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Forget Top four. Arsenal is playing like they aren't top four in London. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 10, 13:24 2
- Its be cool to see Manu salvage a top 4. - budice Apr 10, 13:26 1
  - It's there for the taking. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 10, 13:27
I still need 8630 steps today. I have a 90 minute break in calls between 6pm and 7:30pm. Will I make it? -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 13:19 3
- You got this! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 10, 13:33
- sure -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 10, 13:32
- while you are sitting, lift your legs up and down and count those as alternative steps -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:23
Future Hall of Famer Gary Sanchez will be out four weeks with a grade one strain of a muscle near the bicep. -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 13:16
Anyone know of a link that concisely explains all the problems with that Pepsi commercial so that even people blinded by their own privilege can begin - Beryllium Apr 10, 13:13 26
- Confession: I've never seen the commercial -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 10, 13:26 13
  - you're lucky, because all the controversy does is to make a member of that family more famous -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:30 9
    - well, at least it is the hottest member of the family. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:31 8
      - Kendall? then why did you spend all that time on Xbox the other night raving to me about Caitlyn? - crash davis Apr 10, 13:33 1
        
        like you are ever on Xbox. - groiny Apr 10, 13:34
      - Careful, Melania might get jealous. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 13:32 5
        
        Melania might be the hottest first lady, but she is not even top 4 for Kardashians. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:33 4
        
        Melania is a cat lady. As in, so much plastic surgery she starts to look like a cat. - Andie Apr 10, 13:34 3
        
        yep. -- (link) - Diva Apr 10, 13:42 [Backboard] 1
        
        Alien logo -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 14:06
        
        she is like the tallest midget. - groiny Apr 10, 13:36
  - It was three minutes long, and was never shown on TV, I think. -- nm - mara Apr 10, 13:30 1
    - Cable news showed it , whole at first, then snippets, also late night talk shows, TDS did a whole segment, I believe colbert too -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 13:33
  - it is not the most brilliant commercial in history, but I can see what they were going for. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:28
- Just watch the SNL spoof from this week. -- nm - pmb Apr 10, 13:25
- Vox's take -- (link) - mara Apr 10, 13:21 4
  - Actually, there's a link in that with more explanation. -- nm - mara Apr 10, 13:29
  - I love vox. -- nm - Amanda Apr 10, 13:29
  - you can't make a statement about all races being equal without showing people of all races in the ad.... - groiny Apr 10, 13:25 1
    - and you can't have white people protesting, because white people have nothing to protest over. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:32
- here you go -- (link) - Remlik Apr 10, 13:19 [youtube] 1
  - not available in canada -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 13:20
- of all the things going on, the commercial fails to make my outrage meter needle rise -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:17
- Pepsi dragged Kendall Jenner off a plane. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 13:14 2
  - For the record, United serves Coke -- nm - IBM Watson Apr 10, 13:15 1
    - The United CEO used to work for Pepsi - ty97 Apr 10, 13:17
hooray for real Brummys -- (link) - crash davis Apr 10, 13:01 1
- story behind that tweet -- (link) - crash davis Apr 10, 13:02
... I have a feeling Amy might actually go see Thor 3 with me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 10, 12:54 5
- tell her shes beautiful and want to make mad nookie with her - budice Apr 10, 13:00 4
  - She jsut texted me that she'll go if you get your hair cut like him the film -- nm - Remlik Apr 10, 13:08 2
    - Yeah right. I am actually growing it *out* a bit. - Spawn Apr 10, 13:15 1
      - I think you missed your chance to tell Remlik that he can grow his hair like Hemsworth -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:18
  - We no longer mess around in theaters. -- nm - Spawn Apr 10, 13:07
I'm starting to regret getting up to get into work at 4am this morning -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 12:51 4
- I'm regretting getting up for my 6:30am conference call with Europe that was rescheduled at 4am - ty97 Apr 10, 12:52 3
  - And rest assured - ty97 Apr 10, 12:53 2
    - Sorry schedule conflict -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 13:20
    - I got it ty -- nm - IBM Watson Apr 10, 13:07
oh come on, who on earth believes this claptrap? -- (link*) - ty97 Apr 10, 12:48 7
- No you won't. -- nm - Mop Apr 10, 13:07
- This doesn't surprise me at all - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:53
- Moxxi and Handsome Jack but not Roland -- nm* - Da5id Apr 10, 12:53
- If I'm the next Dem president, I tell them not to. So I can put Obama on the court just to hear Fox News scream -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 12:52
- I could see this. If it is coupled with an expansion of the Court to 11 or 15 Justices. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 10, 12:51
- "Who's this 'we', Kemosabe?" -- nm - Max Apr 10, 12:51 1
  - ha -- nm - budice Apr 10, 13:01
Shooter checked in with school office where he was known and then went to a classroom and shot the female victim. 2 students caught in the crossfire. -- nm - Meg Apr 10, 12:47 2
- *cross*fire? She shot back? (And yes I'm assuming she's the victim ) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 13:26 1
  - Sorry, I thought about that but didn't go back to edit. "Caught in the gunfire" - both badly injured :( -- nm - Meg Apr 10, 13:31
Pakistan Sentences Indian Spy to Death for Operating Terrorism Ring - crash davis Apr 10, 12:45 2
- oh good, we needed more international conflicts -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 12:47 1
  - we do, and we don't need ticky tacky countries conflicting, we need nuclear powers beefing - which is why this is good -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 12:50
So I made lunch for Declan ... -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 10, 12:45
US, Mexico, Canada announce joint bid for 2026 World Cup. 3/4 of games played in US along with the final. - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:42 2
- (CONCACAF represents 35 of the 211 votes that will determine the host) - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:44 1
  - After we got jobbed out of 2022, it's the least they could do. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:45
Trying to figure out the best wording to ask for the following in an internal report: -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:38 3
- individual titles, not multiples of them -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 10, 12:41
- "How many unique (discrete?) books do you create monthly?" -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 12:40 1
  - Hmm, I can try and work with this. Thanks! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:44
Alabama Governor reportedly resigning -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 12:31 32
- The first step to resigning is saying you're not going to resign. -- (link) - Mop Apr 10, 13:02 [Backboard]
- It only took him a year. And three weeks. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 12:46
- Oof. "Unbeknownst to the governor and Mason, the frequent romantic texts they exchanged were all visible to Dianne Bentley. The governor’s state-issue - Will Hunting Apr 10, 12:38 21
  - Is there a Darwin Award for political foot-shooting? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 12:47 1
    - It's a framed photo of Weiner's weinner -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 12:51
  - One of the dumbest criminals in recent memory - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:39 18
    - Old people and technology. This is a problem that will only grow worse over time. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 12:47 17
      - :-( -- nm - Meg Apr 10, 12:48 16
        
        David. apologize. now. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 12:51 15
        
        David, note this is a health warning - ty97 Apr 10, 12:56 1
        
        It's a little known fact that she makes her own blowgun darts. -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 13:02
        
        It's too late. I'm just selling my worldly possessions and heading to the Amazon. - Da5id Apr 10, 12:56 12
        
        See if I got this right...to avoid the wrath of Meg, a woman trained in studying historical societies....you're going to hide within an historical - Will Hunting Apr 10, 12:59 11
        
        David's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 10, 13:23 1
        
        He could join isil, he'd be safe there -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 13:30
        
        It'll be the last place she'd look. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 13:12 1
        
        With my back, they'd catch me in three minutes or kill themselves out of shame. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 13:14
        
        Look, I lack the qualifications to get up to the ISS. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 13:02 3
        
        She is a desert veteran. I suggest the polar ice cap. -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:09 1
        
        Good planning. Older people tend to move south as they age. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 13:11
        
        Fair point. *tips cap* Farewell brave sir. I'll speak highly of you at South Mountain Brewery. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 13:03
        
        clearly he didn't get Kim to think this out for him. cause she's the brains of the operation over there clearly. -- nm - Remlik Apr 10, 13:02 1
        
        She's too busy playing Breath of the Wild -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 13:26
        
        "Good luck with that." -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 13:01
- Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:37
- 32 teeth in the jawbone, Alabama trying for none. before I have to hit him I hope he has the sense to run -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 10, 12:35 [youtube]
- Once again, it's not the act, it's the cover-up -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 12:33 5
  - I'm just going to start tweeting this to people when they get in trouble. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 12:54 1
    - Ooh, tape delay. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 12:54
  - I'm just going to start tweeting this to people when they get in trouble. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 12:47 2
    - I believe John Dean has already tweeted this to Trump -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 12:48 1
      - No I haven't. - John Dean Apr 10, 12:50
TV PSA: 24, Antiques Roadshow, DWTS, Kevin Can Wait, NBA, Voice, Raw, Man With A Plan, American Pickers, Southern Charm, Street Outlaws, APB, -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 12:30 1
- Superior Donuts, 2 Broke Girls, Bates Motel, Better Call Saul, Talking Saul, Scorpion, Quantico, Taken, Pawn Stars, Angie Tribeca, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 12:30
ST Easter Poll -- Do you get Friday or Monday off? - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:17 22
- Friday. -- nm - Max Apr 10, 12:46
- monday is the last shop for discounted candy day before november -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 10, 12:36
- yes to both -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 12:30
- hell no. time to make that money! -- nm* - Remlik Apr 10, 12:29
- Same here -- nm - decline Apr 10, 12:25
- Nope. Next holiday I have off is Memorial Day. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 10, 12:25 3
  - Same here. -- nm - pmb Apr 10, 12:36
  - Yup, same here, every year. New Year's Day and then the long slog to Memorial Day. - ty97 Apr 10, 12:26 1
    - We get MLK Jr Day and PResidents Day but then 3+ months till Memorial Day - Will Hunting Apr 10, 12:46
- lololol. - Jovian Apr 10, 12:23
- Friday or Monday? No. Friday and Monday? Yes. -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 12:23
- "Get," no. Taking PTO days, yes. -- nm - DJ G-PA Apr 10, 12:20
- Friday is my normal day off cause I work on Saturday and yes im working this saturday - eag Apr 10, 12:19
- No -- nm - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:18
- ha. -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 12:18 1
  - ha ha ha ha -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 10, 12:21
- Nope. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 10, 12:17
- Friday. (legal holiday here) -- nm* - Andie Apr 10, 12:17 4
  - For what? -- nm - DJ G-PA Apr 10, 12:21 2
    - Sure, doesn't mean we turn down a day off for any reason. -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 12:22 1
      - I must be Canadian then. -- nm - DJ G-PA Apr 10, 12:23
  - same -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 12:18
What I got from B2. - Spawn Apr 10, 12:15
12'th century inscribed sword found at English golf course -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 10, 12:14 2
- that is just cool -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:32
- the inscription reads "Sergio in playoff by 1" - call me Ishmael Apr 10, 12:21
Update on the school shooting. Appears to be a murder/suicide with 2 students somehow injured and transported. - Meg Apr 10, 12:12 1
- And of course we're into the "no new news" so "tell us how you really feel" live reporting. -- nm - Meg Apr 10, 12:24
Easter plans: Family stuff in OCNJ, I have Friday off, so we're heading down Thursday night. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:11 5
- We're bringing the swamp to DC for the weekend. -- nm - DJ G-PA Apr 10, 12:19
- I'm cat sitting for my cousin. Otherwise it's just a regular Sunday. -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 12:16
- I think I am painting my bathroom. Might have brother, SIL and nephew over for dinner Sunday. -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 12:14
- us too! -- nm - The rest of Philly and New Jersey Apr 10, 12:12 1
  - I doubt most of them have Friday off though, so we're getting a head start! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:16
10 Things A Week - prayformojo Apr 10, 12:11 7
- Was the Bee Gees timed with the CBS special this coming Sunday? -- nm - Max Apr 10, 12:50 1
  - probably subconsciously. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 12:57
- :Googles:: -- nm - Spawn Apr 10, 12:30
- What's her favorite and least favorite topic thus far? - Da5id Apr 10, 12:21 3
  - When my brother and I go on long drives, to entertain/annoy him I hit Random Page on wikipedia and read it aloud, over and over. - Max Apr 10, 12:48
  - Word. A blog at least, if not an app. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:32
  - Favorite is probably artists. She remembers sports stuff the easiest, but is probably the least interested in that area -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 12:27
GA-6 Update: $ reports provided to the FEC -- (link*) - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:10 3
- When is the election? -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 12:16 2
  - April 18. If nobody receives 50%, runoff is June 20. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:18
  - April 18. June runoff if needed. KS-04 is this week. -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 12:17
Suing hospitals for saving a life -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 12:08 1
- Or, suing hospitals for not following signed treatment agreements. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 10, 12:13

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