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million dollar app idea: some kind of sensor, a la the breathalyzer from "shark tank" that would let a user know they are wearing too much fragrance. - b. May 7, 15:01 3
- they should have these at the entry doors, like radiation detectors -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 15:04 1
  - and something for the entry points of department stores where they "conveniently" put all the perfumes. -- nm - zork May 7, 15:05
- YES, please! I'm sick of getting headaches from people wearing too much scent. If I'm not hugging you, I shouldn't know what you're wearing. -- nm - zork May 7, 15:03
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- I brought it up a week ago, but I think everyone thought it was a joke. Which it should be. -- (link) - GregW May 7, 14:59 [Backboard] 1
  - Me, too. But it was just before a roll. -- (link) - TWuG May 7, 15:02 [Backboard]
- Nothing Texas does shocks anyone at this point -- nm - professor smartbrain May 7, 14:48
- The sarcastic take I found interesting was "Texas doesn't support the troops" -- nm - ty97 May 7, 14:47
- of Rand. Cruz and Perry, supposedly Perry was the only one to say stop it - the military is not trying to take over TX. - Diva May 7, 14:40 1
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- Daily Show covered it. We should all go on full attack and simply demand to know why they hate the troops. -- nm - Max May 7, 14:36
- no one is talking about it here. brief blurb on news a few days ago -- nm - Pippy May 7, 14:34
- when he took away all the guns we really should have seen that coming. -- nm - Tim May 7, 14:32 1
  - I can't see anything in this 1000 years of darkness. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:33
- More like "So insane that we're not sure if there actually is anything to discuss" -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 14:31 2
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  - This. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:32
Wow! On that Big Bird reddit from B2, further down in the questions he reveals - Elvis May 7, 14:06 4
- As God is my witness, I thought Big Bird could fly -- nm - Arthur Carlson May 7, 14:13
- that's been in the news the past week or so. NASA confirmed there were discussions but nothing was ever confirmed. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 7, 14:10
- "Yellow feathers as far as the eye can see...." - TWuG May 7, 14:08 1
  - *squint* -- nm - b. May 7, 14:11
SITWAP: No need to worry, ST-Gays! Ms. Driskell's lawsuit has been dismissed! -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 7, 14:03 12
- score 1 for Alis: GAY. -- nm - Diva May 7, 14:56
- I wanted my day in (ridiculous) court! -- nm - ty97 May 7, 14:32
- Dammit! -- nm - Process Server May 7, 14:19
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- what grounds? - z on the go May 7, 14:06 2
  - A little from Column A, a little from Column B ... - ReluctantCynic May 7, 14:18 1
    - And a heaping lot from Column Crrrrrrraaaaazzzzzyyyyy -- nm - ty97 May 7, 14:32
- Huh. This doesn't bode well for my class action high-waisted jeans wearers lawsuit. nm - Dignan May 7, 14:06
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  - Don't worry. I'm sure she'll appeal. -- nm - pmb May 7, 14:20 1
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  - I know, right? Now what are we going to do ... ? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 7, 14:19
Turnout in the UK sounds large (70-80%). Bodes well for Labour -- nm - professor smartbrain May 7, 14:03 5
- Know your rights, Brits! It is perfeclty legal to show up drunk to vote! -- (link) - ty97 May 7, 14:48
- BBC exit poll says UK election exit poll predicts Conservatives will be largest party in a hung parliament, with 316 seats to Labour's 239 -- nm - spamlet May 7, 14:06 3
  - I can't find any forecasts that give the Conservatives more than 300 seats, so either exit polling is off or you just can't 538 the UK no matter how - Tim May 7, 14:28
  - and a fart sound effect for the Lib Dems -- nm - Tim May 7, 14:08
  - I was hoping Labour would do better than that. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:08
Hot Pursuit sounds like a hot mess, though this review still helped expand my vocabulary. The word this week is xoloitzcuintle. -- (link) - GregW May 7, 14:00
Is it a bad idea to gift flowers to a new mom friend? I don't want to embarrass her husband if he winds up buying some small wiener flowers. -- nm - Max May 7, 13:52 1
- Jewelry. Or a new car - professor smartbrain May 7, 14:56
STIS: One of my clients is having a baby on Monday and we're friendly enough that I want to get her a gift of some sort besides a card. Info inside. - Krusty May 7, 13:46 28
- Krusty - I mean this - and I want you do REALLY consider it. You are an incredibly gifted photographer - offer to take pictures - if they are "ok" - JenBro May 7, 14:49 2
  - nice -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 15:00
  - (I don't mean the actual birth ... I mean afterwards - as mom holds the baby for the first time - all 3 together - later on - baby with the dog ... so - JenBro May 7, 14:53
- take out! our a gift card to a local place. not having to cook after you're home from the hospital is glorious. -- nm - kelly May 7, 14:27
- Thank you all! ST is awesome! I have some very good ideas to go with. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:24
- Wait til after...flowers. -- nm - Loyola May 7, 14:08
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  - Sadly, I see no evidence she or her husband partook at any time. They're Texans up here doin' some lawyerin' and baby makin'. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:06 2
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      - They are two of the happiest people I know. They have a sweet bulldog, travel often, have a nice little apt. in between Central Park and - Krusty May 7, 14:14
- Truthfully the best thing you could do is offer to babysit a night a couple of months from now so she can go out. - spamlet May 7, 13:55 5
  - I know nothing about babysitting but I could offer. I've never dealt with a baby before, I'd be so nervous. - Krusty May 7, 14:03 3
    - You could bring help. - spamlet May 7, 14:08
    - it can't be that different than dog walking, right? :) -- nm - znufrii May 7, 14:03 1
      - I see kids on leashes. Same thing. - Krusty May 7, 14:04
  - This. And diapers. I hear diapers are important. And expensive. -- nm - sycor May 7, 14:02
- someone here on st has a line of cute diaper sets -- nm - z on the go May 7, 13:51 6
  - a gift certificate to a good pizza or Chinese delivery -- nm - z on the go May 7, 13:54
  - subversive and his wife. -- nm - b. May 7, 13:53 4
    - Are those the re-usable ones where you wash them? - Krusty May 7, 14:11 3
      - yep. most modern u.s. moms, at least, know about them; and they're probably all set. - b. May 7, 14:14 2
        
        That's a good idea as well. I have one that I got as a gift and it's so damn soft! - Krusty May 7, 14:16
        
        and, also, amazon. in addition to microfleece, there are really nice sets there.. like so. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 7, 14:15
- Aww, too late for Mother's Day, but those are the breaks. -- nm - Max May 7, 13:50
- give her what she had to give up for pregnancy....Cuban cigars & alcohol. -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 13:50 1
  - I thought about alcohol but they have so much wine it's not funny. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:00
- (a) that's really nice of you. (b) a nice simple cotton scarf or something. An accessory type thing (scarves - if she wears such things - are good - - Andie May 7, 13:48 1
  - I never would of thought of that. Thanks. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 14:03
old, boring way: shredding meat with two forks. new (to me), snikt-y way: meat claws. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 7, 13:42 5
- you could have told me this before my derby party!....nm - x May 7, 14:47
- why yes, I am looking at amazon's gold box page. throw blankets like these, with "sherpa" on one side, are b., b. mom, and kitties approved. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 7, 13:51 3
  - those are the bomb - I always give those. - also b! I forgot my eyebrows today - Epiphany May 7, 14:05 2
    - oops. missed this until now. - b. May 7, 14:31 1
      - hee -- nm - pippy May 7, 14:36
What, no pictures? Tsk, tsk, CBC. -- (link) - Beryllium May 7, 13:40 1
- Jaywalking judgement delivered. -- nm - Max May 7, 13:42
Has anybody watched any episodes of Jade City? -- nm - zork May 7, 13:23 2
- Haven't even heard of it. Where is it on? -- nm - GregW May 7, 13:57 1
  - Not sure if it has distribution in the States yet but it's been showing on (the Canadian) Discovery channel. Basically the jade version of Gold Rush. -- nm - zork May 7, 14:08
ST Poll: If by some miracle I cross paths with President Obama tomorrow, what is the most important question I should ask him? - ReluctantCynic May 7, 13:23 26
- boxers...or...briefs -- nm - z on the go May 7, 14:03
- tos or tng? -- nm - Remlik's phone May 7, 13:51
- Knock knock. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 7, 13:48
- Tell him there was a text message on your phone that you had been saving, but it got accidentally deleted and ask if he can get you a copy from the - pmb May 7, 13:43 1
  - "How much is the federal Dick Pic Program costing us, Mr. President? It's free on the internet you know." -- nm - Max May 7, 13:44
- ask to buy him lunch because you know a local place far superior to 5 Guys. -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 13:40
- Ask for Luther the Anger Translator's phone number -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 13:39
- What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? -- nm - TWuG May 7, 13:38 2
  - :) - I would be impressed if he got it. -- nm - JenBro May 7, 13:47 1
    - "African or European?" "... Kenyan." -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 13:52
- Will we go to war over DC statehood. -- nm - Max May 7, 13:37 2
  - Let him finish the war with Texas before he has to deal with DC. -- nm - pmb May 7, 13:41
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- ask for a pass to get in Area 51 and also to look at the President's Book of Secrets, -- nm - zork May 7, 13:36
- Can I bum a smoke? -- nm - budice May 7, 13:33
- maybe not an elevator-type question; but I saw this some time back, and it's stuck with me - applicable to many: how have you reconciled your - b. May 7, 13:31 2
  - Good question. I'd say 80% of the time I'd say fuck it, better the devil you know than the devil you don't and vote for that pos. -- nm - Loyola May 7, 13:39
  - This would be a great question to ask any public official. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 7, 13:37
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  - Awesome ... :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 7, 13:40
  - spoils - Beryllium May 7, 13:36
  - [snork] -- nm - mud May 7, 13:33
- Why didn't you pull on the handle that history presented to you. -- nm - Loyola May 7, 13:26
- I think "boxers or briefs" was already asked. How about "How many licks?" -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 13:25 1
  - "or baller?" -- nm - Max May 7, 13:37
- Does he feel guilty about having that Nobel Prize? - zork May 7, 13:24
if this came out sooner, it could have been a nice tie-in for coke and "pitch perfect 2" - kurt hugo schneider and some other yt-based singers.. - b. May 7, 13:22 [youtube]
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- Phillies are only 8.5 games back! - decline May 7, 13:15
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Rc good guess re rose, I would have guessed john wayne. -- nm - Loyola May 7, 13:08 7
- Was it actually her portrait? - ReluctantCynic May 7, 13:21 6
  - It didn't occur to me that they should be Irish Americans -- nm - zork May 7, 13:27 2
    - ? -- nm - mud May 7, 13:34 1
      - Kinda obvious in retrospect, I know. -- nm - zork May 7, 13:37
  - No man it was Jfk and j dean. - Loyola May 7, 13:24 2
    - Ah, gotcha. Missed that. And I didn't know James Dean was Irish American. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 7, 13:36 1
      - I don't think he is? -- nm - Loyola May 7, 13:40
MTV went back to Redman's place to see what it's like in a new episode of Cribs. I love Redman. - Krusty May 7, 13:01 1
- he also used an iron to make food. I loved that episode. -- nm - MDH May 7, 14:28
I'm in Boulder for work this week (we know this, right?). I leave tomorrow, just in time. Sunday forecast: - ty97 May 7, 13:01
guys, I'm just leaving pitch perfect 2 long. I know I could make money daytrading but whatever. -- nm - amanda May 7, 12:55 5
- I caught it early enough today to collect the Short money. Now I think I'll experiment with a Limit Buy for the first time. -- nm - Max May 7, 14:05 1
  - Just like gay sex in college -- nm - professor smartbrain May 7, 14:20
- I'm letting that puppy ride long. -- nm - Loyola May 7, 13:16
- I'm down about $800k. lots of stuff down $4ish. -- nm - amanda May 7, 13:05
- i am down $2M today. wtf? first time i've looked today.. -- nm - Andie May 7, 12:58
I can blame it on the wind kicking up all the dust - amoxy May 7, 12:53 1
- LIR: Incredible -- nm - zork May 7, 13:21
Any hope of us Warren Fans for her to run just got dashed by the most recent email she just sent out. - Mel Profit May 7, 12:50 1
- She'll get a prime time night at the convention to set the agenda for the fall - professor smartbrain May 7, 13:01
LIR Max - We will actually be using my bedroom furniture. I get the bonus room upstairs. She has a living room downstairs. The rest will be decided - sycor May 7, 12:46 2
- Do you need a blue leather couch? -- nm - professor smartbrain May 7, 13:02 1
  - We actually may need a couch. Her's likely will not fit as it's a big L couch. - sycor May 7, 13:13
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- I am totally staying quiet on this on all fronts. -- nm - Mel Profit May 7, 12:48
B.C. First Nation turns down $1B for LNG project -- (link) - Beaker May 7, 12:42 4
- Out of curiosity, how much of a need is there to import natural gas? -- nm - JD May 7, 13:14 2
  - It's an export terminal/pipeline, for shipping LNG to China. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 13:19 1
    - Ahhh...that makes so much more sense and helps explain the Petronas ownership. Thanks -- nm - JD May 7, 13:22
- Sweet! And with Alberta's tectonic shift, there's less support on that end too. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 12:42
Nice day. -- nm - Max May 7, 12:40 5
- You should go out, get some sun. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 12:53
- If you could knock the wind down, I would appreciate it -- nm - amoxy May 7, 12:50
- Shut it, max -- nm - professor smartbrain May 7, 12:49
- it is. I had to drive to pick up my $100 TV at lunch and it was *glorious.* - amanda May 7, 12:45
- Ain't it just? -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 12:42

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