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"In the 1994 Caribbean Cup, unknown coach Keith Griffith devised the greatest game plan the world has ever seen." -- (link) - ML Sep 16, 11:17 1
- you play to win. peripd -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 11:24
Olive Garden sold 21,000 of those all-you-can-eat passes in under a second -- (link) - decline Sep 16, 11:13 4
- Bloomberg had a bit on how a marketing stunt has turned into a mainstay promotion -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 14:11
- bots. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 11:22
- America is *fat* -- nm - ML Sep 16, 11:20
- paleo that! -- nm - CQ Sep 16, 11:15
I like kitschy designs sometimes, but this fragrance bottle.. no. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 16, 11:12 2
- also, from a recent "allure" - not quite andie's mask photos, but the mascara in these is so distracting. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 16, 11:15 [Image] 1
  - Hell no to clumpy mascara -- nm - Epiphany Aloha Sep 16, 11:16
i hope jaxsean takes david to see Starship at Epcot -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 11:07 3
- With shrooms. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 16, 11:11 2
  - No no no, he has to suffer. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 11:14 1
    - Never mind, I was thinking of Spaceship Earth at Epcot. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 16, 11:31
The Cubs lineup today is like the electric boogaloo of lineups -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 11:04
Office food etiquette poll: When there are meeting leftovers in the kitchen, at what time of day - Andie Sep 16, 10:59 31
- Depends. If you work with Chad, 5 minutes. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 11:20
- 1 hour 37 minutes after leftovers have been placed. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 16, 11:07
- take home after work hours. Don't be that asshat that goes in there at 4pm to stock up for home. - CQ Sep 16, 11:05 8
  - it's 2pm here, i just watched two people go in and box up all the leftover sushi. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 11:08 5
    - wait until they put it in the fridge and return to their desks, then go in and take it all out of their boxes and steal it -- nm - decline Sep 16, 11:11
    - see, those who can take; those who ponder niceties go hungry -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 11:09
    - we've had situations like that arise here. memos have been sent -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 11:09
    - They need a good glove slap -- nm - CQ Sep 16, 11:09 1
      - or just order in badly-prepared fugu the next time -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 11:09
  - but I leave work at 4pm -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 11:05 1
    - No soup for you! -- nm - CQ Sep 16, 11:06
- rarely an issue here because leaving anything out on the cafe island is like dropping a cow into a pool of pirahnas -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 11:01
- what does Lisa think? -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 11:01
- as soon as the meeting is over and the food hits the kitchen it is free for all -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 11:00 15
  - see, i think it's a free for all *to eat*, not a free for all to 'take home before other employees get to have some.' -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 11:01 14
    - yep. in a past job, we had to have someone come watch to make sure that the tupperware thing didn't happen so soon.. - b. Sep 16, 11:11 4
      - why do they order so much food? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 11:19 3
        
        it wasn't vast amounts over, but there was some padding because sometimes people came and went from the meetings and it wasn't clear who all would -- (edited) - b. Sep 16, 11:23
        
        Two reasons - it means that everyone at the meeting has a choice, and no one is stuck with the tuna salad sandwich. - Roger More Sep 16, 11:23
        
        this actually comes up here sometimes. generally speaking, every meeting has about twice as much food as is ever eaten. -- nm* - Andie Sep 16, 11:21
    - yeah, this isn't ocean salvage. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 11:08
    - I've seen so much food go to waste that way though. -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 11:04
    - who keeps tupperware at work to take leftovers home with? :) -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 11:02 1
      - people who work in hoity-toity offices with fancypants catered meetings -- nm - decline Sep 16, 11:04
    - exactly -- nm - decline Sep 16, 11:02 4
      - Yes. Hell we just drop it by Juan's desk cause we know he's going to take it all home anyway. - Epiphany Aloha Sep 16, 11:10 3
        
        So Juan is your office Chad? -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 11:10 2
        
        He's skinny as a rail, doesn't eat it at the office, just takes ALL the left overs home. He does wait until 4 though - Epiphany Aloha Sep 16, 11:15
        
        jonathan saw chad last week at the hair cutter. he says chad looks the same. the extra cash hasn't bought him clothes that fit - university of amanda jones Sep 16, 11:11
- end of the day - anything earlier is just greed -- nm - decline Sep 16, 11:00 1
  - yup, last one out the door has full access to it. -- nm - groiny Sep 16, 11:02
I am psyched to have reservations at The Olde Pink House in Savannah next Saturday. Psyched! -- (link) - CQ Sep 16, 10:59 [Image] 3
- that menu looks awesome, but 27 bucks for fried chicken and mac&cheese? - decline Sep 16, 11:02 2
  - Yeah, but that's what it costs at a deli in East Hampton -- nm - CQ Sep 16, 11:03 1
    - Two places I would refuse to eat! -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 11:15
Police robot grabs gun from suspect, ends standoff with police -- (link) - Beaker Sep 16, 10:56 4
- turns around, starts new standoff with police, demands oil cans and software upgrades -- nm - Max Sep 16, 11:12
- i hope the chief takes his badge and gun -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:58 2
  - Frankie, you broke the unwritten law. You ratted on your friends. When you do that Frankie, your enemies don't respect you. You got no friends no more - Johnny 5-0 Sep 16, 11:03 1
    - Who's Johnny? -- (link) - JD Sep 16, 11:05 [youtube]
"Darelle Revis Didn't Know Marquise Goodwin Was a Track Star (He Does Now)" -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:47 2
- I didn't know either, did you ? -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:49 1
  - yes -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 11:16
Your team just scored 31 points. Why fire the OC? -- nm - ML Sep 16, 10:45 2
- Rex being Rex -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:46 1
  - yup. I wonder who the Bills coach will be next season? -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 10:51
I'm eating an f-ing ice cream sandwich and I don't care - oblique Sep 16, 10:44 3
- The vogue for unique ice cream sandwich flavours has gotten out of control. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 10:46
- damn it feels good to be a gangsta -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:45 1
  - I'm also watching the Cubs in my office at work. *rebel yell* -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 10:47
he should call Randy Moss too while he's at it. -- nm - Diva Sep 16, 10:35
"Donald Trump Offers $5m To President Obama's Charity of Choice for Proof of His US Citizenship" -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:32
i feel like kilbo. i got a new office chair and now i have to adjust everything to make it 'right'. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:26 2
- I finally got my drivers seat where I want it. I think he moved the steering wheel because once I adjusted that things were much easier to tune in -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 10:34
- I was thinking about you as I was cleaning the human feces out of my well. nm - syrian refugee Sep 16, 10:32
friday hax chat q: admin sent out an email about their cow orker's "fragrance sensitivity" - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:20 15
- tell that old whore to wear a surgical mask to work. problem solved. -- nm - CQ Sep 16, 11:02
- I have fragrance sensitivity. I usually don't say anything, but someone put a really strong, obnoxious plug in air freshener in the hallway outside of - jnine Sep 16, 10:57 2
  - ugh, that is so wrong. :/ like HR wrong. I'm sensitive, too; and asked a past coworker - b. Sep 16, 11:20
  - put a fish in their ceiling tiles -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 10:58
- way back when, when I was in training at the bank, my trainer was sensitive to cologne, so I had to go without. - groiny Sep 16, 10:50 1
  - now you know how we feel -- nm* - oblique Sep 16, 10:50
- *doubles down on Axe* -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 10:34 1
  - all the pussy -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:35
- eff that old biddy. -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:26 6
  - they could go nuclear on her by just not bathing at all -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:40
  - it would be, sort of, fair for people who have to work in close proximation, but that should be stated in the memo. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:27 4
    - so you would change your deodorant, detergent and shampoo if your coworker asked you to? -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:35 2
      - the most I've done is change my moisturizer/body cream and not use perfume when I'm singing in a choral group or sharing a dressing room. that's it. - Diva Sep 16, 10:38
      - if i was making someone ill? yeah. - Andie Sep 16, 10:37
    - My wife had to go through this a year and change ago within her office. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 16, 10:29
iPhone 7: delivered - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:11 11
- iPhone 6+ for the kidlet -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 10:28 1
  - ~privilege~ -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:32
- I just got the Galaxy S7 (not the explody one). It's super nice -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:27 2
  - I love my 7 edge. -- nm - jnine Sep 16, 11:01 1
    - I *love* the concept of edge. but I have my phone set to just say "message from bob" not to preview - university of amanda jones Sep 16, 11:05
- sure, but can I borrow your headphones? -- nm - university of amanda jones Sep 16, 10:23 5
  - so ollie can eat them? no thanks -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:24 4
    - that cat. she ate another pair this week. (and she has already destroyed one of her new mice. guys, if you have giant food stores by you - university of amanda jones Sep 16, 10:25 3
      - I'll look this weekend -- nm - decline Sep 16, 10:32 2
        
        she says thanks. we bought seven here (all they had). I will look in reading this weekend too. -- nm - university of amanda jones Sep 16, 10:58
        
        *clings to the aisle shelf for dear life* -- nm - squeaking string mouse Sep 16, 10:38
your next President America -- (link) - Beaker Sep 16, 09:58 17
- It sounds not unlike the scene in Goldfinger where he locks the room to kill his investors. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 11:17
- C'mon press. Do the math on how you'll be treated the next four years if Trump wins. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 11:10 1
  - ratings! -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 11:10
- how on earth is he a serious candidate? -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:03 12
  - In addition to what TWuG said, he also strikes right to the emotional heart of people who have been completely disenfranchised over the past decade. - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 10:16 6
    - I really think "disenfranchised" is too kind of a word to describe them. They are still white and still enjoy all the benefits that comes with that. - pmb Sep 16, 10:48 2
      - They have been treated unfairly, and I'm not saying they bear no responsibility. And we're talking about my family here. - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 11:01
      - It's a self-selected disenfranchisement. "I won't engage with any system that doesn't see *me* as a priority over others." -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 10:52
    - sure, but that press conference is insane, and nothing but an ad for his private business. that should destroy any candidate. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:19 2
      - Absolutely. Anyone watching him with even a modest bit of logic, reason, and rationality would agree. But his hardcore supporters aren't doing so. - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 10:40
      - working-class white racists need luxury hotels to aspire to -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:20
  - He's the returning fire candidate from people freaked by Obama. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 16, 10:08
  - Better to ask how the GOP is a serious party. He's the distillation of everything the GOP has tacitly supported for the last 20 years. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 10:05 3
    - (50) -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:09 2
      - are you referring to Goldwater-era? -- nm - mud Sep 16, 10:20 1
        
        yes. the party made a conscious choice after the 1964 Civil Rights Act to become the new home for aggrieved white people -- nm - mr monkey Sep 16, 10:21
- and I finally figured out who Trump really is. The tonic salesman in Outlaw Josey Wales -- (link) - Beaker Sep 16, 10:00 [youtube]
The "Keepin it 1600" podcast does a nice job of talking me off of the ledge. -- nm - volnelk Sep 16, 09:53 1
- well, everyone was right saying he would never be the GOP nominee -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:55
~the clucking, clucking under the floor~ - Mel Profit Sep 16, 09:50 1
- They're torturing me, watching me, letting it yap so that I... That I... Stop it! Stop it, you devils! - Mel Profit Sep 16, 09:59
Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower missed practice again. I wouldn't bet on him playing -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:48 1
- Three Ravens not practicing Friday: LBs Elvis Dumervil (foot) and Za'Darius Smith (ankle) and RB Kenneth Dixon (knee). All not expected to play Sunday -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:49
I do like the latest CIGNA commerical. TV Doctors in America -- (link) - amoxy Sep 16, 09:44 [youtube]
Volnelk, when I have limited time, I do like using a city's hop-on/hop-off bus tour to see the main sites relatively quickly - ty97 Sep 16, 09:41 1
- Yeah, we did Big Red Bus or whatever that was called in San Fran based on someone's recommendation here and loved it. - volnelk Sep 16, 09:43
Tyler Eifert is officially out against the Steelers. -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:40 3
- Should have asked for a 4th round pick from Shaun - amoxy Sep 16, 09:45
- One week and its like the walking wounded -- nm - budice Sep 16, 09:41 1
  - He's been wounded since his participation in the Pro Bowl. -- nm - volnelk Sep 16, 09:44
"88 different players have had 100 yard rushing games since Colts last had one.. 312 such games" -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:40 2
- The Colts haven't had a running back with a 100 yard game since week 15 of 2012, 51 straight games.. longest active streak in NFL -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:41 1
  - Lets do this -- nm - TRich Sep 16, 09:42
Wes Welker gets job playing catch with Brady during his suspension -- (link) - Beaker Sep 16, 09:38 1
- Free agent needs a job. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 09:40
Point -- (link) - ty97 Sep 16, 09:38
6, 10, 15, 16, 18, still available in Survivor! -- nm* - Beaker Sep 16, 09:37 11
- FOUR More! - Beaker Sep 16, 09:55
- 19! -- nm - Jovian Sep 16, 09:51
- 20 -- nm - amoxy Sep 16, 09:45
- 14 please. - Krusty Sep 16, 09:40
- ML took 17. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 09:38 4
  - .41. -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:39 3
    - but he has it now -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:39 2
      - I just figured ML is bad at rounding. -- nm - Spawn Sep 16, 09:41 1
        
        well, he is a lawyer -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:48
- What ever happened to Feist? -- nm - Max Sep 16, 09:37
- (Jovian, both your numbers were already picked) -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 09:37
Huh...st got labeled an adult site on my gyms wifi network -- nm - Remliks phone Sep 16, 09:33 6
- Will's work this week too, maybe it was added to an ISP's master filter or something. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 09:34
- that seemed to happen to a bunch of people in the last couple days. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 09:34 4
  - Didn't we decide to blame groiny's foul mouth for this? :-) :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 16, 10:17 3
    - Yes we did. -- nm - Epiphany Aloha Sep 16, 11:08 1
      - what can groiny's foul mouth do for you? - groiny Sep 16, 11:09
    - it only makes sense. -- nm - groiny Sep 16, 11:04

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