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Maybe I’m easygoing but I thought SNL was pretty much a solid show The Who way. Maybe like a B. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 18:24
Tonight WAMU is playing the original "Sorry, Wrong Number" from May 1943. It's a critically acclaimed psychological suspense, but - Max Oct 18, 18:09
Trump Tic Toc dance -- (link) - Boooooker Oct 18, 18:06 3
- Also -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 18:09 2
  - Winner! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 18:29
  - heh, yup figured it was this :) -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 18:11
I just made a list of things I have to do this week and I swear to you that one of the items is to make a different list. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 18:02
Ian Anderson looks like he might have been friends with Abner Doubleday. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 18:00
nice pic, liz -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 17:56
Vote update: Now at 27.7M votes- up 1.2M from last night! 20% of 2016 total. MT/NC hit 30%, TX hit 40%!, LA hit 10% - MDH Oct 18, 17:45 4
- Good God, MDH. No more leaving the house for you until after the election okay? (Thanks buddy.) -- nm - amanda Oct 18, 18:16
- Texas is impressive. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 18:00
- Most Sunday updates and some Saturday will be reported Monday. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 17:47
- Yeah!!! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 18, 17:46
mmmmm Batman #260 is mine! love this comic auction -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 17:40
Well I debated whether to open everything for the tour or wait to see if anyone arrived. We had 13(!!) guests which is a good number in our world. - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 18, 17:18 1
- And I stopped for some groceries on the way home and the young man checking me out complimented my hair!! I wasn't sure he'd even looked at me :/ -- nm - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 18, 17:21
From a sports fan perspective, I’ve had about as bad a weekend as I can recall. - Volnelk Oct 18, 17:18
Man currently scaling Trump Tower in Chicago, demanding to speak with President -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 17:00 5
- I'm no expert, but I have a hunch that no president should take this dude's call. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 18, 17:24
- JFK Jr,, nooooooooo! They were never seriously thinking about putting you on the ticket! -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a JFK Jr. mask 💀 Oct 18, 17:07 1
  - L4 -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 18:26
- This reminds me of those times that Scientologists set up Tom Cruise to save strangers. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 17:05
- do you have any dirt on Hunter Biden? -- nm - Trump Oct 18, 17:01
DHL just delivered my new Lego style lightsaber. it's heavy -- (pic) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 18, 16:47 [Attachment]
ST: Lower Decks spoils - Reagen Oct 18, 16:46 6
- Amy and I gave it a try but didn't make it through the first episode. Was trying *way* too hard or something. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 18, 17:14 5
  - Once it gets going (about four episodes), it's pretty great. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 17:30 1
    - Jack Quaid makes some astounding vocal choices. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 17:39
  - I’ll wait for ST: Lower Deck Med -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 17:24
  - It's very loud and yelly. But it *loves* Trek and is ridiculous in all the right ways. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 17:24 1
    - loud and yelly? oh boy! ... [pass] -- nm - mud Oct 18, 17:28
Joe Flacco is now 21st on the alltime passing yards list - Strongbad Oct 18, 16:46
Game 7: Braves/Dodgers - WHO YOU GOT??!! -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:45 5
- Dodgers of course though im not quite sure about this game -- nm - eag Oct 18, 17:08
- Dodgers -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 16:59
- Go sports! -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 16:53
- Answer carefully, Redmond. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:45 1
  - I cannot lie, and I am a SF Giants fan so I won't answer. -- nm* - Bacon Oct 18, 17:30
Trump in Nevada: "If I listened to scientists, we'd have a country locked in a depression..." -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:36 5
- "Suburban women, please vote for me. I'm saving your house. I'm saving your community" -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:56 1
  - The trouble with this dog whistle is that most suburbs are integrated, we're not afraid anymore -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 18:27
- please let it be his last visit to my state. forever. -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 18, 16:45
- I don't know. I find it pretty damn depressing. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 16:38
- ... instead, you've got a country that's a fucking pariah among nations. Piss off, tosser. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 18, 16:37
If anyone is interested in that simball, I just rejoined League 42 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 16:36 1
- Starkville Cephalopods -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooo🌕 Oct 18, 19:05
Guns and power: How the idea of overthrowing the government became mainstream. -- (link) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 16:19 3
- No matter what society, east German tolitarian or garden of eden paradise, there's always dissatisfied rebels -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 18:19
- remember remember the V of November -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 18, 16:52
- Because of onanists getting high on their own supply. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 18, 16:36
Top 10 of 70s revealed tomorrow. Nominations for 00s albums due lunchtime tomorrow. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 16:15
The Toxic Soldier works weirdly well -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a JFK Jr. mask 💀 Oct 18, 16:15 1
- Sebastian "Sasha Fierce" Stan -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 16:17
are the Bucs really this good? or were the Packers really not that good? cause this game has been an ass-kicking -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 16:10 2
- This was Rodgers having an atrocious game. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:19
- They are getting healthy—Rodgers sucked this game. Gave up 14 points and momentum on those INTs -- nm - Flav/Shower Inspector 👩 🚿 🔪 🩸 Oct 18, 16:16
Tua sighting! -- nm - Flav/Shower Inspector 👩 🚿 🔪 🩸 Oct 18, 16:10
Yeah, I could’ve just gone ahead and cooked up both of those Marie Callendar’s steak and ale pies. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 16:08
19.7% positivity rate. I know we can make 20! -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 16:06 6
- Been there. Done that. Will hopefully not go back. (Just under 5% in H-Town) -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 16:52
- Covid-19 Chatbot? -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:33
- Hold my beer. - Wisconsin Oct 18, 16:12
- That’s insane. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 16:10 2
  - Our county is at 5% and we’re like 1/6 of the state population. That tells you how bad the rest of the state is. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 16:41 1
    - Eesh. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 16:45
Early games with crazy last-minute action. Late games just the opposite -- nm* - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:04 1
- Boring, opening-minutes minutia? -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooo🌕 Oct 18, 16:06
There's still 13 minutes left in this game. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:03 1
- Good time for a break before SNF/Game7 doublecast -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 16:05
Am I the only one here that watches Next? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 18, 16:00 1
- We watched the pilot. I would have watched more if they'd been available at the time. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:01
Aaron Rodgers threw his 3rd Pick-Six today. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 15:58 1
- He was five yards away from a fourth. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:00
*activates The Gronk code for this game* -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 15:45
Flacco ran out of the stadium and still got sacked -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:44 1
- *cues up Yakety Sax* -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 15:58
Things I didn’t know: Kirstie Alley is in with Trump. -- (link*) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:40 4
- Oh dude. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 18, 17:55
- Things I Didn't Know: Anyone follows Kristie Alley. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 18, 15:44
- It's a real horse race which of Kirstie or Shelley is crazier. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 15:42 1
  - Kirstie is a Scieno. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 18, 17:55
Honestly we should all vote for Biden simply because he’s figured out how to wear a mask with sunglasses. That man is magic. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:38
There's the interception of the year in a totally meaningless game. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 15:38 1
- Butt-Fumble meet Butt-INT -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:41
NWBR's team is cursed beyond belief this season. Points against so far: - Reagen Oct 18, 15:33
Rudy Rudy Rudy -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 15:30 4
- Fortunately we have a president who is determined to do something about fake news! Boy, the NY Post is gonna pay! -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:41
- My first thought is of a stage magician who tells the audience exactly what he is doing to fool them as a form of redirection. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 15:37
- more -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 15:34 1
  - Chaos and panic. Sure signs of professional reporting. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:38
The incumbent House rep for my district is Democrat Cindy Axne. Who can guess the "clever" play on her name the Republican challenger is using? -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 18, 15:29 5
- Ad one letter to her last name and you get... Taxne! - Coffin Todd Oct 18, 16:00
- Mulva? -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 15:37 1
  - 250 CT points! -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 18, 16:00
- Wacky Axne? -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 15:33
- Please tell me it's not acne. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 18, 15:32
Current queue just for Downtown Disney entry, cast members are saying wait time will be one hour -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:29
Video showing the laundry facilities at Walt Disney World. I saw one of these facilities in the Keys to the Kingdom behind the scenes tour. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:21 [youtube]
Flacco's just trying to survive out there. - New, Better David Oct 18, 14:59 8
- Jets and Dolphins are a combined 0 for 16 on third downs today. -- nm* - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:16 7
  - Are you guys stuck watching the Jets/Dolphins? I'm so sorry -- nm* - Krusty Oct 18, 15:20 6
    - I assume the TB/GB game is national. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 15:25 3
      - and The Packers are getting murdered -- nm - Boooooker Oct 18, 15:37
      - (and literally the only other late game is the Jets.) -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 15:25 1
        
        Yeesh. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 15:26
    - There's only two games on for some reason. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 15:24
    - Jets/Fish on Sunday Ticket. TB/GB local -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:21
Can we please fire Ron Rivera? - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:59 1
- Riverboat Ron -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 18, 15:01
today's no context gif from 20020 -- (pic) - Tim Oct 18, 14:53 [Attachment] 9
- Is this like SimHoops? -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 15:19 6
  - I thought it was SimHoops but apparently it’s drivethelane.com -- (link) - Dano Oct 18, 15:25 5
    - Yes, SimHoops was a part of DrivetheLane. I dunno if it still exists or not. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 15:28 4
      - anybody still playing? ... that was a fun game -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooo🌕 Oct 18, 16:05 3
        
        I think it crashed about a decade ago- like the code just failed and he couldn’t replicate. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 16:18 2
        
        Ahh, looks like it’s back up and running? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 16:31
        
        But I'm guessing Musubi still plays anyway. He probably rolls dice or something. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 16:31
- Is Roddy White involved? -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 14:55 1
  - all the names are fictional -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 14:58
The Winter Soldier freeway fight scene set to Toxic -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 14:42 [youtube]
The Beastie Boys licensed Sabotage for this, the first time they've allowed their music in an ad. -- (link) - Tim Oct 18, 14:32 8
- Worth the repost. Should be on every board. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Oct 18, 14:35 1
  - and most importantly, The Stooges -- nm Posted by mud Oct 18 '20, 12:28 -- nm - mud Oct 18, 15:48
- Their music has been in an ads before because I’ve always wondered how they got around the restriction in the will. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 14:34 5
  - Indirectly, as far as I know. They license their music for films which use it in the trailer for the film but I don't think they've ever allowed it -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 18, 14:37 4
    - Yeah, I was trying to think of a commercial, and I don't always think of a trailer as a commercial. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 14:39 3
      - Same. I know it's an ad but it seems different than say for a product like cereal or a car battery. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:40 2
        
        I mean it’s an ad for the product of a film :) -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 14:42 1
        
        Oh, I get that. I'm not at all trying to argue a trailer isn't an advertisement. - Krusty Oct 18, 14:45
Bulbs: planted. -- (edited) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 14:30
"poll complacency" doesn't exist in any significant factor, and in fact probably works the opposite direction -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 14:30 4
- makes sense to me -- nm - mud Oct 18, 15:46
- I don’t think it’s “act like your candidate is ten points down” as much as it is “act how you would want others to act if your candidate was ten points down”, maybe? -- nm* - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 15:31
- Interesting. Tell me more. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 18, 15:18
- I'll wait for for more than one study..... -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 15:05
Hey friends, Secret Stalker signup is now open!! Please sign up before November 7th! Link is above. - kelly Oct 18, 14:29 1
- For the first time in a long time I'm on the fence this year. 2020 sucks -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:41
“This guy’s gone around the bend if he thinks we’ve turned the corner” -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 18, 14:27
I'd like to see Gase and Williams fired and left in the locker room at halftime. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:26 4
- I think we should just contract the Jets. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 14:44 3
  - Woah, woah, woah. We let the Browns play in the NFL for how many decades? -- nm* - Krusty Oct 18, 14:46 2
    - They took a few years off, if we're being totally accurate. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:51 1
      - True though it didn't seem to help them. If I lost the Jets I couldn't root for the Giants or Buffalo so football would end for me. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:59
At one point, late in the second quarter, Kirk Cousins was good for -0.9 points. He finished with 35+. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:26
Derrick Henry became the 1st NFL player ever with a 200-yard rushing game in 3 consecutive seasons -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 14:22
Robert DeNiro in The Irishman thinks Bruce is looking a little stiff. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:22
This week in "all politics is local" Joni Ernst can't name the price of soybeans in Iowa. -- (link) - Tim Oct 18, 14:22 3
- I love “I think you asked about corn.” Yeah, why would he ask you both the same question, dumdum? -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:34 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - Tim Oct 18, 16:07
- She was only off by 100% -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:55
Your team wears the yellow helmets, Mr. Rodgers. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 18, 14:19

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