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I'm begging the NFL to figure out what pass interference is. -- nm - David Dec 22, 20:28 3
- They are still working on what a catch is. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 20:31
- Same with hockey, swallow their whistles -- nm - budice Dec 22, 20:30
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - refs Dec 22, 20:29
! -- nm - philip k mud Dec 22, 20:25
Bob Costas, the Man In Black -- (link) - budice Dec 22, 20:18
eli, you Suck -- nm - philip k mud Dec 22, 19:45
Passengers: gentleman's C -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:39 5
- It sounds like it took one of the creepiest sub-plots of Prometheus and made it worse. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 20:08 1
  - (And that could've made for a good, creepy movie if done right ...) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 20:09
- sex doesnt even save the grade -- nm - budice Dec 22, 19:49
- so a cad's D but, if you'd been in a nicer mood, a B- -- nm - philip k mud Dec 22, 19:44
- (man, Chris Pratt looks like Tom Brady in this) -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:43
You when your the Giants and you really need a win and it's late in the 3rd Q and you're down to the Eagles who don't give a fuck? Yeah, that sucks. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 19:32
Rogue One - C+ or B-. I was bored for the first hour. -- nm - Inigo Dec 22, 19:31 2
- You and Remlik give me hope. - David Dec 22, 19:38 1
  - Ep. IV: Inigo Hope -- nm - Max Dec 22, 19:46
If you're still in it, you have 25 1/2 hours left of LDBC. - David Dec 22, 19:26 20
- It's been 24/7 Christmas music here for days and so far.... - ty97 Dec 22, 19:34 11
  - LDB is the proper song to use for this. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:43 4
    - It works, but my preferred victory is avoiding Springsteen and McCartney -- nm - Max Dec 22, 19:48
    - We should actually pick the song that people are now calling rapey. -- nm - David Dec 22, 19:44 2
      - Though the married couple who wrote it called the two parts "mouse" and "wolf" -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:46 1
        
        (Sorry, he wrote it and they performed it together) -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:47
  - Love Actually would take out half the players. -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:40 5
    - People would happily throw themselves on the grenades to watch Love Actually. - David Dec 22, 19:43 4
      - I've consciously avoided Love Actually just to remain in the LDB Challenge. - ReluctantCynic Dec 22, 19:47 3
        
        Because there's an actual little drummer boy? (I don't recall LDB in the movie) -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:50 2
        
        I don't either. RC can you find the scene and post it for us? -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:51 1
        
        *sustained glare* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 22, 20:16
- I'm still in! - ReluctantCynic Dec 22, 19:28 1
  - That's what he said. -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 19:34
- i always thought you had to make it past Christmas Day .... - call me Kris Kringle Dec 22, 19:28 4
  - I thought it was until Christmas day. -- nm - Krusty Dec 22, 19:29 3
    - These are the official rules. If you're safe until Christmas Eve, you win! -- nm - David Dec 22, 19:39 1
      - Cool. -- nm - Krusty Dec 22, 19:42
    - That was my understanding. It's like Lent, you can have whatever you gave up once Easter Day hits. -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 19:34
- I call the middle rule "no Little Drummer Bombs" -- nm - Tim Dec 22, 19:27
Wait. So for Thursday night football, the Giants are wearing the Bills uniforms? -- nm - Volnelk Dec 22, 19:19
Wait, he started dating the nanny *after* he and his wife separated? I didn't know you could do that. -- (link*) - Mop Dec 22, 19:16 7
- He fired her first so there wouldn't be an employment issue, then they broke up after a few months. I see a lawsuit in his future. -- nm - jnine Dec 22, 21:08
- This tells me there's video of this incident. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:46 2
  - (also, they're getting back together for the sake of their producers) -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:52 1
    - They changed their minds. They aren't doing another season. -- nm - jnine Dec 22, 21:08
- She looks like Jewel, or Jewel Staite. Maybe her middle name is Jewel. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 19:43
- she's dating one of the contractors. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 19:39 1
  - The same contractor who was at the scene of the "gun incident". I think someone got caught or was confessing and the gun made an appearance -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 19:40
Jaromir Jagr is alone in second place on the National Hockey League’s all-time scoring list -- (link) - Beaker Dec 22, 19:10 5
- The gap between Gretzky and Jagr is the same as the gap between Jagr and 104th place. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 19:44
- jaromir jagr is so old he's been around since i cared about hockey... - x Dec 22, 19:33 1
  - Jump on the Blue Jackets bandwagon. -- nm - Dano Dec 22, 20:02
- Oh, *goal* scoring. Yeah, I thought that seemed low. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 19:15
- He has 755 goals, third all-time behind only Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (891), and 1133 assists, sixth all-time. -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 19:10
You'll all be happy to know that Taste of Thai gets an A from me. Soooo good. -- nm - kelly Dec 22, 19:06 6
- what did Nathan think? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 19:40 2
  - He's been asleep for a while, but I'm sure his homemade grilled cheese sandwich got an A. - kelly Dec 22, 19:42 1
    - :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 19:43
- Taste of Ty gets and F! -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:07 2
  - You should have tried the rump roast. -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 19:35 1
    - Are you drinking? -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:36
kudos, y'all, for being great about spoilers for "Rogue One." I appreciate it. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 19:04 11
- There's is at least one rogue in it. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 19:28 1
  - And they explore new planets...wait...wrong Star whatever... -- nm - . Dec 22, 20:13
- Yep, seeing it Saturday -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:06
- word, not seeing till Wednesday -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 19:05 7
  - Vader is the main girl's father. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 19:08 6
    - hell, he could be ..that two-timing midichlorial fucker -- nm - amidala Dec 22, 19:11 5
      - I thought he was more machine than man? -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:24 4
        
        Hence chicks digging him. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 19:30 3
        
        Sure, but unless he got a turkey baster attachment... -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 19:42
        
        He doesn't need batteries -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:33 1
        
        oh he's a machine alright -- nm - amidala Dec 22, 19:34
This is not how I expected this game to go. -- nm - GregW Dec 22, 19:04
Endor: yes, cannon was a misspelling - sorry. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 19:03 1
- Just saying, an actual Star Wars cannon would be awesome... -- nm - Endor Dec 22, 21:25
New Ebola Vaccine Gives 100 Percent Protection -- (link) - ty97 Dec 22, 18:55 3
- Funny how quickly that gets knocked out once white people start getting sick. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 19:18
- From Donald Trump -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 19:03
- By killing the patient?!?! - Beryllium Dec 22, 18:56
Australia Police: Christmas Day Bomb Plot Foiled, 5 Detained -- (link) - ty97 Dec 22, 18:49
I did about 80% of my Christmas shopping today, plus a good part of my mother's. - Spawn Dec 22, 18:47
Crud. I think I lost my receipt with the shipping tracking numbers on it. -- nm - Dano Dec 22, 18:40
Blue. Jackets. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 22, 18:29 3
- Stop stealing my bit! :) -- nm - Dano Dec 22, 18:32 2
  - Sorry. Spoilers. - Volnelk Dec 22, 18:39 1
    - Also…… - Volnelk Dec 22, 18:55
Can someone bring me Thai food please? -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 18:25 1
- I had ty for lunch -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 18:54
BREAKING: Former Blue Jays 1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion has signed with the Indians (via Jon Heyman) -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 17:56 1
- The three-year deal for Edwin Encarnacion includes a club option for $20M. The buyout is $5M, which is part of the $60M guarantee. -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 18:17
Four episodes of Black Mirror graded... -- (edited) - David's iPad Dec 22, 17:49 2
- Nmb David the writer - Epiphany Dec 22, 18:20 1
  - YEAH! -- nm - David's iPad Dec 22, 18:34
Rogue One: A, I think it was the best Star War film ever -- nm - Crashquick Dec 22, 17:48 16
- I'd watch it again. - . Dec 22, 18:52
- I love this current theme of David Trolling -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 18:27 6
  - To be fair, "the best Star Wars film ever" is something even David could say without irony. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 19:30 1
    - No, that was Force Awakens. It got a B. -- nm - David Dec 22, 19:56
  - It's no "David is Team Edward". It's not even David S. Mumpkins. -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 18:42 1
    - You people are weird. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 22, 18:43
  - People love Michael Bay movies. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 22, 18:34 1
    - Heh. I said it was after it was over -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 18:58
- One of us. -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 18:17
- mini spoiler - Peglegpete Dec 22, 18:02 2
  - There's a delicious irony to it. -- (edited) - Mop Dec 22, 18:18 1
    - yup -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 18:32
- I think I agree. Top 2 at least for me. But it's really because of what came before and how it fits. - Volnelk Dec 22, 17:52 3
  - You have a very valid point there. I just think it was perfectly executed -- nm - Crashquick Dec 22, 17:58 2
    - Yep. Like I've said in other threads, they had me at.......spoilers. - Volnelk Dec 22, 18:31 1
      - Spoiler - . Dec 22, 19:35
Hey Will, if you see this and haven't already eaten - I'm bringing home Thai food. - kelly Dec 22, 17:43 5
- *intercepts car* just thinking of thai made my stomach growl. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 17:59 2
  - *chases you down...shoots out your tires, breaks several headlights...grabs the food...calls AAA for you...leaves* -- nm* - Will Hunting Dec 22, 18:01 1
    - that escalated quickly. I woulda been happy with a little something to tide me over until dinner! -- nm - b. Dec 22, 18:09
- Like your husband "already eaten" is ever a problem. -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 17:45 1
  - Hey Will, if you see this and you've already eaten - kelly's bringing home Thai food, too! -- nm - philip k mud Dec 22, 17:48
There was a tv show called Shazam! -- nm - . Dec 22, 17:43
eli, you Suck -- nm - philip k mud Dec 22, 17:41
My five favorite wrestling matches of the year (aka another post to annoy David). - Tim Dec 22, 17:32 5
- If you liked one and five, you see the one that featured one vs five! - David's iPad Dec 22, 17:34 4
  - It was fine. But #1 was a real moment. - Tim Dec 22, 17:37 3
    - You're so silly. - David's iPad Dec 22, 17:41 2
      - I regret not going with the reply "Zayn vs. Cena happened in 2015!" -- nm - Tim Dec 22, 17:42 1
        
        It's thoughts like this that put you in Richard Marx threads. -- nm* - David's iPad Dec 22, 17:44
John McClane's flight has arrived. -- nm - VMan Dec 22, 16:57 1
- HOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 17:15
If you need a way to fill your holiday downtime, Amazon will rent you any movie in their digital catalog for a buck today with promo code MOVIE99 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 22, 16:47 17
- --> make sure to check your order to see if the deal was actually applied. it wasn't for me, and their CS said there's been a technical glitch -- (edited) - b. Dec 22, 17:20 1
  - ^the CS rep said the code can be used until january 23rd. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 17:37
- thanks! what should I rent, st? something lightish and not too long would be swell in the next month. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 16:56 14
  - SLoP -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 17:24 3
    - (secret life of pets, if that wasn't clear. Not quite as good as Zootopia, but good.) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 17:33 2
      - hee, I just googled to try to figure out what it is. that's definitely on my list, too! thanks for the reminder! -- nm - b. Dec 22, 17:38
      - Zootopia better yes. -- nm - Bacon Dec 22, 17:38
  - paddington...nm - x Dec 22, 17:03 5
    - I've seen that already, and it was great. :) - -- nm - b. Dec 22, 17:06 4
      - kubo seems a good pick. for other animation this year, i was a fan of april + the extraordinary world. live action, hunt for the wilderpeople... - x Dec 22, 17:13 3
        
        thanks for the rec.! I did see "zootopia" too, very enjoyable. :) - - b. Dec 22, 17:25 2
        
        Ku! Bo! Ku! Bo! - iSpam Dec 22, 17:29 1
        
        But April was very good as well -- nm - iSpam Dec 22, 17:59
  - actually, kubo and the two strings, right? -- nm* - b. Dec 22, 16:59 1
    - Yes -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 17:47
  - something new -- nm - Beaker Dec 22, 16:58
  - Grinch -- nm - VMan Dec 22, 16:57
The Spring League has no affiliation with the NFL. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 22, 16:46
Huh. Surprised myself today. I had to read out a series of letters and numbers and I did it in the phonetic NATO alphabet. - Mop Dec 22, 16:43 1
- Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot... Is not MENSA level. :) -- nm* - VMan Dec 22, 16:49
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $60 Million Friday night (lump sum, tax free) -- nm* - Beaker Dec 22, 16:41
Many rivers to cross But I can't seem to find my way over -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 22, 16:41 1
- This may be my favorite song ever. -- nm - Amanda Dec 22, 16:54
unusual Anglo-Saxon Burriel -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 22, 16:40 4
- At what point do we accept that all Anglo-Saxon burials are unusual and thus, not in fact, unusual? -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 16:42 3
  - face down [like this instance] are unusual. so are double burriels. Other than those or a royal tomb, you are pretty much right. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 16:54 2
    - Wooden stake in the heart! -- nm - Mop Dec 22, 17:00 1
      - those are used in/on Transylvanian Burriels -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 22, 17:16

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