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Let's do some Disney trivia history that only Mop and possibly Meg will know: which two famous vehicles did Disney have to buy... - David Aug 3, 11:52 7
- The Delorean and The Ghostbusters car. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 11:58
- Batmobile and Mystery Machine -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 11:54
- Mater and Herbie -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 3, 11:53
- The A-Team van and the car from 'My Mother, The Car' -- nm - Roger More Aug 3, 11:53 3
  - thread hijack - just saw the martini pic - how was the gin? -- nm - JenBro Aug 3, 11:54 2
    - Good - I liked the botanicals a lot (though I had a more powerful than usual hangover the next day) -- nm - Roger More Aug 3, 11:56 1
      - Oh Good! -- nm - JenBro Aug 3, 12:37
Remember how we talked buzz on Crazy Rich Asians? There's a screening next week at the Smithsonian in DC. -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 11:44
bah. no GO on IST FO job. the FO of the FO organization told me though that it was bad luck an d not bad interviewing - amanda Aug 3, 11:38 9
- Their loss. - znufrii Aug 3, 12:38
- Sorry. :( -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 12:19
- sucks :( -- nm - decline Aug 3, 11:48
- Aww, that's really too bad :( -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 11:47
- well, damn. - groiny Aug 3, 11:46
- Ah, sorry. It sounds like the interview will be an asset for the next thing you go for. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 3, 11:43
- dammit. really sorry to hear this. that's really frustrating -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 11:40
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 3, 11:40
- That sucks, sorry. -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:39
just because I love the headline "The Browns Are the Most Interesting 0-16 Team in NFL History" -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 11:33 3
- Out of the two? - David Aug 3, 11:37 2
  - I told you I loved the headline. I wonder if the Ringer would listen to a pitch for your article -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 11:38 1
    - But then I would be writing for The Ringer. - David Aug 3, 11:39
D.Va Nerf gun. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 3, 11:29
krusty, did you ever end up downloading Fortnite? -- nm* - groiny Aug 3, 11:20 4
- I did. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 11:48
- isn't fortnote not android yet? -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 11:36 2
  - Correct. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 11:43 1
    - oh I thought krusty was android. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 11:58
Spontaneous Goats -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 11:13 1
- *files this under Future Band Names* -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 3, 11:23
Got $30M just lying around in the couch cushions? You too might be able to buy an Overwatch League team. -- (link) - Baron Starr Aug 3, 11:01 8
- Or if you have $20CDN, you can buy the Game of the Year edition at EBGames. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 11:11 3
  - Fortnite, still free! -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 11:19 2
    - Totally. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 11:28
    - Stop stealing money from my children's mouths! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 3, 11:22
- Reagen will be my sleeper pick in the draft -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 11:02 3
  - That is a Browns-esque move, to be quite clear. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 11:21 1
    - "why does this guy always pick Lucio????" -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 11:21
  - 9 of the top 10 picks are Korean. Reagen is the other one. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 3, 11:16
I am a LAMF today -- nm - Amoxy Aug 3, 11:00
NASA backs designs for 3D-printed homes on Mars -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 11:00 4
- Seriously?? -- nm - Matt Damon Aug 3, 11:10
- Where do they stand on 3D-printed guns? -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 11:08 2
  - they'll need them to combat the martians -- nm - decline Aug 3, 11:49
  - currently NASA's plans are to carry them, not stand on them -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 11:09
It's TCA (Television Critics Association) time! Which means it's time for FX's John Landgraf to talk about "Peak TV" again! -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 10:52
LYC: 2 weeks with only a fisheye lens is fucking brutal. I may have to cheat a little when we're on vacay in Asheville next week. Stupid effin lens -- nm - CQ Aug 3, 10:46 4
- just tilt it a little? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 10:57 1
  - Duh! I’m a dope. -- nm - CQ Aug 3, 10:58
- full frame fisheye is awesome (the circle not so much) and I keep replacing the aux lens for my cell phone -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 3, 10:52 1
  - I just feel limited in what I can do with it right now. I need to regroup and rethink. -- nm - CQ Aug 3, 10:57
Invasion of big, voracious lizards threatens U.S. South: study - crash davis Aug 3, 10:39 2
- Dinosaurs are back in Florida! -- nm - decline Aug 3, 10:45 1
  - I'm going to miss Jax -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:47
Fortnite streamer Ninja now has 10M Twitch followers. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 3, 10:39
What is your earworm this Friday -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 3, 10:34 [youtube] 1
- Mine is ... -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 10:40 [youtube]
Cook Political (for ty97): Cook has moved the TX Senate election race from "Likely R" to "Lean R" - MDH Aug 3, 10:31 2
- No, DSCC, I’m still not going to give you money. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:39
- We still have elections? I was hoping Trump would just do away with them for my sanity -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 10:35
Google Daydream (2017 model) is $30 at the Verizon shop. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 3, 10:29 1
- And what would I do with this...? -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:53
LIR: groiny, Yes. It was the sugar factory I meant -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:18 27
- Women! -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 10:54 1
  - Lots of pretty women! -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 3, 11:43
- I got curious so here is the Chicago River North Menu. Yep, the drinks are wild looking -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 10:45 10
  - (also who can drink more than one 60 ounce sugar bomb drink?) -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:52 3
    - to be fair, a decent amount of it is dry ice -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:55 2
      - No Warp Core Breach? -- nm - Amoxy Aug 3, 10:59 1
        
        it is very similar for sure. - groiny Aug 3, 11:00
  - they have smores crepes! long live the smorrito! -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:51 5
    - If I went there, I'm afraid I would try something over the top like that - crash davis Aug 3, 10:53 4
      - (I secretly covet the chocolate milkshake glass covered in sprinkles.) -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:59 2
        
        I would love to get the Nutella Banana milkshake, but for a month later I'd be haunted by guilt for paying $17.95 for a milkshake -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 11:09 1
        
        right? the 5 dollar milkshake has become victim of inflation. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 11:12
      - they make s'mores wraps at taco bell in the uk, I just learned. -- (link) - amanda Aug 3, 10:56
- I took the kids there, and for 4 meals and 2 drinks it was 200 bucks. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:22 11
  - I'll pay money for excellent food, but I'd imagine the food at Sugar Factory ain't good. -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 10:28 2
    - it is like upscale Applebees. - groiny Aug 3, 10:28 1
      - Instagram pictures galore I'm sure, so probably an upcharge. -- nm - MDH Aug 3, 10:29
  - I just can't justify that kind of expense; maybe it's my single earner-ness. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:25 5
    - word. If Amy, Logan and I ever had a meal that was $100 I would probably freak. -- nm* - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 3, 11:34
    - I would imagine it's much easier when only one person is involved in making these decisions. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 10:26 2
      - yes, I never go out with anyone else. you're correct. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:33 1
        
        Weird. -- nm - Shaun Aug 3, 10:37
    - that was the first and last time we went there. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:26
  - But you paid with a Chris Evans photo and it was all good. -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:23 1
    - go chase a goat -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:24
- Tell your daughter you guys only go at to eat at places with a Pokemon gym anymore. -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:22
- that is what I thought. Pre-warning, that place is crazy expensive. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:18
Ex-leader of state's GOP says he killed dog on God's command -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 10:17 4
- Religious freedom, people! -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:31
- He also said he's the 2nd coming of JC. He seems perfect to be head of the SCGOP. -- nm - jnine Aug 3, 10:21 2
  - *jealous* -- nm - Florida Aug 3, 10:27
  - What I want to know is how SC got this guy instead of Florida. -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:22
Need Advice: toys for a 4 year old boy that only wants destruction. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:09 22
- matches -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 3, 11:15
- LEGO -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 10:49
- magnatiles -- nm - CQ Aug 3, 10:43
- jarts -- nm - decline Aug 3, 10:33
- Puppy Pistol. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 3, 10:21 [youtube] 1
  - they've already got part of the dino gun -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:22
- Sounds like a candidate for KinderGuardians. But stuff he can build and then knock down, blocks, Lincoln Logs, etc -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:15 5
  - they have lincoln logs, but he's too impatient to build something, then knock it over. he wants to wreck things that other people knock down. maybe - colin Aug 3, 10:23 4
    - When I was a little kid, I had a Bozo The Clown punching bag. I loved hitting that thing. -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:26 3
      - that might be perfect. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:44 2
        
        Plus it's important to teach children clowns should be punched. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 10:49 1
        
        the Cuz is not wrong -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:55
- Bathtub paints. My nieces and nephew loved this stuff when they were that age. - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 10:13 2
  - ooh, that's a cool idea. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:21 1
    - They absolutely loved it. My brother didn't mind it either. Now, when I bought them all the 15-player set of musical instruments, for them and ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 10:47
- Nerf, sandbox -- nm - budice Aug 3, 10:13 2
  - Turbo Tunnel Ball, too. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 10:16 1
    - their dad doesn't understand gun safety, so shots to the face are totally on when they're playing with gun toys. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:21
- A piñata. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 10:13 1
  - Dora, noooo! -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:22
- the ImagineNext line of toys seem pretty durable and fun. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:10 1
  - oh those do look beefy. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:21
Of 213 days so far this year, I've been on the road for business 95 days. Not bad compared to past years :) -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:08
Donald Trump Jr. compares Democratic Party to 1930s Nazis — 'Man, those things are awfully similar' -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 10:04 5
- Lol, shut up, troll. - znufrii Aug 3, 10:12 4
  - The quote in there from him that got me is " it’s the exact opposite that you’ve been told.” - crash davis Aug 3, 10:14 3
    - It straight out of the “accuse your enemy of whatever you are guilty of” playbook. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 3, 10:16 2
      - most succintly "No puppet, no puppet. You're the puppet" -- nm - crash davis Aug 3, 10:18 1
        
        "I wasn't late! The Queen was late!" -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 10:39
Chris Rock to Star in 'Fargo' Season 4 -- (link) - LMS Aug 3, 10:02 17
- this is very cool. -- nm* - Diva Aug 3, 10:35
- Oh wow. That's tremendous. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:02 15
  - is it? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:08 14
    - That's just my reaction whenever I look in my pants. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:37
    - No, I just randomly said that. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:09 12
      - what makes it so? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:10 11
        
        Rock's one of the most talented people in Hollywood. - David Aug 3, 10:11 10
        
        he's so bright and engaging. I love good hair so, so much. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:21
        
        did you decide this after Grown Ups 2? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:16
        
        he is? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:13 7
        
        Go away. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:16 4
        
        you sure you don't mean Jamie Foxx? - groiny Aug 3, 10:18 3
        
        jamie foxx is so dull to me. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:26 2
        
        but, he can play funny, he can play serious. What the hell has Rock done that shows that kind of range? -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:27 1
        
        he's so acty. -- nm - amanda Aug 3, 10:40
        
        No, I just randomly said that. -- nm - David SI Aug 3, 10:13 1
        
        hee -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 10:14
The Trump administration says it wants the ACLU to find the parents they separated from their children. -- (link*) - jnine Aug 3, 10:01 1
- His calculations are so simple. "Who are my enemies?" "Who does my base hate?" -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:03
"Dozens of professional goats briefly took over a neighborhood in Boise" - Good job WaPo, I was starting to freak that they were amateur goats -- (link) - crash davis Aug 3, 10:01 3
- yeah but its *Boise* best they can do is Double A -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 10:37
- Want to know if goats are right for you? Want a price quote? Or just want to talk goats? Give us a call at (208) 337-3900. -- nm - JD Aug 3, 10:06
- unprofessional goats. -- nm - groiny Aug 3, 10:02
Mop, each pokestop only gives out one research task a day. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 3, 10:00 2
- FML. That's a LOT of walking. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:33 1
  - Find out if there is a local group (Discord, FB groups, something) that reports quests each day -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 10:57
"Now say goodbye to the cookie!" "but I like the cookie..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 09:59
[an error occurred while processing this directive means you don’t mess with the Lohan] -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 09:55

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