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This is why I pretend half (maybe 2/3 now) of the internet simply doesn't exist. -- (link*) - iSpam Aug 30, 14:18 2
- "Frost me Tony" -- nm - decline Aug 30, 14:20
- That's the right magazine for that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:19
Forgive the Buzzfeed link, but... :) There's a class action lawsuit against the Cheesecake Factory that their ''suggested gratuities'' are wrong - con_carne Aug 30, 14:15 5
- On the one hand, Ok, on the other, how do you not notice that's out of line? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:18
- so the person was too stupid to realize what 20% of her bill was and now has filed a frivolous lawsuit -- nm* - decline Aug 30, 14:17 3
  - Plus, I could almost see that if you're splitting the check, you ought to tip more anyway.... *smileyshrug emoji* :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 14:19
  - I don't think it's frivolous - they're either lying or negligent, but man, learn some math. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:19 1
    - she's suing for 7 bucks - decline Aug 30, 14:24
Trivial trivia: It appears that Joseph Fiennes has been in only 3 wide release movies in the last 15 years. - Max Aug 30, 14:13 2
- Also, his tv show deserved a better fate. -- nm - David Aug 30, 14:14 1
  - dude, Handmaid's Tale did well! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 14:16
Explaining conservative skepticism of climate change (link) -- (edited) - mara Aug 30, 14:10 2
- Also, this sounds like the kind of paranoia that Kim Jong-Il expresses toward the United States. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 14:39
- conversely, "I don't want more taxes and regulation, so this can't be true." -- nm - Max Aug 30, 14:14
Story of the Day in DC: "Woman who threw urine on bus driver for telling her ‘have a nice day’ says driver ‘could have been more courteous’" -- (link) - MDH Aug 30, 14:05
Joe Haden signs 3yr deal with Steelers -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 14:03 3
- So he's... basically getting the same 2017 salary, except as a Steeler not a Brown - Strongbad Aug 30, 14:20
- I thought he was meeting with them tonight? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 14:03 1
  - 3yr, $27M. Happened sooner than later -- nm - budice Aug 30, 14:05
Was Robby Anderson drafted twice? -- nm - CQ Aug 30, 14:01 5
- [censored by Net Nanny] - David Aug 30, 14:14
- (I wondered why he was still available) -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 14:03 3
  - I can't pick up players right now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:10
  - 7-4 Reagen. 8-1 nubby -- nm - CQ Aug 30, 14:04 1
    - (oblique) -- nm - Jean Valjean Aug 30, 14:09
Inigo, Truman, moi -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 13:57 2
- Is Sammy Watkins available? If so, Inigo gets him per his draft card. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:58 1
  - he is -- nm - decline Aug 30, 14:07
Joel Osteen sails his luxury yacht through the Houston floodwaters, throwing his book to people stranded on their roofs. -- (link) - jnine Aug 30, 13:38 4
- "Where's Wyatt?" "Down by the creek, walking on water." -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:46
- Since I can't tell from the IM, it's a Christian satire website. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 13:38 2
  - It's a good visual. -- nm - jnine Aug 30, 14:02
  - 100% for reals, yo. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 13:57
Groiny back up -- nm* - Todd Manning Aug 30, 13:32 3
- I assume you meant Diggs not Riggs from Minny -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 13:48 1
  - Or Chibs from Sons of Anarchy -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 13:54
- next up -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 13:40
The Commish is off the clock for a bit to do some work. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:26
Bah, repeat blood test still came back below target. They're gonna mess with my meds aren't they? :( -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 13:25
Can somebody *ping* Flavorize on Facebook or Twitter? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:19 8
- I'm starting up a gofundme to bribe Strongbad back into the league. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:40 7
  - Took you over a half-hour to pick Philip Rivers, so..... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:41 6
    - Though in under an hour, Samara bookended six picks so that's still pretty much a win -- nm - JD Aug 30, 13:46 1
      - If everybody submitted draft cards, this could be over in fifteen minutes. Maybe we should...Maybe we should... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:52
    - If the choice is Philip Rivers or anyone else, I can understand taking 30 minutes to make a decision. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 30, 13:46 1
      - It's like Mel Gibson at the start of the first Lethal Weapon. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:48
    - So, start a gofundme to bribe me out of the league. I accept paypal. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 13:44 1
      - You're saucier than spaghetti. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:55
Caveman is moving slightly. Groiny on the clock, then Nuditarian x2, then Groiny again -- nm - decline Aug 30, 13:13 1
- off the clock -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 13:23
Has Spawn picked yet? -- (edited) - spamlet Aug 30, 13:09 9
- As I predicted, the long turn killed my picks. - Spawn Aug 30, 13:20 6
  - You're up but I'm not sure where you're gonna go after a K. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 13:30 3
    - What, I took a player that I will use every week instead of a bye week fill-in. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:59
    - second kicker! -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:32 1
      - It's like the ruiners are not good at this. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 13:35
  - Well, it's like the 12th round with all the keepers. - spamlet Aug 30, 13:22 1
    - Right. Warm body time. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:23
- Just the best kicker in the game. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 30, 13:10 1
  - Nobody believes that. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 13:39
RIP Coach Rollie Massimino. He has passed away at 82. -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 13:08 4
- He lived an amazing life. I'll really miss him. -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:19
- crap -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 13:15
- :-( I was just starting to really love college basketball when he took Villanova to the title. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 13:14
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 30, 13:11
Margaret Atwood taking a beating from some progressive fans for her shameless NIMBYism over an eight-story condo. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:06 15
- I love the name "Cleophee Eaton". You can instantly picture what she looks like. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 13:51
- I'll say what we're all thinking: Margaret Atwood is still alive? -- nm - David Aug 30, 13:19 2
  - she had a cameo in The Handmaiden's Tale. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 13:20
  - She's a fiesty dame. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:19
- She seems impossible to deal with. Like, you would detest having to interact with her in real life. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:10 10
  - Yeah, she really backed herself into a corner on this one. She's pretty well liked here, but this was a bad hill to die on. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 13:14 8
    - Working for city councillors the last four years, I marvel at how many self-proclaimed "urbanists" aren't. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:18 7
      - It's possible that it's because I'm a dirty gentrifier, but I was supremely happy that a bunch of condo building went up near us - Reagen Aug 30, 13:23 6
        
        Yeah, I'm the same way. Cost me some support in my race in 2014 because I backed a three-story seniors life-lease being developed by the local Masons. -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:29 4
        
        Those old people *thirst* for the blood of the young. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:31 3
        
        You guys would have *loved* video of the forum in that election. I got hammered because it was a protectionist group hosting and every question was... -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:37 2
        
        In the past, my wife has had to do community outreach meetings. The stories she would tell... -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 13:47 1
        
        I am 100% convinced that public consultation is 100% political ass-covering. -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:51
        
        ~he's a cold-hearted gentrifier, look into his eyes~ -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:25
  - Well, I'm sure *I* would detest it. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 13:13
Local dumb guy tries to hold up staff & students at Burbank, CA MMA studio. The results aren't pretty. (link) - howie Aug 30, 13:02 4
- Brilliant! -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 13:09
- Geez of all places... -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Aug 30, 13:05
- I doubt any real footage of this could match the Simpsons-esque scene playing in my mind right now. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 13:03 1
  - "But, Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet ..." -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:06 [Attachment]
Hmm. This business earned a "high" hazard rating. You'll never guess the reason why. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:59 1
- well, they are 'Beyond Organics' -- nm - decline Aug 30, 13:02
LIR: I knew it. I knew War for the Planet of the Apes would have an awards season campaign from the first time I saw it. :) - con_carne Aug 30, 12:50
Working on my pic. You vultures picked that carcass dry. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 30, 12:46
And at Foxnews all is buzzing along as normal. Tomi Lahren has been hired. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 12:40 4
- She will fit right in with all the other blond Nazis there. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:43 3
  - Oh yea. I really am surprised it took them this long to hire her. - Jovian Aug 30, 12:51 2
    - Wait, they fired her once already, she was on a panel, failed to attack abortion -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 12:59 1
      - That was The Blaze. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 30, 13:09
I'm tempted to try this recipe this weekend. It looks silly fun -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 30, 12:35 1
- it looks silly fun, but I object to the 70s porn soundtrack -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 12:41
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Houston Texans -- (link) - Beaker Aug 30, 12:31 10
- Seems like people aren't reading the article before lambasting it. -- nm - nubby Aug 30, 12:52 1
  - You want people to read an article before commenting on it? What is this, 1970? -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 13:10
- It sure would be gosh diddly okey dokely if you'd let me suck your blood. -- nm - Vampire Ned Flanders Joel Osteen Aug 30, 12:42
- Ah, my mistake. -- nm* - Inigo Aug 30, 12:34
- .... Really? -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 12:33 5
  - Yeaaaaaah... maybe they should have rescheduled that release. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:36 4
    - Maybe its just me, but if I was waist deep in water, I'd find the timing refreshingly normal, not insulting. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 12:39 2
      - "If you guys can survive David Carr, you can survive anything." -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 13:50
      - It opens with a letter from a Houston resident saying exactly that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 12:55
    - read it -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:36
JF, RC, Spawner -- nm - CQ Aug 30, 12:28 1
- Do we think Yahoo is current? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:31
Know what you would be nice right about now? About two solid weeks of nothing but good news -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 12:26 7
- Hmm -- (link) - David Aug 30, 12:40
- For that, we would need Trump to go on vacation. - Spawn Aug 30, 12:29 2
  - *pulls yacht into Galveston Bay* -- nm - Trump Aug 30, 12:31 1
    - *swoon* -- nm - Boyscouts Aug 30, 12:31
- There is currently a 40% chance another disturbance develops in the Gulf of Mexico in the next 5 days. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:29 2
  - I wish one would hit Mar-A-Lago. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:34 1
    - *calls for $5B resort aid package* -- nm - Trump Aug 30, 12:36
Texans cancelled game because they found a safe route to get home. They are driving to Houston today. -- (link) - GregW Aug 30, 12:23
I *bought* music today for the first time in a VERY long time. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 12:20 6
- Stevie ray Vaughan Texas Flood? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:02
- BIEBER HAS NEW MUSIC!? -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:30
- digging Taylor's new album, huh ? -- nm - decline Aug 30, 12:22 2
  - Negative. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 30, 12:24 1
    - You are a one trick pony. - Spawn Aug 30, 12:30
- I'm leaning toward buying the soundtrack to Sicario. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 12:22
The Zebra's are all sittin' there making bets and eatin' popcorn, when, Oh Snap! there's a twist to the match! -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 12:20 [youtube] 4
- I'll do anything for a detachable tail! -- nm - wildeb. Aug 30, 12:49
- excellent -- nm - fast lion Aug 30, 12:25
- awesome -- nm - Lions Aug 30, 12:22 1
  - heh -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 12:25
Astronauts will run a little faster with one fewer drafter. - crash davis Aug 30, 12:18
and Super Feud is done! Good luck to the best of the best of the best -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:16
Truman, Inigo, Groiny -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 12:16 1
- donso with a gusto -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 30, 12:49
Reagen, then I'm done -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 12:11
You people are all monsters. -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:10 17
- *unzips* - groiny Aug 30, 12:44 2
  - '/~there's a monster in my pants..'/~ -- nm - b. Aug 30, 12:50 1
    - *does a naughty dance* -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 12:53
- I embrace my lot in life. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 12:35 2
  - It's a hard knock life, for us. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 12:39
  - It's not a lot, but it's a life. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 12:36
- I appreciate you. Thanks for doing the thankless task. - amoxy Aug 30, 12:24 2
  - Well it's not thankless now - Reagen Aug 30, 12:34
  - Great! -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:27
- I invented the chocolate TV you can eat. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:13 4
  - Is it 4K full-HDR? If not, gtfo. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 12:21 1
    - The white chocolate version is. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 12:52
  - sweet -- nm - mud Aug 30, 12:17 1
    - No it's dark chocolate -- nm - sycor Aug 30, 12:29
- (except Andie, who is one of this world's true inspirations) -- nm - David Aug 30, 12:13 1
  - I'm sorry for saying 'dear' to her earlier. And I'm sorry if I ran Ty away. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 12:20
- I didn't put the Twinkies in their hands! -- nm - Max Aug 30, 12:10

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