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Oof. "Maybe Missourians, for all that they claim to be hard-nosed 'show-me' types, are rubes at heart who can be taken in by this." -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 16:34
This is a great bird picture... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 16:24 2
- it is, heh/eep. (why is it nsfw? are birds the new arachnids?) -- nm - b. Jan 5, 16:36
- Tits. -- nm - Father Jack si Jan 5, 16:34
Kings of Chaos Tour: Sorum, McKagan, Clarke w/ Steven Tyer, Billy GIbbons, Robin Zander & Nuno Bettencourt -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 16:08 3
- I'd go see that show. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 5, 16:25
- and it is a VERY nice setlist -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 5, 16:14 1
  - that is a great set list. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 5, 16:27
No changes coming to NFL officials’ playoff assignments -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 15:57 3
- That's the head of officiating's opinion. The NFL may/should have a different one. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 15:59 2
  - is he the same guy who was on Jerry Jones' party bus? -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 16:00 1
    - the same -- nm - budice Jan 5, 16:01
"We gotta go. Yeah, the uppers are kicking in, just took some 'ludes to smooth them out, so I'm right in that sweet spot. - prayformojo Jan 5, 15:56 1
- you need a drink -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 15:59
So it turns out that three cycles of the light is my limit before I'll go out to knock on the window of the car in front to pull out on green so they - Reagen Jan 5, 15:53 9
- note to self: the Tall Canadian would rather potentially scare a fellow driver up close than via honking. -- nm - b. Jan 5, 16:03 8
  - "LOOK! It's a Wendigo!" -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 16:09
  - "Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 16:07
  - I did honk, but I was five cars back. - Reagen Jan 5, 16:06 4
    - ah, I see - thanks! (I now wonder about the limits of the other drivers in between you two.) -- nm - b. Jan 5, 16:09 3
      - Not everyone likes 7 degree weather. -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 16:34 1
        
        Yeah, in alberta it might be seen as too warm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 16:36
      - I had that thought after I got back in my car - Reagen Jan 5, 16:20
  - (insert relative politeness measure comment ^) -- nm - b. Jan 5, 16:06
"Are you mad, Mansley?" -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 15:53 1
- "You stay, I go. No following." -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 15:57
sitwap: Gaston at Disney smokes another guy at pushups... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 15:25 [youtube] 3
- (that's the same guy as was posted here over the weekend.) -- nm - b. Jan 5, 15:32 2
  - yeah the one the little girl totally owned. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 15:32 1
    - him, too; but it's the same push-up challenger. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 5, 15:33
Humane Society targets Minnesota chicken processor for animal cruelty -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 15:16 2
- "But we don't *want* to go see the new Hobbit movie." nm - miserable minnesotan chickens Jan 5, 15:34
- I for one demand that my future fried chicken sleep on velvet and get hourly massages -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 15:20
Talking to a cable company about their package prices is Kafka-esque. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 15:11 4
- they are the masters of making a bunch of crappie seem like something, and to get that one Chan you might as well get the whole thing - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 16:02
- Every time I have to speak to Comcast, I picture Brazil. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 15:56
- "Why, that would be telling." -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 15:51
- And moving from one package to another often feels like crossing the Bridge of Khazad-dûm - Beryllium Jan 5, 15:14
New Oklahoma amendment would outlaw hoodies -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 15:11
Huh?? It's about 85 deg out there!! -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 14:58
new on Netflix Canada: Bubble Guppies Season 2 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:52
Mike Tyson once confronted Michael Jordan over Tyson's ex-wife Robin Givens -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 14:52
Lakers: GM Mitch Kupchak's daughter passes away at 15 -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 14:49 1
- :( - -- nm - b. Jan 5, 15:05
HSX PSA . . . wap? but a few minor adjusts on starbonds tomorrow that are decent. but next week is . . . - call me Ishmael Jan 5, 14:49
A Jeopardy category on 80s hair bands? Thank you, Trivia Jesus! -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 5, 14:45 2
- Friday's winner (today's champ) reminds me of Ty97. That is all. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 15:39
- $3000 for me. Where do I collect? -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 5, 14:53
Vice: CNN's "Doomsday video" appeared in Gremlins 2. -- (link) - nubby Jan 5, 14:39 4
- gremlins 2 is sooooooooo great....nm - x Jan 5, 15:25 1
  - agreed -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 15:32
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  - Yeah, very poorly written headline. -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 14:53
Heads rolling at the CBC (or scapegoats being found as budget cuts are looming) in relation to the Jian Ghomeshi scandal. -- (link) - Mop Jan 5, 14:28 1
- but they could have a leave of absence for any reason. maybe they both had doctor's appointments? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:35
Is Tusk something I should be ashamed that I haven't seen yet? I barely even know what it is. - Mop Jan 5, 14:26 6
- It's one of my favorite movies of last year. It's very out there. - Mel Profit Jan 5, 16:29
- It is very weird. But I really disliked your IM. The scenes he was in were stupid and childish -- nm - amoxy Jan 5, 14:42 2
  - Depp seems to be the common thread in the trilogy. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 14:46 1
    - his kid and smith's kid are best friends apparently. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 14:49
- it's....interesting. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 14:36
- Fleetwood Mac & the USC Marching Band -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 5, 14:32 [youtube]
Whittier, Alaska sounds interesting -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:23 1
- Great views, too. . . -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jan 5, 15:51
my nephew & his wife are registered at Babies R Us, and I just bought their son a few baby things. my mother has already overloaded them with clothes - Peglegpete Jan 5, 14:00 14
- Books or diapers. You can never have too many of either -- nm - amoxy Jan 5, 14:44 1
  - they have a 3 year old daughter, so the library has a good start -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 14:47
- when in doubt, a case of diapers. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 14:05 11
  - this and burp cloths/baby towels. We couldn't wash those damn burp cloths fast enough -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 14:33 1
    - I'd almost say a gift certificate to Diapers.com is the best gift ever -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 14:34
  - I always heard you can't have too many receiving blankets -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 14:13 2
    - the nice muslin swaddling blankets are a good gift -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:24
    - breat someone here sells gift packs of custom diapers of some sort really cute ones -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 14:14
  - Ding. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 14:10 5
    - did you ever run out of clean diapers for Nathan? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 14:16 4
      - I don't recall running out per se...but I know there's been times he's worn a night-diaper during the day as we make a diaper run. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 14:24
      - we always had to run out for more. - groiny Jan 5, 14:17 2
        
        i'm just trying to figure out how flawed my logic is, haveing never been a parent -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 14:18 1
        
        buying Diapers and Formula are a neverending occurance. - groiny Jan 5, 14:19
Cnet's Nerdgasm hits CamelCamelCamel, and nails it on the head. -- (link) - Mop Jan 5, 13:59 [youtube] 1
- Never embarrassed to be cheap. I would set an alert at near the lowest price and just wait. -- nm - GregW Jan 5, 14:20
i think that i might have just discovered "an error" in the star wars 7 trailer . . . - call me Ishmael Jan 5, 13:44 10
- thankfully, i haven't made the error of watching the star wars trailer.....nm - x Jan 5, 15:23
- ok, points well taken . . . but i'm making a mental note to watch for this when the movie comes out :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 5, 14:25
- it's a teaser they rushed to get out. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 13:52
- remember, it's a trailer, in the movie that exact cut might not exist, those two clips might be not back to back in the film. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 13:51 3
  - Hell, most of those clips probably won't make the final cut. nm - Dignan Jan 5, 13:52 1
    - *pele's the soccer ball droid out of the planet's atmosphere* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 14:11
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 13:52
- A gaffi gaffe? Sounds intentional. nm - Dignan Jan 5, 13:47
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- magic xylophone. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 13:45
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- Except they're always mistaking rat poison for salt. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 13:56 2
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    - Which one of you chumps is stealing my bit? -- nm - Bender si Jan 5, 14:15
- they use 10W40 instead of olive oil :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 13:43 3
  - and WD 40 for a finishing umami bang -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 14:16
  - a roast done at 300' for 3 hours computes to be 3 minutes at 3 , 000' and so much more productive -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 13:49
  - *orders the sterno nicoise* -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 5, 13:45
- I'm totally fascinated by the oncoming AI singularity. nm - Dignan Jan 5, 13:41 15
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    - I recently read Lincoln Child's Death Match.....scary stuff. -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 13:51 1
      - I just read Meg's dossier and I'm terrified. -- nm - Lincoln Child si Jan 5, 13:55
  - Adam Link was the first -- (link) - Eando Binder Jan 5, 13:46
  - it will happen in our lifetime. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 5, 13:43 7
    - Absolutely. - Dignan Jan 5, 13:45 6
      - But how would we motivate it to? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:35 4
        
        It also sounds like the start of the zombie robot apocalypse. -- nm - Inigo Jan 5, 14:41 2
        
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        Robozombopocalpyse! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:47
        
        "Get your homework done and you can watch all the robot porn you want." -- nm - Max Jan 5, 14:41
      - brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 14:07
  - SID 6.7 -- nm - budice Jan 5, 13:43 1
    - "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:25
  - Shouldn't we be working to secure Sarah Connor already? -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 5, 13:43
CDAN: 50 Shades of Lea - budice Jan 5, 13:35 6
- A) Where has she appeared with Hunnam and B) The only way I picture Hunnam hooking up with her is by gently shifting aside 3 other women in his bed. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 14:01 4
  - Black Dynamite style! -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 14:11
  - as good as SoA was, there was not a high concentration of hot chicks in it. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 14:09
  - she starred in an episode of SOA as a diner waitress. Director Paris Barclay loves working with her. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 14:05 1
    - Blah. That seems like slumming for her. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 14:06
- From what I've heard of her, I'm surprised both people mentioned are dudes. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 13:59
Amazon not going forward with Chris Carter's new show -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 13:32 1
- When asked for how long he envisioned the show would run, he was quoted as saying, "The mythos is worth 4 years so I'lll have to say 7 seasons." -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 13:42
are there any online/app trivia games where cheating risk is low? like fast responses needed maybe? just a few days in, and trivia crack has pushed - b. Jan 5, 13:31 6
- As evidenced by my performance in head to head matchups, I don't cheat. -- nm - spamlet, Astro king Jan 5, 13:46 3
  - ik, r? -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 13:51 2
    - I do really well in the challenges but in head-to-head there seems to be way more WTF questions. -- nm - spamlet, Astro king Jan 5, 14:16
    - woo, I need to bb and pick-up addresses to add. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 5, 14:12
- QuizUp -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 13:35 1
  - thanks! I'll check it out. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 5, 13:46
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- someone's going to play the wrong tape someday. won't that be fun. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 13:30
if Kristen Stewart is really dating a woman, i kind of feel like ... "oh, that makes sense". -- (link) - Andie Jan 5, 13:27 7
- That's a shame. It had a tremendous cast. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 14:01 1
  - (Hey, this isn't the Carter thread!) -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 14:01
- The boy from Panic Room is dating a girl? So? -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 13:57
- well, that might help explain part of the whole Twilight Series thi-- . . .oh, wait . . . um, oh, nevermind . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 5, 13:36
- Whatever makes her happy. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 13:34
- From the No Shit files. nm - Dignan Jan 5, 13:33
- but also, "She's not gay, she just has one friend." "Oh, that makes sense." -- nm - Max Jan 5, 13:32
[An error occurred while processing Oil Futures] -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 13:21 2
- Round Numbers! -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 13:29
- *throws a confetto* -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 5, 13:28
is it possible for Bluetooth to get overwhelmed by too many possible connections? - Reagen Jan 5, 13:20 5
- Blorgy - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 5, 14:00 1
  - they don't call it blue for nothing. ...ouch watch it with the teeth -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 5, 14:04
- no. the Cybermen have very good tech people :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 13:32
- I believe so. - decline Jan 5, 13:22
- The sub-zero temperatures must be causing the chromatons to leak from the containment chamber. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:22

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