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Giants, DT Dexter Lawrence agree to terms on four-year, $90 million extension with $60 million guaranteed -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 4, 16:10
go Leafs! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 4, 16:07
palling around with convicted seditionists -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 4, 15:32 2
- That tracks -- nm - Pippy May 4, 16:42
- heh. oh there's a lot of those going around today. -- nm - Jovian May 4, 15:37
damn, The Onion -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 4, 15:30 1
- Oof! -- nm - Krusty May 4, 16:13
NBA: Bucks fire HC Budenholzer -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 14:58 3
- Every championship winning coach since 2015 but Kerr has been fired. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 4, 15:44
- I guess they disagree with Giannis -- nm - Dano May 4, 15:16
- ~What have you done for me lately?~ -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 4, 15:01
Brad Pitt trying to make movies like Tom Cruise, gonna die first -- (edited) - Max May 4, 14:57 2
- You right, you right -- nm - Pippy May 4, 16:42
- he'll be almost 5 years older than the oldest person to ever start an F1 race, which was at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1955. -- nm - mafic May 4, 16:34
sign of the day: Poker Face edition -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 4, 14:55 1
- heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 4, 14:56
Is Battleship underrated? - Loyola May 4, 14:38 11
- It's fun. And I love the ACDC THunderstruck song when it gets to the Texas line Landry and Riggins are looking at each other -- nm - Remlik May 4, 15:19
- This is my favourite scene. Starts at 2.15 - Loyola May 4, 15:17 [youtube]
- Drop port anchor -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:47 [youtube] 5
  - A+ use of music and editing -- nm - Max May 4, 15:23
  - How deep was the ocean there? Heh -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 15:10
  - Ha love when they pulled the handbrake on that ship. -- nm - Loyola May 4, 15:06 2
    - I wonder how they resisted adding a skidding noise. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 15:25 1
      - The Navy ... it's about Family. I live my life a quarter-league at a time. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 16:04
- Best Rihanna/Neeson movie ever! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 4, 14:40
- absolutely. better than it has a right to be -- nm - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:39
- it almost certainly is -- nm - Jovian May 4, 14:38
Best post on B5 -- (link) - Todd Manning May 4, 14:36 [Backboard]
Canadians: CRTC considering banning Fox News. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 4, 14:35
Book ban ban coming to Illinois -- (link) - TWuG May 4, 14:34 2
- Someone should write the book ban ban book. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 14:41 1
  - bans it in Florida -- nm - DeSantis May 4, 16:26
Alabama BASEBALL is now in deep doodoo—at least the coach is -- (link) - Flavorize May 4, 14:22 1
- at least he didn't Uber a murder gun to his bestie -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 14:23
Apple Bottom Jeans, with a twist ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 4, 14:20 [youtube] 2
- So fun! -- nm - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:34
- Reverse Bioshock Infinite. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 14:24
Merrick Garland with a slight little flex - Jovian May 4, 13:59
AEW at Wembley just hit 50k ticket sales. -- (link) - David May 4, 13:55 1
- nice -- nm - Remlik May 4, 15:20
Jim/Baron, looks like our long local nightmare is over -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 4, 13:53 3
- Cuatro de Mayo! -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 4, 14:05
- Here’s the resignation letter -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 4, 13:58 1
  - Blaming everyone else on her way out, no doubt. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 4, 14:09
generation gap poll/quiz: name the jingle you remember for a company when you were growing up -- McDonald's (~you deserve a break today~) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 13:52 42
- the Jack Gilford Cracker Jack commercials when the kids sing the song. -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 15:59
- Hamms the beer refreshing -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 15:58 1
  - plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is. -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 15:59
- Dinah Shore singing SEE THE USE IN A CHEVROLET -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 15:58
- Schaefer is the one beer to have, when you're having more than 1. -- nm - Peglegpete May 4, 15:57
- Umbongo Umbongo they drink it in the Congo.... -- nm - LMS May 4, 14:47
- "I'm really glad they made the Children's Aid Society." -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:32 7
  - I wonder what happened to these kids -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:38 [youtube] 2
    - Soylent Green -- nm - Jovian May 4, 14:47
    - I will sing this song randomly for the rest of my life. I tried a quick search but nothing came up about the kids in the commercial. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:42
  - "The Milford Plaza is the lullaby of all Broadway!" -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:34 3
    - "Everyone come join the fun. At the Westchester County Fair. Rides and attractions! Non-stop action! Shows, animals, fireworks too! It's almost the -- (edited) - Krusty May 4, 14:37 2
      - This makes me smile to no end to picture you wandering around singing this -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:50 [youtube] 1
        
        With the country accent and everything! :-) I really wanted to go as a kid but never did. -- (edited) - Krusty May 4, 14:53
- Pizza Pizza! -- nm - tRuMaN May 4, 14:24
- "I'd like to teach the world to sing" - Reluctant Cynic May 4, 14:23 5
  - I WAS ONLY ASKING ABOUT MCDONALDS! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 14:24 4
    - It was You Deserve a Break Today for all of us!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 4, 15:01
    - But McDonalds was really strange when I was growing up and was as much Sid and Marty Kroft as it was anything catchy -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:32 [youtube] 2
      - THEY HAD THE BIG MAC SONG! -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 4, 14:37 [youtube] 1
        
        Oh yeah. I absolutely didn't eat those then or now so perhaps I've screened that out of memory -- nm - JD May 4, 14:40
- Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There - Dark Callisto May 4, 14:20
- Dr Pepper - '~/Wouldnt you like to be a Pepper too?`~/ -- nm - Jovian May 4, 14:08 2
  - I drink Dr Pepper -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:13 [youtube] 1
    - now I am going to go down the youtube rabbit hole of 80s nostalgia. (just watched an ad for the McDLT featuring Pepe Le Pew) -- nm* - Jovian May 4, 14:17
- 588-2300 Empire! -- nm - pmb May 4, 14:05 4
  - My uncle used to meet that guy pretty frequently at barbershop quartet events in Wisconsin -- nm - oblique May 4, 15:14
  - Good one. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 14:42
  - First one that leapt to mind. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic May 4, 14:22
  - Yepppp -- nm - Dark Callisto May 4, 14:19
- u-nite-ed-furniture-warehouse-bom-bom -- (link) - Beryllium May 4, 14:02 [youtube]
- Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner.. -- nm - Andie May 4, 14:02 1
  - That's what I truly want to be -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:07 [youtube]
- ~ Rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat ~ -- nm - JaxSean May 4, 14:01 1
  - From San Francisco... -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:05 [youtube]
- ~I'd like to buy the world a Coke...~ -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 4, 13:58 1
  - That's the real thing -- (link) - JD May 4, 14:04 [youtube]
- Coke is it! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 4, 13:58
- My bologna has a first name, it’s O-S-C-A-R" -- nm - JD May 4, 13:56 1
  - Oh. and soft drinks: I'd like to teach the world to sing vs I drink Dr. Pepper don't you know -- nm - JD May 4, 13:59
- Jhoon Rhee karate has a slogan-quote anyone in the Dc area knows. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 4, 13:55 1
  - sorry i meant more like which McDonald's jingle did someone grow up hearing first -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 13:56
underrated: The Postman. I mean, maybe not massively underrated, but at least a bit. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 13:50
TIL that the Marshall Islands are a sovereign nation and not a territory of the US. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 13:47 5
- IIRC they and Palau have some sort of weird free association relationship with the US. - Pachypodium baronii May 4, 14:19 1
  - Yes they do, the Compact of Free Association. -- (link) - spamlet May 4, 15:02
- TIL the Marshall Island exist. -- nm - sycor May 4, 13:50 1
  - My impression of them is formed almost entirely by Rescuers Down Under. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 13:59
- I would like to sail there someday. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 4, 13:48
Getting very tempted to shave off my beard this week, now that the weather is warmer. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 13:46 3
- *hands you a cease and desist letter* - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:12 2
  - But my skin is very unhappy :( it's filing a counterclaim of exigent circumstances -- nm* - Beryllium May 4, 14:21 1
    - *hits the gavel on the ST desk* - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:35
An epic bee thread. -- (link) - Ender May 4, 13:43
You guys talking about CDs the other day, my bank is offering 4% on a 6 month short term certificate. I should definitely do that, right? - sycor May 4, 13:42 1
- If you don’t have any other plans for that cash, it’s not a bad place to put it. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 4, 13:49
“…with a low variable rate of 9.50%!” - znufrii 🦄 May 4, 13:33 2
- Not with my credit score you ain't - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:13
- They're practically giving money away! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 4, 13:35
Aerosmith tickets go on sale tomorrow. I hate that you can’t see how much they cost. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 4, 13:28 5
- And ticket prices are $56.20, $86.20, $116.20, $136.20, $186.20, $236.20, $286.95, $346.20, $396.20 and $496.20 for the Amalie Arena show. - JD May 4, 13:40
- It means you won't like it and they're hoping once you face the decision you'll do it. -- nm - spamlet May 4, 13:39
- Here are the summer Dead & Co. ticket info I just copied, then my thoughts. They should be similarily priced. -- (edited) - Peglegpete May 4, 13:37 2
  - Our Dead & Co. tix this year were $79, not sure how much we paid last year. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 4, 13:57
  - I misread this as you saying that your thoughts should be priced the same as Dead & Co tickets. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 13:47
I 110% need to eat in this Wes Anderson hot dog stand in Chicago, right? - zunk takes things literally May 4, 13:22 2
- Is there a list of Wes Anderson businesses or something? -- nm - loosilu May 4, 13:52
- Yes, and I loooove that this is becoming a thing. -- nm - David May 4, 13:24
mud's top ten shakespeare: - mud ♪ May 4, 13:16 11
- You missed out Bill (from the creators of Ghosts). -- nm - LMS May 4, 14:50
- No Baz? dang it. What about Lawrence Fishburne in Othello? -- nm - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:14
- Missing 10 Things I Hate About You -- nm - Mop🧹 May 4, 13:24 3
  - not seen (include it in your top ten) -- nm - mud ♪ May 4, 13:26 2
    - Now you have homework. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 4, 13:26 1
      - as do you (how many of my ten have you seen?) -- nm - mud ♪ May 4, 13:27
- I have a soft spot for Taming of the Shrew with John Cleese as Petruchio. - Dark Callisto May 4, 13:24 2
  - sounds good! (didnt know of it) -- nm - mud ♪ May 4, 13:25
  - "Here's Petruchio!" -- nm - Atomic Shakespeare May 4, 13:25
- My Own Private Idaho and She's The Man should make the list. - Spawn Solo May 4, 13:20 1
  - havent seen. (nor: Theater of Blood or Coen's Macbeth or ..) -- nm - mud ♪ May 4, 13:24
help pls: received amex $300 egift card. tried to spend online three places. was declined. was advised to wait a week and try again to spend. - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:13 11
- did you go to the website of the card and enroll/fill out info? -- nm - tRuMaN May 4, 14:25 1
  - I called them and they told me that it was active. They suggested I use it at a physical store. But all I have is a printout of the number so ... -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 4, 15:42
- Can you add it to a digital wallet like Apple or Google? That would at least do away with the whole being laughed at for presenting a piece of paper -- nm - JD May 4, 13:53
- tried: paypal (declined), adding to google wallet (declined). -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:41 2
  - tried: venmo (declined). -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:42 1
    - i think you need to take this straight up to Mr. Express' office -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 13:57
- did you try a BIG retailer, like Amazon or Walmart, or smaller ones? if not, try to buy a different, usable, gift card from one of those with it. -- nm - Andie May 4, 13:15 4
  - yeah, after it failed the first time, I was like "f*ckit, I'll just buy myself an amazon gift card" and it failed. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:18 3
    - Yeah. Amazon is my go to with most gift cash cards -- nm - oblique May 4, 15:15
    - Have you tried doing it for less money like $150? -- nm - David May 4, 13:23 1
      - tried -- no go. -- nm* - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:24
LYC - I rode 10 miles on my bicycle today (a sad 11.5 mph average), but hey. - colin May 4, 13:10 2
- Fantastic!! -- nm - Epiphany, Beard Inspector # 5 May 4, 14:20
- Nice! Keep up the good work! -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 4, 14:04
This is cruel, yet funny -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 4, 13:04
50 Cent w/ openers Busta Ryhmes and Jeremih "The Final Lap Tour: 20th Anniversary of Get Rich or Die Trying" arenas and amphitheaters. - MDH May 4, 13:03 2
- And yes Jax, your venue is here! -- nm - MDH May 4, 13:03 1
  - heh, I saw that earlier. - JaxSean May 4, 13:13
A factory that cooks pasta in huge batches had a bad batch (contaminated?) and had to dump it. -- (edited) - loosilu May 4, 12:59 4
- Someone is going to end up looking very fagiolish over this situation -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 4, 13:08 3
  - fusili was right there. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 13:12 2
    - I'm busy -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 4, 13:13 1
      - Time for a spaghettini break -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 13:18
Wendover video: How Mexico is Becoming the New China -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 4, 12:55 [youtube]

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