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Flopped onto bed in spare room at dannex for a break. Have I told you guys that the ceiling in here is orange? -- (pic) - Pocket Jones Jun 9, 13:56 [Attachment] 2
- Let me guess: the first smoke alarm wouldn't stop beeping until he beat it with a bat, and then he bought a newer one to 'replace' it. -- nm - Max Jun 9, 14:24
- Logan has an orange wall but would be pissed that he did not think of this. - Spawn Jun 9, 13:58
Mortgage lender email: "Your closing is scheduled." - David Jun 9, 13:52 8
- Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 14:58
- yay! -- nm - i.b.! Jun 9, 14:21
- Woo Hoo! -- nm - Dano Jun 9, 14:02
- Fantastic! -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 14:02
- YEAH!!! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 9, 14:00
- Sweet baby Jesus! -- nm - Mop Jun 9, 13:58
- nmb -- (link) - znufrii Jun 9, 13:54 [youtube]
- Have some coffee -- nm - rollo Jun 9, 13:54
Look at me. I'm the Andie now. -- (pic) - Shaun Jun 9, 13:34 [Attachment] 32
- how cool, congratulations!! -- nm - i.b.! Jun 9, 14:21
- Nice -- nm - decline Jun 9, 14:19
- Wow, all that from yogurt? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 14:15 2
  - Did you ever see a movie called Punch Drunk Love? -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 14:15 1
    - Alternative title: 6 to 8 weeks -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 14:19
- Woo Hoo! -- nm - Dano Jun 9, 14:03
- Is Fredericton a major airport? :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 9, 14:01
- YEAH! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 9, 14:00
- Thats awesome!! Congrats!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 9, 14:00
- Wow, those taxes are gonna *suck* - spamlet Jun 9, 13:52 1
  - He should check w his accountant, but IIRC windfalls are not taxed in Canada -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 13:54
- That. Is. AWESOME! - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:50
- 🐱‍👓 -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:47
- Oh, that's awesome! -- nm - David Jun 9, 13:46
- Nice! If Tampa wins (and you choose Tampa over Denver), we can meet up at the game! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 13:39 1
  - I've already been notified that it'll be Game 3 or 4, so NY or TB, so if it is TB, we'll totally need an ST selfie pic or something! -- nm* - Shaun Jun 9, 14:08
- Niiioooce! -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 9, 13:38
- I'm you're best friend, right...? - Mop Jun 9, 13:36
- !!! - znufrii Jun 9, 13:36
- "potential" winner? -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 13:35 10
  - you have to answer a 'skill testing question' usually before it's 'official' -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:36 9
    - Correct. -- nm - Shaun Jun 9, 14:07
    - Of course you know this. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jun 9, 13:53 5
      - It's pretty standard for Canadian contests. That way it's a "test of skill" not a "game of chance". -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 14:01 3
        
        One of my greatest fears is getting such a question wrong. - Beryllium Jun 9, 14:16 2
        
        "Not Worthy" -- nm - STAMP Jun 9, 14:20 1
        
        It'll go nicely next to the POOR IMPULSE CONTROL tattoo -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 14:21
      - I assumed there were TWO Grand Prize winners. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 13:55
    - "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 13:45
    - Then, WOOHOO!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 13:42
- Nice, congrats! -- nm - MDH Jun 9, 13:35
- YAY! That's awesome. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:35
I'm sure David loves this headline: "Why did the Star Wars hotel flop? Disney is desperate to find out" -- nm - MDH Jun 9, 13:28 9
- Because the steak is Chewy? -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:48
- How old is that? The place has literally sold out every night since it opened. -- nm - David Jun 9, 13:30 7
  - From yesterday. I don't know the site and didn't read it, but here's the link. -- (link) - MDH Jun 9, 13:33 5
    - Yeah, I found it. They're drawing uninformed conclusions that starts wrong and goes downhill. They're at maximum occupancy after four months. -- nm - David Jun 9, 13:36 4
      - Are they ignoring the most obvious explanation on purpose? -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 13:43 3
        
        What explanation is even needed? It's exceeded all expectations. - David Jun 9, 13:44 1
        
        No, they’re obviously just bad proofreaders who got the name of park wrong along with everything else that went wrong with it. Lofl. -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 13:46
        
        Fanboys have no pride and free money? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 9, 13:43
  - Oh, that's a *really* bad article. - David Jun 9, 13:33
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:25 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:25 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:26 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:26 [Attachment] 4
      - That's Hedley. -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:29 1
        
        exactly! - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:31
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 13:28
      - 2/2 -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 9, 13:26
Andie - yes, everything survived! I didn’t dislike the Big Turk, it was ok. I liked it better than Will did. - kelly Jun 9, 13:19
Spawn, from a couple days ago - crash davis Jun 9, 13:16 2
- Talks dirty to the bat signal? -- nm - rollo Jun 9, 13:19 1
  - huh. Mine only does the second of these. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 9, 13:33
Wordle Weekly Recap (from NYT) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:12
Today, June 9th, marks the Åland National Day, självstyrelsedagen, celebrated in honor of the law that made it independent in 1921 -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 12:59 7
- full article - crash davis Jun 9, 13:46
- autonomous, not independent -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 13:33 2
  - that was a direct c/p, I'll post the full article above. What they fail to mention is pedants get no Ålandspannkaka -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:44 1
    - "självstyrelsedagen" literally translates as "autonomy day". No Åland spankings for me -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 13:52
- Happy Självstyrelsedagen everyone! -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:00 2
  - Now you're just making sh*t up. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:03 1
    - Have some black bread and a Stallhagen -- nm - crash davis Jun 9, 13:10
Vacation starts tomorrow. Down to 2 work things that have to be done before I leave, but I have lost all motivation. -- nm - Dano Jun 9, 12:55 7
- I'll bet amanda would allow you to assign those two projects to ty97 if you asked. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:04 6
  - Sadly, his status is still TERMINATED. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 13:05 5
    - Ah. Poor, Dano. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:05 4
      - He might work off book. - Spawn Jun 9, 13:06 3
        
        ty97? I'm sorry, are we talking about the same "ty97"? - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:07 2
        
        I was hoping to get a rise out of him. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 13:28 1
        
        Well, that's sure one way to do it. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:50
Moviedle - 1 - Diva Jun 9, 12:52
Xbox Cloud Gaming will support your game library later this year -- (link) - spamlet Jun 9, 12:49 2
- On it's face, it sounds like Microsoft just Ultraviolet'd (or MoviesAnywhere'd) your video game library. -- nm - Mop Jun 9, 13:17 1
  - Yeah I'll be interested to see where this goes. -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 14:05
humans of NY is a commitment today, but worth it so far. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 9, 12:46
Yes Duke Energy, I *DO* care that you changed all of our account numbers. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:40
LilNasX had a strange interaction with KFC -- (link) - budice Jun 9, 12:36 3
- That's a hysterical reply and two SUPER-fired people. -- nm - David Jun 9, 12:37 2
  - Apparently a publicity Stunt. Dude in the KFC outfit is Jack Harlow, had a collab with LilNasX on Montero -- (link) - budice Jun 9, 12:56 1
    - I figured it was something like that. I thought it might be Mr. Beast. -- nm - Mop Jun 9, 13:19
Re: Ezra Miller. Appears the Mother has taken to Twitter -- (link) - budice Jun 9, 12:30 2
- This is going to fill the void of the Johnny and Amber trial for sure. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 9, 14:55
- I think we can safely assume Ezra Miller no longer cares about their future career in movies. -- nm - Mop Jun 9, 13:21
Hmmm. I need to get cash, but I don't remember my PIN. You'd think that would be something I could update on my bank's website, but no. -- nm - Dano Jun 9, 12:27 2
- My mother can never remember her pin either - decline Jun 9, 12:34 1
  - ... don't other people always use the same pin? -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:37
Clue? That's very surprising as I've never heard of a school doing it as a play. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 12:06 4
- Really? Great fun. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:07 3
  - Nope, never heard of it as a school play or as a play at all. -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 12:53 2
    - I can see why schools would love it, lots of little scenes, lots of dress up, doesn't matter how hammy the acting is -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:00 1
      - Pretty sure Amy went to a performance last month. - Spawn Jun 9, 13:01
NewYorker cartoon -- (link) - mud Jun 9, 12:01 9
- Watching TV at scheduled times? How quaint. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 9, 12:44 1
  - This is sort of like a sporting event. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:47
- "Christ, what assholes" -- nm - rollo Jun 9, 12:24
- Not funny because it's true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:05 5
  - I'm waiting for those saying anyone watching it is wasting their time because nothing will change and the future is set. - mud Jun 9, 12:09 4
    - Someone asked if our Zoom presentation tonight would be recorded because it conflicted with the hearings and he was torn on which to watch. - Meg Jun 9, 12:27
    - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 12:11
    - I'm oddly really excited to watch tonight. I'm curious to see them pull all of this together into a single narrative (as well as what we haven't - pmb Jun 9, 12:11 1
      - Hopefully the writing is *tight*. - Spawn Jun 9, 12:11
"Netflix Settles Copyright Lawsuit Over Fish-Headed Villain in ‘The Umbrella Academy’" - David Jun 9, 11:55
Canadian embassy in Japan to reunite Randy Bachman with guitar stolen 46 years ago in private concert -- (link) - Beaker Jun 9, 11:54
I suppose there are worse ways to die than drowning in a vat of chocolate. Probably quite a few. But it still doesn't sound pleasant. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:47 20
- more recent coverage says they weren’t hurt. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 9, 14:20
- Great informative graphic in the tweet though. -- nm* - Roger More Jun 9, 12:15
- Malmsey wine -- nm - George, Duke of Clarence Jun 9, 11:57
- This is in SUCH poor taste.. but - Dark Callisto Jun 9, 11:56 [youtube] 7
  - This was my first reaction as well. - znufrii Jun 9, 12:22
  - :) I've never heard this bit of theirs -- nm - prayformojo Jun 9, 12:09 2
    - Spawn Confession IM - Spawn Jun 9, 12:14 1
      - :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 9, 12:19
  - *golf clap* - Spawn Jun 9, 11:57 2
    - Rabbit hole... -- (link) - Spawn Jun 9, 12:04 [youtube] 1
      - OUTstanding! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 9, 12:19
- Poor Augustus Gloop. The time is ripe to send him shooting up the pipe -- nm - TWuG Jun 9, 11:53
- eat your way out? -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 11:50
- Wow. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 9, 11:48 6
  - Top of B2. Situation in progress. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:49 5
    - Yeah, that was what I googled. Was wowing the other cases. -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 11:52
    - And a morbid thought just occurred to me. (warning: injury speculation inside) - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:52 3
      - Yikes...like being tarred but without the feathers -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 12:09 2
        
        Further morbid speculation. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 12:44 1
        
        hopefully the chocolate coating them cools enough to be some insulation -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:04
Who has two thumbs and owns the domain "slackercon.com"? This guy! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:46 14
- 2008-2022? That's a long con. -- nm - Max Jun 9, 13:57
- what happened to the third thumb???????? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 9, 11:52
- Oh that's awesome. Seriously. -- (edited) - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:47 11
  - If only I'd had the foresight to grab slackercoin 🤦‍♂️ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:48 10
    - What about SlackerTalkCon.*? -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:49 8
      - I do not own that (no one does) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:50 7
        
        I don't have the business case to justify buying a bunch of slackertalk*.com domains, but ones that started with slacker* seemed like a good idea, - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:52 6
        
        I'll buy it. Gimme a minute. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:52 5
        
        I have SlackerTalkCon.com, *.org, and *.net registered and parked for two years, just in case we ever need them in ST. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:57 2
        
        heh I used to have Vegastravaganza.com. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 12:59 1
        
        I remember that. :-) Which is one reason why I just snapped up the domains. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 13:02
        
        hsxworld.com is still available :) - oblique Jun 9, 11:54 1
        
        Investment opportunity? :-) -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:57
    - Although the dot ca is available ... but nah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 11:49
Amendment 25, or Amendment 6 to Amendment 4? -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 11:46 2
- *snort* L4. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 9, 12:43
- Goddammit, Spawn. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 9, 11:48

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