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"Official Probe Finds Hans Niemann Didn't Cheat Against Magnus Carlsen" ... that headline was a choice. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 18:24
I’m not long back from a couple of pubs. In one of them there was a live band out the back and it was 20 euro to go out to listen to them. I wasn’t - Loyola Dec 23, 18:08
My mother is all worried about whether I have a place to be on Christmas. Quite frankly, I've been out so much this December - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 18:05 1
- I think I will make Spinach and Gruyère Breakfast Casserole and Mushroom Bourguignon for Christmas -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 18:12
I just spent 30 minutes browsing through Netflix, Prime, and Max. I decided to watch… nothing. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 17:58 3
- Heh well done. You chose, wisely. -- nm - Loyola Dec 23, 18:09
- That happens to me a lot. I have a list of things to watch before I cancel, but a lot of the time I just don't feel like it. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 18:01 1
  - There was quite a bit of I want to watch that, but not right now. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:27
not cotent with the Bengals shitting the bed, the Bills want to top them by wet dreaming in the bed. These teams know they can make the playoffs right -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 17:47
Hockey: Apparently this is a legal shot? -- (link) - zunk takes things literally Dec 23, 17:41 6
- Is he using an Easton stick? -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 18:28
- As long as your stick doesn't go above the crossbar, yes. -- nm* - Reagen Dec 23, 18:02 3
  - Why would you do that? You'd shoot over the net. -- nm - David Dec 23, 18:21 2
    - You might accidentally. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 18:32
    - it looks very cool though -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 18:25
- I think it is called a Michigan shot -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:44
Between 'Easton Stick' and 'Cameron Dicker' I'm thinking the Chargers are kidding me with these gay porn names. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 17:39 2
- The crazy part is Easton Stick has been in the league for five years. No idea. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 17:49
- I was just coming to say "GO CHARGERS!!" ;) -- nm - Meg Dec 23, 17:47
Just a reminder: NORAD Santa Tracker - ReluctantCynic Dec 23, 17:31 6
- If we can shoot down a Chinese balloon, why can't NORAD ever shoot Santa down? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:36 5
  - I thought that Chinese balloon led ye on a merry dance? -- nm - Loyola Dec 23, 17:50 1
    - Good song -- (link) - Loyola Dec 23, 17:52 [youtube]
  - Because Santa flies flies around the world at an average of 4,705,882 km/h. - ReluctantCynic Dec 23, 17:41
  - just lucky he doesn't have to deliver to Israel -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 23, 17:38 1
    - I hate myself for laughing at this. -- nm - amandaphone Dec 23, 17:44
The Family Plan, so formulaic I wanted to give it a 5/10 but I will give it a 6/10 because Michelle Monaghan makes me smile. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:17 2
- The baby was the best part of the movie -- (edited) - decline Dec 23, 17:29 1
  - I will not argue the IM -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:45
I have questions -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 23, 17:14 [Attachment] 2
- Pearl Jam had a major hit in the late 90s with Wannabe -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:18 1
  - I recognize VedderSpice, GossardSpice, AmentSpice, McCreadySpice, and CameronSpice. Who is the sixth spice in the back? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:22
What if ... new episodes daily until Dec 30th. - Beryllium Dec 23, 16:58
0xc000021a - ReluctantCynic Dec 23, 16:44
GO UTES! - zunk takes things literally Dec 23, 16:33
NB power outages down to 3300 from Monday's storm; started at around 108,000 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 16:26 2
- Trudeau's fault. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 23, 17:17
- Go Utes! I guess. Heheh -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 16:34
WTF are Todd Blackledge and Noah Eagle? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 23, 16:13 2
- Todd Blackledge, QB drafted by KC in 1983 ahead of pro bowler Ken O'Brien, and hall of famers Jim Kelly and Dan Marino -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 17:10
- former WVU QB (and Giants) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 23, 16:47
we got a duck for xmas dinner, they're double what they were before the pandemic, the last time we cooked one. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 16:04 1
- Donald Duck in MAD #61. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Dec 23, 18:05 [Attachment]
Wow. -- (pic) - Spawn Dec 23, 16:00 [Attachment] 3
- who sits that close to the imax screen? -- nm - gort Dec 23, 16:49 1
  - You don't go to Aquaman and NOT sit in the splash zone -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 16:55
- this is what you got Amy & Logan for xmas - hollywood big shot Dec 23, 16:10
less than two weeks into the nine-month cruise… COVID -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 23, 15:56 18
- Still can’t believe this is a story. -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 16:10 10
  - it's not -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 16:11 9
    - Right? I can’t even think about the last time I’ve heard of anyone testing. -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 16:13 8
      - I know many people that test, especially when they're not feeling well. One of my clients had it this past week. -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 17:25
      - I test most times I have cold-like symptoms. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 16:15 6
        
        Me too. I work with 2 people in their 80s. I take public transit. Why would I want to infect others? - Andie Dec 24, 06:46
        
        I know many people who do this*, I don’t understand not doing so. it’s upsetting to me for multiple reasons. - i.b.! Dec 23, 19:08
        
        I didn't bother testing with my most recent cold symptoms. - Beryllium Dec 23, 16:27 3
        
        I would have the other day but I was fine in 24 hours so I figured it couldn't be that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 17:09
        
        I've never tested. -- nm - mud Dec 23, 17:01
        
        I only test if I have a fever -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 16:59
- Our last cruise had cases of Covid and it wasn't a big deal. Our neighbors 3 doors down had it and just stayed in their room. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 16:05 4
  - Loosi got it on her alaska cruise, said they dumped her off on the end of the pier and left her, despite having prepaid transportation -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 16:06 3
    - They refused her access to her prepaid shuttle. -- nm - Andie Dec 24, 06:47
    - They only did that because they found out who she was, though. - Qale Dec 23, 18:29
    - Oh shit!! I missed seeing that. Horrible -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 16:07
- when do they start eating each other? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 15:57 1
  - when the ports refuse to allow the plague ship to dock because they don't want their numbers to go up -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 15:59
With about 10% of the Hall of Fame ballots revealed -- (link) - Tim Dec 23, 15:39 3
- C&P for me, please? -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 17:26 2
  - sure - Tim Dec 23, 17:28 1
    - Thanks!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 19:36
throwing an uncatchable pass out of bounds on 4th down seems like a bad idea -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 15:29 1
- Worse than just throwing it up in the air when you are already in field goal range? Hes done both. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 15:34
Came home to find my stalker package -- (pic) - zeitgeist Dec 23, 15:18 [Attachment] 2
- Teak wood...and some pot holders with silicone inside -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 15:34 1
  - nice -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 15:48
I should be doing some final christmas shopping today but I don't feel like leaving the house :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 15:15 5
- We have fog warnings here! Finishing dinner then heading out. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 16:01
- Did ALL my Christmas shopping via Amazon this year. It was beautiful! -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 15:34 3
  - I'm going to have to do that (or similar, avoiding amazon where possible) next year. What I've always done before is ... unsustainable. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 15:36 2
    - We are down several people at work so I am filling multiple shifts. I am gassed out this month, no way I am fighting crowds at the store. -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 15:38 1
      - My SS package was my only shopping (except for myself). Main gift was ordered online (not Amazon) everything else was local within a mile. - Meg Dec 23, 15:45
Pittman is out tomorrow. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 15:13
Silver lining, I’m playing against the Bengals DST in my money league and this helps my ‘Texans make the playoffs’ bet. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 15:01 2
- And I’m against Mixon in Caveman (with Pickens on my bench) -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 15:15 1
  - My FJS opponent started Nacua, Higgins and K. Williams. - the wrong element Dec 23, 16:39
This is just long term master planning by Cincy. Step 1: Get the Steelers to overpay for Mason Rudolph. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 15:00
5 - the angel Gabriel visits Mary - rollo Dec 23, 14:55
Once again I'm sure I've totally overpacked for a 4-day cruise. And I haven't even considered White Night. The only white thing I own is - Meg Dec 23, 14:38 5
- repurpose a couple gift wrap bows into a corsage and done -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 16:02
- Unless the amount of stuff you're bringing is detrimental to the trip, I don't consider overpacking a sin. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 14:52 1
  - 100%. If you aren’t paying more to check an extra bag and you aren’t backpacking and lugging it everywhere, who cares? -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 14:55
- have you been to previous white nights? if so, how many follow it? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 23, 14:51 1
  - I think a lot do, but not as many as the cruise lines would have you believe. Seems I don't have any photos of that night on our trip. -- nm - Meg Dec 23, 14:56
For future reference, does ‘My little drum’ on Charlie Brown Christmas count as an LDB loss? Cause it’s kiiiiinda the same thing. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 14:35
Facebook has just informed me that the lyrics to All I Want For Christmas Is You scan to the melody of Hark the Herald Angels Sing. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 23, 14:29
No regrets cutting the Cinci defense this week, except I should have done it earlier so someone would have picked them up. - Bacon Dec 23, 14:25
Come on, Bengals. These guys suck. -- nm - David Dec 23, 14:04 2
- The bengals trapped me. When Burrow was out, I gave up. Then they did well and I cared again. Now this. Let me down twice. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 14:13 1
  - Not having Chase today is killing them, but they've still got Tee and Boyd. Somebody has GOT to step up. - David Dec 23, 14:26
May be the day to hop off the Jake Browning bandwagon. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 13:53
The Chicks: Laura Lynch founding member of the band dies in head on car crash -- (link) - Remlik Dec 23, 13:48 1
- That is a shame. I hope that is the last entertainer we lose this holiday season. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:54
Murder on the Dance Floor is definitely a good song to dance around the house to. -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 13:39 5
- Who doesn’t love Sophie Ellis Bextor. Her “Make a Scene” album never got the credit it deserved. -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 14:24
- Written by the New Radicals guy -- nm - Tim Dec 23, 13:56 2
  - Okay, now you have my attention. -- nm - David Dec 23, 13:57 1
    - It's a little too disco for me, but it's definitely catchy. -- nm - David Dec 23, 14:01
- I did not know this song but Alexa did. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:46
Drone hits a chemical tanker ship off the coast of India, no injuries, fire put out, Liberian flagged ship 'associated' with Israel -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:37
Goodwill thrift stores getting in on the bonus gift card deal, buy a $50 gift card get an extra $10 (digital delivery?) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:30
for like less than $10, you can buy all of Valve's games on Steam (except for the 3d games they sold recently) -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 13:18
Just got this email: "Make the holidays magical. Disney’s FROZEN comes to Boise's Morrison Center Aug 7 - 18." What holiday is that? - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:15 10
- They mean that if you give it as a gift, it will be magical. The show is just down the road. The gift is what makes the holiday. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 23, 13:40 1
  - I do believe you are correct sir. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:52
- Official Summer Snow Day, which is a real thing. - David Dec 23, 13:16 7
  - I'm tempted to get myself a ticket. I probably should not look at this offer and ...let it go. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:18 6
    - OR...you could go Into the Unknown. -- nm - David Dec 23, 14:01
    - This is awkward. Not you're awkward, but cause we're...I'm awkward -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 13:20 4
      - Do you want to build a sandwich? -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:22 3
        
        are you sure? maybe they know something about a Day after tomorrow scenario for this summer. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 13:29 2
        
        Maybe they're making a reality based version of The Avengers. But, you know, not THAT Avengers. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 13:37 1
        
        One day we will have to have a ST board meeting where everyone is disguised as giant teddy bears. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:55
I have been Stalked!! Photos later. Thank you Dano!! -- nm - Meg Dec 23, 12:44 3
- Later - a Christmas candle, chocolates, jalepano caramels, leather-bound journal, and reprint of a report on Pennsylvania petroglyphs. - Meg Dec 23, 13:16 [Attachment] 2
  - You scored! -- nm - jnine Dec 23, 16:33
  - 😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:20
I need a nap -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 23, 12:09 3
- related --> what should I get for dinner? chinese? (I have to go feed my friend's cat so have to go out anyway. the world is my food oyster.) -- nm - amanda Dec 23, 12:24 2
  - Thai -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 23, 12:30 1
    - werd -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 12:37
Today, we are all Nakatomi Plaza. -- nm - David Dec 23, 12:05 24
- Got any Christmas music? -- nm - LMS Dec 23, 13:09
- why did the movie choose to give it a foreign name? that was a choice they made -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 12:56 1
  - 1988 was the height of Nipponophobia esp in Hollywood (Sony buying Columbia, Matshushita bought MCA-Universal) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 23, 12:59
- Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon? -- nm - budice Dec 23, 12:31 1
  - I was always kind of partial to Roy Rogers, actually. I really like those sequined shirts -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 12:58
- I’ve never seen it, and don’t plan to change that anytime soon. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 23, 12:10 17
  - Any reason why? -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 12:43 2
    - Never been particularly interested in action movies in general. Don’t see any reason to make an exception. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 23, 12:49 1
      - How do you feel about heist movies? -- nm - LMS Dec 23, 13:15
  - This is like saying you'll never go to the Louvre. -- nm - David Dec 23, 12:12 13
    - Eh. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 23, 12:15 12
      - But if you were in France, you would go ? Correct? -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 23, 12:21 10
        
        "come out to france, we'll go to the louvre, have a few laughs ..." -- Jean Mallette -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 12:42 9
        
        "Ho, ho, ho. Now I have a Rodin." -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 12:44 8
        
        "youpi ki-yay, enfoiré" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 12:49 6
        
        "I read about them in Charlie Hebdo" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 12:52 5
        
        "We're gonna need some more DCPJ guys, I guess" - Beryllium Dec 23, 12:54 4
        
        "I'm Agent Thoreau, this is Special Agent Thoreau. No relation." -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 23, 12:56 3
        
        "Ugh, stale macaroon. What do they put in these things anyway?" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 23, 13:02 1
        
        Farine enrichie en sucre, huile végétale partiellement hydrogénée, polysorbate 60 et colorant jaune n° 5 Tout ce dont un garçon en pleine croissance a -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 23, 13:14
        
        "Just like Burkina fuckin' Faso, eh Slick?" "J'étais à l'école du junior, connard" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 13:00
        
        I'm loving this thread. -- nm - David Dec 23, 12:47
      - this all makes me sad. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 12:20
- but I dont wanna. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 12:08

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