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WWE: Alberto Del Rio suspended 30 days for a Wellness violation. - Tim Aug 17, 10:32
Caveman, I set up the draft order for our league on the BF board. Could somebody double check it to make sure I got it right? -- nm - amoxy Aug 17, 10:21 3
- you are a golden God -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 10:22 2
  - I would suggest changing the pick #1's. Right now they all show as 1-1, 1-2 etc -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 10:23 1
    - Yeah, I will redo it. I forgot the first two rounds were not snake. -- nm - amoxy Aug 17, 10:25
The Titanium Orchid. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 17, 10:19
3 out of 5 Texans don't understand how blackmail works -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 10:07 6
- Something doesn't quite add up though... 44% would vote for her, but 60% would support secession if she's elected - Guigue Aug 17, 10:21 3
  - heh, people want to vote for a foreign head of state. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 10:27
  - 60% of the 55% that would vote for Trump. - Tim Aug 17, 10:22
  - Some people want secession no matter who's president. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 10:21
- Ha. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 10:15
- "And don't call the police." *calls the police* "Dammit, man, you're not playing right." -- nm - Max Aug 17, 10:14
"What should we do with this GoPro camera?" "Put it on the cheetah and have her chase stuff?" - Shaun Aug 17, 10:05 [youtube] 1
- sure would've been cool to put that on her head. I wonder how smooth that would've been -- nm - oblique Aug 17, 10:27
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML Aug 17, 10:03
Was this reported? 3 new Harry Potter short story books to be release this fall by JK -- (link) - decline Aug 17, 10:01
ST Poll -- Cast a gender-swapped remake of The Usual Suspects - znufrii, dad. Aug 17, 10:01 16
- You know it's gonna be Taylor Swift and her badass video gal pals. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 10:53
- probably the conventional choice but Emily Blunt as Verbal -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 10:23 2
  - I'd like to see Gail Gadot as Verbal. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 10:27 1
    - Verbal, oral, sure. -- nm - Groiny SI Aug 17, 10:30
- Is there any female up and coming like Spacey was in 1995 that could break out with the Soze role? -- nm - Inigo Aug 17, 10:19 3
  - though he was already 36 when he landed the role -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 10:25
  - up and coming you'd might need to go find a theatre actor and/or someone without an Oscar like Nina Ariadna. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 10:23
  - Vikander or Brie Larson? established but I think they could do it well. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 10:20
- "Hand me the fucking keys you cocksucker whatthefuck? -- nm - Michelle Rodriguez Aug 17, 10:16
- Blanchette, Lively, Robbie, Leoni -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 10:12
- using only wives & ex-wives of the Baldwin brothers -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 10:02
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  - Throw in Tilda Swinton as Kobayashi and I'd watch that movie for sure. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 17, 10:06 3
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    - Swinton should be Fenster. -- nm - Inigo Aug 17, 10:16
    - great casting! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 10:12
The movie headline that will scare me the most will be: "Warner Bros. in talks to remake The Matrix." - Shaun Aug 17, 10:00 1
- maybe if they kept the first one and just remade the next two... -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 10:20
I think a gender swapped remake of Lethal Weapon might get the same level of outrage as the Ghostbusters reboot. - LMS Aug 17, 09:50 17
- The tv show will probably be bad enough. -- nm - Shaun Aug 17, 09:53
- Wasn't that basically The Heat? -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 09:52 4
  - not at all -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 10:21
  - Haven't seen it yet - isn't it a straight up comedy though? -- nm - LMS Aug 17, 09:54 1
    - Much more than Lethal Weapon, yes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 10:13
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  - are you outraged by the 'A Star is Born' remake plans? -- nm - decline Aug 17, 09:57 8
    - Remake of which version? -- nm - LMS Aug 17, 10:01
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    - I need this to start shooting immediately -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 09:58 5
      - I looked at the movie stock bond - it says " actress/actor" instead of " singers" - so they are changing their careers? - Epiphany Aug 17, 10:00 4
        
        In the original, they were actors. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 10:16 3
        
        ahh - thanks. I've only seen the Streisand version -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 10:19 2
        
        I've seen all three. (I had to cuz gay.) -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 10:25 1
        
        I've only seen the first two. :-) -- nm - mara Aug 17, 10:30
  - Although the fan made trailer gave me a bit of hope and allowed by to reserve judgement until I saw the film. - LMS Aug 17, 09:53
Trump's message to black voters in Milwaukee really resonated with people in attendance. -- (link) - mara Aug 17, 09:46 1
- Amazing. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 17, 09:48
Happy B-Day Sceire! -- nm - JenBro Aug 17, 09:45 5
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Jovian Aug 17, 10:09
- happy birthday!! :) - -- nm - b. Aug 17, 10:05
- and many many more -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 10:00
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 09:53
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Aug 17, 09:46
We have someone here, in the office, who laughs like either like a robot with imperfect programming or... - Mel Profit Aug 17, 09:35
Latest bit of MIL fun: she refuses to cook directly on the grill because it requires cleaning, abs this will inevitably -- inevitably -- lead to -- (edited) - Reagen Aug 17, 09:33 8
- Chill on the grill? I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of what grills are used for. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 09:37 4
  - Pretty sure the MIL is around. Reagan is diggity d-runk right now :) -- nm - Shaun Aug 17, 09:40 3
    - En route, anyway - Reagen Aug 17, 10:26
    - you've been cracking me up today. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:44
    - Fair enough. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 17, 09:41
- I use the Alton Brown method of a crumpled up piece of foil and tongs to clean my grill ... I am also paranoid about tines. -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 09:35 2
  - Alton Brown has some really great cooking tips as does Ted Allen - JenBro Aug 17, 09:48
  - i'm going to use this. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:45
Lochte's crew didn't even file a police report? Fuck that shit, no way you stick around just because. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 09:33
Everyone on B2 that didn't like Clue is on my list. You people make me sad. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 09:33 4
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  - I'll get you back. Trust. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:49
- That's why I nearly disowned my kid! -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 09:33 1
  - Haha! :-) Tough call, I'm sure. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 17, 09:35
Sorry, Krusty. You may have to finally quit the Jets -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 09:33 7
- I know. The Giants are pro Hillary. If it was about team ownership and their political leanings I'd have stopped rooting for the Yankees years ago. - Krusty Aug 17, 09:35 6
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    - You know that kills me but good point. I added it to the long list of reasons to dislike the team. - Krusty Aug 17, 10:15 1
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    - The pentagon plays for some promotion to the NFL and MLB. Not just commercials... -- (edited) - Mel Profit Aug 17, 09:45 1
      - The Dodgers have a veteran of the game every game. They get a standing ovation from both teams and the fans and some type - jnine Aug 17, 10:39
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Walmart might have a hot deal on a prepaid phone starting tomorrow, unless it's a flyer misprint. - Shaun Aug 17, 09:27
I'm used to seeing random homes and businesses burned in the wildfires here, but this one hurt :( - Meg Aug 17, 09:25 7
- :( wow - that sucks ... sounds like it was an iconic piece of the "Route 66" - which keeps losing pieces as new areas develop -- nm - JenBro Aug 17, 09:36 6
  - :( -- (link) - Meg Aug 17, 09:45 5
    - WTF??? Fire Tornado??? I have never head of such a thing ... the twitter pic in the article freaks me out! -- nm - JenBro Aug 17, 09:52 4
      - You best get your fire tornado shit tight, rookie! -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 09:54 3
        
        It's "Firenado", soon to be on SyFy. -- nm - jnine Aug 17, 10:40
        
        lest you wind up in the dreaded "combustion journal" (yikes) -- nm - JenBro Aug 17, 09:55 1
        
        Today they're planning to take cadaver dogs into the fire zone because so many people refused to evacuate. -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 10:03
Cook: Clinton no longer needs to win any "Toss Up" states to win the election. -- (link*) - znufrii, dad. Aug 17, 09:25 5
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  - Though only 50 until early voting starts -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 10:08 2
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      - the debate(s) will fix that -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 10:26
  - Who took my laurels, I need to sit down! -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 17, 09:53
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- Got it. I remember Tim Curry being in it. The rest, not so much. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 09:29
Does anyone here have any interest in paying money to see 'War Dogs'? -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:21 6
- I find most 'stoner' films lacking in plot so avoid them. The last one I enjoyed was H&K go White Castle. -- nm - LMS Aug 17, 09:52
- nah. definitely a rental I'll see. What happened to Jonah Hill? I thought he lost a bunch of weight -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 09:44 1
  - he seems to be on a rollercoaster weight-wise. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:53
- ::ears perk up:: -- nm - Michael Vick Aug 17, 09:36 1
  - (I still loathe that man) -- nm - JenBro Aug 17, 09:45
- not I -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:24
This sums up a lot of our clients right about now. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 17, 09:21
Field hockey and its equipment seems like a super impractical sport. -- (edited) - Volnelk Aug 17, 09:19 3
- My daughter starting playing last year. I still can't figure out why they play with candy canes. - spamlet Aug 17, 09:22 2
  - Blame the British. They started it all. At least they changed to a ball from a rubber cube that an early version used -- nm - JD Aug 17, 09:26 1
    - "Let's see how difficult we can make it to actually score" -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 09:38
NPR does away with online comments. Said only .06 percent of total users used them. -- (link) - Ender Aug 17, 09:17 3
- I wonder what the contributors:readers ratio is for Wikipedia. -- nm - Max Aug 17, 09:38
- (.013 percent of total users posted 67% of comments.) -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 09:20 1
  - But muh free speech!!! -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 09:23
SITWAP: NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports coach Bruce Arians is "good" after Tuesday's trip to the hospital, and he's expected to be released Wednesday. -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 17, 09:17 1
- great news -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:17
Trump Sandwich: two slices of white bread, full of bologna with a side of Russian dressing & little pickle, surrounded by "a wall of Mexican chips" -- (link) - Beaker Aug 17, 09:11 32
- Does anyone here eat fried bologna sandwiches? It sounds absolutely awful but growing up it was kind of considered a regional thing. - Diva Aug 17, 09:15 25
  - Nope. I was never a fan of bologna. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 10:19
  - Yep. All the time. Haven't in a quite a few years now. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 10:14
  - Absolutely. Those and peanut butter & mayo sandwiches were staples of my childhood. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 09:49 2
    - PB, lettuce, and mayo. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 10:34
    - why do you people want to make me puke? -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 10:04
  - Sure -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 09:32
  - Yep. Not recently, but they are good. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 09:26
  - It's a southern thing too. My MIL would make them but I always ate them cold. -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 09:23
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  - I've eaten fried bologna but not as sandwich. Rice, instead. -- nm - JD Aug 17, 09:23
  - I ate it a lot as a kid, but I can't remember the last time I had it. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 09:21 10
    - with the sauteed onions? It's been a while for me. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:22 9
      - No. It was just a sandwich meat. Bologna, american cheese and mustard or mayo. On white bread. It was the white breadiest of all sandwiches. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 09:24 8
        
        #pmbsammichessowhite - Diva Aug 17, 09:30 6
        
        Lol. Hey, I'm going to be spending a night in Buffalo on Saturday. IIRC that's where you grew up. Any place I need to see or go? Don't have much - pmb Aug 17, 09:37 5
        
        Are you going to be downtown? The Waterfront is offically now banging. lots to do down there. Go to Gabriel's Gate for wings. - Diva Aug 17, 09:42 1
        
        I'm pretty sure we're downtown. Looks like we're just a few blocks from the waterfront. Thanks. -- nm - pmb Aug 17, 09:52
        
        I mean, you have to go to the Anchor Bar. They invented buffalo wings there. -- nm - rollo Aug 17, 09:40 2
        
        there are better places -- nm - decline Aug 17, 09:45
        
        yes they were but there are better places to get them. (GG, Duff's, La Nova etc...) -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:43
        
        (hence The Trump :) ) -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:25
  - love them (growing up for my wife's grand-parents, balony was for the rich; the poor ate lobster) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 17, 09:15 3
    - True story: My FIL's mother *refuses* to eat lobster because that's what poor people ate. - Shaun Aug 17, 09:22 1
      - they used to feed it to prisoners around here back in the day. -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:28
    - cray. :) -- nm - Diva Aug 17, 09:19
- Cut into quarters so you can hold it with your very small hands. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 09:14 2
  - (good addition!) -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:16
  - Just think of how big it'll feel. -- nm - Deadpool Aug 17, 09:15
- The Windsor Sandwich Shop creation; Windsor Ontario -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:11 2
  - Your wall is next, buddy. -- nm - decline Aug 17, 09:13 1
    - they actually build a little wall around the sandwich! Outstanding -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 09:13

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