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dc music psa: The Feelies at the 9:30 on 4/16 - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 11:40
Nobody in the GOP likes Ted Cruz -- (link) - decline Jan 21, 11:40 1
- Somebody likes him or he wouldn't be polling so well -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 11:47
Question, what about a turtle neck with a 3 piece suit? See I live in tnecks, but my favorite suits have vests -- nm - Big Zebowgeiski Jan 21, 11:40 16
- only if you're in still living in the sixties -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:43
- No. Unless you're Archer turtlenecks are a bad fashion choice. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:42 2
  - Dan Brown thinks he can get away with it. He just looks so silly. -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 11:44 1
    - Dan Brown is wrong again. What a surprise. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:46
- ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 21, 11:41 [Image] 4
  - yeah....but I'm talking with a vest too...I don't want to have to wear a shirt n tie (all mine have dust epilouts) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:44
  - Only Steve McQueen pulls this off. No.One.Else. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:43 2
    - Al Neri (pacino's assassin in godfather2) rocked it, Steve Jobs -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:49
    - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:45
- You were concussed in the womb,right? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:41 1
  - no but I was dropped on my head a few times, fell out of a tree once (the back of my head is dented) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:50
- i haven't worn a turtleneck since grade school - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 11:41 4
  - I've been thinking of getting a tactilneck -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 11:42 3
    - Five in black and another five in slightly darker black? -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:44
    - Only if they are darker black. -- nm - Shaun Jan 21, 11:43 1
      - black silk is darker than black -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:45
Nate Silver says we have good reason to dismiss Trump's candidacy but... wait a minute. -- (link) - Mop Jan 21, 11:33
[The term "button-down" refers to a type of shirt which has a collar fastened down by buttons, but is sometimes used in error for all dress shirts] -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 11:33 1
- wrekt -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 11:34
SITWAP: Trailer for the disaster movie The Wave......(link) - Walt_Disney Jan 21, 11:29 [youtube] 4
- I'll watch it. BTW, the true event the conceit is based on is here. -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 11:45
- Dano? -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 11:38
- speak English! -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 11:34 1
  - It was Norway's highest grossing film in 2015 and their Oscar submission for foreign language film. Oscars need more non-English diversity!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 21, 11:37
Hay Mel -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 11:26 10
- Oh how Millenial...I don't shave. I don't have time to shave. I need to prime my harley in the morning to get to the office. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:29 8
  - Not all of us need to shave every day. - iSpam Jan 21, 11:31 2
    - Also, I make scruff look good. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 11:33 1
      - it mingles and likes to get to know the moss on your west side. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:34
  - I love Precious Mel -- nm - ML Jan 21, 11:30 2
    - *runs in...nekkid and crazy...wearing nothing but a hand drawn sash that says... - Nekkid Crazy Mel Jan 21, 11:40
    - The only thing precious about me is... - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:33
  - Wait, aren't you hairier than an Ewok? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:30 1
    - Jill works wonders with Wax. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:35
- Great tie! -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:29
How do you even accomplish this? Can you buy/short after you go negative? -- (link) - spamlet Jan 21, 11:22 6
- You build a port up to a couple of hundred million or so, then short everything you think will double in value, and all the penny stocks you can find -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 11:24 4
  - i am trying to figure out the cash situation though, if he traded two days ago. - Andie Jan 21, 11:27 3
    - Oh, I missed that. Another possibility is getting out of an investment - like a starbond after it has adjusted) -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 11:35
    - That date is also a date of delist. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:28 1
      - ah. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 11:28
- that's an excellent question - there's no cash there? -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 11:23
I would like to thank my friend Topper for reminding me Melissa Benoist was one of the Glee stars hacked a few years back [when I never heard of her] -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 21, 11:19 2
- gross -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 11:20 1
  - lol - groiny Jan 21, 11:27
what old retired fashion needs to be reintroduced .....I say wing collars (like on tuxedos) and hats -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:17 11
- spa---! Dammit, Pete! -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 11:24
- i have been attempting to bring hats back basically my entire life. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 11:18 8
  - These hats are directly responsible for what's happening at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge right now. -- (link) - Mop Jan 21, 11:26 [Image]
  - I loooooooove hats. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 21, 11:18 6
    - would you like to see the hat i wore to work today? -- (link) - Andie Jan 21, 11:21 [flickr] 5
      - You Madame, have great sense. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:26
      - Very cute! -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:25
      - you're Mary Tyler Moore? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 11:24 1
        
        The things 12 year old Mel would have done to MTM. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:45
      - Super cute! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 21, 11:22
- spats -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 21, 11:18
ST Poll: You're given the choice between the following beers, You must drink one. - Strongbad Jan 21, 11:17 21
- Wow, that's a tough one. -- nm - mara Jan 21, 11:36
- PBR -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 11:31
- PBR...much dryer. Rest are very sweet. -- nm - colin Jan 21, 11:30
- I'm just learning how to drink coffee. Don't inflict beer on me too. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 21, 11:27
- I could stomach a Bud if I had to. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 11:26
- Bud -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 11:22
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  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:27
- fish around for my manly .44 to blow my ever loving brains out. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:21
- PBR, I guess. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:21
- Bud -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 11:21
- Coors Lite. -- nm - Shaun Jan 21, 11:20
- PBR, but only because I don't think I've ever had it. (Actually, from that list I've only ever tried Bud) -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 11:20
- no Strohs :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 21, 11:20
- Bud Lite -- nm* - Beaker Jan 21, 11:20
- The Beast, just b/c it would remind me of college -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 11:19
- Bud probably (It's what I usually get at ball games) -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:19
- Bud Light. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 21, 11:19
- I can't decide (based on all the jokes I've heard over the years) which one tastes more like water. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 11:18 1
  - Coors -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:24
- PBR then purge -- nm - ML Jan 21, 11:18
Max and MDH, you can go sledding on Saturday: -- (link) - decline Jan 21, 11:15
all this talk about dress shirts reminds me, we really *should* buy an iron. - Andie Jan 21, 11:14 9
- man i loves me my Downy Wrinkle Release spray - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 11:16 3
  - i used to love love that stuff, then they stopped selling it in Canada. - Andie Jan 21, 11:17 2
    - road trip to Buffalo! -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:19 1
      - i have bought it occasionally when i've seen it while in the US. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 11:22
- I've been using a little steamer thing lately, but I'm not sure if it works well on shirts. -- nm - mara Jan 21, 11:16 3
  - hmm, what has mara been using her little steamer thingy on? -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:16 2
    - you're thinking of Mr. Steam -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 11:28
    - Pants and t-shirts! (I should have said dress shirts in my original post.) -- nm - mara Jan 21, 11:26
- I've decided to start a fashion trend: Wrinkled is now in -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:16
Also, that article that went into great depth about... - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:12 7
- the puny laser weapons of a Star Destroyer are no match for the photon torpedoes and phaser banks of a Galaxy class starship -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:14 6
  - transporter technology is the real game changer -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 11:21 1
    - with no shields, you're right...."Beam Lord Vader into the brig" -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:25
  - now you've done it. Trekkies and Star Wars Geeks have been having these debates for a generation. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:16 1
    - big don't matter much when you're slow and have absolutely no shield technology....what would they do against a clocking device? -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:18
  - NERD FIGHT NERD FIGHT NERD FIGHT -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:15 1
    - it is a fight that would be over quickly....Engage! -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:16
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- Actually, that's not what he's saying. He's not saying that people disagreeing with him is belittling him... -- (edited) - Jim Jan 21, 11:16 8
  - I'm sorry, groiny, et al. -- nm* - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:27 7
    - Wish I could have seen this before the edit. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 21, 11:45
    - Given that you insist of having "cripple" as part of your nickname, this is both sad *and* hilarious. -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 11:37
    - No one here is a scholarly debater seeking to better society, nor is anyone a race-baiting asshole. - Beryllium Jan 21, 11:35 1
      - I'm sorry. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:35
    - Wow. -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 11:31 2
      - I know. I don't like reading it, I didn't like writing it, and it illustrates your complaint exactly, but that's where I am on it. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 11:35 1
        
        the fact that you think that, just tells me that you do not know me at all. - groiny Jan 21, 11:36
- I did not compare anything to anything. - groiny Jan 21, 11:13 17
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    - Here's a question: I know groiny's stance on gun control is wrong because it is... - Shaun Jan 21, 11:25 6
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      - For me, when I debate here, it's not because I think I'll change someone's mind, but maybe I can get them to ask themselves a few questions, or help - Roger More Jan 21, 11:30
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        The chance is 0%. It's crystal clear on this topic as far as groiny goes. The fact that you cannot see this is baffling. - Shaun Jan 21, 11:31 2
        
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        I dislike your tone. -- nm - Shaun Jan 21, 11:33
    - comparable to anything that you believe strongly in and are not going to be swayed. - groiny Jan 21, 11:23 8
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        I post to have discussions. I post to hear opinions. - groiny Jan 21, 11:32 6
        
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        Drop the sexual orientation and go with the first example you put in the same post - your religious beliefs. - Jim Jan 21, 11:33 4
        
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        Here's the thing though...I usually completely disagree with groin's gun stance. Pretty much all the time. And yet, he and I have never had a cross - Jim Jan 21, 11:38 2
        
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        I guarantee it is not the deabtes and arguements that make people leave here. - groiny Jan 21, 11:45
The real issue is that No One strongly objected to... - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:07 23
- I don't like those buttons at all. So unnecessary. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 11:22 5
  - I find they keep the collar far more shaped than not - Will Hunting Jan 21, 11:28 1
    - This is what I hate about button downs -- (link) - Big Zebowgeiski Jan 21, 11:34
  - yet again you prove to be a Right and Handsome gentleman. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:24 2
    - He also enjoys popped collars and self tanner, so... - Shaun Jan 21, 11:29 1
      - we all misstep. [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:30
- Dude, the Oxford collar is the classiest thing ever. What's next on your hate list? Cuff links? -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 11:15 3
  - Little Known Fact: Winston Churchill killed a man with a walking stick because he was wearing an Oxford collared shirt. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:23 2
    - you are on the list today for making me disagree with you and agree with Mop -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:24 1
      - *hands you a doll* show me on the doll who misinformed you on how to dress...it's ok. It's not your fault. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:25
- I have trouble finding casual shirts I like that don't have buttons at the collar. -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 11:14 4
  - casual shirts like this are fine. I mean, they're not fine but acceptable. I'm talking about for work, meetings and such. Real men's work. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:18
  - I *like* 'em so Mel can go pound sand. -- nm - ML Jan 21, 11:17 1
    - Admit it...you cheated your way through law school. - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:20
  - This -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 11:16
- I just hate the way they make collar wings bow out....when I see one I think, this guy is into bondage -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:14
- I don't even know what this is -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:10 1
  - people who buy dress shirts with a single button on the end of each collar end. Those people need... - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:13
- I heard button downs are coming back -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 11:09 4
  - I note that this posters handle is real close to GQ, so I think he is right -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 11:12
  - Your on notice simply because you drink the beer of choice for sorority parties world wide, -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:10 2
    - Can't talk right now, got some sick disc golf happening in the quad right now. Later -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 11:13 1
      - *makes obscure Old World Hand Gesture Curse* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 11:14
6.6 earthquake in Jalisco, Mexico -- nm - decline Jan 21, 11:06 7
- but what is it's name? -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 11:06 6
  - Six and a half Ricters in a Dufflebag -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 11:11 1
    - Who's the half? -- nm - Andy si Jan 21, 11:20
  - El Niño -- nm - Strongbad Jan 21, 11:09
  - Rosalita -- nm - TWuG Jan 21, 11:08
  - La Bomba -- nm - CQ Jan 21, 11:07
  - Earthquake Steve hits Jalisco Mexico. -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 11:07

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