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Budapest potentially out of the running for 2024 Olympics. Down to LA and Paris -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:08 1
- it's going to Paris. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:09
Somber news for many different reasons: Former Republican Speaker of the House, Bob Michel, has died. - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 08:08
Poll re. Easter Bunny: standing like a human or not? Pink, white, or other? Clucks or not? Lays eggs or not? -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 08:07 8
- Whatever you guys are drinking, stop ordering doubles, pace yourselves, drink some water in between -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 17, 13:37
- Clucking and laying eggs??? WTFuck?!? -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 08:16
- mine looks like Pam Anderson with bunny ears on. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 08:11 3
  - Almost. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 17, 08:13 [Image] 2
    - that or Kate Upton. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 08:14 1
      - that SI edition is something something -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:14
- he's a bipedal white rabbit that says "Bawk bawk!" ... and no laying of eggs ... he distributes what the Missus lays -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 17, 08:11
- He morphs and does WTF he wants. - Spawn Feb 17, 08:08
Favourite to be France's next President is Emmanuel Macron, who met his future wife when he was 16 and she was 40. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 08:06
It's Friday! Weekend plans? (long weekend?) -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:06 10
- Best Picture Showcase! Then, working most of the day Sunday and Monday -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 08:14
- Concert on Saturday (Corky Siegel), possibly a jam on Sunday. -- (link) - mara Feb 17, 08:13
- Going to NYC! -- (edited) - Diva Feb 17, 08:09 4
  - Nice. Let me know what you think of Jake G in Sunday, we're seeing it in a couple weeks for my birthday. -- nm* - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 17, 08:15 1
    - will do. At that time as well I'll let you know how I'm responsible for this production even happening. - Diva Feb 17, 08:23
  - nice! -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:12
  - Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 08:11
- Looking at cabinets, counter tops and flooring tomorrow with a movie tomorrow night. Lunch and errands with Mom on Sunday. Work on Monday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 08:09
- Long weekend, no plans, baby duty on Monday. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 17, 08:07
- Cinema and chill. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 08:07
Oh. Apparently we have to put an IV needle under his skin and fill him with water every 2 days for the next 20 days. - Andie Feb 17, 07:54 14
- I did that - it looks weird but their body does absorb it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:14
- We did that with a cat, too. It's not difficult but can be distressing for you and the cat. - TWuG Feb 17, 08:08 3
  - thanks, will do the towel thing. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:08 2
    - I *always* do the towel thing. Like, whenever we went to the vet I would not use a carrier like they wanted. I would wrap the cat in the towel in the - Spawn Feb 17, 08:10 1
      - i do that with our other cat (plus, i can put her on a leash). but i think Harvey actually like the carrier better. He likes being in things. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:11
- Wow. I wish you lots of patience and luck. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:57
- eh, yucky. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 07:56 6
  - oh, i'm not worried about yucky. i'm worried about trying to get a cat to sit there and let you do that. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:00 5
    - You could try warming up a towel and wrapping your cat in it with a front leg out to get the IV. - Krusty Feb 17, 08:09 2
      - In my experience, I would go for the scruff of the neck for a needle insertion. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 08:12
      - Also, a vet approved treat right afterwards. :-)👍 -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 08:10
    - oh, I did not mean yucky like in blood and stuff, I meant exactly what you replied. - groiny Feb 17, 08:06
    - Yeah. Good luck with that. - iSpam Feb 17, 08:06
- It's not so bad. -- nm - Christopher Walken Feb 17, 07:56
Trump quotes said by The Red Skull -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 07:53 2
- Twitter of President Supervillain -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 07:54 1
  - I will stick with this, thank you. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 17, 07:56
ICYMI: O'Reilly Media is offering about 250 free eBooks on design, data, software development, web development, and business via OpenCulture -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 07:51
Florida man plotted to bomb numerous Target stores to buy the stock when it dropped -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 07:49 1
- ... naming things is difficult. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 08:12
New Vegas Odds: Trump Won’t Finish First Term After Wacky Press Conference -- (link) - LMS Feb 17, 07:43
Chris Long (of the Pats) is responding to pretty much every tweet at him for skipping the White House visit -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 07:42 5
- I'd eat a piece of that steak. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:53
- People are dumb. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:52 3
  - I love the "you should go there and talk to him" line. - Spawn Feb 17, 07:53 2
    - Oh yeah? Well you went to a school that was founded by a guy who owned slaves 250 years ago. -- (edited) - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:55 1
      - I wonder if that guy considers that a bad thing. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 08:00
Great Wall 37% (36/61), Fist Fight 29% (16/38), A Cure for Wellness 42% (35/49), XX 69% (22/10), Lovesong 69% (9/4) -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:37 1
- XX & Lovesong = 69? -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:41
ST Prediction Poll -- How many of the eight premier league teams playing in the FA Cup this weekend will get beaten by their lower-tier opponents? -- (edited) - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 17, 07:29 6
- 2 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 07:52
- 1 -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:38
- Pi -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:37
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:30
- 2 -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:30
- 8 -- nm - decline Feb 17, 07:29
ST Poll: would you rather wrestle a bear or an alligator? -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:23 60
- Alligator. I'd rub its tummy to make it catatonic. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 07:53
- I will make this harder. Bear or Lion -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:40 11
  - Bear. -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 08:09
  - I would make friends with the lion and then we would roam the streets fighting crime and stuff. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:50 1
    - Bear make great spaceship pilots apparently -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 17, 13:40
  - How far apart do we start? I think my answer depends on if there's pouncing. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 07:47 1
    - there is always pouncing. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 07:50
  - Bear or Sharknado? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:46 1
    - Wooly mammoth or angry giraffe? -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:49
  - I guess bear. -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 07:45
  - lion, they seem lazy -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:44 1
    - What if the lion was on cocaine? *shudder* -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:45
  - Bear. Lions look scary. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:42
- alligator -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:38
- Alligator. Fewer things to watch out for. -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 07:35 2
  - 74 to 80 teeth. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:37 1
    - All in the one place. -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 08:08
- bear -- nm - decline Feb 17, 07:28 13
  - have you people not seen the Revenant???? -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 07:28 12
    - A DeCraprio movie? Hell no. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:30 2
      - He's the next Batman movie villain. -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:31 1
        
        ::killfiles you:: -- nm* - Spawn Feb 17, 07:51
    - I for sure wouldn't fight a CGI bear. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:29
    - have you not seen Lake Placid ? -- nm - decline Feb 17, 07:29 1
      - a gator needs to be able to drag you into the water to dispatch you. - groiny Feb 17, 07:31
    - I skipped that part. Did you not see that kid get dragged off the beach at Disney?!! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:29 5
      - I don't think that two year old would have done any better with a bear -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:30 3
        
        true. I think I have an unnatural fear of alligators. - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:31 2
        
        You mean this guy here? -- (link) - Bacon Feb 17, 07:36 1
        
        heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:36
      - It was a CHILD. The bear wouldn't have needed to drag it off, it would have been one bite. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 07:30
- A bear, but both would be tough to wrestle. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:27
- Gator. You just have to worry about its jaws. Bears will rip you apart with their claws. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 07:27
- Gator, if you keep the jaws closed (easy lbs per inch on open is very low) no issues. Bear? dead -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:26
- A bear. I'm afraid of the alligator's teeth. I know that makes no sense, but I'm very scared of them -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:26 4
  - Bear Claws are no joke - groiny Feb 17, 07:27 1
    - Mmm..bear claws... -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:27
  - THE BEAR HAS TWO MOUTHS!!! -- nm - The Bad Place Feb 17, 07:26 1
    - you need help - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:27
- Alligator. I don't think I'd have a chance against a bear. Just too strong and heavy. - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:25 18
  - alligator bites are 2-3x as powerful as a bear - decline Feb 17, 07:32 10
    - I feel like I can better avoid the gator and it'll be much easier to jam something into its mouth - Krusty Feb 17, 07:42
    - Pippy will just wrestle that gator and lock it's jaws closed between her thighs. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:42 2
      - thighs of steel! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:47 1
        
        pleased to meet you -- nm - groiny, blacksmith Feb 17, 07:57
    - one mouth vs one mouth +2 claws + 800 pounds -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 07:38 5
      - a full grown male alligator weighs as much as a bear. it really comes down to how close they are to water. - decline Feb 17, 07:44 4
        
        for sure, if you take water out of the equation, I think the gator is a much less dangerous foe. - groiny Feb 17, 07:46 3
        
        If on land, an alligator. If in the water, there is no answer. -- nm -- Spawn Feb 17 '17, 10:25 -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:48 2
        
        As in the great Shark vs Bear dilemma, home field advantage is everything. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:50
        
        not even in the water, just near enough to water to be dragged in. - groiny Feb 17, 07:49
  - yeah, no one can take out a bear. -- nm - groiny Feb 17, 07:26 6
    - I'm not saying the odds are good but it's been done. - Reagen Feb 17, 07:29 2
      - well, I suppose it depends on the size of the bear. - groiny Feb 17, 07:30
      - Alligator eye gouge is easier -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:29
    - Plus, they're rapey. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:28 2
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:33
      - so rapey -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:29
- Gator -- nm - J Feb 17, 07:25
- If on land, an alligator. If in the water, there is no answer. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:25
The Great Wall did $970K last night - is that good? -- nm - decline Feb 17, 07:23 2
- It did better than Fist Fight ($600k) -- (link) - LMS Feb 17, 07:39
- errrr... Uhhh.... wellllllll -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:25
I'm seeing John Wick 2 tonight. Has anyone seen it? -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 07:22 5
- I'm seeing it tonight as well -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 08:13
- Yes. It's good, and somehow more violent than the first one. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 07:56 2
  - really? now that's saying something. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:59 1
    - ain't it though - geesh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:12
- No. - Spawn Feb 17, 07:26
touching back on our discussion the other day about the cost of Trump trips: Month 1 is estimated to have cost US taxpayers $15M -- (link) - decline Feb 17, 07:22
Harvey has been at the vet since Wednesday night, Dave just picked him up (he pulled out his IV and they aren't going to put it back in) - Andie Feb 17, 07:22 20
- oh Harvey Cat...:( -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:33
- {{{{{good thoughts}}}}} -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 07:25
- good luck to Harvey! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:24
- I hope he gets well very soon. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:23 13
  - Shall we play "Guess the total vet bill!?" Vet visit on Tuesday, stay at vets Wed-Fri. Blood work x 2. Antibiotics. etc. (PIRR) -- (edited) - Andie Feb 17, 07:25 12
    - $1,200 -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:27 2
      - should've gone $1,201! -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:27 1
        
        Ha! I didn't see it and was doing some quick math in my head but clearly not quick enough. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:29
    - 1750. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:26
    - $ 1200 -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:26 7
      - Ha! Well done! -- nm - Krusty, baseball fanatic Feb 17, 07:27 1
        
        heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:28
      - I'm going to make you the winner without another guess - $1270 -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:27 4
        
        can I say its a lot but then say - could have been worse?? - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:28 3
        
        Believe me, it could have been MUCH worse. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 08:05
        
        that's exactly true. like, sure, it's a lot, but, right, could have been more. Now, if the blood work isn't great, then the tests continue... -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:29 1
        
        lets hope and pray he is on the mend -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:31
- Can you get a sedative to help him out? -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:23 2
  - I don't think he'll need the sedative now that he's home. We wanted them to give him one there, but it interfered with the tests. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:24 1
    - Good good. -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:28
Mobilizing the national guard to deal with "unauthorized" immigrants ... seems like a bad idea. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 17, 07:17 4
- Where is ty97? This is a great read to start his morning. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 07:54
- Spicey denies for whatever that's worth. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 17, 07:47 1
  - heh " real leaks, fake news" -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:49
- In case you were too young to remember the 60s, it's making a comeback -- nm - Bacon Feb 17, 07:18

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