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Have you heard about the 'hairy panic' problem in an Australian town? -- (link) - LMS Feb 19, 03:43 4
- no, but i'm thrilled to know about it now. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 04:28 3
  - They should have built a big wall. -- nm - LMS Feb 19, 04:30 2
    - Pope woulda had a fit -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 04:32
    - Trump can't change the world just yet... one country at a time. -- nm - colin Feb 19, 04:32
Miss Amanda Jones apparently got stuck in South Africa and has an incredible story to tell. -- (link) - Mop Feb 19, 00:09 2
- she has a diamond mine -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 01:01
- that first paragraph sounds like Africa. I've only been once, but nothing happens on time. -- nm - mafic Feb 19, 00:39
Ty, I don't know how you can travel so much because it wipes me out. Hate it -- nm - Bacon Feb 18, 23:27
I have discovered the term "soaking" (because of Mormons), and I'm delightfully amused. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 22:12 2
- I'm not sure I believe it's more than a fringe thing. I grew up with a lot of mormons, it never came up. - mafic Feb 18, 23:25 1
  - why do you think there are so many jewish lawyers, loopholing god is just training -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 23:35
By the way, for people trying to sell their cars, try looking at Vroom.com, Beepi.com (I like this one) and Shift.com -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 18, 21:45
for once I agree with ManU fans... -- (link) - znufrii Feb 18, 21:12
Jared Allen would have ridden off into the sunset, but there was no sunset. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 18, 20:51 3
- So Jared just running nowhere? -- nm - budice Feb 18, 20:55 2
  - On a horse, towards the west. -- nm* - nic to be determined Feb 18, 21:04 1
    - With no name, it felt good to be out in the rain, -- nm - JenBro Feb 19, 01:59
Winning -- (link) - Spawn Feb 18, 20:48
Hamilton Creators Lament Ticket Sales Lost Due to Not Writing a Straight Play Starring White People -- (link) - znufrii Feb 18, 20:44 2
- It is all about George Hamilton. - Spawn Feb 18, 20:45 1
  - not Margaret? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 21:08
Huh---Bridge of Spies is written by the Coen brothers -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 20:40 1
- second draft polish, supposedly. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 20:46
We discovered yesterday that our youngest cat (about 11 months) Stormageddon will eat green beans. Not reluctantly, but eagerly. - TWuG Feb 18, 20:26 4
- Cute! We recently discovered that our cat loves quinoa -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 20:39 3
  - cats are weird. :) -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 18, 20:43 2
    - Yup, and we still take them on knowing we'll love them dearly and miss them terribly. {{hugs}} -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 21:13 1
      - I just came home. Minnie's stalking my take-out bag and Mojo's purring on my lap. -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 21:14
I thought people here might find this interesting, a friend of mine from my (original) college days just started a movie/tv/comic/pop culture podcast. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 18, 20:08
9 1/2 Weeks - Basic Instinct - Showgirls - [?] - Fifty Shades of Grey -- nm - Max Feb 18, 20:04 17
- Fatal Attraction -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 20:41 1
  - Sea of Love -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:45
- Cruel Intentions -- nm - budice Feb 18, 20:32
- Wild Things -- nm - budice Feb 18, 20:26 1
  - I just thought of that one twice in the last five minutes... isn't the theme being diluted? Are we talking psychological erotic thrillers with a blond - Facto Feb 18, 20:32
- Basic Instinct 2 -- nm - budice Feb 18, 20:25 1
  - Devil's Advocate has a lot of the tone...(1999) -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:29
- Wild Orchid -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 20:24
- Eyes Wide Shut -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 20:09 6
  - good answer, good answer. Is there one between EWS and FSG? -- nm - Max Feb 18, 20:15 5
    - Secretary -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 20:18 4
      - (nb: i have only actually watched 2 of these) -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 20:22 3
        
        (EWS - Eyes Wide Shut) -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:26
        
        Neither this nor EWA has a blonde femme fatale... -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:25 1
        
        Hot Dog: The Movie! -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 20:47
- Movies Facto loves. -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:06 1
  - Although... not so much the latter. The sequel will bring 9 1/2 Weeks' Basinger back, though. -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:08
First World Virtual Problem. My power went out twice while I was in my Minecraft world. The one I've been building since I started - TWuG Feb 18, 20:03 3
- I have yet to find a stronghold. - znufrii Feb 18, 20:05
- I understood at least 15% of that. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 20:03 1
  - Well, a "block" is a section of the game that is 64 units by 64 units square that runs from bedrock to sky and - TWuG Feb 18, 20:11
I'm a terrible air traveler. I booked my April flight way too early. The fare is $27 cheaper now. -- nm* - Qale Feb 18, 20:03 6
- Mine for next week is down about $40 but only middle seats available. -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 21:10 1
  - It turned out to be $46.50 cheaper. And Southwest means I have to heed the cattle call. -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 21:25
- I bought a ticket from CPH (Copenhagen) to London Luton this coming Monday, right before Xmas, for 5 - five - Euro. Now it seems I can't use it, but - Facto Feb 18, 20:35 2
  - I'll buy that for a dollar? -- nm - Qale Feb 18, 20:42 1
    - ..a full one hundred cents... ? You sure.. ? :-) -- nm - Facto Feb 18, 20:43
- It seems that Southwest is letting me rebook, selecting new flights, and will hold that remaining balance for future flights. - Qale Feb 18, 20:19
All the shitty things that have happened to Meredith Grey -- (link) - Reagen Feb 18, 19:55 3
- I'm not following. She's been pregnant *how many* times? -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 22:18
- That show is just ridiculous. I stopped watching a few seasons back. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Feb 18, 21:24
- I've never watched the show, but I know that that hospital is even more cursed than me. -- nm - Tim Feb 18, 19:56
2015 Oscar Nominated short Animation. Disappointing. Only 4 movies nominated plus we saw 5 others to fill out the time - amoxy Feb 18, 19:50 2
- I LOVED World of Tomorrow. The bear one was okay but I didn't like some of the animation. Overall I thought it was a strong year -- nm - Guigue Feb 18, 20:08 1
  - Bear one was decent, but I thought last year was a better crop. The only other ones I liked were the fox and the mouse, plus the stoplight -- nm - amoxy Feb 18, 21:06
New Directors/New Films lineup -- (link) - Dano Feb 18, 19:25
Yay, Golden Gophers! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 19:23 8
- Storm the court! - ML Pad Feb 18, 19:28 7
  - RPI of 234! - Tim Feb 18, 20:05
  - any day Maryland uses is a redletter day for all Americans - prayformojo Feb 18, 19:33 5
    - This is a great interview -- (link) - ML Pad Feb 18, 19:36 2
      - tears in his eyes, I guess.... - prayformojo Feb 18, 19:40 1
        
        This college season is so drunk. - ML Pad Feb 18, 19:41
    - i hope mrs. mojo puts you in the poorhouse with her budget -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 19:35 1
      - ha! we're well in the black for February. huh...suspiciously so. - prayformojo Feb 18, 19:38
I have little desire to see Risen, but I bet it'd make an interesting double feature with Hail, Caesar! -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 19:12
Scratch Uncle Joe off your SCOTUS scorecards -- (link) - Reagen Feb 18, 19:03 3
- well, Uncle Joe was always moving kinda slow at the Junction. Petticoat Junction. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 19:20
- There goes our shot at getting cameras in camera. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 19:06
- can't wash his Trans-Am out in the buffer zone - sweet baboo Feb 18, 19:06
Not that it will matter but Twitter just lit up with apparent audio of Trump supporting Iraq invasion in 2002 -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 18:59 8
- supposably a clip from the Stern radio show: "Yeah, I guess so" -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 20:00
- oooh someone gonna get 'maybe' sued -- nm* - Jovian Feb 18, 19:12
- My corner of Twitter is lit up with bothering a physics professor -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 19:00 4
  - Nubby knows his shit -- nm - Epiphany Feb 18, 19:17
  - The great centripedal/centrifugal debate rages on? -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 19:03 2
    - No, he flipped my non-sequitur switch and I'm in a particular mood this evening. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 19:04 1
      - (I do hope I'm not *actually* bothering him) - Beryllium Feb 18, 19:05
- Givin me life -- nm - Jeb! Feb 18, 19:00
I thought the Aston Martin in the snow yesterday was awesome. It has nothing on drifting in M1A1 Abrams. -- (link) - iSpam Feb 18, 18:25 3
- i'd do this for $500 a pop, long before I'd drop a penny to drive Indy cars or Ferrari's at the Vegas speedway -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 18, 19:03
- *takes notes* -- nm - Vin Diesel Feb 18, 18:28 1
  - It will end with a battleship being dropped on that tank -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 18:37
This airport is lame. Now I know why people love PDX so much -- nm - Bacon Feb 18, 18:15 13
- All airports are lame. That's why airport clubs exist - ty97 Feb 18, 18:35 12
  - The Atlanta Airport was amazing back when I was a kid. We were drug there on Friday nights to strike against Eastern, but we'd inevitably sneak away. - Qale Feb 18, 19:00 1
    - there's a pretty decent BBQ place in Concourse C, iirc... -- nm - znufrii Feb 18, 19:55
  - there are few that aren't bad. I'd say I actually like SIN, YVR, HKG. otherwise, yeah. -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 18:52 7
    - i stayed overnight at narita. it was *awesome*.... - x Feb 18, 18:59 2
      - wait, not narita. haneda...nm - x Feb 18, 19:02 1
        
        you say narita, i say haneda - sweet baboo Feb 18, 19:05
    - Oh sure those airports are fine. But they are still nothing special in the grand scheme - ty97 Feb 18, 18:58 3
      - I dunno, if you like shopping there aren't many places better than Singapore (plus there's a butterfly garden). HKG has about the best whisky - mafic Feb 18, 19:08 2
        
        *books all his future flights connecting through HKG* - znufrii Feb 18, 19:55 1
        
        I've paid slightly more to go through HKG. it helps that it's also the easiest way to get to Vancouver, but really I did it for the whisky. -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 21:29
  - It does have Chikfila though we ate elsewhere. soulless iz a great word -- nm - Bacon Feb 18, 18:46 1
    - I love this smoking bar that is completely glassed off from the airport public. it's like going to a smokers zoo -- nm* - Bacon Feb 18, 18:57
Znu , sorry to you too. - Andie Feb 18, 18:02 1
- Thanks, and thanks all for your thoughts. -- nm - Znufrii Feb 18, 18:14
Walt, so sorry for you and Mrs. D. -- nm* - Andie Feb 18, 18:01
My money is on Diva - ty97 Feb 18, 17:51 2
- Mine too. -- nm - iSpam Feb 18, 18:08
- Diva by 1st round KO. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 18, 17:53
The Muppets really got 100 times better after the break. - Jovian Feb 18, 17:46 2
- Sadly, the ratings are at all time lows. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 17:54 1
  - yep I know, it blows. -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 19:08
I think it's time for a gritty, dark Mary Poppins. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 17:41 20
- "Mary: see the pins she really popped" -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 18:37
- she's a supporter of Voldemort -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 18, 18:00 1
  - She does share many characteristics with Death Eaters -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 18:59
- SupercallifragilisticexpialiBabadook! -- nm - mud Feb 18, 17:48
- slutty, 50 Shades of Poppins -- nm - budice Feb 18, 17:46
- after Deadpool, pretty much every movie will be getting this treatment -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 18, 17:45 4
  - Big Hero 18+ -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 18:41
  - the Gilmore Girls reunion just got interesting -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 17:50 1
    - it actually was Rory Gilmore in Sin City. -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 18:53
  - Pinky & The Brain: The Movie -- nm* - Max Feb 18, 17:49
- "Any of you f'ing pricks move, and I'll execute every motherf'ing last one of ya!" -- nm - Max Feb 18, 17:43 5
  - Here have a gold star -- nm - iSpam Feb 18, 18:10
  - You know what else helps the medicine go down? A fuckin' shovel upside your head -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 17:44 3
    - Chim chiminy chim chiminy chim chim chiree FFS -- nm - Strongbad Feb 18, 17:54
    - As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a nanny -- nm - Poppinfellas Feb 18, 17:50 1
      - ha! -- nm - Diva Feb 18, 19:53
- the true story behind the legend -- nm - ML Feb 18, 17:41 3
  - the bit where she feeds live pigeons to Mr. Banks cannot be unseen. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 18, 17:46 2
    - Bad Governess -- nm - Max Feb 18, 17:47 1
      - The "wooden leg named Smith" scene had to be completely scrapped just to get it up to an R rating -- nm* - prayformojo Feb 18, 17:49
LYC: Townhouse on the market update - Strongbad Feb 18, 17:39 9
- just as I thought, bargain hunters. f*ck them. -- nm - znufrii Feb 18, 19:58
- They're Outie 5000. -- nm - Diva Feb 18, 19:53
- (it wasn't me) -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 18:48
- yeah don't give in to their stupid tactics. You got this right -- nm - Epiphany Feb 18, 18:30
- "Then you should be able to find another house in your price range." -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 18, 17:56
- Thanks but no thanks, jerkwad -- nm* - iSpam Feb 18, 17:47
- Never reply again. If they make another offer, make yours 1% higher than your most recent one. -- nm - David Feb 18, 17:46 1
  - "We're switching to the Australian sales model. Please place a bid above the asking price." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 18:30
- Nuke that turkey from space -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 17:40
Hay Krusty -- (link) - ML Feb 18, 17:37 2
- I agree it's not smoking or tobacco but people still shouldn't use it where smoking cigarettes is banned. -- nm - Krusty Feb 18, 18:35
- I would have shot soda everywhere if this were a link to a picture of hay. - Max Feb 18, 17:39
Orphan Black season 4 trailer -- (link) - Beaker Feb 18, 17:36

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