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so, now i'm all fascinated with people in love with objects. what would you do if your child/sibling/parent suddenly announced they loved, deeply, - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:36 3
- slap them. especially if they professed some kind of mental connection. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:41
- I just want to know whether riding other rides constitutes cheating. A good lawyer could - TWuG Aug 10, 11:38 1
  - one of the comments was someone wondering how she felt about other people riding and touching her 'husband.' - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:38
Ingmar Bergman Project #3: Thirst (C+) - Danoslam Aug 10, 11:33 3
- thanks for doing this. I was about to say 'it looks like I shouldn't bother catching up on Bergman' but I'll wait for your further reports. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 11:37 2
  - I think #6 (Smiles of a Summer Night) will be the first "real" Bergman film. Then I'll hit Wild Strawberries, Seventh Seal, and Virgin Spring. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 11:42
  - "Dano: Watching the Bergman filmography so we don't have to." -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 11:39
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apropos of nothing: how did I not know that Melanie Griffith is Tippi Hedren's daughter? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:30 8
- you're fired. Dignan, take the wheel. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 11:35 1
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- palm/forehead -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:32
- 30 year coma? Amnesia? Home schooled? nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:32
- I can top that, I have no idea who Tippi Hedren is. -- nm - Subversive Aug 10, 11:31 2
  - Star of The Birds, among other things. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:31
  - She was in The Birds, and Marnie -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:31
- living under a rock for the last 30 years? -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:30
A good day is finding that the china you pulled to maybe put in the garage sale, is actively being sought by Replacements Ltd. - TWuG Aug 10, 11:29
Friend who books music/ comedy acts at college sent me the "fee catalog" good lord these artists are crazy - MDH Aug 10, 11:25 62
- Galifianakis? nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:42
- I once snuck a peak at this sort of book in my school's student government office and it explained a lot. - Tim Aug 10, 11:41
- Oh! I bet Elton John's on that list. I've heard of him doing weddings. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:41 1
  - 1mill+ (the wedding he did was 2mill I think) -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:42
- Less Than Jake - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 11:38 1
  - $15-20,000 available Sept-Dec -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:40
- Jeffster? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:38 1
  - Free food. Subway will suffice. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 11:38
- after Paris, i would like to know what Britney would cost. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:37 2
  - Britney is well over a million -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:40 1
    - easily, i just wondered if they actually bothered quoting a price. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:41
- Elbow? - Jelly Aug 10, 11:37 5
  - Very big range aka they aren't sure yet. But prob 25,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:39 1
    - Cool, thanks. -- nm - Jelly Aug 10, 11:39
  - They are awesome. - lileve Aug 10, 11:37 2
    - Dammit. :) -- nm - Jelly Aug 10, 11:39 1
      - Hehe. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 11:41
- John Oliver (because he's coming in October and I want to know what we paid him) -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:36 2
  - $20-25,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:37 1
    - That's very reasonable, actually. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:38
- asia? - mafic Aug 10, 11:36 3
  - "Not available for colleges" -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:38 2
    - so they'll play in yakutat - a town of like 500 people - but not a a college? weird. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:40 1
      - They are opening for Yes in DC, and tickets are a little pricey - MDH Aug 10, 11:41
- Def Leppard - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:36 1
  - "Not available for colleges" -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:37
- Andy Dick! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:36 4
  - $15-20,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:36 3
    - Now that he has the ankle monitor on, he is much more reasonable. - Spawn Aug 10, 11:37 2
      - Just watch out. He pees on things in public. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 11:39 1
        
        Is that part of his act? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:40
- If they successfully book gigs at those prices, it's hardly crazy. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 11:36
- Patton Oswald. -- nm - kelly Aug 10, 11:35 1
  - $25,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:36
- They Might Be Giants? -- nm - mara Aug 10, 11:35 1
  - $15-25,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:36
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  - you realize your apartment would implode the moment she sets foot inside, right? -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:36
  - "Do they still make wine coolers?" -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:35
  - Priceless. - MDH Aug 10, 11:35 2
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    - Paris Hilton! -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:36
  - You have got what she needs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:34
- Sergio? nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:34
- Dimitri Martin -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 11:33 4
  - $50,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:34 3
    - That's crazy. Especially since John Oliver is 15-20k. That kid's just starting out. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:39 2
      - Demetri Martin is four years older than John Oliver. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:40
      - Sorry. 20-25k for John Oliver. Still only half what Dimitri Martin's asking. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:40
- Tragically Hip? -- nm - Subversive Aug 10, 11:32 6
  - $15-20,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:34 5
    - that's... kind of reasonable. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:34 4
      - I bet it's more in Canada. I was thinking they might be quasi-affordable in the US. -- nm - Subversive Aug 10, 11:37
      - You're kiicking yourself that you didn't think to hire them at your wedding, aren't you? -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:35 2
        
        I don't quite have that much scratch to throw around, but it's not an inconceivable amount. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:37 1
        
        Getting 80 people to chip in $250 probably wouldn't be too difficult. nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:40
- david spade -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 11:29 3
  - $75-100,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:31
  - Chris Farley -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:31 1
    - Brains. nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:32
- kings of leon - cause tickets are super expensive here - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:27 1
  - KOL: $100,000+ (since they are booming now will prob go up) Hinder $45,000 -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:31
I must admit, when I first saw the amusement park marriage headline, this is what I hoped it was ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 11:23 [youtube] 9
- I love reading the comments with people finding their own dumb explanations for why it's real or fake -- nm - Guigue Aug 10, 11:36
- I want to see MythBusters do that one. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 11:30 2
  - it shouldn't take long since it's a MS viral ad campaign. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:32 1
    - Must... buy... Vista... -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 11:32
- that... can't be real. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:27 3
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    - but surely the supersonic whoosh sounds are real? -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:31
  - In the comments someone claims it's an ad for Microsoft ... so... -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:28
- My mind just exploded - MDH Aug 10, 11:26
The FCC is going to look into broadband roll out, what ISPs have promised and what they've actually delivered. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:21 10
- wild guess, lower-income (read: minority and rural) communities have been overpromised and underdelivered. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:22 7
  - not all cities in the Us are named Detroit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 11:26 3
    - Pretty soon we're gonig to have to rename it Destroied. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:27 2
      - Detruit. It keeps the French name and you only have to change one letter. -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:36 1
        
        nice! -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:39
  - Wild guess: Everyone has been over promised. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 11:24 2
    - Oh man. Did they overpromise to Chuck Norris? They might be fucked. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 11:25 1
      - he's too busy looking for Obama's birth certificate -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:25
- The FCC has appeared rather aggressive lately. I like it. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 11:21 1
  - I like it when they are agressive in protecting the consumer. Not so much when the protect coporations at the expense of consumers. - TWuG Aug 10, 11:24
I am now watching 300. hmmm -- nm - CQ Aug 10, 11:19 1
- That's gayer than The Bachelorette. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 11:20
Matrix spoof ... if The Matrix ran on Windows -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 11:19 [youtube] 2
- Outdated Windows jokes make baby Bill Gates cry. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 11:22 1
  - Well, the final two seconds make up for it, IMO -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 11:23
LYC: Here are some upcoming "rock" concert tours headed around the US - MDH Aug 10, 11:19 6
- I never know what genre they fall into, hence the faker rock quotes - MDH Aug 10, 11:22 4
  - I think Cook is rock when he's not a slave to 19. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:22 2
    - I kind of liked the Fleetwood Mac cover of Lies -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:28 1
      - I liked a lot of his competition songs. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:29
  - Ah. Correct. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:22
- "rock", indeed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:21
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- because you're a lawyer, so she know that deep down you're just the same as the boss she apparently hates. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:23
- pronanly the line of questioning you're having - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 11:20
- Because the people they work for are stuck-up elitist crybabies. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:19 2
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  - if they work for trial lawyers, they probably get screamed at a lot. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:20
- She thought you were a secretary. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:19
- I am going out on a ledge here - but it's mostly New York secs - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:18 10
  - for me it's always been legal secretaries (but that category has also included the nicest). -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:24 1
    - *nodding* -- nm - kelly Aug 10, 11:36
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    - You should use that "It's not my fault you're a secretary" line next time -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:28 3
      - and be sure to preface it with "listen, bitch." -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:29 2
        
        Bwah! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:32
        
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    - Did you ever spend much time working in any service related industry? - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 11:23 1
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    - I call nationwide - they are easily the worst. Maybe they take an oath upon accepting their position - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:22
- sounds like someone's having a Monday -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:18
ML, wouldn't this be like demanding to know how sausage is made after a hypothetical government bailout of pork belly futures? -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 11:16 7
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  - (I was reading that TARP will basically operate as one giant slush fund; if and when monies are recovered, they return to the Treasury pool of funds - Loyola Aug 10, 11:24 1
    - I can't speak to you're main question, but any system is open to abuse, if its participants are determined enough. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:35
  - I really don't know what information you're lookinig for. - pmb Aug 10, 11:23 3
    - The devil is in the details pmb. -- nm - Loyola Aug 10, 11:25 2
      - What details do you want? That's what I keep asking? - pmb Aug 10, 11:29 1
        
        I don't think it's too much to ask exactly how valuations were arrived at for troubled assets held on the banks' books. - Loyola Aug 10, 11:42
How far we've come! The first smartphone came out 17 years ago. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:15
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- I'd like more specific wording on what they feel is and isn't acceptable. - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:18
- I can't believe they couldn't find a bus to take them the rest of the way. -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 11:16 3
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  - the could have hired taxis for everyone and it would have been cheaper than what they are facing. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:17 1
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- And seriously, why would any of them want to fly that airline again? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 11:15 1
  - duh. the voucher is for enemies. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:16
Poll: The hippie commies win, and you're forced to marry an inanimate object. What do you choose? - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:14 19
- The Plaza Hotel -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 11:40
- Earth -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:22
- coors light -- nm - CQ Aug 10, 11:21 1
  - The whole company, or just one keg/bottle/can? -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:21
- Lamp. I want to marry a lamp. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:21 2
  - Pippy, are just looking at things and saying you want to marry them? -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 11:25 1
    - *looks at you* - Epiphany Aug 10, 11:29
- Marilyn Monroe -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 10, 11:18
- My body pillow. -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 11:17
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- a laptop computer. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 11:15
- My remote control. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 11:15
- Obviously a vibrating pocket vagina. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 11:15 2
  - *blink* - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:19 1
    - A man has got needs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 11:34
- now that you've mentioned a chapel, I need to take the Sainte Chapelle, which for my money is the most beautiful building on Erf. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 11:14
- the entire NYC subway system. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 11:14
- a real doll. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 11:14
"Why don't you marry it if you love it s...oh, you crazy bitch." nm - Dignan Aug 10, 11:13
Mispelings bored. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 11:11

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