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I realized that when I was away there was a huge hole in me that used to be filled with updates about airline routes to Japan. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:35 7
- CRASH -- (link) - ty97 May 17, 11:53 [youtube] 1
  - that is very sweet - thank you so much :) -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:56
- where on earth did you get your seat pitch and routing information??? -- nm - Andie May 17, 11:53 2
  - btw, I think I failed to reach out and send thanks for the little shot of Canadianess - thank you so much, that was very nice -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:55 1
    - oh, you are very welcome. - Andie May 17, 11:56
- I need a little ty97 in my life. - Spawn May 17, 11:51 1
  - If I ever became the owner of a professional Airline Tycoon team, I know who my #1 draft pick is. -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:54
Ooh, new The National. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 11:30 1
- Is it still illegal to climb on top of Peter Mansbridge? -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:33
HDTGM observation: Charlize Theron's voice, absent Charlize Theron's image, does not sound like Charlize Theron. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 11:16 2
- Yes, I couldn't tell if she was stoned, under duress, over it all, or what combination -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 11:22 1
  - She's in a rom com with Seth Rogen, so I say C, combines with A for the pain of dealing with it. -- nm - Roger More May 17, 11:28
ST Poll: Last time (in weeks) you ate something off the breakfast menu from 1. McDonalds, 2. Burger King, 3. Taco Bell, 4. Chick-fil-A - JaxSean May 17, 11:12 39
- 10+ years, 20+ years, never, 7 hours ago -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 12:10
- ~2 weeks; many years (french toast sticks soon after they were first sold); a few months ago; never. -- nm - b. May 17, 12:09
- decades ago, long before I moved here from SF - zeitgeist May 17, 12:00
- McDonalds, 3 years --- the rest, never - Will Hunting May 17, 11:56
- Within the past two months. Years ago? Earlier this year for the first time (not again). Never. -- nm - ty97 May 17, 11:48
- 1. 6-8 weeks, 2. 10-20 weeks, 3. never, 4. a few years. (All of the below answers surprises me.) - JaxSean May 17, 11:44 2
  - I’m never out in the morning, as a general rule. - Super Daddy Princess May 17, 12:02
  - I don't? or maybe Starbucks? -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 11:52
- Probably in the last year, never, never, never -- nm - TWuG May 17, 11:42
- one, many years, never, never -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:39
- Two months, not in recent memory, never ever, over a year, -- nm - Super Daddy Princess May 17, 11:37
- Maybe 2 years, never, I know I've had it but not when, never (what do they have?) -- nm* - Roger More May 17, 11:37 1
  - in a serious lack of culinary creativity, they stuck a chicken nugget inside a tiny biscuit. - Epiphany May 17, 11:40
- 1. a month ago. 2. 20 years ago, 3. Never 4. Never -- nm - Diva May 17, 11:36
- About a year/never/never/never -- nm - con_carne May 17, 11:33
- 1. A few months for sure. I sometimes build a sausage sandwich w/o the bread for breakfast while heading to chuch. 2. 3. it has been years - oblique May 17, 11:33
- 1. 2 weeks or so 2. 3 months or so 3/4. Never -- nm - Shaun May 17, 11:32
- 1. A year? 2. 15 years? 3. Never ate anything from Taco Bell. Likely never will. 4. I've never and will never eat from Chick-fil-A -- nm - Krusty May 17, 11:29
- 1) last week. rest - never -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:27
- years, never, never, 6 to 8 months -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 11:25
- At least 5 years or more for McDonalds, never for the others. (NM) - Marlowe May 17, 11:22
- last century. probably 1980's. -- nm - peglegpete May 17, 11:21
- Heh. - Beryllium May 17, 11:19
- 1. years, the rest, never -- nm* - Spawn May 17, 11:19
- 1. in the past month (fries). 2. Probably 20 years. 3. Maybe in the past year. 4. Never. -- nm - Andie May 17, 11:17
- 1. Over 20 years ago, 2. Over 30 years ago, 3. Never, 4. Never -- nm - decline May 17, 11:16
- 1: 2+ years. 2-4: Never. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 11:14 12
  - Addendum: My times eating at each of 2 through 4 ever are probably in the single digits. - Reagen May 17, 11:15 11
    - I rarely eat at Burger King. I've been eating recently weekly at CFA because of the grilled nuggets and their Key Lime shake/smoothie drink is to die - oblique May 17, 11:36
    - in high school, Burger King was the one that was open latest, so, it got the after party/after school dance, etc crowd. -- nm* - Andie May 17, 11:18 9
      - BK only arrived in our area in the late 90s. - Reagen May 17, 11:27 8
        
        i literally can't think of one in Toronto. But, they are probably around, somewhere. -- nm - Andie May 17, 11:34 7
        
        Yonge St, King St West (closes at 6pm?), College St, King St West (like even more west than the other) -- (pic) - ty97 May 17, 11:52 [Attachment] 3
        
        that number 4 is relatively close to where I live, and i have no recollection of it whatsoever. -- nm* - Andie May 17, 11:54
        
        The King St West one is in an underground food court in the financial district. (It's the only one I know) -- nm - Roger More May 17, 11:54 1
        
        Oh, and the Yonge St one is in the Eaton Centre, so same food court deal there. -- nm - Roger More May 17, 11:55
        
        There was one in the Sick Kids hospital when I lived in Toronto. I just looked up where I lived on Google Maps and used street view. - Shaun May 17, 11:45 1
        
        The last one I actually remember seeing was at a big movie theatre, but I am pretty sure it's not there anymore. -- nm - Andie May 17, 11:47
        
        There's one relatively close to me now that I think about it but it, characteristically, - Reagen May 17, 11:44
Tony Robbins apparently was highly motivated to get some, former staffers complain -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 11:04 1
- Eh, he works hard, he plays hard. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:11
His Dark Materials: Season 1 teaser. -- (link) - Shaun May 17, 10:58 [youtube] 2
- I wonder if this will be 8-year-old friendly? -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:37
- Yes!!! Game of what? -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:09
Since becoming a regular at pub trivia I'm now always on the lookout for likely questions. Here's one I just thought of: -- (edited) - Hooplehead May 17, 10:57 5
- The real question is whether The Incredible Hulk counts. - Beryllium May 17, 11:03 1
  - oh, another thought - Beryllium May 17, 11:04
- Those all look good to me. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 11:01
- Wouldn't Avengers be there, too? -- nm - Inigo May 17, 11:01 1
  - Marvel's The Avengers -- nm - Hooplehead May 17, 11:04
MLB.tv is only $59.99 today if you're interested. -- nm - David May 17, 10:54
Scrubs Top 5 Emotional Speeches -- (link) - Amoxy May 17, 10:54 [youtube]
Saw a couple of actors today, Wendell Pearce and Stephen Campbell Moore. -- nm - LMS May 17, 10:44
And my earworm today? -- (link) - Amoxy May 17, 10:34 [youtube]
F*cking Salesforce. -- nm - JaxSean May 17, 10:34 7
- Shrug, I like it. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 17, 11:19 2
  - It's such a massive product that it has horror zones and cool zones and you can go an entire career without escaping one. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:20 1
    - Yeah, I have Salesforce Lightning which is pretty nice. - Dark Callisto May 17, 11:47
- I’m sorry. I am so, so sorry. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess May 17, 11:01
- My company is switching to it next year...really looking forward to it now! -- nm - J May 17, 10:53 1
  - Glad I don't work at their support desk. Sheesh. -- nm - JaxSean May 17, 11:06
- ha. I definitely do not missing using it! -- nm - Jovian May 17, 10:50
Anyone think the prominence of the abortion issue is going to impact upcoming elections? It's social media biased, but...... -- (edited) - Volnelk May 17, 10:30 4
- There’s an election this fall? -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess May 17, 10:38 1
  - KY primary for statewide offices are Tuesday. Turnout expected to be around 12%. Abortion not an issue as far as I've heard. - Harry Tuttle May 17, 11:02
- That thing that we seem to forget is that this also likely motivates the other side in a big way too. - Shaun May 17, 10:32 1
  - Also true. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 10:37
Here's a horrible HORRIBLE story... - Cuzzin Todd May 17, 10:18 1
- phew, for a second there..... - prayformojo May 17, 10:25
I went looking to see if there was a list for the SiriusXM country 1000 and in the process found the list for the classic rock 1000 they did - JD May 17, 10:15 17
- thank you for posting this, I won't even go into a rage on how they don't understand Bruce Springsteen or Bob Seger in consideration of you -- nm - crash davis May 17, 11:51
- Maggie May is usually top 20 for any Classic Rock list. 300 is way low. -- nm - Inigo May 17, 11:15
- I think that's a pretty solid Top 25...quibble over the order (I don't like 2/3 that high), but they got a strong top tier. -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 10:24 13
  - Here Comes the Sun may not even be the 19th best Beatles song. -- nm - pmb May 17, 11:00
  - #10 is...way too high. And it's ahead of #11?!?! -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:38 4
    - 29, 42, 65 all seem low. 206 is Jolene-level crazy low -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:41 3
      - Benatar couldn't break the top 500. Pretenders barely did. What?! -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:42 2
        
        534 :eyes emoji: -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:43 1
        
        844 :eyes emoji: -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:43
  - would be interested in knowing if they had a year cutoff, or if they used excluded what they considered 'hair' phases. - ty97 May 17, 10:35 3
    - From a quick scan, I'd say 1989 or 1990 was the cutoff. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 10:37 2
      - then - ty97 May 17, 10:37 1
        
        Wait I see Learning to Fly from Tom Petty and that was 1991. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 10:39
  - With lists like this, I tend to discuss whether the Top 10 or Top 25 are deserving as opposed to worrying about exact order -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:32
  - Wrong U2 song. -- (edited) - Shaun May 17, 10:28 1
    - Your IM is definitely too low. - ty97 May 17, 10:33
- I figure they'll replay the country countdown a few times, though can't be sure. They haven't finished the first run through yet -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:20
What is George Clooney's signature role? - Amoxy May 17, 10:11 15
- Ocean. -- nm - Marlowe May 17, 11:06
- ER -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:43
- Sparky the gay dog. -- nm - Qale May 17, 10:19
- Danny Ocean or Doug Ross, though he's never better than Jack Foley. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 17, 10:18 1
  - Agreed on Out of Sight, it was a great movie, he did a great performance and the best acting of Jennifer Lopez's career -- nm - Amoxy May 17, 10:22
- Friends appearance. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 17, 10:16
- I lean towards Ocean. Doug Ross was certainly what started him but Ocean is really who I think of when I see him. -- nm - oblique May 17, 10:15
- ER -- nm* - Andie May 17, 10:14
- Danny Ocean -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 10:14
- George Clooney -- nm - Shaun May 17, 10:13 3
  - this, from danny to michael clayton, up in the air, oh brother leatherhead -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 11:11
  - Yeah this -- nm - JaxSean May 17, 11:07
  - or Cary Grant impressionist -- nm - Roger More May 17, 10:13
- Batman -- nm - Roger More May 17, 10:12
- Facts of Life -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:12
In case this wasn't already "confirmed," Endgame spoils - Shaun May 17, 10:07 5
- I had seen that and guess what, Feige does not know anything! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:12
- I've seen Iron Man 1, Black Panther, and these last 2 Avengers movies and that's it. There's 100 more little things like that I missed completely -- nm - Hooplehead May 17, 10:32 3
  - Wait, so you've *only* seen 4 MCU movies, and Infinity War and Endgame are two of them? -- (edited) - Shaun May 17, 10:34 2
    - I'm not saying it was the smartest strategy, just owning my truth. -- nm - Hooplehead May 17, 10:53 1
      - Heh. Fair enough. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 10:55
After Jolene was somewhere in the 400s (!!!), Darius Rucker was at 128. Kenny's Lady at 120 or 119. - ty97 May 17, 10:05 7
- What Hootie song? Wagon Wheel? -- nm - Tim May 17, 10:07 5
  - "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:09 4
    - Okay, that was his first country hit so makes sense. -- nm - Tim May 17, 10:13 1
      - But it's not supposed to be about where the song was in the artist's career. It's about the song in the history of country music - ty97 May 17, 10:45
    - Based on it being gold and Wagon Wheel being platinum, I figure Wagon Wheel may still be to come -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:10 1
      - I haven't really listened to country much in years so I know neither of these songs -- nm - ty97 May 17, 10:10
- jolene in that range is insane -- nm* - prayformojo May 17, 10:06
Memphis now has the #1 recruiting class in basketball. I'd love to be optimistic, but that feels like looming probation. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 09:54 1
- I'd think so ordinarily but I definitely think kids want to play for Penny. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 17, 09:57
Kevin Feige Confirms A Video Of Luis Recapping The Entire MCU Exists -- (link) - Remlik May 17, 09:48 4
- I would pay good money just to watch that -- nm - Amoxy May 17, 10:07 1
  - Same. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 10:20
- Perhaps as a special feature on the Blu-ray? That would move a lot of additional copies. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 09:54 1
  - They will add it to Endgame in a few week$ -- nm - Spawn May 17, 10:57
It's fun trying to explain to the UK that I have not lived there since 2015, no income from the UK since 2016, so I shouldn't have to pay a penalty - colin May 17, 09:42
I n Related News: Herman Wouk Was Still Alive -- (link) - mud May 17, 09:28 2
- Aw, he was spectacular. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 17, 09:47
- I was going to post this as "Wouk Off The Earth". Man clearly had excellent taste in hats, though. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 09:29
"Blue Chocolate Almonds" -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 09:25 5
- black stripe coffee -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 10:33
- Blue Cheese Stick -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 09:26 3
  - Grey Vodka Chocolate -- nm - LMS May 17, 09:33
  - That band name is so going to get mispronounced. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 09:30 1
    - They play blue. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 09:41
A storm system will bring significant late season snowfall to the mountains of California Saturday into Monday. A Winter Storm Watch is now in effect -- nm - decline May 17, 09:21 1
- LUCKY! -- nm - Mop May 17, 10:32
College Board adding “adversity score” to SATs -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess May 17, 09:13 6
- Weren't SATs created specifically to drum out non-white folks? -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 09:25 1
  - Sort of? They were an extension of standardized testing to help place soldiers in WWII.. and despite knowing the massive bias present, continued to - colin May 17, 09:45
- I was all out all night drinking the night before, does that count? -- nm - Spawn May 17, 09:22 3
  - no ... maybe -- nm - mud May 17, 09:26 2
    - well going to IU adds to the adversity score -- nm - Remlik May 17, 09:42 1
      - No, that's for the after-college grading aspects - Will Hunting May 17, 10:15
5 years ago today: Meg on stage during a live (simulated) sex show. -- nm - Mop May 17, 08:58 2
- Was the "live" or the "sex" simulated? -- nm - Mop May 17, 09:05 1
  - we all signed non disclosure agreements -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 09:07
Chicago weather: Yesterday upper 70's, today current temp 47 and not supposed to warm up from here. Tomorrow high of 80. -- nm - pmb May 17, 08:54
"That Aaron Burr's so dumb, in the War of Independence he fought for the French!" -- nm - Roger More May 17, 08:53
Diva, re Hamilton, I'd say tickets still sell well, but they are available. Demand is definitely not as crazy as it was 2 years ago. -- nm - pmb May 17, 08:52
My cat cut me so good I look like I had abdominal surgery. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero May 17, 08:51 1
- thet'l teech ya -- nm - davs kat May 17, 08:56
Anyone done this stuff? Coding box for kids? -- (link) - Will Hunting May 17, 08:47 3
- My neighbor does KiwiCo and likes them. - Reagen May 17, 08:54 2
  - Simple electric kids, huh? Reagen is making robot babies. -- nm - Inigo May 17, 08:58 1
    - It's a typo, yeah, that's the ticket -- nm - Reagen May 17, 09:00
crash! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 08:47 5
- Spawn! -- nm - crash davis May 17, 08:48 4
  - crash!!! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 08:49 3
    - Spawn!!! -- nm - crash davis May 17, 08:50 2
      - *bear hugs* -- nm - Spawn May 17, 08:56 1
        
        get a room -- nm - mud May 17, 08:57

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