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I like how Deborah Ross is giving Burr a run for his money. This could be huge for NC -- nm - CQ Sep 20, 16:56
The irony of the Skittles metaphor is that Trump's supporters are knowingly eating Horseshit Creme Oreos. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:55
I was so pleased to see, on saturday, that starbucks finally has almond milk here. pleased until I tried a macchiato made with it, and it tasted like - b. Sep 20, 16:53 3
- google sez it's their own blend, nationwide on the 29th, and they're calling it "almondmilk." nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 20, 17:10 2
  - How do you milk an almond? -- nm - Bacon Sep 20, 17:11 1
    - "crush, kill, destroy!" -- nm - b. Sep 20, 17:13
I just love the quotes from the Hollywood types on this THR article about Netflix. -- (link) - iSpam Sep 20, 16:30
Nazi time capsule unearthed in Poland -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 20, 16:28 2
- was it with the Nazi gold train? -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 16:51
- Was it found by Indiana Jones? -- nm - Bacon Sep 20, 16:31
*just ordered sexy Archer C7 router* -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 16:15 6
- Because *that's* how we get WiFi, Lana. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 17:08 1
  - "are we not doing pass phrasing anymore? It's OK if we're not." -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 17:13
- dammit! - prayformojo Sep 20, 16:19 1
  - WHatever happened with that? -- nm - iSpam Sep 20, 16:21
- all the adult content. -- nm - budice Sep 20, 16:17
- Does it come with a tactile-neck? -- nm - The Munificent Baron Sep 20, 16:16
"Welcome to Felchville" -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 20, 16:02 4
- The SC one is killing me. -- nm* - The Munificent Baron Sep 20, 16:14 1
  - the simple elegance of Michigan's "Dick" is pretty admirable -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 16:16
- Mary's Igloo is *lewd* -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 16:04 1
  - also, how do you not see that "Dickshooter" just doesn't even pass the giggle test? -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 16:06
Canadian Mint employee accused of smuggling $180K of gold in his rectum -- (link*) - ty97 Sep 20, 15:56 22
- New villain in Goldeneye reboot -- nm - Bacon Sep 20, 16:23 1
  - I love gooooooooooooooooooold! -- nm - Gold Member Sep 20, 16:41
- Cast the Canadian Mint employee - prayformojo Sep 20, 16:08 6
  - DJ Quals...or Larry the Cable Guy....unless you want to make some box office gold then Tom Hanks -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 18:19
  - Johnny Knoxville. The movie is Jackass 7. -- nm - pmb Sep 20, 16:15
  - Brad Pitt -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 16:13
  - Jennifer Lawrence -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 16:12 1
    - Leana Headey is second choice. I have always wanted to see a Lannister shit gold :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 16:30
  - Jason Statham -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 16:10
- " In preparation for these proceedings, in fact, a security employee actually tested the idea, Barnes said." - Reagen Sep 20, 16:06 3
  - at least it wasn't bricks? -- nm - b. Sep 20, 16:11 1
    - and then I read the story. *bites knuckle* no puck jokes, b.! -- nm - b. Sep 20, 16:15
  - "Actually it was more of a dare, but the information was useful nonetheless." -- nm - pmb Sep 20, 16:09
- this could be why Chumlee walks so funny -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 20, 16:02
- King Midass. nm - Dignan Sep 20, 16:02
- I'm sure that caused them to give him the bum's rush. -- nm - b. Sep 20, 16:01
- at one time? that's powerful -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 15:59 1
  - that was my first thought, I'm stunned they don't have tracking of weight in and weight out unless they have some waste slag, there still bound to be - zeitgeist Sep 20, 18:21
- What an asshole. -- nm - pmb Sep 20, 15:57 3
  - how do you even repurpose it after that? -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 16:00 2
    - Same way that you repurpose any other undesirable form of gold. Melt it down, purify as needed, make sheet, ingor, plate, or whatever form factor -- nm - JD Sep 20, 16:03 1
      - I always knew you were from CA but thought it was California :) -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 16:57
Decide my life for me: should I go watch "War Dogs" (in 2 hours, in a mall) or just go home do nothing? (NM) - Marlowe Sep 20, 15:49 1
- Between War Dogs and nothing . . . I'll take War Dogs -- nm - Ed Rooney Sep 20, 15:51
GHWB states publicly that he stands with her -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 20, 15:28 1
- He could be POTUS again if he wants to. All he has to do is say he's running :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 15:42
The tone of Neighbors 2 is very odd -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 15:25 3
- Two words too many. -- nm* - The Munificent Baron Sep 20, 15:50 2
  - which two? -- nm - budice Sep 20, 15:57 1
    - Which two would you like? (That's what she said.) -- nm* - The Munificent Baron Sep 20, 16:15
Black Friday 2016 Predictions -- (link) - GregW Sep 20, 15:11 1
- 1. murder -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 15:17
Rick Perry cannot possibly run for anything after this, right? -- (link) - mara Sep 20, 15:08 1
- the GOP establishment's hate for Ted Cruz (up for reelection in 2018) is very strong -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 15:10
HIV rates in Saskatchewan reach "state of emergency" levels -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:42
"Everyone who wasn't good but wasn't terrible should get to spend eternity in Cincinnati" -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 14:22 1
- For instance, Andy Dalton -- (edited) - Reagen Sep 20, 15:00
From the Ringer's Conan O'Brien story: Conan appeared in 2,277 episodes of Late Night. He's done over 900 on TBS! - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 14:01 5
- Season 7 Episode 133: starring Strongbad -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 14:18
- It's not nearly as good as his Late Night show was but I still love him. -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 14:13 3
  - Back in the Late Night days I never really was much of a Conan fan. But I do catch his TBS show pretty regularly. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 14:30 1
    - I watch it every night and still love his show. The remote pieces have been hysterical. - Krusty Sep 20, 14:40
  - i don't have TV so i'm not the perfect data point, but i'm 90% happy to just watch the highlight clips from all these shows on YouTube the next day -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:15
Drew McWeeny out at HitFix -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:01
po.go talk: the pikachu buddy 10K thing is.. (spoiler) - b. Sep 20, 13:45 11
- 3k for one lousy candy though? Ridiculous! -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 20, 14:31 4
  - just 1km/1 for pikachu. that said, I wouldn't have chosen it if not for decline mentioning something special for it, since they're notsorare for me. -- nm - b. Sep 20, 14:36 3
    - huh I didn't know it varied by pokeomon. - IrishStephen Sep 20, 14:49 2
      - I've linked a chart a couple of times - here it is again. :) - nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 20, 14:52 1
        
        Nice, thanks! -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 20, 15:25
- my pokedex hit 105 this weekend. I caught two new ones (including pikachu) and evolved about 4 new-to-me pokemon. -- nm* - Andie Sep 20, 13:53 5
  - 112 caught, 113 seen. I got a bunch of new ones the past several days... - Dark Callisto Sep 20, 14:10 3
    - Those poor fish... -- nm - David Sep 20, 14:26
    - did you get the Snorlax down by the Grand Floridian pond? -- nm* - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:17
    - nice. -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 14:11
  - nice! I'm at 90 caught, 91 seen. -- nm - b. Sep 20, 13:55
a thought or few on Passengers, the new trailer, and all that (sorry, but i'm late to the party today) ... incl. semi-spoiler comments IM? - call me Ishmael Sep 20, 13:37 3
- everybody dies. what's so special about them? -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:43
- Nothing like giving a major plot twist away in the first trailer for a movie! -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 13:38 1
  - of a sort, yes ... (spoiler IM! !!) - call me Ishmael Sep 20, 13:41
remember that librarian who scrimped and saved to give $4m to UNH? they spent $1m of it on a football scoreboard -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:37 26
- Guys...this makes *perfect* sense, since the age of twitter, the most reading any of us do fits on a score board -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 14:16 2
  - IT'S ALL GRR MARTIN'S FAULT he has to get book 6 out -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 14:38 1
    - that's how he's gonna get us, we're all dying to get that damn book -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 15:52
- I dunno, if you donate to the school, it is up to school on how to use it. - groiny Sep 20, 13:49 22
  - Unless there are clear instructions on how in advance that the school can use to decide to accept or not. - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 13:52 7
    - and they could have Spicoli'd it by hiring Van Halen to play the Homecoming Concert. wouldn't make it any less wasteful -- nm* - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:58 6
      - Well, that depends. Who's singing? nm - Dignan Sep 20, 14:06 1
        
        Adam Lambert -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:22
      - again, if they sell advertising on the sign every year and make $ off of that, how is it wasteful? -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 14:02 3
        
        as the opponents state in the article, there is a list of many other things that would have been more valuable to the school's educational mission -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:05 2
        
        sounds like sour grapes to me. - groiny Sep 20, 14:06 1
        
        If they could generate that much money from the scoreboard, they wouldn't have needed a bequest to buy it - Roger More Sep 20, 14:32
  - There are still good ways to spend donations and dumb ways -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:52 13
    - Devil's Advocate: What pot of money - other than donations - would you have had them spend the $1M out of? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 13:53 12
      - donations for sports seems a deep well for many teams to draw on, look at all the violations of giving cars to stars etc... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 14:17
      - They get an alumni or sports fan to pay for it with naming rights, like a lot schools do. -- nm - . Sep 20, 13:56
      - None? Fuck football -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:55 9
        
        I'm generally okay with that line of thinking, but now let's set it aside and go back to "It's being bought. How should it be paid for?" -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 14:03 8
        
        colleges are a de facto minor league system for the NFL. send them all the bills -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:04 7
        
        college teams generate a ton of revenue for the school, not just for Athletics. -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 14:05 6
        
        not enough to pay for a new scoreboard, apparently -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:06 5
        
        And unless they're getting money from television, many smaller schools put more money into sports than they gt out of it. -- nm - . Sep 20, 14:08
        
        not if a large % of that money is earmarked elsewhere. - groiny Sep 20, 14:08 3
        
        State school, so the tax payers do. Especially when there are areas were there are needs unmet. -- nm - . Sep 20, 14:11 2
        
        where are those needs unmet? - groiny Sep 20, 14:13 1
        
        More computers in the library, scholarships and other aid for students in need. - . Sep 20, 14:25
Wlir - I don't know about before but the Bears stick with Cutler now because they have no takers for his multi-million multi-year contract. -- (edited) - . Sep 20, 13:31
I assume that we're holding off discussion of Kevin Can Wait until everyone here has seen it? - prayformojo Sep 20, 13:29 3
- You may have one word too many in the IM. - . Sep 20, 13:59
- I was disappointed that they used a FedEx package instead of an IPS one -- nm - J Sep 20, 13:48
- So like, forever? - Spawn Sep 20, 13:30
Can't disagree with Susan Sarandon here -- (link) - ty97 Sep 20, 13:27 1
- word -- nm - $258,000 Sep 20, 13:30
You know you're old when half your tour group has never heard of an 'E' ticket :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 13:23
My Aunt lost her FB password a couple of years back so she created another account. Then she was able to get back into her old one. She now used both - ty97 Sep 20, 13:20 5
- So she can vote twice for California. That's awesome! (NM) - Marlowe Sep 20, 14:58
- I believe she can merge the pages -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 13:46 1
  - Merging pages is different from merging accounts. -- (link) - mara Sep 20, 14:46
- she should use one account for family, employers, the other for her party gals, red hat society, vegas trips -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:33
- this sounds like the premise of Melissa McCarthy's next movie -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:21
I have no idea what b. is talking about -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 13:13 2
- this may well apply to so many posts from me. -- nm - b. Sep 20, 13:46
- kittens, most likely -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:16
ty97 from B2: I started playing that other movie site at age 16. -- nm* - MDH Sep 20, 13:01 2
- I was 25 when I started. And you started after me :/ -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 13:16
- who was younger, you or Bery? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:13
mud from b2 Halt and Catch Fire Spoils - MDH Sep 20, 12:59 2
- its like Ayla of the Mamouth People who invents fire, the wheel, numbers etc -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:14
- heh - mud Sep 20, 13:02
i lost my bookmark! what is the bonds page that shows the adjusts by date. (not Kaigee) -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 12:59 4
- Who's Little Miss Helpless now? -- nm - Lisa Sep 20, 13:03
- here -- (link) - budice Sep 20, 13:02 1
  - that's it, i couldn't find it from just howprofitable.com (i should have remember it was just hsx.) -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 13:03
- HowProfitable? -- nm - MDH Sep 20, 12:59
i have a question about the 'pay for the order behind me' thing. -- (edited) - Andie Sep 20, 12:56 12
- leave them all your credit card information, natch -- nm - con_carne Sep 20, 13:56
- inside, I've left cash to pay towards particular people (homeless folks that weren't nicely welcomed, police/fire/military someone right behind me, - b. Sep 20, 13:44
- They frequently do this at drive-thrus were the person behind has already ordered. - . Sep 20, 13:38
- I have only done it in a drive thru. That way, there can be no thanks given. That makes sense. - Spawn Sep 20, 13:33 1
  - (at 2am when there were no cars behind him) -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:34
- I assume it's done by a person who has a fairly typical size order, and they roughly double the amount of money (rounding to make it $20, or whatever) -- nm - mara Sep 20, 13:05 4
  - i.e., Selfish Mara has never actually done it herself -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:18 3
    - Me and Andie, I guess. -- nm - mara Sep 20, 13:27 2
      - I haven't done it either, I just don't get it anyway, I'd rather do something charitable like hand some poor guy a buck who's digging for pennies -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:32
      - with andie, it's just assumed -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:31
- Oh hi, I'm from the office across the street and Im here to pick up the big order for the meeting, 24 bagel lox, a dozen chef salads and 3 dz pastries -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:04
- I imagine in the context you outline, the person behind you gets your "change" applied to their order. -- nm - TWuG Sep 20, 12:58
Ruiner Bowl One was very exciting, and if not for Forte or the Houston defense, it would've gone the other way. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 12:48 1
- Decided by a kicker! - Spawn Sep 20, 12:49
fight the power! -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 12:46 1
- I'm trying to find the comedy skit that would fit the Ice T, Ice Cube growing old thing...local 'snl' type show Almost Live - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:38

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