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Tangent Poll -- At what point, if any, is it appropriate for one person in a couple to sign a card on behalf of both people? -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 09:40 6
- I think its probably only rarely innapropriate given that cards arent really used that often -- nm - DreadPR Jun 11, 09:42 1
  - Eff you, buddy -- nm - Hallmark Jun 11, 09:43
- I don't really think it matters. I'd never think less of a card if one person wrote signed both names. *shrug* -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 09:41
- When you are living together. At that point, you are a "unit". -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:40 2
  - even before really. if the person i am closer to signed on behalf of them and their partner, i wouldn't even notice, it would be normal. - Andie Jun 11, 09:42
  - Or have been dating for quite some time and essentially you are a "unit." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:42
STIS: I am dealing with something right now that is throwing a huge crimp into this whole "how to deal with Will's mom being sick" thing and I'm not - kelly Jun 11, 09:32 19
- i would probably try to do something for the whole family... - Andie Jun 11, 09:40 1
  - Great idea. Support the family that is supporting her. When my exbosses husband was sick people would drop by with dinner and it was a god send. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 09:45
- You can't make everyone happy. Just be there for Will. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 09:33 16
  - I would add that if kelly is feeling stress, that might flow to those around her, including Will's mom. It might therefore be best to stay away. -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 09:41
  - At this point, that is the only logical course. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:37
  - agreed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 09:37
  - I agree with this. - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:36 11
    - But I mean, do I show up at the hospital? Do I sit in the waiting room? Or do I wait at home? -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 09:38 4
      - You're with Will. Go to the hospital, wait in the waiting room for him. If he want you to come into her room, then you're available. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:41 1
        
        This is my thought also -- nm - amoxy Jun 11, 09:43
      - go to the hospital, but don't visit. -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 09:41
      - stay with will. maybe offer to get stuff from the store that she needs if you need to get away. -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:40
    - he shouldn't be signing for her or people might thing that she didn't want to -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:37 5
      - If he leaves her off, it'll look worse. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:37 4
        
        He should sign her name, but with his non-writing hand. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:38
        
        i meant that she should sign it herself -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:38 2
        
        *shrug* if they're "together," one person signs "Love, Will & Kelly" and be done with it. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:39 1
        
        you don't *look* for things wrong with people the way some people do -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:41
  - this may be the correct response since anything you do could be twisted into something else - zork Jun 11, 09:35
Carradine was wearing fishnets and a wig? -- (link) - zork Jun 11, 09:32 17
- This is exactly NOT how I want to go. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 09:35 12
  - I'm trying to think how this story can get weirder. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:37 9
    - small animals? -- nm - Max Jun 11, 09:41
    - *waits for result of autopsy's cavity search* -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:39 1
      - heh. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:43
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      - with the incest rumors I don't don't this will be part of the story. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 09:42 1
        
        don't doubt -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 11, 09:43
      - If they really tawdry it up, it's a 9 year old boy; if they go lowkey, it's a 9 year old girl - Will Hunting Jun 11, 09:41
      - Yeah, I was about to post, "We have miles to go." -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:39
    - I think I hear Dignan's queue music... -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:38
  - With the slippery slope measurement, do you think the fishnets are the tipping point - Will Hunting Jun 11, 09:37 1
    - Between the city of Death and the initial manner of...I think that was the tipping point. - Mel Profit Jun 11, 09:39
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  - saxxy -- nm - mara Jun 11, 09:35
- I thought that was your costume. -- nm - lileve Jun 11, 09:32 1
  - shhhh! -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:33
Agree strongly to disagree strongly: "Unless you can describe the problem then there is no problem to be fixed." -- nm - Max Jun 11, 09:26 9
- slightly agree -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:29
- maybe you're just inarticulate. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 09:29 1
  - There are two problems :) -- nm - DreadPR Jun 11, 09:33
- My disagreement is probably more about semantics. I would agree that *until* you can describe the problem, there's no point in trying to solve it. -- nm - mara Jun 11, 09:28 2
  - "So it goes 'shugida shugida' when you push the thingamabob? No problemo." -- nm - Auto Repairmen Everywhere Jun 11, 09:30
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:29
- disagree strongly - con_carne Jun 11, 09:28
- Disagree strongly. - TWuG Jun 11, 09:28
- Disagree Strongly -- nm - Auto Repairmen Everywhere Jun 11, 09:27
fascinating site ... ethnicelebs dot com tells you the background of stars -- (link) - zork Jun 11, 09:25 7
- Jessica Alba - Mexican, French and Danish. Mmmm ... Mexifranish -- nm - DreadPR Jun 11, 09:30
- David Carridine: Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian and Cherokee - Reagen Jun 11, 09:30 2
  - his mom had quite fun that night .. -- nm - marcel Jun 11, 09:35
  - I would be greatly entertained if *EVERYONE* on the site had "Cherokee" tacked on at the end. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:31
- Dang it, they don't have the Up kid. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 09:28 1
  - heh. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:31
- Joe Torre = Italian. Wow! -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:28
Weekend Plans: The Hangover, Pelham 123, drink/ party to celebrate CPA - MDH Jun 11, 09:22 7
- Karate test, deep frying a turkey, relaxing -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 11, 09:27 3
  - Deep frying a turkey? That must be a monster fryer you have. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 09:28 2
    - It's essentially something like this. -- (link) - Fuzzy Jun 11, 09:36
    - My dad does that. It has to be quite a tall boiler pot, but it's not very monsterous. - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:29
- have to program a sample survey for a potential new job -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:26
- Amy is going to Wicked Fri night, so Papa/Logan adventure, Sat: unknown, Up (Amy and my second movie together of the year). -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:24
- Weekend plans: Streaming commencement live online! See you all Saturday! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:23
Hey, JackDawson: I ready in NYT last night that the NY Senate thing was a Black-vs-Hispanic issue. Why the brothers keeping La Raza down? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:21 1
- That last part is meant to be somewhat satirical. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:22
Subby - we get the truck starting at 730, so somewhere around there. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:21 8
- Dude! That's early! - Subversive Jun 11, 09:24 2
  - Yeah, that's the only time they had trucks available - Reagen Jun 11, 09:26 1
    - Make mine a double double please. :) - Subversive Jun 11, 09:27
- you guys are knocking over a bank, aren't you? - prayformojo Jun 11, 09:22 4
  - do you think the clown masks are too obvious after Dark Knight? -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:25 3
    - gotta go with the dead presidents on that one. - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:26
    - They stole that from Quick Change. -- nm - Dano Jun 11, 09:26 1
      - I noticed that Inside Man leveraged a bit of that movie, too -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:27
I have accounts with so many banks and credit unions ... but only one bank has impressed me with customer service. - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:19
SITWAP: Woman who missed Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic is killed in car crash -- (link) - DreadPR Jun 11, 09:15 2
- *buys the movie rights* -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 09:16
- uh oh, Final Destination time -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:15
Ausiello promised me Glee news last night. Cough up, buddy! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:12 1
- Here's something: Glee Cast to Be Part of Outfest 2009 -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:13
my wife spent 9 pm-3am last night - prayformojo Jun 11, 09:12 5
- She read both books in 6 hours? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:26 1
  - I know a couple people that read Twilight in less than two. There is like one sentance on each page. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:26
- How does smouldering and brooding translate into prose? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:19 2
  - *every* time Edward is mentioned in the book, it's stated how gorgeous he is. We get it. He's hot. - Dano Jun 11, 09:25 1
    - I think it does. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 09:26
French Vagina -- nm - Max Jun 11, 09:12 4
- Aren't french vaginas kinda dirty? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:18 2
  - French vanilla ice cream is kind of off-white... -- nm - Max Jun 11, 09:22
  - You'd think with all of the bidets they'd be clean. -- nm - Dano Jun 11, 09:21
- Dude...I'm at work!!! -- nm - Jim Jun 11, 09:17
speaking of companies I hate, I loathe chase bank with the fire of seven thousand suns. when I get home today, I'm ringing around my other cards - crabs love mandy lane Jun 11, 09:11 6
- We can be Chase hating soulmates. -- nm - Dano Jun 11, 09:18
- Chase bought WaMu and moved into Oregon. After our first transaction, we closed our account. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:17 3
  - I was wondering why I was seeing them all over the place when I was there last week. - znufrii Jun 11, 09:18 2
    - Won't last. They're rebranding. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:20 1
      - I'm just wondering if they're running into anti-trust concerns here, given their already-sizable retail footprint in the city. - znufrii Jun 11, 09:28
- Most of them suck, unfortunately. At least it's no the devil itself, Bank of America. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 09:12
My weekend plans - Best of all worlds. Future brother-in-law is graduating from business school (MBA), so fiancee's family is in town. Dinner Friday - pmb Jun 11, 09:10 5
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  - Massively improved I'm happy to say. - pmb Jun 11, 09:13 3
    - that's great news -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 09:14
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      - Thanks. I'm sure they helped. - pmb Jun 11, 09:24
You are being deported to a tropical micro-nation. Which one do you choose? - Reagen Jun 11, 09:06 46
- I think I'd go with a wine island. -- nm - mara Jun 11, 09:29
- I can't disagree with Barbados. Low tax rate, great climate, and lots of work for IT nerds. -- nm - Subversive Jun 11, 09:29 2
  - and their flag has a trident. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:42
  - bahamas has lots of canadian banks -- nm - zork Jun 11, 09:33
- Alleged ponzi schemer Robert Stanford (of Texas) owns most of Antigua. I assume it's no backwater and well worth spending your life there. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:25
- Whichever one I can take over most easily and turn into my minions. - pmb Jun 11, 09:25 2
  - Fort Boyard -- (link) - marcel Jun 11, 09:33 [Image]
  - probably pitcairn, but you'll only have like 50 minions. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 09:28
- assuming I have to stay there forever, french polynesia. I reckon it offers the most variety. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 09:22
- Probably one of the Dutch Caribbean islands. Aruba. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 11, 09:19
- bahamas (ok not exactly micro), bermuda, or barbados all sound good - zork Jun 11, 09:18
- Vanuatu. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 11, 09:13 7
  - Tuvalu - marcel Jun 11, 09:17 2
    - until it sinks into the ocean. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 09:18 1
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  - I was also thinking this, Palau, or Marshall Islands -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:14 3
    - I was about to say Marshall Islands is not being deported, but I forgot you're Canadian. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 09:31 2
      - Oh, are they a US Protectorate? I didn't realize that. I thought their deal was with Australia. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:32 1
        
        "Parliamentary democracy in free association with the U.S. A " -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 09:36
- French Polynesia. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 11, 09:11
- Vagina -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:11
- Malta -- nm - peglegpete Jun 11, 09:10
- duchy of grand fenwick - prayformojo Jun 11, 09:10 2
  - Lord Palmerston! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 11, 09:11 1
    - Pitt the Elder! -- nm - Wade Boggs Jun 11, 09:13
- Clipperton Island -- nm - marcel Jun 11, 09:10 1
  - or Nauru -- (link) - marcel Jun 11, 09:21
- yeah, what is the minimum crime i can commit to make this happen? -- nm - Andie Jun 11, 09:10 3
  - Be a vocal muslim in china? (nm) - musubi Jun 11, 09:16
  - better watch Papillon for tips -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:15
  - I thought of this first, sister. - Mel Profit Jun 11, 09:11
- I don't know what constitutes a "micro-nation", but I'll take Guam. - musubi Jun 11, 09:09 10
  - Try again - con_carne Jun 11, 09:10 2
    - Bah, details. (nm) - musubi Jun 11, 09:14 1
      - *mocks your ignorance mercilessly* -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 09:23
  - if you love strip clubs, it's the place to go. :) -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 09:10 6
    - and a near total lack of birds. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 09:18 3
      - I want to live somewhere that has lizards. There aren't nearly enough salamanders here in BC ... - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:20 2
        
        Komodo -- nm - marcel Jun 11, 09:21 1
        
        I'd prefer them to be smaller than that. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 09:24
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      - Hey sailor. (nm) - musubi Jun 11, 09:12
- San Lorenzo -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 09:09
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- Seychelles. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 09:08
- Palau - znufrii Jun 11, 09:07
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- I'm right here, bitch! -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:07
- here is my ranking of the Pixar films - con_carne Jun 11, 09:06
ego!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 09:05 2
- -manica !!!!! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 11, 09:36
- the Living Planet -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 09:05

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