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The owner of that brothel in Vegas is talking way too much. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 18:05 2
- if that's the guy I'm thinking of, he's never been media-shy. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 18:09 1
  - this is the dude I have in mind. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 18:12
Pan, second viewing (3D) - con_carne Oct 14, 18:02 2
- I saw The Martian and 3D was the only option for my time. It was a total waste. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 18:05 1
  - So dumb -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 18:07
Local news (NBC) is reporting customs delays for arriving passengers due to a computer 'glitch' in the system that checks passports against watchlist. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 17:57 7
- Good thing I ain't arriving, suckers -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 18:02 3
  - *ahem* *AHEM* why was I not invited to join your adventure? -- nm - barnaby bear. Oct 14, 18:06 2
    - My nieces would rend you from limb to limb -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 18:07 1
      - not if you brought my pals along for them and kept me at a distance. excuses, excuses. -- nm - barnaby bear. Oct 14, 18:11
- That sounds annoying, though I expect arrival volume for internal is a bit lower at this hour hopefully? - ty97 Oct 14, 18:01 2
  - Sounds like it's a nationwide outage so maybe Europeans on the east coast. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 18:04 1
    - Yeah, probably a couple of those, but not too many of them because it has to be traffic ending here - ty97 Oct 14, 18:06
Thanks to Hulu, I have a guilty pleasure show from the new tv season - ty97 Oct 14, 17:49 7
- I was terrified the IM was going to say Dr. Ken. -- nm - David Oct 14, 17:57 1
  - I saw my middle older sister had recorded it at our mom's. it was hard not to judge, so I did. -- nm* - b. Oct 14, 17:58
- Oh, honey. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 17:54 1
  - I may have to wait until May and just binge watch the rest all at once. - ty97 Oct 14, 18:02
- I found the pilot tedious and never went back for more. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 17:51
- They just gave it a full season - jangles Oct 14, 17:50 1
  - I just started watching it yesterday, not my fault! -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 17:58
I assume andie is calling in sick tomorrow -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 17:48 1
- Half of Toronto, I assume. -- nm - Subversive Oct 14, 17:57
See what happens when I'm in power? Don't mess with a streak folks -- nm - Harper Oct 14, 17:43 3
- *puts hands in pockets, kicks dirt* -- nm - Rob Ford si Oct 14, 18:06
- Ummmm. About that. *doesnt link to "Canadian Election - 1993 wiki"* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 14, 17:49 1
  - "The pepper, I likes it on my plate." -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 17:58
I.. shouldn't have turned volume back up. ouch, but this is super cute. brandon mccarthy rt'd it. (t.o. game content spoiler ahead) nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 17:39
I feel like the Jays should stake Rougned Odor in the heart just to be sure. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 17:27 6
- Haha, indeed. - Subversive Oct 14, 17:34
- My takeaway is that good things will be happening to Toronto franchises all around this year -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 17:31 3
  - Raptors win the Super Bowl! -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 18:05
  - knock knock -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 17:41 1
    - Remember back when Samara was the one who knocked? -- nm - David Oct 14, 17:55
- I love that he was the one who blew the play with the bases loaded. - David Oct 14, 17:29
I know you all are talking about baseball, but other than the Cubs, I have no clue as to any other teams playing. - jaxSean Oct 14, 17:23 1
- "Jays" has been posted at least 100 times this week. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 17:26
nothing like grabbing the handle of a cast iron skillet just out the oven and forgetting to use the oven mitt - znufrii Oct 14, 17:23 5
- ouch! check-out oven-safe handle-covers (silicone, etc.) - they're under $10, and some can be used up to 450 degrees. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 17:31 2
  - :) - znufrii Oct 14, 17:35 1
    - there's a reason those covers were invented. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 17:37
- On the plus side, you now have a perfect copy of the map to the Ark. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 17:24 1
  - *Half* the map... -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 17:27
DAMMIT!!!!! FX is developing a Legion series with Marvel, not DC -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 14, 17:19 1
- Also developing a Hellfire TV show -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 17:21
our MVP sounds a little drunk. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 17:18
the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have both opened probes into daily fantasy sports -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 17:18
this year's chipotle halloween dealio is limited - from 5pm until closing time, add something unnecessary to your costume; and a burrito will be $3. -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 17:14 1
- oh, maybe they're doing it because it's on a saturday. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 17:15
Dinner with Truman. Battle of the allergies - Roolulu Oct 14, 17:05 1
- Ha! Have a nice dinner! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 18:06
Can you please not use episodes of The Grinder to teach life lessons to my kids? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 17:02 3
- It's better then using Grindr to teach life lessons to kids. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 17:12 1
  - You WILL learn left from right! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 17:15
- your alternate choices are OZ and the Partridge Family. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 17:09
OK boys. You haven't won anything yet. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 17:00 2
- Well ... - Beryllium Oct 14, 17:01 1
  - There may still be the Astros. -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 17:05
oh stop with the "Canada's Team" bullshit -- nm - mud Oct 14, 16:51 7
- Ah, 100% they are. More then 10% of the country had Sunday's game on the whole time. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 14, 17:08
- Uh... but they are. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 16:59 1
  - oh okay. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 17:12
- Well.... -- nm - iSpam Oct 14, 16:58 1
  - Exactly - it's not a World Series without a team from another country. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 16:59
- What got in your poutine/ -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:55
- Vivent les Expos! -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 16:54
Die Hard 6 in planning stages -- (link) - Remlik Oct 14, 16:50 10
- Too Dead, Too Hard -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 18:01
- (prequel. dumb) -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:54 8
  - The World-weary-ening -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 17:40
  - Everyone loves prequels! -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 16:54 6
    - and Terminator sequels -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 16:56
    - also, set in 1979. but then it all happens to him again 9 years later -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:55 4
      - Hans Gruber will be the secret mastermind - zork Oct 14, 16:57 3
        
        or should that be "will have been"? -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:58
        
        "I am the master of all your pain!" -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 16:57 1
        
        "Not unless I married you!" -- nm - John McClane Oct 14, 17:06
Since I just walked into see the game over and hear "You'll never see another game like this," can someone spoil me on the highlights? -- nm - Max Oct 14, 16:50 12
- the key stuff - Reagen Oct 14, 17:03 1
  - and those three errors! All simple drops -- nm - mud Oct 14, 17:13
- Let me esplain. No, there is too much, let me sum up... -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:53
- 53 minute 7'th inning -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 16:53
- Well a kid got hit by a beer -- nm - JD Oct 14, 16:51
- A player died on the field, was memorialized in the 4th inning, and came back to life during the 7th. - David Oct 14, 16:51 5
  - Here you go. - David Oct 14, 16:59 3
    - that looks to be a pre-game preview. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 17:02 2
      - Trying again... - David Oct 14, 17:04
      - here's one. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 17:03
  - Lazaurs really took that hit well. -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 16:53
- this covers it pretty good -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 16:50 [Backboard]
YAAAASSSSS!!!!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 16:49
There'll be no living with Jay and Dan now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:49
There it is -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:45
Wooooooooooooooooooooo! -- nm - J Oct 14, 16:45
bring on the Royals or Astros! -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:45 5
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  - That'd be a record -- nm - JD Oct 14, 16:50 3
    - They already have done 11 in a row twice this season. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:52 2
      - *nod* But to not lose again? ever? - JD Oct 14, 16:53 1
        
        I was going to go there but thought that joke wasn't worth it. - zork Oct 14, 16:54
"We went to game 5 of the ALDS and a hockey match broke out" -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:44
::turns down volume some more:: -- nm - b. Oct 14, 16:43 1
- spoils. - b. Oct 14, 16:45
I think that ump has a small cat in his mouth -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 16:41
kitty break! nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 16:27 7
- *Kachooo* - Peglegpete Oct 14, 16:31 2
  - salud! (I am allergic, too.) -- nm - b. Oct 14, 16:32 1
    - Me too. Luckily not to dogs! -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:34
- Heh, I just got in from the library and Mojo was on my lap before I was completely seated :) -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 16:29 3
  - "where have you *been*?!" :) - -- nm - b. Oct 14, 16:31 2
    - "Where have *you* been? ... Where *have* you been?" -- nm - Kramer Kat Oct 14, 16:33 1
      - They won't be happy about me sending them to the kennel for 12 days next week. - Meg Oct 14, 16:51
Breaking: Alien baseball team has landed in Toronto and demand to bat in the top of the 9th...only 3rd weirdest thing to happen this game -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 16:26 3
- I hope they run like Barry Allen, and not Jabba the Hut. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 16:30
- someone should find a kitchen sink to throw out there. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 16:28 1
  - I think the plan is to do that after the pitcher bats. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:29
remind me why you don't just bring in David Price to Bumgarner this game? -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:18 8
- he threw three innings on Sunday -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:24
- cause Osuna can throw the heater pretty damn good -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 16:23 2
  - case in point -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 16:25 1
    - yep. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 16:26
- maybe they want him to be able to start on friday? -- nm* - b. Oct 14, 16:20 3
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  - there has to be a friday first -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 16:20 1
    - sure, but there's also adding risk after he threw the equivalent of ~half a game on monday. edited to add that, -- (edited) - b. Oct 14, 16:23
There were three outs during our entire meal. -- nm - David Oct 14, 16:17 13
- Should have ordered (extra) dessert so we could have scored more runs. - zork Oct 14, 16:27 9
  - Desserts are too fattening! -- nm - David Oct 14, 16:30 8
    - You're at Outback. Live a little. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 16:35 7
      - bit less if you order the Bloomin' Onion. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:46 6
        
        If an onion gets anywhere near me, something's horribly awry. -- nm - David Oct 14, 16:49 5
        
        But you're already at Outback, so... -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 16:52 4
        
        God gave you horrible taste buds. -- nm - David Oct 14, 16:52 3
        
        God gave you horrible taste! -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 16:57 2
        
        Tell me the part about poutine again... -- nm - David Oct 14, 17:08
        
        If everybody had good taste, there would be no such thing. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:58
- You need to chew your food. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 16:23
- that was like the last minute of an NBA game. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:19 1
  - snork -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:22
what slobs! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 16:17
I must kill. the Queen. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 16:16
Reagen..Bill Veeck & a 1 armed batter -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 16:14 1
- I suddenly want a jersey with 1/2 on the back. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:16
funny joey bats flip -- (link) - mud Oct 14, 16:13 8
- Yeah he needs to wear a 'Dark Helmet' sized batting helmet in Texas next season. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 16:25
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  - Baseball is better with bat flips than without 'em. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 14, 17:48
  - (neener) -- nm - mud Oct 14, 16:24
- (I mean yeah, that's kind of a punk move) -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 16:22 3
  - Totally. - David Oct 14, 16:45
  - Kinda understandable in the circumstance. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 16:30
  - I really like him [shrug] -- nm - mud Oct 14, 16:23

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