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Someone who collects these things, why is the Dorothy (Golden Girls) funko triple the price of the others? -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 07:09 2
- maybe less were made? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 07:25
- where do you see that? - groiny Nov 23, 07:25
"Robert Griffin III has been designated for return from injured reserve and will return to practice today." -- nm - ML Nov 23, 06:47 3
- Colts beat writer: Highly unlikely Luck plays tomorrow night -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 07:08 1
  - I'll have to see if my in-laws have any Tolzien jerseys I can wear -- nm - ML Nov 23, 07:11
- the winning streak starts in 21 days! -- nm - decline Nov 23, 06:51
Belichick asked if he has studied the Buttfumble this week. “Yeah, I don’t think we’ll get to that. Great question though, that’s awesome.” -- nm - budice Nov 23, 06:41
Happy day before stuffing ST! -- nm - eag Nov 23, 06:26 6
- first night in years I'm not going out to a bar. Gotta bake instead. - decline Nov 23, 06:44 1
  - What are you baking? Pies? -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 07:13
- oh, as the non-Americans amongst us call it "Day Before Super-Quiet, but Very-Canadian, Day" on ST. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 06:41
- Huge party night. I'll be home playing video games and getting licks from Mr. Darcy. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 06:39 2
  - Your such the party animal - eag Nov 23, 06:41 1
    - This was one of my favorite nights when I was in my 20s. Now, not so much. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 06:46
How to Spot a New Yorker When You Need Directions - Krusty Nov 23, 06:22 4
- heh. I was going to say "the ones that aren't looking up." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 06:26 3
  - Another good option. I don't notice as much as I should as I'm usually focused on getting where I'm going as fast as possible. I get stopped and asked - Krusty Nov 23, 06:33 2
    - I'm always asked for directions, even in places I'm visiting. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 06:35 1
      - You stick out like a totem pole. People are drawn to large objects. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 06:37
Tim Cook: still a hack -- (link) - ML Nov 23, 06:02 5
- Weak innovation? They just forced people to spend a good chunk of change on their crappy wireless headphones. That'll keep them flush! ;-) Courage! -- nm* - Krusty Nov 23, 06:06 4
  - #NeverForget -- (link*) - ML Nov 23, 06:10 3
    - Heh. :-) Their normal headphones are rather crappy so I have little faith that their wireless ones will be any better and for a premium price - Krusty Nov 23, 06:15 2
      - I loved Conan's commercial for them -- (link) - ML Nov 23, 06:16 [youtube] 1
        
        Hahaha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 06:24
Here's two articles that should frighten the hell out of Trump supporters -- (link) - Reagen Nov 23, 05:55 4
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- and -- (link) - Reagen Nov 23, 05:55 2
  - I guess I'd better start learning Mandarin. Thanks, Trump! -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 07:06
  - In which Dano learns the word "fillip" -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 06:47
NFL Playoff seedings if they started today - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:49 4
- Updated NFL 2017 Draft Order: CLE, SF, CHI, JAX, NYJ, CIN -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:50 3
  - I need four of these teams to win some more games. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 05:53
  - Rams slot would be #7 but that pick goes to TEN, they would have 7 and 13 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:51 1
    - if they hit on those look out -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 05:09
Most dogs have a vocabulary roughly equaling that of a 2-year-old, with "average" dogs understanding about 165 different words and phrases. -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 04:48 1
- And yet they still eat their own poop. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 23, 06:20
Cabinet Rumors: Price (HHS) and Romney (State) have been offered the positions but neither has accepted or declined yet -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:15 17
- Lawd I want Romney for State. - ML Nov 23, 06:00 4
  - I'm convinced Obama could keep him in check just by calling him every day. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 06:54
  - If only because he's not a crazy hack like Giuliani. -- nm - pmb Nov 23, 06:29 1
    - I want him because he's proven remarkably prescient, and also he's an adult in the room. - ML Nov 23, 06:30
  - For sure. And it's going to really piss off the deplorables. -- nm - Jovian Nov 23, 06:04
- Also considering former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) for Transportation and other cabinet positions - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:43 1
  - I'm a little surprised Fox hasn't been considered to stay on in Transportation. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 06:09
- President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations -- (link) - Beaker Nov 23, 04:42 9
  - Why would a Governor give up that job to be Ambassador to the UN ? -- nm - decline Nov 23, 06:03 2
    - Not sure if this completely explains it, but she was in her 2nd term in SC and would be leaving in 2019 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 07:06
    - National ambitions. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 06:35
  - I feel like I should know who she is - was she controversial in this election with some type of crazy speech? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 23, 05:12 5
    - Similar to Rubio. She was elected as a Tea Partier but governed more moderately over time and lost some original TP support. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 05:59
    - nubby's nemesis. At least one of them. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 05:56
    - Garden-variety nutbar. At least she can't do any damage at the UN. -- nm - mafic Nov 23, 05:43 1
      - This, although it wouldn't surprise me if she could. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 05:56
    - she supported Rubio and then Cruz against Trump -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 05:18
B2: Wow, what timing. I literally *just* gave a letter to an employee of mine yesterday - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:14 3
- Do you expect there's any chance the raise will be rescinded? -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 05:21 2
  - I am doubting it but you never know. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 06:00 1
    - Not my call, my understanding is it effects 10-15 people in different departments. - Strongbad Nov 23, 06:01
TV PSA: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Survivor (2 hours), Duck Dynasty, SNL Thanksgiving, Code Black, Younger, Impastor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, - Beaker Nov 23, 03:25 3
- UK gets The Missing and Crazyhead -- nm - LMS Nov 23, 04:09
- The parade is on Wednesday? -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 03:28 1
  - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration, my bad -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 04:00
Heheh. I made some progress on the resume site idea tonight. Waiting to hear back from the original coder. - Beryllium Nov 22, 23:03 2
- Is this a project pursuing? There are large commercial endeavors out there right now tied to digital portfolios that create virtual resumes. - Mop Nov 23, 03:27
- If the original coder gives his OK, then I can go ahead and try and get it working & online. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 23:04
Colbert working the Butterball Turkey Hotline gave me some good laughs -- nm - crash davis Nov 22, 22:44 2
- Any calls from Joe Bethersonten? -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 23, 06:25
- "which end of the turkey do you stuff?" -- nm - budice Nov 22, 22:45
shots fired -- (link) - Reagen Nov 22, 21:55 6
- Love it! -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 05:55
- Trolling level: Expert -- nm* - Beaker Nov 23, 03:01
- somehow they unlocked an XBox achievement with that acronym -- nm - crash davis Nov 22, 22:24
- ~in the memphis sky~ -- nm - budice Nov 22, 22:22
- Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act take that! -- nm - Qale Nov 22, 22:00 1
  - RAHFRATT? -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 23, 05:55
Seems there's a box of Christmas goodies being delivered in KC on Friday, and I won't be there for almost a month. - Meg Nov 22, 21:41
au courant: a dialect coach analyzes 32 movie accents -- (link*) - Reagen Nov 22, 21:35 1
- Still awesome. -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 22:12
deleting because I typo'ed -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 22, 21:32 15
- Well, this is just unfair to morning readers. -- nm - Roger More Nov 23, 04:56
- um, edit. -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 22:47 2
  - (no idea how I typoe'd that so bad) -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 22:49
  - increased accuracy, same shittiness. - ty97 Nov 22, 22:48
- oh my. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 22:45
- Tell him that punk sibling comments were already old after Home Alone. -- nm - Max Nov 22, 22:18 1
  - ooh, or get a tarantula ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 22:19
- are you... supposed to? -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 21:35 7
  - that...referred to an SO.... -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 21:35 6
    - You can't use the law as an excuse anymore. SCOTUS says it's *possible*! The rest is up to you. -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 22:12
    - as opposed to the late shift at Chipolte. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 22, 22:01
    - Punch him in the dick. -- nm - David Nov 22, 21:43 3
      - Second. -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 21:47
      - Twice. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 22, 21:47 1
        
        It's the only way to show a brother they've done wrong. -- nm - David Nov 22, 21:48
NFL Cross off Tuesday: Cincinnati Bengals are not making the playoffs. - rollo Nov 22, 20:28 2
- TB is only 1 game back of Atlanta. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:47
- I like these and I give credit for realizing that Miami and Washington might have been premature -- nm* - crash davis Nov 22, 20:52
New from Cheetos online gift shop: toilet paper, perfume, a $20,000 jewelry set and other treats -- (link) - z Nov 22, 20:26 5
- What I learned here. .. Cheetos has an online gift shop. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 04:04
- I'm at the Cheetos Online store right now, and the $20,000 jewelry set along with a couple other items are already sold out -- nm - crash davis Nov 22, 21:12
- Cheetos are carbon-based; under ideal lab conditions, can they be turned into orange diamonds? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 20:28 2
  - you are carbon based. maybe you can create life from cheetos. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 22, 20:52 1
    - Oompa Loompas! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 21:16
DOWN GOES THE HOOSIERS! DOWN GOES THE HOOSIERS! -- nm - Remlik Nov 22, 20:23 1
- Wow. To Fort Wayne (great name!) a team that hasn't beaten a Big 10 team or a ranked team since entering Div. 1. Live by the three. Die by the three. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 23, 06:12
Electoral Contest update: currently a tie! - Reagen Nov 22, 20:14 5
- my entry in that reflects a younger, sunnier, more hopeful version of myself -- nm - crash davis Nov 22, 20:55
- Did I rank in the top 50%? -- nm - Max Nov 22, 20:42 3
  - likely to. -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 20:43 2
    - Did I rank in the top 50%? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 22, 20:58 1
      - likely not. -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 21:00
Good God Damn is Transparent ever a good show. - ReluctantCynic Nov 22, 19:59 2
- This is the Tambor one, right? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 20:35 1
  - Yes. Effin' brilliant. Like Aaron Sorkin at his best in Sports Night and West Wing brilliant. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 22, 20:59
Bah, ordered prescription refills so I could pick them up when I went for blood work this morning...yup :/ - Meg Nov 22, 19:58 4
- loss of blood makes you dizzy -- nm - z Nov 22, 20:22 3
  - Heh, small talk with the lab tech, I mentioned I'd be taking wine to my friend's for T'giving. Her question - - Meg Nov 22, 21:07 2
    - well that's a pick up line if ever....CA? like don't they sell it in 7-11s and every food store, even drug stores -- nm - z Nov 22, 23:23 1
      - Eactly. I suggested the market where I buy my wine as being the cheapest option. -- nm - Meg Nov 22, 23:29
holy crap Billy on the Street is freakin hilarious. -- nm - Jovian Nov 22, 19:52 1
- although more than 15 seconds of Billy Eichner at a time is not really recommended. -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 19:53
Hmmm. I got a written notification of a raise effective 12/1. I wonder if it will be withdrawn. -- nm - Dano Nov 22, 19:48 1
- My wife the same. I love how a law setup 6 months ago gets ganked 9 days out. -- (edited) - Bacon Nov 22, 19:56
doesn't want a raise? -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 19:41 7
- She's the founder and we can't really afford it. - iSpam Nov 22, 19:50
- Non profit directors tend to put the organization's budgetary needs above their own. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 19:46 5
  - she could donate it back. Win-don'tlose! -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 19:50 4
    - It is the one true path in Trumpistan. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 19:55
    - I feel like that should violate some kind of tax law. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 19:52
    - I suspect she would but I'm really not supposed to ask or advise that. -- nm - iSpam Nov 22, 19:51 1
      - Ben Affleck would. -- nm - David Nov 22, 19:54
ST EPL Challenge standings updated - philip k mud Nov 22, 19:38 5
- Looking good for Ol' Krusty. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 06:03
- *flex* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 23, 04:39
- Wow I'm terrible, its been a while since I've checked -- nm - J Nov 22, 19:45 1
  - Too bad Leicester doesn't get you champions league bonus points. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 22, 20:50
- CYOB. I guess I can't complain about my trailing as it the Liverpool / Everton choice creating the separation -- nm - JD Nov 22, 19:45
from B2, Van Halen is so schizophrenic. Eddie and Alex just can't make up their minds ... - call me Ishmael Nov 22, 19:30 2
- It's pretty simple. "We hate each other but love money." -- nm - David Nov 22, 19:33 1
  - and there is no such a thing as bad publicity ... - call me Ishmael Nov 22, 19:39
Trump the businessman could potentially end up suing Trump the President -- (link) - Reagen Nov 22, 19:29 1
- "Manure. I HATE manure!" -- nm - President Tannen si Nov 22, 19:32
Janet and The Button. -- (link) - David Nov 22, 19:26 3
- I absolutely loved this scene. - Tim Nov 22, 21:09
- This is not a Hallmark film. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 22, 19:31 1
  - I already told you the five Hallmark movies to watch this week. -- nm - David Nov 22, 19:32
Dammit, 11.22.63 was a Hulu series, not Amazon. I can't watch the last 2 episodes now so I can't complain about the plot holes! -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 19:22 3
- There are UV codes. -- nm - David Nov 22, 19:25
- ... because you're in Iceland? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 22, 19:23 1
  - No, those are troll and elf holes. -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 22:12

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