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I laughed. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 14, 13:14 3
- everyone is clearly talking about Emma in the picture on the lower left but... - Mel Profit Feb 14, 13:16 2
  - lol! he totally does - Epiphany Feb 14, 13:19 1
    - I know almost next to nothing (other than how he allegedly smells) but if he can string together a handful of charming sentences he's got to be lethal -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 14, 13:26
score spoils - CQ Feb 14, 13:13 4
- this one is shocking...nm - x Feb 14, 13:18
- Is this......spoilers - Volnelk Feb 14, 13:15 2
  - maybe -- nm - CQ Feb 14, 13:18 1
    - I mean, they wone the UEFA Cup back in the mid 90s, so there's that. -- nm - CQ Feb 14, 13:20
Harrison Ford flew his plane onto the wrong runway and almost got smooshed by a 737 -- (link) - decline Feb 14, 13:09 5
- Stuff happens. -- nm - RCAF Feb 14, 15:45
- What we're learning is that Han Solo is a bad pilot. -- nm - David Feb 14, 13:10 3
  - he seems to be pretty accident-y. -- nm - Diva Feb 14, 13:41
  - He's going to have a hard time getting insurance after this -- nm - Epiphany Feb 14, 13:18
  - clearly he leans too much on his hairy co-pilot -- nm - groiny Feb 14, 13:12
I feel like two trains collided, and I was the quarter on the train track where it happened. - David Feb 14, 13:03 2
- Hey, have you guys eaten dinner at Lakeside Tavern? We are headed there on Friday night. - kelly Feb 14, 13:07 1
  - I've eaten at Parkside (same people and similar menu) but never Lakeside. I think Kim has eaten there with clients. -- nm - David Feb 14, 13:13
Smart will stop selling gasoline powered cars in the US/Canada. Only electric ones will be available. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 14, 12:59 3
- i.e. golf carts you can drive on the highway -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 13:00
- I had no idea they even had gas cars. -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 13:00 1
  - I thought it was stupid that they called them smart when the primary options were gas/diesel. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 14, 13:15
Champions League score spoils - CQ Feb 14, 12:57 1
- And in the other game… - Volnelk Feb 14, 13:04
Candy time. One gotta go -- (link) - ty97 Feb 14, 12:55 21
- raisonits -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 15:09
- Cookie dough -- nm - Covington Feb 14, 14:10
- love raisinets ....raw dough is kinda disgusting so that can go -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 13:44
- I will fung the person who tries to take my buncha crunch. - Mel Profit Feb 14, 13:17
- All of them can go. -- nm - MDH Feb 14, 13:08
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- junior mints -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 14, 13:05
- gross. toss 'em all in the trash -- nm - decline Feb 14, 13:02
- Raisnets -- nm - Epiphany Feb 14, 13:01
- Cookie dough bites -- nm - kelly Feb 14, 13:01
- Raisinets. They're probably my most disliked "candy". -- nm - Krusty Feb 14, 12:59
- I'm not a mint fan. Get rid of the Junior Mints. -- nm - pmb Feb 14, 12:58
- Raisinets and Cookie Dough bites can both shove off. But hands off my Junior Mints. -- nm - spamlet Feb 14, 12:58
- Raisinets. effin disgusting -- nm - CQ Feb 14, 12:58
- Ditch them all (and I love Nestle crunch - all versions but have never even seen that one). -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:57 3
  - That's my favorite Nestle's Crunch version. It's the best. -- nm - pmb Feb 14, 12:58 2
    - I actually never even look at theater candy. Why pay 3x as much? -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:59 1
      - when you can hit up the dollar store before -- nm - Epiphany Feb 14, 13:02
- Cookie Dough bites. Easy -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 12:57
- the only one i would keep is Junior Mints. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:55 1
  - They're awesome! I'm taking names of the haters. -- nm - Krusty Feb 14, 13:00
Uhm... Verizon? Anyone with a Verizon phone, phone okay? Can you log in to their site? - Spawn Feb 14, 12:54 2
- I just use their app - way better than their mobile site -- nm - decline Feb 14, 13:03
- Okay, opened a new tab and got right in. Weird. - Spawn Feb 14, 12:59
Interesting start to this round of Champions League. Spoilers. - Volnelk Feb 14, 12:50
Gay Twinks4Trump creator Lucian Wintrich is now a part of the White House press pool -- (link) - ty97 Feb 14, 12:47 1
- Twizzle Disaster -- nm - prayformojo Feb 14, 12:47
In under 12 words, what do you think Hillary's opinion of current affairs is? Go. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:47 26
- So this is how liberty dies....with scattered applause -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 13:48
- "you get *crushes cigarette* Hoynes..." - Mel Profit Feb 14, 13:28
- "YOU HATE ME, YOU REALLY REALLY HATE ME!" -- nm - groiny Feb 14, 13:10
- "Goddamn Jill Stein" -- nm - Remlik Feb 14, 13:04
- You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! - TWuG Feb 14, 12:56
- ~ Now watch me whip (kill it) / Now watch me nae nae (okay) ~ -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 12:55
- I really wish Ivanka had power pantsuits in her clothing line. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 14, 12:54 1
  - Like there is anywhere left to buy them? -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:58
- *slurps margarita* -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 12:53
- "But... emails!" -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:52 1
  - "Those Geek Squad sons of bitches..." -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:53
- "This is all my fault." -- nm - David Feb 14, 12:52 6
  - I often wonder if she thinks that. I think it probably depends on her internal polling. Did she get an indication of how poorly this could go and - mara Feb 14, 12:55 5
    - I've said several times that I'm not sure who was more surprised by the election outcome: Hillary or Trump. - David Feb 14, 13:02
    - They at least knew the weekend before when they sent people to Michigan and either WI/PA (I can't remember which) -- nm - spamlet Feb 14, 12:57 3
      - Actually, that's not what happened. - David Feb 14, 13:00 2
        
        Ok, I misremembered that. I thought they sent the people into MI (at last) that final weekend. -- nm - spamlet Feb 14, 13:10 1
        
        Right, you're remembering the story's core, just jumbling the specifics. - David Feb 14, 13:14
- "Condi had it right. I should have run for baseball commissioner." -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:50
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- "I hope he nukes Pennsylvania" -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:48 2
  - Hey! -- nm - znufrii Feb 14, 12:48 1
    - It's not my fault that Hillary is cold! -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:48
- "f*ckers got what they voted for." -- nm - university of amanda jones Feb 14, 12:47 1
  - i like that we both assume there is language. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:47
- "You idiots, you god damn idiots." -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:47
TV PSA I just learned: “The Mindy Project” returns tonight on Hulu -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 12:43 6
- I have never watched a Hulu-exclusive series. - Max Feb 14, 12:48 5
  - did you watch that Stephen King JFK thing? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 14, 12:53 4
    - nope. I also haven't watched any Netflix series. -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:53 3
      - who *are* you? -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:54 2
        
        hey, how many 2016 movies have *you* seen? -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:57 1
        
        you made me count! i saw 20 movies in theatre in 2016. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 13:10
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- someone needs to call HR... -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 12:44
- "Okay, but what's your motive here?..." -- nm - suspicious Jack Feb 14, 12:42
Ok, Britain. I give up, we'll take the Queen as head of state. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 14, 12:37 5
- Andie will get the inside scoop on his rally planning. -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 12:42 1
  - alas, i have fallen off the email list. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:42
- spoiler - Peglegpete Feb 14, 12:41 1
  - also running -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:43
- Only God Knows Why -- nm* - Beaker Feb 14, 12:39
Today ends in Y so one of AA's unions are mad at the airline and publicly blasting them. -- (link) - iSpam Feb 14, 12:33 5
- Which pilot union is doing this? Or have the integrated the pilot unions? - ty97 Feb 14, 12:36 3
  - I thought they integrated the pilots but who knows. It's just good to know that some things don't change. -- nm - spamlet Feb 14, 12:38 2
    - It would be hilarious if the US pilots are involved. The US FA crews and I'm pretty sure pilots got *significant* pay bumps thanks to the merger -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:40
    - MMMOOOOMMM!!!! My friend Delta got a cookie, why can't I have a cookie?! -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:39
- Oh and the flight attendants union was picketing at hub airports over something completely different today. -- nm - iSpam Feb 14, 12:34
Champions League score spoils - CQ Feb 14, 12:27
One of this week's openers is Fist Fight. I wouldn't even know about it if wasn't playing the game. It is getting any buzz? -- nm - GregW Feb 14, 12:27 3
- There have been a lot of ads on tv for the last two weeks. Looks funny. -- nm - Krusty Feb 14, 13:03
- I've seen a bunch of ads, including SNL-style banter preview ads. -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:28 1
  - yeah, I've seen a ton of TV spots in the past couple of weeks -- nm - decline Feb 14, 12:30
LYC: GA wins another battle in the never-ending fight with FL and AL over water resources control -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 14, 12:26
Oops - this mornings INR (clotting factor) blood test came back at 1.7, should be between 2.0 and 3.0. - Meg Feb 14, 12:21 7
- well, don't bring a knife to a gun fight.. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 13:51
- my mom has been dealing with that very same issue for months. -- nm - groiny Feb 14, 13:11
- What can we do to keep you on track? We're great positive reinforcement. [nm] - Mel Profit Feb 14, 12:38 1
  - Heh, it does this every few months. They tell me to take an extra pill and recheck in two weeks. - Meg Feb 14, 13:07
- I blame the lack of wine last night -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 14, 12:36 1
  - Me too. Not like I've been eating a lot of green veggies, etc., recently. -- nm - Meg Feb 14, 13:03
- don't oops us lady! get that reading back up! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 14, 12:32
OMG is right. This is too funny. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 14, 12:16 15
- Though he says he knew (which is plausible, I guess) -- (link) - Roger More Feb 14, 12:40
- I can't figure out what I'm reading there. -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:18 13
  - they are called 'words', Max. You put them together to form what are called 'sentences'. Which when combined then form 'paragraphs' -- nm - decline Feb 14, 12:20 5
    - Frankly, it was a lot to unpackage to simply say "Piers Morgan said one thing 6 years ago, but now he says a different thing." -- nm - Mop Feb 14, 12:21 4
      - I'll dumb it down further: Piers Morgan is a shitstick. -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 12:22 3
        
        Honestly, the fact that he's decided to have a feud with JK Rowling is astounding to me. - Mop Feb 14, 12:24 2
        
        He feuds with lots of people. There's ample evidence that he searches his name on Twitter when he isn't tagged -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:27
        
        Brits are weird. -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:26
  - The pictures are from a list of Power Celebrities that Piers Morgan himself put in a magazine. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:19 6
    - So "he doesn't realise" that he's contradicting a claim he himself made? -- nm - Max Feb 14, 12:22 2
      - It's also very Trump-like. - JaxSean Feb 14, 12:28
      - basically, it's just nice to see him have to eat his own words. -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:24
    - The list says that J.K. Rowling is intensely private and doesn't play the celebrity game. But today he accused her of playing the celebrity game. -- nm - Mop Feb 14, 12:20 2
      - right, i was just explaining the format (it is confusing) -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 12:21 1
        
        If you click through on it you see them in order. -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:38
RC, did you get to your PO Box yet? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 14, 12:11
If someone damages public property in an auto accident, should they be liable for the cost to repair it? - GregW Feb 14, 12:07 7
- here in Michigan everyone carries a 1 million property protection limit on their policies - mandatory - and it covers damage done IN Michigan. The - JenBro Feb 14, 12:14 2
  - what about damages done under Michigan? 'cause the guy was under a bridge -- nm - decline Feb 14, 12:19 1
    - What if he damaged the ISS while it was passing over Michigan? -- nm - Reagen Feb 14, 12:27
- If he was driving in a reckless matter, yes. If it's truly an accident, no -- nm - iSpam Feb 14, 12:10
- Yes, oversized truck crash onto tight bridge, should have been in middle lane, 20m cost -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 12:10 1
  - in seattle a lost truck driver turned a corner and broke this pioneer era Pergola, cost the company's insurance a million -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 20:13
- their insurance company -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 12:09
Reince (and Donald) have got some 'splaining to do -- (link) - decline Feb 14, 12:01 12
- Is there a SCIF there? I had heard there wasn't. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 14, 13:18
- *pictures them sitting round a table doodling notes and graphs on a drink napkin* - Meg Feb 14, 12:15
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 14, 12:13
- good. don't play with this. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 14, 12:11
- Pay to Play is now Pay to Dine and Dance.....as Leonard Cohen sang, Dance me to the end...of the world -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 14, 12:07
- Why is Priebus referred to as the "Honorable Reince Priebus"? Isn't that typically for judges? -- nm - pmb Feb 14, 12:06 3
  - Emily Post and wikipedia give that style of address to elected federal and state officials, as well as WH cabinet members, so maybe it transfers to - Max Feb 14, 12:11
  - Public official? For example, it would be the Honorable Rahm Emmanuel, Mayor of Chicago. Same with Congress members, Senators, though I don't know - Roger More Feb 14, 12:10 1
    - Yeah, I just figured since he wasn't elected it didn't apply, but what do I know. -- nm - pmb Feb 14, 12:14
- Wow. -- nm - znufrii Feb 14, 12:05
- Oh look. Jason Chaffetz found his balls. -- nm - Mop Feb 14, 12:03
- I foresee an Executive Action to change House Rule X to "some matters" and "some of the time." -- nm - JaxSean Feb 14, 12:03
~Frozen pot, frozen pot, frozen pot pies!~ -- nm - Spawn Feb 14, 12:00
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- alcohol kills germs - you should be drinking more -- nm - decline Feb 14, 12:06 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 12:10
- Well, you *can* consume booze, you just might die if you do -- nm - ty97 Feb 14, 12:05 1
  - Same as it ever was. - Spawn Feb 14, 12:09
Joey T, my man. Slip me some skin, my northern brother. -- nm - The Handshake Feb 14, 11:58

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