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There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal: being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters who have no idea just how awful -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 9, 06:09 8
- A main of pigeon is requested medium, but served so pink it just might fly again given a few volts. -- nm - budice Apr 9, 07:33
- "It looks like a Barbie-sized silicone breast implant" -- nm - JD Apr 9, 07:24 1
  - “It’s like eating a condom that’s been left lying about in a dusty greengrocer’s,” -- nm - budice Apr 9, 07:31
- On a similar note from the opposite angle, here's the most tone deaf article I've read in ages. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 9, 07:16 3
  - Though after reading this, I decided to go to Alo. (I've been to a couple of hyped Canadian restaurants though, like Canoe and Auberge du Pommier, and - Roger More Apr 9, 07:29 2
    - It's probably just my constitution, but I have a hard time imagining any $300 a plate dinner that wouldn't be. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 07:40 1
      - I've had two (well, not $300, but getting up there) that were. But I think it may be a bit of a Toronto thing. - Roger More Apr 9, 07:55
- Yeah, that's the only thing worse than a bad meal. -- nm - Starving Syrian kid Apr 9, 07:06
13 dead in Coptic church bombing in Egypt -- nm - zork Apr 9, 01:30
hap and leonard - Beryllium Apr 8, 23:13
Worst Polish accents ever. -- nm - . Apr 8, 21:58
McManatee. - Spawn Apr 8, 21:33 3
- Sounds like one half of an anthropomorphic detective team in Miami -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 21:35 2
  - McManatee & Glade, the manatee/alligator detective duo we've been missing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 22:00
  - NCIS, TAMPA -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 21:56
Pepsi - "Live and Learn" -- nm - . Apr 8, 21:30
Anansi Boys ebook is $1.99 right now on all digital platforms (Google, Amazon, Apple, BN) -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 21:08 1
- Maybe I should pick that up after I finish American Gods. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 21:15
In three hours, I'm going to be watching a new episode of MST3K for the first time since 1999! -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 20:58 2
- It is worth it. So worth it. -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 01:49 1
  - I'm thinking of getting Netflix just for this. -- nm - Mara Apr 9, 06:34
"It is like you found a finger in your chili, but you still eat the chili because you told everyone you love chili." -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 20:53 1
- Brexit chili? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 21:03
Listening to a podcast last week. Turns out everything we know about the Winchester Mystery House is a hoax. - Mop Apr 8, 20:31 6
- #Winchester Truthers -- nm - Bacon Apr 8, 20:42
- What podcast? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 20:35 4
  - Stuff You Missed in History Class. One of the episodes has reader mail from someone working in the PR dept. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 20:52 3
    - I'm behind on that so I will get to it - thanks. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 21:06 1
      - It was from an episode in January, I think. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 21:07
    - Listener mail, I guess. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 20:52
#FireBannon -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 20:15
Seriously pro-Ukranian in Maryland tonight -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 20:09
snow soccer! -- (link) - mud Apr 8, 19:52 1
- Whitecaps you suck -- nm - mud Apr 8, 20:43
So here's what I did this afternoon. Same place, different baby birds....... -- (link) - Meg Apr 8, 19:28 [flickr]
Beavers win! Beavers win! 16 innings... 22(?) in a row! -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 19:20
Aircraft Carrier group headed for N Korea -- (link) - eag Apr 8, 18:55 15
- this - Spawn Apr 8, 20:42
- I thought those folks voted for the president because he wasn't going to start a war. - . Apr 8, 20:18 3
  - I don't believe that was ever even a tiny part of any of his supporters reasoning. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 06:14
  - he doesn't start wars, he's gonna finish them -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 20:22 1
    - To be fair the Korean War isn't over. -- nm - Bacon Apr 8, 20:26
- oh goodie. -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 19:17
- Nuke Em! -- nm - budice Apr 8, 19:07 1
  - ... from orbit. it's the only way to be sure. -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 8, 19:58
- Now send one toward Iran and we can fight three countries at once. -- nm - Bacon Apr 8, 19:05 2
  - Eh, Iran/Syria are almost the same entity at this point. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 19:16 1
    - almost -- nm - mud Apr 8, 19:46
- Lets give the insane missile guy some targets? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 18:56 3
  - Trump? -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:58 2
    - indeed -- nm - mud Apr 8, 19:47 1
      - Apparently he's invested in Raytheon, so he gets a couple thousand every one he fires -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 21:16
Ugh, just got done with someone's cellphone service transfer with number port... - budice Apr 8, 18:50
CNN docu, return to mosul, isil was building suicide airplanes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 18:44 3
- Like the Japanese? -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:58 2
  - they were trying to build one out of an old piper shell and junk yard scraps, but yeah kamakazi -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 19:43 1
    - now CNN is showing the rerun of Bordain in Vietnam with Pres Obama, jeez I miss his so much I almost have tears -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 19:44
Great afternoon at Starr Ranch Sanctuary to watch the banding of the 6 Barn Owlets. - Meg Apr 8, 18:15 3
- Weather cooperated? -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 18:25 2
  - No rain, scattered clouds, and a chilly wind came up just as we were leaving. Very nice overall. -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 18:46 1
    - Excellent. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 18:55
Well, this is new. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 8, 18:15 2
- #Fakenews - Spawn Apr 8, 18:26 1
  - That sounds like woefully inadequate. I hope it's not true. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:59
I want to extra super thank beaker for tv psa's. I'm home alone tonight and was like, oh, what can I watch on Hulu? - Amanda Apr 8, 18:06 1
- Imposters! -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 18:08
Is there a site like Mint but for frequent flyer miles? -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:04 1
- points.com -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 18:25
Some of these border wall proposals are bonkers. -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 17:06 6
- they should talk to some former east germans, they built a wall, still needed 24hr guards with machine guns, sniper rifles, land mines -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 20:24
- I like the one that's like a viewing zone. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 17:29
- Simply by being a real possibility? -- nm - Andie Apr 8, 17:13 2
  - "Let's use the wall to store nuclear waste" and "we're not going to build the wall in the middle of the river... - Beryllium Apr 8, 17:53 1
    - On the other hand there's some National Parks to ruin. -- nm - . Apr 8, 20:14
- spoiler - Spawn Apr 8, 17:10
Holy rough start for the Nationals. - Volnelk Apr 8, 17:05
Hackers got cc info from Gamestop -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 16:55
Qale wins B2. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 16:52
I got an text message perporting to be from ebay, here is your single use PIN xxxxxx (which I did NOT request) wtf? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 16:40 3
- Have you never been targeted for a scam before or had someone try to sign into an account? - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 17:27 2
  - I used to get messages saying that I requested a password reset, the scam is to find dormant acct where the sign up email addy is defunct, so they can - zeitgeist Apr 8, 18:41 1
    - Consider yourself lucky - password reset texts I didn't request have been a regular occurance for me for some time. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 19:57
nice guitar -- (link) - mud Apr 8, 16:25
Apparently Hank Azaria has a new show based on a thing he did for Funny or Die a long time ago. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 16:07 1
- Throckmorton! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 16:44
Some people get upset about the oddest things -- (link) - ty97 Apr 8, 16:03 6
- *head shake* -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 17:12
- This guy says his time is extremely valuable, but as a counter point, he spent some of it complaining about a guy trying to get nuggets. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 16:33 2
  - And then he tweeted about it. Repeatedly. -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 16:38 1
    - Giving the guy he hates more exposure. -- nm* - . Apr 8, 17:43
- *I don't like this, so I'm going to ask the world to pay attention to it!" -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 16:32
- And they aren't even on ST. -- nm - . Apr 8, 16:28
Future Hall of Famer Gary Sanchez left today's game with a strained bicep. No word on if he'll go on the DL or if he's day to day. - Krusty Apr 8, 15:29 1
- We're all day to day. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 16:05
This is where we are at with the Tesla Model 3: Release candidates testing on public roads. -- (edited) - TWuG Apr 8, 15:27 3
- So the one with the weird front I saw last week *could* have been a 3 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 17:38 2
  - Ok, looking at the photos, the refreshed model S seems more likely than the 3 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 17:47 1
    - Quickest way to spot a 3 is the hockey stick door handles. And it's very unlikely any 3's are being tested outside of the immediate area - TWuG Apr 8, 17:55
"Dead Chicken with Old Milk": an internet recipe -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 8, 15:16 3
- So yummy. -- nm - kelly Apr 8, 17:42
- That's my favorite White Stripes song. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 15:18 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 15:43
Japanese scientists want to be first to drill into the Earth's mantle -- (link) - Covington Apr 8, 14:56 3
- The authors of the article should make up their minds. Is it 6km or 6 miles through Earth's crust? -- nm - Facto Apr 8, 21:16 1
  - it varies. most oceanic crust is probably about 6 miles thick, but there are thinner spots. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 04:29
- It's about damn time. -- nm - Godzilla Apr 8, 16:02
See, you thought they were fucking in those VW cars. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:47 1
- But they were! There's not enough room in those smaller models to jump up and down! I don't know what to believe any more! -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 19:22
"Delta Air Lines, still working to get back to normal days after thunderstorms blew through the eastern US on Wednesday" -- (link) - ty97 Apr 8, 14:00 2
- I have a friend who was stranded in Omaha from Thursday to today. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 8, 14:17 1
  - Hearing horror stories of people being rebooked for two days out at this point -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:18
This might interest LMS... -- (link) - . Apr 8, 13:57
ugh...artist of X-men Gold hid anti-christian and anti-jewish propaganda in the art of the book.. -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 12:19 3
- I read it today. I missed the first but I did wonder what Peter's shirt was about. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 16:59
- Is he Hydra? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 12:37 1
  - Making someone Hydra after the fact would be too stupid for Marvel to...err, never mind. -- nm - Da5id Apr 8, 13:01
Who's this Mr. Falcon character in Die Hard? - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 12:03 2
- Serious answer - Beryllium Apr 8, 15:17
- He's the guy who found the stranger in the alps -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 14:57
Bryan Bickell made his return to the ice in Carolina on Thursday night after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in November -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 11:41 1
- this is the entire team and coaches surprising him by showing up for the Walk MS at PNC Arena -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 11:42
MiGs are barely $1m on eBay -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 11:37 7
- "You know ... for home defense." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 16:45
- That's just the base price, then you have all the accessories, FM radio, pin stripes, extended warranty, hell fire missiles -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 12:54 1
  - I'm gonna need a bigger garage -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 12:57
- Make that $25K -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 8, 11:48
- and I still have all these Pepsi points... -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:40 2
  - Though if memory serves those were redeemable for a Harrier -- nm - JD Apr 8, 12:16
  - Good for a 4-roll of Scott Tissue toilet paper -- nm - budice Apr 8, 12:15
colon, but also comma -- (link) - Reagen Apr 8, 11:29 1
- yeah whatever, ya punctuation nazi -- nm - sean Penn Apr 8, 16:29
TV PSA: SNL, Deadliest Catch, NBA, Ransom, HNIC, The Son, Training Day, Counting Cars, HBO Boxing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 11:16 2
- SNL is Louis CK and Chainsmokers -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 11:49
- thanks -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 8, 11:25
guys -- (link) - Reagen Apr 8, 11:15 [Image]
WWE: Coach no longer doing the WWE segments on ESPN. and Mauro Ranallo is still with the company until August... - Remlik Apr 8, 11:13 10
- Sounds like a lawsuit. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 19:23
- Don't be a bully, be a star! -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 12:01
- JBL's presence at the WWE is going to bite them one day soon. -- nm - David Apr 8, 11:38 3
  - it's a shame he's a dick backstage, becuase he does some great work with at risk kids where he lives. -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 13:10
  - JBLs presence on earth... -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 13:10
  - If one were to cancel their WWE Network, there is a spot on the next screen to say why... -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 12:17
- Oh and Justin Roberts' book apparently added fuel to the "JBL's a bully" fire on top of the alleged taunting of Mauro. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 11:17 2
  - you ever read about JBL and Blue Meany? -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 16:51
  - yeah, Deadspin has an article about that -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 11:35
- I was very worried that Mauro was gone. He took down almost all WWE references from his Twitter and deleted WM tweets. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 11:15
A glass bottom pool with a view -- (link) - Dano Apr 8, 11:08 [youtube] 4
- Eeeesh - Andie Apr 8, 12:10
- (not pictured: Jason Statham about to blow a hole in it) -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:15 1
  - Who needs to see the movie when you can watch the best scene on YouTube. -- (link*) - Mop Apr 8, 17:28 [youtube]
- no damn way -- nm* - prayformojo Apr 8, 11:15

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