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ST Poll: One of these actors have to go…and all of their work/films too 🤔 - flavorize Sep 29, 08:09 [Attachment] 20
- Will or Denzel -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 08:49
- Eddie -- nm - decline Sep 29, 08:20
- Laurence. He has the fewest movies that I would miss. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 08:20 2
  - Fresh Prince for that exact reason. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:23 1
    - ID4 alone keeps him on the list. THen add in Hancock and he stays. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 08:39
- Sorry, Fresh Prince. You gotta go. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:16
- I'd go Denzel or Eddie. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 08:16 4
  - Actually I'll update to Fishburne. Looking at his movies nothing I'd really miss. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 08:21 3
    - John Wick! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:25 1
      - Haven't seen it thought did almost rent it recently. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 29, 08:39
    - *logs off of ST* -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:24
- Will -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:15
- Tough call but I'd have to go with Eddie -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 08:14
- Eddie Murphy or Will Smith, yes. - JaxSean Sep 29, 08:14
- Laurence. Can't even recall anything he's been in, so no loss to me -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 08:14 4
  - You would be saying goodbye to Apocalypse Now, MASH (unclear if the whole series or just one episode), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (uncredited, I had no idea) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:23
  - I would miss The Matrix -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 08:14 2
    - Not I. Crap movie. -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 08:17 1
      - DTM -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:23
- I might go with Denzel -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:13
They got out too soon - not even time to write a charity single -- (link) - Reagen Sep 29, 08:07 1
- "There's a hole in my heart, as big as a well" ... Sting could be having a very big year -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 08:08
Here it is, your Moment of Zen. -- (link) - Qale Sep 29, 08:01
God I f*cking HATE Ticketmaster -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 07:56 5
- oh yeah? what show and how much? -- nm - Remlik Sep 29, 08:09 2
  - Tool ticket presale. Kept saying "Sorry, we cannot complete this transaction on this device." - JaxSean Sep 29, 08:12 1
    - we really are all just prisoners here on our own device -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 12:14
- The best part of not going to concerts anymore is this. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:07
- *charges you $25 Hatred Fee* -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:05
Bery: did you win the $70 Million lotto last night? 1 winner in BC -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 07:54 2
- No, I stopped buying lottery tickets -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:18
- Are we rich? -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 08:03
sitwap this is funny: Danish artist was given $84,000 by a museum to use in a work of art. - tRuMaN Sep 29, 07:52 1
- Hard to find a better summation of modern art than this. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 07:54
Thanks for the Birthday wishes, and Happy Birthday Inigo! -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 07:52 6
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 08:59
- Spankings! Yes, now spankings!!! - Qale Sep 29, 08:32
- Happy birthday to you both! -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 08:13
- Happy birthday, youngin'! -- nm - Inigo Sep 29, 08:11
- Happy birthday to you both! -- nm - crash davis Sep 29, 07:52 1
  - Indeed. September babies continue to represent! -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:54
my brother and his wife have not responded yet to my email about vaccination. - tattoo daddy Sep 29, 07:44 8
- What did you expect? -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 08:15
- Can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with David-cumber. nm - Dean Winchester Sep 29, 07:59 6
  - No one owes it to anyone, not even their family, to stay in a toxic relationship. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:18 1
    - Exactly. Family isn't a free pass to being a jerk. -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 08:22
  - Nah ... when you get to a certain age, you make your own family. Especially if the universe gifted you with a lemon. Life's too short to commune - rollo Sep 29, 08:03 3
    - If you're already cutting them out - I see no upside to going out in a blaze of glory. nm - Dean Winchester Sep 29, 08:21
    - It's kind of an interesting conflict in that David pushed family as so key when he and Kim make amazing members of my chosen family. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 08:11 1
      - I view it as the relatives, in this case, as being the ones not choosing family. They're being selfish and expecting others to suffer the consequences - TWuG Sep 29, 08:21
OMG, there's a miniature stone wall building contest. -- (link) - mara Sep 29, 07:44 3
- This is so much better than the bridge building kit contests I joined in high school. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 07:54
- that's delightful! -- nm - Remlik Sep 29, 07:51
- the one made out of cake is pretty sweet. -- (link) - tattoo daddy Sep 29, 07:45
Apparently in Virginia Beach you can play racial slurs through outdoor speakers when your neighbors are home and not break the law -- (link) - oblique Sep 29, 07:39 1
- Oh great ... you ruined the surprise for "Virginia Beach Days" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 07:46
South Dakota Republicans are something else... -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 07:26 3
- I just assumed running someone over was legal now given all the recent news stories -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 07:38
- That's a paddling. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 07:37
- "Not everyone is above the law!" -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 07:29
DTL: Seeking advice on which player to pursue. - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 07:25 6
- Grisham -- better blocks, steals and rebounds even out of position. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:16
- Here are the guys you were asking about - rollo Sep 29, 07:54 1
  - Thanks again. Not overly impressive in the rankings. Not a surprise for guys I consider to be playing out of position. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 08:00
- They're close but I give the edge to Grisham ... I'll give you my ranks for your dudes in a second - rollo Sep 29, 07:43 2
  - I was the same but wanted someone smarter to chime in first. -- nm* - spamlet Sep 29, 07:49 1
    - Thanks. I agree with both of you. The better gives him a slight edge. - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 07:58
Positioning for 2024? Sen. Warren announces her opposition to Jay Powell remaining as Fed Chair, calls him "dangerous" -- (link) - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 06:57
Chicago Bears announce purchase agreement for Arlington Park (suburbs - horse track) -- (link) - oblique Sep 29, 06:49 7
- It was clear to everyone from day one that the new Soldier Field was a mistake. It needed to be bigger and with a retractable dome. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 07:56
- As predicted... the Bears are getting out of the unprofitable business of professional football and into horse racing. -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 07:31 2
  - what if, and hear me out, we attach extra weights of like 200 pounds on the backs of each horse for the race... -- nm - Matt Nagy Sep 29, 07:35 1
    - maybe blindfold the jockey too -- nm - Matt Nagy Sep 29, 07:35
- Now do White Sox. - zunk xometimes Sep 29, 07:05 2
  - They get to keep it because they threatened to move to St Pete. - spamlet Sep 29, 07:09 1
    - I remember. Gov. Thompson was a fan. - zunk xometimes Sep 29, 07:18
The latest episode of Only Murders in the Bldg was great. -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:49 3
- Yep. And Martin Short wasn't at all annoying! -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 07:36 1
  - It helped a lot that they didn't let him [spoiler] -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 07:47
- truly - Martin & Short have really found a groove. non spoils - Pippy Sep 29, 06:51
Oh, and I apparently get an extra day off this year for hitting my five-year service anniversary. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 06:36 3
- Carpe diem! -- nm - zunk xometimes Sep 29, 06:50
- Tak the next 2 weeks off! -- nm - decline Sep 29, 06:44 1
  - Deliverables? What deliverables? -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 06:44
zeitgeist what's the buy in? I didn't see a post. - sycor Sep 29, 06:31 4
- sent -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 08:22
- Thanks for the reminder. Just sent -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:34
- Up to $10 for 5 tickets. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:32 1
  - so $2 each. Cool, thanks! -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 06:35
The Ringer ranks every Sopranos episode -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 06:27 4
- lol oh man, this is going absorb me all damn day. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 07:40
- Before I look I'll guess Pine Barrens is the #1 episode. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:30 2
  - Nope but it's a pretty good list so far. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:38 1
    - I love that the episode I just watched before I left for work is ranked #7. - Jovian Sep 29, 07:42
YouTube is banning all anti-vaccine content and anti vaccination activists. -- (link) - MDH Sep 29, 06:14 4
- poor Kyrie Irving. How will he do his research now? -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 06:26 2
  - He might end up being the first college athlete dropped from a program's history for being an embarassment to the educational standards. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:21
  - heh -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:31
- *adds it to the list* -- crackpots -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 06:21
Richard Sherman signs with the TB Bucs -- nm - budice Sep 29, 05:56
While this comes as no surprise, I really shouldn't read Facebook. IM is post and response from a friend on FB about his young son: - oblique Sep 29, 05:44 29
- i love that scripture literally tells you to put on a mask if you're sick... -- nm - tattoo daddy Sep 29, 07:40
- The Luciferase thing is really, really funny. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 06:42 6
  - It’s got Lucifer right in the name! -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 06:45 5
    - Exactly. It kind of reminds me of the time somebody objected to my public library using 666 as a Dewey call number. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 06:47 4
      - In the early days of my firm, 666 dialed the front desk. We had an associate that asked that it be changed. -- nm - pmb Sep 29, 08:11 1
        
        My favorite bit of San fran trivia, the Jesuit College was assigned 666 for their telephone exchange prefix -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 09:05
      - Ceramics is a known hotbed of Satanism, Precious Moments being the most famous example. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 07:00 1
        
        You have a point. -- nm - mara Sep 29, 08:09
- Get the shot, you dillweed. You asked for My Wisdom. There it is. -- nm - God Sep 29, 06:38
- I hope you have that person blocked and unfriended. No one needs that kind of crazy in their life. -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 06:21 1
  - "See less like this" Lather rinse repeat, that's SM 101. You show that platform who's boss! -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 06:45
- I gotta say, starting off the opposing viewpoint with Event 201 is like putting on a tinfoil hat at the start of a debate and wondering why no one - Will Hunting Sep 29, 06:21 3
  - I don’t know what that is and expect to continue not to. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:24 1
    - Right? I want to search for it to know but I figure I’m happier not doing so. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 06:31
  - (should I know what even 201 is?) -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 29, 06:22
- The inclusion of the word "objectively" is just *chef kiss* -- nm - mara Sep 29, 06:17
- By going down these internet rabbit holes, people think they're now more informed and have done "research". - Inigo Sep 29, 06:06 2
  - I'm guessing this person doesn't know what the VAERS database is, or that anyone can access it. - Inigo Sep 29, 06:14 1
    - Oh sure, if you believe the *government* -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 06:22
- Also if I was in office I’d have my speechwriter throw conspiracy keywords in all over the place. -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 05:54
- They lost me at "until I researched them" -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 05:51 3
  - Yup and then it immediately goes off the rails and I stopped reading. I don't miss Facebook for one second. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 29, 05:58 2
    - Same. I've recently pushed a bit more onto Instagram but don't even really bother with it much. Especially if the content I'm getting isn't photos.. - Qale Sep 29, 07:33
    - Yep, it goes from "uh oh" to "whoop" quickly -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 05:59
- They lost me at the colon. -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 05:50
- I for one agree not to let Bill Gates put cryptocurrency into my body -- nm - decline Sep 29, 05:49
- Do you think they just copy/paste all that, or do they have to type it out fresh each time? -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 05:47 1
  - definitely copy pasted from someone else. -- nm - tattoo daddy Sep 29, 07:42
- that is a whole lot of crazy -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 05:46
Interesting...our company has 1 floating holiday: Black Friday. In 2022, they are expanding the options to take that floating holiday. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 05:36 16
- -ahem- Indigenous People's Day. Also, take them all. Fuck 'em. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 07:38 1
  - Heh, beat me to it. I'm not quite awake yet. -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 08:03
- We match the NYSE holidays, so normally 9 per year, but next year because Jan 1 is a Saturday we only get 8 -- nm - decline Sep 29, 05:53 1
  - Same. Wondering if we’ll get an additional floater for it. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 06:18
- Do you think they're doing that out of concern people will be job hunting for better perks? -- nm - Max Sep 29, 05:37 11
  - Nah, we get 9 a year; and I think if they expand to include Juneteenth, they'd be pushed to observe other similar-level federal holidays imo. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 05:42 10
    - Yeah... they don't want to get into a "what about???" debate. So they say pick whichever one means the most to you. - Dano Sep 29, 06:07 3
      - I feel like they certainly can add another holiday they just don't want to. - Krusty Sep 29, 06:15 2
        
        We have a mix of schedules. 5/8 is uncommon. 9/80 is common and 4/10’s is some jobs - Will Hunting Sep 29, 06:18 1
        
        That's not bad and the Fridays off is really nice. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:39
    - we get six. MD, LD, TG, NYD, ID and the day after thanksgiving. it feels very cheap until you consider we get a full week at xmas and 24 vacay days. -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 29, 05:55
    - You...only get 9 days off a year? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 05:50 2
      - Yeah. I would like an option around April to break up the Presidents to Memorial slog but it’s fine. I get every other Friday off on a 9/80 schedule -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 06:16 1
        
        Not sure why to markets are still closed on Good Friday, but they are so we get it off. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 07:17
    - Oh no! They might have to give their staff 12 whole days off for the year! What will they do?!?!? -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 29, 05:43 1
      - srsly -- nm - mafic Sep 29, 06:18
Detroit Lions release veteran LB Jamie Collins...signs with the Pats again in 3-2-1 (where he will play awesome and get another big contract - Beaker Sep 29, 05:26
Zeit—Sent $ for pool—Thanks again! -- nm - flavorize Sep 29, 05:24
TV PSA: Chicago x 3, AEW Dynamite, Goldbergs, Riverdale, Masked Singer, Survivor, Wonder Years, Conners, In the Dark, Big Brother, Alter Ego, -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 05:19 5
- UK has The Repair Shop and new 4 part thriller Hollington Drive -- nm - LMS Sep 29, 05:56
- Home Economics, A Million Little Things, Samantha Bee, Archer, The Circle (NF), What If? (D+), No One Gets Out Alive (NF), The Chestnut Man (NF), -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 05:21 3
  - Challenge, Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Doogie Kamealoha (D+), Turner and Hooch (D+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 05:24 2
    - 3) Masked Singer, Wonder Years and Archer. - Krusty Sep 29, 05:30 1
      - 7: What If?, Goldbergs, Archer, Survivor, Chicago x 3 for the wife -- nm* - Beaker Sep 29, 05:34
Happy birthday, Inigo! Happy birthday, MDH! Have a great day, fellas! 🥳🎉 -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 04:57 10
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Sep 29, 07:53
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 07:47
- Thank you, all! -- nm - Inigo Sep 29, 07:43
- haaaaaaappy birthday -- nm - tattoo daddy Sep 29, 07:42
- Happy Birthday guys!! -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 06:58
- Happy Happy birthday a deux! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:52
- happy bday fellas! -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:51
- Happy Birthday MDH! Happy Birthday Inigo! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 29, 06:03
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - decline Sep 29, 05:58
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 05:15
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 29, 04:55 [Attachment] 11
- VILLAPIANO - Italian dubbed version of "A Quiet Place" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 06:39
- Ol PIV AN ANAL -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 06:33
- PIPPILOVIAN - A conditioned response where one gets turned on at the mere mention of Chris Evans' name -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 06:14 2
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 06:27 1
    - VALLOPIAN - one place where such a response takes place -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 06:34
- AVION PAL: someone you meet on an airplane and then get dinner later because you just click. -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 29, 06:12
- PLAN AVIAN -- a biological weapon idea involving infected birds. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 05:43
- PILL POPPIN VILLAIN -- nm - Max Sep 29, 05:40
- (panagram semispoils) - prayformojo Sep 29, 05:05
- AVIAN VOILA - An ornythologist's equivalent of "chef's kiss" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 04:56 1
  - When someone says something so stupid, the only valid response is to give them the finger -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 08:07
"In a memoir, [Steph Grisham] describes him as abusive and writes that one aide would calm him with show tunes." Poll: Which songs? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 04:54 5
- I Don't Know How To Love Him. It's a staff sing-along. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 29, 06:15
- My Boy Bill, but the staffer has to say "Don" in his ear whenever the song says "Bill" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 06:11
- If I Were A Rich Man -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 05:57
- Springtime for Hitler -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 04:57 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 04:58

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