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shooting down all the angels! -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 10:51
calling all angels!!!!! -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 10:49
I ate reindeer the other day -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 10:45 6
- Did Palin shoot it for you? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 10:51 1
  - From a helicopter, baby. Bang! -- nm - Ms. Palin Nov 6, 10:57
- You killed Rudolph! You bastard! -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:46 2
  - hmm, I think Rudoplh is the perfect halo name for eag - tRuMaN Nov 6, 10:50 1
    - remove second cause, replace with face. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 10:50
- Did they offer it to you by saying "Blitzen?" - oblique Nov 6, 10:45
Mid-day ST Lunchtime Poll-arama !,.,what do i want for lunch? i'm leaning towards Subway.... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 6, 10:42 25
- I had an Obama burger at Red Mill yesterday. Special sauce, BBQ sauce, and one onion ring. - psilotum Nov 6, 10:52
- I had one of those drinkable Campbell's vegetable soups. They are surprisingly good. - Jim Nov 6, 10:50 1
  - Never get the parmesan tomato. It spitoutable. -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 10:55
- Chef Boyardee -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:49
- Five Guys. - JaxSean Nov 6, 10:47 3
  - yum. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 10:55
  - Slut. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 10:53 1
    - totally. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 10:54
- Footlong cheeseburger sub and a vitamin water. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:46 12
  - Dude, are you one of those guys that orders like a 10 piece chicken snack at Church's and a Diet Coke? - Jim Nov 6, 10:49 9
    - After a while, you simply get used to the taste of diet soda -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:53 1
      - no con carne, no you don't. You lying sack :) -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:55
    - Lord no. Diet soda tastes like shit to me. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:53
    - I order a Diet Coke at McDonald's. It's part of how I manage my points for the day. - ty97 Nov 6, 10:51 5
      - Ya know...a 7 point cheeseburger tastes REAL frickin good after a while. - Jim Nov 6, 10:53
      - I do the same thing, for other reasons. - kelly Nov 6, 10:52 3
        
        I've quit ordering soda all together at restaurants. Now I just get unsweetened iced tea. - Trish Nov 6, 10:56
        
        Since I switched to Pibb Zero, I drink diet sodas exclusively as well. I'm just busting Will's balls a little. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:53 1
        
        Ahh, sorry. Bust away... :) - kelly Nov 6, 10:57
  - nmb Will - kelly Nov 6, 10:48 1
    - Sounds good. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:48
- I had Lean Cuisine meatloaf and mashed potatoes. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:45
- I went with a turkey,russian dressing,cole slaw sammy and some chips -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:45
- I think I will get wendys before my lasik checkup. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 10:44
- I just had a Smart Ones Tuna meal, and it stunk up the whole lunchroom. Whoopsie. -- nm - kelly Nov 6, 10:44
SITWAP: Democrat Merkley takes Oregon Senate seat -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 10:39 6
- Fuck yeah. -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:54
- Woohoo! A coworker is concerned that Merkley won't be able to bring home the pork because he's a freshman. - Mop Nov 6, 10:50 1
  - Actually in this scenario, Smith would have the upper hand, as one of the more moderate republicans in the Senate. - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:52
- Good ol Norm Coleman whining about the recount in MN. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 6, 10:43 1
  - Coleman: "Yesterday, voters spoke. We prevailed," - Mop Nov 6, 10:51
- Hooray for RC! (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 10:41
Andrew Cuomo for AG? Discuss. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:35 6
- Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:38 5
  - I called you "zen" on a backboard. It occurs to me that, despite having seen you name a million times, I don't know how to pronounce it. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:49 4
    - I've been called worse... - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:50 3
      - So, NEW-free? -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 10:54 1
        
        in theory, yes. :) -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:55
      - wrong. it's totally pronounced! -- nm - zork Nov 6, 10:52
My poor robot butler has been stuck behind the door of my house for over a week now! nm - Jovian Nov 6, 10:30 2
- Caught on video! -- (link) - psilotum Nov 6, 10:50
- Now don't you feel bad for calling him a lazy good-for-nothing? -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:36
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- Is that the place you can get into with a platinum amex? -- nm - lileve Nov 6, 10:43
- no, it is not, in domestic admiral's clubs. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 10:30 1
  - (but the JFK club is relatively nice) - ty97 Nov 6, 10:30
- oh yeah, because they'd love it for all the passengers to be drunk. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 10:29 2
  - there would be a lot less problems if none of them served -- nm - zork Nov 6, 10:37
  - I love the feel of duct tape on my skin. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:36
Shaun is getting married? congrats to both of you! - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 10:27 13
- word -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 6, 10:57
- Thanks all! -- nm - Shaun Nov 6, 10:47 1
  - Congrats! - Trish Nov 6, 11:00
- awesome news. so cool -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:41
- coool and congrats Shaun! -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:40
- That's so Obama! -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:37
- Awesome goodness! -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:37
- Word. How does he have a wedding next week and none of us knew about it??!?!?!?! -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:34 2
  - Well, *some* of us knew... :p - kelly Nov 6, 10:38 1
    - Ahhh...I don't FB, so that could be part of it. Anyone else get engaged on FB that I need to be aware of? :) -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:46
- may you have a long, healthy, and happy life together -- nm - zork Nov 6, 10:32
- Oh word? Congratulations! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:27 1
  - seriously. who else? i barely knew he had a girlfriend. i'm so outta the loop. -- nm - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 10:29
World's largest Lamborghini dealer, located in Orange County, CA, is closing. however, the automaker cites mistakes by dealer as the cause and not - CrankYanker Nov 6, 10:26 4
- we're going to be seeing *lots and lots* of places close. though i'm not sure any will break my heart more than my beloved Chevy's (restaurant, not - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 10:27 3
  - Ford, GM, and Chrysler are meeting with Pelosi today to discuss bailouts, or as they call it, Federal assistance. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 6, 10:29 2
    - Save Applebees! -- nm - psilotum Nov 6, 10:33 1
      - *pukes* -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:42
if you believe, they put a palin on the moon. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 6, 10:26
Remlik, another MF. Dixie Cousins is 40 today :) - peglegpete Nov 6, 10:24
Does anyone happen to know any good restaurants around the Indianapolis area? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 10:24 7
- What kind of food/price? -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 10:29 5
  - $10-18/entree for a celebratory dinner. Ethnic best, others will do. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 10:37 4
    - I like Barcelona. It's tapas so you can try a ton of dishes and I think sharing makes it more of a party. -- (link) - Amy Nov 6, 10:43 3
      - How big are the dishes? I'm not big on fancy schmancy places that only give you a dollop for your price. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 10:49 2
        
        (some tapas bars I've been to have been ripoffs) -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 6, 10:49 1
        
        I've been there in with 3 and with 4, and we each got 1 or 2 things and it was plenty. I mean, it wasn't like Applebees or anything, but just enough. -- nm - Amy Nov 6, 10:53
- You gotta ask Remlik, Spawn or Amy -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:26
NYC: Iwill be in town from the 15th until the 21st. Just a warning -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:22 5
- I'm here now until the 11th -- nm - OAE Nov 6, 10:53
- I'm probably going hiking the 15th, other than that, I'll be around -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:39 1
  - coolio -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:44
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  - most certainly of course -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:39
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- Youtube blocked at work, what is this? (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 10:38 11
  - Ball out the back of an end zone on a fade/hail mary.....receiver jumps up and out....catches it and throws it backwards to his teammate in the endzon - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:40 10
    - Neat-o. (nm) - musubi Nov 6, 10:45 9
      - For me, the play of the year is the football play across the middle with the guy going one-handed while almost doing a backflip. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:47 4
        
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        5 Year Old Form Tackle was pretty good. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 10:49 1
        
        Anytime the kid jumps right to starting safety for the Bengals, you know it was a good hit. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:54
        
        That one WAS amazing. -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:48
      - You mean the one carrying the girl around the bases? -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:47 3
        
        Yup. Not amazing athletically or anything, but inspirationally, it's fantastic. - musubi Nov 6, 10:51 2
        
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        Word. -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:54
- That's crazy. Would it have stood up in the NFL? Or do you actually have to touch the ground to be out of bounds? -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 10:36
LYC: I just made my first iTunes purchase ever. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:21 20
- Here's his MySpace page. -- (link) - Dano Nov 6, 10:27
- ST Poll: What song did Dano buy? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 10:21 18
  - ~...careful what you wish for cause you just might get it you just might get it~ *fist chest* -- nm - Max Nov 6, 10:23
  - Dr. Dog - The Old Days - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:22
  - It was an album... and it will never be guessed. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:21 14
    - ABBA gold! -- nm - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 10:28
    - Waylon Jennings Greatest Hits -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 10:24
    - Middle of Nowhere. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 10:24
    - I SAID it will never be guessed. I doubt many people have even heard of him. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:24 3
      - Tom T. Hall -- nm - Max Nov 6, 10:25
      - Somebody finally bought my album of symphonically mixed bodily noises. Thank yoU!! -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:25
      - Madonna! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:24
    - My first iTunes purchase ever was the album "Pop is ..." from Mint Royale. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:24
    - collection of Broadway themes -- nm - Max Nov 6, 10:24
    - Mae - The Afterglow. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 10:23
    - does it feature Neil Young and Crazy Horse? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:23
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    - The Big Night soundtrack. - Andie Nov 6, 10:22
    - Hysteria -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 10:22
  - Something from High School Musical (1). -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 10:21
On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (36). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (15). - ty97 Nov 6, 10:21 8
- On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (20). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (28). - musubi Nov 6, 10:34
- On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (15). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (10). - Don Homer Nov 6, 10:32
- and I hated the 'Fiscal Priorities' answer options (spoilers for Question) - ty97 Nov 6, 10:23 3
  - #1, all the way! -- nm - Trish Nov 6, 11:03
  - I went with 2. But if there was no current debt, I'd have gone with 3. - Loyola Nov 6, 10:27 1
    - I also went with 2, but didn't like the wording. - ty97 Nov 6, 10:31
- communist -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:22 1
  - I had no idea how Russian I was -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 10:25
I loved all the google ads I got for gravy on the last board. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:20
Loyola: That's been bugging me, too. It has to do with the way the web browser "caches" the previous page; right now, it's being told ... - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:20 6
- geez, you didn't respond to this concern when I voiced it several times! - zork Nov 6, 10:49
- Oh ok, I thought it might have been something wrong with my new browser. -- nm - Loyola Nov 6, 10:23
- why not just turn off the caching then? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 10:20 3
  - Cuz I'm not sure where the setting is :) I think it's an apache thing. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:22 2
    - Ah, the same thing happens on my test server, good. I can try fixing it there. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:23 1
      - hmm, not happening with IE6 but does in FF3 -- nm - zork Nov 6, 10:51
LYC but I discussed it here previously...Decided to go with the higher payment/no investment strategy to buy my car. It'll be done in 2.5 years. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 10:19 2
- i was going to do that before Angel got sick. ay carumba. - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 10:30 1
  - Great to hear. I know it's been a long bunch of months for you. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 10:57
How many minute until the likes of Rush declare: Son of terrorist to be Chief of Staff? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 10:18 3
- Rush is carry on and on about some guy named Saul Alinsky - Brian Nov 6, 10:22
- I personally welcome any kind of sore loser bitching from all right wing extremists. - con_carne Nov 6, 10:21
- they haven't already? -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 10:18
Non fiscal issues: 38 Moderate liberal. Fiscal issues: 65 moderate conservative. Sounds right -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 10:17
obama's been president elect for two days and we've lost 900 points on the dow. it's a disaster!!!....nm - x Nov 6, 10:17 24
- proof that a black man can't run the country -- nm - fraskull Nov 6, 10:36
- PRe-Election rally surrounded by bad data. Couldn't sustain -- nm - budice Nov 6, 10:29 1
  - i gave you credit this morning for saying that this was just what would happen....nm - x Nov 6, 10:35
- Obama is personally adjusting the Dow to its proper level. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 10:23
- Look on the bright side: 74 days left of Bush, and you've *only* lost 900 points. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 10:18
- It's his plan to get it as low as possible before he takes office so his percent increase from his first day is better. -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 10:18 18
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    - you cannot say that's a "market reality"--you might say it's likely, but it's you can't treat it as if it's a foregone conclusion..... - x Nov 6, 10:25 3
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        chances are conditions will improve. i'd buy it as far as likely goes, though i'm still not completely convinced.... - x Nov 6, 10:59 1
        
        oh, and warren buffett also said recently he wanted hank paulson to stay on as treasury secretary. that sure brought him down a peg in my eyes....nm - x Nov 6, 11:01
  - yeah, I did this in a bowling league - it makes winning so much easier -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:19 12
    - They take pity on you when you score a 36/41/39 as your handicap? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:29 2
      - the first week when we set handicaps, I was.....Presidential (elect) -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:33 1
        
        I wanna join a league around here, but I want to practice some....the only free-bowling times are rock'n'bowl. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:45
    - Sandbagger -- nm - BAD Nov 6, 10:24 4
      - I got called that. Truth was, I sucked so badly the first week when we set handicaps, I had nowhere to go but way up. -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:30 3
        
        I did the opposite in our golf league. I had to find old score cards instead of the "First play in 3 years" cards cuz I didn't want the hassle. - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:34 2
        
        did they actually give that out as an award? if so, thats funny -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:36 1
        
        Yeah, you'd get a sleeve of golf balls. Worst golfer in the league would get a lesson coupon at the end of the year. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 10:44
    - my friend in high school used this strategy. he'd intentionally do poorly at first.... - x Nov 6, 10:21 3
      - was he right? -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:30 2
        
        i dunno. he ot good grades, but i don't know if he ever did it as a controlled experiment.....nm - x Nov 6, 10:37 1
        
        i did the opposite - i always did a really really good job on my first papers and then the teacher assumed i knew what i was doing and i got good - Andie Nov 6, 10:46

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