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ST roll a poll: Ever been trapped in an elevator? how long? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 7, 06:34 5
- Twice i think. But only a couple minutes. -- nm - Andie Aug 7, 09:11
- Yes, for about 4 minutes, I managed to get the conversation on to cannibalism in about 2 minutes. -- nm - LMS Aug 7, 06:38
- at least 3 that I can think of offhand. longest probably about 2 hours? I had a newspaper and coffee that time though. -- nm - mafic Aug 7, 06:38
- Once or twice, and just like 2-3 minutes each, nothing major. -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 06:36
- Once and thankfully it was only about ten minutes. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 06:34
Sequelizer can have a B-, not much of a plot but Denzel is great to watch (as usual) -- nm - LMS Aug 7, 06:27 2
- Isn't he though? I don't feel that way about a lot of actor/actresses - Epiphany Aug 7, 06:29 1
  - All his 'twoer' scenes were great, just watching them play off each other effortlessly. -- nm - LMS Aug 7, 06:36
If you somehow don't already have it, linking your Microsoft account to your MoviesAnywhere account will get you X-Men:DOFP for free. -- nm - Shaun Aug 7, 06:24 1
- Thanks for the warning. -- nm - Mop Aug 7, 07:36
decline: I died again in NMS. It was somewhat the sentinals fault but not really - oblique Aug 7, 06:00
Mike Trout turns 27 today. Here is where he stands through that age. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 7, 05:48 8
- Mike Trout is the best baseball player no one has ever heard of. -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 06:03 3
  - it's the fish name. can't take a ball player with a fish name seriously. just look at Tim Salmon and... uh... Catfish Hunter? -- nm - mafic Aug 7, 06:16 2
    - He should be one of the biggest stars in the game, and he's not even close. It just stinks for him, and I'm not sure how that happened. -- nm - MDH Aug 7, 06:19 1
      - plays late on the East Coast, team never (rarely) makes the playoffs for 2 -- nm - Beaker Aug 7, 06:22
- That guy sucks -- nm - decline Aug 7, 05:59
- he'll be a unanimous HOFer over my dead body! -- nm - Crotchety Baseball Writer Aug 7, 05:53
- And sadly for him, one playoff series. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 05:52 1
  - Thats the thing, Angels not doing a good enough job to out a team around him. -- nm - Budice Aug 7, 06:33
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- glad they caught him -- nm - Epiphany Aug 7, 06:10
- he obviously needed your money more than you did...buy him a pony. -- nm - Beaker Aug 7, 06:05
- Make him cry!! -- nm - decline Aug 7, 05:59
- I'm hoping your testimony will be something like Stephen Fry's in Blackadder Goes Fourth. -- (link) - LMS Aug 7, 05:50 [youtube]
- Nice! Hopefully they didn't beat the crap out of this guy as well. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 05:49
Destiny 2: Forsaken - Cayde's Exotic Stash Pre-Order trailer -- (link) - Shaun Aug 7, 05:27 [youtube]
How journalists should not cover online conspiracy theories -- (link) - znufrii Aug 7, 05:07
TV PSA: Bachelor in Paradise, America's Got Talent, Beat Shazam, 100, Bold Type, Smackdown, Animal Kingdom, Below Deck, Face Off, Love Connection, -- nm - Beaker Aug 7, 03:17 1
- Challenge, Outpost, Deadliest Catch, Castaways, Hard Knocks (the Browns), Miz & Mrs, Jeff Ross, Wrecked, Younger, Making It, Jim Jeffries, Teachers, - Beaker Aug 7, 03:20
Armenian Buzz Lightyear? -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:40 [Attachment] 1
- Buzz Lightyeargarabedian. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 7, 06:11
Local army base to assign 200 active duty soldiers to fire fighting duty in the state -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 6, 23:12 3
- Not diverting rivers? -- nm - . Aug 7, 00:12 1
  - omg...that is the kind of shit they do -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 01:13
- in other news...Sweden's wild fires had entered old bombing range full of unexploded ord...so they dropped on the fire laser guided bombs -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 6, 23:17
Just a never-ending sea of bad ideas. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:08 6
- That's the United Never-ending sea of bad ideas of America to you, mister -- nm - con_carne Aug 7, 03:21
- block chain was invented by North Korea...right? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 23:09
- (the tweet has a number of replies in the thread that highlight additional info about the situation) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:08 3
  - Hooboy does this look shady. -- nm - . Aug 6, 23:26 2
    - Sounds like it's only for overseas votes. Also, sounds like it's for voters who are out of the country. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 00:33 1
      - Like Russia? -- nm - . Aug 7, 02:04
a flea infestation has blocked mail delivery to a sacramento CA street for the last couple weeks. -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 6, 21:39 1
- Once again, let me just say: I hope SFGate.com dies a brutal and painful death. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 22:05
Some good news before going to sleep: "West Hollywood City Council approves resolution to remove Trump's Walk of Fame star". -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 21:19 4
- (The West Hollywood City Council doesn't actually have any control over the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The resolution "urges" LA City Council and the Chamber of Commerce to remove it.) -- nm* - Ender Aug 7, 05:19
- I hope they keep 'forgetting' to replace it for the next few millennia after he leaves office -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 22:05
- It's cheaper than constantly replacing it. Now they just have to switch it to an Obama star. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 21:20 1
  - If the Netflix deal happens, they will both be eligible -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 01:15
"Why would a sun need to wear sunglasses?" "It's best not to think about it." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 20:45 1
- So he can look cool, duh! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 7, 06:06
Donald J. *rump sent me an invite for a drawing, donate any amount, win a chance for dinner in the White House and a photo with him. - zeitgeist Aug 6, 20:38 3
- Is that legal? -- nm - . Aug 6, 22:32 2
  - Does it matter? - The sad reality of America in 2018. Aug 6, 22:48 1
    - It's not like they check before they do it. -- nm - . Aug 6, 23:04
All In: Stephen Amell will be facing Christopher Daniels... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 20:19 6
- Wait, what? Is he any good? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 7, 06:13
- whoa, All In is the first non-WWE/WCW wrestling show to sell 10,000 tickets in the US since 1993. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:27 3
  - and they sold out super quick. I'm convinced that if the ROH/NJPW show at Madison Square Garden had gone on WM weekend..it would have sold out. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 20:41 2
    - the NJPW show at the Cow Palace supposedly drew less than 7k. I think an east coast show could go bigger. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:43 1
      - yeah NJPW isn't *quite* there yet...they will be. An east coast show would sell out though -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 20:47
- One of the best wrestlers to never work for WWE. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:23
Alicia Fox is main eventing Raw and doesn't even get her own entrance. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:02 4
- It was smart of her to glom on to a true main eventer. -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:03 3
  - Ronda was just set up, spot, set up, spot. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:11 2
    - And she's gonna hurt someone on a throw one day since she doesn't let them land flatback. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 20:13 1
      - Yeah, that was pretty scary. - David Aug 6, 20:16
A note relating to PMB's lolla recap...The post 11pm train at my local Metra station had an almost weekday level of cars waiting to pickup young lolla - . Aug 6, 19:47 1
- That would be Sunday night. -- nm - . Aug 6, 19:58
That whole channel is full of slices of fried gold -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 19:46 [youtube] 7
- ok. ask me in january for my top 5 of 2018 and I bet this channel is there. you win the internet. -- nm - windows jones Aug 6, 20:00
- Thank you for this. The Seinfeld one is sublime. -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:50 5
  - Yep. That one is fantastic. -- nm - kelly Aug 7, 06:38
  - They have Weird Al levels of genius at pastiche. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 20:00 2
    - Did you get to The Room yet? -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:02 1
      - that one is shockingly plausible as a real song. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 20:06
  - Emo Trump! -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 19:52
I'm catching up on succession. holy sh*t kieran culkin. -- nm - windows jones Aug 6, 19:41 1
- Career defining role for him -- nm - rollo Aug 7, 06:29
Dear Warner Bros/DC before making another DC movie please go talk to the tv guys doing DC, they are doing a much better job. - . Aug 6, 19:40
Dano’s Periodic Top 5 Songs - Dano Aug 6, 19:37
WWE: Who's cutting onions? Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins with an honorary Shield member. -- (link) - Tim Aug 6, 19:32
Man, The Tunnel's series finale went *dark*! -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:27
Literal Vampire Potbelly Goblins would make a good band name. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 19:16 1
- ***scribbles furiously in his fantasy football notebook*** -- nm - Volnelk Aug 6, 19:23
Are punjones a thing? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 19:06 1
- gives me a chill just thinking about it. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 19:12
It appears likely Q Anon is a leftist prank to make Trump supporters look dumb. - jnine Aug 6, 19:02 6
- Question Authority - . Aug 6, 19:22
- While funny, this does not help the "Liberals think they are smart elitists" mindset that has turned these people to the GOP -- nm* - MDH Aug 6, 19:16 1
  - These people did not "turn" to the GOP. They were always GOP. And being nice to them won't get them on the right side of not being assholes. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 19:53
- More like -chan anarchists who don’t give a shit about anyone. -- nm* - Qale Aug 6, 19:08
- Or maybe that’s just meant to throw people off of the trail, because Q has let himself get too visible and made too many enemies through his work -- nm* - znufrii Aug 6, 19:06
- Joke's on QAnon, then. They don't need any help with that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 19:03
Hey have you guys heard this song? Might be a big hit! -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 18:57 1
- The feel good hit of the summer -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 19:01
Trypophobia is a real thing and I suspect I'm susceptible to it more than most here. Let's find out... -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 18:55 4
- This is just a coconut... -- (link*) - Mop Aug 6, 18:56 3
  - Fuck, I am with that freaks me out. Barnacles also -- nm - Amoxy Aug 6, 21:54
  - This fancy face makeup really bugs me. -- (link) - Mop Aug 6, 18:58 1
    - I'm told that if you sort the reddit by Top All Time, you'll see some really disturbing stuff that I don't dare. -- (link) - Mop Aug 6, 19:00
In the wake of Saudi Arabia’s expulsion of Canada’s ambassador, the kingdom has suspended scholarships for about 16,000 Saudi students studying here - Andie Aug 6, 18:21 3
- My wife's cousin is either over there or on his way to be a teacher. Should be interesting. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 19:17
- That's a hit to the budgets of schools that bank on that international tuition. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 18:57
- I’m guessing the higher ups figure they don’t need no education anyway. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 18:24
Damn, I'd love to send Trump up into the canyon with a water tank and a hose...... -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 18:20 13
- Up his nose with a rubber hose? -- nm - Qale Aug 6, 19:10
- gasoline in the tank -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 18:58
- I know I shouldn't stress myself trying to follow his train of thought but.... - Meg Aug 6, 18:40 10
  - You don't understand...those environmentalists diverted those rivers running to the ocean so they run to the ocean. -- nm - . Aug 6, 19:23
  - Buffoons gonna Buffoonerate. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 18:42 7
    - Like, for example, one could dig a canal from the pacific to Death Valley, flood it, and boom - problem solved. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 18:43 6
      - Better with a tunnel - Let's get Elon Musk on it..... -- (link) - Meg Aug 6, 19:19
      - I believe this was one of the suggestions to rejuvenate the Salton Sea. Sonny Bono had some ideas when he was Mayor of Palm Springs. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 18:55 1
        
        Meanwhile the Holy Jim fire is over 1200 acres and heading over the ridge into Riverside County. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 19:02
      - Wait for it... -- nm - Climate Change Aug 6, 18:44 2
        
        I wish there were more interactive topographical maps so I could simulate the required ocean level rise to accomplish this. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 18:46 1
        
        ... wait for it... -- nm - Climate Change Aug 6, 18:51
  - If you look at the thread I first posted about it, someone linked to the Fox News report Trump obviously watched. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 18:42
We're still down six episodes, but easily my favorite thing about Agents of Shield this past year (spoilers) - David Aug 6, 18:17
OK, let's play Should He Have Won the Oscar. Subject: Tommy Lee Jones, Supporting Actor for The Fugitive - prayformojo Aug 6, 18:13 10
- He was 4th on that list for me, only because I didn't see In the Name of the Father. So likely, he was the least deserving in that group. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 7, 06:18
- Pete Postlethwaite was my pick for that one. -- nm - . Aug 6, 19:42
- Not over Fiennes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 18:29 4
  - Fiennes spoiler - Will Hunting, God of Blood Feud Aug 6, 18:49
  - One day you will be. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 18:40 1
    - But I am over Macho Grande. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 19:18
  - I don’t care. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 18:39
- Ralph Fiennes was robbed. -- nm - Will Hunting, God of Blood Feud Aug 6, 18:14 1
  - I agree -- nm - ryancoke Aug 6, 18:32
- no. -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 18:13
Maybe this is better for the night crowd: WW Box Office Update- Mamma Mia/MI doing very well, Jurassic $400M less than first, Incredibles hits $1B - MDH Aug 6, 18:13 1
- Skyscraper overseas is bonkers. Ineteresting Antman and Solo -- nm - Budice Aug 6, 18:18
"Man vs. MEG isn't a battle! It's a SLAUGHTER!". - The MEG Movie Aug 6, 18:12
This actor's 8 Oscar nominations came from 7 films in categories Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Directing and - prayformojo Aug 6, 18:10 16
- Stallone -- nm - LMS Aug 6, 23:42
- Sean Penn -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 19:38
- Mel Gibson -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 19:37
- Clint Eastwood -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 19:35
- Orson Welles? -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 18:16 1
  - Charlie Chaplin? -- nm - . Aug 6, 19:28
- the child molester in NYC whose stepson just got a Pulitzer? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 18:15 1
  - No Adapted or Picture noms. -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 18:19
- Clooney -- nm - Will Hunting, God of Blood Feud Aug 6, 18:15
- the caveat here is that there's no way that I know for sure that this hasn't been replicated by someone else -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 18:14
- George Clooney -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 18:13 1
  - that's who I was thinking of -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 18:15
- Eastwood -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 18:13
- Warren Beatty? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 18:13
- Matt Damon? -- nm - landbeck Aug 6, 18:11
- Kenneth Branaugh? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 18:11
"Then like a few selfies and slide into my DMs like a normal person!" -- nm - David Aug 6, 18:10

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