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I hate shaky handheld cameras so I never saw Blair Witch, and plan to never see it -- nm - peglegpete Jul 10, 13:50
Dear Yahoo Golf, how the ^%#$ am i supposed to know who makes the cut when round 2 won't be played until after your dealine -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:47
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It must be a great feeling for the defense attorney to win his trial. He said that some of the evidence he only saw when we saw it. So he was getting - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 10, 13:45 1
- To clarify, this was his first trial ever. Not his first win. So I am sure he is happy that he won it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 10, 13:45
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- Did they announce the AL Derby guys? -- nm - TFox Jul 10, 13:44 2
  - Yeah. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:46 1
    - lyin' ass liar. -- nm - TFox Jul 10, 13:48
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  - Google Error Not Found -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:42 5
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      - Well,there goes his 2nd half. - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:46 1
        
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      - *tears oblique, out for season* nm -- nm - Jue Mauer Jul 10, 13:44
- Ichiro Suzuki -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:40
- Hitler? -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:40 2
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    - If it was out the nose, you made my day -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:43
The guy who made my sandwich at Safeway today looked a lot like Jamie Gold - amoxy Jul 10, 13:36
Resolved: Cookie Rankin has the voice of an angel. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 10, 13:31 6
- I love the older Rankin Family stuff. We Rise Again is one of my favourite songs. -- nm - Subversive Jul 10, 13:46
- Senator Rankin: secret countertenor. -- nm - Max Jul 10, 13:43
- Cookie Monster? Slightly less so. nm - Dignan Jul 10, 13:37
- That sounds like a fun game! "I give Hydrox a 9!" -- nm - TFox Jul 10, 13:33
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 13:31 1
  - and Heather too -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 13:34
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- "We had cause ... probably." ... Finding the gun in the house, there's a chance that could be considered an inadmissable search, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:22 6
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    - That's kind of what I was trying to say in my initial reply, too; coming across the gun sounded kinda hinkey. - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:28
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    - The next day, when they went to talk to him at his house, I think he told them about it. - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:23 2
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        That does sound like a tenuous and/or circumstantial connection. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:33
GM: "We're going to sell cars via a partnership with eBay!" eBay: "Ummm...what?" -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 13:21 1
- Well since they are both going straight to hell - maybe together they will go even faster! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 10, 13:24
DMV. ugh -- nm - ty97 Jul 10, 13:20
Blair Witch still scares me senseless, all of the things you guys mentioned on B2...and I'd love a prequel. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:13 58
- Last 10 minutes scared me shitless, the rest of the movie was good -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:37
- it was so frickin' boring. the whole time I was scratching my head wondering how anyone could be scared by it. -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:21 37
  - People who need to see the shark in Jaws are the people who hated to Blair. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:25 31
    - When the hot chick (spoils) - amoxy Jul 10, 13:43 7
      - Spawn thinks it's about her drowning... -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:44 6
        
        Jaws is a perfect film. It sets it up, has follow through, and resolution. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:47 3
        
        and the right balance of suspense vs. things happening. Has everyone seen Duel? -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:48 1
        
        Duel is great -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 13:49
        
        All becuase Spielberg had to salvage a fubar. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 10, 13:47
        
        Spawn is a dork -- nm - amoxy Jul 10, 13:46 1
        
        heh - Epiphany Jul 10, 13:53
    - I love you, but this is incorrect. -- nm - Diva Jul 10, 13:35 6
      - Thank you. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:40 1
        
        "L5!" -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:41
      - It goes to what scares people. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:39 3
        
        I would agree with this for the most part except that I didn't find anything in BW scary. I wouldn't even - Diva Jul 10, 13:48
        
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        I had the same thing happen when I was talking about The Ruins and I mentioned...Duel. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:46
    - Hardly. The shark was actually doing something. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:26 12
      - you lack imagination. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:27 11
        
        I guess so if that includes pretending that The Blair Witch was scary. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:29 10
        
        hey it's Ok if you need sto be scared by something with teeth and such. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:31 9
        
        /me holds up a stick figure to scare you -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:34 8
        
        now think about you sleeping and something that doesn't like you putting it on your pillow. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:36 6
        
        The stick figure is angry about being put on my pillow? -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:37 2
        
        you're proving my point that you have no imagination. - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:40 1
        
        I get what you are saying, it is just if it is something I can kill, I will not allow myself to be frightened. - Spawn Jul 10, 13:46
        
        as you're both here, heading away again tomorrow, just a couple days. All mining off and just gold production. -- nm - Beaker Jul 10, 13:36 2
        
        vacation mode maybe? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:43
        
        Is this in the Blair Witch sequel that I never saw? - Spawn Jul 10, 13:38
        
        "My god - it's full of stars!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:34
    - oh I agree that the best parts of Jaws were when you didn't see it -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:26 2
      - Perhaps I'm reading too much snark into this, but when you say "it", do you mean the entire film? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:27 1
        
        i'm saying that Spielberg did suspense well (see also Duel) and BW was crap -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:31
  - blurry photographs scare me... -- nm - colinski Jul 10, 13:23
  - Say, when's the next time you're going camping? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:22
  - They could have cut out a half hour and it would have been a bit better. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:22 2
    - for me, they would have to cut the whole thing to make it better -- nm - zork Jul 10, 13:22 1
      - I can agree. If it is something that I can actually kick it's ass, I am not going to be that impressed. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:36
- *nods* -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 13:21
- I'm with Mel, btw. Scared shitless. A movie's never done that to me before or since. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 10, 13:18
- The prequel was supposed to be the premise for Blair Witch 3, but after Book of Shadows, it all got dumped. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 10, 13:17 1
  - I can imagine and that's a shame...the Sci-Fi prequel special was pretty frightening on it's own. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:23
- It scares me some, but I really just find it very enjoyable to watch. I'll stop on it if it's on almost every time. - TFox Jul 10, 13:16 12
  - Is it the kind of movie that wouldn't be as scary watching it for the first time now? - kelly Jul 10, 13:18 11
    - It sort of depends on how much you can empathise with fictional characters. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 13:21 1
      - It also helps if you understand that the Witch is messing with them physically and mentally from the beginning. -- nm - Inigo Jul 10, 13:23
    - That is why we saw the sneak of it. Still was no big. I mean, it was a cool concept, but was just okay. - Spawn Jul 10, 13:21
    - Watch it at night with the lights off, and try to keep in mind it's 'real.' - JaxSean Jul 10, 13:20
    - That's probably true for some people, but I think it's more just that it's not for everyone. - TFox Jul 10, 13:20 6
      - I don't like scary movies, so I was kinda hoping for "yeah, not the same effect now" - I'd probably watch it now if that was the case. - kelly Jul 10, 13:24 5
        
        Two things: there is no moment where you'll go "oh lord, I can never unsee that!" - TFox Jul 10, 13:25 4
        
        I can see this but the very oppositething happened to me... - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:33
        
        I would disagree with your first thought as has already been talked about here. spoil - Spawn Jul 10, 13:30 1
        
        If you get that far, then you've obviously committed to seeing it out. - TFox Jul 10, 13:32
        
        Okay, thanks. -- nm - kelly Jul 10, 13:25
- It didn't scare me until the very last shot. -- nm - lileve Jul 10, 13:14 1
  - readingt the proposed alternate endings, some of which sounded interesting, made me realize none the less how creepy it was. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 10, 13:26
After all the legal maneuvering and machinations... -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 13:12
znu.. answer LIR.. -- nm - colinski Jul 10, 13:11 18
- and as far as cost increase due to the cap-and-trade system, negligible at first, because approx. 95% of the credits are being given away for free - znufrii Jul 10, 13:37
- well, your point #2, at least, is demonstrably false. - znufrii Jul 10, 13:17 16
  - have they? CFLs are a terrible substitute, given their manufacturing cost and toxic nature.. - colinski Jul 10, 13:22 15
    - from an efficiency standpoint, assuming you can get the transmission costs down, it's far better to burn coal in a plant to make electricity to run - Reagen Jul 10, 13:27 3
      - i'm only bringing up the toxic due to the EPAs wild procedures for breakage of one.. - colinski Jul 10, 13:31 2
        
        certainly I didn't make the change to CFLs when they were $20 a bulb. But they're well past the point of economic benefit now. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 13:36
        
        Personally, I am not a huge fan of CFLs, except for lights that are on 24/7 (or nearly so). However, I am excited about LED lights. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:32
    - and how about cars? - colinski Jul 10, 13:26 5
      - The problem is that companies have not been paying their true costs for decades. Centuries, even. Pollution has been free, and that has costs - Reagen Jul 10, 13:32 4
        
        that's not true at all.. have you seen the regulations on the power industry, on other industries? - colinski Jul 10, 13:46 3
        
        CO2 *is* pollution. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 13:49 2
        
        Uh... -- nm - Plants Jul 10, 13:51 1
        
        Face it, Plants McGee - you're a minority now. You want the CO2? You can't *HANDLE* the CO2! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:52
    - yes. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 10, 13:25 4
      - and they cost $5... so what? it's not an innovation until it can replace the old at the same cost.. - colinski Jul 10, 13:30 3
        
        calculate a return on investment from the reduced electrical usage, then get back to me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:31 1
        
        (and reduced replacement cost due to longer lifespan) -- nm - znufrii Jul 10, 13:33
        
        Life-span costs. You have zero forward vision. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 13:30
Funny that there was a +1 for weddings discussion on the BB. My friend's wedding that I went to this past weekend she would tell her college friends - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 10, 13:11
You know, Killing Joke's first album was pretty effin' great. nm - Dignan Jul 10, 13:11
On another note, Moon is finally here. -- nm - Reagen Jul 10, 13:09 2
- Jeebus, you Canadians get everything last -- nm - con_carne Jul 10, 13:13
- B-L-O-O-D-G-O-O-D. That spells Moon. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:10
mafic: yes, that one -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:09
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- hehe... I guess you are the "camp"? :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 10, 13:08 6
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    - Oh.. nevermind. I see why you say it was bad luck. :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 10, 13:17
    - which is why it may have been bad luck; but would he have consulted with his children-doctors? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:09 3
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        Yeah, he sounds like the kind of person who would be on the ball of that sort of thing. Hrm. - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:18 1
        
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I'm starting to worry that ILYBC might not be very good. -- nm - David Jul 10, 13:02 15
- word. You saw that EW liked it too? -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:07 9
  - It was noted on a backboard that they gave it their lowest rating ever - seven thumbs up. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:07 8
    - Dude, they would turn *you* down for being too lenient. nm - Dignan Jul 10, 13:10 7
      - Wait, is this a dig at me, or a dig at them? Either way, it's clearly an A+. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:11 6
        
        My ninja shivs can kill multiple targets simultaneously. nm - Dignan Jul 10, 13:12 5
        
        and a federal judge -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 13:13 4
        
        Tony is on FIRE this week. -- nm - David Jul 10, 13:18 2
        
        he's competing with loosi, who had that one day with enough zingers to fill a whole week -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 13:19 1
        
        awww *sniff* -- nm - loosilu Jul 10, 13:22
        
        and a bird flying overhead -- nm - mara Jul 10, 13:17
- i guess we're settled on seeing this. though if i had thought about it earlier, we'd probably have made plans to see the hurt locker. - prayformojo Jul 10, 13:03 4
  - I'm hoping that special someone asks me to go see it this weekend. - David Jul 10, 13:05 3
    - Sorry, dude. -- nm - Spawn Jul 10, 13:07 2
      - Uh uh. I'm talking about anything involving relationships with hoosiers any time soon. I've learned my lesson. -- nm - David Jul 10, 13:20 1
        
        *not talking about* -- nm - David Jul 10, 13:21
Just queued up Book of Shadows. I barely remember it. Time for a revisit. - TFox Jul 10, 13:01
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