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until the news story today, I had *zero* recollection of Mo'nique winning an Oscar. absolute zero -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 16:07 3
- until your post, I didn't know there was a news story today. - b. Feb 19, 16:13
- "Hard To Watch: based on the book “Stone Cold Bummer” by Manipulate" -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 16:09 1
  - "would you mind if I listened to my book on tape? I'm kind of a bookworm. This is the novelization of the movie Precious based on the book Push - prayformojo Feb 19, 16:11
Clarkson, Hammond and May are about to sign new deals keeping Top Gear going through 2018. Nice!!! -- (link) - Krusty Feb 19, 16:05 2
- who cares, all I want to see is the Stig take cars around the track, what about his contract?? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 16:21
- Clarkson pays Hammon and May's salary to stay on? :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 16:10
"Destiny, an online shooter in which you travel the universe not getting Gjallarhorn" - David Feb 19, 15:55
If you say, for example, "someone is deep"........what's an alternative word for deep? -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 15:50 18
- Thanks all. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 16:13
- Back, back, back, back. -- nm - Berman Feb 19, 16:05
- It's someone pensive, sometimes sullen, possibly prone to depression. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 16:04 7
  - moody -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 16:04 6
    - I need it to be elegant. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 16:05 5
      - What does it need to rhyme with? -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 16:09
      - wait, is this for a dating profile? or your resume? -- nm - b. Feb 19, 16:07
      - introspective -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 16:06 2
        
        That's good, thanks. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 16:08 1
        
        Now in your future break-up you can say "If you didn't like 'moody' you should have rejected my dating profile!" -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 16:11
- contemplative -- nm - Covington Feb 19, 16:02 2
  - I like this. I could see arguments for reflective or nuanced, but it depends on the intent of the usage. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 16:08
  - That's good. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 16:04
- NSFW - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 16:00 1
  - well-hung? -- nm - budice Feb 19, 16:04
- smarter than they let on, also often just empathetic -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 15:55
- profound -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 15:52
- wise? thoughtful? centered? well-rounded? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 15:51
V:LAPD Investigating Possible Bomb Threat Near Oscar Venue -- (link) - budice Feb 19, 15:46 1
- Is it the Hot Tub Time Machine 2 premiere? -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 16:07
WoT coming to Xbox one everything will carry over plus cross platform -- (link) - eag Feb 19, 15:38 3
- Anyone still playing xbox? -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 15:58
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 15:46
- lets roll -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:39
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- Maybe he'll just end up getting traded to the Timberwolves instead -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 15:49
- We meet tomorrow at two. So if you don't hear from me after that I've been shipped to Gitmo. -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 15:39 3
  - We will come rescue you Krusty. - Loyola Feb 19, 15:44 1
    - Heh. :-) I'm going to miss the polls. -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 15:47
  - I am disavoing any knowledge of you for the time being for my safety - eag Feb 19, 15:41
- I don't think he has that much body fat, so hopefully they didn't! -- nm - b. Feb 19, 15:38
Flash spoilers - Beaker Feb 19, 15:36
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 reviews have thrown under Fifty Shades of Grey. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 15:30 4
- Damn, I was hoping it would be decent. -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 15:43
- If you are looking for anything resembling the original... - budice Feb 19, 15:40
- yikes, I figured it'd be bad; but seventh son is 10% fresh. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 15:37
- 5 for 26 at RT (16%) -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 15:32
FWIW, this blind item gives another version of the reasons behind the Eddie Murphy/SNL bad blood. - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 15:29 12
- Rob Schneider! -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 15:36 5
  - Also based on post SNL40 blind items, I gather that Schneider is also seriously on the outs with Lorne. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 15:37 4
    - He seems like a genuinely unhappy, angry man. -- nm - David Feb 19, 15:43 3
      - Only because none of us appreciate his comedic genius! -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 16:03 2
        
        ott and I saw "deuce bigalow" in a theater. yes we did. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 16:14
        
        He's the Max of SNL! -- nm - David Feb 19, 16:11
- Chevy Chase! -- nm - Max Feb 19, 15:32
- [and he did pretty much keep the show going during those years - that wasn't just in his mind.] - b. Feb 19, 15:32
- he looked very uncomfortable I thought. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:31 3
  - If the Cosby part they wrote for him is true, I could forgive him a bit of it. -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 16:08
  - and what the hell is he supposed to be into...? - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:34 1
    - joe?, roids and peds? -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 15:49
We're going to have sub-zero temperatures tonight and tomorrow. - David Feb 19, 15:21 4
- I did the "throw boiling water into the air thing this morning. Could not quite get 100% conversion to vapor. Still very cool, though. -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 16:05
- One of us! One of us! -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 15:44 1
  - This entire board should move to Florida or California. -- nm - David Feb 19, 15:50
- Really sending warm thoughts to all going through this. Be safe. -- nm - budice Feb 19, 15:28
Art Garfunkel's Upper East Side penthouse extensively damaged by fire -- (link) - ty97 Feb 19, 15:06 1
- Because, bitches -- nm - Paul Simon Feb 19, 15:13
I am working nights the next 4 days and of course my downstairs neighbor's daughter is in town and playing the piano again. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 15:03 18
- will she take requests? - b. Feb 19, 15:08 10
  - The HOA needs to protect property values. Who wants to buy a place where there is annoying music playing all day long. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 15:10 9
    - believe me, I understand the annoyance - my upstairs neighbors before the current ones had very bad, loud music days. - b. Feb 19, 15:27
    - that's broken-key policing! -- nm - Max Feb 19, 15:24
    - Can't you just prescribe yourself something? -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 15:22
    - Oh for the love of... -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 15:20 1
      - heh, I was nice because he's tired. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 15:27
    - People that want the freedom to play music. -- nm - Nicholas Brendan Feb 19, 15:20 2
      - *makes black panther fist* -- nm - Mariah Carey Feb 19, 15:23
      - go back to jail, loser. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 19, 15:21
    - If you let her play longer she'll improve... -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 15:15
- is she cute & over 18? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 15:05 2
  - check, check -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 15:07 1
    - time to play her keyboard -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 15:08
- keyboards and headphones -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:04 3
  - bricks and dog shit in a flaming bag -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 15:06 2
    - you can practise all day and night without disturbing anyone using a keyboard and a headphone set the loudspeakers are muted -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:11
    - A realtor for a place where humans won't bother him during normal hours. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 15:07
Kristen Bell Bans Friends From Holding Her Baby Unless They Are Vaccinated! -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:01 2
- good for her -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 15:17
- I don't think this is actually a thing. Exposing an infant to unvaccinated people would be a thing. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 15:14
I remember 1994 was a non-stop series of ice storms here...it's like Boston this year, except every storm we were on the ice-line - Will Hunting Feb 19, 15:00 2
- oh yeah my campus, which had never closed in 100 plus years closed. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 15:21
- I remember the ice storms. It was crazy how thick of a layer there was on everything. -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 15:11
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- Disagree. 9 months from now there will be a mini baby-boom because of '50 Shades." People will be *created* because of movies. - howie Feb 19, 16:01
- cracked and Mythbusters base many stories on cultural misperceptions that are common in movies -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 15:53
- you should have signed this: RichardDawson -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 15:32 1
  - Somebody wants a kiss -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 16:08
- Disagree. Movies highly influence Halloween decisions, for one. -- nm - Covington Feb 19, 15:30
- Most people that go into the business do so because of a movie they saw. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 19, 15:25
- so ridiculous that it's hard to conceive of someone who would really think this. -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 15:21 1
  - Jaded scriptwriter with sour grapes, maybe. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 15:24
- Disagree -- nm - John Hinckley, Jr. Feb 19, 15:07
- did Starfleet accept your application? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 15:02
- completely disagree. from career choices to gaining insight into other people's lives that is impactful to giving struggling people hope to.. many - b. Feb 19, 15:01
- Disagree with the first part and I'm sure the second part is wrong too (any statement that says 'never' or 'always' is usually false) -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 15:01 3
  - you mean: any statement that says 'never' or 'always' is always false???? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:03 2
    - "usually" - ty97 Feb 19, 15:04 1
      - i call it meta - satire -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 15:05
- Exhibit A: Jaws and not swimming in the ocean. -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 15:00 18
  - When I was a kid, Jaws made me nervous to swim in swimming pools. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 15:24 11
    - I literally walked around a puddle in the parking lot -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 15:56
    - I thought I was the only one. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:33 6
      - The rubberized swim cap with flowers on it probably also wasn't helping your macho cred. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 15:38 1
        
        My Ester Williams Fetish manifested itself in strange ways I admit. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:45
      - I meant that I felt this way as a kid btw. really. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:38 3
        
        I did too. Just because you didn't see him didn't mean that he wasn't hiding behind some trap door that would open up. -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 15:42 2
        
        I always think...THOUGHT...I just didn't see him. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:45
        
        Ha! This was my thinking too. :) nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 15:43
    - Caddyshack made me nervous to swim in public swimming pools. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 15:27
    - Yeah, me too.... when I was a kid.... yeah, just when I was a kid. -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 15:26 1
      - now as adults, none of us want to swim in the Ganges river -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 15:29
  - It changed my perception for sure. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 15:18
  - Psycho and not taking showers! -- nm - Max Feb 19, 15:02 4
    - Taken and never going to Europe. -- nm - Loyola Feb 19, 15:04
    - About Schmidt and avoiding hot tubs! nm - Dignan Feb 19, 15:04 2
      - About Schmidt and ordering a Reeses Pieces and Cookie Dough blizzard. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 15:14
      - I've avoided the entire actuarial profession just to be doubly cautious. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 15:05
- Disagree. A young women sometimes get ideas of what they want from their male partners from the movies -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 15:00
- and now that I think about it, I went to college as a physics major to study lasers because of Real Genius. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 14:59 2
  - And I decided not to get a degree in biology because of Jurassic Park -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 15:30
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- Disagree. Lots of people make decisions based on movies - Will Hunting Feb 19, 14:58 2
  - My name is *Dignan.* nm - Dignan Feb 19, 15:01
  - Movies are a type of art form and art has been inspiring people since our beginnings. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 15:00
- Disagree -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 14:56
- I disagree on both parts. The first sentence is obvious. That would argue that art of any kind (or doing anything other than things directly - pmb Feb 19, 14:56
- The number of people who have left their towns to go to LA because of a movie they saw must be significant. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 14:56 1
  - Hollywood is the Dream Factory. The entertainment industry definitely attracts people and its portrayal in movies is part of that - con_carne Feb 19, 15:22
- most people seeing a movie have made a decission based on the poster/dvd box/etc. of the movie atleast -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 19, 14:56
- Disagree on the first half, agree on the second half. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 14:53
- disagree: Columbine and the Matrix -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 14:52 5
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    - I'm not sure it had anything to do with it, but it has been said that The Matrix movie inspired them -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 14:54 2
      - I think that's the wrong movie but at the same time, I'm really happy that media has chosen to make this mistake -- nm - JD Feb 19, 15:09 1
        
        no, it was matrix -- remember the long black coats a la neo? *pause* here's a story. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 19, 15:11
  - erph. I was trying to think of a nice example. But now I'm thinking of Batman. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 14:53
- Disagree. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 14:52
Anything eaten for quality control when baking doesn't have calories......right?!? -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 14:47 7
- only if sampled while standing -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 15:57
- My original WW leader always reminded us to count our BLTs - ty97 Feb 19, 15:03 2
  - 7. and some scraps of bacon that fell off the bread. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 15:06
  - heh, I remember when that was a topic of the week at a meeting. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 15:05
- It's what I've always heard and practiced -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 14:51
- they are negative calories. especially of it contains chocolate :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 14:49 1
  - Oooh, so I could have more of those gooey brownies!! Except that I only made an 8x8 pan :( -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 14:53
Great Blizzard of 1899 -- (link) - Max Feb 19, 14:45 1
- Heh. And canada's just like "Yeah, it was a little cold, I guess." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 14:47

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