you can take a picture of her so you can post it on the internet for all your virtual friends to oggle at -- nm - decline Oct 21, 09:40 1
  - Max projects the normal version of Rob Lowe, not that creepy one. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:42
- heh. We have one that rents from us. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:36 1
  - Let's sue them for sexual harassment. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:37
- Next World Problems. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 21, 09:30 1
  - Max World Problems -- nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 09:31
How To Draw A Perfect Freehand Circle, dammit -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 21, 09:27 1
sitwap: Reggie Wayne out for a few games due to elbow -- (link) - Remlik Oct 21, 09:25 1
- dammit -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:26
I'm trying this on for size. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 21, 09:21
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Game of Hives: Australian bees fight each other for months and die for control of a hive -- (link) - con_carne Oct 21, 09:17 7
- it doesn't mention if their forges are hot, or if either side is good at waving in troops -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:33
- *sets up a party hive across the field* -- nm - George Clooney bee Oct 21, 09:18
- There can bee only one. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:17 4
  - Oh honey -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 09:21
  - what are you droning on about? -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 09:20
  - go sit in the corner -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:18 1
    - Oh come on, it is far superior to the Game of Hives line! -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:19
Back on the abortion discussion for a sec, overheard at Starbucks was a young couple (not married obvie). Girl tells guy she's pregnant. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:15 40
- Teenagers? -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 09:32 3
  - I want to say college, both mentioned work. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 10:00 2
    - you missed a glorious opportunity to tell them you were an OB/GYN and you could help. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 10:01 1
      - I would but I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 10:06
- Deets part 1... - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:25 17
  - Maybe you're in an episode of ABC's Primetime: What Would You Do? -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:34
  - Deets part 2.... - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:33 7
    - What kind of car did they get into? Or was it public transportation? -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 09:41 1
      - This is what happened when they walked away; -- (link) - Loyola Oct 21, 09:53 [youtube]
    - did they mind that you sat down at their table with them during this talk? -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:37 4
      - that was the two minutes of uncomfortable silence -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:43
      - I was at the table next to them. And had just finished reading the article that was posted yesterday. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:42 2
        
        And when you pulled out the stenotype? -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 21, 09:48 1
        
        Had only mentioned in original post, but people clamored for details... - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:53
  - This is a real page turner. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 09:28 3
    - Man, ST is turbo snarky in this thread. -- nm - Inigo Oct 21, 09:33 2
      - I figure I would be the same if I was following someone real-time tweeting. what else is one supposed to do while waiting? -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:34
      - *hangs head in shame* -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 09:34
  - he didn't even ask if she was sure it was his first? sheesh, rookie -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:27 2
    - They are obviously exclusive, hello!? -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:31
    - (this could likely go very very badly, especially in a public place) -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:28
  - I cannot even fathom how I would've handled that in my early 20s. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:26
- This would have been more interesting if it was a guy telling a girl she's pregnant. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 09:23
- when you're telling these little stories, here's a good idea. have a point, it makes is so much more interesting for the listener. -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:23
- is this like a finish your own story, story? -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:21 3
  - she instead falls in love with a Barista named Sebastian and they get married instead - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:24 2
    - I figure budice will pick her up off the ground in a bit. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:25
    - i've seen this prono -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:24
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  - I bet they name the kid Starbuck. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:21 1
    - one of my coworkers named her puppy Beef Carpaccio because that's what they were eating when they found out they were getting him -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 09:36
- Did she use that sweet meme going around to let him know? -- (link) - Shaun Oct 21, 09:18 [Image] 1
  - heelarious -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:20
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- ....and? -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 09:16 4
  - He thinks Starbucks should offer abortions. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:17 3
    - a hot pumpkin spice latte up the cooter should work. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:18 1
      - How to catch white girls: Step #1: Pumpkin spice. Step #2: Done. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:19
    - I assumed it was in the pumpkin spice. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:18
- When is the wedding? -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:16
Is it any wonder that EW, in their story about how no new fall shows have been canceled yet, used a promo picture from Bad Judge? -- (link) - Baron Mop Oct 21, 09:15
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- well, since next year is the year marty goes forward, it all makes sense - dogbert Oct 21, 09:39
- now he just needs to lay those metal plates across every inch of the Earth's surface and he's good to go! -- nm - decline Oct 21, 09:22
- But what if the World's Poles switch?! -- nm - Roo- The pumpkin queen Oct 21, 09:21 2
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    - And when they fall off, they'll spin the other way. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 21, 09:28
*punches IFRS in the d!ck* -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 09:10
Opinion, please: if you like bluegrass, please rate this track 1-10. Thanks! -- (link) - mara Oct 21, 09:09 [youtube] 1
- Just a link -- (link) - mara Oct 23, 08:50
New Hunger Games: Mockingjay trailer -- (link) - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:05 [youtube] 2
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  - Yeah, it is very commercial. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:24
There's a legendary rocket launcher in Destiny that essentially heat seeks. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 21, 09:02 [youtube] 5
- Is this a hack, a bug, or just something no one has ever discovered before? -- nm - Baron Mop Oct 21, 09:11 1
  - The weapons does have tracking, this guy just happened to fire at the exact time that he missed and the rocket adjusted, -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:13
- Is this the rocket launcher the weekend guy was selling? -- nm - David Oct 21, 09:05 1
  - No, although Truth also tracks. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:06
- Correction: It's an exotic. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 09:04
Heh, Fidelity's front page article today names 10 stocks for a Bear market. Includes.... - Meg Oct 21, 09:01
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- In the front, at least. -- nm - Baron Mop Oct 21, 09:16
- "What kind of business you got goin' on here?" "exactly" "no, what business are you run" "right" - Beaker Oct 21, 09:06
- a baby rabbit called a kit or kitten - not bunny. that is just a nick name - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:02
- are you giving us the group of ferrets? -- nm - dogbert Oct 21, 09:01 1
  - we never got our free puppy from pfm, so I'm not believing ML if he says he is -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 09:02
- That is no business of yours. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 21, 09:01
LYC: Recently hardwired my PS4 and have just successfully set up a remote play connection via the Vita from work. Cool. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 08:51 2
- That is cool, hardwiring game consoles is the way to go. Wireless can be iffy on connection/thruput, 5GHz might change that. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:02 1
  - My PS4 is about 12ft away from the router and I got a max of 13mbps down. After hardwiring, 23mbps down. - Shaun Oct 21, 09:22
That professor had a twin! -- nm - Kevin Sorbo Oct 21, 08:51
ST Poll: have you ever taken home office supplies? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 08:49 28
- Of course. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 09:13
- Usually I bring them in because the pens here suck. -- nm - spamlet Oct 21, 09:12 2
  - Found the accountant! ^^^^^ -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:17 1
    - I just like having a non-crappy pen. -- nm - spamlet Oct 21, 09:30
- Yes. Most commonly a ream of paper for my home laserjet -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 09:00 9
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    - ironically, most commonly for Christmas letters -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 09:03 7
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        Now my wife just takes it from the church -- nm - oblique Oct 21, 09:10 4
        
        Big deal, altarboys have been taking it from the church for decades. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:22
        
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        He just calls it benevolence. -- nm - spamlet Oct 21, 09:14 1
        
        Using the Lord's supplies in vain! -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 09:16
      - *claps in glee* -- nm - Satan Oct 21, 09:05
- What bugs me about these people who steal stuff from stores and sell it online is... How come I never find their listings on eBay? - Baron Mop Oct 21, 08:57 2
  - kijii -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 08:58 1
    - kijiji rather -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 08:58
- Company is notorious for this. People have actually run side-businesses because our Canon Copiers are Kinkos quality. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 08:57 1
  - They once tried to offer older PCs and accesories to people, but nobody bought em. Prices were higher than newer stuff in stores. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 08:59
- Well yes..... - Meg Oct 21, 08:55
- yep. Espeically when stuff was just going to be trashed. White D-Ring binders for sports cards are perfect. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 08:53
- pens, pads of note paper - likely a reem of copy paper - Epiphany Oct 21, 08:52
- Pens pencils and copy paper. Not much more -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 08:51
- that's what they're there for, isn't it? -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 08:50
- Sure. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 08:50
- sure. - Beaker Oct 21, 08:50 1
  - good adding machine too -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 08:50
- yup -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 08:50
Did we see the column by the ex-ball Boy for the Bears? - amoxy Oct 21, 08:48
SC Republican: "Gays are like Gremlins" -- (link) - Reagen Oct 21, 08:46 7
- I'll just note that he made this speech next to a phallic symbol -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 08:56
- If you get them wet after midnight, look out! -- nm - Baron Mop Oct 21, 08:56
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- "...there's a Christian running in South Carolina that you can't intimidate or stop." ...why would we want to? More rope! -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 08:52 2
  - till he wins and then gays can't eat after midnight -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 08:53 1
    - Heaven help you if you get them wet. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 21, 08:55
- There's a gay on the wing of the plane! -- nm - William Shatner Oct 21, 08:49
LOL -- (link) - con_carne Oct 21, 08:45
*charges tax on B2* -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 08:44 1
- Minnesota now feels our pain. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 21, 08:48
Roll. -- nm - Shaun Oct 21, 08:44

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