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Heh, took me a little while to figure out what "pbuh" stood for. Is that what "Grand Poobah" comes from? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:47 1
- Oh, apparently Poobah is from The Mikado. Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:48
Clemsoning is back in a big way -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 12, 16:40
It works. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:36
College football huge spoilers - Beaker Nov 12, 16:35
There shiwing Giordano's pizza on the Cooking Channel that's allegedly deep dish, looks more like a stuffed pizza to me. -- nm - . Nov 12, 16:31
The college football playoff scenario just got more interesting. -- nm - Dano Nov 12, 16:29
I have this strange suspicion that Iceland really loves Prefab Sprout. I can't explain it right now. They may be listening. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 16:01
Snoop Dog has opened a dispensery -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:00 4
- Mrs. Zork says that he likes how pot-friendly Toronto is and is considering moving here. - zork Nov 12, 16:09 2
  - he likes? -- nm - budice Nov 12, 16:11 1
    - Snoop. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:49
- and the menu -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:01
Wow, this is a big rally. I mean, it's not trump-related -- in fact it's not even in america -- but it's still huge. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:52 3
- Rod Stewart playing Rio again? -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 15:59 2
  - Venezuela in September, apparently -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:59 1
    - Inflation. It's the equivalent of four girls at a slumber party in the U.S. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 16:02
Wait! We almost forgot to celebrate Exploding Whale Carcass Day! - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 15:52 [youtube] 2
- We're coming up on the 50th. We should have a big blast to celebrate. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 15:57
- Paul Linnmon -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 15:54
Restaurant on Lakeshore Blvd. ... My Thai by the Lake -- nm - zork Nov 12, 15:41
Now playing: Kubo and the Two Strings -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 15:26
Jax: Yeah, the curved one is $350 more ... tempting, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:17 5
- He likes it, but coding it leaves a lot of empty space. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 15:51 2
  - Also, side-by-side comparison views can get cluttered on smaller monitors. Especially with the project tree and DB panel on left/right sides. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:54
  - Because I do web apps, I tend to have an IDE and a web browser open at the same time. That might soak up extra space. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:54
- Because I might end up working in a co-working space, I also am considering a monitor with a handle. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:20 1
  - am also? yeah, am also -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:20
IYC, Here's the final version of the letter I'll be sending to Sen. Toomey - znufrii Nov 12, 15:09 6
- Very well done & thanks for sharing! -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 16:35
- (Feel free to use any or all of it, should you be inspired to write to your own representatives.) -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 15:40
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  - Thanks again for your suggestion -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 15:50
- well written -- nm - z Nov 12, 15:35
- nice work -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 15:25
I didn't even know there was a Grand Canyon University, let alone that they had a basketball team. -- nm - GregW Nov 12, 15:09
New parking at a mall here has a light over each spot that is green or red depending on whether it is occupied. Don't have to drive each row searching -- nm - zork Nov 12, 14:58 2
- of course when you drive to the green light spot you'll find a little motorcycle parked -- nm - z Nov 12, 15:08
- Got that here to, plus a kiosk to locate your car based on license plate. Handy, but surveillance -- nm - budice Nov 12, 15:06
Andie alert: Harry Styles will be in the upcoming Dunkirk movie -- nm - zork Nov 12, 14:54
Patriots active running back Dion Lewis off PUP list -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 14:45 1
- Good so yahoo will stop yelling at me. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 14:47
Apparently, the Trump transition team doesn't actually know what makes america great, so they're asking for suggestions. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 12, 14:41 24
- I'm going to meh this - whitehouse.petitions.gov doesn't mean the Obama administration has no ideas. -- nm - Roger More Nov 12, 15:53 5
  - Yeah, this is the norm. I know Amy's library does it, as well as many other institutions. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 12, 17:02
  - Well one suggestion does immediately come to mind. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 15:55 3
    - This one! -- (link) - Roger More Nov 12, 15:57 2
      - I was gonna say "Make America Great Again By Resigning Immediately" -- nm* - Reagen Nov 12, 16:02 1
        
        "Tell the Electoral College to vote for Hillary!" -- nm - Roger More Nov 12, 16:15
- It's going to be Dubya Part III, but dumber. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 15:37 6
  - I don't know how, but Jeb just died a little more. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 15:58
  - I am going to submit some ideas to him. I have to go, so if people could give me ST's official stance on Hot Pockets, I'll send it to him later -- nm* - crash davis Nov 12, 15:38 4
    - Less mouth-burny, more bacony. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 16:02
    - non shelf stable food items are a poor choice for a survival bunker -- nm - z Nov 12, 15:45
    - Versus what? Pizza pops? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:40 1
      - let me know as a valued neighbor of the USofA how you feel, and I'll get it to him - crash davis Nov 12, 15:42
- ST needs avatars and he's Canadian so you might have to invade. My two cents, Don. -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 15:27 1
  - If i baconized you ... *puts on sunglasses* ... would anybody notice? - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:39
- Personally, I think it is everyone on ST's civic duty to get a separate email for them and send suggestions like "No more FF4 reboots" - crash davis Nov 12, 15:15 4
  - trying to cram everything in the subject line, FF4 meant Fantastic Four...I got a double four in there somehow -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 15:16 3
    - I'd say it's double fantastic. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 12, 15:26
    - I like how the grammar and spelling police on ST have people conditioned -- nm - budice Nov 12, 15:18 1
      - I like how sometimes you go renegade anyways :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 15:19
- I thought it was build a wall and lock her up, not necessarily in that order? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 12, 14:43 3
  - apparently there's more to running a country than that. who knew? -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 14:49 2
    - the smart lady -- nm - z Nov 12, 15:31
    - Pretty much everyone who did not vote for him. -- nm - GregW Nov 12, 15:06
ok Jen's "down under" stalker poll - Aussie licorice - red or black? Koala or Kangeroo? Vegemite - yes or no? -- (edited) - JenBro Nov 12, 14:10 14
- Black, kangaroo, yes, no sweet stuff, didgeridoo -- nm - Meg Nov 12, 16:39 1
  - I had a koala made of kangaroo skin when I left Australia. Our ridgeback go hold of it and chewed its paws off :( -- nm - Meg Nov 12, 16:42
- Red. Roo. No. -- nm - andie Nov 12, 15:37 1
  - Boomerang would be awesome. -- nm - andie Nov 12, 15:40
- Advise caution with black licorice -- (link) - James Bond (aka on phone) Nov 12, 15:01
- Suggestions - Freddo frogs and Caramello koalas, musk sticks (or musk-flavoured Life Savers), Violet Crumble bars, Jaffas, Mint Patties or Minties -- nm - Roger More Nov 12, 14:50
- black, I presume stuffed toy koala but a real roo would be awesome, v no, TT, didgeridoo -- nm - z Nov 12, 14:29
- Either, Koala, Hell no, Malteasers, Boomerang -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 14:24
- what is the difference between Aussie and American licorice? if nothing but the name and it tastes about the same, red. Koala. no way. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 14:24
- Red. Koalas are cuter but kangaroo is tastier. Hells no. ???. Digideroo -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 14:15 3
  - Fun fact. I have a SS didgeridoo (from mafic). -- nm - andie Nov 12, 15:38 2
    - I brought back a boomerang because I had a small child and am not stupid. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 16:51
    - Here's your fact of the day - didgeridoo isn't an Aboriginal Australian word, but a word made up by Europeans to describe the sound. -- nm - Roger More Nov 12, 15:51
- Either, either, hell no, TimTams, neither -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 14:11
"Not Usually A Sign Guy But Geez" -- nm - Seen on a friend's FB timeline of protests Nov 12, 14:03
Dear morons on FB: marijuana does not actually cure cancer. -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 14:01 8
- Actually, the exact opposite. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 14:19 4
  - Marijuana causes cancer? - Krusty Nov 12, 14:26 3
    - Cancer cures Marijuana. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 12, 15:26
    - Good point. I was just thinking of smoking it. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 14:32 1
      - Which definitely is an issue that a lot of pot heads ignore. - Krusty Nov 12, 14:39
- I think more testing should be done, just to be sure. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 14:18 1
  - I'm working on it! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 14:26
- Imagine how confused I was when I read that as Mormons -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 14:02
Here you go -- (link) - Bacon Nov 12, 13:51
So I tried my first Vegemite - just a small dab on a spoon. Sort of tasted like a salty tamari paste.- and MAN did that taste linger! -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 13:44 8
- See, that's the mistake everyone makes. You can't eat it off a spoon or knife like peanut butter. - Meg Nov 12, 16:36
- like many 5th element edemame flavor enhancers, you don't main line them off the spoon, you wouldn't do that with habenero hot sauce -- nm - z Nov 12, 13:51 1
  - Yeah - it was truly a microscopic dab - but shoulda been on a croissant with butter ... Or so I've read! -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 14:00
- Did they come from a land down under? -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 13:45 4
  - That reminds me....any good looking Kiwis spotted? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 12, 13:48 3
    - Yes ... Lots & Lots ... Such great smiles and character ... very kind as I've asked directions trying to find my way around and get local intel on - JenBro Nov 12, 13:59 2
      - Great report!! Enjoy the rest of your vacation -- nm - Epiphany Nov 12, 14:36
      - The opposite of Paris it seems. The one place I've been where I came in from outside smelling of smoke. In February. -- nm* - . Nov 12, 14:24
LIR - Pippy!!!! Munchos potato crisps? I love them too!!! Plus bonus - only 2$ a bag - such a deal. -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 13:36 2
- love munchos -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 13:48
- I know right?!!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 12, 13:47
This protester should be kicked out of the rally just based on his shorts. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 12, 13:15 3
- Make Jorts Great Again! -- nm - ML Nov 12, 13:15 2
  - LOLOLOL (that's gonna make me giggle today off and on when I remember it!) -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 13:38 1
    - *nods* -- nm - zork Nov 12, 14:59
#MillionWomenMarch could be something, January 21! -- nm - philip k mud Nov 12, 13:11 3
- especially if they all are in stilletto heels -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 13:53 1
  - that would be the slut walk -- nm - z Nov 12, 15:41
- Are the women that voted for Trump going to be there? -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 13:13
This may be a record...I've been stalked! - kelly Nov 12, 13:10 4
- glad you liked :). The kids were so excited to pick out the ornaments. - Crashquick Nov 13, 05:42
- yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 14:35
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 12, 13:48
- Awwww Nice Stalking!!! -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 13:38
So people are....displeased with the NES Classic rollout -- (link) - ML Nov 12, 13:06 13
- The 2-and-a-half-foot controller cord was a deal breaker for me, that's just stupid. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 12, 13:30 5
  - The only games are the ones that it comes with. There are none for sale to add on to the system. - Krusty Nov 12, 14:32
  - Nintendo will be glad to sell you a regular length cord for an additional fee! -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 13:43 2
    - I admire that! Or sell a dongle for $50 -- nm - Apple Nov 12, 13:44 1
      - Sorry, all Apple dongles (other than the lightning to 3.5) are $29. Get your joke tight! -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 13:49
  - truly -- nm - ML Nov 12, 13:32
- Meanwhile anyone could go into a used game store and buy the old model -- nm - budice Nov 12, 13:27 3
  - I bought one for my old roommate a few years ago and it works great. My original NES still works and is sitting with my other consoles ready to get - Krusty Nov 12, 14:30
  - or emulators -- nm - budice Nov 12, 13:28 1
    - or a 3DS which will play Pokemon Sun/Moon next week. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 13:50
- apparently people are asking $300 or more on kijiji here - Reagen Nov 12, 13:12 1
  - yep, it's the same forced scarcity model they used with the Wii -- nm - ML Nov 12, 13:14
- Mostly just about not being able to buy it. Meh -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 13:10
And it turns out the old couch was shorter, so that works out at least. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 13:05
So it's apparently not as bad as all that in the legislatures, but definitely 2018 is crucial in several ways -- (link) - Reagen Nov 12, 13:01
Cleveland Browns season ticket holder planning parade for the team when they go 0-16 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 12, 12:57
8 players had at least 72 yards rushing in the Tennessee-Kentucky game. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 12, 12:54 1
- So I assume that means that 7 players had at least 73 years rushing? - Cuzzin Todd Nov 12, 14:43
TV PSA: USC @ Washington, Michigan @ Iowa, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Garcia-Vargas (boxing), UFC 205 and the prelims, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 12:41 1
- SNL: Dave Chappelle hosts with A Tribe Called Quest as music guest -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 12:41
Overofficiating has made college basketball almost unwatchable. Whistles for every little tickytack goddamn thing. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 12:39 4
- Yet they refuse to call palming and travels -- nm - zork Nov 12, 14:46
- Last night's KU/IU game was terribly officiated and nearly both teams had fouled out their starters before OT. - Krusty Nov 12, 14:36
- maybe if they would play better there wouldn't be anything to call? -- nm - Max Nov 12, 12:46
- Fucking Trump! -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 12:41
CFB ninjitsu -- (link) - ML Nov 12, 12:36
*snort* -- (link) - ML Nov 12, 12:34 2
- Heh -- nm - zork Nov 12, 15:38
- if this is the same guy as a couple days ago, he is pretty dang funny -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 15:07
approx 7 months until Game of Thrones season 7 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 12:28 3
- season 6 comes out on blue-ray and DVD this week!!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 12:42 2
  - and most important, The Winds of Winter is coming ...? -- nm - philip k mud Nov 12, 12:52 1
    - It's going to be a book with 190 pages saying, "Ditto to seasons 7 and 8 of the tv show" -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 12:54

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