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US 'shelves Europe missile plan' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:38 2
- You better watch your ass! There's nothing to stop those evil Russians from invading now! -- nm - decline Sep 17, 06:49 1
  - You don't know how serious that joke actually is. -- nm - lileve Sep 17, 06:52
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- I hink South Park covered this a few years ago -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:34 1
  - Yup. That's what I think of. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:40
- No, but my guess: - TFox Sep 17, 06:33 10
  - this is just called "scissoring" Idk where the added sisters is from -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 06:39
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    - either they have really long necks or he means - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:35 6
      - He -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:37 5
        
        Sfek - he means 90 degrees on the vertical axis :) -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:37 4
        
        The axis, of course... - TFox Sep 17, 06:38 3
        
        why bring Hitler and Mussolini into this???? - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:39 2
        
        Dude...they invented scissoring. It's true. You can look it up. -- nm - Jim Sep 17, 06:47
        
        I never thought this thread would hit Godwins law so quickly -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:41
  - When I saw you post...I knew you'd say what I was going to say. -- nm - Jim Sep 17, 06:33
- its a band -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 06:32
- The band? - nubby Sep 17, 06:32
So, the U2 concert last night? *awesome*. -- nm - Andie Sep 17, 06:28 5
- It's great isn't it? And I'm actually thinking they may have 2 full stage setups and they're moving them alternately (setting up the one in the next - pmb Sep 17, 06:47
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  - we had seats *way* up in the rafters - but it was still great. Amazing stage show. - Andie Sep 17, 06:42
  - I don't really even like U2...but I've seen them twice and each time they were outstanding. -- nm - Jim Sep 17, 06:39 1
    - It's posts like this that are going to talk me into spending money I don't have to go. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 06:44
American Airlines announces a whole bunch of stuff, including increased flying from their hubs at ORD and DFW, as well as new JFK-Madrid flights - ty97 Sep 17, 06:24 4
- ant flights with standing "seats" only???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:26 3
  - flying ants are scary -- nm - decline Sep 17, 06:27
  - only on flights to Canada -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 06:27 1
    - Ryan Air was robbed -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:32
Did anyone else get that "Fuel" game on Monday for the Xbox? - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:16 2
- I did; ditto to your IM. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 06:17 1
  - I'll probably fire it up on Friday or Saturday. - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:21
Jack Foley, one of the Band of Brothers, dies at 87 (nmbl) - Brian Sep 17, 06:14 1
- I wonder if any of the cast members will show up. They seemed to get close to them. -- nm - lileve Sep 17, 06:35
It's really something how there is almost no drama in the MLB division and wildcard races this season. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 06:14 12
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- Well, we're doing our part to make it interesting. -- nm - The Cardinals Sep 17, 06:15 10
  - Not really. Still 8 1/2 up and the lowest magic number of any team. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 06:15 9
    - I'm getting a bit concerned. we've lost 5 of 6. We aren't hitting and we have a 3 game series with the Cubs. - Jim Sep 17, 06:16 8
      - We've secretly replaced Jim with a Mets fan from 2007 and 2008. Let's see if anyone notices. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 06:21
      - Mathematically, you have a 99.6% chance of making the postseason (says ESPN). -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 06:19 6
        
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        Really, ten minutes late with the joke and you threw under mine? - Will Hunting Sep 17, 06:26
        
        True...and I'm sure we'll clinch pretty soon. I just am not a fan of dropping 5 of 6 - Jim Sep 17, 06:22 3
        
        I don't know, because I haven't been watching the games, but... - TFox Sep 17, 06:24 2
        
        Perhaps they're slacking off a bit...but they're not really resting people. - Jim Sep 17, 06:30 1
        
        The closing would bug me too. Stuff like giving Ankiel extra cuts against lefties going into the postseason is exactly the kind of stuff I'm talking - TFox Sep 17, 06:32
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GoGamer has the Xbox wireless controller for $24.89 shipped. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 17, 05:51
Hyatt hotels in Boston outsource housekeeping, tell current workers they're fired after they train new. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 05:37 15
- That sucks. -- nm - lileve Sep 17, 06:30
- That's pretty crappy. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:29
- Probably couldn't speak Chinese and Russian and German. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 06:16 1
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- The hospitality industry is hurting bad. Hotels all over are doing any (and every) thing they can to stay afloat. - Jim Sep 17, 06:14 1
  - 75%..heh... - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:23
- Nokia, Siemens, MAN et all - Danedukenuuk Sep 17, 06:13
- Despicable. - znufrii Sep 17, 06:02 2
  - (and $10 says Michael Moore invites them to a showing of his new movie) -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 06:03 1
    - Haven't they had a shitty enough month? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 06:24
- The worst part is that they trained the new workers themselves. Pretty vile. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 05:55
- How in the heck are people in India supposed to clean a hotel room in Boston? -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 05:53 3
  - heh. I was thinking "outsourcing" is an odd choice of words. - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:22 1
    - Outsourcing can be local - eg hiring a consultant. Offshoring is always overseas though -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:40
  - that's one heck of a commute. -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 05:58
Flu already at peak levels in NC. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 05:19
Happy Constitution Day! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 05:05
Actor Henry Gibson dies at age 73.... - Will Hunting Sep 17, 04:19 1
- i hate illinois nazis -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 04:37
"Here are a few common sense rules that every clown ought to be aware of before planning on going into a nursing home." -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 17, 04:00
Amazon video game deal of the day: Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection $19.98 PS3/Xbox360. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 17, 03:00
Woo! One more section (the 70s acid years) of Rock Band Beatles and we get the biggie achievement. - Trish Sep 17, 00:08 1
- *rubs ears* go back to easy! -- nm - Samwise Cat Sep 17, 00:11
I finished off my birthday cheesecake toinght, I thought I should eat it before it went bad...I've really let myself go this past week. -- nm - Stacy Sep 17, 00:01
True Tale of a Simpsons Writer taking down a Thomas Pynchon lit snob -- (link) - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:41 21
- y'all read Pynchon? - 'lia Sep 16, 22:57 19
  - OAE? -- nm - amoxy Sep 17, 05:56
  - No'ums, I reckon we all be too unedukated fer that. - Trish Sep 16, 23:40 4
    - Tennessee losing to UCLA in football is like the Friday Night Lights team getting beat by Snotsworth Prepartory Academy - farmer ted Sep 16, 23:47 3
      - Of all the pixie level crazy memes you have, USC as the little underdog school of the people is the craziest. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 23:52 2
        
        If he still lived in the relative (Baltimore) south, we'd just call him "eccentric". - Trish Sep 17, 00:01 1
        
        I miss pixie's affirmations. -- nm - nubby Sep 17, 05:25
  - i want to read his new LA detective novel -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:59 12
    - you never make eye contact at the bookstore do you? - nm - 'lia Sep 16, 23:07 11
      - Book ... store? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 16, 23:18 1
        
        so you read pynchon ... on your kindle? - 'lia Sep 16, 23:20
      - why would i? -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 23:10 8
        
        cuz girls wouldn't say "HEY! my eyes are up here mister! - 'lia Sep 16, 23:18 7
        
        girls are icky -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 23:20 6
        
        but that doesn't stop you from starin' does it? - 'lia Sep 16, 23:23 2
        
        mace. always mace. -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 23:31 1
        
        then they really aren't icky, are they? - 'lia Sep 16, 23:37
        
        I always knew you liked the boys :) -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 23:21 2
        
        No it doesn't. He grew up with the wire monkey stepmother rather than the warm and soft one. That's why he has abandonment issues and disguises them - Trish Sep 16, 23:38 1
        
        ahhh -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 23:53
- Someone award that man an internet. Immediately! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 22:51
Olivia Wilde being babysat by Christopher Hitchens is top image of the day for me -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:26
Bucket List 2 staring Amoxy and Stephen?:) -- nm - eag Sep 16, 22:21
ah, good, the amazon referral stuff just caught up. Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 22:17
*always hangs in a buffalo stance* - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:17 3
- nineh! -- nm - 'lia Sep 16, 22:18 2
  - so don't you get fresh with me -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:19 1
    - ~no moneyman can win my love~ - 'lia Sep 16, 22:28
Trish is absolutely right. - Beryllium Sep 16, 22:15 6
- Outrageous! -- nm - Remlik Sep 16, 22:27 4
  - of course. she's never right about anything -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:28 3
    - no no...Crash has trained her up a bit so sometimes she's right. -- nm - Remlik Sep 16, 22:31 2
      - Think about a really hot stinging across your cheek down to your mouth. - Trish Sep 16, 23:42 1
        
        heh - farmer ted Sep 16, 23:50
- totally. -- nm - b! Sep 16, 22:18
No Thursday night game this week, correct? -- nm - Stephen Sep 16, 22:14
on the downslope of september, 90ish days left in the year. - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:13 2
- seems more like 100 days or so left -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 22:17
- so cliche...but really, where has this year gone? -- nm - Stephen Sep 16, 22:14
nubby - that was an answer given by a physics *college* student? -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:12 2
- Allegedly. -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 22:16 1
  - "i think Katy Perry expressed the principle best in her song Hot N Cold when she sang . . . " -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:36
Colored-blindness cured with simple injection of cells. -- (link) - Mop Sep 16, 22:05 3
- My wife is one of the something like 0.0002% of women that have colour blindness. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:16
- Man, I'd love that. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 22:08
- this is about as good as modern medicine is going to get with "curing" things, i fear -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:08
"going by what the DARE program taught us in school" - farmer ted Sep 16, 21:59 20
- If you can't trust Nancy Reagan... -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 22:18 6
  - Nancy REagan was not part of the DARE prgram, she was part of the just say NO campaign. -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 22:24 5
    - he knows. - b! Sep 16, 22:33 4
      - wtf this is uncalled for -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 23:02 3
        
        hi, remember me? - b! Sep 16, 23:10 2
        
        yes I well aware of your regular help you give me, and I thank you for that. -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 23:17
        
        "Hey, assface! Why are you throwing this floatable ring-like thing at me while I'm busy thrashing around in the water." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 23:15 1
- My mom had the DARE program taught in her classroom by a cop for years. -- nm - Stacy Sep 16, 22:10 4
  - stacy. - b! Sep 16, 22:17 3
    - "They lied to me about marjuana so -- nm - BB Sep 16, 22:20 2
      - "So I'm going to try this crystal meth!" - BB Sep 16, 22:21 1
        
        heh. -- nm - b! Sep 16, 22:22
- ... - b! Sep 16, 22:07 1
  - totally not possible -- nm - 'lia Sep 16, 22:30
- In the wise words of The King: Don't Be Cruel. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 22:01 5
  - i'm caught in a trap - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:02 4
    - Mmmm, that's good earworm. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 22:03 3
      - (fine young cannibals' cover) -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:05 2
        
        Hrumph. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 22:06 1
        
        the jimmy somerville backup vocals make that! -- nm - farmer ted Sep 16, 22:07
God bless you, wiggum. - nubby Sep 16, 21:54 3
- That Mitchell and Webb look is completely hilarious. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 21:57 2
  - Though The History of Numberwang was also pretty damn funny. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 16, 22:00 1
    - Ist there a numberwang rap song? It seems like there should be. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 22:01
Some of those commercials are sad, y'all. -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 21:52
[an error occured while processing this anti-smoking campaign.] -- nm - BB Sep 16, 21:52
hola. -- nm - b! Sep 16, 21:52 2
- miss b! - 'lia Sep 16, 21:54 1
  - miss '! - b! Sep 16, 22:06

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