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Well, I still got it. At my movie theater gig I'm basically getting chased around by young girls (who I have no interest in so far BTW) - con_carne Apr 24, 10:47 5
- "so far" hehehe -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:49 1
  - The right young girl who chases boys could still come along -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 11:18
- It's easy when they're young, oversexed and haven't been burned by a ton of terrible exes. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:48 2
  - Also, I am sure your natural charm and appeal shine through. - David si Apr 24, 10:50 1
    - he is the only one old enough to buy alcohol -- nm - cross examining attorney Apr 24, 13:42
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- That's been known forever. Looks like someone didn't watch clueless gamer with Marshawn and Gronk... -- nm - Shaun Apr 24, 10:45
Suspicious package found at Statue of Liberty - it's been evacuated -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 10:44
Once fans... Yesterday, 926 people with guitars played Falling Slowly together with the cast of Once. (video) -- (link) - Andie Apr 24, 10:44 [youtube] 2
- kazoos would have been good too -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 10:48
- There is true beauty in that chorus. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:46
lyc: I'm making a blue velvet cake with lemon supreme frosting. Happy Fridays indeed -- nm - CQ Apr 24, 10:27 1
- ~ if you pleeeeease ~ -- nm - Alannah Myles Apr 24, 10:38
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- You didn't know? He was also kristatos in For Your Eyes only and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:30
- I must be a bigger Star Wars fan than you, because I knew this. - David Apr 24, 10:28
- And The Hound was in Hot Fuzz, Yarp. So was Walder Frey. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:26
it infuriates me that the Y here dropped CNN and now only has fox as a "news" chan -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 24, 10:17 4
- Quit? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 10:21
- The C in YMCA does stand for Conservative. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:20 1
  - Well, Christian. Not quite the same thing, but sometimes close. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:26
- Even moreso that Dawson, time for a new gym. -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 10:18
Bwahahaha! What if Man of Steel had been in color? - TWuG Apr 24, 10:13 [youtube] 25
- This should be a message to all the drained color, high contrast, excess lens flare directors and cinematographers out there: stop being dicks. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:41 6
  - They all look like video games because they're supposed to -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 10:45
  - (except for Batman movies) -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 10:42
  - (or perhaps editors/etc rather than cinematographers) -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:41 3
    - The editor has nothing to do with this! :) -- nm - Guigue Apr 24, 10:44 2
      - visual effects editor? -- nm - Max Apr 24, 10:45 1
        
        Colorist and cinematographer choose the look together - Guigue Apr 24, 10:49
- This is my favorite internet thing this week. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:27 15
  - Agreed. Still does not fix most of what was wrong, but goes a long way. And as was said, shows how clueless WB really is. -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 10:34 1
    - As I've said before, Nolan is problematic for DC, because his disciples are much less skilled. - David Apr 24, 10:44
  - I think it's a big indicator of just exactly what Snyder and the WB *don't* get about the character. - TWuG Apr 24, 10:31 7
    - Well, you're talking to a guy that has a Sucker Punch poster in his bedroom so... -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:33 6
      - I keep hoping to reform you. But your crazy keeps finding a way to peak through. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:34 5
        
        If you don't like attractive women in skimpy outfits, we'll agree to disagree. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:42 4
        
        I love attractive women in skimpy outfits, but I can get that from a Vic Secret catalog for free. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:47 2
        
        "Sears catalog" *ding* -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:50 1
        
        "Now would you unhook this already, please?" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:53
        
        Quick someone do a hotties of the day post! -- nm - Shaun Apr 24, 10:44
  - Would it also be funny to people who avoided that movie like the plague when it was out? -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:30 3
    - It talks about the movie making process and importance of color palette, so familiarity with MoS isn't needed. - TWuG Apr 24, 10:33
    - it will drive home how right you were to you stay away -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:31
    - Yes. There's even a Green Lantern dig. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:31
  - yeah, this is great -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 10:29
- It would have been much better if it had been In Living Color -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 10:23
- I watched with the sound off. Looked interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:14
Has pfm spent .78 cents yet? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 10:09
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- He went from awesome to useless so fast. -- nm - Shaun Apr 24, 10:46
- They love our throwaways. -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 10:07 1
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tomb raiders caught in China trying to access/tunnel into a 1400 year old temple -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 24, 10:03 1
- obviously Brendan Fraser got away. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:05
dennys does alright with the socials and the mediums -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:56 1
- Speaking of where I eat that has a tv on. Some days, Fox News. Some days, CNN. - Ultron Apr 24, 09:59
Whoa: Report: Angels could part ways with Josh Hamilton -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 09:39 8
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- It's a slam dunk -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:44
- This isn't like it's a new thing...eff Arte Moreno. - Will Hunting Apr 24, 09:44
- Rumor a few weeks ago was that the Braves could be a a landing spot, if Anaheim picked up some of his contract. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:41 3
  - And Atlanta immediately said no, much to my chagrin. -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:45 2
    - And we always trust what the front office says, right? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:51 1
      - About spending money, yes. -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:52
- Arte Moreno really dislikes Hamilton -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 09:40
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- This is one of Kim's papers now. -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:49
is it Beer O'Clock yet? - Beaker Apr 24, 09:21 2
- I'm waiting for bourbon thirty -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 09:31
- long past. hooray antipodes! -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 09:27
Omg Andie, that "Robin" story is fantastic. -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 09:19
The people seated next to us at the restaurant last night earned my eternal admiration. - David Apr 24, 09:14 37
- I always thought it was only sports programming allowed -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 24, 10:06
- "We have The Ear Splitting High Pitched Noise Channel..." "Sure, that's better." -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 09:50 1
  - I've been helping my landlord with his Internet/new laptop. He has had Fox News on every time - con_carne Apr 24, 10:20
- Hey. I don't watch Fox News, where's my eternal admiration? -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 09:41
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:36
- that's fantastic. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 09:33
- What kind of restaurants shows Fox News? -- nm - Guigue Apr 24, 09:15 30
  - Not vegetarian ones. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 09:48
  - L3. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:42
  - I'd change that to 'what kind of restaurant has TV on' - ty97 Apr 24, 09:40 17
    - Basically all of them. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:24 6
      - this confuses me. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 10:28 5
        
        I hadn't considered for a second that it might be different in other places. TVs are ubiquitous at restaurants here. - David Apr 24, 10:30 4
        
        Sure, but how many of your restaurants are non-Applebee's? -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:36 3
        
        These days? 100%. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:41
        
        It's very much a chain thing -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 10:37 1
        
        It's very much a restaurant thing, at least in the south. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:41
    - A lot of times, it's the best kind (hole in the wall places) -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 09:57
    - "The only kind worth going to." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 09:51 7
      - Without TV, it's like there's some expectation of "talking" or something. ugh. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 09:51 6
        
        Isn't that what we all have smartphones for? -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 09:53 5
        
        sure, rub it in. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 09:53 4
        
        And we all know how you *hate* being sociable. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 10:34
        
        Oh, well played. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:33
        
        heh -- nm - Diva Apr 24, 10:21
        
        *snork* -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 09:55
    - This. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:50
  - Pretty much everywhere. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 09:39 6
    - I don't think so -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 09:44 5
      - Banks, airports, bars, etc. - JaxSean Apr 24, 09:47 2
        
        We lowered a hotel grade on TripAdvisor last year because every time you turned the TV on, it automatically defaulted to Fox News. - David Apr 24, 10:32
        
        -states, +counties I think -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 10:27
      - oh, you dirty west coast liberals are adorable. -- nm - mafic Apr 24, 09:47 1
        
        It's true, we are -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 09:54
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  - Ones in red states. -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:30
  - Restaurants in Tennessee. -- nm - pmb Apr 24, 09:17
Thousands expected to march right about now to commemorate 100th anniversary of Armenian genocide -- (link) - con_carne Apr 24, 09:04 2
- I think you mean the "Armenian internally displaced persons coincidentally dying en masse" -- nm - Turkish government Apr 24, 09:17 1
  - Civil. War. Some of us died too! -- nm - Turks Apr 24, 09:40
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- Looks very Chernobyl Diaryish -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 09:03 1
  - It this how kids say "awful" now? -- nm - Guigue Apr 24, 09:16
the rich getting richer... Jeff Bezos is on track to make $5B *today*, while Steve Balmer is looking at $1B (1/2 what he paid for the Clippers) -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 09:00
This commercial for my cable company is clever -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 24, 08:57 [youtube]
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- *smh* Bring on the robot refs -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 09:02
- don't look at me. I already explained all this to people -- nm - Tim Donaghy Apr 24, 08:55
Why do I look forward to Xur every week? -- nm - David Apr 24, 08:49 3
- What does he have? -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 08:51 2
  - Mida-Tool again. -- nm - David Apr 24, 08:58 1
    - OFFS. Any good boots? - Ultron Apr 24, 09:59
If Mayweather-Pacquiao ends in a draw, the sportbooks will take a bath, and other fight betting news -- (link) - Beaker Apr 24, 08:48 9
- "One of these boxers will win this fight and the other almost assuredly will not!" -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:10 2
  - "This fighter's got remarkable skills. He's not to be trifled with, Casey." -- nm - iSpam Apr 24, 09:35 1
    - Everyone but spamlet is a huge disappointment. This should have been a great sub-thread. -- nm - David Apr 24, 10:42
- if that fight ends in a draw, the audience will burn Vegas down -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 08:48 5
  - I have been looking at how they get Fight #2 out of this...I expect Manny to win a decision - Will Hunting Apr 24, 09:00
  - plus how will Don King know who gets to ride in the front seat with him? -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 08:53 3
    - King is just about done in fighting....his stable is gone. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 09:01 2
      - (He's also 83.) -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:12
      - spoilers - Beaker Apr 24, 09:02
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- though he neither wrote nor directed it - prayformojo Apr 24, 08:59 2
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    - It's really just a quasiShyamalan -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 09:01
- not the only one. -- nm - decline Apr 24, 08:57
- I quite enjoyed it. I very much like that it jumped right into things. No pussyfooting around with any of the backstory garbage. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 24, 08:52
- Lady in the Water was his last movie I have seen. -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 08:51 2
  - i just looked at IMDB, i haven't seen anything since The Village. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 08:53 1
    - The Village and Lady were both drive-in movies, so they only halfway count! -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 08:56
- I think it was in my bottom five for that year. -- nm - David Apr 24, 08:49
Cal and his Amazing Friends! -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 08:46 6
- More SHIELD thoughts - spoils - TWuG Apr 24, 09:00 5
  - fr -- nm - eag Apr 24, 09:05 4
    - From b2 you guys missed the best part from the last AoS episode ( spoils) - eag Apr 24, 09:07 3
      - No, the best part was - spoils - TWuG Apr 24, 09:22 2
        
        I've noticed (spoils) - eag Apr 24, 09:29 1
        
        The best thing I saw regarding that character was (spoils) - TWuG Apr 24, 10:29

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