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unintentionally funny sports headlines -- (link) - zork Apr 28, 12:31 2
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  - the supposed "best" ones were pretty lame, IMO -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:36
I would have done 1 Chuck cast change for the past few episodes and replace Chevy Chase with - peglegpete Apr 28, 12:30 9
- I've been very impressed with Chase in this role, surprising since I don't really like him. -- nm - David Apr 28, 12:38 3
  - so ... preferences aside, who is the better actor - i.e., the one with the broader range. Is it Bakula or Chase? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:40 2
    - Either way I choose, you'll just say you agree! -- nm - David Apr 28, 12:41 1
      - I agree. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:42
- Chevy has been awesome, IMO. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 12:31 3
  - yes he has -- nm - peglegpete Apr 28, 12:35
  - I also agree with this. So the situation is win-win; maybe they can use pete's suggestion if they get a season or two more -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:34
  - word. Especially with the Steve Jobs aspects. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:33
- this is a good point. I agree with it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:31
i love when you wing something and it turns out great. (my tzaziki sauce is awesome!) - kare Apr 28, 12:22 15
- yoghurt... cucumber... wow, you're a genius! -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 12:25 12
  - and yet somehow I can't master this. I am jealous of Kare -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:27 4
    - would you like my special "kare's special wing-it tzaziki sauce" recipe? - kare Apr 28, 12:34 2
      - woot!! thanks. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:41
      - nice! very similar to mine. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:40
    - you have to use greek yogurt, or take regular yogurt and strain it. otherwise it's too watery. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:29
  - The herbs are critical, too -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 12:26 6
    - maybe some mint, or maybe some dill. but it's really about the quality of the yoghurt -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 12:29 5
      - garlic? right? -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:30 4
        
        maybe, but I don't think it's essential. It depends what you're eating it with -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 12:33 2
        
        imo garlic is essential. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 12:37 1
        
        I tend to make it with Middle Eastern or Indian food, which is already pretty garlicky - Roger More Apr 28, 12:43
        
        I use only garlic, no herbs. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:32
- *pulls feathers out of kare's sauce* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:23
- sauce in the face? kinky -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 12:23
a post for JackDawson to ignore - con_carne Apr 28, 12:22 18
- who wouldn't eat out of a truck? This should be a poll -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 12:30 9
  - not that i see that many of them, but chip trucks rock (as do the ice cream trucks.) -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 12:55
  - I avoid them for food safety reasons. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:39
  - me. not many vegetarian taco trucks out there, that i've seen -- nm - kare Apr 28, 12:37
  - me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:37 1
    - Best truck ever was the one that came to my Reserve unit. Run by an older Korean couple who loved the military and had two sons serving in the Army. - Stephen Apr 28, 12:39
  - I will just add that our lunch takeout options are very limited here, so that makes the decision to eat there easier. -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 12:36
  - I don't call food trucks the roach coach for nothing -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 12:33
  - It depends on the truck. -- nm - Stephen Apr 28, 12:32 1
    - That's true. I probably wouldn't go to one if there wasn't a steady stream of customers -- nm - Roger More Apr 28, 12:36
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- The taco truck here is amazing. -- nm - TFox Apr 28, 12:23 6
  - YUM. -- nm - kelly Apr 28, 12:30
  - I've become somewhat skilled at surmising what's good/what to pass on on any given day -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 12:30 4
    - this is interesting - like how do you know? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:31 3
      - Oh, they keep their hot food in a glass case that everyone can see - con_carne Apr 28, 12:35 1
        
        Hmmm. useful tips. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:42
      - i want to know the methodology of determining that he made the right choice - zork Apr 28, 12:33
STIS: If you have a tummy ache but only 1.5 hours left of work.... do you wait for leave now. - lileve Apr 28, 12:15 20
- I claim swine flu ... and then lose it on someone else's keyboard -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:27
- I am far too conservative in what it takes for me to go home/stay home. (TMI) - Ender Apr 28, 12:21 3
  - sure, spread the plague the whole office. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:25
  - Yeah, my whole perspective on that stuff is different now that I'm an hourly contractor. - Subversive Apr 28, 12:25
  - My cut off if nause which I have but I only have 1.5 hours left so I'm in a rut of what to do. Guess I'll stick it out. -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 12:24
- sip a little 7up or lie down for a bit -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 12:18 1
  - crackers -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:19
- the rabbit kicked it? -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:18 7
  - I was fine till a few hours after lunch. Had beef stew and mashed potato. Ugh now. -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 12:19 6
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      - Stew and mashed potato flu! -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 12:23 3
        
        you can't just leave me hanging with potato. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:25
        
        shepherd's pie flu -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:24 1
        
        Sheep flu! -- nm - Ender Apr 28, 12:27
    - *counts back 28 days* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:19
- I'd slurp down a jar of Miracle Whip -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 12:17
- A tummy ache? I would go to the school nurse. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:17 1
  - Go chew on a Thomas the Train toy! - lileve Apr 28, 12:20
- *backs away from lileve* -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 12:17
- for=or -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 12:16
just discovered that we are about to do a swine flu survey. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:15 2
- Mr Swineflu, on a scale of 1 to 5 how satisfied are you with our coverage of you with 1 being not satisfied at all and 5 very satisfied? -- nm - Survey taker Apr 28, 12:23
- I vote no. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 28, 12:21
agent Walker [24] and agent Walker [Chuck] would be a fun 3some -- nm - peglegpete Apr 28, 12:12
Of course no danger -- (link) - marcel Apr 28, 12:09 1
- That's all we need. Exploding pig flu. Yeesh, don't wanna catch that. -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 12:12
boy am i glad i got this confirmation email - i volunteered for Midnight Breakfast (a late-night study break for the students). i thought i'd signed - prayformojo Apr 28, 12:04
been busy today - have we discussed Julie Roberts' bizarre speech to Tom Hanks? -- (link) - Andie Apr 28, 12:03 3
- "and another thing, your grandma shouldn't have been mouthing off like that! You. Make Me. Wanna. WRETCH!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 12:09
- Wow. Hee. -- nm - mara Apr 28, 12:06
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- This guy on my team named Ryan, who has been dubbed DB (short for douche bag) by myself and those of us in the know. -- nm - Subversive Apr 28, 12:28
- no one is consistent enough to be named - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:27
- Well, there was this one person on the strata council with me - as of last night, she is no longer on the strata council. Rejoice! - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:26
- a woman at work that i avoid working with at all costs. closely followed by a recently exxed friend. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 12:25 2
  - Um - con_carne Apr 28, 12:27 1
    - yes, her. we talk occasionally (like we're in a social event or something), but are just acquaintances. - kare Apr 28, 12:35
- you, but that speaks more to the quality of my friends and associates than it being in any way a criticism of you. -- nm - znufrii, not dead Apr 28, 12:23 2
  - You must live a pretty charmed life. What about your ex-wife? Or soon to be? Or eventually to be? Or whatever she is? -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:27 1
    - it's not her that's particularly difficult to deal with as it is the situation as a whole. -- nm - znufrii, not dead Apr 28, 12:41
- No comment. (heh) -- nm - kelly Apr 28, 12:18
- heh -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:12 1
  - *snork* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:13
- Right now, two staff members who couldn't make a decision to help themselves if their lives depended on it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 28, 12:09 1
  - are they unclear on where the lines of authority are? -- nm - kare Apr 28, 12:27
- my father. We're both too forceful in our ways. cut from the samee mold, I guess -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 12:08
- the Moron Boss. - Dr.Vermin Apr 28, 12:05
- My work is full of them, so I will just say my 24 y.o. half brother -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 12:04
- probably my boss -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 12:03
- My mother. (boring, I know.) -- nm - Diva Apr 28, 12:03 5
  - are we sisters? -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:20
  - my M-I-L but we dropped her from our lives a couple of years ago. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:17 3
    - It's sad when that has to be done. -- nm - Diva Apr 28, 12:19 2
      - yep. if i weren't so easy going we could have been divorced years ago from the grief she's caused. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:22 1
        
        Was she trying to run your lives? -- nm - lileve Apr 28, 12:37
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- Is she trying to urinate on that dog? Is she a dude now? -- nm - David Apr 28, 12:13 4
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    - *wonders how ML would know this* -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:19
  - Now we know the real reason her lesbian lover dumped her. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:16
  - that was my first thought too -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:15
- is that our andie making a comment on that page? -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:07 1
  - nope! -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 12:09
- it gives the word "doggy" a wrong meaning yes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:59
Watching V for Vendetta on tv last night, other than the virus comparisons, I realized it's got the ugliest cast of the last five years. - Max Apr 28, 11:49 1
- As was reflected by it's box office. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:52
I would say that Victor and Tammy have really brightened up since they got to China. - Reagen Apr 28, 11:49 1
- I swear I said your IM to the g/f on Sunday night. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 28, 11:57
ST knows alcohol: Create a drink called a FLU SHOT (doesn't have to be shot-sized) -- nm - ceregon Apr 28, 11:49 18
- open a jar of pickled pig's foot and add a raw egg. -- nm - Max Apr 28, 11:53
- frangelico liquor and u. -- nm - kare Apr 28, 11:52
- Ooh, gotta have a bit of Bailey's in that, dash of Uzo and umm, generous squirt of lemon for the medicinal effect :) -- nm - Loyola Apr 28, 11:52
- vodka, soda, and grenadine at the bottom - like you pull the needle back a bit and got some blood in it... -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 11:51 11
  - can we layer some black sambuca in to make it look diseased? -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:54 3
    - oh,sambuca at the bottom, topped by grenadine. so the blood gets pulled into the needle but it's full of ickiness. - Andie Apr 28, 11:55 2
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      - mmhmm. -- nm - mary land loves mandy lane Apr 28, 11:59
  - Poll over, we have our winner. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:53
  - holy crap - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:53
  - eww! (awesome) -- nm - kare Apr 28, 11:52
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    - oh, it's perfect! -- nm - Andie Apr 28, 11:53 2
      - can we have a bacon garnish? -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:54 1
        
        or else served with a side of bacon explosion -- nm - zork Apr 28, 12:12
- Sake, tequila, OJ, one raw egg -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:50
- nmbl -- (link) - marcel Apr 28, 11:50
- but it HAS to have Tabasco in it? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 28, 11:50
wowsa, that sun drained me today. -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 11:47 2
- How are your hands? -- nm - Dano Apr 28, 11:55 1
  - they're okay. still banged up, but I think they're better. such a pain -- nm - CQ Apr 28, 11:58
Project Blue has left the building. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:46 7
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  - I am going on record right now - I am not going to anything remotely simliar to a Super Dome - Epiphany Apr 28, 11:54 5
    - The governmetn isn't going to quarantine anyone. that's unconstitutional. Quarantines are voluntary. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 11:58 3
      - I just watched Blindness and Quarantine in the last month - so I am a bit paranoid -- nm - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:30
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        if it got that big, it would be logistically really damn difficult to quarantine. -- nm - loosilu Apr 28, 12:24
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So it's like the Voltron of flu. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:45 5
- That's for computers. This would be the Thundercats of flu if it included any feline. -- nm - Max Apr 28, 11:50
- Manbearpig -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:47
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  - so far...so good Jerkface. - Mel Profit Apr 28, 12:38 1
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- they don't come in shot glasses, you know. -- nm - zork Apr 28, 11:48 1
  - (I think he's inventing one) -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:49

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