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Mayweather/Paul fight KO'd Showtime streaming -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 18:26 3
- great. that means Paul is going to get more fights -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 18:31
- Who knew that an absurdly popular YouTube would have a massive online video streaming following! -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 18:31 1
  - "Boss, what if we can't handle the traffic?" "Don't worry about it, sport! If something happens, we'll fix it on Monday." -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 18:33
I’m sure this is just a coincidence (baseball related) -- (link) - spamlet Jun 6, 18:10 7
- "Oh no! Anyway..." memedotgif -- nm - Tim Jun 6, 18:19
- Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 18:16
- This is gonna be good. I was joking during the Braves game last night... - David Jun 6, 18:13 4
  - Yeah a lot of guys got really sloppy with it. Karinchak with Cleveland it was just lathered all in his glove. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 18:26
  - There was that one clip of a dude with a big black streak in an all red glove. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 18:26 2
    - Heh I think that was Karinchak. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 18:29 1
      - The Sox broadcast picked it up when he came in to face us. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 18:29
Awww! Corey Hart's Juno moment was in 1993 when he was paired with Julie Masse to present an award, meeting for the first time, they fell in a love and got married. -- nm* - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:59
I recommend you make this dish. - Ender Jun 6, 17:55 1
- I will share with the wife. sounds awesome -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 18:12
giggity -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:48
Junos are doing a segment all about Canadian rap stars who won a Juno and then fell off the face of the earth. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:39
For the Canuckistan crowd. I learned from 23andme that my mother is 100% pure laine. Used site nosancetres. On 23andme EVERY french canadian has 1-2% native American, I do not. I have zero -- (edited) - loosilu Jun 6, 17:38 4
- Jeez... her family must have come over on a ship in the 16th-18th centuries? -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:44 2
  - I am directly descended from all of thge first founders in the early 1600s multiple times -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:45 1
    - I am directly descended from the Company of 100. Also from the Filles a Marier and the Filles du Roi (about 35 of them). - loosilu Jun 6, 17:48
- I am the only person of french canadian descent I have ever seen on 23andme and ancestry who has no native american at all -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:43
I'm guessing an announcement for an M2 MacBook Pro isn't in the cards for tomorrow, but I've got my fingers crossed nonetheless. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 17:33 4
- They haven't M1ed their entire line up yet. How you gonna wanna M2 up in this bitch? -- nm - IAmQale Jun 6, 18:30 1
  - The heart wants what it wants, Qale. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 18:45
- Is WWDC already tomorrow? -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 17:34 1
  - So I'm told -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 18:05
meanwhile in Montreal - spoilers - Beaker Jun 6, 17:27 1
- 6 wins in a row. And tonight was maybe the first time they seemed to be more than just grinding it out. - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:51
Charlie Cruddy sighting -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:13
Shailene Woodley 2K21 -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 17:10
Can we please stop giving penalties to the Habs? -- nm - Winnipeg Jets Jun 6, 16:56 32
- So to you, the officials are Hab-itual offenders? - crash davis Jun 6, 17:25
- love that you call them Habs! -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:57 30
  - That’s their nickname to just about any hockey fan. - spamlet Jun 6, 16:59 27
    - moppy is one of the few who know why. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:59 26
      - The irony is that this is not why there's an "H" in their logo. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:28 5
        
        vraiment? why is there an H? -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:29 4
        
        Club de Hockey -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:30
        
        It's like how all the soccer teams have "F.C." for "football club". It's "Club de Hockey". -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:30 2
        
        uh KAY -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:31 1
        
        that is how you pronounce hockey in french canadian -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:44
      - I'd say virtually any Canadian hockey fan does. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 17:18 2
        
        in MODERN speech the word normally used is colons -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:21
        
        ok FINE -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:21
      - pfft, I'll wager I'm the only STer with multiple autographed stuff from Guy Lafleur -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:03 11
        
        The Bay once did a promo celebrating the '72 Series with a bunch of stars doing autographs. - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:38 1
        
        in my experience it is very very rare to find a hockey player who is an asshole. I'm sure they are around, but most of the famous ones anyway are what - Beaker Jun 6, 17:40
        
        Nope my wife got hat signed when he took one of her companies helicopters. -- nm - AJRimmer Jun 6, 17:33 1
        
        "multiple" I kid :) Hat and Ice Bucket here :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:34
        
        (to be fair, I got lucky, my brother runs a golf tournament so essentially gets to pick who they have as a guest :) ) -- (edited) - Beaker Jun 6, 17:24 2
        
        Guy is a superstar, that's beyond awesome. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:25 1
        
        they all agreed he was best kind (a good dude) -- nm* - Beaker Jun 6, 17:25
        
        Patrick Roy lived in the condo upstairs from my aunt. - loosilu Jun 6, 17:05 3
        
        most of the time his grandpa Jack lived there, he grew up in a frenchville in Maine US, we were friends with him -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:14 2
        
        Nice! -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:14 1
        
        he was like us, he was fully halfsies. Raised totally French Canadian and American. there are not many of us -- nm* - loosilu Jun 6, 17:24
      - Spoilers. - Beryllium Jun 6, 17:02 4
        
        pssst -- (edited) - loosilu Jun 6, 17:05 3
        
        Spoils - Beryllium Jun 6, 17:07 2
        
        if you are using a word that ends in oi, you are doing it for emphasis, it is never contracted -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:12
        
        well duh -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:11
  - Re-Habs? -- nm - budice Jun 6, 16:57 1
    - it's a frenchie word, moppy can explain -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:58
Hrmmm, i'm looking for 3 podcasts I used to listen to, but iTunes apparently doesn't have them anymore - Will Hunting Jun 6, 16:55 2
- Parcast got bought and they all likely went exclusive. - spamlet Jun 6, 16:57 1
  - I can still find them...it's weird ... I hate the gobbling up of podcasts - Will Hunting Jun 6, 17:19
STIS: other than Jenni McCarthy, who are the big celebrity anti-vaxxers? Links to articles would get you bonus Beak points -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 16:43 11
- Other than Jenny McCarthy, who rose to mainstream fame by posing nude? - Mop Jun 6, 16:55 1
  - Marilyn Monroe -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 6, 17:08 [Attachment]
- how many points does a link to a list get me? -- (link) - loosilu Jun 6, 16:46 8
  - Welp, DeNiro is disappointing. -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 16:51 6
    - that was a huge surprise. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:56 4
      - It looks like it's RFK Jr. bringing down a lot of otherwise free-thinking liberals like Carrey and DeNiro. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 16:58 3
        
        McCarthy brought down Carrey. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:58 2
        
        he recanted since they split i thought? -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 17:01 1
        
        That was my thought, but I couldn't find anything specific. He was speaking in support of RFK Jr in 2015. -- (edited) - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:16
    - Yep.. -- nm - Marlowe Jun 6, 16:55
  - Lisa Bonet is married to Jason Momoa. Ergo...? -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 16:48
Moment of Zen: Hailee Steinfeld -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 16:40
I have 30 minutes of the cast of Streaming Into the Void trying to figure out why the Clovehitch Killer was in the streaming top 10 this week. -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 16:30 5
- (David said I'm very good in this episode!) - Tim Jun 6, 16:50 2
  - As I was editing, I was deathly afraid we'd forgot to call on your during the recommendations segment. As it turns out, no... - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 6, 17:29
  - Nooooooo! - Mop Jun 6, 16:51
- We don't even know its name! -- nm - David Jun 6, 16:39
- Wasn't that hannibal lecter's alter ego? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 16:36
We've been using portable AC units and the one for our living room just can't hack it. We have side sliding windows and there aren't many options - Krusty Jun 6, 16:11 15
- I spent a heatwave in NYC a few decades ago. Miserable. No AC. Being naked was still not enough. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 6, 16:15 14
  - I remember a summer in Baltimore where I had to take a cold shower and get in bed wet with a fan blowing on me every 2-3 hours to get thru the night. -- nm - Dano Jun 6, 16:57 1
    - Yeesh. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 17:06
  - I spent one in the late 90s, and there was a garbage strike. We lived above a Chinese restaurant. Try to imagine the smell of squid - loosilu Jun 6, 16:44
  - I just took a really cool shower hoping it would help. It helped a bit but I'm just sitting here wishing we had a better AC unit. I looked at those - Krusty Jun 6, 16:19 10
    - I have to assume you have tried closing the doors to other rooms, and sleeping in the living room. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:48 3
      - The bedroom is the best room but we can't hangout there. The living room has a west facing window that just roasts the room in the afternoon. - Krusty Jun 6, 16:56 2
        
        gotcha. It seriously sucks. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:57 1
        
        *nods* -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 16:59
    - Effing landlords. Also check into some pretty powerful fans, freeze some damp towels, etc. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 6, 16:20 5
      - We have very high humidity so that might not work as well as in other places. I have fans going as well. I'm doing everything I can. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 16:53 3
        
        high humidity. hahahahhha -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:59 2
        
        Are you saying we don't? Sure other places get high humidity too but it's rather bad here as well. - Krusty Jun 6, 17:05 1
        
        having lived in NYC and DC, the humidity part is suckier in DC. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 19:01
      - wet towel over a fan. Also, open windows strategically to make a wind tunnel. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:50
This twitter thread is interesting. An obituary for a nun with 10 kids. -- (link) - zunk xometimes Jun 6, 16:05
NWA spoiler - Remlik Jun 6, 16:02 1
- That's a mistake. -- nm - David Jun 6, 16:39
Ah, there’s my annual reminder to only have one burner on the grill open when lighting it. - znufrii Jun 6, 15:47 4
- I had one very bad experience lighting a grill, an I refuse to ever do it again. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:01
- that's the easy one. remembering the side warmer burners outside the grill [if also there] also start can be far worse -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 6, 16:18
- dammit, znu! we've talked about this! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 6, 16:06 1
  - I still have my eyebrows, so it’s all good. - znufrii Jun 6, 16:08
Mayweather vs Paul spoilers! -- (link) - Beaker Jun 6, 15:42 1
- Adorable, but... - Mop Jun 6, 15:44
At friends who have two bulldogs. These are not animals any loving God would design. -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 15:39 6
- They are absolutely wonderful and beautiful dogs! - Krusty Jun 6, 16:02 5
  - they have terrible health problems that were bred into them. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 16:47
  - These two are very friendly, but they're barely ambulatory potatoes. -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 16:25 3
    - they are tragically inbred, like many breeds. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 17:02
    - Yeah. They've ruined their bodies so badly. I still love them so much! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 16:58
    - Oh, potato dog! -- (link) - znufrii Jun 6, 16:27 [youtube]
To celebrate Pride month, I'm finally sailing through RuPaul's Drag Race serieseses. It's lighthearted fare, so it's easy. However... - Qale Jun 6, 15:32 1
- I have the same "uncanny valley" reaction to those parts of the show. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 16:50
Canada and U.S. are sharing a charter home from Latvia tomorrow. That's gonna be one wild flight. -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 15:23
U.S. Open Spoiler (Woman's golf version) - zunk xometimes Jun 6, 15:22 4
- spoil - mud Jun 6, 15:38 3
  - She's an intriguing athlete (spoiler) - zunk xometimes Jun 6, 15:44 2
    - yep -- nm - mud Jun 6, 15:49 1
      - welp spoil - budice Jun 6, 15:56
What's the expected gap between games in a double header? 'Cause the Beavers just beat TCU and they're up again against Dallas Baptist in 30 min. -- nm* - Mop Jun 6, 15:22 3
- Ask Timmy's mom to bring the orange slices into the locker room -- nm - Barontronic Jun 6, 15:46
- Back to back double headers usually get just a 30m break. Split double headers usually have a couple of hours between games. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 15:24 1
  - 30 minutes isn't enough to treat those sores from sitting on their butts! -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 15:45
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 14:52 1
- aw yes the old drugaroo. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 15:00
Unleash the Archers won the Juno for the metal/hard music album of the year for Abyss. If you haven't heard them: -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:44 [youtube] 7
- Looks like us Yanks will be able to live stream the Junos in about an hour. -- (link) - Mop Jun 6, 15:47 [youtube]
- title track -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:44 [youtube] 5
  - Legacy -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:44 [youtube] 4
    - Faster than Light -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:45 [youtube] 3
      - Awakening from the previous album - Apex -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:46 [youtube] 2
        
        Cover of the Stan Rogers classic Northwest Passage -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:46 [youtube] 1
        
        the lead singer Britney doing karaoke after a show -- (link) - gort Jun 6, 14:47 [youtube]
And Doris Kearns Goodwin just walked into the bar so I'm comfortable calling this a full day. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 14:37 5
- Ask her if Lincoln was overrated -- nm* - Remlik Jun 6, 15:42
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 15:28
- This is the start of a very upscale, important, and well documented joke. -- nm - Qale Jun 6, 15:27 2
  - "Seven. But they were all in office." -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 15:41 1
    - And not since 1876. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 6, 15:53
In the Heights- A. Some slight changes from the stage show. They all work. There is a post credits scene that's very funny. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 14:19 3
- We missed that. Dang. - spamlet Jun 6, 14:29 2
  - She's wonderful. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 14:32 1
    - Definitely. All the leads were great. - spamlet Jun 6, 15:42
I'm watching a new prison drama called Time starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, excellent so far. -- nm - LMS Jun 6, 14:06 3
- Spoilers: Sean Bean dies -- nm - Dano Jun 6, 14:32 2
  - Someone should make Weekend at Beanies -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 14:52 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Jun 6, 15:49

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