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whoa! are there pirates now on ika? My trade fleet lost its goods. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:40 2
- I believe there have always been pirates in the game -- nm - decline Jun 11, 07:43 1
  - Yup. YOu could pay ambrosia to make sure you didn't get attacked. - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:45
I have zero idea whether the elves should be surprised by this post -- (link) - zork Jun 11, 07:38 [Backboard] 9
- It makes far, far too much sense to me. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 07:39 8
  - Word. Ransom. -- nm - Elves si Jun 11, 07:42 2
    - L4. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:43
    - ha! - TFox Jun 11, 07:42
  - exactly -- nm - zork Jun 11, 07:41 2
    - and it gives the answer of why they would pick her. someone could actually afford the ransom - zork Jun 11, 07:43 1
      - those silly elves. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 07:45
  - yep - it would explain a lot. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 07:40
  - indeed. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 07:40
WTF? This isn't California. Why is a helicopter circling overhead? -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:35 1
- manhunt! -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:35
Wasn't the Swine Flu already at Epidemic Levels? "WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level" -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:26 2
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- pandemic is higher than epidemic. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:27
TTIS: Do you actually need to have a TV with you in order for Comcast to set up your cable? -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:26 26
- This isn't *too* bad I guess - ty97 Jun 11, 07:40
- comcast.com can't even find my address. "Do you live in Chicago (Area 1) or Chicago NW (Area 3)" - ty97 Jun 11, 07:38
- I wouldn't think so. ring them and ask, though. my cable company didn't test my tv. just my modem. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:27 1
  - yeah, I need to call them and set up activation. Modem is most important, and I'll have computers with me. - ty97 Jun 11, 07:29
- I suspect it might make it easier for them to test whether they fucked it up. - TFox Jun 11, 07:27
- unsolicited tangential advice: IF you have ANY option other than Comcast, take it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:27 20
  - I've tried and tried to find other options. For my address, they appear to not exist. - ty97 Jun 11, 07:30 2
    - I could do comcast for *far* less than I'm paying now if it were available on my street. - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:38
    - my condolences. I did not bundle. My bundle would be $150 a month. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:31
  - Honestly I've had no problem with them (other than I think they're expensive). -- nm - Kid Jun 11, 07:29 16
    - Us either. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:36
    - They are one of my top three most hated companies in America. Not only are they greedy motherfuckers, the quality is complete shit. - loosilu Jun 11, 07:30 12
      - I had some of the same issues and they came out and boosted my signal. -- nm - Kid Jun 11, 07:37 7
        
        oh, also, sash's comcast cable modem kept going out in bitter cold and they sent a dude to dig up her cable line and re-bury it - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:44
        
        d & e (who were so inexpensive I didn't care) sent me to radio shack to buy a booster. it cost $20. the thing is *amazing.* - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:41 1
        
        The cable guy told me the same thing. The picture in picture thing too. When you split the cable it degrades the signal he said. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 07:45
        
        they can do that? hmmm. last time I called they feigned ignorance and blamed it on the networks. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:38 2
        
        If it's the same issue they can. They came twice. The first time they tried to do something out on the line and that didn't really help for long (it - pmb Jun 11, 07:40 1
        
        I live in a large apt complex, which complicates things somewhat. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:41
        
        sfan! - pmb Jun 11, 07:37
      - So the military is like the MPAA? Sex is a no no, but violence and some cursing is a-ok? :) -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 07:36 3
        
        that was kind of havens-ish subject line swearing. not called for at all. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:39
        
        on my computer? yep. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:36 1
        
        word. so i'll tag my posts with, like, NSFACEWS? - TFox Jun 11, 07:38
    - your face is expensive. -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:30
    - sfn. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 07:30
uh oh. I think one of my roommates is pissed at me. she said cops shouldn't be allowed to carry guns or tasers, and I called her naive. - mafic Jun 11, 07:15 22
- Even *I'm* not crazy enough to think that makes sense. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 07:27
- I agree with the tasers part. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 07:22 1
  - I think they're way overused, but I don't have a problem with the idea. they should be treated more like firearms. - mafic Jun 11, 07:28
- oh, she's not American I take it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:18 16
  - no, irish. the regular garda don't have firearms, and it's great that they don't (usualy) need to, but I don't think you can take that one example - mafic Jun 11, 07:23 1
    - If you did that in say, Miami, there'd be mass slaughter of all the cops within two weeks. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:23
  - sfek. I have had conversations (only with non-Americans) where they argued that if cops did not carry weapons, criminals would stop carrying weapons. - loosilu Jun 11, 07:19 13
    - she argues escalation. if cops carry guns, criminals carry bigger guns. - mafic Jun 11, 07:25 4
      - here's the problem. Cops aren't the only ones escalating. See: rival gangs. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:25 3
        
        but on the other end, moving against gangs is only one small aspect of police work. - znufrii Jun 11, 07:28 2
        
        I didn't say it was the only reason criminals have guns. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:29 1
        
        no, but it's pretty much the main arena in which the escalation argument is relevant. - znufrii Jun 11, 07:38
    - what's your response? "Oh yeah? Well, wombat mango applesauce Knickerbocker!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 07:23
    - ask the english bobbies -- nm - marcel Jun 11, 07:23
    - That's just plain ignorant thinking. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 07:22 4
      - I would call it illogical. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:22 3
        
        I propose that loosilu, lileve, and liloou should be banned from posting in the same thread. - ty97 Jun 11, 07:23 2
        
        at least one of them, anyway. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:30
        
        I wonder if we have ever all been in one thread? that would be fun. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:24
    - people always forget about the Int'l Criminal Code of Ethics.. -- nm - colin Jun 11, 07:21
- but does she believe that Jesus hates negative numbers? -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 07:17 1
  - integers are the tool of the devil! -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 07:18
Woman with bizzare medical condition: "after nearly every orgasm my sinuses swell up and I can�t breathe through my nose for awhile".....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 07:11 18
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  - ML == Ceregon's dog?? -- nm - zork Jun 11, 07:30
- I actually had something like that for awhile many years ago... - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:20 3
  - heh - TFox Jun 11, 07:21 2
    - I'd never leave the house. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:22 1
      - You could change that age old contest to "how many runny noses could I get in one sick day?" - TFox Jun 11, 07:23
- Maybe her brain thinks that her mouth is her vagina hole, and therefore her nose is the clitoris? - TFox Jun 11, 07:15 11
  - dude, I'm at WORK. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:17 10
    - dude, so am I. (capitalizing "I" doesn't have the same impact.) - TFox Jun 11, 07:19 9
      - can you try to use female anatomical names in your IM? -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:21 8
        
        i didn't even use dirty slang words or curses! i use this restraint for you! - TFox Jun 11, 07:22 7
        
        hey, I'm cool with it, but I'm at work. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:23 6
        
        "hey, I'm cool, but I can't be held responsible for these white devils." -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 07:26 5
        
        there are PEOPLE here who can see the screen. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:28 4
        
        like General Petraeus and shit? Maybe my uncle? - TFox Jun 11, 07:29 3
        
        he is here sometimes, but I am more concerned about my boss. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:32 2
        
        If what shows up here can get you in trouble at work, maybe here isn't a good place to be while at work. - TWuG Jun 11, 07:44
        
        dude, tell my uncle hi! I haven't seen him in a decade. - TFox Jun 11, 07:34
Bery needs to write a script that changes "snap" to "snapsite" any time TFox posts that word. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:08 2
- I still don't see the tag... -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 07:12
- "bruise ring" never ceases to be funny. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:09
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Poach from movies, re: GI Joe: Salvaging the movie is half the battle -- (link) - ty97 Jun 11, 07:06 14
- while it's unsuprising to me that Somers screwed it up, I can't imagine myself getting worked up about the "mythology" of GI Joe. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 07:22
- I'm going on record as saying I thought the suits were...excellent. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:18 5
  - I don't know why they have such a prominent role in the marketing. Why explain the suits in the trailer? -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 07:22 1
    - someone thinks it's a money shot probably. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:24
  - If I wanted to watch Transformers, I'll be in line on the 24th. - Will Hunting Jun 11, 07:21 2
    - Agreed. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 07:23
    - I guess it's just disappointment over what Starship Troopers should have had. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 07:23
- After the stupid suits, I hope it fails. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 11, 07:15
- You just ruined my day. -- nm - Redmond (got his penny) Jun 11, 07:14 1
  - It's way too early in the morning for me to be this pleased with my accomplishments for the day. -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:16
- you should short that for me. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:11 1
  - you are now short -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:12
- wow.. i knew it was going to be terrible, but this is worse than i thought. -- nm - colin Jun 11, 07:09
- That's what happens when you make Cirque du Soleili: Body Armor Accelerator Suit - MDH Jun 11, 07:09
Is Krod Mandoon any good? It's starting tonight here although I'm going to a recording of the Jonathan Ross show instead (it's starting on BBC America - LMS Jun 11, 07:00 1
- Not really. A few laugh out loud moments/lines over the whole series, but otherwise kind of dumb. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:02
Andie - sure, I'll set it up this weekend. Also, birthday was ok. Just went out to dinner with the family and went home and played Rock Band 2. - JaxSean Jun 11, 06:57 2
- Sounds like a fun time to me. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 06:59 1
  - Yup, just my speed. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:00
Pulp Muppets -- (link) - ty97 Jun 11, 06:55 [youtube]
does this link work? pick my state farm agent! -- (link) - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 06:51 17
- Tim Panther's eyes are creeping me out. Make him stop! -- nm - Kid Jun 11, 07:28
- Tim Winter is kinda cute, has a decent voice - ty97 Jun 11, 07:04
- not tim panther. dude's got asylum eyes. also not connie snook (I hate when people lean into their head shots). -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 07:01 1
  - serious asylum eyes. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:07
- sometimes, when you click the individual agent page, they walk on the screen and start talking to you. - ty97 Jun 11, 06:59 6
  - laughing - ty97 Jun 11, 07:01 5
    - dammit! the videos won't load for me. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 07:13 2
      - They are using Flash, if that helps -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 07:14 1
        
        yeah, all it says is "checking bandwidth" and then decides I don't qualify. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 07:16
    - This is just T-Bag's latest cover story. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 07:07 1
      - Hey. (nmbR) - ralph wiggum Jun 11, 07:08
- last night i saw this url on a bumper sticker -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 11, 06:54 2
  - I need an MD agent, unfortunately -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 06:56 1
    - yeah, it was just an odd url for an agent -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 06:56
- Dean Rose or Malcolm Hamilton - GWAA Jun 11, 06:53
- it dies for me. -- nm - TFox Jun 11, 06:52 1
  - you pick bryan adams? -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 06:54
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- Indeed. They're both on my fantasy team. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 07:12
- you're FBB pain is my drug. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 06:53 1
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Holy crap, do I love the Chuck writers for busting out a "There I was, there I was....in the Congo" ref. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 11, 06:48 3
- They do that stuff all the time. Love that show. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 06:51 2
  - Me too! I waited so long for them to finally show it here and it was totally worth the wait. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 11, 06:55 1
    - *nodding* -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 07:05
And from BB's: Belated Birthday wishes to Jax and sending out good thoughts to Will Hunting and his family -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 06:44 1
- what he said! -- nm - zork Jun 11, 07:31
26% of Online Canadians are Aware of Twitter, Only 1.45% of Online Canadians Actually Use the Social Networking Tool.... - Walt_Disney Jun 11, 06:43 4
- I'd bet that "aware" means more than just "of its existence." and actually includes some knowledge of its function. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 06:53 1
  - that's not usual practice for market research - zork Jun 11, 07:32
- I'm more surprised that awareness is so low -- nm - Roger More Jun 11, 06:48
- me too. (my 68 year old mother asked me if she needed a twitter account last weekend.) -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 06:45
Man Utd accept �80m Ronaldo bid -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jun 11, 06:40
5 -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 06:38
i'm being forced to save up for a nicer HDTV *sigh*.. but I can buy a Roku Netflix player if i want.. anybody have one? -- nm - colin Jun 11, 06:37 6
- I love my roku. it's not awesome for everyone, but I use it to augment my kilbo-style-cable (trademark) and watch maybe ten movies a month. - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 06:59 3
  - cool! might be a good option until i get a TV the computer can hook in to.. -- nm - colin Jun 11, 07:07 2
    - I caution you to look at what's available. I have very wide taste in movies so there's always something I can watch. the majority of my friends see no - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 07:10 1
      - i watch pretty much anything.. my watch it now queue is 70 movies long.. -- nm - colin Jun 11, 07:32
- ... not to buy off of.. just for reviews... -- nm - colin Jun 11, 06:41 1
  - I think amanda has one. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 06:44
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- thats why i don't use two letter names here -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 11, 06:35

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