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Sorry Krusty, someone already written your book. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 07:00 2
- I was reading about it yesterday. He only went to places in Manhattan, amateur. - Krusty Aug 12, 07:04
- #1 in Culinary Biographies & Memoirs -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 07:01
I'm dumb. I can't figure out today's XKCD. - sycor Aug 12, 06:55 4
- (spoils) - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 06:56
- this always helps -- (link) - oblique Aug 12, 06:56 2
  - Nice! I completely forgot about that site. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:56 1
    - I remembered because I had to look too :) -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 06:58
Trying to find the perfect Windows 10 laptop. -- (link) - iSpam Aug 12, 06:47 4
- dell xps 13 is where I wound up. -- nm - fabulous squad Aug 12, 07:10 1
  - I've heard that is the winner. -- nm - iSpam Aug 12, 07:12
- Helpful tip. Don't buy a Lenovo. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:55
- Just as a note. I bought my daughter an HP Pavilion X2 (new model) for school. At $400 it is very impressive and quite a bit more capable than - oblique Aug 12, 06:50
Why This Movie Now? Planning Release Dates, From ‘Straight Outta Compton’ to ‘Meru’ -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 06:31
Awesome goal by a Dutch goalie -- (link) - amoxy Aug 12, 06:30
Cool rumor regarding Spielberg and Ready Player One. - volnelk Aug 12, 06:14 1
- Oh, that would be absolutely perfect. -- nm - TWuG Aug 12, 06:56
I ate rice last night. My sinuses started acting up feeling like there is something in there. Today I feel like crap. I blame Jax - oblique Aug 12, 06:06 3
- So you're allergic to rice? That sucks. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:47
- It goes in your mouth. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 12, 06:17 1
  - that's what you always say - oblique Aug 12, 06:26
Finance: Macys misses EPS estimates by 12 cents (.64 act vs .76 est). Revenue missed ($6.1B act vs $6.22B est) -- nm - budice Aug 12, 05:04
MLB set a record yesterday with home teams going 15-0 -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 05:03 1
- Even baseball's records are boring -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 12, 06:36
Aug 12, 30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 04:35 6
- 1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 04:38 5
  - I'm glad Phyllis didn't discover it. -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 04:52 1
    - Nice! A MTM reference -- nm - amoxy Aug 12, 06:23
  - 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released. -- nm* - Beaker Aug 12, 04:40 2
    - Ah yes, I remember when we still referred to PCs as IBM-compatibles. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 12, 06:00
    - 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine. -- nm* - Beaker Aug 12, 04:43
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 02:39 2
- How'd the maintenance go? - iSpam Aug 12, 04:18 1
  - it went smoove -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 05:05
Laser removal of blue tattoo ink causes it to break down into cyanide ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 00:07 3
- What about giant lion tattoos? -- nm - Ed Sheeran Aug 12, 03:18
- paging CSI -- nm - jangles Aug 12, 00:09 1
  - *puts on sunglasses* YEOWCH!! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 00:17
OK, so I'm building a web service that can shrink gif files. What domain should I put it on? - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:54 5
- sighsmatters -- nm - JenBro Aug 12, 05:13
- xyz -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 00:33
- GifWrap? -- nm - jangles Aug 11, 23:53
- Wanna play some minigif? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 22:58 1
  - Nah. But a quick search tells me there's a plethora of existing sites. - Beryllium Aug 11, 23:09
Bear Grylls on the episode with Ed Helms propagated the myth that urine is sterile. - Mop Aug 11, 22:49 4
- But what if I just like the taste? -- nm - Patches O'Houlihan Aug 12, 05:53
- You can be the urine debunker. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:50 2
  - Head to the rooftops! Let your urine diatribe fly! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:51 1
    - Maybe I'm being too pushy. I mean ... -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:51
It's been a day. And it started out so good with free Red Robin. That's always the way though. - Qale Aug 11, 22:43
You know, at first glance Galaxy Quest is making fun of Star Trek ... but now it seems more like it's making fun of Firefly fans. - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:29 4
- that would be a neat trick, coming as it did 3 years ahead of Firefly. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 22:34 3
  - time travel, bitch! -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 07:03
  - and there were like, more than 20 fans in that movie -- nm - jangles Aug 11, 22:35 1
    - Ouch -- nm - JD Aug 11, 22:48
I'm being watched - and I can't reach the cat brush :) Moj was still wet from his bath and needs to be brushed out :( -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 22:21 10
- You have a broken wrist and you bathed the cat?! -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:25 9
  - No, they were bathed at the kennel. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 22:28 2
    - Ahh. And of course the brush out is his favorite part? -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:30 1
      - Insists on it - at least daily. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 22:32
  - Priorities, man. Priorities. - ReluctantCynic Aug 11, 22:27 5
    - You wouldn't understand but try hooking a bra one-handed :) -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 22:30 2
      - count your blessings, Joel -- nm - jangles Aug 11, 22:32
      - Uhf, yeah. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:32
    - Bathing a cat sometimes takes four hands, depending on the cat. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:29 1
      - Who bathes a cat? They clean themselves plus washing them can wash away the oils from their skin. - Krusty Aug 12, 06:14
This is for Michael Brown - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:58 2
- Did your friend then shoot the woman? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 22:12 1
  - It seems the polite thing to do. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:18
From the all how you spin it file, I just spent an hour with a beautiful woman in which we got hot and sweaty and a time out of breath - JD Aug 11, 21:43 3
- the chase is often the best part -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:53 2
  - ... so you're saying JD should stop screaming like a girl while he runs away? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:54 1
    - I never tried that method, does it work? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:59
In retrospect, perhaps I shouldn't be drunk posting from work. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:27 1
- As long as you're not on the camera -- nm - JD Aug 11, 21:35
New Friday the 13th series coming to the CW. Unfortunately, it'll be based on the movies, not the 1980's TV show. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:20 3
- Though I think we already had the reboot of the Friday the 13th TV series -- (edited) - JD Aug 11, 22:49
- i kinda liked the t.v. series . . . - call me Ishmael Aug 11, 21:55
- Freaky Friday! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:20
Well, that was fun - znufrii Aug 11, 21:18
REB2: Most early Bond villains had their trademarks. Blofeld = cat. Jaws = metal teeth. Oddjob = hat. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:17 2
- Stop reaching - jangles Aug 11, 21:33
- the bitch with the knife in her shoe toe, tipped with poison -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:23
What is cookie butter? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:01 6
- The greatest thing ever made. -- nm - Buzz Aug 11, 21:22
- a new way to think you are eating a meal when in fact you are smearing greasy cookies on your bread - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:21
- Trader Joe's crack in a jar. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 21:12
- A Nutella-like substance made with cookies. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 21:11
- An euphemism I can't believe nobody's thought up yet. -- nm - Imperator Aug 11, 21:07 1
  - Gross -- nm - JD Aug 11, 22:51
I just read that eggplant earned its name because some varieties used to be white & actually looked like eggs -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:59 6
- This purple supercar is what got me looking into it. Mauvine made me think of Aubergine which led to eggplants. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 23:54
- Some varieties are still white and look like eggs. ;) -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 21:10 4
  - Here's a picture. -- (link) - Mop Aug 11, 21:16 [Image] 3
    - See, that makes way more sense. (I don't think I've *ever* seen eggplant like that before.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:20 2
      - Stuffed white eggplant looks disgusting. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:21 [Image] 1
        
        *screams in agony* -- nm - John Hurt Aug 11, 21:32
On vacation. Forcing everyone in the house to watch Scrotal Recall. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 20:55 2
- Good call. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 21:17
- But what's on TV? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:01
hmm, I don't see a flying cow. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:41 2
- and that white car is just *gone* ... yikes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:44 1
  - What he gets for cutting us off. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:14
SoCal's Goodyear Blimp Took Its Last Ride After 13 Years -- (link) - budice Aug 11, 20:39
So it might not be immediately clear what kind of truck this interior shot is from... but maybe you'll recognize the suit on the right. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:33 [flickr] 5
- Looks like a tactical mobile command post. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:01 1
  - Yes. For the bomb disposal unit. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:03
- the suit is one of these -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:45
- is that a gun safe? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 20:34 1
  - I rather suspect so. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:34
Oh, this is hilarious. I'm guessing this is from before the Redskins/Texans joint practice erupted into a brawl -- (link) - IrishStephen Aug 11, 20:33
FF isn't the worst comic book movie ever, which will always and forever be Superman IV, nor is it the worst modern one (since Jonah Hex exists) - Reagen Aug 11, 20:30 17
- Is there any evidence of something lurking underneath the edit? They hinted on Hollywood Prospectus podcast that Trank swears he had a solid cut... - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 21:18 15
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    - Feels like openly trashing the studio is not the best way to go about that, really - Reagen Aug 11, 21:31 7
      - He's pissed off both Fox and Disney (booted from his announced Star Wars pic). - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 22:01
      - In the absence of action, witty banter and character interplay can sometimes be a substitute. It would be strange for Fox to trim that out, though. - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:43 5
        
        So is Joss Whedon,and they probably didn't want to piss off the intended audience anymore than they already had. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:23 4
        
        Fox cancelled Firefly. I was being wry. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:25 3
        
        Or, in Firefly parlance ... - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:25 2
        
        So was I. That's why the Firefly fans were pissed in the second place. - tobor.2 Aug 11, 22:34 1
        
        ooh, maybe that's what ruined F4. Producer interference, showing scenes out of order. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 22:50
  - They do a couple of interesting things with Ben Grimm that might have gone somewhere, but it's missing pretty much everything that makes them, them. - Reagen Aug 11, 21:23 3
    - X-Men Origins: Wolverine was estimated at 150m -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:26 2
      - this is honestly worse. - Reagen Aug 11, 21:27 1
        
        :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:28
  - Did you see the link today of 12 things in the trailer that were not in the movie? - Spawn Aug 11, 21:22 1
    - search for links from me on FF, I posted one yesterday from i09 that is hilarious -- nm - Beaker Aug 12, 04:28
- also "SHUT UP SUE MEN ARE TALKING" indeed. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 20:37
Oh hell ya, -- (link) - amoxy Aug 11, 20:28
Marvel:AOS new look for Daisy (Chloe B) -- (link) - budice Aug 11, 20:23 2
- meh -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 20:38
- Yeah, that's what I said, too. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 11, 20:37
I almost woke the baby up from laughing at this -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:16
People talk about their cats ignoring them after a trip...I wish :) Can't make a move without them underfoot :) -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 20:08 1
- They just want to make sure you're okay. - tobor.2 Aug 11, 20:18
I think I finally get to be rid of the NES, SNES, PS1 and Gamecube that have been in my closet for years. - Tim Aug 11, 20:03 8
- They're collectible. The game cartridges even more so. Don't let him undercut your price. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 21:42
- (also I could probably do better via ebay or craigslist, but I "know" the guy and would be more inclined to give him a discount. - Tim Aug 11, 20:08
- Never get rid of your Gamecube. - Imperator Aug 11, 20:04 5
  - why? -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 20:05 4
    - Eternal Darkness. -- nm - Imperator Aug 11, 20:26 2
      - They need to remake this for current systems. - Tim Aug 11, 20:30 1
        
        If you read the Wikipedia entry, you'll see that they tried but... - Imperator Aug 11, 20:32
    - In 400 years, a sentient alien probe will come looking for it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:05
Lana's hands. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:03
What are you waiting for? - Imperator Aug 11, 19:59 6
- Batteries, a green Banana and Chopsticks -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 20:21
- An engraved invitation -- nm - Pippy Aug 11, 20:03
- it's a nice song as long as you don't associate it with Fifty Shades of Grey, cause that makes it icky. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 20:01 2
  - I hadn't even realized until ST mentioned it. - Imperator Aug 11, 20:03 1
    - I thought this was just more of your Notebook/Girl Meets World vibe. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 21:26
- and already, B1 is making me feel dirty . . . thanks . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 11, 20:00

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