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McDonald's just needed 25 minutes to fill my order. - David Dec 13, 10:54 12
- why the eff would you wait 25 minutes? -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 10:59 4
  - It wasn't that tidy. A situation spiraled. - David Dec 13, 11:02 1
    - ah. makes sense -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 11:21
  - Because you pay before you get your food. What should he have done? Walked out? -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:01 1
    - 25 minutes = time. If it was a $4 happy meal you move on. I don't like wasting money for sure... - Remlik Dec 13, 11:23
- I assume you bitched enough that they threw you some free shit? -- nm - groiny Dec 13, 10:57 1
  - No, I'll do that later via email. - David Dec 13, 10:59
- It takes a while to cook 100 McRibs -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 10:56 4
  - That should provide adequate sustenance for the Dr. Who marathon. -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 13, 11:05
  - This would be a good poll. I am NOT a McRib guy. -- nm - David Dec 13, 11:04
  - *laughing uncontrollably* -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 13, 11:04
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Dec 13, 11:02
Star Wars Rogue One Cast on Facebook Live -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 10:44
Pat Mayo has the fantasy Bachelor cast preview thing going on Twitter. It's just so sad. It's all so sad and I can't stop looking at it. - Crashquick Dec 13, 10:42 6
- Oh, *honey*... -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 10:46
- spoiler - Spawn Dec 13, 10:45 4
  - Also... - Mop Dec 13, 10:47 3
    - Then again, - Spawn Dec 13, 10:50 2
      - yes, but those dolphins teeth would hurt it -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 10:53 1
        
        "a chick" - Spawn Dec 13, 11:10
Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis diagnosed with testicular cancer (14-8 last year with a 4.79 ERA) -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 13, 10:39 1
- breaking ball -- nm - budice Dec 13, 10:43
Who had Jerry Jones would screw up The Cowboys on Dec 13th? Accept your prize! -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 10:36 1
- Jerry could QB himself against the Bucks and still win -- nm - Epiphany Dec 13, 11:04
63/17 - 78% -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 10:30 1
- 79% 68/18 -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 10:47
HGTV show Flip or Flop announced yesterday that their marriage is almost as dead as the life in their eyes. -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 10:27 6
- except for the opening scene of let's go see a house, the 2 are barely togeter in a scene the past 2 seasons -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 11:01
- Do they have one or two little kids? -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 10:30 3
  - Two, 6 and 1 -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 13, 10:35 2
    - damn -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 10:46
    - :( -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:35
- but what does Disso Queen Laura Wasser have to say about all of this? -- nm* - Diva Dec 13, 10:28
Miami Dolphins are signing free agent QB TJ Yates to back up Matt Moore -- nm - budice Dec 13, 10:22 2
- Pouncey to the IR -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 10:37
- Funny thing is, Matt Moore is perfectly okay. He could be even better than Tannehill. -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 10:33
Starbonds have adjusted -- nm - LMS Dec 13, 10:19
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré pleaded guilty to drunk driving, claiming he unintentionally consumed alcohol -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 10:16
There's some quality photoshopping. -- (link) - mara Dec 13, 10:13
UN reports Syrian Gov't. forces are going into civilian homes in Aleppo and killing people on the spot including women and children. (BBC) -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:13 35
- I don't want to put this on 2016, but damn it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:07
- Much of Syria's national income comes from oil sales and they subsidize food prices and healthcare so wiping out a population doesn't effect - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:48
- I don't even get Assad's end game here. Is there a Syria to rule after he's done? -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 10:27 9
  - madness. pure, crazy madness. there is no rationale. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:31 6
    - the only "rationale" and it's a poor one is that this is how totalitarians make an example of anyone else thinking to get frisky. It's just absolutely - Diva Dec 13, 10:32 5
      - I wonder if we'll look back on this as an analogue to the Spanish Civil War. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 10:33 4
        
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        I back spaced a comparison to Hitler in April of '45 only because Assad might maintain control and or at least live. - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:37
        
        wow, that would be something. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:34 1
        
        I would like to request a better novel than For Whom The Bell Tolls. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 10:39
  - Some people just want to see the world burn -- nm - decline Dec 13, 10:30
  - there won't be any Aleppo, that's for sure. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:28
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- *slurp*slurp*slurp* - Secretary of Sucking Putin's Dick Dec 13, 10:16 21
  - Syria is very much a part of the Obama legacy of office, so maybe chortling isn't the strongest response. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:17 20
    - When Obama sought approval from Congress in 2013 for a strike in Syria he was told no by House Republicans. - Diva Dec 13, 10:23 10
      - There you go with those pesky facts again -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 10:59
      - Maddow pointed out that the russians have set up an extensive anti aircraft defense in syria...but we are the only ones with air power in there. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:51
      - "Red Line" goes into any political obituary for the man. He placed his and the country's credibility on the line and then backed away when pressed. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:50 5
        
        and no one can dispute that the Republican-led Congress said no and that plenty of people in this country didn't give a shit anyway. - Diva Dec 13, 10:55
        
        This is a ridiculous assertion. -- nm - David Dec 13, 10:52 3
        
        And a very Merry Christmas to you as well. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:52 2
        
        On a seemingly coincidental note, a drone was one of the gifts at the last Christmas party I attended. -- nm - David Dec 13, 10:53 1
        
        It still somewhat amazes me that they've been allowed to proliferate as rapidly as they have without gov't trying to restrict them. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:55
      - There is also a significant difference beteeen having limited option to help and activilry abetting the slaughter -- nm - TWuG Dec 13, 10:30 1
        
        C'mon. The Russians have plenty of experience with how to treat civilians in a bombed out city. See Berlin. Give them some credit. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 10:56
    - Just highlighting the priorities of the incoming administration. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 13, 10:21 8
      - FWIW, NWBR is full on Team TrumpWillBeADisaster. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 10:35 6
        
        That doesn't change my point. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 10:36
        
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        Not the collective Jack. Only the select few who I feel earned him. (And recall, by October, I thought there was very low chance he would win.) - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:52 3
        
        In reading all the postnotes, I'm honestly not sure who was more surprised on election night between the two campaigns. -- nm - David Dec 13, 11:03
        
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        While not blown away that your recollections of a political opponent's comments may have grown fuzzy with time, I would posit that there would... - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 11:02
      - Fair enough. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:22
Tony Perkins blasts the nomination of Rex Tillerson -- (link) - amoxy Dec 13, 09:59 9
- He's blasting him for being pro-choice and letting his company's employees give money to Planned Parenthood. It has nothing to do with his ties to - jnine Dec 13, 10:51
- I love that he took to speaking for liberals. (an aside within)... - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:35 2
  - He's 85, which for a Russian is an achievement in itself. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 10:36 1
    - I'll take him. You take their WW2 vets. They exist on vodka, brown bread soaked in pickle juice and white hot hatred of Germany. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:39
- who is Tillerson? -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 10:03 4
  - recipient of the Russian Order of Friendship -- nm - decline Dec 13, 10:30
  - Our next Secretary of Sucking Putin's Dick -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 10:08
  - CEO of Exxon-Mobile. Pre-existing Putin connection due to item one. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 13, 10:07 1
    - The deal between Putin's oil company and Exxon was blocked by the Obama admin...so this is so within trumpian revengefullness -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 10:37
rollo: You may want to add the week a team was eliminated from contention to your list. - GregW Dec 13, 09:59 1
- Interesting, thanks for the heads up. -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 10:13
Do I want to go see Sunday In the Park w/George on the Bway w/Jake Gyllenhall in Feb? I just saw a production of this last fall. Without Jake. hmmm... -- nm* - Diva Dec 13, 09:55 4
- I'd love to see it. I like "George" and I think Jake G is fascinating. - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:27 3
  - oh, that's good because I bought tickets... - Diva Dec 13, 10:30 2
    - I'm in. [nm] - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:32 1
      - whew! - Diva Dec 13, 10:33
I'm cutting some of my STEM subscriptions on YouTube. Vsauce... I'm done with you. MinuteEarth/MinutePhysics... you're on shaky ground. - Mop Dec 13, 09:54 3
- I feel bad that I subscribed to Cody's Lab and yet never watch. Same with Atlas Obscura and Hot Dad. - Qale Dec 13, 10:37
- Ok..you. I want you to get past that it is a Black Mirror episode and want you to watch San Junipero (S3E4). - JD Dec 13, 10:01 1
  - OK. I'll watch it this weekend. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 10:02
I'm currently having hot cocoa with Finch and Grinch while watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I am so happy :) -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 09:53 2
- original or the Jim Carrey version? -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 09:54 1
  - original -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 09:56
Mop: Marco Polo season 2 apparently sneakily dropped in July -- nm* - Beaker Dec 13, 09:53
The bad news is my Sunday was so awful, I forgot to clock out so I temporarily lost 6 hours of pay. The good news, this week we get our biometric cash - Qale Dec 13, 09:49 4
- Biometric....cash? -- nm - JD Dec 13, 09:57 3
  - Give up your health details, get $100. It is tied in with our health benefits too. - Qale Dec 13, 10:00 2
    - Interesting. These check ins are annually? Quarterly? -- nm - JD Dec 13, 10:02 1
      - Annually. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 10:05
Christmas shopping for my dad is kind of frustrating, he doesn't want or need anything, other than a gift card for books...well, this year I took the - IrishStephen Dec 13, 09:48
Dammit, our local on Jeopardy yesterday got off to a slow start, but she was in the lead going into Final Jeopardy. - Mop Dec 13, 09:46 6
- I missed the last 5 minutes. Did the geeky guy with the glasses win again? -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 09:48 5
  - Spoils. - volnelk Dec 13, 09:49 4
    - Correct. Spoilers - Mop Dec 13, 09:51 3
      - I was barely paying attention but.....spoilers. - volnelk Dec 13, 09:53 2
        
        Didn't pay attention to that. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 09:55 1
        
        I got Final right but I'll admit it was just an educated guess. -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 13, 10:08
I am crushing my backlog of recorded content on the Tivo. Yesterday we watched Blindspot at 6pm. Kate wasn't sure what to make of it. - Mop Dec 13, 09:42
Belichick with some insight and waxing intellectual -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 09:42
Everton v. Arsenal and Bournemouth v. Leicester coming up at 2:45. Also, Villa v Norwich. UTV! -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 09:35
Trump's responses to countries - amoxy Dec 13, 09:35 12
- He rattles Putin's saber instead. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 09:42 1
  - That's my job now! -- nm - Secretary of Sucking Putin's Dick Dec 13, 10:17
- I swear it feels like we're living a Tom Clancy novel... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 13, 09:42 9
  - Shit....if Clancy were alive he'd be roasting DOnald for crapping all over the Intelligence Services -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 09:53 3
    - agreed. I really wonder what the foreign policy hawks are going to do with Drumpf's affinity for Russia. - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:24 2
      - nah, they have everything now and they won't upset the apple cart. imo if they do anything it will be just for show with no follow through. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:26 1
        
        Then we are rightly and truly effed. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 13, 10:28
  - It's really scary that I hope the Republican Controlled Senate will vote down Tillerson's nomination. -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 09:44 3
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      - Yeah, agreed...And I am surprised that Trump has not tweetblasting McConnell after McConnell being in favor of a probe -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 09:47 1
        
        Because McConnell didn't actually say that he was in favor of a probe. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 13, 09:50
  - I thought those were okay? - Spawn Dec 13, 09:44
RT: 83% for Rogue One (39/8) -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 09:33 6
- Oh snap, New Yorker -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 09:51 1
  - That headline is hilarious and speaks to the conceited arrogance of the New Yorker. - Mop Dec 13, 09:57
- 3rd act kudos -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 09:39 1
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- Top Critics (10/4)...Certainly some dissent -- nm - budice Dec 13, 09:35 1
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Right now, I am this* frustrated [~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~] - prayformojo Dec 13, 09:33 9
- Get back to me when you haven't had sex for as long as I have. -- nm* - Mop Dec 13, 09:35
- You're Kilbo's Ass-level mad? -- nm - David Dec 13, 09:34 6
  - is my ass known for being angry? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 09:37 5
    - should we ask 97? -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 09:38 2
      - ty97 finds my ass delightful -- nm* - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 09:39 1
        
        I love that you had to edit this. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 10:43
    - with all the chipotle that passes through there, I would be angry too. -- nm - groiny Dec 13, 09:38 1
      - I'm honestly surprised Kilbo wasn't named their new CEO. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 09:56
- you and me both. Year End and the holidays are getting to folks. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 09:34
The Great Winter Hunt is upon us. -- nm - Crashquick Dec 13, 09:33
LIR: London 2017 NFL schedule -- (link) - znufrii Dec 13, 09:24 1
- Jax gonna need to move there before long. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 09:42
Trying to catch your heart is like trying to catch a star. -- nm - David Dec 13, 09:22 3
- Well there's a song reference I didn't expect on ST today. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 09:24 2
  - Hallmark Christmas. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 09:31
  - catch a falling star and put it in your pocket -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 13, 09:26

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