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We now know which song Jessica Chastain lost her virginity too (minor Lady Bird spoilers) -- (link*) - ty97 Jan 31, 13:01 5
- I will be your dixie chicken if you be my Tennessee lamb. - David Jan 31, 13:08
- lil on the nose, there. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 13:05
- that...emojii... -- nm - Max Jan 31, 13:05 2
  - I guess her first time was good. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:09
  - emojii's usually don't make sense. The crying one for laughing? - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 13:07
This is the longest Thursday ever, but at least January ended. -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 13:00
Katherine Heigl joins Suits -- (link) - Remlik Jan 31, 12:59 5
- this is weird but I so often used to see photos of her smoking that I can smell stake smoke when I hear anything about her. -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 13:11
- I know next to nothing about Meghan Markle, but I can safely say this is a bad trade for that show. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 13:05
- fuuuuuuuudge, that used to be one of my favorite 3 shows. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 13:01
- as a grip? -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 12:59 1
  - *key* grip -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 13:00
Office Behaviour I hate: When someone calls you back, that you don't know, that you spoke to on the phone maybe once before months ago, and they're - Andie Jan 31, 12:48 6
- I get some calls from (name) at (company) "please call me back" with no other info. I want to report them to FCC just for being stupid. - Max Jan 31, 13:04
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  - phishing call? I figure you deal with those to an extent -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 12:59
  - You know, that case that ends tomorrow morning. - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:59
- For me it is simpler than that. Even if I talk to him regularly, he is not the only Brian so he needs to say his first and last name so I can be sure. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:53
- also the in-person variation for me - never met, but act like we have until it's clear we haven't. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 12:52
"He cheats like hell. So I don't quite know how he is in business. They say that if you cheat at golf, you cheat at business." -- nm - LPGA legend Suzann Pettersen on Trump Jan 31, 12:45
“I don’t want tricks. I want a guy wearing a see-through leotard who’s pretending to be a swan.” - Krusty Jan 31, 12:39
why the flippin' heck have I had Living La Vida Loca as a nonstopearworm since 10am today? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 12:26 7
- You woke up in New York City? -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 12:57
- here is a great live Trucking, from 1981 with the rare sex change lyric -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 31, 12:51 [youtube]
- I don't believe you, I'll just watch -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 12:42
- I'm Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 12:33
- because you are upside inside out? -- nm - decline Jan 31, 12:28
- it'll push and pull you down, man. *hugs* -- nm - b. Jan 31, 12:28
- You need to slow down and take a breath, man. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:27
sitwap - "human uber" provides a way to attend events remotely, using another person's body. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 31, 12:24 1
- "... how do I know you are *really*..." -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:55
The Mysterious Private Company Controlling Corporate America -- (link) - spamlet, no longer an adequate poster Jan 31, 12:18 4
- Literally LOL when I saw who this is about. ISS is a joke. -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 12:23 3
  - I haven't read all of it quite yet. - spamlet Jan 31, 12:48
  - in your town? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 12:25 1
    - If I gave points you'd have a lot for that reply. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 12:39
Stupid moles... -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 12:12 14
- Yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 31, 12:23 1
  - Could have gone either way, really. I picked wrong. -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 12:26
- like moles to be removed or moles in your lawn? I have a lowering cholesterol question - Epiphany Jan 31, 12:15 11
  - eat lots of french fries -- nm - decline Jan 31, 12:44 5
    - also - I haven't checked the bag label but Alexa's fries and such are better options. - Epiphany Jan 31, 12:46
    - apparently Strongbad was dipping his into his Wendy's frosty at one point - Epiphany Jan 31, 12:45 3
      - You've never done that? - IrishStephen Jan 31, 13:01 1
        
        Only if I want to ruin a perfectly good frosty and a bad fry. - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 13:08
      - Heh. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 12:58
  - primarily sat and trans (which increases bad, lowers good). cholesterol is a mixed bag, in that some foods with it are worse than others as far as - b. Jan 31, 12:33 2
    - gracias. - Epiphany Jan 31, 12:39 1
      - well, common sense plays a part, too. ;) - - b. Jan 31, 12:45
  - Honestly haven’t been paying much attention to that recently. - znufrii Jan 31, 12:25 1
    - thanks. I have been eating salads. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 12:40
Cool story. Russell Wilson and Ciara were in town last night and took in a new and trendy Winnipeg winter tradition. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jan 31, 12:11
from bb re: trey gowdy - he mentioned in his statement that he wants to return to the justice system; and I heard on my way in this morning that there - b. Jan 31, 12:07
WSJ: Some Elite Colleges Review an Application in 8 Minutes (or Less) -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 31, 11:56 14
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  - This is for both rejected and accepted. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 13:06
  - *swipe left* *swipe left* *swipe left* *SWIPE RIGHT OMG* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 12:59
- That long? -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 12:10
- That's longer than a normal resume read, and infinitely longer than a Hollywood exec thumbing through a script. -- nm - Inigo Jan 31, 12:03
- i sort of assumed it was like that, actually. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 12:01 7
  - If anything, longer. -- nm - David Jan 31, 12:07 3
    - Hey now, these are "Elite". -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:07 2
      - Right, that means a higher proportion can be discarded in the first 30 seconds. -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 12:17 1
        
        "look at his photo" "I know, going further would only waste valuable seconds." -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 12:34
  - indeed -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:06
  - Me too. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 12:02
  - Same. -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 12:02
- Is this supposed to be surprising? -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 12:00
Hyper dog+tennis ball+slick floor, too much fun -- nm - Amoxy-2017 Caveman ChampE Jan 31, 11:55
FEMA ending food and water shipments to Puerto Rico, official says -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 11:45 2
- It is not like you are Cape Town. -- nm - FEMA Jan 31, 11:57
- Mission Accomplished. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 11:55
Monopoly Cheaters Edition caters to the worst in all of us -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 11:35 2
- i found this game called Lie, Cheat, and Steal when i was a kid. played it once, my mom threw it out because she didn't like the message it sent. -- nm - colin Jan 31, 11:41 1
  - And that sent an interesting message to you, as well. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 11:59
Baltimore Police Carried Toy Guns To Plant On People They Shoot, Trial Finds -- (link) - Remlik Jan 31, 11:35 1
- I read that yesterday, so sick. ugh. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 12:08
truck driver drives over and harms Nazca Lines -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 31, 11:33 2
- "accidentally" right. -- nm - colin Jan 31, 11:45
- this is why we can't have nice things -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 11:34
Prosecutors say 265 women or girls have now reported to law enforcement that they were abused by convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 11:24 6
- He's like the Wilt Chamberlain of creeps. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jan 31, 11:31 5
  - Beating out previous champ Wilt Chamberlain. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 11:32 4
    - Wilt wasn't ever accused of anything non-consensual, was he? gross womanizing, but nothing creepy or unwanted, as far as I remember. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 12:35 3
      - I don't think anyone sleeps with 20000 women and have them all be consensual. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 12:45 2
        
        I don't agree. he likely messed around and told untruths to some, but that's different. - b. Jan 31, 12:48
        
        I disagree with that. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 12:46
nm -- nm* - Flavorize—stolen from a pal’s FB Jan 31, 11:24
~everybody was kung fu fighting~ -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 11:23
Who wants to touch me? My one big honking pubic Spotify play list now has _15_ followers - con_carne Jan 31, 11:23 [spotify] 4
- Hopefully 16 now! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 11:38
- *steps behind you, presses everything against you* congrats. -- nm - colin Jan 31, 11:34
- Woot! - Epiphany Jan 31, 11:26 1
  - I'm celebrating by adding tracks by AC/DC, Kreator and Venom -- nm - con_carne Jan 31, 11:33
4 minute compilation of Tahani name-dropping on The Good Place. :) -- (link) - Andie Jan 31, 11:22 1
- That's a beautiful thing -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 11:27
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- It's called liberal arts. ..and you sir, are a work of art -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 13:00
- Getting an education is a means to an end, not an excuse to come to different conclusions about the way the world works. -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 12:28
- I got blocked on twitter by a friend who posted "What % of college professors are liberal?" to which I replied "What % of Fortune 500 CEOs are GOP?" - volnelk Jan 31, 11:25 6
  - I have a friend who was very close to graduating, when he dropped out, and refuses to go back because he doesn’t want to get “liberal brainwashed.” -- nm - Flavorize Jan 31, 11:28 5
    - He sounds pretty suggestible. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 11:30 3
      - Yep. I’ve called him out on repeating some gop talk show nonsense. He listens to talk radio, all day at work... -- nm - Flavorize Jan 31, 11:39 1
        
        I especially mean if it would be that easy to turn him into a liberal. - Reagen Jan 31, 11:59
      - "What subject were you studying?" "Liberal Arts" -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 11:33
    - good Lord. -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 11:30
- At least the admin has a back-up Housing and Urban Development secretary if they need one. -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 11:23
- ! -- nm - mud Jan 31, 11:12
Oscar Gamble passed away today -- (link) - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Jan 31, 11:05 3
- :-( -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 12:06
- How’s Tony Bet doing? -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 11:06 1
  - His legs are still broken. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 11:09
Former NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife Leah LaBelle were reportedly killed in a car crash -- (link) - budice Jan 31, 11:02 2
- The vehicle was traveling at speeds two to three times higher than the limit when the crash occurred, according to police. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 11:10 1
  - Anytime you use multiples of the speed limit, it's probably not wise. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 11:12
So if Fox has Thursday Night Football, does that mean Epic Collinsworthmas at the end of the Olympics? - Dark Callisto Jan 31, 11:00
"He completed 9 of 11 passes for 228 yards and four touchdowns in the second quarter." - Will Hunting Jan 31, 10:59 6
- First SB I watched live.. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 31, 11:19
- Sophomore year at IU. - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 11:09 1
  - 5th grade. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 11:11
- That was fun to watch. -- nm - budice Jan 31, 11:00 2
  - not for all of us. -- nm - b. Jan 31, 12:11
  - yep. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 11:03
in which pfm learns that Nicole Eggert was on Charles in Charge -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 10:58 4
- After they rebooted it in syndication yes. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 31, 11:06
- I guess that's a test of how old you are. Whether you became aware of her on Charles in Charge or Baywatch. -- nm - volnelk Jan 31, 11:00 2
  - CiC era Nicole Eggert was essential to my early male development. I remember thinking "of course she did" when she got cast on BW -- nm - con_carne Jan 31, 11:07
  - I'm old, but only knew of her b/c of Baywatch - prayformojo Jan 31, 11:02
B2: The memo says what some people want to believe, that's why they think it's proof. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 10:56
Stormy Daniels has backed out of an appearance of The View. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 10:54 3
- She was kinda funny on Kimmel. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 11:07
- s'ok - Stormy Daniels has had lots of practice backing it on up. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 10:58 1
  - zing! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 11:07
Mazda is aiming to have their next generation of gas engines to have the same CO2 output as electric cars. -- (link) - spamlet, no longer an adequate poster Jan 31, 10:50 2
- Porsche was saying last year that their exhaust comes out cleaner than the air going in. - Max Jan 31, 11:41
- For EVs deriving energy from natural gas fired plants. So they continue to ignore that - TWuG's windchimes like you Jan 31, 10:54
Two parents were arrested Wednesday morning after ordering their daughter to attack a student at a bus stop, then jumping into the brawl themselves -- (link) - spamlet, no longer an adequate poster Jan 31, 10:47
It appears his approval #s have gone from a low of 32% to ~42% now. People are really stupid. -- nm - mud Jan 31, 10:43 15
- There's a lot of statistical noise in looking at individual polls. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 11:26
- 538 has him at 39/55/-16. -- nm - David Jan 31, 10:49 13
  - And thats with Tax Cuts baked in -- nm - budice Jan 31, 10:54
  - ah. that's better (I was looking at a CNN chyron) -- nm - mud Jan 31, 10:52 9
    - but people are still really stupid, too. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 10:57 3
      - at some point every morning: wait, *president* trump?! get out -- nm - mud Jan 31, 11:00 2
        
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        But... emails! -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 31, 11:16
    - Yeah, they're citing one Monmouth poll from today. - David Jan 31, 10:56 4
      - thanks. that 75% is bonkers -- nm - mud Jan 31, 10:59 3
        
        The ones most likely to watch are Trump supporters. -- nm - David Jan 31, 11:45
        
        ::shrugs:: I liked the way he was saying it. - Joe Average Jan 31, 11:16 1
        
        "U!S!A! U!S!A! U!S!A!" -- nm - mud Jan 31, 11:19
  - just seems like the numbers are all basically the same give or take for sample size - zeitgeist Jan 31, 10:51 1
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