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A letter to the Guardian from a Kensington resident: My council tax rebate from Kensington and Chelsea is blood money -- (link) - ty97 Jun 17, 10:54 2
- when Cheney tried to buy me off with $200 rebate I felt guilty as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 11:18
- Damn. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:12
Did we see the Rhode Island teacher of the year picture with the President and first lady? -- (link) - Amoxy Jun 17, 10:19 1
- Winning at life. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:22
Kiva PSA - check your balances!! I had enough this month for 2 new loans. -- nm - Meg Jun 17, 10:10
WW IMAX 3d: recommended over 2d? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:01 8
- All 3d is worthless, but it's probably worth it just for the bigger screen. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 10:07 7
  - not true at all. Some movies it really works. But not needed for Wonder Woman -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:27 5
    - So far, the list of movies it's been needed for is Avatar and....that's it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:30 4
      - 100% this. -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 10:40
      - nah the Guardians movies it really worked nicely. Shockingly the Resident Evil movies worked as well. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 10:33 2
        
        Coraline's 3D is amazing. -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:37 1
        
        I missed that! I heard how good that was -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 11:15
  - The showtime is 10:20, so I might do ultraAVX instead (9:30 or 9:45) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:11
Oh, I just remembered! Canadians, I've solved the mystery of Thrills gum - Reagen Jun 17, 09:15 5 1
- I wanted to give them out as part of our Halloween package last year. Mrs NWBR vetoed. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 09:54
- I don't think I've ever had it. Wikipedia says Rosewater, though. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:26
- no, you've only deepened the mystery. There's no solution -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:17 2
  - I mean, the "why" will never be answered. The "what" is now though. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:18 1
    - ah -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:19
Last week I tried cutting my sugar intake. The effort was largely successful, despite a few missteps. - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:04 1
- Also: 209 lbs this morning, down from 217-ish -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:15
"The political divide between rural and urban America is more cultural than it is economic" -- (link) - ty97 Jun 17, 08:47 11
- C&p? - David's iPad Jun 17, 08:53 10
  - here - Reagen Jun 17, 09:00 9
    - Thank you. -- nm - David's iPad Jun 17, 09:06 8
      - I've lived in Extreme Rural, Extreme Urban, Urban That Thinks It's Rural and Rural That Thinks It's Urban. - Reagen Jun 17, 09:13 7 1
        
        That's the thing. Everyone's experience is different. I actually found LA, Pasadena, and Santa Monica extremely communal when I visited. - David's iPad Jun 17, 09:19 3
        
        Calgary's kind of a tale of two cities - Reagen Jun 17, 09:35 2
        
        The territorial people and the ones who are fundamentalist about new people and ideas are the ones I'll never understand. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:50 1
        
        But we're the ones living in a bubble. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 11:03
        
        Urban That Thinks It's Rural? where was that?! -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:14 2
        
        Prince Albert. - Reagen Jun 17, 09:17 1
        
        okay, I think I might understand sorta kinda -- nm - mud Jun 17, 09:18
I can't think of a funko pop I've truly wanted until now. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:23 12
- A friend in MN sent me this one, at the same time I was sending it to her. They crossed in the mail. -- (link) - jnine Jun 17, 10:35
- I generally don't think there are very many that are worth having but I *MUST* have this one when it's available. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 08:51 4
  - Yep -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:23 2
    - I also shudder to think I may have to stop into Hot Topic for this one... -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 09:28 1
      - That design does nothing for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:17
  - sweet -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 08:53
- Hmm, they do have a glow in the dark Gir funko. I'd like that, too. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:25 5
  - Don't go down that rabbit hole. "One I really want!" suddenly becomes "One hundred I really want!" -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 08:44 4
    - Maybe. One counter to that is that I don't like the ones that look like people. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:48 3
      - Then you'll hate the "POP! Yourself!" option. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 09:35 1
        
        Mine would look like Louis Litt. "You just got Litt up!" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:37
      - I have 4 right now there are only a handful that I know of that i still want - eag Jun 17, 09:00
This thread is funny -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 08:00 3
- There's a lot to take in with the original tweet. - Tim Jun 17, 09:46
- The Yelling Salesmen -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 08:17 1
  - "Look At My Glass Animals, They Are The Shit" is cracking me up. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 08:20
Cosby mistrial -- (link) - mud Jun 17, 07:26 4
- There should no way this would end otherwise. Hell that was the entire defense strategy. -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 08:32
- "Judge declares mistrial in Cosby sex-assault case. More to come." -- more what? Mistrials? Cases? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:05 1
  - yep -- nm - mud Jun 17, 08:39
- dailybeast -- (link) - mud Jun 17, 07:31
The getting-exact-change-for-the-bus scene in Quick Change never fails to stress me the hell out -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 07:16
Might be NO MORE SOUP for anyone the company that was the basis for the Soup Nazi files for bankruptcy -- (link) - eag Jun 17, 06:06
I've seen pretty much zero advertising for Rough Night -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 04:59 9
- I've seen many and I'll watch it when it hits Vudu. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 05:48 7
  - Get on your xbone right now, open YouTube, and watch the damn Spider-Man E3 trailer. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 05:59 6
    - I would get a PS4 for that game -- nm - eag Jun 17, 06:15 4
      - I would love different outfits and be able to play as different varriations of SpiderMan - eag Jun 17, 06:19 3
        
        Devs have confirmed different costumes. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 07:48 2
        
        Cool -- nm - eag Jun 17, 07:58 1
        
        This one better be there. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 17, 08:10
    - I just watched it and damn does that look fun. Some nice images of the city as well with of course some liberties taken. - Krusty Jun 17, 06:15
- We must watch VERY different television shows then. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 05:28
Please humor me: if you could have any pizza toppings for your lunch today, what would you pick? - David's iPad Jun 16, 23:38 23
- Pepperoni and jalapeno -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 09:43
- Pepperoni, sausage, chicken -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 08:51
- fresh mozzarella and basil. -- nm - kelly Jun 17, 08:46
- (pepperoni or bacon) + mushrooms + (green peppers and/or banana peppers) -- nm - mud Jun 17, 08:43
- Normally pepperoni and mushroom, but today I'm in more of a Hawaiian mood. - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:00
- Bacon. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 07:15
- Ham and pineapple -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 07:02
- Chicken and banana peppers. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 06:20 2
  - I would want a little fresh tomato on that as well -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 07:08 1
    - sure, sure. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 08:00
- Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, black olives, extra cheese -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 06:06 2
  - Yep. Maybe bacon too. -- nm - Amanda Jun 17, 07:07 1
    - *fist bump* -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 07:19
- White pizza with lots of garlic and prosciutto -- nm* - decline Jun 17, 05:54
- Ground beef, green olive, pepperoni, jalapeno is the house special -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 05:40
- Sausage and mushroom is my current go-to -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 05:37 1
  - Or sausage, spinach and ricotta, if we're doing homemade. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 05:38
- Throw some bacon on that and you're golden. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 05:23
- Pepperoni. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 05:19
- Sausage, pepperoni, and onion is my go-to pizza. -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 17, 01:56
- I would add meatballs and mushrooms to that - Covington Jun 17, 01:45
- pepperoni *is* sausage...so you're saying you like pizza with spicy sausage and bland sausage -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 00:39
- I am disgusted right now - ty97 Jun 17, 00:09
Stone/glass houses, I know, but LAX is a pretty awful airport. -- nm - ty97 Jun 16, 22:37 1
- their big claim to fame is the Alien rocket ship disguised as a bar in the middle, making everyone drive in a U shape. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 22:39
"I don't believe there is anything in the constitution that says the powers of the President should be separated from truth." - GregW Jun 16, 21:34 1
- "Oh it's in there ... uh, somewhere near the back" -- nm - rollo Jun 17, 07:07
John Tyler came up in a Jeopardy question today so I looked him up. His disastrous presidency gives hope to the Union. - Mop Jun 16, 20:43 5
- I did a report on him in the 4th grade -- nm - Amoxy Jun 16, 21:16 2
  - This year's award for best 4th grade essay in the district goes to "John Tyler, American Monster" -- nm - Mop Jun 16, 23:09 1
    - Directed by JJ Abrams? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 23:24
- and has two living grandsons! -- nm - Reagen Jun 16, 20:45 1
  - After learning about Tyler, I'm inclined to hold their grandfather against them. -- nm - Mop Jun 16, 20:54
Wlir - Andie shouid see Baywatch. It's dumb but fun. -- nm - . Jun 16, 20:40 6
- Wlir? Way lost in roll? -- nm - Flavorize Jun 16, 20:42 5
  - She has free tickets for this weekend, her choices are Baywatch or The Mummy. -- nm - . Jun 16, 20:53
  - Wlir - The Phantom Menace is gonna be huge. The theater was PACKED. -- nm - Mop Jun 16, 20:43 3
    - WTFlir--David compared AOS show quality to Breaking Bad -- nm - Flavorize Jun 16, 20:46 2
      - In terms of consistent episode quality, yeah. -- nm - David Jun 16, 21:32 1
        
        And you could compare the first half of season 1 to the second season of BB (a lot of people felt that was boring) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:15
Bezos: Alexa, order some whole foods....Alexa: Ok, you bought Whole Foods, is there anything else? Bezos: oops -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 20:07 2
- Alexa, Will no-one rid me of this meddlesome priest? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 20:11 1
  - I was just going to say that Trump was the 21st century Henry II. Apparently, I'm not the only one who thought that. -- (link) - Mop Jun 16, 20:32
I don't like those RAM commercials that say "Real people, not actors". Are actors not real people? -- nm - Mop Jun 16, 19:59 1
- Actors are people who are paid to say other people's words. What they really need is a "writers, not actors" disclaimer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 20:01
"John G. Avildsen, who directed "Rocky'' and "The Karate Kid'' died Friday at 81." - David Jun 16, 19:58 2
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- he had the touch -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 20:05
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Judge! -- nm - Krusty Jun 16, 19:33 1
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Controversial opinion about RPGs -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:08 8
- is the controversy over roll vs role? -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 19:10 7
  - ... you should try playing Katamari Damacy if you haven't. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:12 6
    - They should try making a Katamari game in this decade. -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:39 1
      - And since all Sony puts on its systems are shooters, Namco should release it on the Nintendo Switch. -- nm - Qale Jun 16, 23:00
    - okay, I looked it up on wikipedia and now I get the joke -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 19:15 2
      - Look it up on YouTube too :) it's zany fun -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:15 1
        
        Da dahhhh da da duh da da duh da, duh duhhh da duh duh duh... -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 20:41
    - honestly, I haven't heard of it until just now....but I'll check it out on your recommendation -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 19:13
Mila Kunis....*big* star trek fan and world of warcraft fan.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 16, 19:05 [youtube] 3
- I love her for embracing that.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 16, 20:25
- Trek over Wars, she is smart -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 19:08 1
  - imagine her disappointment with Jupiter Ascending -- nm - mud Jun 16, 19:30
Wonder Woman was solid. 80% Captain America 20% Thor -- nm - Volnelk Jun 16, 18:55
This guy should have learned from Dr. House and labeled the right one with a sharpie. -- (link) - GregW Jun 16, 18:55 2
- call me ageist, but if I'm going to have an operation on my junk, I'd like my doctor to be younger than 77 -- nm* - crash davis Jun 16, 19:03 1
  - I doubt they have changed that much in a few decades. -- nm - GregW Jun 16, 19:34
CenturyLink may have a "Wells Fargo" problem. -- (link) - GregW Jun 16, 18:43
Investigation Discovery is having a summer sale on VUDU that includes their classic series Wives with Knives -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 18:25
"Ohmagawd...death head's jewelry on black leather, can you get any more closeted-biker-gang chic than that?" -- nm - Ellen Page vs Nazis Jun 16, 18:17
Jeopardy is on in the Sky Club. One of the guys watching it is shouting out answers. - ty97 Jun 16, 18:12 5
- Just yell "we get it, you're smart!" really loudly after the next one. -- nm - mafic Jun 16, 19:53 1
  - Mock him when he gets one wrong. "I knew that." -- nm - Mop Jun 16, 20:29
- I was just watching an ep from a few weeks ago and was really surprised none of them knew the Bel Aire was a Chevy. -- nm - GregW Jun 16, 18:47
- I get the yelling, but, dude, act like you've been there before.... -- nm - Ender Jun 16, 18:34
- go bet him a round on Final Jeopardy -- nm - crash davis Jun 16, 18:14
one month until Game of Thrones -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 16, 18:11 4
- two days until Preacher -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 16, 18:32 3
  - Lies. 9 days. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 19:11 2
    - Made you look! -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 19:57 1
      - The ads all say June 25th. The only looking I did was at my fingers so I could math correctly. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 08:03

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