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A pharmaceutical client of ours accidentally added multiple digits to their payment, sending a check for $4,982,945.00. Tempted. -- nm - Max Feb 26, 10:17 3
- Yikes, that's a termination-worthy offense imo. -- nm - David Feb 26, 10:18
- cash it at a cheque cashing store and skip town -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 10:18 1
  - Maybe I can create a viral instagram of it and start my career as an internet influencer! -- nm - Max Feb 26, 10:19
Gamer people: Go to the Xbox/PS stores and get the HITMAN™ 2 - Free Starter Pack for free, clearly. -- nm - Shaun Feb 26, 10:13
Disney update: As of Sunday, Ralph 2 is $132k away from $200M. I think Disney is hoping to make it by Thurs. and pull from theaters. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 10:03
Rotten Tomatoes will no longer let users review a movie before its release -- (link) - Beaker Feb 26, 09:45 3
- "the company is disabling the comment function" - does that factor into their scores? - JaxSean Feb 26, 09:48 2
  - No, it just makes the site less toxic to visit. -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 10:17 1
    - RT critics will be unchanged but they’re not allowing audience votes before the movie has opened. -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 10:19
Blake Griffin is the star player for the New York Red Sox. - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Feb 26, 09:44 5
- ??? -- nm - Krusty Feb 26, 09:53 2
  - ... -- (pic) - David Feb 26, 10:04 [Attachment] 1
    - That's so wrong -- nm - Krusty Feb 26, 10:50
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  - Oddly specific question... -- nm - David Feb 26, 10:06
British Prime Minister Theresa May opens door to vote on no-deal Brexit, 'short' delay -- (link) - Beaker Feb 26, 09:41
That Netflix article is 100% correct - they are really pushing me to like Adam Devine. -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 09:31
Heh -- (link) - Reagen Feb 26, 09:31 2
- poor Maxime Bernier -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:42
- That was my post yesterday. All eyes turn to Nathan Cullen. Did last night slow down or speed up his departure? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 26, 09:41
I just hope ML gets to preside over important cases such as these -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:25
Dear vendor tech support people, I really shouldn’t have to quote chapter and verse from the XML schema technical specifications to you. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 26, 09:23
ST Poll That I Do Not Know The Answer To: What year did phone numbers in the US go to 10 digits? -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:18 7
- that varies by region, coastal areas had to use overlay area codes, new mobile accts got numbers covering whole area already using local area code. - zeitgeist Feb 26, 11:24
- '93? -- nm - mud Feb 26, 09:28
- As an addendum, my memory says area code wasn't required for local calls until around 1988. - Max Feb 26, 09:26 3
  - we don't require ten digits here. -- nm - amanda Feb 26, 09:47 1
    - Probably a NYC metro area thing. -- nm - Max Feb 26, 10:22
  - that sounds about right -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:27
- 1964 -- nm - JaxSean Feb 26, 09:19
WWE: Honky Tonk Man into the Hall of Fame -- nm - Remlik Feb 26, 09:12 3
- He needs to be the next one to interrupt Elias - eag Feb 26, 09:39
- sweet. one of my all-time favorite heels. -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:15 1
  - Get me someone out here to wrestle, I don't care who it is! - Shaun Feb 26, 09:22
Nathan Lane Joins Showtime’s ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ -- (link) - mud Feb 26, 09:04
Detective Pikachu -- (link) - decline Feb 26, 09:04 15
- What is the rating going to be? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 26, 10:30 1
  - PeeekaGeeee -- nm - JaxSean Feb 26, 10:58
- I really have a hard time believing this makes $225M (other site price) -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 09:25 11
  - Since it's been so long since I've actually played, do they still do adjusts? - JaxSean Feb 26, 09:46 2
    - The latter. The warrants still freeze, but the movie does not. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 09:47 1
      - ok thanks - JaxSean Feb 26, 09:52
  - we're planning to do edibles and go, but what do I know? *shrug* - Diva Feb 26, 09:44 1
    - Ha! -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 09:45
  - after the bed shitting of Lego Movie 2 anything is possible. -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:43
  - My seven-year old just had a Pokemon-themed birthday party on Saturday. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 26, 09:42
  - Don't underestimate the number of people still playing Go. Also - it's all old people now. Like me. -- nm - The Wardog Feb 26, 09:26 3
    - I mean I know there's a decent number of folks, plus kids. But that's bigger than Ant-Man, Solo, Mission Impossible, Venom, etc. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 09:46
    - Level 22! -- nm - David Feb 26, 09:31 1
      - Good job. nm -- nm - The Wardog Feb 26, 09:42
- This is Who Framed Roger Rabbit for a new generation. I like it. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 09:13
Third baseman Nolan Arenado and the Colorado Rockies are finalizing an eight-year, contract extension worth more than $255M -- (link) - decline Feb 26, 09:00 3
- Good and smart for him. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 09:23
- Heh heh. Mlb is giving Harper a code red. -- nm - David Feb 26, 09:15
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:01
ABCD? OK. If I seem a little more "come at me, bro!" than usual this week, it's because I'm trying to go a week without which of the following? -- (edited) - prayformojo Feb 26, 08:55 30
- c -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:13 19
  - ~youuuuuuu winnnnnnnn~ High Anxiety style - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:14 18
    - now I'm curious... -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 09:18 9
      - it's my #1 favorite thing to eat, by several touchdowns - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:24 6
        
        what flavor? -- nm - decline Feb 26, 09:25 5
        
        Olaf. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Feb 26, 09:46 1
        
        :) -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:48
        
        Just about anything, though I usually prefer it to be nutless -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:27 2
        
        What about green ice cream and ham? -- nm - Max Feb 26, 09:27 1
        
        what is this, Chopped? - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:29
      - He has to eat it to maintain his proper body temp. Otherwise, he gets hot... and angry. -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:21
      - He has to eat it, or the ghost gets mad. -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 09:20
    - how much ice cream do you eat??!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:15 4
      - Fact: It has been less than 24 hours for me. -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:16 3
        
        I have some almost every night after dinner. -- nm - pmb Feb 26, 09:24 2
        
        I could do this but I prefer salty chips and cheesies when a choice is required and can't do both...damn wife -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:39
        
        my brother -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:35
    - Nor that you can go a week without heroin. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 26, 09:14 2
      - Right? That'd totally be all Green Book -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:15 1
        
        I'm reluctantly coming to the conclusion that coke can't be in my future anymore. - Max Feb 26, 09:30
- A -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 09:12 1
  - No, that would relax him. -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:13
- correct answer - not yet guessed! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 09:11
- b. -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 09:08
- B -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 09:08
- b -- nm - The Wardog Feb 26, 09:07
- B -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 26, 09:00
- d -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 09:00
- E. All of the above -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 08:59
- B -- nm - decline Feb 26, 08:58
Jeff Bezos and his soon-to-be-ex-wife donated $2 billion to charity last year, more than anyone else in the world. -- (link) - Mop Feb 26, 08:44 1
- Great. Pay some taxes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 26, 08:46
Buzzfeed writer admits "I don’t like movies", goes on to slam the Academy Awards. -- (link) - Mop Feb 26, 08:40 3
- Don't like movies? Isn't that like saying you don't like food? - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 08:54 2
  - "I don't like Buzzfeed." *goes on to not read Buzzfeed* -- nm - Max Feb 26, 09:31
  - Probably an attention span thing. -- nm - Spawn Feb 26, 08:58
Headline of the day: A Dead Whale Was Found In The Amazon Jungle And No One's Quite Sure How It Got There -- (link) - Mop Feb 26, 08:36 5
- Didn't I read this in Watchmen? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 09:04
- frat jape -- nm - mud Feb 26, 08:42
- "[The whale] was found 15 meters (49 feet) from the river beach" so it's odd, but it's not like it's in the middle of a desert. - JaxSean Feb 26, 08:41
- Whale-icane? -- nm - The Wardog Feb 26, 08:37
- aliens -- nm - decline Feb 26, 08:37
NFL CBA quirks that could have a big effect on the 2020 offseason -- (link) - Beaker Feb 26, 08:17
Coming to Bookstores 11/2/2019: Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson - MDH Feb 26, 08:15 7
- Sue Grafton Presents: Z is for Zombie -- written by Boyd Morrison. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 26, 08:29
- I'm kind of shocked (and pleased) that Louis L'Amour's family haven't gone this way truth be told - Beaker Feb 26, 08:23
- oh and all those non-authored sequels can fuck off and die. -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 08:22
- I would have gone with "James Patterson presents Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson" - Beaker Feb 26, 08:18 3
  - with Tom Clancy. -- nm - Remlik Feb 26, 08:20 2
    - and Clive Cussler -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:27
    - featuring Jason Bourne -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 08:21
Top 5 Grossing movies written (not an actor for once) by Ethan and Joel Coen... go! -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:48 35
- Buster Scruggs! -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 08:02
- It's not even close but in a perfect world, Miller's Crossing would be on this list. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 26, 08:01 2
  - #18 $5M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:13 1
    - That's an obscene number. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 26, 09:29
- Hint for #2: 2014 release, big name director, made over $100M. The "sequel" FLOPPED. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:58 8
  - Further hint: Sequel came out in 2018 and was released by PureFlix -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:00 5
    - Unrelated, PureFlix had 5 $10M grossing movies 2015-April 2017. Since then the highest grossing was $6.4M. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:18
    - Unbroken? -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 08:02 3
      - #2 $116M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:13 2
        
        I would have never gotten this without the hints. had no idea. -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 08:15 1
        
        I didn't either. Was shocked when I saw it -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 08:15
  - Looked it up. I would never ever have known. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 26, 07:59 1
    - Me neither -- nm - Amoxy Feb 26, 08:01
- Nevermind. Missed it below. -- nm* - Volnelk Feb 26, 07:56
- Hail Ceasar -- nm - Amoxy Feb 26, 07:54 1
  - #9 $30M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:55
- Raising Arizona -- nm - Amoxy Feb 26, 07:53 1
  - #11 $22M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:53
- Burn After Reading? -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 07:52 1
  - #5 $60M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:53
- I know they have a big one where they wrote but didn't direct, but for the life of me I can't come up with it. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 07:52 8
  - Garfield -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 07:54 2
    - Joel Cohen (different guy) and Alec Sokolow -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:55 1
      - No wonder Bill Murray was so disappointed -- nm - Roger More Feb 26, 07:58
  - That's #2 haha, see if it comes to you -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:53 4
    - Bridge of Spies -- nm - AJRimmer Feb 26, 07:55 1
      - #4 $72M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:55
    - And actually #4 as well. -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:54 1
      - I gave up and looked. It was #4. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 07:57
- fargo, big lebowski. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 26, 07:50 1
  - #10 $24M, #12 $18M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:52
- True Grit, NO Country For Old men -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 07:49 3
  - #1 $171M, #3 $74M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:49 2
    - O Brother Where Art Thou -- nm - Diva Feb 26, 07:50 1
      - #6 $45M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:52
This is really something, WW Gross of the Lego movies: Lego Movie $469M, Lego Batman $311M, Ninjago $123M, Lego Movie 2 $136M -- nm - MDH Feb 26, 07:41 3
- legos are old and busted! We need a Fortnite movie!! -- nm - decline Feb 26, 07:42 2
  - Don't think it hasn't been pitched, with Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts in starring roles. -- nm* - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 07:47
  - fornite is old and busted, make a Apex legends movie. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 26, 07:43
Because you liked movies with abundant underboob. -- nm - Netflix Recommends Feb 26, 07:41 5
- if you search Seth MacFarlane you get all the movies where Oscar nominated actresses show their boobs -- nm - Beaker Feb 26, 07:47
- genre 58008 -- nm - decline Feb 26, 07:45 2
  - that's pretty hilarous -- nm - prayformojo Feb 26, 07:54
  - L5. Is there an L6? This deserves an L6. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 07:48
- I knew their algorithm was off... - The Wardog Feb 26, 07:44
I fail. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 26, 07:39 2
- Withfail and I. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 26, 07:42
- Bad Boy! -- nm - Bacon Feb 26, 07:40

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