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yikes, Lou Dobbs looks like an oompa loompa -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:52 1
- ha, I remember him having coloring issues in the past. from his twitter, it looks like he, um, freshened up in the past day or two. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 17:56
ah this is another extra sad stranger death for me - anyone who's lived in the bay area and ever listened to news radio probably remembers his voice. -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 17:50
Kitten break for b. Two mountain lion kittens born in the Santa Monica Mountains. -- (link) - Meg Jan 14, 17:49 2
- they will grow up to be killers -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:52
- excellent timing, thank you! I want to kiss their m's and tell them how very fierce they are. :D -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:52
30 years after i saw it at the mall, Pretty in Pink will be rereleased into theaters -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:45 6
- Paving the way for PINK2 in 2017. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 17:52
- If you leave, don't leave now -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:47 4
  - sixth-favorite song on the soundtrack -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:50 3
    - So I just looked, and I did not know Wouldn't It Be Good was on that soundtrack -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:54 2
      - yes and no. they couldn't license the original so they had to get a sound-alike band to re-record it -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:57 1
        
        Ah okay -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:58
"maybe I'll leave early-for-me to beat some traffic and ahead of harder rain" nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 17:41 2
- Harder rain, did the sequel have Christian Slater too? -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:42 1
  - haven't seen it, but even its 28% rt score makes me think I'd like it better than the bob dylan song now in my head because of the words used. -- nm* - b. Jan 14, 17:44
The guy in Chino who bought the 15,000 tickets and won actually bought them for his employees. A 62-year-old nurse won. -- (link) - Elvis Jan 14, 17:35 8
- Report on the scene says this is a hoax. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 18:01 1
  - ah, bummer. speaking of hoaxes, the photoshop dude's twitter account is now gone. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 18:10
- This is all part of Meg's plan to throw us off the scent. She hired that guy to buy tickets with our winnings from Saturday. IT'S PLAIN AS DAY! -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:37 1
  - He's a dead man walking!! -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:38
- ah that's so nice - 7 kids, 6 of them nurses, too. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:36
- 62?! She'll hardly have any time to use her winnings -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:36 1
  - *smacks you with rolled-up newspaper* -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:37
- that selfish piece of shit -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 17:36
That crazy ricochet by my college made SportsCenter too, my dad texted me. -- nm - Tim Jan 14, 17:32
Hopefully LMS sees this tomorrow but the kiddo just requested a podcast app so she could download - iSpam Jan 14, 17:30 2
- ha, nice....nm - x Jan 14, 17:31 1
  - Oh, good idea. -- nm - iSpam Jan 14, 17:37
... hours after WHO did WHAT? -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 14, 17:24 2
- that Steve Harvey pic . . . - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:26
- deja vu all over again. maybe it would stop happening, if they'd stop declaring. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:26
Kim wants to know if it's worse for Ice Cube to know that his sister has sex with Kevin Hart or his daughter has sex with Jonah Hill. -- nm - David Jan 14, 17:12 2
- It's bad either way -- nm - eag Jan 14, 17:26
- the latter, on both parts of it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 17:15
Rick Santorum: "Just google me" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 14, 17:10 3
- Thank you Dan Savage. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 14, 17:26 1
  - No really, thank you Dan Savage. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 14, 17:27
- in which Rick Santorum successfully trolls everyone. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:16
First bright spot of the day. Found my copy of the book written by tonight's speaker. -- (link) - Meg Jan 14, 17:03 4
- There's a misprint in the title. They dropped an F. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 17:16 2
  - Fatlantis? -- nm* - Bacon Jan 14, 17:30 1
    - no wonder it sank -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:31
- They had ride sharing in Atlantis? -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:06
the sky outside right now looks a lot like a scene from "the perfect storm" -- nm - b. Jan 14, 16:58 5
- Who would you rather have come rescue you? George Clooney or Mark Walberg? -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:02 2
  - with my luck, it would be Kevin Costner -- nm - Professor Snipegeist Jan 14, 19:16
  - why choose? -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:04
- let's go sailing -- nm - barnaby bear in a Gorton's rain slicker Jan 14, 16:59 1
  - first you have to make it through a sink bath without getting motion sick, dear. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:03
Mich St Basketball needs to wakeup..down big vs Iowa -- nm - budice Jan 14, 16:47 1
- Yep, Jenbro needs a win. Go Mich St. -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:48
this is one of the most "you don't say"-y headlines I've seen in a while. (warning, it's about an allegedly pervily gross doctor) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 16:47 2
- He looks like an aging frat boy -- nm - amoxy Jan 14, 17:01
- here's the daily news's original story, with more details. the bombshell-dropping description is silly, but.. - b. Jan 14, 16:54
B+. That was fine. Surprisingly funny early on. Don't see the need to see it again. -- nm - Tim Jan 14, 16:44 3
- Loved the first half, the second half was lacking for me -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:51
- Which movie? -- nm - amoxy Jan 14, 16:46 1
  - TFA. Waited a few weeks so I had a private viewing. -- nm* - Tim Jan 14, 16:49
Update on my parent's house? Okay. - ty97 Jan 14, 16:39 9
- I guess houses can be lemons too -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:55
- Dude. Then what? Sell it to new unsuspecting person? -- nm - iSpam Jan 14, 16:48 1
  - Yes. I think that's exactly what they'll do, based on this other experience from them. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 14, 16:54 [Backboard]
- was this the house ML was looking at? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 16:44
- yikes. what do they think? -- nm - b. Jan 14, 16:44 4
  - They are looking at houses on line now - ty97 Jan 14, 16:45 3
    - Yep, it's not just the price of the house but anything they may have put in to it in the meanwhile. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 16:47 1
      - I would say its worth it to get out of that horror.... -- nm - Professor Snipegeist Jan 14, 17:24
    - good re: im -- that's nutso. :/ -- nm - b. Jan 14, 16:46
ESPN is saying Dirk Koetter will get the Tampa Bay job. -- nm - David Jan 14, 16:24
XMPSA: Channel 30 is all Bowie until Monday. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 14, 16:17
AB InBev buyout offer -- (link) - JD Jan 14, 16:15 1
- Pete? -- nm - David Jan 14, 16:16
Just went through my 'leftover money (mostly coins)' collection from years of past trips. - ty97 Jan 14, 16:13 35
- my dad was in the air force from ww2 to vietnam and collected dollar bills from all the countries, unfortunately he taped them together in a roll - Professor Snipegeist Jan 14, 17:27
- I remember when coin collecting was a 'thing' and you could always find a kid to hand it off to. - Meg Jan 14, 17:10 16
  - i used to do that. i'd send away for coins and they would come in the mail in these little cardboard holders....nm - x Jan 14, 17:12 7
    - fool! - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:14 6
      - my fillér coins, my kopecks, my zloty....all gone. just so much dust....nm - x Jan 14, 17:30 2
        
        at least you still have your lunches, man. plus your kitty. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 18:11
        
        Surprised you didn't grow up to be the next Charles Foster Kane, really -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:35
      - some of those quarters might be worth almost 28 cents by now! -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:17 2
        
        i actually do still have a bunch of silver quarters, buffalo nickels, wheathead pennies and mercury head dimes!....nm - x Jan 14, 17:33
        
        i bet he lights his cigars with crisp hundred dollar bills too -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:19
  - I have a friend I still give them to. she even collects special mintings of australian coins (of which there are many, esp. 20cent pieces and dollars) -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:11 7
    - my favourite of which is the slightly terrifying Wills & Kate 20 cent piece. -- (link) - mafic Jan 14, 17:14 6
      - Wayne Gretzky and... -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 17:20 4
        
        I was thinking laura linney before she went all-in with face work. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 17:25 [Image] 2
        
        don't you be talking bad about my Laura! - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:27 1
        
        mostly, I think she's great. I just wish she hadn't given in to altering like that. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:35
        
        Dee Wallace in The Frighteners -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:22
      - wow, that's awful. "let's age them horribly, because coins last forever." -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:18
- mine... - mafic Jan 14, 17:01 3
  - and some UAE dirham. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:02 2
    - show-off -- nm - mud Jan 14, 17:06 1
      - australia's surprisingly close to lots of countries. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:18
- I've got - Reagen Jan 14, 16:47 1
  - oh, and UK pounds. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 17:07
- Last I looked - iSpam Jan 14, 16:40
- at home, I have a bunch of canadian coins; but here I have a decent collection of coins from places I've never been. -- (edited) - b. Jan 14, 16:32
- do a google search to see which ones are the right size, shape & weight as a NYC subway token :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 14, 16:26
- Kroners from either Denmark or Europe?! -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 14, 16:25
- any chance you have a 5 yen coin from Japan? -- (link) - JenBro Jan 14, 16:23 1
  - I just grabbed a handful of coins out of one of the 'random yen' bags and had at least a half-dozen. -- nm* - ty97 Jan 14, 16:25
- Damn you! Those could've been lottery tickets! -- nm - David Jan 14, 16:22
- you know, this Elizabeth lady is making it really hard to sort the coins by country. -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 16:19
- I love my TBD box of currency. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 14, 16:18
- i got like 6 or 7 pounds left from London -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 16:15 1
  - I've got rupees mixed with my pesos and it's confusing me! - ty97 Jan 14, 16:17
Mark the date; two weeks into January I just turned my head and sneezed into a fan. -- nm - Max Jan 14, 16:10 6
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 14, 16:37 1
  - the only way it could be more perfect is if Hot Asian Intern walked by just as it happened -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 16:38
- Someone is a fan of you? That's what they get I guess -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:36
- *taking notes* -- nm - CDC Jan 14, 16:34
- the dope threshold keeps getting crossed earlier and earlier -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 16:16
- 2016 Sucks! -- nm - Mop SI Jan 14, 16:15
Wondered what set of the alarm on my last trip to the market - seems there are tags on the vitamins that weren't deactivated. - Meg Jan 14, 15:58 3
- They know better. - iSpam Jan 14, 16:02 2
  - I walked around for about a year setting off alarms everywhere I went. Finally, deep down in a pocket of my day planner...security tag. - Meg Jan 14, 16:08 1
    - Some of my bike lights used to set off alarms. I spent a lot of time demonstrating to security guards. - nic to be named later Jan 14, 16:40
"AMERITUDE" may be the single funniest word ever. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 15:57 1
- No word is funnier than "underpants." -- nm* - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 15:58
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- I can beat it by having done other things with that time. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 16:47
- I'm going to see it next week so I'm catching up. - Krusty Jan 14, 15:55 3
  - Exponential growth! -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 16:28
  - Has anything been spoiled for you yet? - Bacon Jan 14, 15:56 1
    - Yup, if it's true. I don't know if it was a joke or not. Spoiler - Krusty Jan 14, 16:36
- opening day I sat thru the first 2 showings of Star Wars in 1977, and a few years later I was at the first public showing of that & Empire -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 14, 15:55 1
  - which was held at a World Con -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 14, 15:55
- 3 times -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 15:54 5
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  - You and my mom. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 14, 16:07 1
    - That doesn't sound like coincidence. -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 18:04
  - You are single right? -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 15:54 1
    - at times. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 16:04
- I saw it once, but it was a strong once. -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 15:53
- dignan? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 15:51
From B2: b. is too kind a grader. I would've docked you all for not showing your work. spoilers - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 15:50 6
- good job! Will showed part of his work. you made it way more complicated than I did, heh. - b. Jan 14, 16:03 4
  - In an alternate universe, I am the high school math teacher who you like only in restrospect because he challenged you. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 16:16 3
    - no offense, but more like the college one who made me stop taking higher math classes. - b. Jan 14, 16:23 1
      - I aspired to be that guy at one point! - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 14, 17:18
    - aka reagen -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 16:19
- nice -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 15:55
ABC going forward with a Dirty Dancing series -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 15:49 4
- 3 hour remake -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 14, 17:00
- Starring Channing Tatum -- nm - Max Jan 14, 15:54
- Every episode will be the time of your life! -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 15:53
- She's so pretty. Lord, she's so fine. I'm gonna make her mine, all mine. -- nm - David Jan 14, 15:52
I know we're supposed to pretend like there aren't stupid americans, but ... meet us halfway. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 14, 15:47 3
- air force even? oh my. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:59
- WTGDF? -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 14, 16:08
- I have no words. -- nm - Krusty Jan 14, 15:55

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