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Mike Oscar November Echo / Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo Tango Sierra / Tango Oscar Mike Oscar Romeo Romeo Oscar Whiskey / Yankee Echo Alpha Hotel!!! - Stephen Aug 6, 21:28 2
- oh that does it...i'm going to bed, Mike Oscar November KILO - Stephen Aug 6, 21:29 1
  - I love the show MONE -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:30
Just finished SYTYCD finale. I *love* this result. Thank you academy! - Subversive Aug 6, 21:28
Oklahoma's staunch right-to-life senator Tom Coburn advocating rescuing the clunkers being traded in. -- (link) - Mop Aug 6, 21:26
Dear ex-gay mafia: If you ever want to try to flip me, send the girl from Glee -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 21:16 13
- We do not talk about the gay mafia. Capeesh? -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 21:22 8
  - But we can talk about the ex-gay mafia. - ty97 Aug 6, 21:25 4
    - I was in the real life gay mafia in SF, finally some tweaker got arrested and told the police he was in the gay mafia, that's when I knew we had gone - Stacy Aug 6, 21:33 3 1
      - uh... - Stephen Aug 6, 21:44
      - it's the only logical conclusion. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 21:41
      - He told the cops that you did no crimes? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:40
  - yeah, it's "capice" - Farmer Ted Aug 6, 21:24 2
    - Thanks dugs, I was never much for spelling. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 21:26 1
      - i hadn't noticed -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 6, 21:29
- Your Ugly Blue Shirt flipped you long ago. No gay man would ever wear that ugly ass thing. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:21 2
  - stereotypes hurt, Redmond. - ty97 Aug 6, 21:25 1
    - Do you like Cher? - Redmond Aug 6, 21:29
- she gonna bust the window out your car -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 6, 21:18
Where is Hell's Kitchen? Why are there stupid people dancing instead of Chef calling people Donkeys? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:10 5
- tuesday nights on FOX -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 21:12 3
  - Shit thought it was tonight. I wonder if I missed it this week -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:14 2
    - Hulu. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 21:15 1
      - I fail at technology. When I miss a show this still never crosses my mind. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:17
- 34th to 57th St, more or less. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:11
John Smoltz needs to retire. -- nm - David Aug 6, 21:08
EW's Owen Gleiberman love letter (hardly a eulogy) to John Hughes. -- (link) - Mop Aug 6, 21:07
Is it just the full moon? -- nm - 'lia Aug 6, 21:07
Just answer me one question . . . -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 6, 21:02 1
- Fine, I'll fix your troll problem. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 21:03
Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt? There's definitely going to be dancing in this movie. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 21:01 5
- Still baffled by Joseph Gordon-Levitt's doings in GI Joe. Why's he slumming? -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 21:08 4
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  - he says he's not. He loved GI Joe as a kid and wanted a blockbuster. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 21:11 2
    - He's too adorable for me to be angry with. He's forgiven. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 21:13 1
      - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 21:17
So are they going to be fighting a giant cobra? -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:46 1
- Dragon Wars 2! -- nm - Max Aug 6, 20:49
Does GI stand for general infantry? An elite force doesn't seem "general" to me. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:34 49
- "Get 'im!" -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 21:09
- gastrointestinal joe. - mafic Aug 6, 20:37
- GI = General Issue -- nm - Stephen Aug 6, 20:36 46
  - I thought you were in the millitary before??? -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:49 31
    - He was. And he's still 350% more intimidating as a Drill Sgt. Sceire than the real-life drill sgt. I had in NROTC. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:59 1
      - I was in charge of drill for my crew in Sea Scouts, we always took first at Regattas. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 21:01
    - military people use acronyms all the time without knowing exactly what they stand for. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:53 28
      - that's fubar -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:54 27
        
        We're Oscar Mike. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:56
        
        I've finally got a handle on Army talk and some AF. Navy is just insane in every way. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:55 25
        
        Don't know what a skivvy waver is, do you? -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:58 9
        
        I'm still traumatized by the Neptune stories. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:00
        
        Spoils? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:59 7
        
        That is a Quartermaster...signals with flags and flashing light. -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 21:02 6
        
        Are all Navy personal required to know how to read signals? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:06 5
        
        No, just Quartermasters...we also had to know ship handling and navigation - BAD Aug 6, 21:09 4
        
        I hear you have to practice putting out a real fire during basic. That true? - Redmond Aug 6, 21:11 3
        
        In NROTC, we had to repair a simulated hull break below the waterline, and prove we had the swimming ability to avoid ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 21:32 1
        
        We had to jump off the bridge deck in our gumby suits... - Stephen Aug 6, 21:33
        
        (Not Navy...)but, for my Watercraft Operator license I had to go through a fire control and damage control tank. - Stephen Aug 6, 21:22
        
        That's Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Echo Delta -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:58 14
        
        I think everyone should be required to use radio alphabet. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:02 12
        
        I agree. Radio talk is kinda hot ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 21:05 1
        
        it works SO MUCH BETTER on the phone than just saying the letters. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:06
        
        Lima Oscar Oscar Seirra India Lima Uniform, India Seirra, Charlie Romeo Alpha Zulu Yankee -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:04 9
        
        Oops I before E except after C. Sierra -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:04 8
        
        And weekends, and holidays and all throughout May. -- nm - BB Aug 6, 21:26
        
        that rule always annoyed me because my name breaks it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:06 6
        
        Spell it with a "Y" like normal Lucys -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:14 1
        
        there are no normal Lucys. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:15
        
        So does the word Weird. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:07 3
        
        vein, skein, deity, feign, reign, heir, heinous... -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:09 2
        
        That's really wierd -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:10 1
        
        I think all of those words are french origin, though. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:12
        
        lmao -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:59
  - Is it "general" or "government"? I always forget. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:49 5
    - It's government, Dano's question blended with my answer. - Stephen Aug 6, 21:14
    - government issue. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:51 2
      - my dad has tons of GI dehydrated food for emergencies, would last him about a year. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:57
      - Ding! and Ding! below -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:52
    - government -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 20:50
  - General Infantry -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:46 7
    - Wrong. I was a radio communications soldier and I was a GI. If it was only for infantry which is MOS 11B then more than half the army wouldn't be GI -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:49 6
      - I guess I'm wrong....I was in the Navy... -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:52 5
        
        You had better uniforms -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:54
        
        squid! -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:53
        
        NICS JOE -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:53 2
        
        Bah! Typo NCIS -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:53 1
        
        related: The other day I found out that our alternat print shop (when ours has a backlog) is Navy Yard. My co-workers went there to pick up a job. - loosilu Aug 6, 20:59
I think this list was written by a chick - amoxy Aug 6, 20:33 15
- #11 - And that's it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 20:55
- No Field of Dreams makes the list invalid. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:53 2
  - Didn't cry on that either -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:55
  - I bawled at that movie. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:55
- Heh - I teased an ex for crying at Rudy - then I watched it. - kelly Aug 6, 20:44
- Hah! Big Fish made me sleeping -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:41 2
  - spoiler - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:45
  - Sleepy -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:41
- 1/20 -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:39 1
  - (and I cry at everything) -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:40
- The Pianist? - Stephen Aug 6, 20:38 1
  - I agree. They have a few, but more misses than hits. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:42
- I cry at Terms of Endearment. (spoilers) - Dano Aug 6, 20:38 1
  - most James Brooks movies get me verklempt at one scene or another -- nm - 500 dugs of summer Aug 6, 20:45
- Or where is - amoxy Aug 6, 20:33
If you owe the bank $1 billion, you have a problem. Owe the bank $1 trillion and the bank has a problem. - TWuG Aug 6, 20:23 2
- it's also the kind of thing that leads to something else becoming the world's reserve currency. - mafic Aug 6, 20:32
- I'm not greedy. I'll just take a few million from this "bank" - BB Aug 6, 20:29
TTIS: Let's say someone gets laid off and shortly after starting to collect unemployment, he finds out he is sick. He will be unable to look for - kelly Aug 6, 20:20 10
- This person might qualify for disability benefits through a private health insurance plan or the Social Security Administration. Or perhaps ... . - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:50
- they would qualify for disability, unemployment would stop. I could have had disability many times but only used it when I had a non work injury. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:39
- probably not be able to get UI, but would qualify for disability - znufrii Aug 6, 20:28
- When was he laid off, and did he have insurance when he was employed? - BB Aug 6, 20:28 4
  - This is hypothetical - the person I'm referring to didn't get laid off. - kelly Aug 6, 20:33 1
    - That's messed up - BB Aug 6, 21:24
  - When did you get back? - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:30 1
    - Thanks - BB Aug 6, 21:18
- this doesn't really help, but in canada you'd probably get disability benefits. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 20:21 1
  - (as in they'd switch you to a different program). -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 20:22
Should the Red Sox World Series championships be taken away because their star players were roided up while they won them? - Redmond Aug 6, 20:08 5
- No, because the same was possibly true of those they beat. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 6, 20:57
- shaddup! -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 20:17
- Either stop drinking or drink some more -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 20:15
- no. take the players rings and strip there names off the roster. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 20:14 1
  - *throws Remlik back into the lake* I was fishing for kelly. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:15
So does Channing play Joe? -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:06 8
- Isn't Carol Channing a little old? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 20:18 1
  - "That's either a 30 year old man or a 90 year old woman." -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:28
- He missed his calling as He-Man. -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:16 2
  - He'd look silly with that hair. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:23
  - *daydreams* - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:18
- I know you are joking, but he plays "Duke" -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 20:11 2
  - The only thing I know about GI Joe is Sgt. Slaughter and that's from wrestling. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:20 1
    - he'll host Raw next week! -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 20:37
Two bodies found in a backyard. The 70-year old woman who rents the home and her 30-something boyfriend (!) can not be located now. - ty97 Aug 6, 20:04 1
- Harold & Maude & Bonnie & Clyde. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 20:05
Is anybody suggesting that people get tested for drugs in order to receive welfare? -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 19:56 12
- I think people should be tested for slurpees before getting welfare. - Redmond Aug 6, 20:07 5
  - You insensitive prick. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:08 4
    - "Yeah, and I'm going to be back to talk about those Rolexes -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 20:18
    - nubby, you ignorant slut. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 20:09 2
      - Should I respond in song? -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:09 1
        
        only if it's irving berlin or noel coward, since that appears to be what's on the closest stack. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 20:18
- shush, you. -- nm - kelly Aug 6, 20:01
- and if they're not on any, they give them some as well? -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 19:59
- should somebody be? -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 19:59 1
  - That stupid Polls app on Facebook that has tons of conservative-leading questions is promoting that idea. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:01
- that's a provocative idea. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 19:58 1
  - (but a positive test shouldn't automatically disqualify them, but they would need to go to rehab to get their benefits) -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 20:01
I swear, I didn't think it was humanly possible to get that much crazy on one board. - kelly Aug 6, 19:54 3
- Which board? What did I miss? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:52
- Redmond is such an awful poster when he's drunk. -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:58 1
  - ~hic~ shut up ~hic~ or I ~hic~ will make you ~hic~ watch GI Joe -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:03
David, from B2, there's a strong connection between (the very shady) Razor and Upper Deck. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 6, 19:52 1
- Well, B3 now, I guess. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 6, 19:54

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