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"The Texas Rangers won by technical knockout." - David's iPad May 16, 13:20
GOT spoils - Peglegpete May 16, 13:17
Man Drops Lawsuit That Claimed Whole Foods Wrote “F*g” On Cake -- (link) - amoxy May 16, 13:14 3
- gonna get suuuued -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:21
- hopefully they sue his ass as a parting gift -- nm - Beaker May 16, 13:16
- I kind of wish Whole Foods continued with theirs. "oopsie daisies" isn't much of an apology for doing that kind of PR damage. -- nm - Max May 16, 13:16
Bautista may be a Hot Dog, but Rougned Odor is a punk. -- (link) - amoxy May 16, 13:11 6
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  - in Toronto he's a *beloved* douchebag. - Andie May 16, 13:22 1
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  - lol, I don't see that at all. - groiny May 16, 13:22
- "Odor" -- nm - Spawn May 16, 13:13
- I was thinking that on the slide he tried to take Giovaetlla out last season IIRC - groiny May 16, 13:13
GoT (spoils) - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:10 3
- Spoilers - David's iPad May 16, 13:12 1
  - right. the fact that they made such a point of it means it was purposefully written to address that. -- nm - Mel Profit May 16, 13:18
- *snort* -- nm - decline May 16, 13:11
GOT question. So, is there magic in that world? I had no idea that other than dragons, anything there was... interesting. That final scene spoils - Spawn May 16, 13:03 29
- To my memory, the magic effects we've seen -- (edited) - Max May 16, 13:14 2
  - and - Peglegpete May 16, 13:15
  - don't forget - groiny May 16, 13:15
- Check out the episode before. -- nm - Mel Profit May 16, 13:13
- This isn't the first time that's been demonstrated. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 13:07 1
  - I just doubled the amount of the show I have ever seen by watching that clip. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 13:08
- But the Internet sucks big time -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:05
- spoils - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:04 21
  - Spoilers - David's iPad May 16, 13:11
  - Hmmmm.... I might have to rethink my viewing priority. - Spawn May 16, 13:05 19
    - lots and lots. spoils - decline May 16, 13:10
    - there is magic, but it is mostly underplayed except for a few things here and there. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:08 4
      - In the whole "swords and sorcery" genre, the sorcery is the only reason I ever cared (I am Indiana Jones about it). Did not realize it had both. - Spawn May 16, 13:12 3
        
        I'm gonna slap you on the back of your head when I see you next. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 13:19 1
        
        not like you don't have plenty of chances to see that back of his head. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:22
        
        Spoils -- (edited) - znufrii May 16, 13:19
    - HA! as good as Viking is,....GOT is better....spoils... - Remlik May 16, 13:08 10
      - Although Vikings does have magic (spoilers) - Mel Profit May 16, 13:17 7
        
        see I think there isn't...that's just how they see the world. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 13:18 2
        
        The fact that... - Mel Profit May 16, 13:20
        
        agreed -- nm - Beaker May 16, 13:19
        
        I really need to catch up on that show. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:18 3
        
        It's a consistent B+ -- nm* - Mel Profit May 16, 13:19 2
        
        I watched right up until - groiny May 16, 13:20 1
        
        that's where it gets interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit May 16, 13:21
      - Truth be told... (spoilers) - Marlowe May 16, 13:12 1
        
        right on. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 13:19
    - You haven't watched "Game of Thrones"? It's all Tits and Dragons -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:07 1
      - I needed a little more than that. - Spawn May 16, 13:13
ST Poll: Do you sign up for most reward programs or does it just annoy you? -- nm - oblique May 16, 13:03 14
- Only if they don't require another credit card. I use Kroger, Best Buy, and Office Depot. - Meg May 16, 13:20 2
  - Kohl's? -- nm* - Spawn May 16, 13:22 1
    - they continually have 30% off for credit card holders. - Pippy May 16, 13:23
- Only if it's worth it. -- nm - spamlet May 16, 13:19
- mostly annoy. - Mel Profit May 16, 13:12
- annoying af -- nm - decline May 16, 13:11
- Travel programs yes. Grocery stores yes, if required to get the sale price. Others: mixed, but not often. -- nm - ty97 May 16, 13:11
- I *love* rewards programs - do it mostly for food/restaurant gigs - I have tons of cards in my wallet (buy X get one free) - and on my birthday I get - JenBro May 16, 13:06 1
  - Yeah, I like the birthday ones too but I think for most programs I don't shop enough to make them worth it -- nm - oblique May 16, 13:12
- I find My Coke Rewards more trouble than it's worth. I sometimes let movie theater points expire but they're no-brainer programs. -- nm - Max May 16, 13:06
- only at places i really do shop at a lot. i only have a couple. -- nm - Andie May 16, 13:04
- annoy...nm - x May 16, 13:04
- I want a ROI on things - haaaaa. but not I don't sign up for most things. I rarely see a benefit -- nm - Pippy May 16, 13:04
- Only a few. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 13:04
I forgot how much fun watching Championship playoff football is. So intense -- nm - CQ May 16, 12:59
I'm not sure what is worse, moving my monitor or moving my car seat. I can NEVER seem to get them adjusted back to exactly where they were before -- nm - oblique May 16, 12:56
My sister totally used my mother's fear of vomit against her. - Mel Profit May 16, 12:55
I'm tired of all the NBA haters and their rampant raptor-spiracies! -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 12:49 2
- Hyde is a never give up, never surrender Heat fan! -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 13:09 1
  - they can still do it. hassan whiteside'll be back any day now!...nm - x May 16, 13:12
DAMMIT. the park had to kill the baby bison -- (link) - Peglegpete May 16, 12:48 9
- it's sad and the tourists were dumb, but it's not like they don't cull 900-1000 bison a year there as it is...nm - x May 16, 13:11
- Yep, just saw that on Facebook :( -- nm - Meg May 16, 12:57
- Can you C&P -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 16, 12:56 6
  - From the park's Facebook page..... - Meg May 16, 12:59 5
    - :( why couldn't the baby bison be cared for and re-located to a very nice zoo somewhere? -- nm - JenBro May 16, 13:08 2
      - hey Jen off topic, beside the fescue, have you considered other native plants? -- (edited) - . May 16, 13:15 1
        
        yep - my garden guy has a few in mind - for spots of color here and there -- nm - JenBro May 16, 13:29
    - This is the first I'm hearing of this: WTF, morons? -- nm - Reagen May 16, 13:06
    - Dang. That's sad. - SGTAmerica #TeamCap May 16, 13:01
USMNT striker Jozy Altidore (hamstring) out 6-8 weeks -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 12:47 3
- Oh.... darn? -- nm - Jurgen May 16, 12:59
- This is actually good news for the US team -- nm - CQ May 16, 12:53
- ot a big deal, it's only jozy altidore....nm - x May 16, 12:52
it is weird to listen to a videogame podcast where the three people are talking about pinball videogames.... - x May 16, 12:45 2
- Wow, I could swear I was really playing virtual pinball! -- nm - Baron, playing virtual virtual pinball May 16, 12:54 1
  - Just like playing Second Second Life -- nm - Dwight May 16, 13:06
GoT final scene spoils - Reagen May 16, 12:42 2
- as to your second point: agreed. Basically when she starts doing that... - Mel Profit May 16, 12:53
- Headey and Clarke are the Queens of Shade when they talk. If Headey spoke Klingon she'd probably intimidate the dragons. -- nm - Max May 16, 12:45
Dark Tower...a look at Idris.... -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 12:36 4
- i've had a hard time accepting any black actor as Roland, only because i've read the books and have always seen Roland as a white dude ... - call me Ishmael May 16, 12:51 1
  - Ultimately, doesn't matter what we think, but I agree. Roland should be a white dude. -- nm - Jim May 16, 13:03
- !! yes! -- nm - Pippy May 16, 12:45
- Pardon me, I need to geek-squee. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 16, 12:40
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to write the Mycroft Holmes comic book -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 12:26 4
- I kind of love this. -- nm - Diva May 16, 12:27 3
  - It's very "wait who", but apparently he's quite good at it. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 12:32 2
    - my brain has trouble reconciling Rashida Jones as blockbuster screenwriter - Max May 16, 12:36 1
      - well, let's wait and see how it does -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 12:42
What's Miami's only real chance at beating Cleveland? - David's iPad May 16, 12:25 11
- actual velociraptors eat the entire toronto team in ironic attack....nm - x May 16, 12:28 7
  - I think we just found our JW2 opening set piece -- nm - Universal May 16, 12:34 3
    - it sure isn't any dumber than anything in the first one....nm - x May 16, 12:37 2
      - "You said you wanted the team faster, and we had to get the DNA *somewhere*..." -- nm - Scientist May 16, 12:42 1
        
        that is the worst scene in that movie....nm - x May 16, 12:46
  - Vincent D'Onofrio's plan comes to fruition. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 12:33 1
    - This could literally be the plan of multiple Vincent D'Onofrio characters. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 12:34
  - Cultural appropriation gone mad! -- nm - Reagen May 16, 12:30
- LeBron tears his ACL during the chalk pregame routine? -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 12:27
- Cleveland's plane crashes. - Will Hunting May 16, 12:26 1
  - the plane would hit ground, and LeBron would be looking for a foul. -- nm - groiny May 16, 12:27
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- Just get there in time for the reception and it's all good, weddings are boring anyway -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:35
- $200 plus fare difference (unless fare is still the same?) -- nm - ty97 May 16, 12:26 12
  - Is a hotel at Newark airport the night before cheaper? -- nm - ty97 May 16, 12:27 11
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      - If it was just the change fee, hotel would be better, but yeah if changing gets you a free ride - ty97 May 16, 12:29 9
        
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        Looking strong except 1201. Also, a note about Newark - ty97 May 16, 12:53 4
        
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        for a 5am flight?! - ty97 May 16, 12:56 2
        
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        I'm not shocked after seeing DFW. I can't wait for MDW tomorrow. - spamlet May 16, 13:23
        
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        This rebooking is somehow going to revoke your Systemwide request from a completely different trip. -- nm - ty97 May 16, 12:41 1
        
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AP: Chicago-area police say Sinead O'Connor found safe, singer no longer considered missing person -- (link) - budice May 16, 12:23 8
- well, hold on, she's not all there. -- nm - Max May 16, 12:51
- Is this a new thing, to report celebrities missing? This is the 3rd in a week. I suppose it's better than SWATTING -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:30 1
  - "missing suicidal" -- nm - Spawn May 16, 12:57
- It was 7 hours and 15 minutes. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 12:25 4
  - Add 24 hours -- nm - . May 16, 13:13
  - Id already moved on. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 12:30
  - It's 2016. This was a credible threat situation. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 12:30
  - *Long* national nightmare, indeed. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 12:27
spamlet fun fact: my first date with my wife was at a Fazolis. -- (edited) - spamlet May 16, 12:23 14
- Was it the one on Chippewa that closed recently? That gave me a sad. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 16, 12:35 1
  - I dunno. The only one I know of is in Bridgeton and it's still there if you need a fix. -- nm - spamlet May 16, 12:40
- They're fine for what they are. I'll take them over McD's or BK. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 12:33 5
  - They are not in the same strata, though. - Spawn May 16, 12:36 4
    - I don't remember them being the 3 times the price at all. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 12:44 3
      - If the three of us eat there, it is $30. McDonald's is about $11. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 12:48 2
        
        I trust your numbers. It's been... 20 years since I've eaten at a Fazoli's. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 12:50 1
        
        The first few times I was rather shocked. - Spawn May 16, 12:52
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  - There are none around here. A couple in Austin area, though less than there used to be -- nm - ty97 May 16, 12:25
- This is neither fun nor a fa.....I've said too much. -- nm - ty97 May 16, 12:24
- hey baby, wanna go on a date to the BK? -- nm - groiny May 16, 12:23 2
  - I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. - Spawn May 16, 13:16
  - That's why I picked Fazolis! -- nm - spamlet May 16, 12:24
you know, if you keep having tax problems with ideas you have maybe you'd start asking *before* you implement them if idea x would be a problem. - spamlet May 16, 12:22 3
- Now you tell me! -- nm - znufrii May 16, 12:27
- also, you should probably rename it to something other than "idea x"....nm - x May 16, 12:25
- What'd Max do now? -- nm - Reagen May 16, 12:23
Harley this! -- nm - Spawn May 16, 12:22

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