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Taskmaster return on March 28th. Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 05:34 2
- is he perhaps going to assign some tasks? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 13, 05:37 1
  - He will and people will fail at them in hilarious ways. -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 05:43
at the grocery store this morning (me: avocado, orange, sour cream) I was behind a woman buying ONLY duraflame logs and a very fluffy cat toy. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Mar 13, 05:30 1
- (obviously I am making snoop dogg's not yo mama's corn muffins later. that's why sour cream.) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Mar 13, 05:30
Good week for spotting Knights of the Realm. Saw Sir Lenny Henry on Monday and Sir Trevor McDonald this morning. And this is when Len met Trev. -- (link) - LMS Mar 13, 05:24 [youtube]
Ah from yesterday. Aid ship loaded with food gathered by José Andrés charity sets sail for Gaza -- (link) - con_carne Mar 13, 05:21
Strands #10 - lemon difficult - prayformojo Mar 13, 04:39 3
- I need an explanation on the theme - rollo Mar 13, 06:13 1
  - Spoilers - Volnelk Mar 13, 06:46
- Took me a bit - (after I found the 1st 2 blues I figured it out) - decline Mar 13, 06:06
Connections Puzzle #276 - 1 mistake - prayformojo Mar 13, 04:20 1
- no mistakes - decline Mar 13, 05:50
Wordle 998 3/6 - prayformojo Mar 13, 04:08 2
- 4 - decline Mar 13, 05:47
- 4 - rollo Mar 13, 05:29
A Gallup survey says some 30% of Gen Z identify with LGBTQ...mostly the B and far more than millennials. (no wonder theres so many incels) -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 13, 01:21 1
- It's Olivia Rodrigo to the rescue! -- (link) - con_carne Mar 13, 05:35
Former CEO of East India Co and man Yale is named for was a notorious slave trader with millions being shipped. some say he murdered several assoc too -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 13, 01:18
Navalny's campaign manager attacked tonight with pepper spray and a hammer near his home in Lithuania. -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 13, 01:06
Here, have a kitty photo -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 23:55 [flickr]
I’m sure I know one song from the Cocteau Twins, but at the moment I wouldn’t be able to tell you which one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 23:49
My new neighbor is Mexican with a Scandavian parent. - JD Mar 12, 22:51
The weirdness of Fox’s sitcom ‘Til Death, which got canceled halfway through season 3, but lasted for 4 seasons. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 22:39 [youtube]
Woman figured out a glitch in gas rewards cards, double swipe gave her free gas, $28,000 over months, might have got away with it but she... - zeitgeist Mar 12, 22:00
The Traitors s2 finale spoilers - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 20:58 1
- I find it hard to believe they didn't spoil - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Mar 13, 06:02
Tonight I watched one of the deftest shivs I've ever seen be wielded by a 5th grader. - crash davis 😺 Mar 12, 20:47 3
- "Send the essay. Hold back the student." -- nm - The Gradefather Mar 12, 22:56
- Even 5th grade teacher Walter White might have goals. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 21:26
- I'm expecting this year's PCAS scholarship applications soon and looking forward to reading the essays on why they want to be archaeologists. - Meg Mar 12, 21:22
Divergentlemen. Insurgentlemen. Allegentlemen. -- nm - The Gentlemen si Mar 12, 20:37 1
- Part 1 and Part 2. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 20:59
I wonder if any are enjoying The Gentlemen series as much as I am. It's a bloody riot. I'm only halfway through though -- nm - mud Mar 12, 20:26 1
- Is it in any way related to the movie? The same story, only longer? A sequel? Spin-off? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 21:18
rubicon officially crossed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 20:17 1
- first three-time nominee by the Republican Party -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 22:05
How many cops does it take to decrease the vibes of high crime in NYC’s MTA? -- (link) - Qale Mar 12, 20:13 [BS] 1
- Everyone? *EVERYONE* -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:26
Fall Guy seems poised to make a shitton of money -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 20:07 2
- I hate everything about that tweet. -- nm - mafic Mar 13, 03:53
- Ah yes, the 100% reliable audience fan reaction tweets. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 20:13
likely still going to a runoff in nov but at least for now shitheel Kevin De Leon is losing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 20:06
is DeKalb County important to win Georgia? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 19:51 1
- Dems still ridin with Biden -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 20:11
Do you want super villain cats? This is how you get super villain cats -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 19:45 1
- maybe he's just not getting enough hexavalent chromium from his regular diet. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 19:54
I never say "thank you, Pacers", but....thank you, Pacers! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 19:24
Wednesday NYT crossword: bravo for 38across -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 19:13 1
- I knew exactly how to spell the last half, but needed some downs for the first. -- nm - mafic Mar 13, 05:18
Confess Fletch was great. I'll take 7 more of those. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 18:54 5
- Thumbs down on Hamm and the pace but happy if others are happy. - Max Mar 12, 21:09
- Not sure about great, but definitely enjoyable. Iyf definitely watch more if they made them. -- nm - sycor Mar 12, 20:27
- Hamm was solid, just felt like they needed to dial back the glib dialogue a notch or three -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 19:49
- Can confirm -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:09
- Oh interesting. Thanks for the reco. -- nm - amandaphone Mar 12, 18:56
I think I'll have a trivia category called "Travis or Jason". - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:50 6
- Leader of the 400 Unit -- nm* - rollo Mar 12, 21:39
- died at the Alamo -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 18:55
- fought Freddy -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 18:52 1
  - Winner! -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:52
- YES! I was archiving my trivia questions on ST. Here's one... -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:52 [Backboard] 1
  - Here's another! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:52 [Backboard]
Highest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: An Enemy of the People, Hadestown, The Notebook, Hamilton, Merrily We Roll Along -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 18:19 5
- What are the big shows on the West End? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:36 1
  - I don't have the data for West End, sorry. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 19:19
- Lowest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: A Beautiful Noise, Days of Wine and Roses, Spamalot, Kimberly Akimbo, Back to the Future -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 18:20 2
  - Water for Elephants was 93% full and ran at a $237k loss last week. The musical financial world is a mess. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 18:21 1
    - yikes, that is not a good profit/loss scenerio -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 12, 18:22
Highest Grossing Broadway Shows Last week: Wicked, Hamilton, Lion King, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd (2 Sondheim's in Top 5) -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 18:17 1
- Lowest Grossing Shows Last Week: Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, Kimberly Akimbo, A Beautiful Noise (Neil Diamond Musical), Spamalot -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 18:17
Pittsburgh Steelers are shipping wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers for cornerback Donte Jackson and a pick swap -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Mar 12, 18:09 1
- Diontae, Donte ... Donte, Diontae -- nm - Letterman Mar 12, 21:38
Well that’s a called shot. -- (pic) - Tim Mar 12, 18:07 [Attachment] 3
- As a Jets fan we expect the worst and this would be such a Jets thing to have happen. - Krusty Mar 12, 19:43
- Rodgers would probably break his leg walking to the podium at the press conference to announce him as the VP pick. -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 18:39
- dang -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 18:12
Salem's Lot to debut on Max.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 12, 17:37 2
- I love this book. Not feeling great about the movie at this point. -- nm - sycor Mar 12, 20:29
- Stephen King: That wasn't the deal! Darth Zaslav: (you know the rest) -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:46
fucko publicly dissing his grandson, Ivanka does not looked pleased. -- (link) - mud Mar 12, 17:36 2
- The slow-mo is heartbreaking and yet entirely appropriate the hear the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme as you watch it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:43
- Tomorrow she calls Jack Smith and says she has several beautifully tragic family Opera's she'd like to sing. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 18:15
The replacement cast didn’t sell enough. Sweeney Todd revival to close May 5. Tour in 2025. It did recoup. -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 16:59 3
- I'm counting this as 50% of a Sydney Sweeney post. -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 17:34 2
  - What if I tell you the tour will be in Australia? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 12, 17:39 1
    - Approved! -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 18:36
Bengals fans are losing their minds about the possibility of trading for Justin Jefferson. - Volnelk 🍊 Mar 12, 16:43 1
- That would be awesome. -- nm - zunkstump Mar 12, 18:27
Love this, from a review of Pippin at the Gem - that I saw a couple of weeks back. - Meg Mar 12, 16:41
Manhunt sounds like another Apple banger from the reviews -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 16:32
Bored at a bar waiting for Heather. -- (pic) - amandaphone Mar 12, 16:18 [Attachment] 1
- that last sentence is *mwah* -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 16:19
so did the Vikings and Texans essentially swap Def players now? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 12, 16:11 1
- Yes, the Texans got the better one while the Vikings got the younger one. -- nm - David Mar 12, 16:27
joe & dum-dum both clinch their noms numerically tonight, but joe beats the other by ~3 hours -- nm - mud Mar 12, 16:05 2
- Ahhh that's right that's tonight. That's why craven Brian Kemp endorsed him today -- nm* - Jovian Mar 12, 16:07 1
  - Kemp endorsed Biden. Wow that’s… oh. Oh. -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 18:06
Why hasn't ST state how hilarious Resident Alien is? - Jovian Mar 12, 16:05 2
- We've just finished seasons 1 & 2. Both were great -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 19:31
- i think I heard once that is was kinda amusing.. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 12, 16:10
I'm planning on doing a "pub trivia" game during one the dinners at my conference and I just realized I don't have any questions. - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 15:57 4
- Who is the only person who won an oscar for playing someone who won an oscar -- nm - rollo Mar 12, 21:34
- Just ask us. We know random shit. -- nm - amandaphone Mar 12, 16:27
- question #1. why is a Pub called a pub? answer inside. - Peglegpete Mar 12, 16:26 1
  - I knew this! Well, the first part. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 16:28
Move over godzilla, Japanese environmental agency says a cat fell into a barrel in Fukushima and residents are warned not to touch it -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 12, 15:43
fatal DUI hit and run in Orange (judging by the damage from the victim's body to the car, they weren't lollygagging either) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 15:41 3
- And he's impaired at 11:30AM :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 15:50
- great job "the suspect has four prior DUI convictions in the last 10 years" -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 15:42 1
  - Mahomes strikes again? -- nm - VMan Mar 12, 16:07
Atlanta gets a 2nd if WR Calvin Ridley re-signs w/ Jags before Wednesday at 4, and a 3rd if he re-signs thereafter. -- nm* - budice Mar 12, 15:16 4
- Yeah, it sounds like he's deciding between the Patriots and Jags. If he signs after 4 PM tomorrow, he's been with the Jags all along. - David Mar 12, 15:24 3
  - Pats wouldnt do wonders for his #s, itd just have to be an overpay for them -- nm - budice Mar 12, 15:33 1
    - I suspect he's just them and their cap space as leverage. - David Mar 12, 15:40
  - I'm imagining the ending of Brewster's Millions with a lawyer counting clock gongs. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 15:33
s5 of True Detective -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 15:04 1
- okay -- nm - mud Mar 12, 15:10
I know that the NFL treats RBs like it's Logan's Run, but the backfield combo of Henry and Lamar Jackson is terrifying. -- nm - David Mar 12, 15:03 2
- If they split them each around the edges, that’s terrifying. - Will Hunting Mar 12, 15:09
- Steelers-Ravens will be fun. PIT snagged Patrick Queen. Backfield of Russ-Najee -- nm - budice Mar 12, 15:06
for the second time I am an accredited newspaper photographer.... -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Mar 12, 14:57 3
- I need pictures of Spider-man! -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 18:39
- Nice job! -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 17:49
- WTG! Is this from your office or ??? -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 16:29
Soooo - Kroenke's moving the Avalanche to San Diego. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 12, 14:28 20
- No way this happens -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 19:32
- Boooooooooo!!! Fuck Kroenke! -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 14:58
- I cannot imagine the NHL letting that happen. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 14:29 2
  - From our experience - if he's building a stadium, he has the assurances that he needs. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 12, 14:40 1
    - Seattle's expansion fee was 650M, this will be pushing a bill. No way the NHL passes that up. - Reagen Mar 12, 14:44
- Do they even HAVE avalanches in san diego? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 14:29 14
  - Do they have lakes in Los Angeles? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 15:35 5
    - Do they have royalty in LA? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 16:52
    - Are there a lot of streetcars to dodge in L.A.? -- nm - Mop🧹 Mar 12, 15:35 3
      - Are there a lot of jazz clubs in Utah? -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 16:04 2
        
        "And the Jazz moved to Utah where they don't allow music" -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 16:08 [youtube] 1
        
        Always loved this bit. -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 17:23
  - What would they be called? San Diego Beachcombers? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 14:47 7
    - Avocado -- nm - Strongbad Mar 12, 19:12
    - What they have in SD is a naval base that will whip Canada ten times over by itself thankyouverymuch. -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 17:41 1
      - Ah, so, Seamen it is then -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:51
    - San Diego Seamen -- nm - budice Mar 12, 14:57
    - San Diego Armada. (Washington took a pass on that better name (f**king Commanders...), someone should snag that) -- nm - Jovian Mar 12, 14:55
    - San Diego Charging. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 12, 14:54
    - Anchormen -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 12, 14:51
RFK Jr's top VP picks: Jesse Ventura and Aaron Rodgers -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 14:26 9
- If anyone was stupid enough to give this guy any money, I hope they *feel* stupid. I'm pointing, laughing and guffawing. -- nm - Diva Mar 13, 13:06
- Well that'd one way for the NY Jets to get rid of that disease. -- nm - Jovian Mar 12, 14:51
- Literally LOLed when I heard that. Is Ventura anti-vax too? -- nm - mara Mar 12, 14:34 1
  - Wikipedia doesn't confirm, but does suggest that he platformed 9/11 truthers on his podcast -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 14:49
- barring that, Jameis Winston and Deshaun Watson! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 14:30 4
  - He's also looked at - Reagen Mar 12, 14:34 3
    - Carly Rae Jepsen? ! born in Mission, BC ! -- nm - mud Mar 12, 14:39 2
      - This is crazy. - Spawn Mar 12, 17:05 1
        
        ♫ -- nm - mud Mar 12, 17:26

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