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Everybody get ready to undulate! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 17, 07:36
EPL: Leicester sacks Shakespeare -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 07:23 3
- Whoa, tough crowd, they're booing Shakespeare! -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 07:25 1
  - They're Marlowe fans clearly -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 07:37
- something something not to be. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 07:25
My mother on the phone just now: "well have a good holiday if we don't talk" - ty97 Oct 17, 07:22 8
- You should show her and not talk to her until after Thanksgiving!! -- nm* - decline Oct 17, 07:34 6
  - She was on the phone with someone else, fools! - ty97 Oct 17, 07:35 5
    - you should still not talk to her until Thanksgiving and see if she notices -- nm - decline Oct 17, 07:36 4
      - I've just been informed we are going to bingo on Thursday -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 07:37 3
        
        what level of hell did you fall into? -- nm - decline Oct 17, 07:40 1
        
        South Florida -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 07:41
        
        We'll remain poorer as a nation until you get these two on camera -- nm - prayformojo Oct 17, 07:38
- I think she is trying to tell you something. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 07:33
Trump on his claim other presidents didn’t call the families of fallen soldiers: "You could ask General Kelly if he got a call from Obama." -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 07:12 4
- What does that mean? -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 07:31 2
  - His son was KIA in 2010. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 07:32 1
    - Ahh, I didn't know that. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 07:40
- I gasped FTR -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 07:13
United potentially reviewing credit card relationship with Chase due to Chase Sapphire popularity -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 07:07 1
- ty97's opinion: Change credit card providers! Then I can apply for a new card a new bonus! -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 07:08
Suspect In Would-Be Airport Bombing Nabbed With Help From REI -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 07:06 1
- that's a costly backpack to abandon in the woods. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 07:11
I love that my 3DS connects to internet networks efficiently everywhere except my home. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:03 3
- Uhm, wi-fi is bad, mkay? - Spawndroid Oct 17, 07:19 2
  - I did. But there's no way to directly connect a 3DS. (And I don't think it's vulnerable anyway.) -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:25 1
    - Even if it is vulnerable, it doesn't matter if you're not transmitting sensitive info. Hackers aren't trying to figure out what level your Pikachu is. -- nm - Ender Oct 17, 07:40
Raqqa, de facto capital of ISIS, falls to Kurdish/Arab militia -- (link) - Reagen Oct 17, 07:03
58% turnout last night, which for a muni election is pretty spectacular. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 06:54 1
- Bettman magic! -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 06:58
Zeke: Emergency TRO hearing in NY today to lift suspension -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 06:44
Former member of the Pussycat Dolls says it was a 'prostitution ring' -- (link) - Andie Oct 17, 06:44 22
- Wait, some thought it wasn't? -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 07:34
- It's crazy how they just vanished. Even Nicole's solo career never went anywhere. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 07:16 4
  - She does a yoghurt advert here and XFactor. -- nm - LMS Oct 17, 07:29
  - eh, she shows up on TV and various shows here and there at least. - groiny Oct 17, 07:17
  - I felt they never picked great songs for her solo career. She hosts X Factor type shows here, UK, Australia, etc so she's working -- nm* - ty97 Oct 17, 07:17 1
    - Exactly. Her single choices were awful. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 07:23
- I can't even imagine what those K-pop girl groups go through. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:04 3
  - poor Babymetal -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 07:14 2
    - I think they're Japanese and would probably disembowel any potential attackers O-Ren Ishii style. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:17 1
      - well, yeah, but young and cute and asian, they are hosed. -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 07:18
- (2012) "Furious Kaya told TMZ the only reason Nicole sang lead vocals for everything, is because 'there was a lot more going on behind the scenes.'" -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 07:02
- The thing I remember hearing about them when they first came out was that they were strippers (amended later I guess to 'strippers') - ty97 Oct 17, 06:59
- exclaim indeed -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 06:56
- the den mother from hell -- nm - budice Oct 17, 06:54
- wait whut -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 06:52 7
  - Apparently the producers were pushing all their buttons. -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 06:53 6
    - wrong girl group? -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 06:56 4
      - Don't question my girl group knowledge -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 06:57 [youtube] 3
        
        aah, right, I was thinking of Push the Button by Sugababes. -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 06:59 2
        
        Wait a minute, you know the Sugababes? Yas kween. -- nm - MDH Oct 17, 07:11 1
        
        I had a thing for the blonde one for a bit. -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 07:13
    - (if this story is true, and I have no idea, then I retract this post because it really doesn't look good) -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 06:56
Happy Gran Turismo Sport release day! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 06:10
If you like Venmo, and I know you do, you will soon be able to use it about 2M more places. -- (link) - Baronnosaurus Rex Oct 17, 06:08 3
- poll: do you have venmo installed on your phone? I do not. -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 07:12 2
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  - I do not. -- nm - znufrii Oct 17, 07:25
I'm really surprised Houston isn't starting Keuchel tonight. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:35 10
- when McCullers is on, he is no joke. -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 06:58 3
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    - with the whiff happy guys in the lineup, he could strike out 18 Yankees. - groiny Oct 17, 07:16 1
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  - This is the most important game of the season and it rests on Gray's arm. *nervous* -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:37 4
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      - Ha! I'll have Nathan's cheese fries waiting for you at the seat tomorrow night. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 17, 05:38 2
        
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        That's what postponements are for! -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:41
Garmin teams up with Amazon to make a tiny Echo Dot for your car -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 17, 05:32 1
- is it called a Gecho ? -- nm - decline Oct 17, 06:10
F'ng TY Hilton. God I hate ties in FF. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 05:29
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- It's still a disaster just noticeably worse with this information. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 17, 05:28 3
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    - I'd make that trade off, especially since they stole his seat anyway. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:36 1
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- ok, we're awake. - ty97 Oct 17, 05:27 1
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Penguin who fell in love with cardboard cutout dies next to it -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 05:22 4
- This was the first thing I read this morning. Thanks! :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:23 3
  - It's a happy story though! (and in 2019, it will be a Spike Jonze movie) -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 05:26 2
    - heh -- nm - prayformojo Oct 17, 05:53
    - Based on the title I'm not sure how but I'll take your word for it. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:27
NFL Playoff standings as of Week 6 - Strongbad Oct 17, 05:22 3
- Eagles looking solid -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 06:17 2
  - Hard to imagine an NFC Playoffs without ATL or SEA. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 06:43 1
    - GB will falloff, too big of a drop at QB with Rodgers out -- nm - budice Oct 17, 06:53
It depresses me that A) I thought this number was surprisingly low B) how high this number is -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 05:20 3
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  - Right, that was my gut reaction too, which ....ugh -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 05:25 1
    - All those numbers seem *real* low. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 17, 06:27
Delusional -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 05:18
TV PSA: NBA, Lethal Weapon, NCIS, Flash, Middle, Voice, Smackdown, Below Deck, Fresh off the Boat, Blackish, Bull, Legends of Tomorrow, This is Us, -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 03:04 2
- Mick, Brooklyn 99, Mayor, AHS Cult, Chrisley, Ink Masters, Kevin Saves the World, NCIS NO, Tosh, Challenge, L&O, Jim Jeffries, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 03:06 1
  - Nine-nine! -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:23
Mama Mia! Cher will be in the se(maybe pre)quel. -- (link) - Covington Oct 17, 01:58 2
- Give her all the Oscars -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 05:12 1
  - “Even Cher won an oscar! Cher!” -- nm - Conspiracy Brother Oct 17, 05:14
Guy’s Grocery Games: 8+ seasons. American Pickers: 14+ seasons. - Beryllium Oct 16, 23:35 6
- America's Next Top Model: 23 seasons -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 07:17
- I feel like those shows are rather benign so it's fine. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:16
- That they cost next to nothing to produce? -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 06:44
- U.S. calendar conversion: Guy's Grocery Games 4 years, American Pickers 7 years. -- nm - Max Oct 16, 23:51 2
  - Modern Family 9 years, Big Bang Theory 11 years, NCIS 15 years, Family Guy 17 years. -- nm - Max Oct 16, 23:55 1
    - I think Southpark's 21 seasons is an actual 21 years. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 07:25
"I'm a terrific boss, and I'll brutally sabotage the career of any underling who says different." - David Oct 16, 22:17
Naheed Nenshi declared re-elected, Gary Bettman loses. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 22:13 9
- good -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 03:07
- What’s with that poll that put Smith ahead by 13 points? -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 22:57 1
  - you mean from that super professional pollster? -- (link) - Reagen Oct 16, 23:05
- good. my racist uncle kept posting Bill Smith stories. the last one was: 'I know I'm not a flowery man, and the bigwigs in city hall won't like me..." - mafic Oct 16, 22:18 5
  - Flames management and comms openly throwing shit fits. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 22:49 1
    - Yeah, it's not a great look. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 22:52
  - Rick Bell will have a terse and angry hammered out column of one sentence paragraphs for all to enjoy tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 22:21 2
    - I never quite understand how such lacklustre candidates like Smith sometimes get "the push". - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 22:52 1
      - "*I'm* someone else!" almost worked. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 22:53
Reading the 'who called me' sites to find out about some calls I'm getting. Found this gem..... - Meg Oct 16, 22:01
This is an interesting piece on Harvey Weinstein from the writer of Beautiful Girls. -- (link) - David Oct 16, 21:43 1
- A more honest admission than anyone else in that circle. The guy’s got nothing to lose so why not burn bridges. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 23:12
I love NXT, I do. But I can't accept Drew Macintyre as champ any more than Jinder Mahal. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 21:30 10
- I can't believe how good Velveteen Dream is. -- nm - Tim Oct 16, 21:47 3
  - Yeah. Black's great too though. Takes two to tango. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 21:54 1
    - Yeah, I had no idea Tommy End/Aleister Black was that good either. -- nm - Tim Oct 16, 21:56
  - I always liked that kid on Tough Enough, but nobody from the WWE acted like they could stand him. -- nm - David Oct 16, 21:53
- It's not Adam Cole yet? -- nm - David Oct 16, 21:34 5
  - spoilers - Tim Oct 16, 21:41 3
    - I like Cien's hats, but he's a "going nowhere" wrestler. - David Oct 16, 21:47 2
      - (Did you know he's one of the guys that started the original Los Ingobernables?) - Tim Oct 16, 22:57
      - Almas can absolutely go in the ring but I can't find a reason to care. -- nm - Tim Oct 16, 21:55
  - I doubt it. Even though I'm on Oct 4th. He won't get it until at least Takeover: Houston. nmbbaybaay -- (edited) - Qale Oct 16, 21:36
Interesting. If the Columbus Crew don't get a new stadium, they're moving to Austin. - Volnelk Oct 16, 21:29
Just in time for my flight on wednesday, we've got two windstorms rolling in. 90km/h. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 21:29
"basic, medium thickness" ought to be a t-shirt. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 16, 21:18 2
- Name of Amy's sex tape! -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 21:21 1
  - Here's a list. (But it has spoilers if you haven't seen later seasons, which I haven't yet. Oops.) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 16, 21:27
Forgot to mention - among the options for councilor today I had Boss, Omar and Cesar Augusto. - Reagen Oct 16, 21:05
Lucifer spoiler - crash davis Oct 16, 21:01 1
- It was a fun episode. -- nm - David Oct 16, 21:10
What I learned today...food is not taxed in California but food *coloring* is ? - Meg Oct 16, 20:58 7
- food colouring isn't really food, I guess. I know there are all kinds of weird rules on what qualifies. - mafic Oct 16, 21:05 6
  - Basically if you take it with you to prepare at home it's non-taxable. Prepared in store is taxed. -- nm - Meg Oct 16, 21:11 3
    - Pretty similar to here in BC. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 21:18
    - CA is not alone in that. Someplace(s) I've lived it's that way too, perhaps it's like that here in NY? -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 21:14 1
      - Yup and if it's prepared in store it's not able to be bought with food stamps. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 05:26
  - don't know if this is still in place, but the example from the early days of the GST was 1 doughnut - taxed, 6 doughnuts - no tax. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 21:07 1
    - yeah, similar weirdness. snack vs. food thing. and there was always almost no GST on anything at costco. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 21:10
NFL Wins standings update - mud Oct 16, 20:49 2
- this week - rollo Oct 17, 06:20
- Ha, not last! -- nm - Spawn Oct 16, 21:32

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