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wha? They're are uncircumcised people who were born in the US. - ty97 Aug 24, 12:48 14
- This has always puzzled me. Isn't circumcision a Jewish thing? -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 12:50 12
  - AFAIK, it is religious/cultural to Jewish people. But it's not limited to Jewish people. - ty97 Aug 24, 12:53 1
    - not common in Europe, fwiw. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:54
  - *looks down* - Stephen Aug 24, 12:52
  - I believe that it is Jewish men are circumsized, but not all circumsized men are jewish -- nm - MDH Aug 24, 12:50
  - for a long time it was routine in the US for all males. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:50 6
    - We're straddling right up to the TMI line. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:52 2
      - Mop already told us about you Canadians. -- nm - ty97 Aug 24, 12:53
      - of all the stuff posted, you pick on me. ;P -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:52
    - canada, too, as I understand. But that started to change before I was born. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:51
    - ...and it's very likely the CDC will recommend it across the board very soon. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:51 1
      - *shakes head* - znufrii Aug 24, 12:53
  - No. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:50
- ? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:49
Brutal "Texting While Driving" PSA (NSFW) -- (link) - Dano Aug 24, 12:41 [youtube] 3
- This is so last veek -Bruno :-p - MDH Aug 24, 12:46
- this has been gonig around for a few days. it's brutal. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:46
- Fuck. Warning: kids involved. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:46
just for st, I will try to remember to call crash this evening. - tRuMaN from a cellphone Aug 24, 12:41 3
- I'm almost positive we mentioned this Saturday evening during Halo. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 12:46 2
  - I did not play on saturday evening, but didn't crash drop in on friday evening to say something about it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:47 1
    - His head is not in the game (for good reasons). - Spawn Aug 24, 12:49
I have been able to check nearly everything off of my "To Do List" for today. Except one. - Spawn Aug 24, 12:41 4
- Invade Russia naked. -- nm - Loyola Aug 24, 12:43 2
  - *check!* -- nm - Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase Aug 24, 12:45 1
    - Heh, Invade Russia naked while singing Jailhouse Rock. -- nm - Loyola Aug 24, 12:47
- ruin it? -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:41
Bah, a stitch popped loose and is handing down from my upper jaw - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:39 4
- pull it! -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 12:40
- hanging, that is -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:39 2
  - if you're going to pull it out, cut it as clse to the skin as you can. - loosilu Aug 24, 12:40 1
    - no, I am not going to pull it out. They are dissolvable; it should dissolve, dammit! :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:43
ST Poll: has your name (any part thereof) been used in a musical song? 2nd part: do people sing that song to you on occasion? -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:36 24
- Yes - but very few people remember it any more.... - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 12:50
- No. Thank God, this would suck. -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 12:45
- I used to work on the docks. -- nm - ty97 Aug 24, 12:45
- I swear, I never understood the Irish fighting mentality till the 1000th time someone serenaded me with ~Oh Danny Boy~ - Will Hunting Aug 24, 12:44
- grrr.... Sorta. -- nm - kelly Aug 24, 12:44 1
  - you want to punch woody harrelson, don't you? -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 24, 12:52
- "What's it called?" "Susie." "Wow, a song named after a girl. There aren't a million of those already." "Name twenty." - Max Aug 24, 12:40 4
  - spoiler. - loosilu Aug 24, 12:41 3
    - "She messed around with a bloke named smokie" is a dude? -- nm - Max Aug 24, 12:46 2
      - damn, I must be thinking of another song entirely. how embarrassing. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:47 1
        
        mac the knife? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:50
- my 1st name yes - thank god I changed it and go by my former middle name - Stupid F'ing Beach Boys - Epiphany Aug 24, 12:38 3
  - Your first name is Rhonda? -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 12:40 2
    - no, cocomo. -- nm - tRuMaN from a cellphone Aug 24, 12:44 1
      - LOL!! nmb Tru what bothers me about Leverage - Epiphany Aug 24, 12:52
- yes and yes -- nm - decline Aug 24, 12:38
- Not that I know of, but that doesn't prevent people from singing or referring to "Marian the Librarian." (It's actually a difficult song to sing.) -- nm - mara Aug 24, 12:37
- */ Top marks for not tryin' /* - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 24, 12:37
- not that I'm aware of. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:37 2
  - "It's a shame about Ray" -- nm - Lemonheads Aug 24, 12:37 1
    - ~That's not my name~ -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:38
- yes, yes. (all. the. time.) -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:37
- No (so no to the second part as well) -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:36 1
  - Lol -- nm - Loyola Aug 24, 12:37
The Miami Dolphins have traded offensive linemen Andy Alleman(notes) and Ikechuku Ndukwe(notes) to the Kansas City Chiefs for an undisclosed 2010 pick - David Aug 24, 12:33 3
- he's a bit undersized, but his ability to shoot ball lightning from his tail will come in handy. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:35 2
  - Geek. (nm) - musubi Aug 24, 12:43 1
    - aaaaaah-chu. - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:45
Netflix new release Top of the Queue recommendations: Goodbye Solo; Rudo y Cursi; Invisible Girlfriend - Dano Aug 24, 12:29
Speaking of Chinese food, I had a weird experience checking out the place down the street from my new apartment - znufrii Aug 24, 12:28 8
- I got dinner from the crappy chinese restaurant near me last night and was once again reminded why it's the "crappy" place. - Ender Aug 24, 12:41 2
  - I think their problem is that they've been around for 30 years. When they started nobody in Ohio knew what good Chinese tasted like. -- nm - Ender Aug 24, 12:44
  - they lace it with nicotine to make it addictive -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:42
- In case you needed to save some for vampires. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:29 4
  - *Tries to imagine a vampire running an Italian restaurant* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:31 3
    - Better than a funeral home. - Spawn Aug 24, 12:32
    - you want marinara on dat? nm -- nm - Zombie Marlon Brando Aug 24, 12:32 1
      - well, I mean that the vampire would practically have to be in a HAZMAT suit, with all the garlic they use -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:33
Posit: The second biggest difference between Mexican food and America's version of Mexican food is the lack of cheese - con_carne Aug 24, 12:22 23
- I hate how so many restaurants warn you that something is "spicy" or "very hot" and it almost never is. - Don Homer Aug 24, 12:23 22
  - Better than the reverse. That is *brutal*. - musubi Aug 24, 12:29
  - They have to account for the people that think bell peppers are spicy. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:25
  - that's when a bottle of sriracha comes in handy. - znufrii Aug 24, 12:24 18
    - I used to go to a wicked little indian place that did this. first time I went, I figured I liked things pretty hot, but it seemed pretty authentic - mafic Aug 24, 12:28
    - piri piri is the perfect balance of heat and flavour. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:26
    - every go to an Indian restaurant in the UK and order something spicy? holy bejeebus. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:25 15
      - I try not to eat at Indian restaurants ever since I worked on a project based in India. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 12:28 1
        
        I've had the other way around before - znufrii Aug 24, 12:29
      - no, but it's on my list. - znufrii Aug 24, 12:26 12
        
        Indian restaurants in the US are nothing ... go to Brick Lane. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:27 11
        
        Noodlebox, a BC southeast asian noodle bar, has a very wide range of spicy flavours ... - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:30 10
        
        My twin says at his work they bring homegrown chili peppers and try to out-chili each other by simply eating them - con_carne Aug 24, 12:35 2
        
        I once bit a serrano pepper on a dare, and my lip swelled up. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:36 1
        
        Whoa -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 12:38
        
        isn't there an recent or upcoming episode of Man v. Food (or similar type show) where they do this? - znufrii Aug 24, 12:31 3
        
        I'm thinking of the latest episode, and it's 10 spicy tuna rolls, in escalating order of heat. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 24, 12:35
        
        I know they measured food hotness on both Good Eats and Food Detectives. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:32 1
        
        "And the hottest food, based on our refined algorithm, is ... ice cubes." -- nm - Charlie Sheen hosting Food Detectives Aug 24, 12:36
        
        whenever I order "hot" from them, they always ask if I've had it before. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 12:31 1
        
        ... and then they give you "medium" anyway -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 12:31
        
        the hottest thing I ever ate was a green enchilada in Santa Fe. I thought my palate melted. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:30
  - you clearly are not familiar with my dad's scale of spiciness. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:24
So you're on an elevator, not really paying attention, the doors open, you get off, someone is getting on, and then you realize it's not your floor. - Stephen Aug 24, 12:22 9
- Usually A, but I've done B at times. (nm) - musubi Aug 24, 12:30
- C. I scream out, "What the hell!!!" and jump back on, screaming for them to close the doors. - Spawn Aug 24, 12:27
- Everyday. Sometimes several times a day. I usually joke about how I do it every day as well. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:26
- If the doors are over halfway closed by the time I realise it, I'll take the stairs. -- nm - Loyola Aug 24, 12:26
- a -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 12:26
- a -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:25 1
  - maybe b depending on who is on the elvator -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:26
- a -- nm - Don Homer Aug 24, 12:24
- I approve of the anti-Mondayness of this post. Me, I've done B more often than I care to admit -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 12:24
Inglourious Basterds is your latest 2009 movie to make the IMDB Top 250 -- (link) - MDH Aug 24, 12:21 1
- Dying to see this. -- nm - Loyola Aug 24, 12:23
The birthers go plaid. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 12:21 19
- Wait, who claims to know this about him? -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 24, 12:29 3
  - You mean who is this Sinclair person? I wondered that too. -- nm - mara Aug 24, 12:33 2
    - Google to the rescue -- (link) - mara Aug 24, 12:34 1
      - Oh right, I remember this guy. So this is like a double rumour. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:35
- yes, that would prove everything. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 12:25 5
  - The amazing thing about this is that even if he *weren't* actually born in the U.S., his mother was a citizen and had lived there. - Don Homer Aug 24, 12:28 4
    - Even legal opinions vary on that, but my impression is that the consensus is yes. -- (link) - mara Aug 24, 12:32 1
      - surprised they haven't started defacing that explanation yet... -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:35
    - There's a fallback argument they use on that, about some regulation based on number of years lived in the country over the age of 18. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:32
    - I almost feel like going to some of these sites where this crap goes on and posting that over, and over, and over, and over - Stephen Aug 24, 12:30
- cut and paste? hate to give the site hits. -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:25 2
  - this site's fine actually, they're commenting on the madness of Free Republic. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:27
  - hee hee. "cut" -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:26
- Please make it stop. -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 12:24
- oh. my. (By the way, the first point about "not being consulted" either means that was a terrible hospital or the person was a moron.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 24, 12:23
- my eyes are dirty now. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 12:22
- they hadn't already? -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 12:22 2
  - They added a diagonal stripe. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:22 1
    - *eyes start to bleed* -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 12:23
my left hand is alternating between providing support for my chin and lifting a cup of coffee to my lips. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 12:18 2
- shirt elbow blowout! {nm} - Banzai! Aug 24, 12:23 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:27
From the BBs: I like Gladwells books in general, but I thought Outliers was his best. (nm) - musubi Aug 24, 12:16 2
- have you listened to him on the podcasts with The Sports Guy? -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:17 1
  - I'm not a big fan of Simmons, so no. - musubi Aug 24, 12:20
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- For fear of incriminating yourself? Good thinking. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:17
Anyone use the Draft Dominator software? Is it any good? -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 12:16
That's right Francona, I called you a dumba$$. (nm) - Tony LaRussa Aug 24, 12:16 8
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  - That's what I love about it. Carpenter, Duncan and LaRussa all basically call out the Sox org as dumba$$es. (nm) - musubi Aug 24, 12:18 6
    - From the MLB.com article... - David Aug 24, 12:22 5
      - it may be true (I have strong doubts), but it's still incredibly insulting to the Sox. - musubi Aug 24, 12:27 4
        
        I'll be curious to see if he's right. More than anything, what jumped out at me yesterday was that Smoltz had much more movement. -- nm - David Aug 24, 12:28 3
        
        I'm waiting to see someone break down the pitchFX for his start. - musubi Aug 24, 12:31 2
        
        It's hard to write off 7 straight strikeouts as caused by the competition. -- nm - David Aug 24, 12:35 1
        
        Really? I think you *have* to attribute something like consecutive strikeouts to competition. - musubi Aug 24, 12:40
AL-PHA-BE-LI-TI-CO!!! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 24, 12:15 5
- I wonder what other order they could be in. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 12:19 4
  - I think she was afraid they'd be in alphabetical order by the Spanish word, not the English word. - mara Aug 24, 12:35
  - "Beginner", "Intermediate", and "Expert". -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:28
  - By length. Duh. (nm) - musubi Aug 24, 12:21
  - iceboat phalli. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 12:21
start the draft? -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 12:14
I don't know where my left hand had been! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 12:14 4
- "Statistically speaking, the most bacteria-ridden place on the planet is the mouth of an American woman! And you're gonna let that near your penis?!" -- nm - Cartman Aug 24, 12:17 3
  - Semen is a great antiseptic. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 12:20 2
    - that seems counterproductive. - loosilu Aug 24, 12:20 1
      - Not entirely a joke: "while semen contains defensins and zinc to kill pathogens." -- (link) - TWuG Aug 24, 12:22

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