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Man, you can do Universal Orlando in a day if you plan it well - David's iPad May 16, 09:44 5
- step one: skip the inferior Florida Hogwarts -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 09:56
- crowds are given these days on weekends. Mon-Wed usually best if you really wanna get around. Same applies to Disneyland. Celebs do Tue/Wed -- nm - budice May 16, 09:49
- when we did it, we did a day at each Park and then a day where we hit our favorites; so yeah I think you could too - Beaker May 16, 09:45 2
  - After six last night, the new Potter section was manageable enough that we did everything. - David's iPad May 16, 09:53
  - I could have spent a half day just in the superhero section. -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:49
Mmmmm...leftover rabbit rigatoni. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 09:39
Real news: Australian athletes to be given extra-strong condoms in Rio to minimize Zika. -- (link) - Andie May 16, 09:35 4
- Misread as "extra-long". -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:36 3
  - i assume olympians having sex with each other would mean extra strong condoms are just a good idea, all round. -- nm - Andie May 16, 09:38 2
    - So many muscles I guess. -- nm - budice May 16, 09:58
    - I think that is a bit much. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:44
Blend of the last two polls. I'm looking at a list of the most-watched shows set in each state. There are some layups. Guess your state's show. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:35 80
- Eureka (miss that show) -- nm - Capstern May 16, 10:04
- Happy Days - Wisconsin -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:53
- Ariel - Firefly - budice May 16, 09:53 1
  - Korea - MASH -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:53
- I gotta go. Here are the main ones not guessed. -- (edited) - volnelk May 16, 09:53 3
  - Was Arkansas Evening Shade? -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:55 1
    - Yes. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:56
  - Cheers is the obvie one, Mary Tyler was well played -- nm - budice May 16, 09:54
- RI - Family Guy -- nm - kelly May 16, 09:52
- Miami Vice for Florida -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:52
- ER - Chicago/IL -- nm - pmb May 16, 09:51
- Northern Exposure - Alaska -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:51 1
  - Nope - Deadliest Catch -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:53
- Grizzly Adams -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:50
- Mary Tyler Moore -- MN -- nm* - ÜMLaut May 16, 09:50
- Utah - Big Love? -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:50
- Law and Order -- nm - Krusty May 16, 09:49 5
  - What state? NY? No. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:49
  - Seinfeld or Friends I figure -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:49 3
    - Yep. Seinfeld. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:50 2
      - Is this biggest ratings or watched most often? Law and Order is on all day, every day. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 09:53 1
        
        They used a formula that took in to account series finale ratings, most seasons, episodes and highest average rating over the series. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:56
- Fargo - North Dakota -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:48 1
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:49
- Justified - Kentucky -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:47 4
  - Nope. But they went waaaaaaay back for the answer. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:48 3
    - Davey Crockett -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:49 2
      - Close. Daniel Boone. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:49 1
        
        crap, I knew it was one of those beaver hat wearing dudes :) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:50
- Frasier - Washington -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:47 1
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:47
- Breaking Bad - New Mexico -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:46 1
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:46
- Maryland -- The Wire. - Will Hunting May 16, 09:45 3
  - That's what I thought too. They have..... - volnelk May 16, 09:46 2
    - I can see that. I think Homicide had more viewers and more awards since HBO was only winning - Will Hunting May 16, 09:47
    - cause it was network and it;s ratings would have beaten the Wire's -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:47
- Gilmore Girls - Connecticut -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:43 3
  - Nope. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:44 2
    - Man, I suck at this -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:46 1
      - It's.... - volnelk May 16, 09:47
- Nashville -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 09:42 3
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:42 2
    - *fist bump* -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 09:43 1
      - ^5v5 -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:44
- NCIS NO for Louisiana -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:40 1
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:42
- Oregon-Portlandia? -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:39 2
  - Nope. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:40 1
    - Grimm? -- nm* - znufrii May 16, 09:49
- Baywatch -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:39 6
  - For CA? Nope. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:40 5
    - Streets of San Francisco? LA Law? -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:41 4
      - Nope. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:41 3
        
        Beverly Hillbillies? 90210? -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:44 2
        
        Nopes. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:44 1
        
        Spoils - volnelk May 16, 09:45
- Texas = Dallas -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:39 3
  - Hawaii = Magnum PI -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:39 1
    - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:43
  - Yep. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:39
- I would imagine it is Parks and Rec. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:38 9
  - For Indiana? No. BUt their answer for Indiana is the one I think is actually very wrong. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:39 8
    - AHA. It's actually right but a trick question. The setting for the movie was a different state. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:41
    - I googled to find out the right one, and what I got says Parks and Rec? spoils -- (link) - Spawn May 16, 09:41 6
      - What I'm looking at says Fugitive. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:42 5
        
        That seems so tangential, but for a show's famous'ness, I see it. - Will Hunting May 16, 09:45 4
        
        Yeah, but he did not stay there long. He kept running. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:46 3
        
        Oh, I agree with you. That's a lame connection. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:48 2
        
        I never saw the show. I just assumed it was in Chicago. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:48 1
        
        So did I. I had to go look it up for how they were getting Indiana and that's how. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:49
- For the record, I guessed Ohio's, which is Family Ties. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:37
- VA: NCIS -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 09:37 5
  - Nope, but for VA, it's somewhat of a trick question. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:38 4
    - is this most watched current, or most watched ever? -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 09:40 3
      - Ever. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:43 2
        
        Waltons? -- nm - Max May 16, 10:00 1
        
        Roots. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 10:02
- Beachcombers -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:36 1
  - Relic you mean old bastard -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:36
Also? I love the "tell me something I don't know" polls. I learn a lot of cool obscure (and not so obscure stuff) - prayformojo May 16, 09:35
Poll: There are too many states. Please eliminate three -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 09:31 20
- Roll WA, OR, I'D onto Cascadia, Montana with both Dakotas, NV, NM UT AZ, LA AL AK, , Southern states, cept FL, -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 13:01
- 3 of the tiny northeast states that nobody can remember where they are anyway. -- nm - spamlet May 16, 10:06
- Proposal: Kansarkansas. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:00
- Merge Montana, Idaho and Wyoming just to annoy Texas, and New York and New Jersey to annoy Krusty. -- nm - Roger More May 16, 09:53
- Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire can all be rolled into Massachusetts and renamed to something pronounceable! -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 16, 09:50 1
  - Chowdah -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 09:54
- Let's start by kicking Texas, Alabama and Mississippi out of the Union. -- nm* - David's iPad May 16, 09:43
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- Texas, combine Dakota's, combine Virginia's -- nm - Jovian May 16, 09:34
- Hawaii and Alaska as they will be outside the comfy confines of the Wall. -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:34
- Kansas, Mississippi, and Texas. For their batshit crazy antics -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:33
- Dakota. Blend in Rhode Island. Blend in Delaware. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 09:32
- North Dakota and South Dakota just turn into Dakota...Combine Vermont and New Hampshire...Delaware joins Maryland. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:32
- Florida, Texas and Alasaka. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:32
- Alaska -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:31 4
  - should join Canada like God intended -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:33 3
    - well, that and Hawaii. That's just a nuisance for them. -- nm - Andie May 16, 09:34
    - You guys already have tens of thousands of square miles where nothing happens. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:33 1
      - I know right? lol Saskatchewan. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 09:34
- Delaware. I mean, come on... -- nm - Andie May 16, 09:31
st poll: what series can't you watch due to restraints( time, $$, access etc)? -- nm - Pippy May 16, 09:28 8
- GoT -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:35
- Bosch, Archer, and Justified. Probably others. (Mind you, I've seen lots of justified, just not all of it) -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:34 1
  - do you get Teletoon in BC? it carries new and old Archer for us here -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:35
- Bosch, Daredevil, Jessica Jones (access) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:30 1
  - Dude, Netflix is the best $8/month you could ever spend. I also noticed last night that they added MI:5 Rogue Nation. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 09:31
- If I actually followed the 'rules' my answer would be 'Anything that isn't on Netflix or Shomi.' -- nm - Shaun May 16, 09:30
- GoT, Walking Dead, the Americans - amoxy May 16, 09:29
- too many to name. -- nm - Diva May 16, 09:29
Neighbours 2: 66% (27/14), The Nice Guys: 93% (14/1), Angry Birds: 60% (29/19) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:27 1
- X-Men Apocalypse: 57% (35/26), Alice Through the Looking Glass 30% (3/7) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:29
Pippy, from B2, I absolutely hated the finale of SOA. I can't see Justified any worse than that (SOA spoilers) - amoxy May 16, 09:21 9
- You will not be disappointed in Justified at any point - I disagree on your IM - Pippy May 16, 09:24 8
  - The only thing that disappointed me about Justified was that I'd have to pay extra to my cable co to watch it, and I already ... - Beryllium May 16, 09:26 7
    - I'm going to poll this - I am sorry I am " poll-y" today. I'm bored -- nm - Pippy May 16, 09:27
    - check amazon, seasons are super cheap every once in a while -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:27 5
      - Does Amazon stream into Canada? Can I get Bosch that way? Last I checked they didn't support Canada. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:35 3
        
        No. We are gimped for streaming services up here. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 09:36 2
        
        Ah, he probably meant discs then -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:37 1
        
        yes -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:39
      - All the seasons are on Amazon Prime. Used to be on Netflix until a couple of months ago -- nm - amoxy May 16, 09:29
MA hospital performs first-ever penis transplant. Recipient is 64 year old cancer patient. - ML May 16, 09:13 10
- whenever I see that doc's name...I always want to call him Dicky Mo! - Mel Profit May 16, 09:17 1
  - "The bald guy in the black suit and the Kato mask is Johnny Mo" -- nm - budice May 16, 09:24
- good news, spawn. -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:14 7
  - I saw you got one on B2. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:16 6
    - Thank you both for leaving me out of this. -- nm - Mop May 16, 09:16 3
      - you have graduated from repetitive to pedophile! -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:17 2
        
        poor Woody Allen -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:24
        
        ~Movin' on up!~ -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:18
    - I wonder if they can put one on my forehead? -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:16 1
      - Pretty sure you can get znu easier than that. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:17
Welcome to Moe's! -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 09:10 2
- Charlie and I were on our way to the weg when I saw this. Now we are on our way to moe's. -- nm - Amanda May 16, 09:18
- "these are some happy fuckers up in here!" - groiny May 16, 09:11
Chris Hardwick will be hosting Talking Preacher. May 22nd is the premiere. May 29th is the reairing of it and Talking Preacher starts on the 29th not - Beaker May 16, 09:09 25
- Talking ST. The late night talk show after a hard day of ST-ing. - budice May 16, 09:29
- I assume he'll be really really enthusiastic about this one too -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 09:13
- Fucking Chris Hardwick... I think I can skip that. -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 09:12 2
  - Yeah, that is the only format I can tolerate him in. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:15 1
    - Sanjay and Craig -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:16
- 2016: The Year TV Went Up Its Own Ass -- nm - Reagen May 16, 09:11 5
  - soon, aftetshows will have their own aftershows -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 09:15 4
    - - -- (link) - Ender May 16, 09:27 [youtube]
    - No, there will soon be pre-shows where they will talk about what they think will happen. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:20 1
      - *splurt* -- nm - AMC May 16, 09:24
    - go on.... -- nm - AMC May 16, 09:16
- I'm very disappointed that he did the Xfinity campaign. Especially because of his position in the online nerd community. -- nm - Mop May 16, 09:11 2
  - I have yet to see one. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:13 1
    - They're not onerous. But I'm still disappointed he's shilling for "the enemy". -- (link) - Mop May 16, 09:16
- Only appears after 1st and last episodes. I think the delay start is due to start time. - Spawn May 16, 09:11 1
  - makes sense -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:11
- Hardwick is the new Seacrest. -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:10
- Why does every new cable series need a goddamned talk show?!? -- nm - znufrii May 16, 09:10 7
  - People like the continued discussions about the shows. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 09:48
  - the Orphan Black one is painfully Canadian -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:12
  - Because they cost next to nothing to produce. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 09:12 2
    - And yet... ratings! It's basically 30 minutes of the same audience you had for the last 60 minutes, for next to nothing. -- nm - Mop May 16, 09:17
    - *ding* and Talking Dead at least gives ratings alot of shows would kill for -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:12
  - you could, you know, not watch? -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:11 1
    - Yup. I look and see if anyone is on that I care to see. I skipped the FTWD until the last two. - Spawn May 16, 09:12
$10 off your next Uber. Works on existing accounts and I assume international ones since Uber thinks I live in Malaysia. -- (link) - spamlet May 16, 09:06 4
- does that screw the driver over? or does UBER cover it? -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:06 3
  - Hahaha -- nm - Uber May 16, 09:09
  - ??? I assume Uber would cover but have no idea. -- nm - spamlet May 16, 09:08 1
    - Generally there's a sponsor that would pay uber. In this case it would appear to be Google to promote Android Pay. -- nm - Ender May 16, 10:27
Everyone can relax! My sunglasses were sitting on my desk at work! -- nm - Mop May 16, 09:04
*expects Dawson to give me a piggy back ride next ST trip* -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:02 3
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  - STOP OPPRESSING ME!!!! -- nm - groiny May 16, 09:08
- *expects amanda to give me a piglet-back ride* -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 09:05
May 16, 1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards are awarded. -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:01 9
- Two blocks from my box -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 09:14
- Wow, that's pretty late, no? -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 09:13 4
  - The winners had been announced three months prior. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 09:23 3
    - I think he means that it was 40 years after the very first movie came out. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:26 2
      - Though Hollywood was orange groves back then. It didn't really get going as the centre of the film industry until the 1920s -- nm - Roger More May 16, 09:38
      - May 17, 1929 --- the first AVN Awards are held. -- nm* - Will Hunting May 16, 09:28
- 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:01 2
  - 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address - Beaker May 16, 09:02 1
    - "Naughty. Naughty. Naughty." -- nm - Liz May 16, 09:08
~Monday Monday~ -- nm - Beaker May 16, 09:00 1
- ~I don't like I don't like~ -- nm - Spawn May 16, 09:01

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