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Good news you guys. Han Solo is in! -- (link) - con_carne Oct 22, 13:44 [Image] 2
- I see the herders. I guess the DB in sunglasses is a nerf. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 13:49
- That's what she said. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:45
Speaking of not hot, the new anti-Root/Shaw on POI is not hot. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:42 1
- spoilers man -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 13:44
Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW Air to start service from Boston and Baltimore to Reykjavik in 2015. -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 13:34 3
- *makes note* -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 13:37
- Do we want to go to Reykjavik? Last I heard they're inadequate for having no bowling alleys. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:35 1
  - top gear loves iceland for the great roads to drive on -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:45
"U.S. crude inventories rose by 7.11 million barrels, more than the 2.7 million-barrel increase analysts had expected." Some experts. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 13:30 1
- drill baby drill -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:37
(it really must be opposite day, if people are finding my jokes funny and groiny's ... not) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 13:17 24
- I don't find fear of being homosexual funny. It's kind of sad actually -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 13:30 11
  - where the hell are you getting that from? -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:34 10
    - adrianne paliki ain't your type, uh huh -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:39 7
      - there are far better looking woman on AofS than her! -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:40 6
        
        Simmons always looks like she's about to cry. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:40 5
        
        her and skye both are way, way better looking IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:41
        
        well, comfort her then! -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 13:41 3
        
        She's so short if I went to put my arm around her it would whoosh a foot above her head. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:41 2
        
        there are advantages to that. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:43
        
        I forgot. You're a heightist -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 13:42
    - This very board? -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 13:37 1
      - pfft -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:37
- its your birthday...you'll get a few days before we return to normal shivarly -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:25 1
  - No, it's Diva's birthday. Mine was two days ago. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 13:26
- your post implies that people regularly find groiny's posts funny... - crash davis Oct 22, 13:18 8
  - says the human rawhide bone...... -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:25 7
    - "Spawn in daisy dukes" - there is something seriously off in your mind, boy -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 13:27 6
      - Spawn and Remlik have a once a week date night, and I am the one who is off? - groiny Oct 22, 13:29 5
        
        that is fine, it is the visual you painted of him in daisy dukes - can't scrub my mind -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 13:40 2
        
        his milkshake bring remlik to the yard. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:41 1
        
        remlik will go to the yard of whoever is buying comics from him -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 13:45
        
        I have not seen Remlik in weeks. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:30 1
        
        explains your shitty mood! -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:31
- word -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:18
10 takeaways from the NBA's rejection of lottery reform -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 13:15 2
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  - Lowe says they voted against it as they own Memphis' pick and want a better pick out of it -- nm - The Misadventures of Beaker and Squirrel Oct 22, 13:20
South Park pinball (site mildly NSFW-ish) -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 22, 13:07 3
- oh man. another Pinball 2 pack I need to purchase. -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 13:23
- "The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Incidental Nudity" - Were-Baron Oct 22, 13:20
- Mildly? -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:10
Adrianne Palicki oozed sex appeal last night on AoS. - Jovian Oct 22, 13:06 22
- oh my yes she did. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 13:11
- she is not my type, at all. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:09 18
  - she's super hot (in case dignan was going to ask me). -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 22, 13:30 8
    - I do not recall actually seeing her in anything, so she can't be all that exciting. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:33 7
      - she was in FNL. -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 22, 13:37 6
        
        she could be one who looks better in motion than in still photos. - groiny Oct 22, 13:42
        
        did not watch it -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:37 4
        
        You're missing out. Seriously. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 13:43 3
        
        I never watched one minute, I liked it when it was Varsity Blues. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:44 2
        
        Oh, honey. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 13:55
        
        Varsity Blues is the MTV version of this show. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 13:46
  - Once again, not funny Groiny -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 13:12
  - Not surprising. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:09 7
    - well Groiny isn't a tall. so he couldn't handle that. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 13:11 6
      - I am sure Spawn in a pair of daisy dukes really revv your engine too. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:13 2
        
        It worries me how much time you spend thinking about this stuff. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:25 1
        
        in Remlik's defense, you do kinda look like a chick. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 13:26
      - Mmmm.... 5'11"..... -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 13:12 2
        
        I'd like to see her and Jessica Biel go at it. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:13 1
        
        I literally wanted to see her go at it with whoever she was sharing screen time with last night.. - Jovian Oct 22, 13:19
- And her enemies oozed blood and spinal fluid! -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:07
- And did you see her upcoming regular outfit? Hell. Yeah. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 13:07
Hist. Soc. board meeting this morning. We were approving a bid to remove a dead eucalyptus tree from the property. I suggest it was - Meg Oct 22, 13:04 1
- ARGH! - Rebecca Gayheart SI Oct 22, 13:08
"Do you get money to go to school if you have a parole officer?" -- nm - Today in Actual Student Questions Oct 22, 12:54
Given our time crunch during the week, the four sweetest words in the English language have become - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:53 5
- Isn't it always ... - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 13:26
- pizza on speed dail -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:00
- Infinite ketchup and milk -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:59
- Happy Houer starts now -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 12:58
- Olive Garden unlimited breadsticks -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 12:56
There are 51 members of the NYC City Council, 5 of whom make up the LGBT Caucus (2 Manhattan, 2 Queens, 1 Bronx). - ty97 Oct 22, 12:43 11
- 2 Queens on the LGBT Caucus :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 12:53
- In other news, NYC has at least 51 city councilors. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 12:49 5
  - Exactly 51, in fact. -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 12:53 4
    - how does that work divided among 5 bourroughs -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:01 3
      - It's population based: Brooklyn 16, Queens 14, Manhattan 10, The Bronx 8, Staten Island 3 -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 13:04
      - #51 gets passed around like an HBO GO login. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:02 1
        
        wherever a slot needs to be filled? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 13:18
- They let Republicans on their city council? How horrid! -- nm - St. Louis Board of Aldermen Oct 22, 12:49 3
  - I'm certainly not surprised that Dems hold a strong majority here but as a bit surprised that it is 48-3. - ty97 Oct 22, 12:51
  - Hey, there's at least one independent now. - spamlet Oct 22, 12:50 1
    - I think we can safely put air quotes around that. :) -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 12:52
on cooking competition shows, I think private chefs are behind the eight ball in that they mainly make a fancy meal for one family - restaurant chefs - crash davis Oct 22, 12:43 1
- restaurant chefs do a lot of par/pre cooking, chicken breasts are half baked so when one is ordered they can saute' it in a few minutes -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 12:58
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Champions League (spoils) - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 12:41 1
- spoils - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 12:44
I'm glad no one has told the U.S. media yet that the American embassy is across the street from Parliament Hill. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 12:39 2
- Already saw it was in lockdown. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 12:40
- I did not know this. Now I too am glad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:39
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- i guess now would be a good time for me to transfer and apply for their competitive water aerobics program -- nm - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 22, 13:52
- It's about damn time. -- nm - David Oct 22, 12:50 2
  - I wonder, though, about how this plays with smaller schools - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:52 1
    - I agree some sort of standard rate will be necessary. I suggest pegging it to each school's work-study program. - Were-Baron Oct 22, 13:01
- That sound you heard is the NCAA losing it's freaking goddamn mind. College athletics just changed forever. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 12:47
- Quidditch, here I come! -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 12:44
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  - Doesn't the conference have to permit this as policy before Texas can offer this? -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 12:44 1
    - It's the Big UT...sorry, Big 12..it's a fait accompli. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 12:53
- Well, if you can't beat the SEC, might as well try to out-spend them. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 12:40
"That thing with that guy..." and "I've never even been to Belize" are my two favorite lines from Ocean's 11. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 12:36 2
- "All reds" - David Oct 22, 12:38 1
  - THAT I remember. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:39
One thing about Flash is seeing Tom Cavanaugh in the role he is playing - eag Oct 22, 12:36 18
- he's been great -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 13:01
- For some reason my DVR did not record it. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 12:58
- Would somebody PLEASE release Ed on video?! -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 12:52 5
  - Ten bucks if you can get 'em to bring it back -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 13:06 1
    - I've seen his buddy in a car commercial lately. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:37
  - I think Ed would survive on primetime this season. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:53 2
    - TBF, it DID go 4 seasons. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 12:54 1
      - a decade ago. Some of those era shows wouldn't work on tv today, but I think Ed would work on ABC (despite originally being NBC) -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:56
- I liked him in Love Monkey, but I might be the only person who watched that show. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 12:38
- he'll always be the Labatts Blue guy. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 12:37 2
  - see? -- (link) - Andie Oct 22, 12:38 [youtube] 1
    - there were several... -- (link) - Andie Oct 22, 12:39 [youtube]
- I like it. It is a definite change from what I expected of him (speculation spoils) - crash davis Oct 22, 12:37
- spoils - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:36 4
  - (Spoils) - eag Oct 22, 12:38 3
    - I'm an episode behind, but you raise a good point. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:39 2
      - Also (spoils) - eag Oct 22, 12:42 1
        
        spoils - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:49
Waterfall flows upward (kind of) due to wind -- (link) - mara Oct 22, 12:34 [youtube] 2
- Crazy. I'll just stick to the rivers and the lakes that I'm used to -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 12:35 1
  - laughing. this is one of my favorite posts in a long time. -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 22, 13:28
Billy Corgan and Rebecca Gayheart Settle Two-Year Tree Feud -- (link) - con_carne Oct 22, 12:28 3
- That's groot to hear. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:50
- Stupid tree. Landslide brought it down - oblique Oct 22, 12:31 1
  - ~I took my love and took it down~ -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 12:33
TV ratings from last night looks like the World Series may have impacted some of the shows -- (link) - eag Oct 22, 12:28 1
- One would hope so -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 12:29
on the Walking Dead, its nice to see dudes from The Wire getting more work -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 12:28
"I'm convinced this newspaper no longer has the backs of reporters like me." - ty97 Oct 22, 12:27 13
- I've seen two other prominent resignations today. Today is the day of quits. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 13:07
- This doesn't surprise me one bit. Rauner has run a fantastic campaign in many ways, making himself seem independent and only looking for integrity in - pmb Oct 22, 12:43 6
  - Yeah, if you had halfway decent governors anytime in the last decade Rauner wouldn't be a problem. - spamlet Oct 22, 12:51 1
    - I don't think he's been terrible (given what he has had to deal with), but the guy just sounds mentally challenged when he speaks. There's just - pmb Oct 22, 12:55
  - Well he wants Illinois to pay its bills and he thinks taxes are driving businesses out of the state. So I guess we can look forward to drastic cuts - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 12:46 3
    - I love his line that he keeps in all his ads saying he "doesn't have a social agenda", as if cutting taxes and services isn't a social agenda. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 12:51 2
      - His "You earned your pension, I won't cut it" just means he'll find some other way to cut benefits. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 13:19 1
        
        He wants to shift to a defined contribution plan instead of a defined benefit plan for anything going forward. So he'll preserve current benefits, - pmb Oct 22, 13:22
- Rauner is a piece of work. It sucks that he might beat Quinn. - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 12:43
- I'm familiar with his work. Too bad. - Kim Pine Oct 22, 12:40
- "The Sun-Times is stocked with dedicated reporters, editors and columnists, who work every day with integrity, long hours and not enough pay." - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:33 1
  - That's why the editors are included. "Not getting paid enough to fix this s***." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:48
- It's ok, they can fill that space with quotes and pictures from random twitter feeds -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 12:29
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