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This better be an important meeting, if they need to take the coffee pots from the pantry - znufrii Sep 11, 11:54
If you are a Miami of Ohio fan and you'd like to make a bet with me, now is the time to do it. -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 11:48
Any hockey people around? Who to keep: Sam Gagne with the Oilers or Fabian Brunnstrom with the Stars? -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 11:47 2
- argh... you need an "r" up there. Gagner has competition with Comrie signing. id go with Brunnstrom, i guess -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:53
- Samwise, but I'm admittedly kind of biased. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 11:48
"According to The Economist, revenues in the $6 billion a year adult entertainment industry have dropped by 30%-50%, with some producers claiming that - Hotkiss Sep 11, 11:44 5
- bootlegged porn on the internet is killing the business -- nm - farmer ted Sep 11, 11:50 4
  - amateur/free porn is doing most of the job of killing it. -- nm - decline Sep 11, 11:53
  - So is free porn, for that matter. 3% of the world's population are exhibitionists. It's hard to compete with that. -- nm - David Sep 11, 11:52
  - Metallica needs to step in. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:51 1
    - Metallica porn would definitely drive me back to the pay stuff -- nm - farmer ted Sep 11, 11:54
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- Common as dirt. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 11:47
- uh, i use that often -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:47 1
  - then it obviously must be wrong. :) -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:47
- I think you'd be appaled if you ever had to take a business trip to California. -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 11:45 2
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    - In this case, ignore the nice shiv I posted below. :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 11:49
- depends on the business relationship at hand. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:43
- "Sweet" = okay. "Sweet tits" = maybe not. -- nm - Mel.Vermin Sep 11, 11:43
- Depends on a number of things, including whether there's a difference in rank between the two people. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 11:43 3
  - And whether you are a stuffy Manhattan tax attorney - con_carne Sep 11, 11:49 1
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  - word -- nm - General Spawn Sep 11, 11:43
- Nah -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 11:41
- it's the sweety sweetness right there -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:41
hey, in the ST pro football pick 'em. Is it against the spread? -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:38
~we want prenup, we want prenup!~ -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:37
Here's a comment from SI that supports what we've been saying today. - David Sep 11, 11:37 15
- So you're saying that Ben took Ward to the top of the Eiffel Tower... -- nm - BB Sep 11, 11:40
- I still don't buy it yet. They both had 8-9 catches and 100+ yards. - TFox Sep 11, 11:40 4
  - I'll be very surprised if Ward has better stats if they both play the whole year. - David Sep 11, 11:42 3
    - Ward is the epitome of consistency, but he has to start falling off at some point -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:46
    - We'll have to see, but there is a track record of consistent looks and production from Ben to Hines that isn't there with Santonio. - TFox Sep 11, 11:43
    - true, but I think that ward is the better route runner - tRuMaN Sep 11, 11:42
- *pats his Santonio Holmes* I had Gage on the bench -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:39
- And exactly what I was thinking when I picked him #1 in BF. Super Bowl was his coming out party. - Jim Sep 11, 11:38 7
  - I still think Steve Smith was the play there, if you were set on WR. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 11, 12:03
  - Hines has always been the short yard, across the middle receiving threat. Last season the long threat was Holmes and Washington. - Fuzzy Sep 11, 11:43
  - well, if the Steelers can't rush for crap all year long, I'm happy I kept Heath Miller -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 11:39 4
    - He has some upside in that when the Steelers can't pass protect (which is often), he slips out of protection to get dump passes. -- nm - David Sep 11, 11:40 3
      - i'm just not sure the steelers can continue to be a superbowl team with no run game. - tRuMaN Sep 11, 11:42 2
        
        It's troubling how weak their line is. They gave up four sacks and two more would have occurred against almost any other QB. - David Sep 11, 11:49
        
        They looked bad last night, but the Titans are still the Titans. FWP wasn't going bananas last night regardless. -- nm - TFox Sep 11, 11:45
It just hit me. Where the Eiffel Tower guy goes from, humorous/out of the ordinary to careless... - Jim Sep 11, 11:34 9
- He should've gotten ketchup and relish on his hot dog, too. - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:40 2
  - This is where I call shenanigans on the story. A hot dog stand in Paris? -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 12:07
  - word. im certain the marriage was a disastrous failure based on this limited information -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:48
- Forget Paris. I say we make Crenshaw and MLK in South LA the proposal capital. There's a Krispy Kreme and plenty of hookers in case she says no. - con_carne Sep 11, 11:39 1
  - Forget Paris? - Debra Winger Sep 11, 11:41
- Yes. Like I said, no one's saying the dude has to propose at the top of the Tower. Just don't fuck around with her emotions like that. - Reagen Sep 11, 11:36 1
  - Fact: my stepdad proposed to my mom in a food court, in front of a joint called "Flamers". - TFox Sep 11, 11:37
- The tyin the shoe was a horrible way to tease her. He should have just walked around with her then to the dog stand. -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:36
- Yeah, you just don't fake someone out in that location/manner. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 11:35
It took me many years to break my hubby of buying me kitchen appliances for Christmas/birthdays, so then what does he ask for?? - MojaveMeg Sep 11, 11:34 16
- I got the wife a fishing pole one year. It's my favorite, hee -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:40
- on a more serious note Meg, at our house she doesn't want gifts like that but I do - so I see where he was coming from :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 11:38 1
  - Oh, I know. He loved his mixer....and his bread machine :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 11, 11:50
- I am probably one of the few people that wouldn't mind appliances for my birthday/Christmas. :) -- nm - kelly Sep 11, 11:37 4
  - *** Someone needs to pay particular attention to this post. **** - BB Sep 11, 11:44 3
    - Do you think he doesn't already know this? -- nm - kelly Sep 11, 11:50 2
      - Did he find out from experience? - BB Sep 11, 11:53 1
        
        Kinda sorta. - kelly Sep 11, 11:56
- Oh, I made that mistake once. Never again. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 11, 11:37
- one year, I'd like to give Trish a bowling ball pre-drilled for my hand - crash davis Sep 11, 11:35 6
  - Simpsons did it! -- nm - Dougie Sep 11, 11:36 2
    - thats where I got the idea -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 11:37
    - "Simpson's did this chart?" -- nm - BB Sep 11, 11:37
  - Yeah...and in that situation...giving her something to bludgeon you with is just dum. -- nm - Jim Sep 11, 11:36 2
    - But see, it was predrilled for *his* hand. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:49
    - *nods* -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 11, 11:37
LIR -- My defense of Guy -- (link) - Fuzzy Sep 11, 11:31 [Backboard] 5
- the smirking while she is crying is the kicker -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 11:33 2
  - except, of course, that's not what happened, accord to the original post. - znufrii Sep 11, 11:50 1
    - brownie points to znu for reading carefully -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:58
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  - Exactly. In my anniversary/birthday story, I thought my approach was clever but it could have completely blown up in my face. Thankfully not. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 11, 11:35
st poll: Lets say the night before you get married, you are given the ability to "see" your future. would you? and if yes, would it impact - tRuMaN Sep 11, 11:29 15
- Yes. And depends what the future is. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 11:33
- no and no -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:33
- I don't think so. I'm an altogether different person than I was when I got married. - JaxSean Sep 11, 11:33
- No. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 11, 11:32
- No I guess, I want to create my own future not have what might happen mold it. -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:31 4
  - I doubt you would see every detail. Just know how it turns out. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:32 3
    - Ahh that's easy. Death or divorce. -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:33 2
      - not true, it could be decades of sadness, sickness, etc. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 11, 11:43 1
        
        which result in either death or divorce. -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:48
- H-E-I-S-E-N-B-U-R-G spells "No" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:31
- no. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:31
- i would prefer not to, but it would sure be hard to turn down magic. - TFox Sep 11, 11:31
- Sure and no. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:30
- Well, of course. And it would depend on what I saw, natch. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:30
- Don't get all Time Traveler's Wife on us -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 11, 11:30
There is an opportunity to go mountain climbing and camping next weekend but I have a wedding to go to. Why is the world so inconvenient? - Hotkiss Sep 11, 11:28 12
- The wedding is the perfect excuse to get out of camping. - Spawn Sep 11, 11:31 4
  - I don't get camping. Isn't "so we don't have to sleep outside" the reason we buy houses or rent apartments? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 11:33 3
    - you two are so full of wrong that it is funny -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 11:34 2
      - Really? - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 11:37 1
        
        And I can count the number of mosquitos I have seen in my home on one hand. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:53
- Tivo the wedding -- nm - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 11, 11:29 3
  - I'm not even all that close to the bride but it would be uber rude of me to cancel my RSVP at this point -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 11, 11:30 2
    - Depending on the details of the reception, they could be spending a lot of money to extend you your invitation, too ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:33 1
      - this is a near certainty -- nm - TFox Sep 11, 11:34
- That does suck.\ -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:29
- tell them to move their wedding, obvie. ;) -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:29 1
  - sertiously. It was very inconsiderate of them. -- nm - decline Sep 11, 11:29
An error occurred while processing this request. It looks like another user tried to roll the board at the same time as you, - Spawn Sep 11, 11:23 10
- ooh, a stage 2 roll failure. that's rare. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:23 8
  - What's stage 3? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 11:31 1
    - Profit -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 11:32
  - ooh, how many stages are there? how do we do it?! - TFox Sep 11, 11:24 2
    - You'll know you've hit the big time when ST goes to plaid. -- nm - BB Sep 11, 11:26
    - Stage 2 is the only one that has a name. The other ones are either more transient, or more severe. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:26
  - I got the first, but didn;t know it as that came up. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:24 2
    - It just means the board is smokin' today - the concurrency isn't the greatest, there are little bits and pieces where requests can interlock oddly -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:25
    - ...Is it like catching the Nazi Mouse on Facebook? -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:25
- *cries* -- nm - Unrolled board Sep 11, 11:23
I've got REM nightswimming earworm. Thanks Spawner -- nm - CQ Sep 11, 11:23 2
- It went through my mind. -- nm - Spawn Sep 11, 11:27
- thats one of my Top 10 favorite songs -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:26
i oughta. -- nm - b. Sep 11, 11:22
Guy: You mean, in the original story from Hotkiss, you assumed the tears were joyful as you were reading it? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:22 26
- hahah - no - i got it the first time. i've been responding sarcastically to loosi on every board since. - Guy Sep 11, 11:25 15
  - what was it that drove you over the edge. "Be kind"? -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 11:31
  - well now, that just makes you look even worse. -- nm - b. Sep 11, 11:30
  - You might have a point if you didn't make huge generalizations about ST on B2. -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 11:27 3
    - oh come on, i was clearly exaggerating with the face punching post. don't even pretend like you thought i meant that in earnest. - Guy Sep 11, 11:30 2
      - No, here. -- (link) - Inigo Sep 11, 11:31 [Backboard] 1
        
        yeah, thats the one i meant, sorry. i made the face-punching comment in that same thread. - Guy Sep 11, 11:33
  - Even Wil Wheaton says "Don't be a dick." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 11:26
  - I'm a big fan of the singling loosi out when there were many people telling you the same thing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 11, 11:26 7
    - her comments have been the most egregious about it -- (link) - Guy Sep 11, 11:29 [Backboard] 6
      - Well, in the next breath when you seem clueless again about things, it makes it hard to see when you're full-picture. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 11:33 3
        
        this is kind of my MO when a majority of ST makes assumptions about something to which i disagree. - Guy Sep 11, 11:36 2
        
        how's that working for you? -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 11:38 1
        
        fine, thanks! -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:44
      - What you *completely* missed is that I was trying to help you out. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 11:32 1
        
        Bwahaha. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:33
- If this really stretches to four boards, I'm going to start crying. - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:23 9
  - Bright side: if the dude actually didn't propose, the discussion would be much shorter. We would simply flay his genitalia and light him on fire - con_carne Sep 11, 11:30 1
    - Oh, agreed. - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:43
  - But think about the joy you'll have when you realize we were all just joking! -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 11:25 1
    - heh -- nm - Guy Sep 11, 11:26
  - I hope someone brought the hot dogs -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 11:25
  - But they'll be tears of joy. - BB Sep 11, 11:24
  - ummm...five -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:23 2
    - WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 11:25 1
      - *proposes to you to shut you up* -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 11:25
The Netflix model for healthcare -- (link) - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 11, 11:22
i don't. -- nm - lileve Sep 11, 11:22
I care! -- nm - Luke Sep 11, 11:21 2
- Like hell you do. Where are my power converters? -- nm - Uncle Ben Sep 11, 11:22 1
  - *cries* -- nm - Luke Sep 11, 11:23

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