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hometown poll: name an odd distinction yours might be renowned for (our kids have always done really well at the nat'l marbles tournament) -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 12:47 9
- Being virtually destroyed by a tornado isn't really an odd distinction anymore, so I'll say: the Heyl Pony Farm. - ReluctantCynic Jun 25, 12:59
- Lee Aaron, Farley Mowhat and Avril Lavigne were born there? Those are pretty much the highlights. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 12:57
- Federal Building bombing -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 12:54
- You can canoe or row a boat along a superfund site. Yay, disease! -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 12:51 1
  - we can now rent a condo over what was one of the worst superfund sites in the nation. Asarco (as in arsenic) people here still have yards dug up and - zeitgeist Jun 25, 12:57
- *almost* got me. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:51 2
  - But you somehow moved away? -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:52 1
    - I meant he almost got me to disclose. bonus b. trivia, though: I live less than 5 miles from where I was born, and less than 5 miles from the house - b. Jun 25, 12:55
- Nascar. -- nm - CQ Jun 25, 12:50
sters are *chatty* -- already ~5+ boards today? -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:46 9
- bah, we used to roll 5 boards before breakfast, averaged one an hour, today is SCOTUS rollcall day, lots to chew on -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:00
- am I chatty? I think I am. I'm supposed to be on vacation but lost $38,525 and have to find it before I leave. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:47 4
  - That's a print librarian kind of mistake, amanda. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 12:50
  - 38K? just plug that sh!t in someplace under 'misc expenses' and go vaca! -- nm - decline Jun 25, 12:48 1
    - "coffee" -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 12:53
  - Check the couch cushions. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:48
- couldn't sleep + work stress = Chatty Spawn! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:47 2
  - Go take a nap - jangles Jun 25, 12:56
  - I wasn't pointing to anyone(s) in particular, just noting the tally. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:52
I don't know what "interpretive jiggery-pokery" means. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:44 3
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- legerdemain only with more hip thrusts. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:48
- I'll show you -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 12:45
A little bit of Fox News schadenfreude. They've dropped Bob Beckel. Addiction problems. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 12:41
Who will be the first GOP candidate to say that Obamacare is here to stay? - Jovian Jun 25, 12:40 7
- *crickets* -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 12:54 1
  - They are polling higher than Jindal and Christie combined. -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 12:56
- Sen. Lindsey Graham. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 25, 12:53
- Pataki -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 12:52
- Jindal - decline Jun 25, 12:44
- Rick Santourum -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:43
- John Kasich -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 12:41
So we've determined that the line for David lies somewhere between "Ballers" and "Scrotal Recall" -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:36 6
- I've used the term Ballers in conversation many times. -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:37 1
  - As scrotally as you can recall, right? -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 12:45
- Taint that the truth. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:36 3
  - what a sad sack. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 12:40 2
    - people in this thread are getting kinda teste -- nm - zork Jun 25, 12:44 1
      - Nuts. Something with nuts. -- nm - rollo Jun 25, 12:47
Oscars quiz: Who holds the record for Nominations and Wins? Extra: How many of each? -- nm - budice Jun 25, 12:33 1
- Walt Disney -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:35
Not complaining, just saying... - Mop Jun 25, 12:24 9
- My best advice was that she go down to the office to pick up the cable card rather than calling them. - Mop Jun 25, 12:42
- We had some recent Knology hilarity. - David Jun 25, 12:29 7
  - The contract we don't read makes us agree to only use the arbitrator on their payroll -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 12:54
  - I'm paying about $120 for internet (FIOS) and DirecTV. -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 12:38
  - $150? what a ripoff! -- nm - decline Jun 25, 12:32 3
    - (That's with phone and internet.) -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:35 2
      - I really have no idea how I got the deal I have. I pay $110 for cable and internet - decline Jun 25, 12:41
      - That's about what I'm paying, too. And I barely use the landline. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:36
  - them and airlines. It's baffling. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:30
Maroon 5 does a live acoustic version of "Highway to Hell" - amoxy Jun 25, 12:24 1
- Right. Now one part of that sentence is good. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 12:30
vertigo poll: will you see The Walk in 3d (imax or otherwise) - jangles Jun 25, 12:16 12
- Every time I try to watch Man on Wire I get bored, and do something else. -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 12:36 1
  - I liked most of the movie...I hated the dude. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:37
- I saw the doc, I'm good. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 12:33
- Sure. -- nm - JD Jun 25, 12:31
- No interest. -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 12:22
- I'm expecting to get dragged along to it, whenever Coolio finds out about the movie. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 12:18 3
  - First San Andreas, now this? -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:18 2
    - Yep - movies with scenes so intense that you feel like you're going to die are her favourites. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 12:22 1
      - Oh, I thought it was just BAD movies! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:23
- no because I'm scared of heights, but just because it looks horrible -- nm - CQ Jun 25, 12:17
- Not a movie I care to see. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:17
- no -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 12:16
Patrick Macnee of The Avengers has died. - Stitch Jun 25, 12:15 7
- I would have lost the bet that he was still alive. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 12:46
- DAMMIT, I really like him. LYC, he lived here for a while to do the New Avengers and came back occasionally to do Mousetrap on stage -- nm - zork Jun 25, 12:39
- :( -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 12:16
- Was just thinking about him. Saw a pic of Doctor Who (with cap) and Clara that looked like him and Peel. RIP -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:16 2
  - I haven't found that picture, but I did find this picture. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 12:29 [Image] 1
    - I guess banging the Prince has been a good thing for her. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:35
- Damn -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:16
I'm currently watching a movie on HBO that stars BoA. - David Jun 25, 12:11 5
- Hey! It's Sweetness from Roll Bounce! -- nm - Stitch Jun 25, 12:27
- I am glad for your IM because I would hate to be in a world where Bank of America stars in a movie -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:15 3
  - I assumed he was watching Too Big to Fail. -- nm* - pmb Jun 25, 12:25
  - If FIFA can do it... -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 12:23
  - I figured it was a horror movie. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:21
poll, please: the watcher is a movie. how does it end? -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:02 18
- my amigo MTM says: - amanda Jun 25, 12:47
- It's a scam to trick the new owners into selling the house on the cheap. Everyone loves real estate villains! -- nm - Lex Luthor si Jun 25, 12:20
- it's the neighbour's daughter, possessed by the spirit of a child who used to live there that killed all her siblings. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 12:13
- With the Fantastic Four saving the world yet again. -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:12
- With two dead watches covering his eyes as the first shovel of dirt falls on him. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 12:10 1
  - this made me snort -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 12:35
- The family dead and the realtor (who IS the Watcher) showing off the empty house to a new family -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 12:08 1
  - oh, interesting. not bad. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:10
- Either split-personality or some type of time challenge where it's actually the husband sending the notes. -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 12:05 4
  - maybe his ancestors lived there and had to give up the house when (AHA!) they were committed to insane asylums - amanda Jun 25, 12:09
  - this is good. -- nm - decline Jun 25, 12:08
  - yeah, that's pretty good. but they just bought the house. it'd take some work. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:07 1
    - You send the first batch of notes to scare the owners into selling...you keep sending so as to not arouse suspicions. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:09
- I don't know how. But I can totally see this as a Fincher project -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 12:03
- connor macleod shows up and fixes the problem with a little elbow grease and decapitation -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:03 3
  - and then retroactively 'corrects' all of the problems with the tv show and each of the movies after the 1st one ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 25, 12:08 2
    - and we'll call it the Timelander! -- nm - greenlit! Jun 25, 12:10 1
      - *golf clap* -- nm - zork Jun 25, 12:40
Man fearing for life kills intruder -- for the second time in four months. (he knew both) -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 11:59 3
- Thus guy sounds like a mean, I mean a real mean drunk -- nm - z on the go Jun 25, 12:11
- does this dude's house have beer-flavored doorknobs or something? -- nm - Max Jun 25, 12:04
- man, that intruder really had bad luck -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 12:00
NBC has renewed "Aquarius." -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 11:56 3
- Huh, didn't see that coming. It might have done better as a limited series. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 12:16
- "That's how desperate we are, people" - Kabletown Jun 25, 12:00 1
  - the trend of limited episodes a season seems to allow more actors to do other things besides their one tv show. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 12:02
ST Poll: What's your favorite animated movie? -- nm - David Jun 25, 11:55 54
- Secret of NIMH -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 13:41
- Iron Giant and The Simpsons are a tie. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 12:32
- Lion King -- nm - CQ Jun 25, 12:24
- Akira. Still to this day. Followed closely by Spirited Away. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 25, 12:20 1
  - good taste :) -- nm - decline Jun 25, 12:27
- I don't know. Spirited Away. Up. Lilo & Stitch. How to Train Your Dragon. Lion King. - Kim Pine Jun 25, 12:19 4
  - CHOOSE! - Stitch Jun 25, 12:23 3
    - Meega nala kweesta! -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 25, 12:27 2
      - Meega Frafu Nupooki. - Spawn Jun 25, 12:45
      - *vomits nuts and bolts* -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:29
- Spirited Away. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 12:16
- Iron Giant, Lion King, Fantasia. -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:14
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- nm - z on the go Jun 25, 12:13
- Iron Giant, HTTYD, and Lion King would be my top 3. -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 25, 12:08
- *rolls a die* Lion King, Tangled, Monsters Inc., Frozen, Up, Despicable Me - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:07 5
  - Oh, Despicable Me is a great choice. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 12:24
  - F**k you dude. -- nm - Stitch Jun 25, 12:12 3
    - I enjoy this one basically because of Nathan, same as I now really like Nemo....but as a stand-alone - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:19 2
      - It's got one of the strongiest stories about family in the history of cinema. -- nm - Stitch Jun 25, 12:23 1
        
        Yeah, but I just didn't really buy into it enough. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 12:41
- Heavy Metal from my childhood. Now its been solidly The Iron Giant -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 12:07 5
  - You had a warped childhood to watch Heavy Metal -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:13 4
    - I watched when I could - not supposed to be seeing that - or Wizards -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 12:40
    - Eh, I was 14 or 15. It was one of my favorite HBO viewings. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:36 1
      - 14 or 15 is okay, I was thinking under 10 -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 12:54
    - oh I wasnt allowed to. But I taped it on VHS and kept it hidden and watched it in the den when they were out. -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 12:34
- From childhood, my answer would be The Sword in the Stone. Now, it's probably How to Train Your Dragon. -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:04 3
  - F**k you dude. -- nm - Stitch Jun 25, 12:10 2
    - Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! - David Jun 25, 12:11
    - oh drat, I forgot about this one too. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:11
- Cars because of the sheer glee it brought Logan when he was little. Otherwise, Iron Giant. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:01
- Lion King followed closely by Incredibles. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 12:00
- Hard to pick one but its a tie between Fantasia and Fantasia 2000..... - Walt_Disney Jun 25, 12:00
- prolly a tie between 'Beauty & The Beast' and 'The Incredibles'. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 12:00
- Finding Nemo -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 11:59
- Probably Up. But based on evidence, the only ones i've ever owned were Aladdin and The Lego Movie. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 11:59
- Despicable Me, I think. Runners up: Incredibles, Big Hero 6, Nemo, Madagascar, Panda. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 11:59
- Coraline maybe? Too hard to choose. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 25, 11:58
- Right now, I'd say Spirited Away -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 11:58 1
  - this is my number 2. -- nm - decline Jun 25, 12:01
- Robin Hood -- nm - Max Jun 25, 11:58 1
  - Oh, right, I need to get this one for my son. I got Jungle Book a few months ago but I don't think he's watched it yet. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 11:59
- Aladdin , Hunchback of Nortre Dame ,Fantasia -- nm - eag Jun 25, 11:58
- Toy Story -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 11:58 1
  - Beauty and the Beast for traditionally animated. -- nm - Inigo Jun 25, 12:02
- Iron Giant. Up is a close second. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 11:57
- Twice Upon a Time -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 11:57
- Akira -- nm - decline Jun 25, 11:57
- Waking Life -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 11:56
- Hard pressed to think of one better than Iron Giant...though Little Mermaid is probably close. -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 11:56 1
  - I have this soundtrack for newton. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:02
- Secret of NIMH -- nm - budice Jun 25, 11:56
- The Simpsons Movie. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 11:56
- probably How to Train your Dragon. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 11:56
nice early birthday present. - Todd Manning Jun 25, 11:55 2
- Sweet!!! Pick up Destiny, and you will be in business! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 12:22 1
  - YES!!!! -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 12:50

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