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Does Trump have any trips planned to other countries? -- nm - amoxy Feb 15, 09:28 7
- England, right? -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 09:29 6
  - I hope he tries that hurk-n-jurk handshake on the Queen. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Feb 15, 09:35
  - I think that's still a maybe -- nm - decline Feb 15, 09:30 4
    - I thought it (i could totally be wrong) was that England was a Yes, but whether it's a state visit (with the Queen) was a question? -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 09:31 1
      - PM yesterday rejected the petition signed by 1.8m people to uninvite him, so full state visit is still on. -- (link) - LMS Feb 15, 09:37
    - I would love for him to be turned away after he landed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:31 1
      - 1.8 million (!) signed that petition. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:34
Comment about Legion (spoiler?) - Mop Feb 15, 09:25 1
- spoiler -- (edited) - Spawn Feb 15, 09:27
"It ran for 16 seasons on the BBC. They did almost 30 episodes. " -- nm* - Beaker Feb 15, 09:23
as a passionate supporter of Israel, I must say that this thing on tv right now is making me ill. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:22 7
- I love how the White House overnight changed it's stance to not supporting a two state solution. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:31 1
  - "Do you want chaos in the Middle East? Because that's how you get chaos in the Middle East!" -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:35
- what are you watching? -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 09:30 1
  - CNN news conf w/ Bibi and the putz -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:31
- omg, Donald doesnt know WTF he's talking about! arrgh -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:30 2
  - We the American People have known that for the past 35 years -- nm - amoxy Feb 15, 09:31
  - serenity now -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 09:30
Gotta say, it looked comical coming into the grocery store last night and seeing all the men emerging with flowers and balloons. - Mop Feb 15, 09:21 3
- Grocery store flowers. When you care enough to stop at the grocery store on the way home. -- nm - pmb Feb 15, 09:40
- On Monday, I found myself wondering how many were for wives as opposed to mistresses. - David Feb 15, 09:30
- heh. I saw the same thing. It was very amusing -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 09:23
ESPN tennis commentator was fired for referring to Venus Williams' style as a "gorilla effect"... or was it "guerrilla effect"? -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 09:19
16 candidates now qualified to fill Tom Price's congressional seat - Strongbad Feb 15, 09:08 2
- Lizzie Borden, Benedict Arnold, Blackbeard, Jonathan Dillinger, John Wilkes Booth...and the starting lineup of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers -- nm - prayformojo Feb 15, 09:11 1
  - I coulda sworn the Black Sox were in there somewhere. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 09:12
David around? Our boy Barnett is getting no love in mock drafts. Someone is stealing him. - volnelk Feb 15, 09:04 1
- As I've said on the Falcons board, our reward for the 1998 Super Bowl appearance was Patrick Kerney. - David Feb 15, 09:13
"Millennial drivers are the worst. Those are the facts found in a new report." -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:03 4
- Sure, sure, Kellyanne. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 09:19
- Wait, the people that are least experienced at something are the worst group of them? -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 09:05 2
  - Omg, so kyle said to Valery. ...looks up from text to see a semi coming head on... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:21
  - It is known. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:25
ST Quiz: according to a BBC Worldwide Showcase poll of 7 countries, what are the top 10 favourite British BBC characters? -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:03 64
- Here's the list -- (link) - LMS Feb 15, 09:21 11
  - Dang it, I was too slow to respond to this one. I had a Blackadder all ready. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 15, 09:25 1
    - Oh whew, someone already said him. Crisis averted. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 15, 09:26
  - The Stig? Really? -- nm - decline Feb 15, 09:24 8
    - I had to Google what that is. -- nm - David Feb 15, 09:31 6
      - Top Gear was/is a fantastic show. I don't drive and love it! -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:40
      - Some say he was once bitten by a king cobra, and after 6 days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:34
      - me too -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:32 3
        
        Some say that the Apollo missions where to deliver his love letters to the moon. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:36 2
        
        oh my -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:36 1
        
        Some say that it was him who trained Batman in the art of keeping a secret identity. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:37
    - Hell. Yeah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:30
- a bunch from Cornation Street -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 09:19 1
  - No soap characters -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:20
- is that where Ricky Gervais started on the Office? Plus English Jim and Pam -- nm* - Beaker Feb 15, 09:18 1
  - Sometimes I just don't get these joke nicks. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:19
- Manny from Black's Books? Edmund Blackadder? -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:16 2
  - ooh, good ones -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:18
  - No (wrong network). No.7 -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:17
- Ken Barlow. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:15 1
  - No (wrong network) -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:16
- Sir Humphrey Appleby? -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:14 9
  - No, there's one drama character left, and one from a factual/entertainment programme -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:15 6
    - Graham Norton -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:16 1
      - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:18
    - Francis Urquhart -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:16 3
      - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:17 2
        
        No?! -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:18 1
        
        I know! Guess it wasn't massive internationally -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:19
  - Mr Humphries? -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:15 1
    - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:16
- Roy or Maurice from The IT Crowd? -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:14 3
  - No (wrong network) -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:15 2
    - I don't know the network for the shows. I watch online. We only get BBCA and it's not great programming. -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:17 1
      - It's tricky as BBC Worldwide sell programmes from different networks, not just those made by the BBC. -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:19
- Smithy? -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:13 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:14
- Malcolm Tucker, David Brent. -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:11 3
  - No and No (think older shows) -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:12 2
    - Basil Fawlty? -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:12 1
      - No.4 -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:13
- Mr Bean! -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 09:11 4
  - Oh, honey. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:12
  - He's ITV, not BBC -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:11 2
    - Same thing, right? -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 09:12 1
      - depends if you like adverts in your shows or not -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:13
- Rik, Neil, Mike, Vyvyan. -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:09 1
  - No, there are 5 sitcom characters in the list -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:11
- Clara Oswald - decline Feb 15, 09:05 4
  - Nope (there's another from that show though) -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:08 2
    - Rose -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:11 1
      - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:17
  - Not Most Hated, decline. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:06
- Sherlock. Watson. The Doctor. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:03 10
  - No.1, no, No.2 -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:04 9
    - Moriarty! Sherlock spoil - Spawn Feb 15, 09:06 8
      - No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:08 7
        
        River Song -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:10 6
        
        No -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:11 5
        
        The Master -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:12 4
        
        No (but it/they are a baddie) -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:12 3
        
        The Daleks -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 09:13 2
        
        No.10 -- nm - LMS Feb 15, 09:14 1
        
        Ah, did not think an entire race would be considered a character, but they are rather interchangeable I guess. - Spawn Feb 15, 09:15
They're aggressively cute - Sophie Trudeau's valentines day FB post. -- (link) - Andie Feb 15, 09:01 1
- *cuts Sophie's face out, glues own face on all the pictures* -- nm - Ivanka Feb 15, 09:18
its sorta sad watching someone else get the work opportunity which, in theory, was yours to take - tRuMaN Feb 15, 08:58 2
- Ugh, that sucks. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:03
- Right? -- nm - Hillary Feb 15, 09:00
DC restaurants preparing for tomorrow's "day without an immigrant" strike -- (link) - znufrii Feb 15, 08:55 5
- Jose Andres is shutting all of his down for the day in support. -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 08:57 4
  - I liked his interview with Anderson Cooper last night. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 09:01
  - kinda seems to defeat the purpose. I mean, shouldn't you want to be open but severely degraded in your capabilities to show how impactful it is? - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 08:59 2
    - unless the lack of those workers makes it impossible to even serve a meal -- nm - decline Feb 15, 09:03
    - If the restaurant has the capacity to do so, sure. But there are also marketing and brand standard considerations. - znufrii Feb 15, 09:02
Speaking of Disney, they're planning something ambitious to solve their traffic congestion issues. -- (link) - David Feb 15, 08:49 9
- I remember quite enjoying the water transportation from Port Orleans. But this... this is... something. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 09:23
- Stark Tech Armor? -- nm - eag Feb 15, 09:15
- LYC: Our neighbor to the South was seriously discussing feasibility of a monorail to help traffic. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 08:58 2
  - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 15, 09:01 1
    - Man, I *hate* that writer. -- nm - David Feb 15, 09:14
- Burning up their parking structures? -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 08:56 1
  - They recently added "preimium parking" option near the escalators for $35 vs $20 normal -- nm - budice Feb 15, 08:57
- Futurama-style pneumatic tubes? -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 08:53
- Let peeps jump from an airplane -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 08:51
Not sure if anyone mentioned it but Golden Girls is now streaming on Hulu -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 08:42 1
- I'll be in my bunk. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:44
I guess wearing a troll face shirt would have been too obvious for that NK assassin. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 08:37 5
- Link? -- nm - David Feb 15, 08:41 4
  - twit -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:42 3
    - omg -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 08:54 1
      - LOL! -- (edited) - Spawn Feb 15, 09:06
    - Oh, wow. Thanks! -- nm - David Feb 15, 08:46
F.B.I. to Special-Order Pair of Tiny Handcuffs -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:35 1
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 08:37
LIR: David. It's basically a reimbursement of points to dollars. I think it's $50/5000 points. I have about 150k points so I'm getting about $1500 - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 08:34 5
- Okay, that's a better deal then. -- nm - David Feb 15, 08:42 4
  - Is this the site y'all are talking about? -- (link) - spamlet Feb 15, 08:58 2
    - Yes, and I know the guy who owns it if you ever need help. -- nm - David Feb 15, 09:16
    - one of them, yes -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 08:59
  - I had to ask PNC like three times to get an answer but I was hoping that I could use the reimbursement for the charge from the DVC rental store - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 08:43
Richard Curtis's wife is taking storyline suggestions -- (link) - LMS Feb 15, 08:32
Your adorable tweet of the day -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 08:29 2
- In six months. .. -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:31
- I'll refer to this photo a lot if my day goes sideways. Good job ty. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 08:36
WTF with the photo choice? -- (link) - Spawn Feb 15, 08:27 6
- in the walking dead universe -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 09:20
- :-( -- nm - mara Feb 15, 08:48
- Yeah, that might be a tough negotiation. -- nm - volnelk Feb 15, 08:33
- Isn't that Truly Madly Deeply? -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:30 1
  - Heh. I haven't seen that in years, maybe it's time for a rewatch. -- nm - kelly Feb 15, 08:44
- some dumb ass didn't see the movie -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 08:29
" Enjoy the balance of your week!" - was that a typo or a culture thing? or a new thing? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 08:27 3
- "Super perfundo on the early eve of your day." -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 08:29
- Doesn't it mean the remainder? Doesn't get used often. -- nm - volnelk Feb 15, 08:28 1
  - yes but I've never seen it before *shrug* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 08:29
You schmucks rolled the board. -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 08:21 12
- Yes, I know the meaning and have used it in polite conversation. (Spoil) - TWuG Feb 15, 08:23 10
  - It's an old Yiddish word - JaxSean Feb 15, 08:28
  - spoil - Spawn Feb 15, 08:24 8
    - yes - someone stupid or acting stupid - I had no idea about the origin -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 08:30
    - it's Yiddish for penis -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:28 5
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        what, I should know? yeesh -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:48 2
        
        I'm feeling very verklempt. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:04 1
        
        don't be a putz. -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:09
      - I ain't yiddish! -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:29
    - That's where I am. spoil. - volnelk Feb 15, 08:27
- ty, you ignorant schmuck. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:22
I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah -- (link) - Spawn Feb 15, 08:20

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