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Caption this or explain how this came to be. -- (link) - zeitgeist May 28, 01:18 1
- The deer sequel to The Blair Witch Project. -- nm - . May 28, 02:57
Here's a picture of Justin Trudeau and new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer on the same rugby team playing on Parliament Hill for some reason. -- (link) - Mop May 27, 23:32 1
- Thank you. -- nm - jnine May 28, 09:19
Fuck. A guy I know on Twitter was a coworker of one of the men killed in Portland. -- nm - Tim May 27, 22:44 1
- Horrible. I'm so sorry. -- nm - znufrii May 28, 03:49
DONALD Trump is sitting uncomprehending through the G7 summit looking up eagerly whenever he hears his own name, aides have confirmed. -- nm - fake news headline May 27, 21:16 3
- Apparently the part where he "wasn't listening to the translation of the italian host" ... he just had a different earpiece than everyone else. - Beryllium May 27, 21:20 2
  - He was listening to the audio version of one of his books. -- nm - . May 27, 21:43 1
    - I remember an old new York mag cartoon, what a dog understands of your conversation - zeitgeist May 27, 22:22
Man, I sure hope Kimmy Schmidt didn't shoot its load in the first episode. - Mop May 27, 21:00 1
- There's jokes in the captions. Watch it with the captions on. Also, Judah Friedlander looks weird without his hat and glasses. -- nm - Mop May 27, 23:16
Sony's new Bravia TV has an "acoustic surface" which means the screen is the speaker. -- nm - Mop May 27, 20:32 2
- It is also a microphone and a video camera. -- nm - Sony CEO Emmanuel Goldstein May 27, 21:07 1
  - Shhhhhh! -- nm - Mop May 27, 21:28
I think one of the passengers stabbed to death protecting a couple of muslim children on the portland bus was jewish -- (link) - zeitgeist May 27, 20:28
A bit late to the party, but Guardians 2 was fantastic! -- nm - TWuG May 27, 20:19 1
- Welcome to the party, pal! -- nm - Spawn May 27, 20:21
Watching the Kell Brooks v Errol Spence Jr Fight and the just showed Nassem Hamed... - Mel Profit May 27, 20:05
"17-year Cicadas emerge 4 years early". Thanks, Trump. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 19:56 1
- They aren't 13 year cicadas? -- nm - . May 27, 23:59
Hey LA types, is it true that John Wayne is a better airport for Disneyland visits than LAX? -- nm - David May 27, 19:26 32
- Oh God yes. -- nm - Mop May 27, 20:32 1
  - Commute aside, there are no lines. -- nm - Mop May 27, 20:33
- I found it to be ideal. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 19:56 2
  - I mean, I've never been to LAX, so I can't reliably say that it's better. Just that it was ideal. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 19:57 1
    - It's a shockingly substandard airport for a metro of 12M. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 23:23
- yes - Spawn May 27, 19:33
- Yes, worth extra $$$ -- nm - budice May 27, 19:32
- Hell yes - JD May 27, 19:32
- it is a lot closer -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 19:31
- I would say yes. Would you be driving or shuttle? -- nm - Meg May 27, 19:29 22
  - Probably Uber. -- nm - David May 27, 19:34 21
    - what Bery said. Uber is the devil. -- nm - mafic May 27, 20:20
    - Don't give uber your money. Lyft is better, anyway. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 20:16 17
      - I was thinking about this today! Specifically in the context of John Wayne airport. Yeah, I'm taking Lyft. -- nm - Mop May 27, 21:33
      - It's like saying Scotch tape. I mean ridesharing. -- nm - David May 27, 20:20 15
        
        don't get me started on Scotch tape. It has nothing to do with whisky *or* Scotland. -- nm - mafic May 27, 20:42 7
        
        Interesting story about the origin of the name "scotch tape." ... -- (edited) - howie May 27, 22:15 6
        
        And I don't know if this is still the case (Mafic?) but in Australia the local version was known as Durex tape. - Meg May 27, 22:20 5
        
        Answered my own question....... - Meg May 27, 22:23
        
        yeah, you don't want to make that mistake at the chemists. (nm - howie May 27, 22:22 3
        
        Young Aussie girl working temp in London between backpacking trips. tears paper, yells "does somebody have any Durex" ? - Meg May 27, 22:25 2
        
        That, and Brits visiting the US saying that they're 'desperate for a fag.' - howie May 27, 22:29 1
        
        Ah yes, the old "separated by a common language" -- nm - Meg May 27, 22:34
        
        Perhaps. I would prefer for it not to be. I would prefer for Uber to be a darkened name. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 20:30
        
        Do you have proposed dates yet? -- nm - Meg May 27, 20:26 5
        
        We're casually talking about going in November or December. - David May 27, 20:27 4
        
        And you should avoid the crowds - unless it's Thanksgiving week :) -- nm - Meg May 27, 20:37 3
        
        Thanksgiving week is in play. Tourist Plans specifically says not to do that, but it's the easiest to schedule. -- nm - David May 27, 20:46 2
        
        Whenever it is you must, of course, visit the Disney garage. I promise you a private tour. -- nm - Meg May 27, 20:48 1
        
        It's a date! -- nm - David May 27, 20:49
    - Ah, right - I forget about them :) I use Super Shuttle - and generally get a tour of the Anaheim hotel area before they get to my place. -- nm - Meg May 27, 19:54
    - $50-&70 from LAX..$20-$30 from SNA -- nm - budice May 27, 19:36
Can't beat small town parades...a few shots from today. -- (link) - Meg May 27, 19:16 [flickr] 7
- Miss Outstanding Teen? She's mediocre, at best! -- nm - Mop May 27, 23:21
- All the Strawberries :) -- nm - budice May 27, 19:20
- Burt Ward: Grand Marshall! -- nm - Spawn May 27, 19:17 3
  - Scott Stiles is the City Mgr. Long for days of Orl Magic heh -- nm - budice May 27, 19:22
  - Poop Daddy! -- nm - Spawn May 27, 19:20 1
    - Heh, we draw celebs from all over :) -- nm - Meg May 27, 19:28
- Got this one for Bery....... -- (link) - Meg May 27, 19:17 [flickr]
Did we miss this? Story from earlier this week about a passenger who might have tried to breach the cockpit on a flight to Hawaii. -- (link) - Mop May 27, 18:26
Oh no, Christian Grey is missing! Y- oh wait, it's just a plot device, false alarm. -- nm - Max May 27, 17:50
Now rewatching Get Out with my wife who has never seen it. Spoilers. -- (edited) - Volnelk May 27, 17:31
Andrew Scheer elected leader of federal Conservative party -- nm* - Beaker May 27, 17:22 6
- I can't wait for the biopic starring Jonah Hill. -- nm - mafic May 27, 20:35
- Text from mom: "He's 2 years younger than you. Feeling old yet?" - Reagen May 27, 17:23 4
  - Compare her unfavourably to Helen Mirren. -- nm - Roger More May 27, 18:14 2
    - Hey mom, in her youth, Helen Moren appeared in Caligula. What'd you do? Go to college? Have children and raise a family? -- nm - Mop May 28, 00:54
    - (And anyway, it's not like he's done anything important) -- nm - Roger More May 27, 18:19
  - My mom used to pull that crap on me when Jennifer Capriati was buying Lamborghinis as a teenager. -- nm - Max May 27, 17:39
Survivor Final Tribal Council spoilers - Beaker May 27, 16:34 3
- I'm the other way. - Volnelk May 27, 17:29 2
  - Also regarding the tribal when there were 6 left. Spoilers - Volnelk May 27, 17:44 1
    - Agreed, I thought the same thing. -- nm - Strongbad May 28, 06:47
Harrison Ford has more airplane problems -- (link) - Peglegpete May 27, 16:30 1
- One emergency is something, two emergencies, that can happen, but 3 emergency issues flying, time to consider having a copilot -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 18:21
In an apparent break with a nearly two-decades long bipartisan tradition, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host an event commemorating -- (link) - Ramadan May 27, 16:30 2
- He was just too tired. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 17:04 1
  - Sexy Rexy? -- nm - budice May 27, 17:05
Right to the end, Kevin O'Leary just doesn't get it - Reagen May 27, 16:26 7
- Is this about the CPC stuff? What's he doing that indicates he doesn't get it? -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 16:28 1
  - Didn't understand why anyone would pick more than a first choice. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 16:28
- just watch -they'll try one more time to explain it to him -- nm - mud May 27, 16:27 4
  - One place where Remple is wrong: There could easily be tons of O'Toole/Scheer or O'Toole/Bernier 1/2 voters. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 16:37 3
    - dont confuse me I'm still collating the '68 3rd ballot w/ Hellyer and Turner's nos. -- nm - mud May 27, 16:45 2
      - And O'Leary looks an idiot one more time. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 17:15 1
        
        won't be his last. -- nm - mud May 27, 17:16
REB2: Yeah, that strikeout's pretty embarrassing, but at least he's not the one playing for a team named the "Binghamton Rumble Ponies". - Ender May 27, 16:15 1
- That's so Mets. -- nm - Tim May 27, 17:09
New Jersey softball pitcher strikes out every batter in perfect game -- (link) - Beaker May 27, 16:05
Pujols tips ball in play, doesnt even bother to run. tagged out -- nm - budice May 27, 16:02
The Love Actually sequel for Red Nose Day is out. -- (link) - Roger More May 27, 15:48 [youtube] 1
- OMG yes thank you. -- nm - Mop May 27, 18:07
Ex-Vikings RB Matt Asiata agrees to 1-year deal with Lions -- nm - Beaker May 27, 15:27 1
- seems like a good guy to have on a team -- nm - budice May 27, 15:37
Survivor spoilers (only 30 minutes into the finale, so watch the spoils please) - Beaker May 27, 15:26 4
- this literally is one of the best Tribal Councils ever...enjoy -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 15:33 2
  - Council spoils - Beaker May 27, 15:34 1
    - one more thing on the Council - spoils - Beaker May 27, 15:37
- Heh. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 15:29
'“Leak” might not be the right word. Perhaps “gusher” is more descriptive.' -- (link) - prayformojo May 27, 15:19 4
- Maybe the house has become sentient and is the leaker. -- nm - TRuMaN May 27, 15:31
- I want to see Trump's face the moment he's told that Jared is the primary source of all the leaks. -- nm - Max May 27, 15:22 2
  - The leaks are coming from inside the White House! -- nm - Mop May 27, 15:25 1
    - They went to Jared. -- nm - . May 27, 15:56
CBC you suck -- nm - mud May 27, 15:13 3
- except Rosemary Barton of course, she rocks. -- nm - mud May 27, 15:21
- I should write tabloid headlines -- (link) - Beryllium May 27, 15:14 1
  - yep -- nm - mud May 27, 15:20
(hopefully nothing but) #PAPD evacuating Terminal A, Newark Airport after a pressure cooker was found in the terminal. Awaiting bomb squad. -- (link) - ty97 May 27, 14:48 1
- It was discovered a bit over an hour ago -- (link) - ty97 May 27, 14:50
All this reminiscing about 70s bands reminded me my brother just sent me this picture of him with the band Kansas. Can you tell which one is him? -- (link) - GregW May 27, 14:46 [flickr] 1
- Ha!! Boston shirt -- nm - Epiphany May 27, 17:47
"The importance of taking an L in silence" -- (link) - Beryllium May 27, 14:46
Meg, Strawberry Fest in GG? -- nm - budice May 27, 14:44 1
- Y'think? Actually didn't make it down there today. Our tour leader somehow managed to schedule a tour for this afternoon but nobody else was - Meg May 27, 16:25
totally forgot to charge my camera battery ... oops. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 14:41
News of the weird, the most popular diversion among Syrian households is the board game Risk, though 5 armies are not enough to simulate the - zeitgeist May 27, 13:51
The Making Of “Homer At The Bat,” -- (link) - Beaker May 27, 13:09
Oteil Burbridge, the former ABB bass player is in Dead & Co who open their tour tonight. I wonder what ABB song they will cover -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 12:52 1
- Ain't Wasting Time No More. -- nm - GregW May 27, 13:43
D.Va was added to Heroes of the Storm and daaaaaamn she's annoying to play against. -- nm - Tim May 27, 12:49
RIP Gregg Allman -- (link) - mud May 27, 12:28 11
- Crap. -- (edited) - Spawn May 27, 16:27 [youtube]
- Ex Wife Cher responds.... -- (link) - Remlik May 27, 15:20
- gonna hafta eat a peach....sigh, wrong season -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 14:07 2
  - you realize that I must now -- (link) - Peglegpete May 27, 14:31 [youtube] 1
    - Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 20:33
- dahmmm -- nm - Jovian May 27, 14:05
- THR obit -- (link) - Peglegpete May 27, 12:43
- :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 12:41
- That sucks. Now I know what I will be listening to today. Time to load up "At Filmore East". - GregW May 27, 12:38 2
  - Nah....listen to the Live Beacon Theater shows on 3-19-2009 with Clapton...amazing -- nm - Remlik May 27, 12:49
  - one of my favorites -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 12:41
Cause it is on TV while waiting for my car: The hydrofoil catamarans for the Ameicas Cup are insanely fast -- nm - JD May 27, 12:26
We can't even have one damn day of joy -- (link) - Reagen May 27, 12:26 3
- Milkshake Duck is one of the best tweets of all time. -- nm - Tim May 27, 12:31
- I'm not going to lie -- I disliked him off the Plinko video alone - Will Hunting May 27, 12:27 1
  - Yeah, I mean I get that that's the guy you have to be to get on stage, but come on man. -- nm - mafic May 27, 15:41
HoF pitcher and former Senator Jim Bunning has died at 85. -- (link) - Will Hunting May 27, 12:25
reminder. there is still a Nathan's hot dog recall -- (link) - Peglegpete May 27, 12:09 3
- And I need to recall my recent post defending them as tasty hot dogs. I had two today, well one and a bite of the second, and it was terrible. - Krusty May 27, 12:17 2
  - Validation! - Tim May 27, 12:34 1
    - They don't taste the same to me. I can't discount that the flat grill they use likely helps but I have - Krusty May 27, 12:37
Who was it that said they would never pay $1000 for a PC? Check the price on this new 21" gaming laptop. -- (link) - GregW May 27, 12:08 3
- weighing 18.8 lbs. -- nm - Max May 27, 12:40
- Oh man, I didn't know Computer Shopper was still a thing. - David May 27, 12:15 1
  - Same here. They still do great reviews. -- nm - GregW May 27, 12:22
Holliday! Wooo! - Krusty May 27, 12:03 1
- I don't care that it's the first post. Woooo! -- nm - Krusty May 27, 12:04

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