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aww, for a moment it sounded like the building was going to make us go home due to water line break, but they fixed it. -- nm - Max May 17, 11:47 4
- stupid efficient maintenance people. go bribe someone. - Andie May 17, 11:48 1
  - Yes, all I need to do is threaten to filibuster to make work come to a halt. -- nm - Max May 17, 11:49
- Get back to work, puny human. -- nm - Building May 17, 11:48
- well, just go break another line and you can go home -- nm - decline May 17, 11:48
OFFS -- (link) - Spawn May 17, 11:43 2
- I guess he'll disband congress? -- nm - Max May 17, 11:49 1
  - Disband the 1st amendment -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 12:50
Texans, Cowboys among most vulnerable division winners - crash davis May 17, 11:41
"Oh, I forgot....you were sick the day they taught law in law school!" -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 11:39
Here's an example of me being an authority on something... -- (link) - Mop May 17, 11:37 1
- that is super cool!! look at you! -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 11:45
JASON CHAFFETZ just told me he has scheduled a hearing for next Wed and is inviting JAMES COMEY. -- (link) - ty97 May 17, 11:28 8
- thank you TY97 -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:30 4
  - p.s. If anyone has Comey's phone number, please let Jason Chaffetz know -- (link) - ty97 May 17, 11:32 3
    - ~subpoena pen, subpoena pen, subpoena pen, subpoena pen, subpoena pen, subpoena pen, In the jungle the quiet jungle...~ -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:33 2
      - And thank you for my new ear worm of the day ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 17, 11:39 1
        
        I blame Patton Oswalt -- (link) - Spawn May 17, 11:40
- *popcorn emoji* #noideahowemojiswork -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:28 2
  - #meeither #howdotheywork? -- nm - Shaun May 17, 11:30 1
    - 🍿 -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:45
In-N-Out just lost its title as America's favorite burger chain - crash davis May 17, 11:27 24
- I've only ever had five guys fries. which were great, even old. it's in the same parking lot as our best chinese place so.... -- nm - amanda jones state university May 17, 11:39 1
  - the fries are the bomb, and you get a ton of them -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:47
- In-N-Out is regional, so I would not consider this a great feat -- nm - Peglegpete May 17, 11:36 2
  - not quite as regional as it used to be, but still only has 1/3 the number of locations as Five Guys -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:37 1
    - Then again, Shake Shack has less than half the # of location of In-N-Out and made the list so.... -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:38
- and who tf is Culver's? -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:29 11
  - really?? -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:36 10
    - are they regional, I've heard of all the others -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:38 9
      - kinda? -- (link) - groiny May 17, 11:41 8
        
        that Butterburger looks good, but I'm hungry so almost everything looks good right now -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:44 1
        
        I like the fish sandwich there -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:46
        
        huh, one already in Idaho and two coming -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:43 5
        
        they are ok, 5 guys is much better -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:43 4
        
        I do not concur with my learned colleague above. Culvers > Five Guys -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 17, 11:46 2
        
        Culver's is the definition of mediocre IME. They could shut them all down tomorrow and I would not bat an eye. -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:49 1
        
        yup, I don't even think the burger is the best thing on the menu -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:49
        
        I know right where 5 Guys is in Boise, so I'll make it a point to stop there soon -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:45
- #fakenews - Spawn May 17, 11:28 6
  - I've never had Five Guys, or In-N-Out, or Shake Shack, or wtf is Culver's, or ..... -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:31 5
    - We're getting a Culvers two blocks from here. I'd never heard of it until last week. -- nm - David May 17, 11:49
    - One gotta go and it's *easily* Culvers -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:32 3
      - they also mention Smashburger, and I've never had Smashburger either -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:34 2
        
        Pretty sure I haven't had Smashburger -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:35 1
        
        its nothing special -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 11:47
aaaaand I'm done. 58 resumes. three maybes, one yes for interviews. ouccccch. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 17, 11:17 4
- you should just give the 'one yes' the job and skip the interview. Interviews are boring and a waste of your time -- nm* - decline May 17, 11:49
- That yes is going to show up wearing the same clothes for the last five days, stinking of booze, with meth hanging out of their mout. - ty97 May 17, 11:25 1
  - Not remembering a word of the resume they cut and pasted from some job board -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 12:52
- Charlie going to work 2 jobs to get more pay? -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:20
“Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan.” -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:17 8
- King Shark, that's adorable. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:21 7
  - I also loved - Beaker May 17, 11:22 6
    - Yup. REB2 Beaker Trip spoil - Spawn May 17, 11:26 5
      - he is spoilers - Beaker May 17, 11:30 4
        
        Crap. I thought he was still running with Bobby. - Spawn May 17, 11:32 3
        
        that would be Lance -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:34 2
        
        Yeah, for some reason I thought it was the three of them. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:36 1
        
        Pre-season, I thought Ghost Rider was a BAD idea. I was wrong. -- (link) - Spawn May 17, 11:47
Charles I had it coming -- nm - Cromwell May 17, 11:14
politician who Trump told everyone was not born in America very unfairly assess Trump as‘He’s Nothing But a Bullsh–ter’ - crash davis May 17, 11:09 1
- He's not wrong. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 17, 11:12
Anyone done him up like Donald Sutherland as President Snowflake yet? -- nm - Reagen May 17, 11:08
Pippy - yeah, house is locked every night, but I don't lock when I'm in the house during the day. - kelly May 17, 11:07 1
- I lock my car but not my house or my garage. I'm such an idiot. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 17, 11:10
You may or may not care, but Wired is live blogging Google I/O - ReluctantCynic May 17, 10:57 1
- Yeah. I just opened the page and saw "People Search" and know instantly there's going to be blow-back. -- nm - Mop May 17, 11:01
"No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. " - crash davis May 17, 10:41 22
- Worse than Clintons inquisition? Impeachment, trial? Worse than Nixon? Worse than JFK? I mean he only got shot in the head -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 11:48
- He made a graduation speech about himself. Of course. -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:31
- Even limiting it to news media, you don't have to look further past a decade to Palin. -- nm - Max May 17, 11:09 2
  - Palin made her own problems. The media was ready to love her until she started speaking -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:11 1
    - Hilary, I think was the one most recently treated more unfairly by the media than that guy -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:13
- L5 -- nm - Rasputin May 17, 11:05
- A Dutch mayor was once murdered and partially eaten by his constituents. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 11:04
- I'd like to know what the previous sentence was. He may have been talking about the media. -- nm - mara May 17, 10:59 1
  - "Look at the way I have been treated lately, especially by the media," -- nm - crash davis May 17, 10:59
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  - He just said that in the midst of his commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy -- nm - crash davis May 17, 10:58
  - and of course poor Queen Boudica -- nm - Peglegpete May 17, 10:58
- Now when I said W. was the worst ever, that was treating W. unfairly. Because it turns out, he wasn't the worst ever. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 10:56 2
  - "no matter how good you are, there is always someone better" - groiny May 17, 10:57 1
    - yup, someone out there is worse than me at gymnastics -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:00
- Very unfair. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 10:55
- "Oh really?..." - Caesar's Ghost May 17, 10:51
- I wonder what the collective sound is of a thousand graduates all rolling their eyes simultaneously. -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:51 1
  - Unfortunately, it says he was very popular there. -- nm - jnine May 17, 11:36
- hands him some cheese to go with his whine -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:48
- It's like he's a Muslim or something! -- nm - David May 17, 10:45
- Snowflake. -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:43
A woman who needs no title. -- (link) - mara May 17, 10:37 2
- "Chandler Bing" -- nm - Max May 17, 10:59
- Daughter-in-Chief -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:39
Those custom premium burgers at McDonalds must be pissing off franchisees. - Mop May 17, 10:36 8
- All-day breakfast is wearing off. They are livid at corporate McDick's. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 17, 11:28 2
  - they can't figure out the reason their sales are declining is that people are eating healthier - it has nothing to do with what their menu options ar - Epiphany May 17, 11:33 1
    - Right. It's been a decades-long decline masked somewhat by expanding store counts globally. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 17, 11:44
- I want mine 'animal style' -- nm - Peglegpete May 17, 10:59
- I like the guacamole option -- nm - crash davis May 17, 10:51
- I am *so* out of the loop. I have no idea what this is. googletime! -- nm - amanda jones state university May 17, 10:48
- eh, Burger King survived for years with basically a build your burger everyday -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:37 1
  - I'd think the Burger King traffic is much less than the McDonald's traffic *shrug* -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 10:44
this person already works for penn state. as an admin. way to shoot for the stars with that education. - amanda jones state university May 17, 10:35
LYC: Looks like I'm not going to the gym tomorrow. The workout is titled Burpiepalooza. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:33
NFL owners are also expected to approve the proposal that was previously tabled to reduce regular season OT from 15 to 10 minutes. -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:32 1
- Tie-a-palooza! -- nm - Reagen May 17, 10:33
so to share my good deed yesterday......... - groiny May 17, 10:28 21
- Kids that small should be in a car seat? -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 12:04
- nice. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 10:58
- Nicely done! I did expect you to say she freaked out when you approached her car. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:46 4
  - "Then she pulled out a gun and shot me. That's on me. I surprised her." -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:58 1
    - it is sad that this is also a very good possibility these days. -- nm - groiny May 17, 11:00
  - I debated it in my car for what felt like 10 minutes for that very reason. - groiny May 17, 10:47 1
    - You made the right call. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 11:46
- Wow. -- nm - David May 17, 10:31 4
  - was just glad to not get shot or pepper sprayed when I went up to the window. -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:32 3
    - I'm sure she looked at you like a crazy person until she understood. -- nm - David May 17, 10:43 2
      - but I was really glad I did that afterwards. - groiny May 17, 10:46
      - yup -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:46
- very sweet of you -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 10:30 7
  - I almost shit when I saw the kids in the backseat. - groiny May 17, 10:31 6
    - I can only imagine. But good on you for not only paying attention, but doing something about it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 17, 10:48
    - 😮 -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:33 4
      - Huh. The Microsoft emoji for "wow face" makes it look like I'm smiling. That's not intended. -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:34 3
        
        you are a sick bastard. -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:34 2
        
        Boy, can you imagine if those kids came tumbling out? Ho ho ho! -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:36 1
        
        maybe if htey had rats eating them, it would be cooler. -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:37
- that was very nice of you, might have saved them from an accident -- nm - crash davis May 17, 10:29
"oh wow I was wrong, that crayon drawing did solve the problem!" -- nm - Reagen May 17, 10:25
So since were talking AOS any thoughts or theorys about the last scene (spoils) - eag May 17, 10:25 4
- seems like yes - maybe to spoilers - Beaker May 17, 10:26 3
  - Also (spoils) - eag May 17, 10:33 2
    - Right, I imagine it's more that. - Ender May 17, 10:38 1
      - Suggestion I've seen is that it's - Reagen May 17, 10:42
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- Upside down reading, I used to be able to write upside down too, or backwards -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 12:06
- Chess. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:49
- Connect Four. -- nm - volnelk May 17, 11:01
- Blackjack actually -- nm - oblique May 17, 11:00 1
  - yeah, you are a master at this. I concur -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 11:34
- ooh, I am pretty damn good at cleaning up after floods -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:58
- catburglaring -- nm - Max May 17, 10:53 2
  - Not to brag, but I'm good at picking locks. I need to use that skill about once a year. -- nm - landbeck May 17, 10:57 1
    - This totally makes sense to me. - ReluctantCynic May 17, 11:10
- Frisbee throwing accuracy. -- nm - Andie May 17, 10:51 1
  - Oooo, frisbee golf at the next STravaganza! For me, maybe shooting hoops, so I would challenge you all to HORSE. -- nm - mara May 17, 10:52
- I was about to say "policy governance," but that's more "knowledgeable about" than "good at." So I'll go with being good at driving long distance. - ReluctantCynic May 17, 10:48
- Flicking bottle caps really far with a snap of my fingers. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:45
- my list shrunk alot when my knees went, so I am not sure now what they would be. -- nm - groiny May 17, 10:33
- card games (Ccrib, Bridge, Hearts, 45's, poker, etc), Risk -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:31 1
  - Squareball (or Four Square as the kids now call it) -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:02
- Nobody here wants to play me at tennis, pool, or ping pong. -- nm - David May 17, 10:30
- Tabletop shuffleboard, backgammon -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:29 4
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    - It's all math, I would expect a lot of ST'ers to pick it up quickly. Used to play a ton in college. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:34 1
      - I played it a lot but not in many years. Same with chess. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:47
  - typing speed -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:32
- Nothing, really. -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 17, 10:27
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Hump It! -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:20

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