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"Well, it's just that... Lately I've noticed everyone seems to trust me. It's quite unnerving, I'm still trying to get used to it. Next thing I know - Beaker Apr 13, 11:31
Not sure who's seen the Survivor promos for this week (or who cares) but (spec-spoil) - ???? Apr 13, 11:14 8
- spoils/spec - Roger More Apr 13, 11:16 3
  - word to your last line. this isn't about fun. it's about sp - amanda Apr 13, 11:20 2
    - It bums me out because (spoils) - ???? Apr 13, 11:23 1
      - spoils - Roger More Apr 13, 11:39
- Spoiler - David Apr 13, 11:15 3
  - This also happened on Naked and Afraid. -- nm - Max Apr 13, 11:53
  - lol...that ain't right (spoils) - ???? Apr 13, 11:16 1
    - it would be the no collarest thing ever to quit. right? -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 11:19
I now have Simpsons World activated on my Roku. - David Apr 13, 11:11
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- Homage! -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:11
- Becuase James Cameron is God. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:11 6
  - How many other directors wouldn't make a movie because the tech wasn't good enough yet? - Shaun Apr 13, 11:15 5
    - *laughs* -- nm - GLUCA Apr 13, 11:17 4
      - Make Han shoot second some more. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 11:20 3
        
        Whatever. Star Wars fits your scenerio far better than JC ever did. -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:22 2
        
        Considering you haven't seen Avatar, your argument is a touch weak. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 11:23 1
        
        ILM was created from Star Wars. ILM had to come in to help finish Avatar. -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:26
ST Sports poll: So, which of these sports days would you like to see be a holiday? - ???? Apr 13, 11:09 12
- You people are high. We're talking about a Monday here -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 11:28 1
  - Opening Day is a Monday as well. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:34
- Opening Day and the day after the Super Bowl. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 13, 11:27
- When I rule, Opening Day will be a national holiday. Everyone will start on Tuesday afternoon with Cincinnati going first. - spamlet Apr 13, 11:21
- First day of March Madness, Masters Friday, Masters Thursday,...................................O pening Day, Day after superbowl -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 11:20
- What sports are on the day after the Super Bowl? -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 11:18 1
  - By the the day after the Super Bowl God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:21
- Day after Super Bowl. -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:14 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:20
- Opening Day -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 11:14
- Opening Day - decline Apr 13, 11:14
- Opening Day. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:10
Did anyone mention Burj Khalifa/Ghost Protocol? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:08
RE: Destiny. My future wife!!! -- nm - Ultron Apr 13, 11:07
Rebel Wilson has confirmed "Pitch Perfect 3" -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 11:04 8
- That makes me think of "the quietest room in the world" - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:07
- C'mon guys, don't ruin this stuff. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:06 6
  - This is how I would feel about an "Easy A 2" I loved it so much, that I want more, but don't want it ruined. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 11:21 2
    - Ghostbusters 2. The gold star of a sequel helping to ruin the original. -- nm - ???? Apr 13, 11:26
    - For me, it's The Incredibles. I know that Bird is on board, but I'm still scared that they will eff it up. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 11:22
  - Too late. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 11:19 1
    - I hold out hope #2 won't suck (the Green Bay Packers gag kills me)...but that's about it - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:25
  - In this one we are all 40 years old and still hanging around our University...think Glee only not quite so creepy -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:07
"Amy Schumer Made the Perfect Send-Up of Booty Anthems" - I am laughing so hard at this. -- (link) - MDH Apr 13, 10:56 4
- Side note: Listen only with headphones. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 11:01
- Her recent (I think) Ellen appearance was hysterical -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 11:00 2
  - I like both of them in general - but I hate when comedians go on and show and do an obvious " set" of material. Just talk and be normal and funny -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 11:02 1
    - Yeah, that's really common -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 11:23
All 5 GoT books are $10 at Amazon in either dead tree or digital formats. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 13, 10:50 16
- hehe , heh, hehehehe . . . he said dead tree -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 13, 11:19
- I love my hard copies -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:06
- Since I haven't read them, are they the type of books where it's easier to have a physical copy to refer back to? -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 10:52 12
  - Honestly, the books are "dense" in that a lot of stuff is going on and there are 8-10 viewpoint characters, but I never found it hard - TWuG Apr 13, 11:16
  - Print media's for dinosaurs and Mennonites. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:04 6
    - You can pull hard copy books from my cold, dead hands. - spamlet Apr 13, 11:19 3
      - Word. -- nm - ???? Apr 13, 11:39
      - Whatever you say, Relic of a Forgotten Era. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:32
      - THIS -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:21
    - Oh f**k you. I'm new and hip. Print's for Mennonites. That's all you need. -- nm - Brontosaurus Apr 13, 11:06 1
      - 'tis a fine short story, English, but a work of literature it ain't. -- nm - Mennonite si Apr 13, 11:40
  - What ML said, plus it's deflating to read for a whole day, and only be 1% or 2% into the whole series. - Inigo Apr 13, 11:01
  - I wouldn't think so. You can search an ebook. Plus, if you really are lost or stymied by something, go to the ASOIAF wiki. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 10:57
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    - But digital copies are searchable aren't they? Which comes in handy when a character from three books ago resurfaces - Roger More Apr 13, 10:57
- And on the inside cover of every book you can see a picture of your tree being cut down. -- nm - Max Apr 13, 10:51
All this politics news needs to go away so I can go back to laughing at people who don't live in California armchair quarterbacking the drought -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:49 6
- I'm allowed though, because Australia has drought all the time and has (more or less) solved its water rights issues. - Roger More Apr 13, 10:59 1
  - Saw this a couple days ago. CA and Aussie water officials have been in talks -- (link) - con_carne Apr 13, 11:21
- because no one else has ever been in a drought before, or because the CA drought makes you special? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:50 3
  - I'm sure it's because California is a special snowflake. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 10:52 2
    - Snowflakes have gotten to be pretty special in CA lately. Amiright -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 11:07 1
      - It's gotten so you have to go to other states to tell if all the others truly are different from the one California has. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:12
LIR: Destiny: House of Wolves trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 10:44 [youtube]
You know you're a baseball fan when you're watching Mets v. Phillies. -- nm - CQ Apr 13, 10:40 4
- I also made brownies, so this game ain't half bad now. -- nm - CQ Apr 13, 10:41 3
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  - It's deGrom daY! -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 10:43 1
    - First time I've seen him pitch, I think. HE's got the hair -- nm - CQ Apr 13, 10:47
The Spy Who Loved Me: Pyramids -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:39 3
- Venice: Last Crusade (Indiana Jones) -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:39 2
  - Space, Moonraker. -- nm - Loyola Apr 13, 10:47 1
    - Heh. Related, girls with braided pigtails always remind me of Gondola's -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:49
Wichita: Planes Trains and Automobiles -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 10:37
Big Ben: European Vacation -- nm - CQ Apr 13, 10:36 3
- Big Ben: various bar bathrooms -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:36 2
  - Well, be sure to say hi to him for us -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:39 1
    - I don't think I am his type - Beaker Apr 13, 10:40
Today in Ridiculously Tangential Very Minor Famous Person Connections: Andy Grammar graduated from the high school my dad taught at. - Tim Apr 13, 10:32
Toll Booths (the pay the man with dollar bills kind) remind me of the Godfather -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:27
HSX is making me grumpy. - Max Apr 13, 10:26 18
- I'm up 1.2M today. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 10:36 1
  - go to hell. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 11:07
- HSX is depressing me. seriously? paul blart 2? people think it'll make money? -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 10:31 14
  - I love that after all this time, you still want to have faith in people -- nm - dogbert Apr 13, 10:42 1
    - you can got to hell too. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 11:19
  - i have it long, i haven't checked where it's at lately though. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:33 4
    - some movies I just refuse. like the spacey movie nine lives. NO. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 10:50 2
      - I'm still not convinced that wasn't an April Fools joke. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 11:19 1
        
        right? I saw your post and went to the hsx and was like, wait, spam is right. I refuse. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 11:20
    - (and the call and the OW, apparently.) -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:34
  - The first one opened to 31mil and grossed 146mil. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:33 6
    - he fights a peacock in the trailer! It will be hilarious!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:23
    - But this is a sequel that was never asked for and too long in coming. - Roger More Apr 13, 11:02 1
      - But it's about a mall cop! (I just bought it) -- nm - Loyola Apr 13, 11:35
    - whimper -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 10:50 2
      - I know...it's a definite, "feel dirty" stock play. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:00 1
        
        well, the smart play here is to play the players this week. I've lost a million today having it short. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 11:07
- "Oh, you have a port value of $100 Million . . . how quaint . . . now, stop messing things up for me. I'm a billionaire for crying out loud ..." -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 13, 10:28
nakatomi tower (or whatever it's called) - fight club -- nm - dogbert Apr 13, 10:26 3
- Fun fact: Die Hard's Nakatomi Tower is today Fox Plaza, Twentieth Century Fox's HQ -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 10:30 2
  - Well it was never really "Nakatomi Plaza" -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 13, 11:17 1
    - But in my heart, it will always be -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 11:36
Okay, someone tell me to stop. I am about to read my 7th recap of GoT from last night. - Jovian Apr 13, 10:25
65yo german woman with 13 kids is not only pregnant again but, get this, with quadruplets -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:24
London: V for Vendetta -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:23 1
- San Francisco, Bullitt. -- nm - Loyola Apr 13, 10:24
also, the best thing about the Niagra Falls scene in Superman II? - Jovian Apr 13, 10:19
Niagra Falls: Superman 2 -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 10:18 14
- Niagara!! there are three As. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:21 9
  - just on the canadian side, right? -- nm - dogbert Apr 13, 10:24 1
    - On the Canadian side we spell it Niagurua, we have the original British U's, -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:26
  - THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS! -- nm - Capt Picard Apr 13, 10:24 2
    - ya know, that Cardissian was always someone I really thought would become a recurring villain for Picard. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:24 1
      - they moved the Cardies to DS9 where they rocked -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:34
  - I only remember this because my bank is First Niagara. -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 10:23
  - Thanks Jenny Canuck -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 13, 10:23 1
    - There is also a Niagara Falls NY. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:23
  - thats crazy. then it would be pronounced Nia-Gara Falls. Everyone knows it got its name after after Viagra. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:22
- Alamo : Pee Wee'S Big Adventure -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 10:19 3
  - Especially the basement -- nm - eag Apr 13, 10:53
  - Alamo: Alamo -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:21 1
    - Ha! -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 10:25
LIR - Yes, I've actually heard two versions of the question "4 former presidents" and "5 presidents" - Meg Apr 13, 10:17 4
- Sub poll: how surprising to you that meg polls about where bodies are buried -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 13, 10:19 1
  - on a scale of 1 to 10 - 1 being surprised enough to drop my coffee to 10 being I knew she planned on picking the burial spots herself? - I'd say 12 -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 10:28
- Ex-Presidents! -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 10:19
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B2 Poll: Easter Island reminds me of Mars Attacks! -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:17 4
- Heh. All of Australia, Wolf Creek. -- nm - Loyola Apr 13, 10:19
- we come in peace! -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 10:18 2
  - He just made the international sign of the donut. -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 10:25
  - "They came in peace!" *lets a dove go* -- nm - a hippie Apr 13, 10:20
In one day the Apple watch has likely sold more than all Android watches in 2014 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 13, 10:16 5
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  - " Apple appeared to be ordering components for the watch that would allow it to make well over 20 million this year." - Beaker Apr 13, 10:18 3
    - People have too much money. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:29 2
      - I think it's a winner of an idea. People can now nonchalantly show that they own an apple watch by looking at their apple watch. - Loyola Apr 13, 10:43 1
        
        *punches you and leaves the Apple watch behind* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:44
This is my first non-holiday Monday off in, I think, 20 months. - Tim Apr 13, 10:14
herbert update: whistler, BC. -- nm - amanda Apr 13, 10:13 2
- That is one cold strip club. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:30
- Baby seal Caesar -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 13, 10:25

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