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I like the infomercial feel of Treehouse Live selling you on the Switch. Most specifically the Zelda Collector's Editions. -- (link*) - Qale Jan 13, 19:44 [youtube] 2
- That's a six hour video. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 19:48 1
  - Yesh, but I have it set to go automatically to Reggie. At least I thought I did. Fixed now! -- nm* - Qale Jan 13, 19:58
From the waybb's, David, I appreciate that sentiment, truly, and would do the same. And I'm sure there are still some places where the dog catcher is - IrishStephen Jan 13, 19:42 2
- I am so sorry your place is so overcrowded that it might come to that. Hopefully they can get a good adoption push so that doesn't have to happen. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 20:07 1
  - (Not my place, we are no-kill, the city shelter we work with). -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 13, 20:29
Keeping up with the Jonses is pretty good and light fun. Miss Perigrine's is...peculiar. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 19:41 1
- Peculiar is pretty dang dark -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 19:48
Chad Michael Murray and Heather Graham have co written a romance novel. -- (link) - Dano Jan 13, 19:35
"Call every lesbian you know!" -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 19:25 6
- Ha-ha!! -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 04:49
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 20:09
- I turned most of them straight -- nm - budice Jan 13, 19:50
- That is perfect -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 19:50
- I could come up with... 3. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:43
- She won on the roommate front. -- nm - . Jan 13, 19:37
Up is down. Wet is dry. Wind farms are unproven. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 19:03 3
- How much did the Kochs pay them to send it? -- nm - . Jan 13, 19:21
- that's not quite what it's saying but it's still pretty ridiculous. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:20 1
  - Plus, I don't think they want to go to war with amazon ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 19:21
Giannis Antetokounmpo essentially dunks from half court (ok, maybe a step past half court) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 13, 18:34 4
- So, even though it was a travel, he did dunk on about 3 steps from 45feet away. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 19:36
- even shaq thinks that was traveling -- nm - dogbert Jan 13, 18:40 1
  - but he's the Greek Freak, so I'll allow it -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:43
- 5 steps FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 18:36
has anyone seen the preivew for this upcoming new show "Hunted", where people go on the run from top notch former FBI etc.? ...I have a question ... - call me Ishmael Jan 13, 18:32 2
- I miss Richard Dawson -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:36 1
  - I miss Rick Hunter -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:43
Zach braff make funny tweet good -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:13 1
- ha -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:14
Accounting Montage! -- nm - iSpam Jan 13, 18:04 2
- *sweeps the papers off the desk, grabs a ledger, writes LIFO really big* - prayformojo Jan 13, 18:06 1
  - *Gets kind of turned on by it* -- nm* - Anna Kendrick Jan 13, 18:14
Check your email. Vudu is sending out free credits to select customers. - David's iPad Jan 13, 17:55 4
- I got a rock -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 17:58 3
  - I got a lousy sale ad -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 18:07 1
    - I have to laugh at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Collection SALE at $40.99. I have all six of those films on DVD, convert four more and the collection - crash davis Jan 13, 18:17
  - Karma is real? - David's iPad Jan 13, 17:59
Is trump going to be awarded an Ignobel? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 17:49 5
- It'll be interesting to see how he handles things like the Presidential Medal of Freedom. - TWuG Jan 13, 18:09 3
  - I expect first he'll give them to his supporters, then he'll give them to the highest bidders. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 19:00 1
    - Reverse that. -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 19:47
  - President Topper. - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:10
- I hadn't thought about that, but it would be perfect -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 17:50
If only one of those dumb reporters had reached over, opened one of those prop folders at the presser on Wed. .. - mud Jan 13, 17:46 [Image] 1
- "Whoops. Clumsy me." -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:51
Who the hell said they were going to have a Filet-O-Fish for lunch? Now I want one (or as Trump calls it, a Fish Delight+ -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 17:46
"Ok, but I need to just save my Madden game... Blake Bortles has like 300 yards passing in the first half" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:37 6
- You know that the entire population of Jacksonville goes wild when they watch a Jianyu episode -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 17:39 4
  - well, they are one of the top ten swamp cities in northeastern Florida. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 17:49 3
    - I think it's time to find a new board. Bastages. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 18:45 2
      - There's this one that just opened, I hear it's a Good Place. I haven't tried it yet, though. It might have JK Simmons? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:49 1
        
        Oh, Ted Danson. My bad. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:51
- Pobody's Nerfect -- nm* - Beaker Jan 13, 17:38
Of all the 80s sound recreations I've heard, this is the 80sist -- (link) - Reagen Jan 13, 17:27 [youtube]
man, 20 minutes into Bullitt and it is boooooooring -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:16 21
- I think The French Connection holds up a bit better as an actual movie -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:16 4
  - I found that boring as old hell too -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:19 3
    - whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 18:20 2
      - ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 18:30
      - Ok, uh, how about True Grit? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:24
- MAKE SURE TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF HUBCAPS THAT SPIN OFF! - crash davis Jan 13, 17:30 7
  - Mister Roper! -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:44 1
    - I forgot he was in Bullitt -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 17:55
  - Hubcap retrieval accounted for 3% of the GDP back then - Reagen Jan 13, 17:31 4
    - they never reference hub cap theft in shows anymore -- nm* - crash davis Jan 13, 17:34 3
      - I'm trying to think of the last vehicle I had that had them - Reagen Jan 13, 17:36 2
        
        when you post things like "in university", I mentally change your voice to a British accent. -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 17:40 1
        
        quite. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:46
- it's of its time - Reagen Jan 13, 17:28 1
  - the rearview mirror shots are cool -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:54
- the script is a mismash that never worked. ignore it... the car chase is the only sequence worth watching -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:25 4
  - just watched 3 min. of it on YT -that neighbourhood has a lot of green volkswagens, they pass three of them within a minute!!! -- (link) - mud Jan 13, 17:33 [youtube] 2
    - this should be 2 minutes longer. the foreplay getting into the chase is missing -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:40 1
      - but thanks for posting it. any part of the chase is fun to see. - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:41
  - that's why I recorded it :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:29
- holy shit, I do know where the Jazz Flute scene from Anchorman came from though -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:17
A message to the American press from a Russian journalist (nmbl) - Brian Jan 13, 17:14 3
- I wonder what would happen if the 'legit' press simply stopped attending his lie fests? -- nm - GregW Jan 13, 17:22 2
  - Ignore him completely for a week ;) -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 17:23 1
    - If only they'd done that during the primaries... -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 13, 19:44
Jake Arrieta, Cubs avoid arbitration with $15.64 million deal -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 16:55 1
- Wil Myers inks six-year, $80 million extension with Padres -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 16:56
Terminal 5 at LAX suffered a water main break - no working restrooms...but - Meg Jan 13, 16:54 2
- Thankfully you can connect to other terminals from T5 now. -- nm - ty97, Queen of the Skies Jan 13, 17:01 1
  - That's what they were saying - guess everything's fixed now. -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 17:20
Crazy concept. What happens if driverless cars cause a drought of organ donation? - Volnelk Jan 13, 16:53 12
- Not a crazy concept at all. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 18:38
- you're fine if you live near Chicago. they always have lots of fresh dead :(((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:57 1
  - Looser gun laws will save us all! -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 18:57
- 35k deaths save how many people? And let's say they are all donors. -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 16:55 6
  - 1/5th of donors come from car accidents. So it costs 35k deaths to save 7k lives. Seems legit -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 16:58 3
    - One organ donor can save 8 lives and improve the lives of up to 50 people. - Beryllium Jan 13, 18:23
    - I'm not so sure about that math, but I'll roll with it -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 17:32
    - Let's get rid of that seat belt law too! More parts for the rest of us! -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 17:01
  - It's not just about saving them. There are non-terminal donations as well. Corneas, etc. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:57 1
    - I get the concept, but it's clinically inhumane. -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 17:04
- We are less than 15 years away from growing organs using a persons own cells - Bacon Jan 13, 16:54 1
  - I've preordered my Platinum level DocWagon contract. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 16:59
From B2: Mop, I agree. This should be so easy. If they wanted a copy at any point in the past 6 months I could've provided. - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 16:44 3
- Oh, no doubt, it's a dick move. But you can choose to just let it slide and be zen, or you can have vicious revenge, which may be just as satisfying. - Mop Jan 13, 17:41
- ah, yah, no notice at all for the fees starting is not ok. argh. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:56
- burn. to. the. ground. -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 16:50
Kelly, I thought the same thing! - David's iPad Jan 13, 16:31 4
- I didn't see Girl/Train. Was it worth the cost of the code? -- nm - kelly Jan 13, 16:44 2
  - we only lasted about 20 minutes in to it -- nm - J Jan 13, 18:54
  - Meh -- nm - Epiphany Jan 13, 18:33
- Aside in the "don't think about it too much" realm: where do they get these codes in bulk? -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:41
If I mention Chandler Bing in regards to smiling during a picture, do you get the reference? -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 16:31 4
- Yes. Also him stuck in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacher -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 17:32
- "Are you being tortured?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 16:32
- is that with the upper lip drawn back in a hideous grimace of a smile? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:32 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 16:36
Slow in the wedding dept, only fun listing was two women whose address is apt 69 -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 13, 16:25
Wow. Colony should have *started* with the season 2 premiere. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 16:24
'Hidden Figures' is on par with 'The Right Stuff', only dealing with race and gender issues. I'm not sure I can be objective due to the subject: Math. - GregW Jan 13, 16:24 12
- I should be all about this movie, but I'm afraid it will be too preachy. - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 16:46 10
  - I'm afraid I'll have the same issues with Monster Trucks -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 16:54 3
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:15
    - Monsters do need to be protected from authorities that may not have their best interests at heart. We should all be aware of this, pfm. -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 17:06
    - I felt a connection to The Big Short due to its similarities to the Equity Funding scandal - that we could easily have been involved in. -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 16:57
  - it's not too preachy. the writer did a wonderful job -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:48
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    - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 16:48 3
      - Well good. Math rules. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 16:49 2
        
        Word. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 18:40
        
        Hell yeah! -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 17:16
- Looking forward to seeing it on Sunday. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 16:41
the first pebble -- (link) - mud Jan 13, 16:12 1
- That's a shame. - znufrii Jan 13, 16:14
UK Dept. of Transportation wants to build a tunnel under Stonehenge -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:05 3
- that aint right. -- nm - mud Jan 13, 18:06
- What about Underhenge and the Pandorica? -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 16:09
- Die hard fan! -- nm - Ashley Judd Jan 13, 16:07
Just 3 neighbors talking about guns. Me, a member of the state troopers, and a retired (55+) guy. convo sequence as follows - CQ Jan 13, 16:05 14
- I assume he's going to come back over and shoot you just so he can prove you wrong -- nm - dogbert Jan 13, 16:55 1
  - Gee, thanks dude. :) -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 16:59
- Facts don't matter! -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:40
- Bring back King of the Hill! -- nm - David's iPad Jan 13, 16:28 1
  - Heh, it was exactly that type of moment -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 16:33
- if I ever get a gun, it'll be a Gattling -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:10 4
  - I just like his reasoning was "the family" gotta protect "the family" Yeah, dude, I am, you're not. -- nm - CQ Jan 13, 16:47
  - I forget which one, but some movie/tv show actually did this. - David's iPad Jan 13, 16:29
  - Antiquities rule, guns over 100 years old are exempt from laws due to their history, collections value, WW1 was 100 years ago - Z2G2 Jan 13, 16:22 1
    - original 1911's are antiques -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:32
- Cops love civilians with guns. They're always so rational and pleasant to deal with and never erratic. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:07 3
  - There is one in Arizona that has a new opinion -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 13, 16:28 1
    - If the first guy hadn't had a gun, we wouldn't have needed a second guy with a gun! -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:42
  - "Clear a path! I'm goin' home!" -- nm - D-FENS Jan 13, 16:13
10 years ago in theaters: Stomp the Yard, Dreamgirls expands, Freedom Writers expands, Alpha Dog, Primeval, (ltd): Guru - Max Jan 13, 15:59 7
- 15 years ago: Orange County, (ltd): Brotherhood of the Wolf - Max Jan 13, 15:59 6
  - Mani! Mani! -- nm - David's iPad Jan 13, 16:27
  - 20 years ago: The Relic, Evita expands, Jackie Chan's First Strike, The People vs Larry Flynt expands, Turbulence - Max Jan 13, 15:59 4
    - I liked The Relic, but the book is sooo much better -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 16:02
    - 25 years ago: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Kuffs - Max Jan 13, 16:00 2
      - Ahhh Kuffs, I need to watch that soon -- nm - J Jan 13, 19:09
      - 30 years ago: Assassination, (ltd): The Kindred - Max Jan 13, 16:00

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