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Teenager invents solar panel that runs on human hair -- (link) - oblique Sep 9, 07:00 2
- Facebook'd! -- nm - nubby Sep 9, 07:01
- Barbers rejoice! -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 07:00
"Today I took a Facebook "What Lives Under Your Bed?" I expected to get a ghost. I got Lady Gaga. I am afraid to go to sleep now. MLIA" -- nm - MDH Sep 9, 06:52
"Here's a strawberry, sorry for farting near you...Hey! Either take the strawberry and stop bitching, or no strawberry, that's the deal." -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 06:48
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- Can't got, sorry. -- nm - lileve Sep 9, 07:12 1
  - got=go -- nm - lileve Sep 9, 07:12
- You need to have a 'Hey! I'm not getting married, but I just bought a new place and need stuff' party - decline Sep 9, 06:53 2
  - in other words, a housewarming party? -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 06:57
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- Here's what you do...send a card with some cash in it with your regrets. - Jim Sep 9, 06:53
- We have to figure out the bus situation for Kylie soon - MDH Sep 9, 06:49 2
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    - Bethesda is essentially where I live in MD - MDH Sep 9, 07:06
- if a wedding is in town, i buy a much more expensive gift. if i have to fly and pay for a hotel, the gift gets much less pricey. - Andie Sep 9, 06:47 7
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  - When younger, there was more than a few weddings where my presence was the present for that very reason. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 9, 06:52 5
    - yeah, I don't think anyone expects pricey gifts from young people. Manhattan attorneys, OTOH, should shell out. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:55 4
      - Beehive, beehive, beehive. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 06:59 3
        
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        Just to be clear, I'm genuinely trying to help. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 07:03 1
        
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- "Sorry I cannot attend" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 9, 06:46
my new car: -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Sep 9, 06:39 3
- Oh, shiney. Can't wait to see it on Top Gear. -- nm - LMS Sep 9, 06:53
- When did you become rich? -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:47 1
  - i'm a billionaire IRL - Danedukenuuk Sep 9, 06:58
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- Rambo 4 was a great action flick, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 06:39
- Oooooooh! Rambo vs Predator! How cool would that be??? - Jim Sep 9, 06:22 1
  - it would certainly be a highly optimistic movie - Danedukenuuk Sep 9, 06:32
LYC: I think it's one of those days, I'm listening to Imogen Heap - MDH Sep 9, 06:19
New 2D Sonic game coming in 2010 in HD. -- (link) - Inigo Sep 9, 06:17
Members of Papa Roach, Chevelle, POD, Rock Star Supernova form (the opposite of ) Supergroup - MDH Sep 9, 06:08 2
- I am intrigued - Rossi had some decent vocals. POD ended cause they sucked. hard. - Epiphany Sep 9, 06:21 1
  - and Rossi has a wife?? could have knocked me over with that info - Epiphany Sep 9, 06:39
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- Uh-oh. Is something going around? I woke up with a scratchy throat. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 06:38 2
  - that was my frist symptom of swine flu. congrats! -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:54 1
    - Dano tried for Swine Flu the 1st time - appears he's going back in. - Epiphany Sep 9, 06:55
- Typhoid ML! - Epiphany Sep 9, 06:22
Kelly - you might want to book your flight to London - Clive Owen is being interviewing at the London Film Festival next month. -- (link) - LMS Sep 9, 05:45
Seeing that mayonaise is a topic of discussion here, I present George Dawes Mayonaise song. -- (link) - LMS Sep 9, 05:00 [youtube]
High School coach takes team to his church (in another county) to be baptized. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 04:59 74
- Here's another article with more info. The superintendent blames the boy for not telling the parents. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:34 2
  - Adds the superintendent to the list of people being sued personally -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 06:36 1
    - "she was prepared to drop the matter until she found out that [the superintendent] attended the service" -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:48
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  - This kind of thing could be a positive if done right. Organize the team baptism thing. - Jim Sep 9, 06:21 17
    - I honestly could not see this being done right unless it is a private religious school. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:52
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      - Bah...that doesn't bother me. The whole separation isn't such a huge deal to me, if it's done right. - Jim Sep 9, 06:30 14
        
        I disagree. Being part of a peer group is a strong motivator. If the school starts advocating the expression of religion then you'll get peer pressure - TWuG Sep 9, 06:34 10
        
        Yes, this is exactly why religion is kept out of public schools. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:52
        
        You disagree that this isn't a huge deal to me? -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:40 8
        
        I disagree that "you'll find most people are like that". Even if they are, that doesn't make it right. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:45 7
        
        I completely agree. if it were about what "most" people wanted we'd have prayer in public schools in many parts of the country. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:53 4
        
        Christianity would also likely be the"official" religion of the US. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 9, 06:59 3
        
        Not so much. As a Christian, I don't see any reason that the United States should have anything but a freedom *of* religion stance - oblique Sep 9, 07:02
        
        Which version? -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 07:01 1
        
        It's all Martin Luther's fault! -- nm - Pope Benedict XVI Sep 9, 07:08
        
        Ah...I'm so glad you're here to let me know that I what I think is ok is, in fact, not ok. What would I do without you? -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:49 1
        
        You are allowed to think it's OK. You are wrong that it is ok *in this case*, but you're allowed to think otherwise. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:55
        
        With "8 or 9" players being baptized, I sure hope that wasn't the entire team. They won't win a single game with 9 men on the field. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:32 2
        
        "God will provide!" - nubby Sep 9, 06:39 1
        
        Now if they have a talented golden retriever at WR then they might stand a chance. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:44
- I think the parents are overreacting just a little bit here. -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 06:06 51
  - The lines "probably 'did it because the team was doing it'" and "he may have felt some pressure" don't exactly scream "we've talked this through with our son". -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:30 8
    - which is exactly why I think they're overreacting. - znufrii Sep 9, 06:38 7
      - This just in...the time for discussing this type of thing is BEFORE it happens...not after. - Jim Sep 9, 06:45 2
        
        The superintendent admits there are no permission slips. She only does that for �7 or 8 or 9� year olds. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:50 1
        
        Well...maybe kids mature faster in Kentucky and they are considered adults at 10. -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:51
      - You have a... unique.. way of viewing this. It is absolutely proper to file a lawsuit in this case. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:42 1
        
        totally agreed. I'd sue. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:58
      - Yeah, I'm getting more of a "our kid did something we don't approve of" vibe here -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:40
      - It's NOT the coach's or the school's place to give the kid a choice about religion. Period. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:39
  - Overreacting? You apparently don't understand the significance of Baptism. I'd be livid. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:19 12
    - absolutely, and I say this as someone who spent 16 years in Catholic school. No WAY this should be done as a team. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 06:56
    - At 16 though it's entirely possible the kid did make his own choice and the parents just don't like it. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:33 8
      - At 16 it isn't the kid's choice to make without parental permission. ESPECIALLY not through a PUBLIC school. -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 06:35 7
        
        The public school thing aside, I don't think the parents get a veto on whether a 16 year-old can be baptized. - Ender Sep 9, 06:39 6
        
        The law disagrees with you. And you'd be a lousy pastor if you didn't bother to consult with the parents. -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 06:47 3
        
        There's a law against underage baptism? Really? -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 06:49 2
        
        The law puts the power in the hands of the parents, not the 16 year old.It is not the 16 yo's decision to make and if the parents complain, the law - TWuG Sep 9, 06:59 1
        
        What law? There is no law regulating baptism. It's not a legal contract. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:07
        
        The pastor at the churc says he requires minors to have permission. But he went with �Sometimes 16 year olds look like 18 years. - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:42 1
        
        "She said she was 18, I swear!" -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 06:43
    - and not too long ago, I would probably agree with you. - znufrii Sep 9, 06:21 1
      - The message here is about overriding personal and parental authority. It isn't about the Baptism so much as it's about the Coach assuming - TWuG Sep 9, 06:28
  - Really? You would allow someone to baptize your kids without your knowledge? -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:11 28
    - would I be annoyed? sure. but in the end, it's just a few drop of water to a non-believer, no need to make it out as anything more than it is. -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 06:13 27
      - In the end, it's taking a minor out of the county on a field trip that I neither knew about nor approved. No fucking way... - Jim Sep 9, 06:17 2
        
        That's a very good point. - znufrii Sep 9, 06:19 1
        
        Who are you and what have you done with znufrii? - Inigo Sep 9, 06:26
      - It's an attempt to doctrinate someone else's child in a belief the parents don't have. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:15 23
        
        sure, and it would lead to a long talk with my kid about what it meant to him, etc., and an angry call to the coach, perhaps. - znufrii Sep 9, 06:17 22
        
        What makes this any different than hazing? nm -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:20 20
        
        For starters, less than half the team attended in the first place, and less than half those who attended voluntarily came forward to be baptized. - Ender Sep 9, 06:45 19
        
        It amazes me that you are okay with subterfuge as a way of promoting religion. Parents were NOT consulted. End of story. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:50 18
        
        Exactly. If a coach had taken a kid to church IN the county, no baptism, parents should be livid. And he went so much further. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:04
        
        It was a Baptism, so it's ok. If it had been a Muslin practice, he'd be all up in arms - BB Sep 9, 06:59 6
        
        Fuck you. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:05 5
        
        Clever response. -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:07 4
        
        What did you expect? You put words in my mouth and intimated that I'm a hypocrite and a bigot. That doesn't call for a well reasoned 3 paragraph response. I stand by it. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:08 3
        
        Good for you. - BB Sep 9, 07:09 2
        
        I repeat, fuck you. You clearly don't know me or what I think and I won't dignify your ill-informed vitriol with an actual response. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:14 1
        
        You know the board rolled, right? -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:16
        
        I don't think the subterfuge was on the coach's part. - Ender Sep 9, 06:57 9
        
        However, the coach clearly didn't verify with parents it was ok. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:06
        
        Which does nothing to change the fact that the service was out of line in the first place and the coach and superintendent had NO business organizing - TWuG Sep 9, 07:05 7
        
        That's why it wasn't an organized, school sanctioned activity. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:09 6
        
        The superintendent was there. The coach used a school bus. - Pope Benedict XVI Sep 9, 07:16 1
        
        SFAN! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:16
        
        it was done as a team, organized by the coach. School organization, school authority. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:14 3
        
        It wasn't done "as a team", over half the team decided not to go. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:18 2
        
        20 players went. That's pretty much a team to me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:19 1
        
        Then your team's gonna get it's ass handed to them by a real team. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:26
        
        The coach took the kids to a non-school function without the parents permission. - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:19
Richard Curtis to write an episode of Doctor Who. -- (link) - LMS Sep 9, 04:54 1
- Doctor Who episode to feature beautiful American and quirky English stereotypes -- nm - Roger More Sep 9, 05:43
Qale, FF13 is for Xbox 360 also! -- nm - lileve Sep 9, 04:39 1
- Outside of Japan. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 05:33
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 03:30 2
- AAAHHHHH!!!!! -- nm - lileve Sep 9, 04:38
- Beat you by 90 minutes -- and remind me... - OAE Sep 9, 04:00
4 women in lover's gluing must stand trial (actually this has nothing to do with ST in vegas but it oughta) - zeitgeist Sep 9, 01:14 7
- I love that the one who tied him and glued him (because of his cheating ways) was cheating on her husband. The logic there is simply grand. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 05:55 1
  - Sounds to me like he needs to tie her down and super glue her boobs together. -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:18
- "The rest came in and the hurting trip began," -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 05:49
- Ah...so they're using the ole "he was scumbag, so he deserved it" defense. -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 05:47
- "All the women except the man's wife glared at him during his nearly 90 minutes of testimony." -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 04:51
- "He realized the "fun had stopped" after his wife and the other women entered the room." - CrankYanker Sep 9, 04:45 1
  - the man "testified in shackles because he is jailed in an unrelated case on theft and child abuse charges." -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 04:53
Big Brother update...part 1 HOH winner inside - peglegpete Sep 9, 00:18
Foldy the laundry-folding robot -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 8, 23:04 5
- But can it handle a fitted sheet? That's the real test. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 05:33
- Until it can pull everything out of the dryer, fold it and then put it away, not worth it -- nm - amoxy Sep 8, 23:47 1
  - Foldy's calculations indicate you are not worth it, human. *grabs you with its claws, because robots are strong* -- nm - Foldy Sep 8, 23:50
- It's like a proto-Bender. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 23:17
- until it becomes sentient and then is Foldy The Human-Body Folding Robot -- nm - farmer ted Sep 8, 23:16
so ... LIR ... Zeitgeist thinks Pixie's a Pimp? -- nm - JenBro Sep 8, 23:03 3
- pimp hat, pimp lair, pimp walk ... - Beryllium Sep 8, 23:04 2
  - maybe he does have those glass platform shoes with the gold fish in the heels though? -- nm - JenBro Sep 8, 23:06 1
    - here -- (link) - JenBro Sep 8, 23:09
Hurricane Fred sounds kinda friendly. -- nm - Tim Sep 8, 22:47 3
- he is. it's his wife Ethel you have to look out for :) -- nm - peglegpete Sep 8, 22:49
- Bill and Fred should go for a beer at the water buffalo club -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:48 1
  - That's it. I'm cutting you off. Bed time. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 22:49
"Annie Leibovitz risks losing the copyright to her images � and her entire life's work � if she doesn't pay back a $24 million loan due Tuesday." -- (link) - Mop Sep 8, 22:36 4
- they'll restructure the debt same way Trump does every time the notes on his properties come due - farmer ted Sep 8, 22:37 2
  - She'll get a backer the way Michael Jackson did when his loans were due. Then she'll fake her death. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 22:39 1
    - I dunno, she'd have to be really convincing. Like ... live photo-blog it to flickr. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:40
- this is why payday loans are a *scam*. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:37
i'm going to buy max's street and kick his little hinder out into the poorhouse -- nm - farmer ted Sep 8, 22:35 2
- I'll help you. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 8, 22:37 1
  - *forecloses on the Max Hotel* -- nm - farmer ted Sep 8, 22:38
Sales continue to trickle in without too much current advertising. I just sold my 75th copy of either Freakshow or Later, Skater. - Qale Sep 8, 22:29
Roethlisberger Rape Accuser Offers to Drop Suit if He Admits, Apologizes -- (link) - Mop Sep 8, 22:28 7
- sounds eminently fair to me -- nm - farmer ted Sep 8, 22:31 6
  - Isn't this how Mystic River ended? -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 22:32 5
    - For those who haven't see the movie, Roethlisberger refuses to admit anything and then goes for a swim with fairies. - Mop Sep 8, 22:38 4
      - Mystic River was a terrible movie. I'd put it on the same list of "movies I hate" as NCFOM and Gigli. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:53 3
        
        Jesus ... you've really gone over the edge this time ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 8, 23:12
        
        Bartender! -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 22:54 1
        
        Just one more, then I'll go ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:57
West Coast Roll off to bed -- nm - Redmond Sep 8, 22:27 2
- I prefer to roll *onto* bed -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 22:27 1
  - I prefer roll into me. -- nm - Del Amitri Sep 8, 22:31

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