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ST trivia poll: A ton of gold, if formed into a cube, would be about the size of what item commonly found behind a convenience store? -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:44 18 1
- Milk crate -- nm - oblique Feb 25, 06:56 3
  - Ding! -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:57 2
    - interesting. -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 06:58 1
      - The stuff is dense. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:59
- The cardboard box the "all natural" hot dogs came in. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Feb 25, 06:56
- Hump Day answer: condom -- nm - budice Feb 25, 06:54
- Empty pack of cigarettes -- nm - iSpam Feb 25, 06:53 1
  - Way too small. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:57
- empty 12 pack of bottled beer -- nm - CQ Feb 25, 06:48 1
  - Getting closer, but too small -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:56
- Super Big Gulp? -- nm - budice Feb 25, 06:48 1
  - Too small -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:56
- A pay phone? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 06:48 1
  - Possibly, depending on its dimensions, but not the answer I have. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:57
- a drunk wino? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:45 1
  - Nope. :-) -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:57
- dumpster? (that seems too big though) -- nm - Andie Feb 25, 06:45 1
  - Way too large -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:56
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- There was also talk about the Texas interpretation of insanity. How the bar is high.. - budice Feb 25, 06:57 1
  - I'm just surprised he got life and not death. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 06:58
- I think it was PTSD and the jury was wrong. I don't think people understand it and a lot of people can't fathom someone not going to prison for a murd - Krusty Feb 25, 06:39 7
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    - I see what you're looking for and I'm also interested in what he told the jury. -- nm - Krusty Feb 25, 07:28
  - apparently there was a confession and he showed remorse afterwards - giving some indication of present of mind - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:43
  - but PTSD != insanity -- nm - decline Feb 25, 06:40 3
    - Fair enough, I shouldn't have said sane. But it does cause people to act in ways they normally wouldn't. -- nm - Krusty Feb 25, 06:43
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What is the deal with this Dez Bryant video that is going to ruin his career? - Roo Feb 25, 06:24 10
- "The Cowboys want to lower his asking price as much as possible" -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 06:44 1
  - this sounds so horrendous - I hope this is not true. - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:46
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  - " ray rice type event inside a walmart" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:33 4
    - if it is this bad I'd like to know 1) who has it, 2) why did they hold it for so long 3) who benefits -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 06:55
    - Ugh. I say this as a proud Dez owner in one of my keepers leagues. -- nm - Shaun Feb 25, 06:39
    - "cleanup aisle 3" -- nm - budice Feb 25, 06:34 1
      - giggles and dribbles coffee on my tshirt -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 11:22
- I bet its him and Jerry Jones in full Nazi uniforms having high tea with Tony Romo - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:25 1
  - my bet's on cross-dressing -- nm - decline Feb 25, 06:27
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- That's nowhere near as awesome as the Double Down hot dog, or whatever it is officially called. -- nm - Shaun Feb 25, 06:28
Former Boulder Police Chief did an AMA about the JonBenet murder over the weekend. -- (link) - Krusty Feb 25, 06:03 5
- My aunt and uncle were friends with the Ramsey's before this all happened. - decline Feb 25, 06:19 4
  - they were eventually cleared. i have to believe they were innocent too. - Andie Feb 25, 06:30 1
    - your IM was always the rumor -- nm - decline Feb 25, 06:38
  - I have no opinion. I don't know enough about the evidence our case in general. -- nm - Krusty Feb 25, 06:26 1
    - *or* There was so much crap coming out at the time it's hard to know what really went down. - Krusty Feb 25, 06:32
Did we see yesterday's major logo redesign by the Browns? Here's what it would look like the Browns redid all the teams' logos. -- (link) - Ender Feb 25, 05:59 1
- The Redskins' logo is abstract. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 06:15
100% of the flights out of Golden Triangle Regional Airport in MS have been canceled today. - ty97 Feb 25, 05:59 4
- I've flown out of that airport! - Reagen Feb 25, 06:08 3
  - No, wait. Memphis. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 06:09 2
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      - actually yes. I saw Barry Sanders there. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 06:10
SITWAP: Batman: Arkham Knight receives an 'M' rating. - Shaun Feb 25, 05:00
So far, 18% of ATL flights / 12% of DFW flights canceled. - ty97 Feb 25, 04:30 2
- Snow! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 05:36 1
  - Your excitement about snow makes you the anti-Diva -- nm - ty97 Feb 25, 05:39
How to Turn Off Netflix's Autoplay Feature.... -- (link) - budice Feb 25, 04:16
"Ryan Gosling goes to Disneyland so damn much that if you stand with an “It’s A Small World” sign over your crotch, good chance he’ll go inside" -- (link) - budice Feb 25, 03:50
2022 World Cup: Fifa rules out compensation for unhappy clubs -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 25, 02:49 3
- weren't they JUST saying they would be? when will anybody learn.. -- nm - colin Feb 25, 03:11 1
  - Did you stay up for the Oscars? -- nm - LMS Feb 25, 04:39
- "all the bribe money was spent already" -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 03:06
"Hey you. I told you before. I'm paying you to wash dishes. Not to listen to that, that rock n' roll...." - con_carne Feb 25, 01:39
"wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes" - trish Feb 24, 23:00 2
- I had just clicked on this page and started reading this *just* as he was saying it -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 23:36 1
  - and it was perfect -- nm - trish Feb 24, 23:39
Hockey: 8 in a row for the LA Kings -- nm - budice Feb 24, 22:40
I'm planning to add the 'plus' package to my Medicare Senior Advantage coverage - in addition to the dental and vision I get gym membership !! - Meg Feb 24, 22:21
gets to the moment of this week's "gotham" that CT mentioned yesterday - "oh, I see." (spoils) - b! Feb 24, 21:38 5
- spoils - trish Feb 24, 23:03
- spoil - Ultron Feb 24, 21:49 3
  - um - Peglegpete Feb 24, 22:22
  - heehee. -- nm - b! Feb 24, 22:05
  - Heh -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 21:51
I just downloaded My Vegas Slots....been nice knowin ya -- nm - Epiphany Feb 24, 20:59 11
- No! Download Simpsons Tapped Out instead! - JaxSean Feb 24, 21:29 2
  - Go to this link and you'll find a lot of people looking for friends to add to the game. I added around 30 last weekend. -- (link) - Krusty Feb 25, 05:26 1
    - thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 07:52
- I thought you were already playing? -- nm - Meg Feb 24, 21:07 6
  - I can't play through FB so I assumed I couldn't play at all -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 03:33 5
    - YAY - welcome to free stuff Vegas style! -- nm - JenBro Feb 25, 05:52 4
      - oh my gawd, its all shiny and new - I got up to $ 70k in chips and blew it all - Epiphany Feb 25, 05:57 3
        
        is there a strategy? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 25, 05:57 2
        
        i find that if a particular game is 'not winning' just stop playing and play something else. - Andie Feb 25, 06:01 1
        
        :) thanks. I need to look up the wiki - because I don't understand how the loyal points accumulate - they seem to come faster on some games - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:27
- Remember us if you hit it big. *smiley face* -- nm - budice Feb 24, 21:01
parks and rec spoilers - kelly Feb 24, 20:37
BOP-ups steal the browser window in iOS twitter, makes it hard to read page 2 of Jim's posts ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 20:33
Zeitgeist. I found the perfect car for you -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 24, 20:20 3
- awesome car..but no room for the dog....I need a cabriolet like an REO speedwagon -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 22:30
- and a cute convertible for b! -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 24, 20:29 1
  - nice! -- nm - b! Feb 24, 21:38
Agent Carter (spoils) - eag Feb 24, 20:17
Rahman Emanuel is going to have to go through a run off. -- nm - pmb Feb 24, 20:02 4
- Rahm. Though Rahman Emanuel sounds like an interesting soup. -- nm - pmb Feb 24, 20:03 3
  - or Iron Chef secret ingredient -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 20:14 1
    - I went to Smoke in Dallas over the weekend - Tim Byres restaurant. Oh. My. Gawd. it was pretty awesome - Epiphany Feb 25, 06:29
  - Smack Rahman -- nm - budice Feb 24, 20:13
Farewell, Pawneeans... I miss you already. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 24, 20:02
*sniff* -- nm - nubby Feb 24, 20:01
Dammit. Derrick Rose is having more knee surgery. Torn meniscus. -- nm - pmb Feb 24, 20:01 2
- Probably the end of his career. -- nm - tobor.2 Feb 24, 21:34
- M-V-P -- nm - budice Feb 24, 20:13
I tried to load BCOOP's starbond but HSX crashed -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 19:31 1
- probably your fault -- nm - mud Feb 24, 20:00
sniper killer verdict....... - zeitgeist Feb 24, 19:24
Seinfeld vs. Limp Bizkit... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 19:24 [youtube] 1
- Unrelated: TWD with Seinfeld Music should be a thing -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 19:27
What is the "American Sniper Trial" and why is the verdict such big news? - Beryllium Feb 24, 19:24 18
- I had no clue the trial hadn't already happened. -- nm - Ender Feb 25, 06:01
- Because the movie just made $300M+. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 24, 20:04
- Whew, I was worried about riots in Dallas, and Houston if he was found innocent. -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 19:40 2
  - Dallas needs 2 days to defrost -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 19:47 1
    - yeah a friend in Dallas just posted a meme. You can wear flip flops one day and snow boots the next in the South -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 19:50
- trial of ex-marine who killed chris kyle, the navy seal whose story was (kinda sorta mostly truly) told in the book upon which the recent big movie - b. Feb 24, 19:27 2
  - Thanks to the internet I know that it didn't win Best Picture because they used a fake baby in the movie. -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 19:40
  - I feel bad about this, I should have mentioned that the guy also killed his friend who was with him. here's more on him, because it's sad that he's an - b. Feb 24, 19:31
- supposed to be the best ever (certainly was good at talking about how good he was) wrote a jingoistic book about his tours and his mental issues ptsd - zeitgeist Feb 24, 19:27 9
  - Jesse Ventura succesfully sued him for slander as well -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 19:41 1
    - I guess the victory was technically against his estate -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 19:41
  - don't forget, the movie about him has almost as much box office as Mel Gibson's Passion -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 19:29
  - I don't think anyone questions that he actually was the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history? -- nm - b. Feb 24, 19:29 5
    - Total number doesn't tell the whole story though. We also need to see the stats for attempts, percentage, yards and interceptions -- nm - Guigue Feb 24, 19:34 3
      - I'd rather have Audie Murphy's war record. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 19:59 1
        
        word -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 03:07
      - :) - -- nm - b. Feb 24, 19:39
    - other stories about using his particular set of skills have no evidence of being true -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 19:31
Parks & Rec spoiler - nubby Feb 24, 19:17
so, it's looking like blompkamp's Aliens movie is a go, according to that other site . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 24, 19:12 1
- I would love this if it happens. And it should have happened 10 years ago. -- nm - Jovian Feb 25, 05:56
I'm not sure if I've heard anything from the group Falling in Reverse before - it's possible I thought they were Fallout Boy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 24, 19:11 [youtube] 1
- (note: I haven't watched that video, just listened to the song; so I don't know if it's sfw.) -- nm - b. Feb 24, 19:13
WWE: AJ Lee calls out Steph McMahon over unequal pay for the divas.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 18:57 6
- do they sell outarenas? case closed. -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 03:24
- Guess she's done with WWE. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 24, 19:15 3
  - It's an interesting play. Both Steph (directly) and Vince (indirectly) acknowledged it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 20:16 1
    - #GiveDivasAChance has been trending since last night. -- nm - Tim Feb 24, 20:25
  - Punk jaded her on the business so damn fast. -- nm - Tim Feb 24, 19:15
- The two most talented women on the main roster were jobbed out in five seconds to the friggin Bella Twins last night. -- nm - Tim Feb 24, 19:15
from b2, correction - the "wired" 6 month deal is all access (so print + digital) for $5. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 24, 18:51
Wes Bentley is going to drop a $250m and add a $42 movie - Will Hunting Feb 24, 18:08 7
- hmm, my best-performing holding (percentage wise) is Michael Madsen at +14,800% -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 19:20 1
  - $2 -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 19:37
- He and 4 family member saw it? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 18:12 4
  - I don't even think I'd report the gross for something like that. - Will Hunting Feb 24, 18:16 3
    - Tied for lowest....iirc zzyzzx springs did the same, so mom brought dad and the neighbors -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 22:35
    - either way, he's looking to adjust downward pretty sharp in April . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 24, 19:09
    - That feels like he was being sent a message. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 18:59
suicide Squad casting spoilers - Beaker Feb 24, 18:06
TV PSA: Agent Carter finale starting now -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 18:01
Jumps. Grabs. *nom nom nom* -- nm - Land-dominating octupus Feb 24, 18:00
Go Terps! But you fans are idiots for storming. -- nm - MDH Feb 24, 17:55 1
- from the northwest corner of a brand new crescent moon crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 17:59
Truman: you are inactive on Delta.org -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 17:52 5
- More importantly, I'm starting Nightfall if you want to join. -- nm - David Feb 24, 17:52 4
  - a. thanks. b. still at work, so playing destiny would be a challenge. what map is it? -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 17:54 3
    - LIR the better you tube version. It involves woman pouring champagne on themselves -- (link) - Epiphany Feb 24, 18:15
    - The Mars one. When will you be home? -- nm - David Feb 24, 17:55 1
      - umm, maybe 10pm. then i sleep for a while, get up, and come back to work. also, i really should like bring a change of clothes so i dont have to - Truman Feb 24, 18:45
Some projects I feel like I need to name before I start them. Others I finish before I can think of a name. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 17:37
Man Bowls 3 Consecutive Perfect Games -- (link) - Todd Manning Feb 24, 17:30 1
- Kim Jong Un or Putin? Which one this time? -- nm - Bacon Feb 24, 17:33
The best bit of that 'grimdark' Power Rangers video was JVDB's pointless flipping of the virtual computer screens. - Reagen Feb 24, 17:30 1
- I loved that part. I was picturing what it must have been like during filming. -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 20:00

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