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Mar. 14 Birthdays: Michael Caine (88), Wolfgang Petersen (80), Rita Tushingham (79), Jasper Carrott (76), Billy Crystal (73), Rick Dees (71) - Max Mar 14, 13:03
For your enjoyment....white people fighting outside a bar.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 14, 12:50 12
- I have been there. - Spawn Mar 14, 13:13
- I like the big guy who can barely be bothered to put down his phone. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 12:59 9
  - I suspect he’s a bouncer calling the police. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 13:01 8
    - Definitely NSFW—(Nudity)—People celebrating St Patrick’s Day, 3 days early should’ve been a tip-off of trouble -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 13:06 7
      - Day Drinking ain’t for noobs -- nm - Pippy Mar 14, 13:13 6
        
        sure they weren't finishing up their night? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:36
        
        March Madness. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 13:14 4
        
        Some of craziest stuff I've seen in daylight has been on Fremont Street on the years March Madness matched up with St Patrick's Day -- nm - JD Mar 14, 13:24 1
        
        No question about it -- nm - rollo Mar 15, 08:04
        
        stupid Greenwood people. My partner who works with the city called the various councils to jump on the bars to control it... - Remlik Mar 14, 13:19
        
        Favorite day outside of Vegas was Flapjacks and forties at 7am on St Pattys Day on the first Thursday of March Madness at a - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:17
- Outtakes from The Fighter -- nm - Max Mar 14, 12:55
If March 14th is pi day, and July 22nd is Pi day, and July 2022 is Pi Month ... - Beryllium Mar 14, 12:48 3
- It's also a Tuesday. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 12:52 2
  - so...Taco Pi? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:37 1
    - Damn it. -- nm - American Pi Mar 14, 14:41
Let’s check-in on Johnny Heisman Winner Manziel -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 14, 12:38 3
- I'm not gonna get crushed for Arena Ball money. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 13:00 1
  - Heard. But, at least touch the guy who did dive on the ball, so he’s down. Just casually turning his back and strolling away looked really bad -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 13:02
- Flashes of Cleveland Browns running thru his head and thought better of it -- nm* - stim-mie Mar 14, 12:42
This would have been a record had it not been a spring training game. -- (link) - Tim Mar 14, 12:21 9
- Has he considered cricket? - Reagen Mar 14, 13:03
- Wow -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 12:35
- For perspective, managers currently have the ability to end an entire inning after 20 pitches. -- nm - David Mar 14, 12:26 5
  - Which....is simply stupid. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 12:41 2
    - It's actually to protect pitchers. There aren't low level minor leaguers this year. So, pitchers are overworked. -- nm - David Mar 14, 13:04 1
      - Sure. It's practice. - zunk xometimes Mar 14, 13:18
  - How many times has that been exercised? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 12:41 1
    - At least once. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 12:41
- Kinda wish they'd had some shots of the cardinals dugout to see how they were reacting -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 12:25
Visual on the Cuomo -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 14, 12:16
Oddly it feels like it should be later than it actually is. -- nm - Dano Mar 14, 12:13 1
- For no reason I stayed up later last night than I have in months. So, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 13:16
SITV - Here's what you do next. Pitch your show to major content generators like Gimlet or The Ringer. - rollo Mar 14, 11:54 5
- The real money to be made is in the inevitable SITV NFT. -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 12:09
- 2) get someone to mention you at an awards show - Max Mar 14, 12:01 3
  - Get a corporate sponsor: Hormel Hams -- nm - Pippy Mar 14, 12:10 1
    - Blue Apron! "Kim and I tried a lovely homemade hawaiian pizza made with the freshest ingredients" -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:47
  - "Shout out to my favorite podcaster Kim Hollis and her crew on SITV!" -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:03
The Brier semi-finals starting NOW! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:30 1
- go sask! -- nm - mud Mar 14, 11:31
It’s Beldum Bedlam today on Pokemon Go. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 11:06 5
- I wasn’t seeing many with my first incense. Will try again in a bit. - spamlet Mar 14, 11:08 4
  - Incense works best when walking, but today I’m inside due to the weather. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 11:19 2
    - Just caught 2 from my home using incense -- nm - eag Mar 14, 11:42
    - That used to be true, but with enhanced pandemic incense I'm not sure if it's true anymore. - ty97 Mar 14, 11:27
  - I'm generally gotcha'ing, and it's windy here which means weather boost, which means tougher to catch. - ty97 Mar 14, 11:17
Batman: Dying is Easy -- (link) - Beaker Mar 14, 10:45 [youtube] 10
- Great one. But one of my least favorite emblems. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 11:02 3
  - dude is a grrrrreat Batman though -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 11:10 1
    - pfft -- nm - CBALE Mar 14, 11:34
  - an older one, different group I think - Batman vs Predator -- (link) - Beaker Mar 14, 11:05 [youtube]
- fan made batman short movie (watching now and the first two minutes are awesome) -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 10:48 5
  - Meow! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 11:26 3
    - (By which I mean there's a post credits scene) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 11:40 2
      - aw hell, you made me go back to see and .. - mud Mar 14, 12:01 1
        
        It does answer one question. - Beryllium Mar 14, 12:11
  - also, you will definitely recognize some of the actors in it...like can't believe they got them for this = spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 14, 10:49
Brazilian Health Minister quits. So we will have our fourth HM of the last year. - Marlowe Mar 14, 10:29 2
- Do you want Dr Brix. We aren’t using her for anything anymore. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 11:07 1
  - "she takes direction well!" -- nm - mud Mar 14, 11:35
Expect to see these on the road later this year. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 14, 10:12 4
- Can we meet their demands? -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Mar 14, 11:15
- Logan will soon be real. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 11:03
- Nice of them to put a mannequin in it to pretend it has a driver. Is the mannequin named Johnny? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 10:15 1
  - I'm sorry. Would you please rephrase the question? - TWuG Mar 14, 10:17
Now that's an impressive thead the needle goal -- nm - JD Mar 14, 10:04
hey vegan friends (and everybody else), we've had this Curry Cashew Chickpea Salad a few times in the last month - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:52 2
- your IM is my reaction to every vegan recipe. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 09:54
- Yum! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 14, 09:54
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:43 [Attachment] 22
- Someone should do a sentence diagram for that. -- nm - David Mar 14, 10:01 4
  - I wonder where he stood on the use of the Oxford comma. - TWuG Mar 14, 10:15 3
    - It's Faulkner, so he's definitely pro-Oxford anything. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 14, 10:57 2
      - "Ha ha, no not that one." -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 11:15
      - *snooty patrician laugh* -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Mar 14, 11:15
- Answer (spoiler) - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:43 [Attachment] 16
  - Thanks for including answer. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 14, 11:55
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:44 [Attachment] 14
    - For my bonus, I was asked who directed Indiana Jones/Crystal Skull and I accidentally picked Michael Bay. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 14, 10:55 3
      - You really nuked the fridge on that one. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 11:01
      - “Accidentally” -- nm* - spamlet Mar 14, 10:58 1
        
        I usually say the full answer name to Alexa instead of A/B/C/D, but I was distracted and said "A, no wait, B." - Baron on the Cairn Mar 14, 12:35
    - Answer (spoiler) - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:44 [Attachment] 9
      - Romantic? Hemingway? He was an abusive, alcoholic misogynist who squandered half of his life hanging around Picasso trying to nail his leftovers. - spamlet Mar 14, 10:59 1
        
        “Can we remind Kat to take her Midol before coming to class?” -- nm* - Will Hunting Mar 14, 11:22
      - 2/2 -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 10:14
      - 0/2. (Spoils) -- (edited) - Beryllium Mar 14, 10:09
      - 2/2 -- nm - David Mar 14, 09:55
      - 1/2 -- nm - Pippy Mar 14, 09:54
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Mar 14, 09:52
      - 2/2 because spoils for #1 - Will Hunting Mar 14, 09:51
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 14, 09:45
did anyone else's Windows NOT adjust for DST despite being set to do so automatically? -- nm - mud Mar 14, 09:39 1
- Nope, just you - Pippy Mar 14, 09:56
Happy North London Derby Day. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 14, 09:23 3
- spell it darby or say it derby, brits -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 09:31
- Auba is benched, not a good start. -- nm - J Mar 14, 09:28 1
  - That went well 😁 -- nm - J Mar 14, 11:33
Why NFTs are an ecological and artistic disaster -- (link) - Reagen Mar 14, 08:15 3
- Blockchain is probably useful for something. But currency and art aren't that something. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 10:15
- loooooong article -- nm - stim-mie Mar 14, 08:18 1
  - Why long articles are an ecological and artistic disaster. — (no-link) -- nm* - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:33
stoopid -- (link) - mud Mar 14, 08:09 10
- Photojournalists are pretty amazing and that photo is impressive -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 10:32 1
  - That woman is on the front page of a lot of papers today, the colour of her hair really makes the image stand out. -- nm - LMS Mar 14, 10:36
- To add the man they've arrested for the crime is a serving Metropolitan police officer who has had to go to hospital twice for head injuries sustained - LMS Mar 14, 09:33 5
  - So, the cops just like beating people. Cool. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 09:49 3
    - "That's! For Making! Us! Look! Like! Violent! Shit-heads!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 09:54 2
      - I think it's more being lax in preventing fellow inmates beating on a homicidal cop. -- nm - mud Mar 14, 09:56 1
        
        He would have been on his own in a custody cell. - LMS Mar 14, 10:33
  - ! -- nm - mud Mar 14, 09:40
- you mean other countries have stupid police decisions too.... unpossible. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 14, 08:13 1
  - we have our share in this province !!! -- nm - mud Mar 14, 08:27
Gronk NFT Trading Cards -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 14, 08:08
Finally getting the snow storm we've been promised since Friday. It's easily snowed 12 inches in the past 12 hours. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 07:57 1
- Yeesh! What's the total you're expecting? -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 10:15
SpaceX landed a booster for the 9th time this morning. 10 is the supposed limit. Will be interested to see if they go for 11 -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 07:41
"Let's wake up and watch Allen/Farrow" -- (edited) - stim-mie Mar 14, 07:30 3
- Is that HBO Max? -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:27 2
  - Ayup -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 09:35 1
    - I have to return to them soon anyway. Genera+ion is coming this month. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:39
Bolivian far-right leader arrested over coup attempt -- (link) - Reagen Mar 14, 07:08 1
- Bolivian politics are a mess. They keep lurching from extreme left to extreme right. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 09:22
There may be no statewide mandate in Texas, but private businesses can set their own rules. So, witness someone finding out in a bank -- (link) - Reagen Mar 14, 06:47 19
- Walk her, Texas Ranger -- nm - Max Mar 14, 12:06
- She wasn’t even from here! I raged pretty hard about how this was handled on the cop side too. Galveston led a black man behind a horse via rope leash - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:31 3
  - I should say that the cop actually handled it well, but she was white so... Nevermind. I’m just angry. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:33 2
    - funniest part to me was when she tried to cry police brutality and the rest of the bank was like "STFU lady" -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 09:34 1
      - In terrible Spanish no less. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 14, 09:34
- Galveston can fall off into the Gulf and no one would miss it -- nm - Pippy Mar 14, 09:15 1
  - It was tried! -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 09:16
- There's usually clear signs on the entry doors when masks are mandated by a business. Warnings and information was provided. -- nm* - stim-mie Mar 14, 07:12
- oh I had someone yesterday try that shit in my store. I booted her out. -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 07:08 8
  - Yay!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 14, 09:57
  - Taking political prisoners now, are you?!?! -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 07:12 6
    - no. but she tried the medial exemption bs -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 07:13 5
      - You're gonna be arrested by HIPPA and the FDA. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 07:18 4
        
        I'll escape arrest by using the secret tunnel to the pizza place in Washington! -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 09:18
        
        HIPAA Police: "Put your hands up high" -- nm - stim-mie Mar 14, 07:20 2
        
        "I can't and don't have to tell you why" -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 07:21 1
        
        HIPAA Police: "If you don't, you're gonna fry." -- nm - stim-mie Mar 14, 07:22
- I feel sorry for her... - Marlowe Mar 14, 07:00 1
  - I feel sorry that someone's taught her a bunch of bullshit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 07:07
It's been a LONG time since I've cared about college basketball. - Strongbad Mar 14, 06:45 5
- Good luck! Enjoy the big dance! -- nm* - Krusty Mar 14, 06:58
- nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 14, 06:50 [Backboard] 3
  - Nice! I hope he thrives and helps lead your guys to NCAA tourney wins. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 07:00 2
    - The announcers yesterday talked a lot about his game reminding them of the Big East PG's - Strongbad Mar 14, 08:24 1
      - NYC street ball leads to tough PGs and Christ The King is a local powerhouse for talent. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 10:16
I've got a new song I would sing for my singing competition audition if I could sing: Pink Motel by The Glorious Sons -- (link) - Dano Mar 14, 06:27 [youtube]
Happy Pie Day! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 05:27 2
- I thought that was July 22. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 14, 09:36
- π -- (link) - mud Mar 14, 06:52 [youtube]

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