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If you people could just stop buying WERDO that would be great, thanks. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:06
I shoveled a path in the yard for the pooches to do their business. The puppy immediately turned left and jumped into the snow -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:05
some reports are that Bobbi Kristina is showing little brain activity -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:01 4
- I thought *all* reports said that? -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 08:02 3
  - everything I had heard just mentioned her being put in a medically induced coma -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:06
  - boobi kristina brain activity google -- (link) - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 08:03 1
    - and Bobby Brown's statement, while not saying any specific, sounded not hopeful. :( -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:15
with that groundhog success rate, I've been saying for years that they need to flip the meaning of the results -- nm - zork Feb 2, 07:58
ST poll: Okay, which was your favorite Superbowl commercial? - CQ Feb 2, 07:57 13
- Dove Men Care was favourite but the NoMore one had the most impact. - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 08:05
- Liam Neeson's ad was awesome. The Like A Girl ad was really effective. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 08:05
- AngryNeesom52 was my favorite. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Feb 2, 08:01
- I liked the Dodge commercial - you gotta give props to all those people over 100 -- nm - decline Feb 2, 08:01 1
  - I like that one but it's an old campaign. Pun intended. - Max Feb 2, 08:03
- Walter White / Liam / puppy and horses -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 07:59 2
  - I only watched two commercial breaks but saw all of these. -- nm - Inigo Feb 2, 08:00 1
    - I must have missed these. -- nm - CQ Feb 2, 08:01
- Like a Girl and puppies. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 07:59
- I thought they were all mostly meh. The angryneeson52 was great and surprising from an iOS game - oblique Feb 2, 07:59
- Liam and Pierce -- nm - Max Feb 2, 07:58 1
  - "scone for lie-am" -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 08:01
- angryneeson52 and puppy/horses -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 07:57
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Amazon Echo gains Spotify, iTunes, and Pandora -- (link) - oblique Feb 2, 07:39 1
- This may be the thing that Elon Musk and Bill Gates warned us about. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 07:40
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  - "Treatment" - Ultron Feb 2, 07:33 1
    - "sorry Mr Manziel, you're still a douche" -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 07:35
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- Your choices. - Ultron Feb 2, 07:38
First day: hair on fire, nothing works, AAAAAAA -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 07:21
"I picture you with somebody with a little prestige: somebody who played for the Falcons or the Braves or the Hawks!" - David Feb 2, 07:18
Barnwell breaks down the pass call -- (link) - Beaker Feb 2, 07:10
Simpsons Trivia: In "The Last Temptation of Krust," what did Homer throw at Krusty when angry? - Krusty Feb 2, 07:08 5
- "Don't you hate pants?" -- nm - David Feb 2, 07:12 1
  - Heh. :-) -- (link) - Krusty Feb 2, 07:15 [youtube]
- B -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 07:10 1
  - Yup! -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 07:15
- D -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 07:09
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Has 20 Minutes Of Sex Scenes -- (link) - budice Feb 2, 07:07 20
- so, imagine my surprise when my friend old me she and another divorced friend have already bought tickets for opening weekend, they are going - Andie Feb 2, 07:58 4
  - For all you ladies whose exes didn't whip you enough. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:00
  - and they didn't buy a ticket for you? -- nm - zork Feb 2, 07:59 2
    - no way in hell i see this in theater. (probably not at all, but i can't rule out a netflix viewing one day). -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 08:01
    - and that had nothing to do with your IM -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:00
- I'll hold off on opening this at work. Do we know numbers for Basic Instinct and Showgirls? -- nm - Max Feb 2, 07:32 6
  - I think Sex and the City is a better comparison. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 07:40 5
    - Magic Mike is another. -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 08:04
    - Really? SitC is comedy, though. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 07:57 2
      - I think the audience is the same. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 08:00 1
        
        I didn't mean audience numbers, I meant sex scene time. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:11
    - Let's face it, they're probably *all* better comparisons, amirite? -- nm - Max Feb 2, 07:52
- It's been rated 18 in the UK. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 07:23 6
  - Is that like our 'R' or is it more akin to NC-17? -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 07:29 4
    - No one under the age of 18. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 07:37 3
      - At all? Or do they just need a parent or guardian? -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 07:53 2
        
        At all. Just means kids will buy tickets for something else at the multiplex and sneak in. -- nm - LMS Feb 2, 08:05
        
        IIRC, they're the NC-17 rules. No one period. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 07:55
  - 18? The 18th letter of the alphabet... R! -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 07:24
- not enough. -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 07:07
5/8 of the last threads were about SB ads. An additional one was about the Half-Time Show. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 06:59 1
- It's kind of a big deal. -- nm - David Feb 2, 06:59
The Jurassic World commercial was stellar if for no other reason than...(spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:47 5
- Gillian was utterly silent for the full run of it, which is a minor miracle - Reagen Feb 2, 07:08 1
  - Maybe she was like "This news report is very alarming. Very very alarming." -- nm - Max Feb 2, 08:04
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- agreed. that nuance, which confirmed what we suspected made it awesome. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:54 1
  - I believe I actually cheered out loud at our house when I saw the raptors running with the car -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 06:55
Chris Christie just doesn't want to be presidennt: "Parents Should Have A 'Choice' In Vaccinating Kids" -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 06:45 24
- He's already walking it back -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 07:31 2
  - I'm not sure I've ever read a statement that makes less sense than that. I've read it 3 times and it's basically a bunch of words that sound like - pmb Feb 2, 08:04
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- Anti-choice, pro-life! -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 06:59
- It's a dog whistle comment. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 06:52 1
  - *woof!* -- nm - Jenny McCarthy Feb 2, 06:58
- Idiots, every last person that thinks this or doesn't vaccinate. I'm done with them. Ban them from public places, I don't care anymore. - Krusty Feb 2, 06:49 16
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    - You need to bumpersticker this. Really. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 07:26 2
      - Hell, we should make it a group project for ST. It could be a media sensation in a matter of days. -- nm - David Feb 2, 07:28 1
        
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    - bravo! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 07:14
    - I'd like to post this to Facebook, but I think I'd immediately lose 5 friends if I did. -- nm - Inigo Feb 2, 07:12
    - You guys need to get on Reddit. This was a viral joke on there last week -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 07:11 1
      - One of the NPR most mailed stories last week was about this. A dad was told his kid couldn't bring peanuts to school. He asked the school to ban - loosi at home Feb 2, 07:32
    - did you hear the NPR story about that this week? -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 06:59
    - :) -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 06:59
    - *likes* -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 06:57
    - ha, this is great -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 06:57
    - perfect -- nm - Tim Feb 2, 06:57
    - that should be on bumper stickers. -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 06:56
    - Good point! -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:54
    - this is a greta point. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 06:54
- Wow. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 06:49
The Jurassic World webpage is awesome... -- (link) - MDH Feb 2, 06:44 1
- Agreed. Super thought out and detailed. -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 07:04
LIR: Official count is 17-19 inches of snow at O'Hare (can't remember which it was) -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 06:42 9
- I was out there shoveling for 2 hours this morning (and I shoveled yesterday in the middle of it as well). I read 19 inches. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 08:01
- any idea of the long-range expectation? How's it looking for the coming weekend? -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 06:46 1
  - Not sure what's coming. Today and tomorrow at least are clear -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 06:55
- it's raining out -- nm - decline Feb 2, 06:45
- we got maybe three inches. *maybe.* school was cancelled, of course, and they're already talking about cancelling tomorrow (we're expected to get some -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 06:45 4
  - it took me almost two hours to get to work. my bus got stuck behind a car on a hill, then the subway was down for a bit, then the back log was insane - Andie Feb 2, 07:05
  - They cancelled school mostly because any side roads are SOL for driving -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 06:56 1
    - here, they cancel if there's a 30% chance of rain. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 07:01
  - ice) -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 06:45
The Fiat viagra commercial was popular? Wha? Kelly and I both thought it was ridiculous. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:40 3
- Give it was one of the few funny ones... -- nm - oblique Feb 2, 06:42 1
  - Oh, I appreciate the humor attempt...but it missed the mark for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:43
- Thought nice attempt at being clever. -- nm - budice Feb 2, 06:42
The More You Know Katy Perry -- nm - budice Feb 2, 06:39 4
- I beat the rest of the internet to that joke! -- nm - Tim Feb 2, 06:43
- why did they increase her forehead 20%? - Epiphany Feb 2, 06:40 2
  - My wife's first comment was that Perry was wearing too much clothing. That's part one of why we are married. -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 06:45 1
    - :P -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 07:14
Hands down my favorite commercial was the Budweiser one with the puppy. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:38 22
- That started out really good, but I hated the ending... - Scots-IrishStephen Feb 2, 07:52
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- "Dad". 1. Dove. 2. Toyota. 3. Nissan. -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 07:16
- Agreed. I also loved the Pac-Man one and thought the Katie Couric/Bryant Gumble one was extremely clever. -- nm - David Feb 2, 06:53
- My might have been Icky's cold cuts. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 06:43 2
  - I guess it doesn't count because it was post show? -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 06:45 1
    - It's not a new one for them, but it is one of their better ones. No office camel, but what is. -- nm - Polar Baron Feb 2, 06:48
- Walter White -- nm - budice Feb 2, 06:40 1
  - I think you mean Sorta Greg. -- nm - Polar Baron Feb 2, 06:56
- I liked the "Like a girl" spot. -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 06:40 6
  - Yep. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 06:45
  - It was well done... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:42
  - I wanted to adopt the little girl in hot pink at the end. -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 06:42
  - that campaign is really old though I hadn't seen that spot before on TV. I really liked that it resonated. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 06:41 1
    - here's the longer ad -- (link) - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 06:50 [youtube]
  - I alos thought the Chevy spot that faked the cable going out was really smart and well done, but wasn't super for the product it was selling. -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 06:41
- I liked it. Also Icky Woods/Geico. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 2, 06:39
- I needed *spoils* - Epiphany Feb 2, 06:39 2
  - that would have been the best ever. And AngryNeeson52 could get the old broken beer bottles taped to his hands from 'The Grey' to do it. - Diva Feb 2, 06:41 1
    - I hear ya on the IM. it was all to much -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 06:47
- that and angryneeson52 were my favorites -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 06:38 1
  - I loved AngryNeeso52. I loved that he kept going. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 07:04
we bring you love -- nm - McDonalds Feb 2, 06:36 15
- I have a friend who was having a terrible morning and then her daughters got McD's breakfast free for a fist bump. (Paid with lovin'.) - Kim Pine Feb 2, 07:07
- I think that's a brilliant marketing strategy. They're getting hammered for market share losses. Now, they get renewed attention for a nice thing. -- nm - David Feb 2, 06:44
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- Wait, I have to pay? Cancel my order. -- nm - Tim Feb 2, 06:37 11
  - I think that idea makes for a cute ad, but in actual practice it's going to be very very weird. -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 06:38 10
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    - "Call your mom." "She's dead. Now, should I take this free or do you want to watch me post this interaction on Twitter?" - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:42 4
      - "What do you like best about your son?"... "This is my lover." -- nm - Ultron Feb 2, 07:11
      - yeah, like facebook "it's been a great year" thing. -- (link) - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 2, 07:03
      - they told us this might happen *hands you a oujia board* -- nm - McDonald's Clerk Feb 2, 06:48
      - Exactly. "Ummmmmmmm, then dance. Dance for your burger. You know what,just take it. Sorry about your mom." -- nm - volnelk Feb 2, 06:44
    - people are going to want to pay that way -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 06:41 3
      - i want to go there with you. they would give food for life -- nm - zork Feb 2, 07:54 2
        
        *now give your friend butterfly kisses* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 08:00 1
        
        it does kinda look like one ;-) -- nm - zork Feb 2, 08:10

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