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Guys. Can't get a date? Try the new auction site for dates with women. LYC: the expert that the author talked to is a good friend of mine. -- (link) - zork Oct 8, 10:33 7
- "Honey, tell the kids how we met!" -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 21:11
- "I bid two bits!" "Sold to the lady for twenty-five cents!" "I got him!" -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:43
- so, online prostitution? -- nm - decline Oct 8, 10:40
- "dates" -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:36 1
  - *nods* -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:36
- isn't that what caused Liam Neeson to go kill crazy in Taken? -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:34 1
  - I'm willing to risk it. -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 21:11
Where's all the outrage about the bench clearing brawl from the game last night?!!?!? - Shaun Oct 8, 10:32 7
- Can someone clue me in as to what pissed off that Pirate Player to the point that he needed to... - Mel Profit Oct 8, 10:35 3
  - Two Pirates players got hit. At least one of them was accidental. - David Oct 8, 10:41
  - From the radio feed he went nuts on the field as well. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:36 1
    - From the replay I saw he was the only person rushing out with fists flying but was barely restrained -- nm - oblique Oct 8, 10:39
- brawl? - psilotum Oct 8, 10:33 1
  - the biggest brawl was in the Pirates dugout vs. the Gatorade -- nm - oblique Oct 8, 10:35
- I've seen 4 years old tussel worse than those pussies -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:33
Chicago public schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett is indicted in bribery scheme -- (link) - ML Oct 8, 10:32
Cars 3 will be out June 6, 2017.; Toy Story 4 is slated for June 15, 2018 ; The Incredibles 2—it’s not due until June 21, 2019. -- (link) - Beaker Oct 8, 10:31 2
- Unless it's titled "The Hunt for Mater's Killer", I'm not interested. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:32 1
  - Cars 3: The Search for More Toy Tie-ins -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:33
That foiled French train attack is starting to feel like a Final Destination movie -- nm - jangles Oct 8, 10:30
Paul Prudhomme obit -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 8, 10:30
How Daily Fantasy Fucked Things Up For Everyone -- (link) - Beaker Oct 8, 10:27
Looks like my car is going to get some new hardware, not just a software fix. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:26 15
- Related: I saw a Jetta this morning with a VW branded Shocker sticker on his bumper. It was really quite classy. -- nm - Shaun Oct 8, 10:40
- I told you you would need to pee in you car! -- nm - decline Oct 8, 10:30
- *whispers* don't take it in.... -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:28 12
  - I'll wait and see. Sounds like it will be a while. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:29 11
    - your IM: well ain't that some boooolshit -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:34 10
      - I mean 40x the allowable pollution is a bit much. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:36 9
        
        I'm missing something here - if the emissions were that high, how were cars not failing tests a year ago? - Max Oct 8, 10:43 3
        
        VW put software on there that cut back the power, and thus the emissions when they were being emissions tested. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 10:49 2
        
        I thought that was for government testing. For my local tests the mechanic just shoves the probe in the tailpipe. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:49 1
        
        TMI -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 10:54
        
        a *bit.* -- nm - fabulous squad Oct 8, 10:39 4
        
        a plethora. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:47
        
        ok, a tad -- nm - decline Oct 8, 10:40 1
        
        barely a smidgen. -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 10:46
        
        I forgot to take a picture of the "we're very, very sorry" letter I got from VW yesterday. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:40
Other current misery includes my car broke down on the highway yesterday morning and needed towing, BIL's close friend just died at 39 (suicide? - zork Oct 8, 10:24
So I tweeted to Chevy when I hit 200k miles on my Cobalt. Their customer care twitter is now offering me $100 off maintenance letter good at any GM - oblique Oct 8, 10:24 7
- nice -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:26 1
  - I think mine's at 115k - znufrii Oct 8, 10:30
- Oil Change alone is prolly $60 at ze dealer -- nm - budice Oct 8, 10:26 2
  - *shrug* I get mine there for $29.95. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 10:53
  - free oil change! -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 10:29
- WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Mop SI Oct 8, 10:25
- nice! -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:25
The White Sox did not have a successful steal of third this season for the first time since 1949. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:24 1
- There are too many stats in baseball -- (link) - oblique Oct 8, 10:26
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- Very cool -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:27
- (I'm hoping a former professor of mine is in line for Cabinet if HRC wins) - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:22
I'm about to email my managers that I need to go home sick and am unlikely to bi in tomorrow. It honestly has nothing to do with the Blue Jays. - zork Oct 8, 10:19 13
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  - hockey started last night. Early time slots are because Americans don't want to watch us. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:25 4
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      - No, it would have move by only half an hour if the Yankees were their opponent. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:35
    - Screw you, Texas! -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:26 1
      - They are nearly as much a foreign country as we are. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:30
  - it started last night. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:25 4
    - (but we still might implode) -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 10:25
    - What a n00b. Get with it man. -- nm - Shaun Oct 8, 10:25 2
      - and he's in the Rangers market even. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:26 1
        
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- Sure, sure. "Bird flu". -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:20 1
  - heh. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:21
Netflix raised prices on their mid-tier streaming by $1/month to $9.99 -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 10:19 1
- Maybe they'll be able to afford better streaming material now. - sycor Oct 8, 10:23
*spills a drop for Chef Paul Prudhomme* K Paul's Louisiana Kitchen has confirmed his death. nm - Jim Oct 8, 10:18 3
- and by drop you mean a whole ladle of melted butter -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 11:06
- I knew he was alive but I never expected him to live close to this long. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:21
- they ga-ron-tee. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:19
ouch -- (link) - ty97 Oct 8, 10:15 1
- He had a presser just now and flubbed a couple lines there too -- nm - budice Oct 8, 10:16
Huh, interesting. (nothing implied, just interesting) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 8, 10:14 1
- Worst Boy Band Ever -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:15
Some stuff on the Shannara Chronicles (man, I hope MTV doesn't screw this up) -- (link) - decline Oct 8, 10:13 2
- I read the first book and found it was such a poor copy of LOTR that I never read another of the multitude of books. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:16 1
  - they were some of the first fantasy novels I read as a kid - so they hold a special place for me - decline Oct 8, 10:18
ST Poll #serious: If the House today approached you to be Speaker (and you were sure to win) would you accept. - ty97 Oct 8, 10:12 15
- Hell yes. It's a fair bit more money. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 10:27 5
  - What's your career move in 15 months when a new Speaker is elected in the new Congress? -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:31 4
    - Pension ... book deals, speeches.... - Will Hunting Oct 8, 10:55
    - Retire on the pension. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 10:54
    - K Street consulting/lobbying job for 6x the money -- nm* - ML Oct 8, 10:33
    - Fox News talking head -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:32
- I'd make the Speaker in Mr Smith Goes to Washington look like Mr Smith. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:21 1
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- If I'm already a Representative? Sure. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:18 3
  - that's not a prerequisite for the position -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:19 2
    - Nope, you are you today in your current form and life -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:30
    - Then hell no. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:20
- I would say no to the Presidency but yest to the Speaker position if it means the power to bring things up for a vote. - Max Oct 8, 10:17
- No. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 8, 10:17
- sure, why not? - znufrii Oct 8, 10:13
Speaking of the Middleman it doesn't appear to be streaming anywhere and that makes me sad. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:11 2
- It hasn't been for years. I've looked for it for a long time because of ST. -- nm - David Oct 8, 10:14 1
  - the episodes appear to be on youtube. The effects are *terrible* in the pilot. - spamlet Oct 8, 10:18
OK, fine guys. I'll be Speaker. -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:11 13
- as Speaker of the House, what will your first controvery be? -- nm - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 8, 10:14 4
  - Kickers banned from all Fantasy Football leagues. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:15 1
    - I'm a uniter. -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:16
  - no pants Fridays -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:15
  - Not raise the Debt Limit -- nm - budice Oct 8, 10:15
- I nominate Ender. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:12
- *runs in...nekkid and crazy...charging ML...running him over...grabbing the gavel and dashes off* -- nm - Speaker of ST Nekkid Crazy Mel Oct 8, 10:12 2
  - whoa. do *not* re-use that gavel! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 8, 10:17
  - This is a rather accurate interpretative dance of what's going in this race right now. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:13
- *bangs cast on the table* -- nm - ... Oct 8, 10:12
- can you pass the medical exam today? -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:11
- House of Zubaz -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:11 1
  - Ain't no party like a Zubaz party -- nm - budice Oct 8, 10:12
okay, so, i'm at the college library right now, and the guy next to me is working on an English paper that looks like a pre-schooler's crayon scribble - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 8, 10:10 1
- LibraryGuy. -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 21:10
"A number of cruise missiles launched from a Russian ship and aimed at targets in Syria have crashed in Iran, officials say" - ML Oct 8, 10:06 2
- I don't think we can really LOL about bombing the wrong spot TBF -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:06 1
  - yeah, but we did it on *purpose* -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:09
Paul Ryan (paraphrasing): I still don't want that crazy fucking job guys. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:03
Kim would never complain about her job... -- (link) - David Oct 8, 09:59 9
- So, I'll do it for her. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 10:00 8
  - all-smothering. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 10:06
  - This was me back in 2008. 2 mergers in 12 months. - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:04 6
    - That's an awful lot of concentration in TN. Something's going to have to give. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:08 1
      - (and should be above) -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:08
    - She went from one of thousands to one of hundreds to one of 35,000 in six months and a week. -- (edited) - David Oct 8, 10:07 3
      - It's stressful. - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:08 2
        
        Kim's situation is hysterical. - David Oct 8, 10:13 1
        
        :( -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:15
uh oh Hilary. Clay Aiken has switched his support to Biden -- (link) - Beaker Oct 8, 09:56 1
- cancel the election - ML Oct 8, 10:09
And now folks start talking about a Dem-Rep coaliation to elect a speaker. - ty97 Oct 8, 09:56 14
- unless they're talking about electing a Dem with GOP votes, I'm not interested. -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:10 1
  - If it gets us a non-fringe Republican (which is the best we can hope for) I'll go for it -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:11
- My guess is you'll see a vote like, 221-180'ish-20 for the GOP choice. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:58
- Who's the least jerkface Republican in the House? -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:57 10
  - Selfishly, I'd like Tom Price to throw his name in. - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:06 2
    - a favorite of the NRA, no thanks -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:09 1
      - Here's a list of Republicans that are lobbying against the NRA that are candidates for Speaker. - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:11
  - A quick glance tells me it's Charlie Dent. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 10:04 5
    - CAN WE TRUST HIM? -- nm - Batman voice Oct 8, 10:12 2
      - Heh. -- nm - kelly Oct 8, 10:16
      - *gold star post* -- nm - ML Oct 8, 10:12
    - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Chocolate Factory? - znufrii Oct 8, 10:06
    - He's floating his name. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:05
  - Probably someone smart enough to never want the job. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:01
“I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn’t get out,” - John Boehner 2 days ago -- (link) - ty97 Oct 8, 09:51 4
- "also, I was late for an exam I hadn't studied for, and my hands were flippers for some reason." -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:56
- Exactly my first thought. -- nm - budice Oct 8, 09:54
- oh, and he's on Fallon tonight -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:53 1
  - isn't Leno back for good? -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 09:54
Trump for Speaker! -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:50
Squirrel Girl! -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:47
What the what? I don't know much about it, but I thought McCarthy was a lock? What happened? -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:46 17
- He was never a lock - znufrii Oct 8, 09:50
- He dropped the mic and it fell in to the toilet. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 09:49
- The Teabaggers saw that he wasn't going to be any more ideologically pure than Boehner - jangles Oct 8, 09:48 9
  - To be fair, it's the Freedom Caucus, which considerably overlaps with the Tea Party Caucus, but it's not a full and complete overlap -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 8, 09:57 7
    - (The Freedom Caucus accounts for 42 of the 435 seats according to Wiki) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:03 6
      - But that's enough if they refused to support him, - ty97 Oct 8, 10:09 5
        
        You're assuming he wouldn't have gotten 13 D votes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:17 4
        
        I don't know that the Democrats have any incentive to help the GOP out of the hole they've dug themselves on this. -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:21 3
        
        True. I also think some Democrats would take a known quantity over a risky unknown. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:23 2
        
        I think the Dems would make them sweat at least 1 vote before throwing a life vest. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 10:27
        
        eventually, perhaps. -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:25
  - Farewell, Georges Danton. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:50
- He put on razor-blade spikes and stopmed on his own crank in his first national interview - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:47 4
  - oh I heard about that. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:48 3
    - but seriously, that was enough to kill him?! -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:48 2
      - It was the pretext, at best - jangles Oct 8, 09:50
      - Well, he's Boehner's right-hand ...so he's already suspect in teh right-wing minds...and then that comment undermined faith in him in the minds of a - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:49
Raw. Is. Jericho! -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 09:45

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