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Retired firefighter from PA arrested, charged with throwing the fire extinguisher that hit police officers (not Sicknick) -- (link) - mara Jan 14, 10:01 8
- so the internet trolls from yesterday actually got the profession right? - decline Jan 14, 10:04 6
  - I believe he had on a CFD hat which was mistakenly attributed to that Chicago FD guy -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 10:09
  - I was not trolling. -- (link) - Marlowe Jan 14, 10:07 [Backboard]
  - It was probably the embroidered hat. I'm not sure who you mean by trolls. The folks on Twitter who are working to identify rioters are pretty careful. -- nm - mara Jan 14, 10:06 3
    - most people doing this are pretty hardcore in studying people at events.. he's probably been seen before, people have their event gear they always - colin Jan 14, 10:10
    - Apparently there are others who aren’t being so careful. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 10:09 1
      - remember when reddit misidentified the boston marathon bomber and ruined his life? that was super fun. -- nm - colin Jan 14, 10:11
- This is the CFD guy. -- (link) - mara Jan 14, 10:02
Subtle flex: Dear university, thanks for your reply on my inquiry about meeting faculty. Can you give me info on your audition process? We've found it - oblique Jan 14, 09:58
Yep. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:54
My son-in-law’s names is Dean James. It’s never something we tease about, but I’m it has been over time. -- nm - landbeck Jan 14, 09:54
Remember Trump's $200 Medicare prescription drug cards? (nmbl) - Brian Jan 14, 09:45
Anyone in Cincinnati or Indiana care to enter a raffle for me? Size 12, please. -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 09:44 4
- done but if I win you owe me a video of you eating Dominos pizza with pineapple and ham. - Remlik Jan 14, 10:00 1
  - Worth it -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 10:04
- I got you. But if some crazy sneakerhead shows up to my house, it's on you. -- nm* - Volnelk Jan 14, 09:51 1
  - Ha! Thanks! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 10:04
So, injecting shrooms tea directly into your veins is a bad idea -- (link) - TWuG Jan 14, 09:41 8
- yikes, awful. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:44
- This is how The Last Of Us starts. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:44 1
  - And then you end up a surprise lesbian and win all the Game Awards? -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 10:19
- everyone knows you stuff them up your butt for max effect. -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:44 2
  - I was snorting them. I see where I went wrong. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 14, 09:45 1
    - if you put them up your butt hard enough, you can end up snorting them. -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:49
- That sounds... HORRIBLE. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 09:43
- welp, there go my weekend plans -- nm - decline Jan 14, 09:42
my high school math teacher's name was Harold Butt. I'm sure he never got mocked at all growing up... - Beaker Jan 14, 09:33 30
- We have a substitute in school named Mr. Hoff. We called him Jack. I'm not sure he ever got the joke. -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 09:55 3
  - Narrator: "He got the joke." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:01 2
    - of course he did. he just didn't engage. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:03 1
      - Exactly. Might even have been his own way of bothering them. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:03
- He's retired now, but there used to be insurance agent locally, Dick Burns. His sign literally said "Dick Burns Insurance" -- nm - Volnelk Jan 14, 09:53
- I think I’ve mentioned our guidance counselor Judy Judy. - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 09:50 16
  - someone doing a cary grant impression? - colin Jan 14, 09:52
  - I went to school with a Wilfred Fulford, and an Annette Bourette. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:52
  - I work with a - kelly Jan 14, 09:52 9
    - I worked with a Candy Toy, also a married name. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 10:12
    - do people forget that BOTH in the couple getting married are entitled to a free name change? -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:55 6
      - Not that it matters, but that is very much a USA thing. If someone here wants to change their name at marriage, they pay for it and you have to - Andie Jan 14, 10:02 5
        
        so if a spouse wants to change their name, they always must pay for it? - colin Jan 14, 10:08 4
        
        yep. like any other name change application. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:12
        
        In Quebec you are straight up not *allowed* to. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 10:10 2
        
        i literally did not know this. - colin Jan 14, 10:11 1
        
        changing your name at marriage isn't the norm here anymore i would say. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:13
    - WHY? -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:53
  - Oh and a coworker- Tijuana Hooker. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 09:51 3
    - *wow* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 10:34
    - WUT - Reagen Jan 14, 09:55
    - o.m.g. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:53
- I did know a Jonathan Mehoff at school. - Spawn Jan 14, 09:44
- We had a client named Harry Paratestes. Also a Peter Pan and a Krystal Meath. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 09:42 1
  - And I forgot Sunny Blueskyes. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 09:43
- Oooh - funny teacher's names? How about Wray Darr - he was my chemistry teacher. Ooh - we also had a Calculus teacher - Mr. Head. - Johnny Lawrence Jan 14, 09:39
- I was looking up our house insurance info for our refinance and one of the agents in the office is named Rebecca Sackrider. I mean, my god. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 14, 09:37 1
  - That beats my lab partner Kim Swallows. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:39
- 'old butt. huh huh -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:34 1
  - rhymes with Dairy -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 09:34
LYC: Gave in and started S3 of Better Call Saul. 3 eps in, far better than S2. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:32
Getting around DC might be a wee bit tough over the next few days -- (link) - decline Jan 14, 09:32 2
- FML -- nm - Max SI Jan 14, 09:36 1
  - There's a part of me that is whispering "Challenge accepted." -- nm - Max Jan 14, 11:24
RE: message for Trump reporters. if you have not, please watch Behind the Curve on flat earthers. this is where all of those people are right now. - colin Jan 14, 09:23
Pippy News Network: Chris Evans is reportedly in talks with Marvel Studios to reprise his role as Captain America in the MCU -- (link) - decline Jan 14, 09:19 7
- Approved! -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 09:35
- Steve Rogers in the comics for awhile was an old man and ran Shield. I could see that happening. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 09:34 1
  - Kind of like Rainbow Six -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:02
- If its not with beard she doesnt care - eag Jan 14, 09:21 1
  - Is she in to spoils - Spawn Jan 14, 09:33
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and Captain America -- nm - budice Jan 14, 09:21 1
  - And a Pizza Place -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:21
Our criteria for names for our kids - Reagen Jan 14, 09:19 16
- Your daughters name with a C was an option for us also :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 10:00
- My wife and I are both teachers, so that got rid of a BUNCH of names right off the bat. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jan 14, 09:57
- this might be a little inflammatory (not at you, just in general)... so here goes... - colin Jan 14, 09:49 7
  - I briefly looked at Polish names but most are of the *slap hands on the keyboard* variety - Reagen Jan 14, 09:55 6
    - Half of my coworkers are polish, we have an office in Wrocław. Trying to guess at pronouncing their names is fun. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 10:08 1
      - w's are v's. the rest is a guessing game. took me forever to pronounce Wrocław. - colin Jan 14, 10:11
    - Polish? No. Irish? Dear God, no. Ok, not using historical names. - spamlet Jan 14, 10:05 2
      - I taught a kid named Ceilidh, which is pronounced Kay-Lee but means - Reagen Jan 14, 10:10
      - Sinéad O'Connor still messed you up? -- nm - colin Jan 14, 10:07
    - it doesn't help that polish has letters we don't have in english. i do really like the name Pavel. - colin Jan 14, 10:03
- I'm sure I've said before that art and joyce named us ann and mary because you can be anything you want with those names. - amanda jeans Jan 14, 09:41 1
  - I mean, don't close any doors. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:44
- Back on my grandfather's side the family had a company that did silver and leaded glass stuff. I had thought about naming kids as Sterling and Crystal - zork Jan 14, 09:26
- Bart, Cart, Dart, Eart... sounds good! -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 09:25
- I love both their names. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 09:24 1
  - She keeps rejecting Charlie as a nickname but it would fit so well. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:26
Real life name story... - zork Jan 14, 09:18
If anyone's interested, the ebook for "Wicked", on which the musical is based, is $2.99 on Kindle. -- (link) - Mop Jan 14, 09:10 2
- Also free to borrow on Hoopla, if your library participates. -- nm - mara Jan 14, 09:12 1
  - We're an Overdrive library (unfortunately). -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 09:40
i'm late, but my friend's son is a wyatt, the other is a phineaus. -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:09 3
- they missed on a good opportunity for Ferb -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:11 2
  - This is what I keep saying about Billie Eilish's parents. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 09:54
  - they call him Phin for the most part... -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:13
Good day for pot stocks today, looks like. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 09:08 7
- I program surveys and in the past year half have been about covid and the other half about pot - zork Jan 14, 09:21
- I'm back in the green overall for them again, finally - Reagen Jan 14, 09:15 2
  - I...am not. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 14, 09:17
  - go to the corner -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 09:15
- i searched and i cannot find a publicly traded company that makes pots and pans. some jokes are not meant to be. -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:13 2
  - NWL, Newell Brands, owns Calphalon -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 09:16 1
    - dammit -- nm - colin Jan 14, 09:23
Princess Disney's real name and the other variation were almost non-existent when we named her 10 years ago. Now on top lists... - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 09:03 2
- It would have been on my shortlist if we had a girl. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:31
- And she's a real Disney princess unlike those tarts Anna and Elsa. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 09:08
Star Wars: Battlefront II - Celebration Edition is the free game on Epic Games today. -- (link) - Mop Jan 14, 09:02
My cousin is named Tayla Taylor. She asked for opinions on Taylyn as a name. I of course linked the Ted name scene. - Will Hunting Jan 14, 08:55 10
- Considering how many names I've had to come up with for collaborative storytelling purposes? It's probably good I don't have any children to name. - Qale Jan 14, 09:03
- It really needs the second "n", IMO -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:59 5
  - And an apostrophe or dash, maybe. -- nm - mara Jan 14, 09:02 3
    - It's getting longer each generation so save that for the next one - Reagen Jan 14, 09:05 2
      - I don't think Elves can be President. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 09:06 1
        
        Why not? Apparently goblins can. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:03
  - And if it's a boy, Waylon. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:00
- "I'm Taylynn Taylor." "Why are you tailing them?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:57
- that's pretty awful. like, if you're suffering it, why give it to your kid? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:56 1
  - Her dad is legit Tay Taylor. Not a nickname. - Will Hunting Jan 14, 09:01
I don't recall if I mentioned it at the time, but netflix *really* whiffed on New Year's Eve content this year. The only thing they had was... - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:53
Remember how for a while ST was blocked at work for some? -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:51 1
- Isn't that why we have multiple domains? Slacker, Slicker, etc? -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 09:09
Don't let me forget I have a meeting tonight. And make sure I know where my notebook is. Please/thank you. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 08:47 6
- speaking of virtual meetings, at a school board finance committee meeting last night, the dir fi for the district apologized that - amanda jeans Jan 14, 09:48
- All your meetings are virtual now, right? Please say yes. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:54 4
  - Oh yes! And I find note-taking so much harder. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 08:58
  - nm -- nm* - Meg Jan 14, 08:58
  - Guess I made my point :/ -- nm* - Meg Jan 14, 08:58 1
    - :) -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:30
Things are worth what we say they're worth, for sure. But that's not a value free statement -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 14, 08:47
Jaime Harrison reportedly to be named new DNC chair -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:46 2
- so close....I had my money on James Harrison -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 08:47 1
  - Still lots of people left on his second list. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:48
delbert is a pretty common name in the amish communities here. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:45 5
- Not any Amish in the area where we lived, but we were decidedly rural. County population <10k. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 09:07
- I went to high school with one of those. The only one I ever knew personally. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 09:01
- "How is your cousin?" "My cousin, Anita Dyck, is well, once." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:47 1
  - oh god...CJ and I were crying everytime they showed up -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 09:01
- also delmer. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 14, 08:45
Happy Birthday PFM. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 08:45 1
- thanks! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 08:54
"Impfpflicht" - not a typo - ori-o Jan 14, 08:40 4
- i like it. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:53
- (proud to say I'm able to pronounce it - roughly two out of three tries) -- nm - ori-o Jan 14, 08:41 2
  - Nice thing about German is that everything is pronounced exactly how it's spelled -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:10 1
    - And the bad thing about German is this. -- (pic) - Hibernating Baron Jan 14, 09:15 [Attachment]
Happy birthday to PFM and hope Kelly kicks the 'vid quickly -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:39
*throws a faberge egg at pfm* happy birthday! -- nm - David Jan 14, 08:38 3
- *opens egg* -- nm - Thief Jan 14, 09:12
- woohoo! only three more to complete my collection! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 14, 08:54 1
  - *angrily shakes fist* -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:55
Lions hire Brad Holmes, from Rams, to be their new GM—Rams become first team to get 2, 3rders for compensation, per NFL hiring initiative -- nm - Flavorize Jan 14, 08:38
"This is the law" -- (link) - zork Jan 14, 08:37 [youtube] 7
- Heh, Doc Cottle! - Reagen Jan 14, 08:52 2
  - Funnily enough, YouTube cued up the Schmege Brothers on Letterman after it -- nm* - zork Jan 14, 08:57 1
    - I have a fever dream of a Spinal Tap like special for the Schmenge Brothers they did. I'm afraid it wouldn't hold up. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:02
- Animation from that era was so bad. (in low def, that woman's choker looks like a scar she got from being garroted) -- nm - Max Jan 14, 08:51
- W?T?F? -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:39 2
  - Canadian TV before 1990(?) was utter crap. The crapness level goes up logarithmically for each year going back. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:49 1
    - I would use 1988 as the cutoff. 1989 had some good stuff. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:08
“It’s sad that we have to get to that point, but our expectation is that somebody may try to kill us.” -- (link) - znufrii Jan 14, 08:36
REB2: Mary, they do it outside so God can see. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:35
My name is Beryl. Friends call me Beryllium. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:34 8
- My son is also named Beryl. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:38 3
  - My son is also named Beryl. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:41 2
    - This is my brother Beryl, this is my other brother Beryl. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 08:47
    - We need more Beryl license plates in the gift shop. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:47
- my best friend's mother's name is Beryl. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:35 3
  - From the responses it looks like it has a British leaning. Also very much generational. -- nm - Meg Jan 14, 08:44 2
    - "my" Beryl was Asian, which fits the "pick an obscure old timey name to fit in" stereotype. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:49 1
      - Bonus if it's a gemstone -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:51

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