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It's not pronounced "win-nee-peg" -- nm - mud Jun 8, 14:37 4
- How is it pronounced? -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 14:42 1
  - win-neh-peg -- nm - mud Jun 8, 14:44
- Does it rhyme with Regina? -- nm - iSpam Jun 8, 14:42
- and that's another thing . . . it's "vet-er-an" . . .not "vet-tran" -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 14:42
I already really like the social media campaign for the martian. just BRING HIM HOME. very succinct. (is this a spoiler? guys, he's on mars.) -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 8, 14:31
Tornado watch for Max in DC! - tristafe Jun 8, 14:30 1
- we have one here too. raining out my plans for drinks dammit. -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Jun 8, 14:31
Jean shorts and tank tops as far as the eye can see! - Mop Jun 8, 14:27 1
- It's a glorious day in Oregon! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 14:29
I'm not a wine drinker, but Shiraz seems like a gateway wine. It's ridiculously easy to drink. -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 14:25 3
- Moscato too, if you are inclined to like a sweet wine. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 14:28
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  - No. -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 14:27
GoT question for the book readers: Do you expect Lyanna to ever appear on the show? - David Jun 8, 14:23 6
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- book spoilers - Roger More Jun 8, 14:29 1
  - Spoilers - David Jun 8, 14:43
- Ièd like to see the Ser Duncan The Tall stories done as standalone shows -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 14:28
- flashbacks ain't their style. I don't foresee it. - Reagen Jun 8, 14:27
- Spoilers - volnelk Jun 8, 14:27
I still love that Berrios video...Dream: Obtained. - Mel Profit Jun 8, 14:15 2
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  - Hopefully we all have those moments from time to time in our lives but his is so vivid. - Mel Profit Jun 8, 14:45
This blows me away. Slacker parents should invest in a couple of shower caddies. -- (link) - Mop Jun 8, 14:13 [Image] 4
- Or just eat inside at a table like civilized people -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 14:15 3
  - spoken just like a dude with no kids! -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 14:23 2
    - (also, he thinks they're people. Civilized, no less!) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 14:28
    - This. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 14:27
Just watched the Martian trailer. Very well done though one observation (slight spoilers) - ty97 Jun 8, 14:09 13
- Damon acts so cocky I fear I will be rooting for the planet -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 14:13 2
  - Didn't read the book? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 14:15 1
    - Noope -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 14:15
- It would have to. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 14:10 9
  - (spoilers) - ty97 Jun 8, 14:11 8
    - The part in the trailer where (spoilers...that's in the trailer) - Loyola Jun 8, 14:34 2
      - I think that was aboslutely necessary (book spoilers) - ty97 Jun 8, 14:38 1
        
        Exactly. Every time he faced some life-threatening event you looked at where you were in the book and knew he'd survive. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 14:42
    - Most viewers don't remember such specific details when they head to the movie. - David Jun 8, 14:17 4
      - I also (as I said) don't see it as a big deal - ty97 Jun 8, 14:24
      - Man, now I know there are potatoes! -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 14:18 2
        
        But no oil! How can he make french fries without oil!? -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 15:07
        
        [snork] -- nm - mud Jun 8, 14:24
I think Con-Ick has got me... - Lady AnteRoo Jun 8, 14:05 5
- I'm holding out for Con Carne Con -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 14:08 1
  - Ironically, Sans Con Carne. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 14:16
- Harry? -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 14:08
- any con-gestion? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 14:06
- Emergen C!! are we working out? don't bring your cooties - heh -- nm - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 14:06
NCAA: Schools have to play teams that are actual colleges in order to count the games in the standings. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 8, 13:51
Caption this image -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 13:22 [Image] 26
- So Maria is in a valley like this, and she puts her arms out, and says, "Look at all the f#*&s I give" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 14:41
- The gypsy I shot was this big! -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 14:17
- I'm tired, tired of playing the game. Ain't it a crying shame? I'm so tired. Goddammit, I'm exhausted. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 14:07
- Putin's penis is this big! -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 13:57
- "You gonna start that trash talk now? The last time your girls won was in the *1990s*." -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:54
- "What T F, Barrack?" -- nm - Jovian Jun 8, 13:52
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- residents a few miles south of Hardhome have no idea those are White Walkers approaching -- (edited) - Peglegpete Jun 8, 13:47
- This is what Silvio said, but I don't believe him. -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 13:47
- "You're going to miss because you're thinking too much. Now you're wondering if she's right, what if I miss? You're- ow, shit, I wasn't ready." -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:45
- I once caught a fish, this big -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 13:44
- "Prepare the Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen!" -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:43
- "You wanna see my huge tracts of land?!? I'll show you my huge tracts of land" -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 13:42
- "You like peeking in my email? You want a show? How about I jiggle my shoulders, does that do it for you?" -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:41
- "I purposefully dressed like a watermelon for you!!!" -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 13:37
- seriously! when are you going to do something? the world's falling apart and you're sitting OUT HERE ?!?!?! -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 13:36
- "Well, it ain't gonna suck itself" -- nm - J Jun 8, 13:27 3
  - "excuse me, while I whip this out...." -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 13:27 2
    - ~The hills are alive with the sound of suck-in~ -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:30 1
      - "let me show you the rare species, the Alabama Blacksnake" -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 13:32
- and then we scored a 10th goal!!! wtf! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:26
- "Come at me, bro!" -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 13:24
- "What the hell man, I sit there every day for lunch." -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:24
- "Yes, its that big Angela" -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:23
- That only works for The Night's King. -- nm - David Jun 8, 13:23
- "I love you this much" -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 13:23
UPS: I have a package being heldup at their local office because I chose 2day instead of overnight. -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:19 1
- Package is being delivered to me....But not until tomorrow. -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:21
We said goodbye to our beagle today, but got a bit of an explanation for all her seemingly unrelated issues: lymphoma. - TWuG Jun 8, 13:16 12
- Socks. Beagles are a nice dog. -- nm - Loyola Jun 8, 14:18
- Thanks, everyone. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 14:08
- *HUG* -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 14:07
- Very sorry to hear -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 13:57
- I'm sorry she passed. :-( Though, it's so great that you adopted her and gave her a happy life. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 13:39
- sorry for your loss -- nm - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 13:25
- I'm so sorry. That really sucks. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 13:24
- man, that sucks . . . so sorry for your loss and all . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 13:24
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- I'm sorry to hear it but at least you know that there was nothing else you could have done. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 13:18
- so sorry -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:18
- i am so sorry, brutally hard. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 13:17
KittenTV is a riot -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:15
I love getting lost down the Rabbit Hole . . . been studying today for a comps test this week, and I keep getting distracted . . . - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 13:14 7
- we are test buddies - mine is 8:30 am thursday - we will make it - you will see. -- nm - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 13:26 3
  - yeah, i know . . .it won't roll on forever :) i'm just ready to be done is all . . . - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 13:33 2
    - I'm taking 1 of the final 2 tests for an insurance designation ( the big one!) but I realized with the start of this studying - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 8, 13:53 1
      - good luck to you, too . . . and better you than me. all of that insurance and accounting and what not? no, i wouldn't do well on that . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 14:00
- see above -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:17
- Edited! I googled, are your comps the same as this online definition: -- (edited) - Andie Jun 8, 13:15 1
  - sort of . . . the Comprehensives in the program that i'm in basically is . . . - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 13:31
Amazon: Not much a fan of 1-click ordering...Too easy to be impulsive and regret it later -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:09 1
- You can turn it off. I only have it enabled for stuff delivered to my Kindle. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 13:13
Just a reminder for you Video Game fans we are a week away from E3 -- (edited) - eag Jun 8, 13:05 5
- Forza just made a big announcement today that they're getting the Porsche license back after working it out with Porsche and EA. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:13 4
  - That's rather important for a racing game especially since their cars are usually really good and fun to drive. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 13:21 3
    - Racing heritage is important for sim players, so it's been a point of frustration that EA's arcadey games have had Porsche and nobody else does. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:23 2
      - I can't stand those games. Not what I'm looking for in a racing game. - Krusty Jun 8, 13:36 1
        
        The best thing about Burnout Paradise and the Forza Horizon games -- (edited) - eag Jun 8, 13:44
Is anyone playing fantasymovieleague.com still? If so, do you like it? - Inigo Jun 8, 12:59
LYC: My mom's cousin from Argentina and wife visiting today and tomorrow - con_carne Jun 8, 12:44 7
- take a DNA test, find out you are really a jew from Romania -- nm - z on the go Jun 8, 12:52
- mel's family (on his dad's side) is Neapolitan as well. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 12:51 5
  - we're going to that Cafe "Profit" at some point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 14:15
  - Yeah! - con_carne Jun 8, 13:02 1
    - :) -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 13:10
  - Mmmmm, tricolor ice cream..... -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 8, 12:52 1
    - Birthplace of pizza, I think. Not too shabby -- nm - con_carne Jun 8, 12:56
LIR: My sometime preventive cure for the midafternoon work coma is B Complex vitamins with lunch -- nm - con_carne Jun 8, 12:41
this is in my backyard. this isn't cool. -- (link) - amanda Jun 8, 12:35 13
- Ugh, awful. Also, I'm reading the complaint and who was this kid's lawyer? Most of it is soo poorly written. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 13:36
- I feel bad for folks who have to put up with this to gain acceptance. -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:06
- thank you SIR, may I have another....WHACK -- nm - z on the go Jun 8, 12:55
- Honestly I will never understand why fraternities (and sororities) think this kind of thing is justified, necessary or worthwhile, nor will I - pmb Jun 8, 12:40 9
  - I have absolutely NO idea why the pledges put up with it. Or how it's allowed to go on for such a long period of time. - Jim Jun 8, 12:42 8
    - I went to a small private liberal arts school that was about 50% greek. there were frats like this on campus - amanda Jun 8, 13:09
    - My daughter really struggled with her sorority pledge period (more psychological hazing than anything). She hated it, but felt like she'd get through - pmb Jun 8, 13:02 4
      - Yep, we had nothing like that. It's crazy really. I mean, as pledges, we all had to make paddles and we had to get every Active's signature on them. - Jim Jun 8, 13:06 3
        
        Most of what my daughter had to do was similar to that, but they had to learn all this sorority history stuff and the name of every person (and - pmb Jun 8, 13:24 2
        
        Whoa...yeah, was nothing like that for us. Hell, we'd get yelled at for NOT studying. -- nm - Jim Jun 8, 13:31 1
        
        Yeah, but you went to a nerd school. - spamlet Jun 8, 14:22
    - You'd think if any place had an institutional desire to be on top of this stuff, it'd be PSU. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 12:48 1
      - No shit. -- nm - Jim Jun 8, 12:56
The Martian trailer is a walk-off grand slam home run. Nailed it. - TWuG Jun 8, 12:33 2
- sorry to hear your news. That is no fun at all. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 12:33 1
  - Thanks. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 13:14
If, from now till the end of time, someone should ask what we were doing on the eve of the 17th of November, we shall proclaim that we were curling. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 8, 12:31 1
- There is no dress! -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:34
I feel like if I were in an MLB Draft war room, I'd feel a lot of pressure to draft Mariano Rivera Jr. - David Jun 8, 12:29 5
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 14:23
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  - pfft, what makes me feel old is seeing guys I watched play become managers. - groiny Jun 8, 12:54
- but his real dream is to be an opera singer! -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:38 1
  - Then I'd spend my first round Opera Singers pick on him, too. -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:40
LIR: I hope this is ok to post. As some of you know the Animal Rescue that I work for is in the process of constructing a new facility. Today, we - IrishStephen Jun 8, 12:25 1
- Good luck! -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 13:25
I've been to that wacamaw pottery place. Didn't get any ice cream though - tristafe Jun 8, 12:24 1
- i think the last time i was in Myrtle Beach was 1998. And that was just one night stopping on a road trip. We went every year for a week in March - Andie Jun 8, 12:27
Have you ever thought about what a bloodbath the final few episodes of Game of Thrones are going to be? - David Jun 8, 12:21 7
- Yep -- (link) - Max Jun 8, 12:31 [Backboard] 1
  - Hunting's is better. -- nm - David Jun 8, 12:33
- Ser Pounce is playing the long game -- nm - tristafe Jun 8, 12:25
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- The only one left will be Mr. Rogers in a blood-stained sweater. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 8, 12:22 2
  - again, I say it's Hodor astride a mountain of corpses. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 12:25 1
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