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Old time wrestling fans might know this name - The Mongolian Stomper is still doing events. - Reagen Apr 27, 11:49 1
- Nice name. -- nm - Jelly Apr 27, 11:50
I missed the David news from early. Congrats to you and Kim. - pmb Apr 27, 11:46 9
- Thanks and happy belated birthday to you as well! -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:53 1
  - Thanks. And thanks to others for their birthday wishes on the backboards. -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 11:56
- The second full-blooded TT/ST baby makes me very happy. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:47
- how come ST gets to know that *after* the soon-to-be grandparents? *pout* - marcel Apr 27, 11:47 2
  - My best friend growing up found out a full month before anyone else. - David Apr 27, 11:54
  - Yeah, no kidding - what did the grandparents ever do? *grumble*. heheh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:48
- good birthday? -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:46 2
  - Very nice. How about you? -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 11:51 1
    - really really great. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:54
I need someone to ring ZH and get their fax number. I would ring, but caller ID... - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:46 2
- dunno about your service. when i dial #31# before the number my number is hidden -- nm - marcel Apr 27, 11:48 1
  - ah! jamie can block! -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:49
Rotten Tomatoes sez: Wolverine might not suck after all. -- (link) - Jelly Apr 27, 11:45 1
- no GFB's have voted yet????? :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:48
hee. FB group Not Being On Fire now has over 60K fans. does that mean it's on fire -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:43 3
- Being On Fire has it's moments, but I generally to prefer Not Being On Fire. -- nm - psilotum Apr 27, 11:45
- *snicker* this is funnier than Loyola's post. heheh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:44 1
  - when you're hot, you're not. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:45
This is so freaking funny I have to post it, but it might not sound so funny when I type it, but anyway, I was round at a neighbours house today, well - Loyola Apr 27, 11:42 5
- Make sure you decline any dinner invitations. -- nm - ceregon Apr 27, 11:53
- It sounds like you and he may have contracted what the bull has. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:45
- That's mad cow. Not good. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 27, 11:43 2
  - Certainly is one major symptom of it, followed shortly thereafter by not being able to stand up ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:45 1
    - (Or it could just have an itchy ear. hehe) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:45
speaking of progeny, Monty Python's Terry Jones to become dad at 67... -- (link) - Andie Apr 27, 11:35 1
- so he has bought a Harley and a Ferrari? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:38
AAM time! so I'm letting my hair grow back again and it's a huge pain in the ass per usual. - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:32 15
- I always think of you lighter. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:46 3
  - I had an awesome run of lighter hair, didn't I? dammit. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:47 2
    - oh, but here was my thinking: darker is easier when it's growing in. lighter is easier when hair is longer. (because of how dye is placed on hair.) - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:48 1
      - *hands in pockets, kicks ground* - Spawn Apr 27, 11:57
- my thoughts posted last week -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 11:36 [Backboard] 4
  - I think what I want to do is go black until it grows back to like shoulder length and then go platinum. I think this is what I want. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:38 3
    - personally I don't see you as blonde. I agree with the black but then maybe red (or strawberry) -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:44 2
      - never red. never never never red. never never. never. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:44 1
        
        I couldn't be anything but. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:46
- platinum -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:34
- I have a real soft spot for brunettes, but that's just me. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:34
- Your ass hair is more repulsive than an actual skating rat. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 11:33 1
  - stop dignaning me. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:34
- Go ebony. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:33
- thats also the wrong place to let the hair grow IMHO -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:33
Well it's official, the worst reunion tour of 2009: Creed on tour August-October -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:26 1
- I'd rather ahve swine flu - Epiphany Apr 27, 11:43
Neil Gaiman Mumpower. - Callisto Apr 27, 11:24 3
- CONGRATS!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:31 2
  - Kim's gone back to work, but thanks to you and everyone else for your warm wishes. -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:40 1
    - *Just* when I get a little tired of reading ST, something wonderful happens. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:43
Toms are rampant in my family - TWuG Apr 27, 11:19 27
- My son's a Tom. Wait... am I your dad? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 27, 11:42
- I'd never have pegged you for a Tom. - Loyola Apr 27, 11:29 7
  - Cornelius? Ouch. - TWuG Apr 27, 11:32 6
    - I'm just kidding, you're a good egg ;) -- nm - Loyola Apr 27, 11:35 1
      - No offense taken. Cornelius is just such a geek/nerd name. It has that "lacks social skills" vibe going for it. - TWuG Apr 27, 11:39
    - I have a friend named cornelius who is called neil for short. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:34 3
      - brothers are Zaius and Ursus? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:37
      - *disappointed that you don't call him Corny" -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 11:34 1
        
        oh, we did for a while after we found out his real name. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:36
- we have a lot of Lu- names. Lucienne, Lucille, Louis, Louise, etc. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:28 2
  - lucifer -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:29 1
    - Lunatique. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:30
- I think Calhoun is the most prevalent followed by Sean -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:28 1
  - and Yancey too. effin southerners -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:32
- mine is full of Davids. - Callisto Apr 27, 11:23 11
  - the only common name in my world is John. how exciting. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:25 8
    - my family is so small that we have zero name repeats. zero. (all of my dudefriends are named mike, though. I refer to them by number in conversation.) -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:26 6
      - Both my parents have large families, but I think the only name repeated is 'Garth' -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:39 2
        
        Party on! heheh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:40
        
        Part on! -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:39
      - all my uncles middle named their kids after themselves, and my grandmother, her first daughter, and her first daughter are all veronica. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:31
      - I share my mom's middle name. - Callisto Apr 27, 11:28
      - yeah, within my actual relatives John was my dad's name and my brother's middle name, that's it. - Andie Apr 27, 11:28
    - My sister was pointing out yesterday that... - David Apr 27, 11:26
  - My wife's family is almost exclusively Davids and Thomases. -- nm - Inigo Apr 27, 11:25
  - We've already established that yours is full of David right now. -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:25
- your family really *is* a bunch of turkeys -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:20
and just like that...Ashlee has lost her job. - Stephen Apr 27, 11:18 21
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Apr 27, 11:46
- dang. that sucks. sorry. -- nm - kare Apr 27, 11:43
- Any FMLA left? -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 11:35 1
  - No FMLA, don't even know if she'll qualify for unemployment... -- nm - Stephen Apr 27, 11:45
- bummer, hope she's feeling better soon too -- nm - ceregon Apr 27, 11:35
- crap -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:33
- that sucks. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 11:31
- That blows. -- nm - Loyola Apr 27, 11:30
- : ( -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 11:28
- damn -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:27
- crazy. sorry -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:27
- bad news :( -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:26
- sorryman, that's rough. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:25
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- sorry dude. that sucks -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:20
- That sucks. I'd google around about this. -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:19
- wow, brutal. sorry to hear that. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:19
- oh wow. any chance of legal recourse? -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:19
- hmmm...that's pretty crappy. - Callisto Apr 27, 11:19 2
  - Yes, it is. Unless discrimination is involved they can let you go without reason. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 27, 11:30 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Stephen Apr 27, 11:45
TT Poll: ekstra news show in German TV about what? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:17 16
- Don't mind me. I'll just hang out here for a bit. -- nm - language barrier Apr 27, 11:21
- TT Poll: what is being polled here? -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:18 14
  - well (spoils) - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:19
  - does Rosetta Stone language software really work? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:19 12
    - Some days his English is flawless, other days it's like it went three rounds with Babelfish. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:20 11
      - My foreign language skills are pretty variable, depending on how tired I am and how long I have been speaking -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:25
      - yes, although houer (hour) and idear (idea) are guaranteed to be off. still much better than my command of another language. -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:22 9
        
        Absolutely. My ability to communicate is limited to English and hand signals. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:24
        
        ochin karacho tavarich Bolshoi Karachiva -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:24 7
        
        How many languages do you speak? Obviously English is one. Are you fuent in Russian? -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:26 4
        
        not fluet, not been there since the moscow olympics - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:30 3
        
        how close is Icelandic? I was watching a movie ... - zork Apr 27, 11:40 1
        
        islandic is actually closer to the old "wiking" language - Danedukenuuk Apr 27, 11:47
        
        That's about 7 more than I can speak. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:34
        
        ... mumpower? -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:26
        
        Dyakuyu -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:26
64 trips! I need a beer -- nm - CQ Apr 27, 11:16
Brave would be a pretty cool middle name. -- nm - Inigo Apr 27, 11:16 10
- did I tell you guys that the dude with whom I travelled to kaplan has a child whose middle name is elway after john elway? no joking. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:17 1
  - Weird. This one would make a little more sense since David has american indian heritage. -- nm - Inigo Apr 27, 11:23
- I wanted Cody until David reminded me that the dog in Life Aquatic is Cody. -- nm - Callisto Apr 27, 11:17 7
  - one of our shelties is named Brody because we wanted a Scottish name -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:18 6
    - I love Scottish names. (My great grandfather was Scots). - Callisto Apr 27, 11:22 5
      - I once worked with a lawyer named mungo. doesn't get much more scottish than that. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:25 3
        
        someone i know knows someone (follow that?) that just middle-named a baby mungo. - Andie Apr 27, 11:26 2
        
        i have heard the word mung defined as ... (very gross inside) - zork Apr 27, 11:33 1
        
        ... well, there's a bean named "mung bean". -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:39
      - my brother's middle name is Emerson after a grandfather -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:23
Summer vacations when I was young: 4 people, one Datsun B210 (no AC). Drive from California to Texas, Nebraska, and Minnesota and back. - psilotum Apr 27, 11:15 1
- was one of them Sheryl Crow? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:16
Boy's initials are T.E.M. -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:15 14
- TiVo Edgar? -- nm - Jim Apr 27, 11:24 1
  - Heh. -- nm - Inigo Apr 27, 11:28
- Tight End Mumpower -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:23
- Thor Edgar Mailman? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 27, 11:22 2
  - ooh, Thor! - Callisto Apr 27, 11:24 1
    - I've met a kid named Thor. He was ... interesting. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:27 [flickr]
- transmissible encephalopathy? -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 11:22
- Trotsky Euclid Mumpower. -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:20
- Tyranny Endive Mumpower. I like it. -- nm - mara Apr 27, 11:19
- you named your son after lawrence of Arabia! :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 27, 11:17
- tanker exxon. -- nm - mafic Apr 27, 11:17
- Thomas, I'm guessing. -- nm - Inigo Apr 27, 11:16 1
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- Theodore Edward. Named after the Kennedys? -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:16
there's at least one kid in Alberta named Obama? -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:14 2
- I wonder how many are named Stockwell -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:15 1
  - or Preston -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:21
repent or burn mumpower. - mafic Apr 27, 11:13 8
- Agnes Nutter Mumpower, Witch. -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:15 1
  - Heh - I was thinking Newton Pulsifer myself -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:21
- truth or consequences mumpower? -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 27, 11:14 5
  - nah, the initials have to be B.O.P. Mumpower -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:15 4
    - Barack Obama President Mumpower -- nm - Roger More Apr 27, 11:22 3
      - YEAH! -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:23 2
        
        :-( -- (link) - TWuG Apr 27, 11:28 [Backboard] 1
        
        YEAH! (But BOP is better.) -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:30

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