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GoT episode speculation spoils -- (edited) - ÜMLaut May 16, 14:06 1
- Spoils - Reagen May 16, 14:09
FYI - Fort McMurray fire, still out of control. -- (link) - Andie May 16, 14:01 6
- Though if it's headed NE, that's as unpopulated a place as you can imagine that still has trees. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 14:07 2
  - does anyone really live in Saskatchewan? -- nm - Andie May 16, 14:08 1
    - Statistically, about 5% of future NHLers. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 14:11
- 285,000 hectares = 1,100 square miles. Rhode Island is 1,212 square miles. - Will Hunting May 16, 14:06
- jesus. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 14:04
- wow -- nm - budice May 16, 14:03
Looks like Kristen Stewart broke up with her most recent gf to get back together with her previous gf. - Diva May 16, 13:59 1
- Those girl-girl relationships are sure scandalous and dramatic -- nm - budice May 16, 14:01
The NBA draft lottery is tomorrow night? I've heard very little about it this year. -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:57 9
- *sends Ainge all the good Ju-Ju possible* -- nm - Mel Profit May 16, 14:01 2
  - we're sending isaiah as the rep....nm - x May 16, 14:03 1
    - agreed. the kid gets what it means to bleed green. - Mel Profit May 16, 14:05
- yeah, it's tomorrow. probably haven't heard a lot because after simmons and ingram, this draft has little star power.... - x May 16, 13:59 5
  - Someone wins ROY then never heard from again, Wiggins? -- nm - budice May 16, 14:02 4
    - andrew wiggins? the guy averaged over 20 points a game this year, dude....nm - x May 16, 14:05 3
      - The boy can ball. I look forward to watching him play over the next decade. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 14:09 2
        
        yeah, i like him too. he should be a better defender, but i kind of think he will be....nm - x May 16, 14:12 1
        
        Agreed. He played decent D at KU since Self wouldn't let him relax on that end of the court. He can do it but he needs coaching. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 14:21
PSA : Of you are tempted to try Pepsi 1893 infused with ginger, don't. - groiny May 16, 13:56
robots are learning nobel-prize winning physics nbd guys -- (link) - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:52
Was Carlton Fisk's signature homer celebration a violation of baseball's unwritten rules? -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 13:49 28
- It was basically 2 waves for it to be fair. It was less than 2 seconds. Happened so fast. -- nm - CQ May 16, 15:35
- I had to watch this on YouTube. I've seen more exuberant displays in cricket. -- nm - Roger More May 16, 14:12
- I think the "rules" on home run celebrations are stupid. You don't want them to celebrate? Don't let them hit a home run. Otherwise, be my guest. -- nm - pmb May 16, 14:08
- i would say no, especially because i never have ever heard anyone say it was, and the culture in the seventies was such that.... - x May 16, 13:57
- I would say no...it was a celebration...not a showing up of the other team. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:52
- Joy at the pinnacle is allowed, everyday homer will get you beaned -- nm - budice May 16, 13:52
- I'm not sure. Are these rules written down anywhere? -- nm - Mop May 16, 13:51
- I would say no since it was the bottom of the 12th in the World Series. -- nm - Ender May 16, 13:51 4
  - the way the Bautista homer happened in that particular game totally merited a bat flip - senor dentista May 16, 13:54 2
    - Following the rules is f***ing them? -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:56 1
      - yes -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 14:01
  - This. -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:53
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- Nope... - Mel Profit May 16, 13:50
- no, but I am sure Reggie Jackson would have been called out on a few of his homers. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:50 4
  - Reggie got tons of shit, to my understanding. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 14:02 3
    - Yeah, and he loved every moment of it. He was the king hot dog. - Will Hunting May 16, 14:03 2
      - hehe, reggie jackson. he certainly was. and he sure stands and watches this one, but who can blame him? -- (link) - x May 16, 14:08 [youtube] 1
        
        I hadn't seen that one in a long long time. - Will Hunting May 16, 14:10
- nah, nor was Gibby -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:49 8
  - I much as I disliked Gibson's (Because he was on the hated Dodgers), it was a classic and nobody would think they were upstaged -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:54 6
    - You'd have a hard time making the case that Bautista's wasn't the same - Reagen May 16, 14:05 5
      - I had no problem with Bautista's bat flip. I have a big problem with people making Odor a hero - amoxy May 16, 14:09
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        he has a chip on his shoulder, from being held back for years. - groiny May 16, 14:09 2
        
        How many years is he going to carry that chip around? -- nm* - Krusty May 16, 14:11 1
        
        until he retires probably. It motivates him, and he has said as much. -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:11
  - I don't think Gibson's was since he was hurt. Fisk is a yes for me. -- nm - David's iPad May 16, 13:50
ML - that sign was intentional. - kelly May 16, 13:48 1
- oh, I had no doubt :-) -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:52
So Billsfan is having a great day, I see. Their first rounder has a bum shoulder and Sammy Watkins broke his foot. - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:48 1
- *hits his music* -- nm - Robert Woods May 16, 13:49
ESPN is just a constant loop of that punch. -- nm - Mop May 16, 13:48 2
- Bill Simmons was on Howard Stern today - he's got a sweet gig now at HBO -- nm - Pippy May 16, 13:50 1
  - HBO needs to have a sports-only channel. -- nm - Mop May 16, 13:51
i guess larry bird knew who he wanted to coach pacers. from interview with nate mcmillan to contract negotiations: 48 hours....nm - x May 16, 13:45
Lincecum likely headed to the Halos. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 13:43 2
- doesnt fix the angels anytime soon -- nm - budice May 16, 13:45
- So he really isn't serious about having a good conclusion to his career. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:44
Poll: Do you remember how old you were when you started getting an allowance? How old did you start your own kids? - Max May 16, 13:40 8
- Never got one. I was paid for working around the house when I was going to get a job and I was going to have to cut back on doing all of the cooking - jnine May 16, 16:19
- Never got one. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 14:11
- 5th grade - likely middle school for Roo -- nm - Pippy May 16, 13:47
- never got an allowance. but I needed dough so got a job when I was 12. -- nm - Diva May 16, 13:45
- 12, I think. - znufrii May 16, 13:43
- I never did. We started this year (6th grade) giving her a "salary" and stuff she needs to pay for. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 13:42
- once they are capable of doing job without being hand held during the process. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:42
- i would say second grade....nm - x May 16, 13:41
backboard GoT spoils question - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:35 1
- I did as well. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 13:39
~You are my treasure~ -- nm - budice May 16, 13:30
ST poll: who is your local/state celebrity who is a 'beloved douchbag'? doesn't have to be an athlete. -- nm - Pippy May 16, 13:29 43
- I was gonna say Rahm, but he's working on hated. So I go with some of the Ricketts. -- nm - . May 16, 15:00
- Barry Bonds -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:55 3
  - Or Steve Jobs -- nm - amoxy May 16, 13:56 2
    - California should make beloved douchebag a state flower or something, so many to choose from....Schwarzenegger -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 14:06 1
      - I was only going Bay Area not the whole state -- nm - amoxy May 16, 14:10
- I'd like to say Mark Cuban but I think he's too hated to be beloved. Russ Martin - radio personality who is actually pretty cool but wants to be known - Pippy May 16, 13:48
- Prolly a tie between Kid Rock - Ted Nugent - Bob Seger -- nm - JenBro May 16, 13:46 1
  - Nugent is an epic dbag who went from acting like one to believing it wholeheartedly. - Mel Profit May 16, 13:49
- Stan Kroenke -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 16, 13:40 5
  - he ain't beloved. -- nm - Jim May 16, 13:42 4
    - Bobby Hull. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:42 3
      - Bobby Hull ain't local. And Brett ain't a douchebag! :) -- nm - Jim May 16, 13:43 2
        
        Bobby Hull is local to me. :) - Andie May 16, 13:46
        
        Brett is douchey -- nm - budice May 16, 13:44
- The St Louis Cardinals - iSpam May 16, 13:40 4
  - you stop it right now! -- nm - Jim May 16, 13:42 3
    - The rest of the country thinks so. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 13:42 2
      - The rest of the country is wrong! -- nm - Jim May 16, 13:43 1
        
        Thats the point of the poll! -- nm - iSpam May 16, 13:44
- Probably Michael Phelps. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:39
- Douchebag kinda crotch kicks the beloved part....Microsoft Allen? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 13:39
- Carrot Top is close, but he is not beloved -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 13:37
- Newton, except he's pretty much all douche in my eyes -- nm - CQ May 16, 13:37
- I can't think of anyone would even register nationally - Reagen May 16, 13:36 3
  - Chad Kroeger. Well, minus the beloved. -- nm - Roger More May 16, 13:39 2
    - He's not even really local anymore - Reagen May 16, 13:46 1
      - Well, we burned down his house so.... -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:47
- I suppose it was Rob Ford. Maybe now it would be Drake? -- nm - Roger More May 16, 13:34 4
  - *latches onto winners* -- nm - Drake May 16, 13:35 3
    - if you mean the Raptors, he has actually been their biggest fan for a long long time. -- nm - Andie May 16, 13:36 2
      - I'll tell you how Drake is douchey... -- nm - Meek Mill May 16, 13:38 1
        
        *flexes* -- nm - Juston Bieber May 16, 13:39
- PK Subban -- nm - Beaker May 16, 13:34
- too many in LA. Cal Ripken was kind of the Jordan of Baltimore sports though -- nm - senor dentista May 16, 13:34 1
  - Hell, Ray Lewis for Bawlmer. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 13:48
- Tito Ortiz, Dexter Holland -- nm - budice May 16, 13:32
- Brady and Papi. - Mel Profit May 16, 13:32 1
  - I don't see them as such. - groiny May 16, 13:33
- Southie. - Diva May 16, 13:31 3
  - Heh, i didn't even see this when i posted. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 13:41 1
    - however in this case, the rest of the country isn't wrong. -- nm - Diva May 16, 13:47
  - "your damn right, brutha." -- nm - Mel Profit May 16, 13:32
- Cutler. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:30
OK, combining Max's post with my own thoughts this is what I've got re: magic on GoT (spoils) -- (edited) - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:25 14
- Are we counting - Reagen May 16, 13:35 2
  - sure--just the other side of that particular coin -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:43
  - For that matter... - Roger More May 16, 13:40
- SPOILERS...... - groiny May 16, 13:34 1
  - spoilers - Roger More May 16, 13:37
- I would put spoils - znufrii May 16, 13:34
- +1 Dagger -- nm - budice May 16, 13:28 1
  - Power Word Kill, Vorpal Blade, Magic Missile -- nm - budice May 16, 13:30
- Grand Maester Pycelle seems like the type who would dabble in magic but I can't think of anything he's done. - Max May 16, 13:28 2
  - kind of the opposite (spoils) - Roger More May 16, 13:33
  - (spoils) - ÜMLaut May 16, 13:29
- spoils.... - groiny May 16, 13:26 2
  - That's the one I consider alchemy - Max May 16, 13:30 1
    - it is borderline. - groiny May 16, 13:32
Bautista = flashy, not douchebaggy. - groiny May 16, 13:24 29
- Meh...he's a king preener. His bat flip while staring down the pitcher who had done nothing but give up a homer - Will Hunting May 16, 13:43 16
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    - the amount of pitchers celebrating a strikeout greatly outweighs a batflip or such. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:52 7
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        sure, but to call him the biggest one is stretching it. - groiny May 16, 13:59 5
        
        Well, we all agree ARod's the biggest around so we're just jumping to #2 on the list as it's at least fluid. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 14:01 4
        
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        at this point, everyone seems to just want A-Rod to go away. - Mel Profit May 16, 14:08 2
        
        I wonder if he were not given that absurd contract, how much different his career would have been. -- nm - groiny May 16, 14:10 1
        
        Given his PED abuse, about 250mil cheaper. - Will Hunting May 16, 14:12
  - I could be misremembering, but was there not something that happened prior to the home run and batflip? - groiny May 16, 13:47 6
    - oh, there was a really questionable call right before (not for him specifically, but against the Jays.) -- nm* - Andie May 16, 13:53 3
      - right, there was something that had the Jays all charged up at that moment. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:54 2
        
        The 7th inning took an hour. You had the batter in the box have his bat hit by a throw back from the catcher - Will Hunting May 16, 13:59
        
        the whole inning was insane. -- nm - Andie May 16, 13:55
    - Not to Batista iirc. The Jays felt they got hosed on the throw-back to the pitcher - Will Hunting May 16, 13:50 1
      - shame Fernando Rodney would never bat, as his arrow to the gods has to rub hitters the wrong way too. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:54
- correct -- nm - Beaker May 16, 13:39
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  - there are tons of douchey players, some on every team. - groiny May 16, 13:28 7
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      - Harper's still breathing, right? - Will Hunting May 16, 13:46 3
        
        I am glad I never played pro ball and had you all calling me king douchebag. - groiny May 16, 13:48 2
        
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        there might be a bit of cockiness in my day to day life too. -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:51
      - funny you mentioned Arod........ -- nm - groiny May 16, 13:30 1
        
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- I respect the man, in the age of roids and hype. Hes played it pretty straight up -- nm - budice May 16, 13:25 1
  - the fact that it took him forever to get a full time gig, and he spent so much time getting bounced around - groiny May 16, 13:27
Logan pointed out to me that dragons barf all the time. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 13:23 5
- he's about the age where he should see the movie "Stand By Me" ... the County Fair/Blueberry Pie scene is the barfiest. - JenBro May 16, 13:28 2
  - I agree! -- nm - Remlik May 16, 13:31 1
    - I really love that film.Dreyfuss' narration was epic. "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" -- nm - JenBro May 16, 13:42
- he's going to smart school, so I think I will be believing him. - Pippy May 16, 13:28 1
  - his schoolmates will too. "Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples." -- nm - Max May 16, 13:31

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