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I was whelmed by the Zombieland trailer. - ty97 Aug 18, 10:17 6
- DTM -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:18 2
  - I was really looking forward to that trailer, based on the raves. - ty97 Aug 18, 10:19 1
    - Song choice helped a bunch. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:22
- was it red band or green band? -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 10:18 2
  - green (do theatres show red?) -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 10:18 1
    - They can show red band trailers in front of R-rated movies is the general policy, I believe. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 10:20
"..suppose that the health care insurance industry were prohibited from making political contributions? In that case, the model predicts, 47 senators - Loyola Aug 18, 10:15
Stolen from my friend's FB status: .if you're walking along on a downtown sidewalk and suddenly someone who was either behind you or in front of you - Andie Aug 18, 10:11 20
- I kill the bitch. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:16 1
  - Mike Vick? (nm) - musubi Aug 18, 10:18
- Arm around their shoulders, walk like the Monkees. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:15
- Speed up, I make it a race. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:14
- congo -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:13
- Slow down, I think -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:13
- I don't understand the scenario. Someone is intentionally trying to keep up with you? - musubi Aug 18, 10:13 6
  - your angles converge at the straightaway. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:15
  - it happens, they slow to let someone by, speeds change, and suddenly they are right there in a 'too close' situation. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 10:14 4
    - I honestly have never had that happen. If a person is ahead, I'm either gonna pass him or stay behind, there's no sync option. - musubi Aug 18, 10:16 3
      - never crossed the street from opposite corners and headed in the same direction, same time? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:18 2
        
        And walk perfectly in sync side by side? I've never noticed this happening. - musubi Aug 18, 10:19 1
        
        they could probably smell you coming. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:20
- I check and see if I know them. Then ... I dunno. This never happens. - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:13
- bump them into a lamppost and accelerate. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:12 4
  - *ding* -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 10:13 3
    - while this is partly in jest, using sidewalk obstacles as natural picks to delay other traffic is a practiced art. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:14 2
      - my sidewalk obstacle art style is "absurdist". What's yours? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:15
      - Yup. I do it all the time. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:15
- alone i speed up, with someone else, i slow down. (usualy.) -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 10:12
*unretires so I can talk about The Thumb� for another season* -- nm - John Madden Aug 18, 10:10
STIS: what's the best and easiest way to find out my ring size? tia -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:10 5
- Go to a jeweler and try on a sizing ring. - musubi Aug 18, 10:12
- Print this. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 18, 10:11
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  - TMI. - Krusty Aug 18, 10:17 1
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- Daily. -- nm - Callisto Aug 18, 10:15 1
  - (and if I do happen to forget, it really bugs me a lot) -- nm - Callisto Aug 18, 10:19
- I have flossed. I wouldn't say that "I floss" though./ -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:15
- I try to nightly, but I often forget, it's more like 3 or 4 times a week. - musubi Aug 18, 10:14
- I try to every day, but usually I get lazy. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 18, 10:14
- sometimes a couple times a day depending on the food. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:12
- 2X a week. But I use the water pik a couple times a week too. - Dr.Vermin Aug 18, 10:11 1
  - I want to try one of those. Does it hurt at all? - Krusty Aug 18, 10:12
- once a day -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:10 1
  - I also use those gums things too. the toothpicky things with the green on the ends -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:12
- Weekly. Should be more. Amy does nightly. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:10
- i've become obsessed with flossing lately. a couple times a day. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 10:10
- Yes, usually every day -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 10:10
- Yes and in the morning, after meals and before bed. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:10 1
  - *when I'm home* I don't carry floss with me. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:11
Forget Favre, Joe Mauer is hitting .380! - musubi Aug 18, 10:07 1
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ST Yahoo! NFL Survivor, NFL Pick 'Em, and College Pick 'Em leagues - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 18, 10:04 1
- (wrong element, I'm not interested in Salary Cap, but I can include one in future updates if someone starts one.) -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 18, 10:05
Opening next week: Vancouver Island's very first Applebees. - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:04 2
- Eating good - Spawn Aug 18, 10:05
- poor Vancouver Island. -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:05
Dream Movie: Co-directing by: Michael Bay, Roland Emmerich, And Produced By: Jerry Bruckeimer - MDH Aug 18, 10:03 13
- Someone should make a movie and just call it "Explosions" - Loyola Aug 18, 10:06 7
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  - They are. MacGruber. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:08
  - I think there was an E*Trade commercial a while back that alluded to this idea being a poor investment. How wrong they were. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:07 4
    - IPO Blow'd Up! - Dr.Vermin Aug 18, 10:09 3
      - I'll say it again, Shoot Em Up is oen of my favorite movies -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 10:12 1
        
        I thoroughly enjoyed it and I almost watched it a second time immediately after I saw it. - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:13
      - That's the one! Blow'd Up! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:11
- Shutter Island could be it for me. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:06
- And it should have Stallone, and Arnie, and Willis, and Dolph, and Jet Li, and... -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 18, 10:05 2
  - ... JCVD ... Seagal ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:06 1
    - Chuck Norris, Mel Gibson, Michael Madsen -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 10:11
- Dream Movie: Written and Directed by Simon Pegg, Ed Wright, Nick Frost ... 2nd Unit Director: Michael Bay. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:04
Heh. I'm writing a story about a place that got robbed - the address: 312 5th Ave. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:02 3
- They steal a copy of X-Men by any chance? -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:03
- I got the numbers off the front of the house *and* the street sign. Go go go! -- nm - Spawn si Aug 18, 10:03
- nice. Did they get away with any cold cash? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:03
Whoever didn't tell me about these animal house kitchen utensils is fired! - CQ Aug 18, 10:00
To the person on the phone: I've already decided I'm going to say yes, but you have to stop making your case so I can get a word in first. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 09:53 2
- *swoon* -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:54
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so ... morning coffee run was a bust, didn't see anything worth getting - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:53
I just got home. Are you serious, Minnesota? crap, another year of hearing "gunslinger" and having announcers head up his arse -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 09:46 5
- HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA -- nm - Redmond on a phone Aug 18, 10:07
- Shut up you! Hard to type with one hand. -- nm - John Madden Aug 18, 09:48 3
  - Hey, are you coming out too? - Fuzzy Aug 18, 09:50
  - "Now here's a guy who can't decide if he wants to stay home and mow the yard or get his should seperated" -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:50
  - mental brillo -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 09:50
awwwwww -- (link) - Dano Aug 18, 09:43 1
- awwwwwww -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:43
Where can I get a nice-looking door sign, with a clock graphic and moveable hands, that I can have custom-printed ("This room available at") -- nm - mara Aug 18, 09:42 4
- does your library do kids activities? make it the craft hour project! - Andie Aug 18, 10:03
- I used to see such signs at Smart & Final -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:00
- Office Depot? -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:48
- Call and ask a brothel. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:44
Scoring truthfulness in the health care debate: Republicans and opponents of reform vs Democrats and supporters of reform. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:41 3
- Facebook'd -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 18, 10:07
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  - ...which is linked directly from there -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:44
I'm really struggling to think of a top-level athlete who has damaged his brand as much as Favre without actually doing something 'wrong'. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:38 17
- Frenchy went from "The Natural" to....well, Frenchy. (nm) - musubi Aug 18, 10:03
- Zidane -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 10:03
- Tyson raped a woman. I'd say that's something wrong. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:01 4
  - Vick killed dogs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:03
  - Tyson, Vick, Kobe being examples of wrong behavior and not just boorish. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:02 1
    - I didn't get that from your post. Sorry. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:04
  - Uhm, I think Will's post contained three examples of athletes who HAVE done wrong -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:01
- shoeless joe jackson -- nm - peglegpete Aug 18, 10:00
- The Dominator, Dominique Hasek? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:53
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- Jim Brown -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 09:44
- who's the most ridiculous, moronic, state-beauty-pageant sounding athlete interview out there? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 09:42 1
  - Canseco? -- nm - mara Aug 18, 09:43
- Curt Schilling -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:40 2
  - Depends if you think a sock full of ketchup is "wrong". (nm) - musubi Aug 18, 10:01
  - this is a good answer. -- nm - Callisto Aug 18, 09:47
- Bonds! -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:39
If David Lynch and Werner Herzog got together and made a movie, what would it look like? -- (link) - Dano Aug 18, 09:38 [youtube] 3
- My off the top of the head dreamteam is Tony Gilroy + Michael Mann + Thierry Arbogast + John Powell -- nm - Max Aug 18, 09:45 2
  - + Sam Rockwell, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsley, Terrence Stamp, Viggo. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 09:56
  - The trailer looks good and not *too* weird. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 09:47
Jon Stewart on Obama's health care messaging. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:35 20
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  - If the election was today and the public option was out, he'd lose my vote and anyone that didn't support the option would lose my vote. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:06
  - c) at this point in time if Nov 2012 were tomorrow I'd throw my vote away and go green or other. - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:47 16
    - Like, imagine if the GOP went nuts and nominated Palin. - Reagen Aug 18, 09:50 13
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        My Rep. and two Senators are all relatively liberal and support a true public option so, among other reasons, I'd be inclined to vote for them. - Don Homer Aug 18, 09:54 1
        
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        this is why I'm glad New York has so many political parties. - znufrii Aug 18, 09:53 9
        
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        you intentionally misinterpret my post to make some sort of point about my supposed lack of integrity? (Why am I even asking this, or surprised?) - znufrii Aug 18, 09:57 7
        
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        That was how it read. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:00 5
        
        perhaps - znufrii Aug 18, 10:02
        
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        and if you ever needed proof to refute your contentnion that I use a thesaurus, there you go. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 10:04 2
        
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        Or maybe she does, and has just kept it a secret from me all this time. - znufrii Aug 18, 10:18
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    - I do this anyway, generally speaking, not that it ever matters here. - znufrii Aug 18, 09:48 1
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mel -- (link) - zork Aug 18, 09:31 [Backboard]
50 followers dance! Wooo! -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 09:28
LIR - why yes Jack I do. - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:27 1
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so is Favre is Feeling Minnesota eh? (cranks up the Soundgarden) -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:26 4
- But is he looking California? - Brian Aug 18, 09:31 3
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  - Can't we just give him Cameron Diaz and call it a day? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:32 1
    - I don't think he's done anything quite bad enough to deserve *that*. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:36
Chip-a-top-a-lee! -- nm - Spawn SI Aug 18, 09:26 3
- bah - it's the devil's sauce -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:27 2
  - JR's BBQ has some damn good stuff.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 09:28 1
    - Chipotle Ketchup - can I stick with Jalapeno flavored instead? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:32
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- Do flowers bloom in his stead? -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:34
- He's just sleazy. -- nm - Inigo Aug 18, 09:29 1
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- Do you Twitter by chance? -- nm - Mel si # 7 Aug 18, 09:26
- He's eating a hamburger. Wait, yes, yes. We can confirm that he just used ketchup. (nm) - Callisto Aug 18, 09:26
- Are the cable channels stalking him? They must be so torn... Health care... hurricane... Favre! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 18, 09:24

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