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I wish I'd used my Special Wish on something better than "make DraftKings and FanDuel go away." - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:06 6
- how will they fill the commercial time if they don't? -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:14
- how about "make DraftKings make crash a millionaire" -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 17:08 4
  - MULTI-millionaire -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 17:12
  - Only if you're willing to split it lol -- nm - budice Oct 6, 17:09 2
    - if Mel hadn't wasted his special wish... -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 17:10 1
      - it's cool, we can all join the class action and get $10 apiece to reinvest in the game -- nm - ML Oct 6, 17:13
Ichiro's coming back for 3000. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:01 4
- I can't wait 985 years! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 17:03
- Needs 65. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:02 2
  - that....may take a while -- nm - ML Oct 6, 17:05 1
    - Were I a pitcher facing him next season, I'd throw him meatballs. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:10
Flash time!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:00
Guess what happened to the glass suspension bridge in China. -- (link) - Mop Oct 6, 16:59 2
- That's a different glass bridge. -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 17:04 1
  - yah, as it says in the article, it's a walkway. and the glass did exactly what it should have when hit like that. (not to say I wouldn't have been - b. Oct 6, 17:06
For the record - Red Sox fans didn't really become insufferable more between the '07 and '13 WS wins. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 16:51 11
- Red Sox fans are fine, its the Patriots fans that suck :p -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 17:07 2
  - y'all brought it on yourselves. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:11 1
    - I don't htink it would be near as bad if it wasn't for their head coach. He is a great coach but a total dick ass. -- nm - CQ Oct 6, 17:14
- ya'll were fine until you got Yankee penis envy -- nm - ML Oct 6, 17:06 3
  - *wraps myself up in my 2004 World Series snuggy* have those bag of balls we gave you for Ortiz worn out yet? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:09 2
    - he was a free agent, superfan -- nm - ML Oct 6, 17:12 1
      - could have been retained...But you guys were dum. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:13
- You all have always been insufferable, we just used to be better at ignoring you -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 17:01 3
  - Nationally, they were lovable until 2004. Then they became insufferable -- nm - amoxy Oct 6, 17:09 1
    - So we were lovable for losing? - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:13
  - I'll do a better job of upping the Insufferable. [nm] - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:04
Oooh, Prison Architect is out of Early Access... -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 16:43 1
- I'm gonna win the sh*t out of this game. -- nm - Jeremy Bentham Oct 6, 16:48
Clinton Email Server not-so private: Hosted by a Denver-based company -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 16:42 10
- This has been known since...oh, it's Politico - jangles Oct 6, 16:46 8
  - Private email server is pretty shady being in public office, Dem or GOP -- nm - budice Oct 6, 16:50 7
    - It's a real good thing that we've never seen this before... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 16:58
    - It's literally how every SoS before her (and scores of other public officials, federal and state) have run their accounts - jangles Oct 6, 16:53 5
      - Yeah. Perfectly innocent people wipe email servers before handing it over to the DoJ all the time. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 04:44
      - I agree there was nothing nefarious about it. It's not good policy, but it wasn't sneaky. -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 16:56 3
        
        Being a technical mind, it does goes outside public disclosure. Feel pretty strongly about this, and I do indict Dem and GOP -- nm - budice Oct 6, 16:59 2
        
        yes, it should never have been done by anyone. it's shameful how awful gov't IT security has been shown to be. - b. Oct 6, 17:05
        
        this is exactly how I feel. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:02
- I'm confused. The article seems to match my understanding... that the server was physically located at Clinton's home. - Mop Oct 6, 16:46
Lego could do almost an entire Minifigure series with Doctor Whos alone. - Mop Oct 6, 16:40
From my elevator: Which MLB player sold the most jerseys this season? -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 16:39 6
- If its pmb, you know its cubbies and Kris Bryant -- nm - budice Oct 6, 16:43 2
  - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! - pmb Oct 6, 16:44 1
    - here's the top 20 list, for anyone interested. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 16:58
- I saw the list in the news yesterday, so I won't answer. (spoils) - b. Oct 6, 16:42
- Harper? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 16:41
- Based on our household, Evan Gattis and Jason Heyward. -- nm - David Oct 6, 16:40
I agree - Mike McCready almost never looked like he belonged in Pearl Jam... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 16:37 6
- to me, it seems like Matt Cameron is on loan from another band -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:38 5
  - technically he is...sort of. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 6, 16:48 4
    - You're goddamn right he is! -- nm - Dave Abbruzzese SI Oct 6, 16:51 2
      - I miss you Dave. Come back. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:00
      - STFU wannabe. -- nm - Dave Krusen Oct 6, 16:52
    - :} -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:50
Terminator: new film to go into production next year... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 16:30 2
- You mean the sequel to 2015's international blockbuster? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:41 1
  - that one indeed! -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 16:47
I just emailed my Senator to write a new law about running for office - Peglegpete Oct 6, 16:21 2
- are you familiar with the phrase "a snowflake's chance in hell"? - crash davis Oct 6, 16:27 1
  - yes. and he is retiring and has nothing to lose doing it :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 16:29
heh, this mountain does look like darth vader. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 16:10 2
- Some people see Darth Vader. I see Swamp Thing. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:17 1
  - in that case, it could also be armus from "star trek." -- nm - b. Oct 6, 16:20
Conservative candidate muses about deporting Mulcair under C-24 -- (link) - Reagen Oct 6, 16:09 10
- Conservative candidate touts therapies to turn gay youth straight -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 16:33
- I need a quick summary...am I pro-Harper or am I anti-Harper? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:18 5
  - I hate him, you probably think he's Satan. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:20 4
    - okay, I was just checking because Conservative there does not mean the same thing here -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:23 3
      - grading on a curve, it pretty much does now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:24 2
        
        oh, but don't your Conservatives favor universal health care? - crash davis Oct 6, 16:25 1
        
        Meanwhile the GOP has basically been handed over to the Tea Party, which makes ours extreme -- nm - budice Oct 6, 16:30
- Today seems to be "You're not helping" Day for Harper's party. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:14
- Is that related to this? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 16:09 1
  - no, that's a different story. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 16:13
Rumor has it, half the countries in the TPP deal will be "forced" to extend copyright by 20 years. -- (edited) - Beryllium Oct 6, 16:05 1
- And everyone else will be forced to reduce it by 50 years! -- nm* - Mop Oct 6, 16:52
Buffalo Bills whining about ODBJr. Do they ever shut the fuck up? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 16:05 1
- the moment they hired Rex, you knew Buffalo would be vocal -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:08
How about that? I turned on Baseball Tonight and I found out that something called the WNBA is having the finals. - crash davis Oct 6, 16:02 1
- women's beach volleyball has better uniforms -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 16:31
Woohoo! I get the biscuit here. BUT - if I want a muffin I just have to cross the river. - Covington Oct 6, 16:01 4
- I can't find a map of them, but I remember that they reorg'd last year into 4 regions and mentioned they vary by tastes and such. - b. Oct 6, 16:53 2
  - There's a map on a bb -- (link*) - Covington Oct 6, 16:55 [Backboard] 1
    - I'm sorry, I meant a map of the mcd's regions themselves. -- nm - b. Oct 6, 16:56
- Your in a good position on doing some black market dealings - eag Oct 6, 16:05
Speaking of food and Breakfast and such here is a list of some of the most shocking restaurant food portions -- (link) - eag Oct 6, 15:49 4
- I'm pretty sure a few of you have had that triple triple burger -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 16:06 3
  - There's a Wayback around here. It was okay. That triple triple scares me, though. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 16:11
  - I dont think we even have a wayback burger out here -- nm* - eag Oct 6, 16:09 1
    - If there was one around here, I'd do that burger just to say I've done it. But alas... -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:15
WWE: Emma has wisely started a backup career with a YouTube cooking channel, Taste of Tenille. -- (link) - Tim Oct 6, 15:44
And, for what it's worth, sometime last year, Burger King started "Burgers for Breakfast" where you can get a Whopper in the morning. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 15:41
I accepted the trade just for the sake of accepting a trade :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:40 6
- I'll give you Tony Romo for Peyton Manning. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:01 2
  - I only take Cowboys out of desperation -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 16:06 1
    - So... yes? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:16
- fanboy trade! -- nm - ML Oct 6, 15:56 1
  - the best types of trades -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:57
- Action Jackson! -- nm - budice Oct 6, 15:46
It's been a shitty day but something nice happened at the gym. - Mop Oct 6, 15:37 1
- Awww -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 15:48
"Look how big I drew this dog!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 15:19
My children will speak to their grandchildren of a time when they could not buy McDonald's breakfast all day. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 15:04 22
- Bah. ...breakfast without hash browns is like tacos without tortillas -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 15:10 16
  - They have hashbrowns here. -- nm - Ender Oct 6, 15:26
  - Uh, no. McDonald's french fries take their place as a MASSIVE upgrade. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 15:14 13
    - Just like the quarter pounder takes the place of the dumb mcmuffin as a massive upgrade -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 15:45
    - Funny, I was thinking the other way - that the hashbrowns would be an upgrade from the fries. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 15:30
    - Controversial opinion: I can take or leave McD's fries. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 15:22 10
      - how about this: I couldn't even tell you what they taste like -- nm - decline Oct 6, 16:19
      - Wendy's are better -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 15:55
      - no wonder you like Russo's booking. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 15:46 2
        
        WHAT -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 15:46 1
        
        I said you like Russo's booking! -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 16:10
      - What the hell? What is wrong with you? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 15:24
      - BURN HIM HE'S A WITCH!! - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 6, 15:23 3
        
        awwwww - Tim Oct 6, 15:45
        
        Mets fans, what do you expect? -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 15:29
        
        I don't care either way which style of potatos I buy. BUT they have to be well done & crispy. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 15:27
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 15:13
- "We called it The Great Eggwakening" -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 15:07
- This experiment will be dead in a year. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 15:06 3
  - or all its participants will. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 15:09 1
    - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 15:16
  - That's what they said about Dolly the sheep! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 15:07
DK employees have won $6 million playing FanDuel -- (link) - jangles Oct 6, 15:04 8
- 91% of the profits won by 1.3% of the people. No thanks on those odds -- nm - decline Oct 6, 15:46
- It's not the bookie ...I mean fanduel site taking the loss, it's the suckers...I mean players loosing to smarter more informed competition -- nm* - zeitgeist Oct 6, 15:13 2
  - Here are top 10 pay outs for the Millionaire Maker. Imagine being the guy that came in third place that would have been in second place (and so on). - Spawn Oct 6, 15:22 1
    - I see your point - $ 200k is something to get upset about -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 6, 15:23
- that is pretty incredible -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 6, 15:10
- The number I heard at lunch was slightly less than 10 million. - Spawn Oct 6, 15:06 2
  - maybe FD have won $4 at DK? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 15:14
  - I'm sure it's pure coincidence -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 15:08
All day breakfast at McDonalds is pointless without biscuits. - Tim Oct 6, 15:03 16
- I don't understand the problem. Aren't these places selling both products for breakfast already? -- nm - David Oct 6, 15:10 14
  - NPR ran a story about this. The bottom line is that there is not enough space in their kitchens for McDonalds to carry full menus ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 15:21 9
    - Jack in the Box does breakfast menu all the time. I don't know about other places, but service at our local Jack in the Box is atrociously slow. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:00 6
      - JitB is my local go-to, but only for their Chicken Fajita Pita. On the road I go to McD's for their restrooms :) -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 16:42 1
        
        I like jitb's southwest (grilled) chicken salad - it's tasty to me without much, if any, dressing or other topping. -- nm - b. Oct 6, 16:47
      - our JitB has the best service of any fast food restaurant, McDs is second...KFC, Arby's, and BK are the worst here - crash davis Oct 6, 16:35 1
        
        My sample size is "1". But they're terrible. TERRIBLE. I've waited 20 minutes for food. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 16:41
      - ours are generally pretty fast, at least for the drive-throughs. a family member used to work there, and they periodically have - b. Oct 6, 16:22
      - Feature, not a bug -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 16:19
    - If you can make a McMuffin you can make it a biscuit -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 15:30 1
      - If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 15:41
  - I haven't heard the excuse as to why they can't have both. The hash browns are because of the fryers. - Krusty Oct 6, 15:16 3
    - They clearly didn't think this through enough, which is deplorable. -- nm - David Oct 6, 15:17 2
      - They thought it out to the point of having a separate all day breakfast menu. - JD Oct 6, 15:23
      - They're missing popular items. I'm not sure many people knew it would be a limited menu. - Krusty Oct 6, 15:22
- I am so against this recent trend of putting potatoes in the entree -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:08
biscuits, dummy -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 15:03 3
- it pains me to find out we have another point where our views agree -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:04 2
  - I am but a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light. -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 15:29 1
    - Now you're getting nasty. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 15:32
So why is today "Qale Day"? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 15:02 7
- Every Qale has his day apparently. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 15:37
- On National Qale Day, how will you qaleabrate? - Spawn Oct 6, 15:05 4
  - Sounds good to me. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 15:18
  - By braking for those board punks instead of aiming for them -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 15:12 2
    - Skateboarding is not a crime! -- nm - Kalki Helaku Oct 6, 15:46 1
      - Later, skater . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 17:37
- his comment about Hufflepuff is still cracking me up -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:03

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