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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are the first married couple to be #1 and #2 at the box office in over 30 years. Can you name the last couple? -- nm* - Inigo Aug 12, 07:23 12
- Brad and Angie or Tom and Nicole -- nm - eag Aug 12, 07:37
- early 90s I would guess Russell/Hawn, maybe Broderick/Parker -- nm - Max Aug 12, 07:33 3
  - Russell/Hawn were never married! -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 07:39 1
    - ooh, tricky -- nm - Max Aug 12, 07:42
  - Kurt and Goldie were my guess as well. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 12, 07:35
- That's a great question. Given the timeline, I'd guess Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. -- nm - David Aug 12, 07:32 1
  - Ding! Any guess at the two movies? To help it was 34 years ago. 1990. -- nm* - Inigo Aug 12, 07:36
- Warren Beaty and Annette Benning? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 07:30
- I'm missing something. If Ryan and Blake were the first, how is there a "last"? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 07:24 3
  - Sorry, I rephrased it! -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 07:29 2
    - thanks. I have no idea, but this is a terrific question -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 07:30 1
      - word. only sad thing is when I started thinking I realized 30 years ago is 1994 and not further back... I am old. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 07:31
Kevin Sullivan, Wrestling’s Prince of Darkness, Fades to Black -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 07:19
The sci-fi follow-up from James S.A. Corey is a riveting read in a more compact package - The Mercy of Gods -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 07:15 1
- missed that this came out. giggity. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 07:18
Day Eight of Banksy watch - I like this one, and it's quite near me, hopefully I can check it out tomorrow. -- (link) - LMS Aug 12, 07:05 2
- heh -- nm - mud Aug 12, 07:16
- That's a good one. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 07:13
Well, that’s annoying. - znufrii Aug 12, 06:55 2
- Can you contribute to a PAC instead? -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 07:00 1
  - Probably. The prohibition is just for state or local officials and candidates therefor, afaiaa. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 12, 07:02
ahahahahahah oh wait you're serious let me laugh even harder -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 06:51 1
- that's only consistent with their whole reason for this thing. -- nm - mud Aug 12, 06:59
Dad finally got an offer on his house. We made a counter, just waiting to hear back. Yay! -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:49
I look forward to everyone involved learning a very expensive lesson -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 05:31 8
- This is another reason I know I'm old. I have no idea what skibidi means. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:47 1
  - It's a way for pre-teen morons to weird out adults. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 06:49
- I don't know what this is but it looks like Seth Green caliber material. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 06:46
- OTOH this could give us the next Jordan Peele -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 06:13
- Makes a Billion dollars and gets 2 sequels -- nm - budice Aug 12, 05:59
- The movie will be 2 minutes long and cost $75 million dollars. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 12, 05:47
- "He's building something that could be the next 'Transformers' or could be a Marvel universe," lol -- nm - colin Aug 12, 05:45
- *smh* -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 05:38
Tim Walz is so dad his DNC speech is just gonna be “you kids ready to rock and roll?” -- (link) - Tim Aug 12, 05:14 1
- "All right, you kids have fun out there" -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 05:23
Golf: Not in contention. Matt Kuchar stops playing due to darkness on the 18th. Only golfer not to finish. Everyone back Monday for Kuchar. -- (link*) - budice Aug 12, 05:05 3
- "Wyndham Championship was completed at 8:06 a.m. Matt Kuchar makes par at No. 18 and finishes T12." -- nm - budice Aug 12, 05:11 2
  - He made a POINT, dammit -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 05:29 1
    - And he made $144,965. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 12, 05:57
Thing I Learned: The Olympics is apparently just a big commercial for Only Fans. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 04:54 7
- Is this about the blonde I saw a clickbait on last week that was asked to leave for making a weird Olympic Village vibe? -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:46
- My boss told me he thought OnlyFans was Cameo (TV, movie, reality, sports stars make personalized messages for you) 🤣 -- nm - Trending Aug 12, 06:14 2
  - Not according to his book “OnlyFans and Me - It’s Not About Personalized Messages from Movie, Reality and Sports Stars, Baby!” -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 06:22 1
    - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Aug 12, 06:24
- "Well, come here. I'm very happy we're going to have all the sex." "You should be. I'm very bendy." -- (link*) - Olympic Friends Aug 12, 06:00 [youtube] 1
  - hehe I like that episode. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 06:45
- Daily Mail delivers a list all STers can enjoy. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 05:09
TV PSA: MLB, The 1% Club, Bachelorette, Raw, All American Homecoming, Name That Tune, 61st Street, The Wall, Futurama, Solar Opposites, - Beaker 🍺 Aug 12, 04:42 1
- Solar Opposites is back, baby! -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 04:52
This real estate agent compares Canadian properties to similarly priced European castles. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 04:34 1
- I've told you before that I can't move to Canadian territory until they annex Turks and Caicos. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 12, 05:50
Strands #162 - decline - prayformojo Aug 12, 04:21 1
- Same - decline Aug 12, 06:10
Connections Puzzle #428 - GYBP - prayformojo Aug 12, 04:19 2
- BYPG - mud Aug 12, 06:56
- GBYP - decline Aug 12, 05:49
Wordle 1,150 6/6 - really thought I'd lost my streak - prayformojo Aug 12, 04:15 2
- 6 - rollo Aug 12, 06:00
- 6 - decline Aug 12, 05:47
Murdle 1:52 - Fuzzy Aug 12, 03:56 1
- 3:41 - prayformojo Aug 12, 04:40
She walked most of the final 2 kilometers, with dozens of people on either side of the barricades that lined the course walking alongside her -- (link) - the last olympian of 2024 Aug 12, 01:17 2
- I love this story. Good for her! Gave it all she had and didn't give up. -- nm - sycor Aug 12, 07:02
- these are my favourite olympic stories. -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 06:01
You're only given a little spark of madness. If you lose that, you're nothing. -- nm - Robin Williams...10 years ago Aug 11, 22:20
For the non-FBers, tonight's dinner at the Great Oak Steakhouse. I planned a light dinner of salmon and a glass of wine - the rest was comped!! - Meg Aug 11, 20:59 [flickr] 8
- 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 12, 07:20
- Happy (belated) Birthday! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 12, 04:31
- Nice!! I hope it was a wonderful birthday! -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 04:27
- wow! Fantastic! -- nm - TRENDING Aug 11, 21:45
- Awesome! You Deserve it! -- nm - David Aug 11, 21:25 1
  - *clap, clap… clap clap clap* You deserve it! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 21:56
- whaaaaat -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 21:24
- Good lord! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 21:11
55 years ago the bodies of Sharon Tate and others are found murdered by the followers of Charles Manson. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:52 3
- All for the lack of a flamethrower. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 12, 06:49 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 12, 06:57
- :((((((((((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 21:17
the idea that Harrison Ford is a "Disney" Legend is some god-level historical revisionism -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 11, 20:15 9
- if Disney is honoring Fox stars, Betty Grable & Tyrone Power should have been in the first group. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 22:05
- He already works around the clock!! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 21:56
- He'll always be a Paramount star to me. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 21:47 1
  - yep -- nm - mr mooch Aug 11, 22:24
- you're forgetting a little film called Star Wars -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 20:20 4
  - 20th Century Fox -- nm - mr mooch Aug 11, 20:21 3
    - and another little film called Six Days Seven Nights. -- nm - mafic Aug 11, 21:41
    - Disney famously rejected SW like almost every other studio in town. -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 21:00
    - Just like those hacks, Deadpool and Wolverine! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 20:23
I got pinched by a crab. But luckily I was wearing gloves -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:59 [Attachment] 4
- yikes, those dents might need some body work to get out -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:40 1
  - I got some payback. Pinchy was delicious. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 21:20
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - budice Aug 11, 19:24 1
  - A few, yes -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 11, 20:13 [Attachment]
Huh. Michelle Jenneke was racing the hurdles in Paris. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 18:51 [youtube] 6
- "Michelle Jenneke hurdles in wedding dress" is apparently a real thing that existed before midjourney -- (link) - Max Aug 11, 21:56 [youtube] 2
  - Looks like they had fun shooting that. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 22:19
  - LOL! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 22:16
- Those blocks are unfairly restrictive. Ya gotta let a girl dance! -- nm - Max Aug 11, 21:49
- Yes, THAT Australian hurdler. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 20:02 1
  - You're burying the lede here. She ran that second heat on a ruptured hamstring. Like, how? -- nm - David Aug 11, 21:25
Attention Toronto peeps - Reagen Aug 11, 18:45 3
- If anything, I might have too many recommendations. - Roger More Aug 11, 19:27 2
  - OK, we probably hit downtown around 4-5 (assuming no more than 2 misfortunes) -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 06:45
  - He'll emerge from Toronto as wide as he is tall. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 23:38
If you end up being sick for any part of the weekend I think you shouldn't have to work on Monday. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 11, 18:41
latest NC poll dropped -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 11, 18:34 11
- Sure the press loves horse races. You know what else they love? A BLOWOUT. LFG! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 20:04
- I thought the poll released today for NC was a Dem internal? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 18:54 7
  - Not a Dem internal, but Dem commissioned. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 03:38
  - this appears to be YouGov -- nm - mr mooch Aug 11, 19:18 4
    - I wonder if they do internals for people? (I have no idea) -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 19:27 3
      - Even if it’s internal they still want it to be accurate, right? Like don’t make it public if you don’t like the results but you still want accuracy, -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 19:55 2
        
        I still don’t trust polling at all, but I do think it can show trends. At least it shows things moving in the right direction. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 20:06 1
        
        i think Nancy believed the polling enough to do a regicide -- nm - mr mooch Aug 11, 20:21
  - which makes me doubt it's another Iranian hack. they like to target 45. :)))))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 19:11
- Actually wondering about the governor race because the R is a psycho. This is the most recent one I can find. -- (link) - Tim Aug 11, 18:40 1
  - NC really does seem on the hunt for the most unhinged people they can find. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 18:41
Spider-man: Colman Domingo has been cast as Norman Osborn for Spideys Animated adventures in the MCU -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 18:13 1
- Cool! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:41
This guy ate and drank his way through a bunch of the Olympic country houses in Paris. -- (link*) - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 17:46 [youtube] 3
- 20 minutes? Who has the summary? -- nm - jnine Aug 11, 18:31 2
  - $300 to get in the door at USA House. Most houses were free, but then you had to pay for the food. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 18:52
  - eat the grey stuff it's delicious! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 11, 18:33
Challenge season 40 starts Wednesday but the first episode has already dropped. Like a preview show. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 11, 17:46
Chappell Roan endorsement = 500 EV landslide -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 11, 17:42 1
- I like that she can go right from the show to a Jazzercise class. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 11, 18:17
Deadpool crashed D23 -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 17:38 [youtube]
Sunday Murdle: 10 minutes flat - prayformojo Aug 11, 17:31
SNW Musical episode - Reagen Aug 11, 17:16 6
- no it's not. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 17:31 2
  - (it's a joke) -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 17:32 1
    - ah ok. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 17:38
- I assumed - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 11, 17:29 1
  - Spoiler - . Aug 12, 06:33
- Spoils - Beryllium Aug 11, 17:19
B2 re: that Bhutanese women’s marathoner - znufrii Aug 11, 17:12 7
- Hitting the wall in a marathon is no fun. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 17:22 4
  - Something that women are far less prone to than men. -- nm - . Aug 12, 06:32
  - Like here’s a comparison pace graph of two marathons - the orange one was much more fun. -- (pic) - Dano Aug 11, 17:31 [Attachment] 2
    - speaking of - prayformojo Aug 11, 17:32 1
      - I am doing Marine Corps this year. Wasn’t sure of my exact plans. There’s a group of us doing it. Some are also doing the 10K. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 17:40
- And she got her PB, so there is that. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 11, 17:13 1
  - Awesome! -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 17:16
Babe Ruth calling his shot GIF -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 11, 16:39 2
- "Prescience PUGH???" -- nm - Meryl Streep Aug 11, 16:47 1
  - there are worse Bond girl names -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:52
the Hollywood sign is currently Olympics-rings free as of an hour ago -- nm - mr mooch Aug 11, 16:36 9
- 2028 will be the first all-CGI Olympics. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 11, 17:48
- the other thing that absolutely gotta change by 2028 is the USA unis. -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 11, 17:40
- Shit, they've been cancelled already? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 16:47
- It would be hard to come up with 3 huge Os plus supports to lift up high over the existing 2 Os - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:39 5
  - why? nobody ever see's the back of the sign and the supports or anchor posts drilled down in the back. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 11, 16:41 4
    - I'm just thinking about the logistics of making the 0s, transporting them, installing them as it would need to be sturdier than sheets of cardboard -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:51 3
      - They're made of corrugated steel on a metal frame. It'd probably take a few weeks max to design and build the necessary frame to make this edit. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 16:55 2
        
        yup. the letters on the front are bolted to the base at the end. each letter is several pieces so they do not have to deal with moving huge parts -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 11, 17:09 1
        
        I was just thinking of some tictok or frat putting it up for a prank. Of course the town can bring in an excavator to lift sheet metal -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 20:28
Somethin said click when you gave me yo look, Now I cant get enough of that gumbo you cook, You got the good stuff mama, -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:22

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