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Not the Onion: R-rated live-action/animated ‘CHRISTOPHER ROBIN’ series is in the works. -- nm - budice Apr 27, 12:10 4
- Getting us one step closer to my dream of Paddington Bear: Strike Force. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 12:49
- Pooh Blood and Honey sequel series? -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 12:16
- Cocaine Pooh, a shipment bound for Tigger falls into some honey. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 12:15 1
  - Eor was a *mule* after all -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 14:01
Not a baseball fan, but very cool: after 1,154 games and ~4,500 times at the plate in the minors, Drew Maggi gets to the Majors. -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 27, 12:08 1
- Baseball is filled with cool stories, and the games are of a reasonable length. You should re-consider on being a fan. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 12:17
Bobblehead Ron struggles to keep head from bobbling and also from lashing out -- (link) - Jovian Apr 27, 11:57 3
- not that it should matter, but he comes off super pissy and sort of (really) gay here. -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 12:13 1
  - Yeah. His voice just can't pull off tough guy talk. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 27, 12:16
- This is what I've been watching for five years while people assure me he's a national candidate. - David Apr 27, 12:09
I hope everyone is having a joyful day and thinking joyful thoughts. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:47 4
- *from the top rope with a double fist punch to the head on Crash* - Remlik Apr 27, 12:15 2
  - You should find joy in feeling confident that if you climbed to the top rope that you wouldn't then fall on your face. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 12:19 1
    - HAHAHA! well played sir! -- nm - Remlik Apr 27, 12:53
- For example, if you're a member of the Colorado Avalanche think of all the cool things you could do if you didn't have to play more boring hockey. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:48
Karol G touring football stadiums this summer. - MDH Apr 27, 11:46
JD where are you? More Achtung Baby dates... October 27-28, November 1, 3-4 -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:44
Yes or no: Have you ever been to a Pizza Hut buffet? How about Mr. Gatti's? Anything else in your area? -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:44 22
- PH has buffets? who knew... did Cici's once, had a local place offer it but their tomato sauce was more like tomato jam, far toooo sweet, kids love it -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 14:00
- yes. And Mr. D's in southern Indiana -- nm - Remlik Apr 27, 12:13
- did the Shakey's buffet once. once. -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 12:08
- love Pizza Hut buffet. whenever I would travel for work I would hit that up for lunch and never heard of the other place -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 12:05
- Yes, there's one nearby my work. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 12:03
- Pizza Hut, yes. I've never heard of the other place. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 27, 12:03
- Back in the day, PH. They still have them? -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:57 1
  - Apparently, yes. It came up during a BeardMeatsFood video. -- nm - David Apr 27, 12:09
- Pizza hut many time as a kid but probably not in over 30 years now. What's a Mr. Gatti's ? -- nm - decline Apr 27, 11:56 2
  - Mr. Gatti's is to Pizza Hut as Waffle House is to IHOP. -- nm - David Apr 27, 12:10 1
    - they'll make you a pizza you can't refuse -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 14:23
- Pizza Hut many times, but not for a few years and not sure they survived COVID. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 11:55 2
  - I thought they (PH) stopped buffets in the early 2000s, but apparently not -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 11:56 1
    - We had one that did it up until a few years ago but the whole restaurant is gone now. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 27, 12:05
- Yes. No. As a kid we did Ponderosa frequently. When my kids were little we'd go to Old Country Buffet -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:54
- Been to Pizza Hut, not a fan, but I don't care for their pizza anyway. Used to have CiCi's and a mom and pop pizza buffet place. - sycor Apr 27, 11:53
- I've been to a Pizza Hut buffet. Majorly disappointed. Until now, I thought Mr. Gatti was the don of the Gambino crime family. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:50
- Yep, don't have Mr Gattis here. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 11:50
- No. Saw the ads in the early 90s, but IIRC never lived close enough to one that offered that. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:49
- No. But a KFC near me used to have a buffet deal. - zunkskunk Apr 27, 11:48 1
  - The very last one is in Saskatchewan. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 12:03
- Pizza Hut, Mr Gattis, Cicis, Round Table, Shakeys -- nm - budice Apr 27, 11:47
Bonnie Raitt rescheduling concert dates -- nm - Remlik Apr 27, 11:43
What is Jack Nicholson's most quotable/quoted role? - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:39 8
- "I stand on a wall against 10,000 Cubans who would rather be living in Miami" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:46 2
  - Have they _seen_ the news out of Florida lately? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:47 1
    - Things are bad where people dream of becoming a Florida Man -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:49
- Jessup -- nm - rollo 🐙 Apr 27, 11:44
- Yup. So that's my answer. -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:40
- Here’s Johnnnny! -- nm* - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 27, 11:40 2
  - "Wait till they get a load of me." "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" "This town needs an enema!" and "Nice outfit." win out for me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:59
  - That's my thinking as well. -- nm - MDH Apr 27, 11:42
Nicholson in Cuckoo's set the character template for much of the rest of his career, which is why it's his signature role -- nm - rollo 🐙 Apr 27, 11:26 5
- I agree with rollo -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:41
- he did that the previous year with Chinatown, that's why it's his signature role .. as I said on B2. -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 27, 11:36 1
  - Eight year old me saw Cuckoo on the big screen and was my first Jack movie, so for me, it is the one. But Joker is a close second. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:38
- thats like saying Val Kilmer's role in Batman was the best cause its batman. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 27, 11:29 1
  - You make a great point, I forgot Kilmer won the Oscar for that -- nm - rollo 🐙 Apr 27, 11:34
dril now on Bluesky (which I pronounce to rhyme with brewski) -- (link) - mara Apr 27, 11:23 2
- Was he banned first or did he just leave? -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:39
- I'm just going to dismissively call it "BS" for now. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:36
Amazon Prime has officially ordered two seasons of The Caped Crusader, the new Batman animated series from Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:19 4
- No Conroy makes me sad. But I do enjoy the Timm style cartoons. -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 11:55 1
  - It does. But this is the best case of carrying on I can see. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 12:01
- EVERYTHING IS COMING UP SPAWN!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:20 1
  - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:56
Wish trailer (Disney Animation) - November release -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:14 [youtube]
In absolutely horrifying local news (don't read if you can't handle being horrified right now) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:13
Former Notre Dame QB Tyler Buchner heading to Alabama -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:12 3
- Womens Hoops Jesus ditches Louisville for LSU (i feel like transferring shouldn't be this easy) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 11:23 2
  - right? I mean...sorry leaving for more money somewhere else...you were saying? -- nm - Every College Coach 🍺 Apr 27, 12:07
  - Meh, free market. Just why you wanna play for a woman who flat out doesn’t care about her players? -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 27, 11:33
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ready-to-Eat Meat Soup Products Due to Possible Contamination - JD Apr 27, 11:09
New scam idea (that someone has already probably thought of) - send obvious scam, person checks out the domain name out of curiosity. That's where - colin Apr 27, 11:08 2
- Don't think enough people check out obvious scams. How about a link to Warning Signs of Obvious Scams, Learn Before You Get Burned -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 11:14
- That's one reason why I built deref.link -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:10
jaded New Yawkers shocked to discover liquidation sales are a big ol' scam, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 11:01 2
- *marks up 50% and puts 40% off sign on it* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:04 1
  - Brings a warehouse of returned items, refurbished, and junk you couldn't sell at discount -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 11:08
Special concert guests relevant to some. At a Whitney show I saw in 2019 Kevin Morby joined them for the encore - played Knockin' on heaven's door and - rollo 🐙 Apr 27, 10:57 7
- I saw Motley Crue in '87 and they recorded the Wild Side video. Vince Neil was pissed at the amount of cameras the rest of the band had and sped off - Spawn Apr 27, 11:23 4
  - the good old days -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 11:42
  - nah, he just saw you had showed up -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 11:38
  - .. [blink] - mud ♪ Apr 27, 11:32 1
    - Yeah but we were done before it could kick in. - Spawn Apr 27, 11:51
- i saw Prince come out and play guitar at a Lenny Kravitz show. (Pink opened, so, yeah, that was a while ago.) -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 11:07
- We saw Adam Sandler in Chicago and it ended up being the show where he recorded his HBO special. Chris Farley came out on stage during Lunchlady Land - oblique Apr 27, 11:04
Tonight is the parent game against my oldest's basketball team. How badly am I going to embarrass myself? -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 10:37 17
- Just don't taunt them after blocking a shot and you'll be fine. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:44 1
  - If Reagen doesn’t do at least one Mutombo finger wag I’ll be disappointed. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 27, 11:46
- Anything that doesn't end in the back of an ambulance (or hearse) is a success -- nm - oblique Apr 27, 11:08 1
  - Yeah, just don't pull a Segura and you'll be fine -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 11:09
- foul out in the first 4 minutes and MAKE THEM COUNT -- nm - colin Apr 27, 11:02 3
  - the fourth Hanson Brother -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 11:07
  - and/or loudly proclaim that you scored with someone on the court's mom, should they score on you. -- nm - colin Apr 27, 11:04 1
    - my cousin always used to say "Call your mom and tell her not pick you up because I'm taking you to school today". I think he should use that - oblique Apr 27, 11:09
- If you don't dunk on them I'll be disappointed. -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 10:54 1
  - I'll need a time machine. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 10:54
- *Dietkembe taunty finger wag* no no no! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 10:53
- You're going to drag your ass back n forth the court about 5 times before puking -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 10:50
- Are you going to go on about how 5.0 seconds on the clock and 4.9bar seconds are the same thing? -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:48 1
  - If the other team forfeits, that's a win. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 10:59
- What are your DTL attributes? -- nm - rollo 🐙 Apr 27, 10:43 2
  - GFFGEP -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 27, 10:54
  - You can't teach height. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 27, 10:44
Is Diplomat going to be multiple seasons or is it one and done? Just curious. Haven’t started it. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 27, 10:32 4
- It damn well better have a second season. Unannounced as yet, though. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 10:57 3
  - (Fellow viewers: would it be a spoiler to say the reason why it needs a second season?) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 10:59 2
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 27, 11:42
    - yes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:04
NHL Hard Mode Day 11 - Reagen Apr 27, 10:32 1
- always bet on blue -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 10:35 [youtube]
Texas gonna Texas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 10:24 1
- "These multibillion-dollar facilities would be weatherized to hold against severe storms and sit idle more than 97 percent of the time" - decline Apr 27, 10:31
Barracuda Queens = Swedish Bling Ring. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 27, 09:59 [youtube]
A couple nights ago, I restarted writing my novel. Trying out an Obsidian plugin called "Longform" that helps with this kind of writing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 09:59
From B2, Synchrony has a 14-month CD at 5.15% APY, HYS at 4.15% -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 27, 09:54
RIH Carolyn Bryant Donham, 88 -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 27, 09:52 2
- “accused” = lied and got an innocent black child lynched -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 27, 10:27
- WaPo: -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 27, 09:53
Is Cocaine Bear on the free level of Peacock? -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 09:51 2
- Huh, good question. Peacock is deprecating their free tier but if you still have, I *think* you get their movies too. - Mop🧹 Apr 27, 10:22 1
  - I can check when I get home, just wasn't sure if someone here knew as my Googling is failing me. Back when I first got it, they hid a lot of stuff in - sycor Apr 27, 10:35
OMG! Liam Neeson Heads For The Himalayas In Action Sequel ‘Ice Road 2: Road To The Sky’ -- (link) - decline Apr 27, 09:35 23
- Phase 3 of Neeson's Winter Period. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:18 3
  - Um... for some reason that just doesn't sound right -- nm - eag Apr 27, 10:22 2
    - Neeson's art is death, and he's about to paint his- wait -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:24 1
      - Still a great line -- nm - eag Apr 27, 10:25
- What is Ice Road? -- nm - Jovian Apr 27, 09:49 16
  - You have to watch it! -- nm - decline Apr 27, 09:58 13
    - Netflix? -- nm - Jovian Apr 27, 10:03 1
      - justwatch says yes -- nm - decline Apr 27, 10:05
    - nonspoiler question for this movie, maybe spoiler for another - judge indianapolis jones Apr 27, 10:02 10
      - That's Cold Pursuit -- nm - decline Apr 27, 10:03 6
        
        ohhh maybe I haven't seen ice road. terrible weather this weekend so.... -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 27, 10:05 5
        
        Here's Ice Road. - David Apr 27, 10:07 [youtube] 4
        
        My brother is an ice road trucker out of Winnipeg and he says it's well enjoyed amongst the brethren for its ludicrousness. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 27, 10:10
        
        ohhh it has the actress from Legion - Jovian Apr 27, 10:10
        
        is it still on Netflix? i have some time this weekend! -- nm - Andie Apr 27, 10:09 1
        
        Looks like yes! -- nm - David Apr 27, 10:42
      - I think everyone's making that mistake. That's "Cold Pursuit". -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 27, 10:03 2
        
        Yeah, I sure did. -- nm - David Apr 27, 10:08 1
        
        Yup, Cold Pursuit is the amazing one. But Ice Road is fun in its ridiculousness. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 27, 10:19
  - A 2021 masterpiece with a wicked sense of humor. -- nm - David Apr 27, 09:54 1
    - Ice Road. Cold Pursuit. Liam Neeson is the king of "Liam Neeson in a truck in the snow" movies. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 27, 10:01
- YES!!!!!!!! -- nm - David Apr 27, 09:39
- What is this, CHRISTMAS?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 27, 09:39
Brittney Griner speaking live now on ESPN. -- nm - David Apr 27, 09:35
The Wrath of Becky Trailer (aka what if John Wick was a teenage girl?) -- (link) - decline Apr 27, 09:27 [youtube] 9
- If John Wick was really a teenage girl she'd be killing a hundred IG personalities with double taps to their self esteem. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:23
- Is that Stifler? what rock has he been hiding under? -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 27, 09:49 4
  - watch Goon and Goon 2, he is fantastic in them -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 11:06
  - He did the lethal weapon series and then took a couple years off. Then hit 2022 with Welcome to Flatch. -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 10:09 1
    - which is an underrated gem of a show -- nm - Jovian Apr 27, 10:54
  - It clearly is, and obviously it is a rock that prevents aging. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 09:57
- Enjoy the first one. Definitely watch this one. -- nm - sycor Apr 27, 09:44
- Spoil - Beryllium Apr 27, 09:42
- One wonderful difference spoiler - Spawn Apr 27, 09:32
*puts some mayo in his coffee* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 27, 09:27
i have been talking to clients since 9am. I need a drink -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 27, 09:25
ST worlds colliding: I'm writing about the Jeff Shell investigation right now, and I just learned that the investigation was done by Gibson Dunn. - David Apr 27, 09:25

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