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On a lighter node, I told my mother about my gift card grab bag and she suggested I put a Victoria's Secret card in there. - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 6, 13:13
Pfizered x3 -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 6, 13:05 6
- See you in 24-48 hours! -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 13:07 5
  - I didn’t have any reaction to either of the first two rounds so here’s hoping not for this one either. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 6, 13:29
  - I keep hesitating on getting the booster for this reason. - JaxSean Dec 6, 13:25 3
    - Just get it midweek and call in to work. - znufrii, boosted Dec 6, 13:30
    - SEAN. - ty97 Dec 6, 13:27
    - Dude. You are going out more than anyone I know. Get it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:26
so ... I wound up getting breakthrough covid - exposed on 11/20 - symptoms started 11/24 - worst part was losing smell/taste. - JenBro Dec 6, 12:57 14
- I am very sorry you got infected, but glad you are on the mend and it wasn't serious. I miss you posting. -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 16:43
- * hugs * -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 13:40
- OH NO. I am glad you are beating it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 13:26
- glad you're feeling better -- nm - JaxSean Dec 6, 13:25
- *looks down at the flattened virus on the floor* Poor little guy, never stood a chance. - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 6, 13:16
- Oof. I'm sorry. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 13:11
- So glad it was no worse, and thinking this is something we all have to look forward to in the future. -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 13:09
- Glad it was minor and that you are recovered! -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 12:58 6
  - this most def -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 13:03
  - thanks ... I wish I knew how long it will take for my taste to return. Everything tastes like cardboard - just different color/shape/texture. -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 13:00 4
    - Hopefully it comes back quickly for you. From people I've known it's random. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 13:09
    - I can't even imagine that. hope it comes back soon. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 13:03 2
      - triscuits have really fun texture, if you're looking for things to eat that bring you joy. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 13:04 1
        
        oohhhhh ... good idea. after cooking stuff a few times and being disapointed, I resorted to pancakes with berries and nuts. cheap/easy -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 13:10
A+++ to RC for some epic stalking! Thank you so much for getting me sox ... I wuv them and it's exactly what I wanted! -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 12:54 2
- Huzzah! So glad to serve as your Stalker! (minor spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 13:20 1
  - heh heh ... I will not be opening that until I get my taste back for sure! They stored it in the fridge because I wasn't here when it arrived. - JenBro Dec 6, 13:45
*sigh* We were offsides so deservedly goal disallowed. As a fan, I don’t think I deserved that goal just before half -- nm - JD Dec 6, 12:49 1
- That's what she said. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 12:54
Surprising no one “FX on Hulu” getting the ax. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 6, 12:47 3
- does by any remote chance mean that Always Sunny will be available on Disney+ - Jovian Dec 6, 12:57
- I know what's happening here. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 12:57
- so basically just dropping the 'on Hulu' name and you'll still be able to watch FX shows...on Hulu -- nm - decline Dec 6, 12:57
Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, dies after collapsing post-workout -- (link) - Beaker Dec 6, 12:22 1
- big 2021 mood. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 12:50
Cooper Kupp giving the most technical answer I’ve ever heard from a Wide Receiver -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 12:16 3
- Did the hair on the side of his head fall onto his face? -- nm - Dano Dec 6, 13:18
- I understood "blitz" and "end zone" -- nm - rollo Dec 6, 12:49
- That’s what a future coach sounds like. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 12:43
Delivery guy wandering around outside looking for Apt 207 in a 20 unit condo complex. I asked to see the name he was looking for and noticed the - Meg Dec 6, 12:12 2
- You will read about him driving in to a pond tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 12:13 1
  - Hee, that's what I said to our pool guys who he'd already asked. -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 12:16
Don't you love it when someone replies to an email in such a way that makes clear they didn't read your note at all - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 6, 12:07 7
- "As I stated..." -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 12:16
- All the time. -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 12:13
- Every time I email my CFO -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 12:10
- yes, yes Spawn is almost always incorrect on most subjects. good point Baron -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 12:08 3
  - lol. *Just* happened to me. "Those were in my original email." -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 12:12 2
    - Mine was more along the line of responding to some other question I didn't ask. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 6, 12:17 1
      - Ah, yeah. - Spawn Dec 6, 12:19
What's that clickbait headline..? "One strange secret..." "One easy trick..."? -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 12:04 5
- There's several listed inside. #3 will shock you. -- nm - rollo Dec 6, 13:20
- There are variations -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 12:07 2
  - But I guess you are thinking of "this one weird trick" -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 12:08 1
    - Thanks. I'm writing a proposal for a conference session and I'm going to use this lingo. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 12:16
- ...That film directors hate! ...That librarians won't tell you about! ...That Lilliputians vomit at the sight of! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 12:06
Downtown Comics consistently demonstrates excellent customer service. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 11:59 4
- I ordered from them a month ago, and agree! -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 12:07
- I hope so! You're ordering from the other locations so I can't monitor how your stuff is packed. -- nm* - Remlik Dec 6, 12:01 2
  - It's all been fantastic. Great turnaround, packed well (and smartly), and better service overall than my local stores of choice. - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 12:11 1
    - hey not that I won't take your money, but sad to hear that your local stores aren't doing well -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 13:08
Hawaii is going to get a foot of snow this week... -- (link) - decline Dec 6, 11:55 1
- Those poor hula girls. - Spawn Dec 6, 12:04
my dude colleague was up for a job in another department and didn't get it because he "can't work with women." - amanda jeans Dec 6, 11:45 7
- That comment definetly sounds like something HRwould like to know about - sounds rather sexist against him. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 11:59
- I had several bosses during my many careers thru the decades. Some were terrible, the two very best were women. -- nm - mud Dec 6, 11:50
- "can't work with women like that." - Spawn Dec 6, 11:47 4
  - "can't work with stupid people." look, I'm sure some men, if asked, would say that he's a shitbag too. but since they don't have vaginas to hide - amanda jeans Dec 6, 11:53 3
    - "they" don't want him, but you can't fire him? that's not fair -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:56 2
      - Why would she fire him. He’s working fine within her group. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 11:57 1
        
        I thought he was the guy that coasted on his white establishment old boy charm ? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 12:01
Rough day in Indonesia as a volcano has erupted, killing 22 people -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:43
Today has been chosen as the day I notice that the word "licorice" really bothers me, right down to the spelling. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:21 6
- like fennel and anise, it was one of the early flavorings for liquor -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:59
- Here's my favorite use of the word (Mel Profit should be able to guess this) -- (link) - con_carne Dec 6, 11:30 [youtube] 2
  - That voice sounds inescapably familiar -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:37 1
    - I mean, it's probably mel blanc, but it reminds me of ... I dunno. David Ogden Steirs? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:39
- Bery prefers licorich -- nm - budice Dec 6, 11:22 1
  - Or lick-o-rice. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:34
And we’re already looking at summer camps for next year. *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 11:12 2
- this -- (link) - JenBro Dec 6, 12:49
- It is good to know which and how many weeks you get to ship her away for. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:35
I can't say enough good things about Get Back. For deep fans it is mesmerizing - like, I didn't blink for the entirety of part 2. spoil - rollo Dec 6, 11:12 10
- SITV related: I think Get Back is gonna crush Hawkeye in the ratings. - Inigo Dec 6, 12:50 3
  - If Samba is right, it didn't. The falloff from episode one to episode two on Get Back was about 60%. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 13:02 1
    - (But Samba isn't right very often.) -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 13:02
  - Running time will kill it! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 12:52
- I am enjoying it a lot and find it fascinating as well, but I find the episodes too long. It would have been better as 8 or 9 shorter episodes. I'm - pmb Dec 6, 12:34
- I've been using it to fall asleep to. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 6, 12:05
- And John arriving late every day because of him dealing with his Heroin addiction. Peter Jackson is talking of an 18 hour DVD cut. -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 12:00 1
  - I'd watch it. There was a moment in Pt. 2 where John - rollo Dec 6, 12:09
- and here I just got in from my walk whilst I was listening to my old Get Back Sessions bootleg. - mud Dec 6, 11:45 1
  - the most amazing thing to me was most of the complex layering of sound was all recorded on a 4 track deck. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 12:05
If you play Cities Skylines this video is hilarious -- (link) - spamlet Dec 6, 11:02 [youtube] 1
- hilarious -- nm - decline Dec 6, 11:25
Ugh. Drafting a letter of recommendation is *hard* - Strongbad Dec 6, 10:54 2
- make sure to include words like 'bestest' and phrases like 'smells really nice' and 'such a sharp dresser' -- nm - decline Dec 6, 10:58 1
  - "Deodorant smells good" -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 11:01
What was your first Lunchbox growing up? -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 10:54 6
- didn't have one. schools were literally a 30 second walk away so always went home for lunch -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 12:06
- Didn't have a lunchbox until fifth grade, I got a Scooby Doo lunchbox at the beginning of the year. - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 11:28 1
  - I think I had that one, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 11:35
- This one - though I might have had that Disney one, too. -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 11:16 [Attachment]
- Paper bag. - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 11:03 1
  - Hot lunch the whole 3rd-12th -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 6, 11:31
What's a good answer for this question? (Keeping in mind that I know & respect this tweeter) -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 10:54 18
- Avatar 2 probably doesn’t actually exist. -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 12:29
- Free Guy (but it's so derived from existing media that it maybe doesn't count) -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 12:09 1
  - Free Guy totally counts. Yes, it uses the concept of video games, but everything uses some framework of common understanding. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 13:27
- 1917, Us, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Knives Out, Inception -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 11:56
- probably Tenet -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 11:50 3
  - It bombed. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 6, 12:42
  - Chris Nolan? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 11:58
  - Like anyone actually saw it. - Spawn Dec 6, 11:51
- The Batman, Dr. Strange, John Wick and Thor. I have negative interest in Avatar 2. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 6, 11:39
- Not sure what qualifies as blockbuster in this context, but Knives Out feels like the right answer - Fuzzy Dec 6, 11:22
- Which question? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:15 5
  - Name a recent blockbuster or near-blockbuster film that is original and not based on existing IP -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:18 4
    - John Wick franchise. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 11:30 1
      - Matrix - Spawn Dec 6, 11:45
    - Knives Out -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 11:29
    - Avatar -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 11:23
- May is going to be a good month :) - oblique Dec 6, 11:05
- Top Gun 2 , John Wick 4, Thor 4… -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 10:56
LDB contest point of order…if you hear drumming, and change the channel/run away screaming, does that count or do words have to be sung to eliminate? -- nm - flavorize Dec 6, 10:51 8
- If I hear drumming - I turn that shit up as loud as I can to knock people out of this stupid contest. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Dec 6, 11:17 2
  - "If I'm going down I'm taking every last one of you motherf***ers down with me!!!" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 11:32
  - This cracked me up. - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 11:21
- If it’s enough that you recognize the song, you’re out. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 11:10 2
  - What if I do not recognize the version's authority? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:15
  - 100% -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 11:12
- IF it's LDB drumming it counts. If it's just general drumming doesn't count. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 10:59
- if I hear drumming, It's Billy & Mickey -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 10:53
STIS: Any good presents for 2 year olds? -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 10:44 15
- AK-47 -- nm - NRA Dec 6, 12:07
- I actually had a 2-year-old to buy for this year for an adopt-a-family thing. According to their likes: Blippi and CocoMelon. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 6, 11:39 1
  - oh you had it easy... about a billion cocomelon items -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 11:49
- Why not shop my company for educational toys? Lakeshore Learning dot com promo code 63133 half off your 2nd most expensive item -- nm - con_carne Dec 6, 11:34
- Ball popper? -- (link) - SyrDragon Dec 6, 11:27 2
  - i like this one. or a sit and spin... -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 11:36
  - MagneBlock Tiles? -- (link) - SyrDragon Dec 6, 11:30
- musical instruments. my favorite is a steel drum. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 6, 10:50 2
  - Is 2 years old too young for a didgeridoo? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 11:10
  - Xylophones. Parents love them. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 11:04
- If you hate the parents, drums are always good. -- nm - crash davis Dec 6, 10:47 3
  - We bought E her first drum set at 4. - spamlet Dec 6, 11:21
  - I came across a Yellie in my room yesterday when I was cleaning up / taking inventory of gifts bought across the year -- (link) - JD Dec 6, 10:53 [youtube] 1
    - i love this.. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 11:21
- i kind of like this one.. -- (link) - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 10:45
Transportation has fallen through on Trish's Dr. appt. today. A woman describing our remote location as a problems said "you live out there where Christ lost his sandals". Hadn't heard that one before. -- nm* - crash davis Dec 6, 10:41 5
- If you found them I might give you a couple comics for them. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:07
- Christ was in Idaho? - eag Dec 6, 10:50 3
  - The Book of Gibbons Jesus just left Chicago, bound for New Orleans.... - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:55
  - the first book of Spuds. -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 11:20
  - The Gospel according to Ernest -- nm - crash davis Dec 6, 10:51
PoGo DragonSpiral Descent Event announced. Druddigon release (can be shiny). Deino (rare) in wild, quests, raids. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 10:40 1
- I do need more dragons for quests and medals. -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 12:30

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