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Well, I've binge watched the first four seasons of The 100 and reached level 40 in Fallout 4... - IrishStephen Aug 8, 12:18 5
- you've still got most of a month to go! -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 12:19 4
  - But the kids go back to school next week...so summer is pretty much over! - IrishStephen Aug 8, 12:21 3
    - too early, too early -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 12:21 1
      - A couple of our volunteers who are still in high school started back up on August 1st. - IrishStephen Aug 8, 12:24
    - only in weirdsville -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 12:21
I am going to kill someone. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 8, 12:14 3
- accidentally book him on a flight to Butte Montana -- nm - decline Aug 8, 12:26 1
  - This is the most recent reply - so again, another fucking question. - Andie Aug 8, 12:27
- I knew the walkie talkies and pressure cooker meant something. - crash davis Aug 8, 12:17
I mean, who wouldn't want to hire someone for a position in the public eye who's called the police modern day slave catchers. - IrishStephen Aug 8, 12:13 2
- What's all this then? -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 12:19 1
  - Google is still fine tuning their hiring practices. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 12:20
The scientific name for the Eurasian brown bear is "Ursus arctos arctos". Translate the Latin and Greek and you get... - Mop Aug 8, 12:07
My poor neglected child, who *never* gets any mail, has in the last 24 hours received - kelly Aug 8, 11:57 2
- I think it's imperative that you and I taste-test any food stuff he receives. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 12:03 1
  - Oh, he's already dug right in. He *is* your son, after all. - kelly Aug 8, 12:06
Patriots become first NFL team to have own planes -- (link) - Beaker Aug 8, 11:54 4
- Dynasty Level: Achieved. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 11:58 3
  - *gets angry again with the Seahawks and the Falcons* -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 12:01 1
    - I didn't think Coach B was a Sith Lord until last year. He's clearly, however, mastered the Sith Skill of freaking opposing coaches out. - Mel Profit Aug 8, 12:24
  - it doubles as a spy plane between flights so win-win -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:59
ERC: Dunkirk and Emoji both made more than Dark Tower on Monday -- (link) - budice Aug 8, 11:53 1
- oof -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:57
Like bacon? want over 2kg of it? Find this dudes stolen shit. -- (link) - Beaker Aug 8, 11:48 3
- *heads to Nova Scotia to solve a crime* -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:59 2
  - 'Bring back my wheelbarrow' sign gets results in N.S. -- (link) - Beaker Aug 8, 12:02 1
    - earning the free bacon might be easier than I thought -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 12:04
Clintons vacationing in Quebec's Eastern Townships. -- (link) - Mop Aug 8, 11:38 2
- couldn't find anywhere in America to go , traitor! sad! -- nm - Trump Aug 8, 11:46 1
  - If Trump were president, he'd be too busy to take vacation. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 11:55
Beverly Hillbillies mansion for sale - $350 million. -- (link) - Meg Aug 8, 11:32 9
- Zillow -- (link) - Spawn Aug 8, 11:42 3
  - They don't have any updated pictures of the property to show? - IrishStephen Aug 8, 11:54 2
    - Everything in the house is black, white and grey. - Spawn Aug 8, 11:56 1
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:56
- thanks, now I have the theme song stuck in my head... -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:36 1
  - Y'all come back now, hear? -- nm - mud Aug 8, 11:38
- for that much money, I'd want a larger cement pond -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:33 2
  - And a billy yard room. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 8, 11:40
  - black gold, crash. Texas tea. Swimming pools and movie stars. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 11:36
Holy cow, otters can actually, kind of, juggle. -- (link) - mara Aug 8, 11:29 5
- That's awesome! I want one. And I'll teach him to be in a jugband. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 12:44
- Looks to me like they're practicing so they don't drop it when floating in deep water. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 11:34
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Aug 8, 11:33
- This made me smile. Good linking work mara! -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:32
- Sorry, Twitter seems to have me in a perpetual state of surprise right now. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 11:30
Good grief, Dustin Hoffman is 80. This hardly seems possible. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 11:25 5
- The Graduate was 1967. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 11:26 4
  - I've accused my mother of naming me after him. She doesn't entirely deny it. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 8, 11:43 2
    - Baron Graduate? -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 11:53 1
      - Oh, do you know my mother Anne Baroncroft? -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 8, 12:04
  - But Rainman wasn't!! I must be getting old. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 11:28
my biggest GOT ep 4 pet peeve minor spoiler - peglegpete Aug 8, 11:22 3
- (spoilers) - Mel Profit Aug 8, 11:25
- what are they calling it? -- nm - mud Aug 8, 11:24 1
  - this - peglegpete Aug 8, 11:32
A fascinating look at "That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything". -- (link) - Mop Aug 8, 11:07 [youtube] 7
- ban oxygen! -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:10 6
  - If we got rid of all the atmosphere, I would not have to worry about allergies anymore! -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 11:21 1
    - sweet -- nm - mud Aug 8, 11:27
  - And, while you're at it, dihydrogen monoxide! -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 8, 11:13 3
    - It's used in both Yoga Mats AND Coca-Cola Zero Sugar! -- nm - Ender Aug 8, 11:30
    - stuff'll mess you up -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 11:18 1
      - What's Trump going to do about it? -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 11:21
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- "Let the marketplace decide! ... well, not that way!" - Reagen Aug 8, 11:32 1
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- Dude wrote a manifesto, and we're just lucky he wasn't holding a rifle afterward. -- nm - David Aug 8, 11:07 3
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  - I think the interesting thing will be - prayformojo Aug 8, 11:08 1
    - *waves* -- nm - Julian Assange Aug 8, 11:21
In the tradition of the Jason Bourne 1-Punch Knockout and Vanishing Behind a Passing Bus or Train, I've been looking for another awesome skill to mast - prayformojo Aug 8, 11:05 3
- running and then sliding across the hood of a car, punching threw a car windshield without breaking hand -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:09
- Important query: are you a bleeder? -- nm - David Aug 8, 11:07 1
  - Stay tuned for the third update! - prayformojo Aug 8, 11:08
Georgetown Law following Harvard (and others) in dropping requirement for LSAT -- (link*) - prayformojo Aug 8, 11:01
"Canadian funeral homes warned to be prepared in advance of possible pandemic" - Andie Aug 8, 11:01
The ML Memorial League is full. I thank all the people who signed up. I think you will get your kicks. -- (link) - crash davis Aug 8, 10:54 [youtube] 5
- A kicker league with puns. Throw in some Star Wars quotes, a Rush soundtrack, and the collective works of Uwe Boll to maximize the Hell Quotient. -- nm - David Aug 8, 10:58 4
  - Jealousy is such an ugly emotion. You're prettier than that. -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:05 3
    - I see your lips moving, but all I can hear are the pretentious chords of Tom Sawyer. -- nm - David Aug 8, 11:06 2
      - Please don't fret. I'll ask RC to give you weekly league updates. -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:09 1
        
        Can't we just go back to you shooting me in the ear? -- nm* - David Aug 8, 11:12
wap? The Fastest 100m Times Ever with the Names of People Caught Doping Crossed Out -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 8, 10:52 8
- whoever is on the next page of that list is just sitting in a room waiting for bolt to get caught so he can be #1 -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 11:00 4
  - It might be the kid who just got 2nd place in the Worlds. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 11:02 3
    - Looks like it is Nesta Carter (caught doping) so the the next one might be Maurice Greene -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 11:08 2
      - Greene was busted though wasn't he? -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 11:10 1
        
        I couldn't find something definitive. Certainly accused. What's crazy is that after him you have to another 20 places to about the 50th record - oblique Aug 8, 11:13
- Keyword: caught. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 10:57 2
  - Except it's only Bolt. - Reagen Aug 8, 11:01 1
    - read the original reddit thread and comments. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence given his teammates were, his coach was - oblique Aug 8, 11:02
I've decided, because of you pantloads from yesterday, to listen to the entire NIN catalog from start to finish. I just got to the only song - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:43 9
- That album puts the stereo speakers to the test for sure -- nm - con_carne Aug 8, 10:50 1
  - I'm kind of amazed just how "wall of sound" it is. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:51
- Nice. Where are you doing this? - JaxSean Aug 8, 10:49 1
  - YT at work. I pulled the headphones off as a coworker wanted to talk to me and... - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:51
- Did you watch that documentary The Defiant Ones? It's about Jimmy Iovine snd Dr. Dre. Trent is in it quite a bit. -- nm* - jnine Aug 8, 10:48 4
  - This is on HBO, right? - JaxSean Aug 8, 10:50 2
    - Yes. It's 4 parts. -- nm - jnine Aug 8, 10:52 1
      - Hopefully this is on the HBO Go when we do our free month. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 8, 10:54
  - Thanks for mentioning this. I watched one or two episodes in pieces but never got to see anything with Trent. I thought it was going to be... - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:50
Jose Altuve probably will be MVP at this rate, but he better not get hurt. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 10:36 7
- it is tough, because Springer has monster numbers too on the same team. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 10:59
- maybe it's skewed being in NY, but I keep hearing it's Judge's to lose still. -- nm - Tim Aug 8, 10:43 3
  - Those people need to remember a month has gone past ... - Will Hunting Aug 8, 10:47 1
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  - was voting held at the all-star break? -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 10:44
- I don't think Trout can win this year but... - David Aug 8, 10:42 1
  - exactly -- nm - budice Aug 8, 10:44
Dr. Who: Jody Whitaker reacts to seeing people cosplaying the 13th Dr.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 8, 10:35 [youtube] 3
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 10:46
- I'm excited at the prospect of her filing this role. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 8, 10:37 1
  - yeah she's great. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 10:43
*airs 6 straight hours of Stephen A Smith complaining about the 50 black athletes poll* -- nm - ESPN Aug 8, 10:29 23
- Gronk in black-face was a bold choice at #39 -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 10:47
- I didn't look at the list but is Bill Russell on it? - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:44 5
  - #36 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 10:46 4
    - Thanks. I would hope he'd be on it. you don't have one of the most storied careers in all of professional sports without athleticism. - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:48 3
      - He said "hi" to me on a golf course once. He is way above 36 for me because of that -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 10:55 2
        
        I honestly want to touch you now. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 11:15 1
        
        I do believe that was the closest I've been to Boston royalty -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 11:20
- Him and the editor of the Undefeated. That was this morning. -- nm - David Aug 8, 10:30 15
  - 24 athletes better than Bo Jackson.... L4.5. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 10:38 14
    - Depends on what we term success in this regard. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 10:45 6
      - but, he was the first 2 sport star, made the all star and all pro teams in both sports. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 11:00 5
        
        But...look at his numbers. He had 1 really great baseball year (1989) - Will Hunting Aug 8, 11:05 4
        
        he was getting better in baseball, his star was on the rise. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 11:07 3
        
        Maybe, but also he was already 27 at the time of his injury. He was near peak. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 11:16 2
        
        I get what you're saying, but I'll still always remember him flattening Brian Bosworth on Monday Night Football. That was epic - crash davis Aug 8, 11:18 1
        
        Bo Owned the 1989 (iirc) All Star Game. - groiny Aug 8, 11:22
    - Proving once and for all that no debate ever gets settled on the internet. -- nm - David Aug 8, 10:43 6
      - In part I wonder if it immediately breaks down because people are using different defintions of "greatest athelete". For instance, if you define it - pmb Aug 8, 10:49 2
        
        My opinion - Strongbad Aug 8, 10:59
        
        *nod* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 10:51
      - Well, except for the drafting kickers debate. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 8, 10:45 1
        
        I drafted a kicker - I won a title. Ergo, drafting a kicker is vital to winning a title. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 10:52
      - wrong! -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 10:44
If David actually knew as much about defense as he thinks he does, he would join the ML Memorial League and prove it -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 10:28 6
- There's the same chance of that happening as you accepting Sherman's mediocrity. -- nm - David Aug 8, 10:30
- I tried to get in, but it is rejecting me. -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 10:30 4
  - here try this link one more time -- (link) - crash davis Aug 8, 10:36 2
    - got it, did not like the phone app/ -- nm - groiny Aug 8, 10:46 1
      - I see you there. Welcome aboard! -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 10:48
  - It shouldn't, I'll check that out -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 10:32
In Canada, our dead zone sports news cycles just become stuff like Sidney Crosby's 30th birthday - Reagen Aug 8, 10:27 1
- 🙄 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 10:46
Our broken economy, in one simple chart. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 8, 10:27 3
- It's those darn immigrants! -- nm - Trump voter Aug 8, 10:43
- but hey...we need "tax reform". -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 8, 10:36 1
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