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Before seeing the trailer for the movie just now, I had no idea that the Dan Brown book Inferno existed -- nm - prayformojo Oct 3, 18:29 4
- I read *most* of it - don't think I ever finished. My memory is of one extended, never-ending, chase scene. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 18:31 1
  - So a Dan Brown book. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 3, 20:08
- It's *bad* (book ending spoils) -- (edited) - ML Galaxy Oct 3, 18:31
- This -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 18:29
~I-I, I'm hooked on a Thielen~ -- nm - ML Galaxy Oct 3, 18:25
Eli's not getting into the Hall of Fame, right? - prayformojo Oct 3, 18:24 2
- He might, and it will be a terrible decision. -- nm - ML Galaxy Oct 3, 18:24 1
  - not That terrible -- nm - david Tyree Oct 3, 18:32
Guacamole for dinner. Avocado and lime juice, no tomato, no salsa. Is it guacamole, or avocado dip? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 18:22 1
- Technically, that's just "avocado". -- nm - Ender Oct 3, 22:06
Larry Donnell might not know what state he's in -- (link) - ML Galaxy Oct 3, 18:22
Blargh. I had a call this morning where some gas bag basically mansplained law to everyone for 90 minutes. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 18:18 3
- I call these two babies "Law" and "Order" - pow pow! Get it? -- nm - Max Oct 3, 18:22
- any chin puff? -- nm - mr monkey Oct 3, 18:20 1
  - Different deal. I have an all day meeting with Chin Puff tomorrow. Getting ready to bring the rage. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 18:33
Jeri-KO vs. New Day is very amusing -- nm - Remlik Oct 3, 18:11
spoiler nmbgg - mud Oct 3, 18:09 2
- gawd I suck -- nm - eli Oct 3, 18:19
- Gilmore Girls? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 18:13
Starting October 13, all of the Harry Potter movies will be coming back to theater's in IMAX. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 17:55
RC!! Get your car keys!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 17:48
"The concept was to cover the pig in tar and a flammable substance and, when lured close enough to the advancing or defending enemy the pigs would -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 3, 17:46 3
- ~Generals gathered in their masses~ -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 17:58
- Little known fact, that is how bacon was invented. -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 17:47
- "How sweet. They sent us barbecue." nm - Invading Hoards Oct 3, 17:47
*whistles Sweet Georgia Brown* -- (link) - Reagen Oct 3, 17:32
What about those of us that long to eat any kind of avocado.....and can't :( -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 17:29 5
- You get a separate island to live on. -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 17:44 3
  - Tropical? With an over-water bungalow? -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 18:00 2
    - And coconuts - it must have fresh coconuts. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 18:01 1
      - I found one, it's called Bikini Atol island. Coconuts are fresh, and they glow -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 18:21
- count your blessings -- nm - mr monkey Oct 3, 17:32
Who else is giving Timeless a shot tonight? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 3, 17:14 9
- wait, lemme get this straight, this is a show where people go back in time to ensure bad things that had happened continue to happen? - zeitgeist Oct 3, 18:56
- Negative interest -- nm - ML Galaxy Oct 3, 18:13
- I'm trying it. -- nm - . Oct 3, 18:10
- yep. not even dvring. watching it live. -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 18:03 1
  - It's like you've used a time machine to watch TV in the 70s! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 3, 18:09
- I'll watch it. I'm looking for a new show -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 17:28
- If it was on HBO I would -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 17:15 1
  - So no boobs, no watch? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 3, 17:24
- can't watching The Maltese Falcon and then Lucifer is on -- nm - Beaker Oct 3, 17:15
I just had a wild and crazy thought. - Beryllium Oct 3, 17:04 2
- Better hope Montreal is in town. That would be a great first NHL game to go to. Mine was Hartford v Boston at the civic center -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 17:29
- whoa. -- nm - Diva Oct 3, 17:05
"Marlins fire Barry Bonds as hitting coach after 1 season" -- nm - David Oct 3, 16:56
One of the phrases I would like to eradicate from the face of the earth: "guacamole dip" - con_carne Oct 3, 16:16 50
- ATM machine, PIN number -- nm - mafic Oct 3, 18:26
- Can I also add "hot water heater" to the eradication? -- nm - J Oct 3, 17:45
- I honestly never thought of it that way. Now excuse me while I go to the ATM machine. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 3, 16:57 1
  - Don't forget your PIN number. -- nm - The Munificent Baron Oct 3, 16:58
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  - Opaa!!! -- nm - . Oct 3, 18:12
  - We've got a teppan grill in town. That's a fun time. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 16:43
- I never use the term, but I usually think the addition of "dip" can indicate a smoother version. -- nm - b. Oct 3, 16:34
- To me, guacamole dip is basically fake guacamole. -- nm - mara Oct 3, 16:32
- "That Ted guy. What a guacamole dip." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 16:25
- also, eliminate guacamole. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 16:23 33
  - Don't make me smack you with a raccoon. -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 16:43
  - Excellent. I'll take your share of the world guacamole supply. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:43 23
    - which will be zero. pay attention. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 16:45 22
      - Ha! -- nm - David Oct 3, 16:58
      - No, see, your share of worldwide guacamole consumption - based on the Guacamole Consumption Global Market Research Report of 2016 -- shows that ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:53 20
        
        But you're talking about stats based on the past. He's talking a more perfect future - JD Oct 3, 16:59 19
        
        A more perfect future would be taking his allotment before the end of the year, then letting y'all pretend like you live in a world free of guacamole. - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 17:03 18
        
        I say get a large island and put all the people that hate guacamole onto it. -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 17:03 17
        
        Australia already exists -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 17:32 9
        
        Australians hate guacamole so much they load it up with sour cream. Why would you do that to a poor avocado? nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 17:34 7
        
        and like, smashed avocado on toast has been a breakfast standard at least since I've been here. that's basically guacamole already! -- nm - mafic Oct 3, 18:30
        
        Not like put sour cream and guac on the same food, but actually make guac with sour cream and a pinch of pureed avo. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 17:36 5
        
        I never did that, but I do miss the standard pub food dish of potato wedges with a tricolour dip of guac, sour cream and sweet chili sauce -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 17:51 1
        
        I've only seen them with sour cream and sweet chili, which is indeed amazing. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 17:57
        
        That's horrendous. Everyone knows you only add peas -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 17:40 2
        
        This was already a horrible sub thread. You made it worse. -- nm - David's iPad Oct 3, 17:55
        
        #97pitch nm - ralph wiggum Oct 3, 17:45
        
        It's too pleasant for those people, even with the poisonous snakes -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 17:34
        
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        Guac haters? Yeah, I don't get the hate. I don't crave it, but it's nice once in a while. - Beryllium Oct 3, 17:15 4
        
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        This reminds me, I still have to try making that peas in guacamole recipe -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 17:30
        
        I try not to cut it with anything but a little hot salsa, no sour cream and hell no to mayo. -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 17:17 1
        
        Right, that's fine. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 17:17
  - You are awesome repellent. -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 16:40
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  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 16:40
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  - Let people enjoy themselves! -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 16:30
  - My wife hates it too. More for me. All for me! -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 16:30
  - Why? -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 16:29
  - This! -- nm - JD Oct 3, 16:25
- or just "guacamole" really -- nm - mr monkey Oct 3, 16:23
- I consider guacamole dip to be an American version involving sour cream and/or mayonnaise with avocado and "Mexican" flavors. -- nm - . Oct 3, 16:23 3
  - Egads -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 16:28 2
    - That's about right. ;) -- nm - . Oct 3, 16:31 1
      - Heh -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 16:41
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50 states in 50 photos -- (link) - Roger More Oct 3, 16:13 9
- Illinois is wrong because that's for Chicago and the rest of the state will tell you that's not the rest of the state. -- nm - . Oct 3, 16:55
- The Easter Gator? -- nm - . Oct 3, 16:48
- New Jersey is perfect. -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 16:30
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  - Did you see Delaware? That is not Poodle Beach. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 16:47 1
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  - yes to that -- nm - Bacon Oct 3, 16:44 1
    - ... the state names are BELOW the image. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 16:45
- Click down for Rhode Island -- nm - Max Oct 3, 16:19
ty97, please remind me at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time that I drove to the office and should not take the bus home. - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:10
Your top 9 songs: Closer, Heathens, Starboy, Cold Water, Let Me Love You, Treat You Better, Cheap Thrills, Broccoli, Don't Let Me Down - Tim Oct 3, 16:08 [youtube] 28
- Eeesh. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 16:42
- Thanks for the link. As a music lover, does all this music sound the same to you like it does for me? - con_carne Oct 3, 16:28 4
  - I didn't watch the video, but maybe it's just the clips - there are significant differences for song vs. song for most of them, at least. -- nm - b. Oct 3, 16:31 3
    - It's about 15 seconds of each song's video. -- nm - Tim Oct 3, 16:37 2
      - sorry, I could have been clearer - I've watched one of those before, I meant the specific clips for this list of songs. :) - -- nm - b. Oct 3, 16:42 1
        
        oh. right! I misread you. sorries! (nm) - Tim Oct 3, 16:43
- I'm starting to think that maybe they over did it on weighing the streaming a while back. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 16:14 1
  - Indeed. -- nm - Tim Oct 3, 16:53
- Wait, when did Closer become a top ten single? -- (edited) - David's iPad Oct 3, 16:14 15
  - It's been #1 for 7 weeks. -- nm - Tim Oct 3, 16:20 12
    - You lie! -- nm - David Oct 3, 16:27 11
      - Serious question... - David Oct 3, 16:37 [youtube] 10
        
        That is the #1 song? - Will Hunting Oct 3, 17:41 4
        
        Best song in several years. -- nm - David's iPad Oct 3, 17:44 3
        
        It's the guacamole of songs. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 17:59 2
        
        *arches eyebrow* I've already put one person I love in timeout... - David's iPad Oct 3, 18:07 1
        
        I feel that this is a statement very open to personal interpretation. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 18:12
        
        "Jeez this guy sucks... whoa underboob" -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 17:04
        
        Well live televised. I believe the first time they performed that live was at Coachella - JD Oct 3, 16:57
        
        I think I had read something to that effect. It's their first song where one of them sings on it. - Tim Oct 3, 16:42 2
        
        8 hours for that final post. AND I root against the Mets in game one. -- nm - David Oct 3, 16:47 1
        
        Fortunately, I have to go to bed shortly! - Tim Oct 3, 16:51
  - around a month ago, and weird - it gets a lot of airplay here. -- nm - b. Oct 3, 16:17 1
    - It is NEVER on XM. -- nm - David's iPad Oct 3, 16:18
- Broc...oli? -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 16:09 3
  - it may hold the record for fast fast-skipping for me. n-words up front and a sucky columbine reference. (speaking of, I heard a radio edit of starboy over the weekend - hopefully -- (edited) - b. Oct 3, 16:20
  - I...don't even know. -- nm - Tim Oct 3, 16:09
  - choppin? -- nm - Beaker Oct 3, 16:09
75% of the Day for Night festival tickets bought so far? Not in Houston. Tends to happen when acts like Aphex Twin and Bjork are there. -- (link) - Qale Oct 3, 16:08
Looks like the Bears had a good weekend, they won, and there were no potentially career ending injuries, just maybe a sprain. -- nm - . Oct 3, 16:04
Falcons LB Sean Weatherspoon out for remainder of season (achilles) -- nm* - Strongbad Oct 3, 15:54 1
- Reportedly DeVondre Campbell is going to try to go this week vs Denver, but originally would have been out for longer. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 15:57
What? -- (link) - ty97 Oct 3, 15:48 8
- no one took their shirt off? I'm disappointed. -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 16:25
- Do *I* need one? Farm raised or street savvy? What if I bring one to a gunfight, am I protected? -- nm - Max Oct 3, 16:14 1
  - Laden or unladen? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 3, 16:54
- Oh Canada. -- nm - . Oct 3, 15:58
- the "except to say that at one point..." bit is *ridiculously* funny. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 15:53 1
  - spoiler - . Oct 3, 16:05
- Less than a mile from our Parliament buildings. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 15:50 1
  - Of the McDonalds I've been to in Canada - yep, that's the one where I'd be most likely to see that. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 16:20
"Hey dad, I mailed those documents to the Times bragging about how much you made in 1995, like you wanted." "..." -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 15:43 1
- that or Marla Maples sent them in -- nm - Remlik Oct 3, 16:51
Hillary's given up on Ohio. She went to Toledo. -- nm - . Oct 3, 15:42
[an error occurred while processing this directive means I should probably start packing for Atlanta] -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 15:38
Can I add The Real Me by WASP as cover songs that are better than the original (The Who) -- (link) - con_carne Oct 3, 15:36 [youtube]

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