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- *flashes backward to the first months of Lost* - shamu Oct 2, 12:27
Was the Shohreh Aglashloo (sp?) on Flash Forwarding telling John Cho (spoilers) - ty97 Oct 2, 12:22 5
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  - Been in a lot of stuff. Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2003 for House of Sand and Fog -- (link) - ty97 Oct 2, 12:24 2
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      - neither does ty, really - shamu Oct 2, 12:28
- yes -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 12:22
What is Soylent Red and Yellow made of? - sycor Oct 2, 12:20 5
- [spoil] - zork Oct 2, 12:22 3
  - so they are both the same thing just different color? - sycor Oct 2, 12:23 2
    - more spoils ... - zork Oct 2, 12:28
    - nope - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:24
- injuns and chinamen. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 12:21
The Invention of Lying *and* Zombieland? Best movie weekend ever, maybe. nm - Dignan Oct 2, 12:20 3
- i'm going to go out on a limb and predict Gervais fans won't like it nearly as much as they're expecting to -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 12:22 2
  - I'm going to push you off the limb and defecate on your corpse. nm - Dignan Oct 2, 12:24 1
    - the limb isn't that high up - shamu Oct 2, 12:27
I've decided cheese is the perfect food, and American cheese is the perfect cheese -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 2, 12:20 2
- the is no perfect cheese -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:23
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Who hasn't brought a cooler full of beer to a wedding and drank in the parking lot? Time homoured tradition around here to avoid $5 beer -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:18 7
- We did that for my cousin's "dry" wedding. Also, who the hell has a dry wedding? I'll rank that up there with the dumbest idea ever -- nm - CQ Oct 2, 12:26 1
  - dumber than calling Coors Light "beer"? -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 12:29
- I had relatives who brought their beer to my grand fathers funeral. I was pissed. -- nm - lileve Oct 2, 12:24 1
  - How many did you have? - Roger More Oct 2, 12:29
- Uh, even I wouldn't do that. Git-r-done! -- nm - Larry the Cable Guy Oct 2, 12:22
- *scribbles* -- nm - Jeff Foxworthy Oct 2, 12:20
- um, not me. -- nm - loosilu Oct 2, 12:19
*googles Chuck Norris using the I Feel Lucky button* - zork Oct 2, 12:15 1
- Now do that googling "I like to" and see what comes up. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 2, 12:17
I'm actually looking forward to wathing the sailing regatta in Rio. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 12:09 2
- and football -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:16
- watching even. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 12:09
"Johnson claims a technician took baseball-like swings at Ted Williams' frozen head with a monkey wrench." - David Oct 2, 12:09 2
- Reading the article, the company needs to be investigated/ shut down, and some people need to be in jail. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 12:13
- and that technician was named Wade Boggs -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 12:12
I would have liked to have seen a Brazil vs. Chicago BBQ-off -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 12:06 1
- Brazil would wind hands down - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:08
bonus hax chat q: she can't afford to spend T'giving w/ her friend (for the first time in 17 years). friend is throwing a hissy - shamu Oct 2, 12:04 11
- mail a blowup doll in your stead and tell them to pucker up and stick it in your chair. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 12:20 1
  - "more dressing, Bianca?" -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 12:23
- if it meant sooo much to such that other "real friend", she would offer to split the cost. otherwise, shut the frickin' eff up. -- nm - zork Oct 2, 12:17
- No, she's being sensible. While it's flattering her friend wants to see her so badly, a real friend would understand there are economic realities to - Andie Oct 2, 12:13
- No, she isn't spoiled. She's being pragmatic while her friend is being emotional. - TWuG Oct 2, 12:07 1
  - the friend is the spoiled one, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Oct 2, 12:16
- The friend is being a spoiled brat. 3x the cost + health of pet. F@ck her. -- nm - oblique Oct 2, 12:05 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:16
- Host it yourself and ask them to come to you. blow hissy fit if they refuse. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 12:05 2
  - /like/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 12:18
  - nice. -- nm - zork Oct 2, 12:18
I wonder how long it takes Kate Beckinsale to do her hair every day. -- nm - David Oct 2, 12:03 7
- The Disney animatronics people have it down to 45 minutes now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:06
- *imagines her in her underwear doing her hair* - oblique Oct 2, 12:04 4
  - Lady Kilbo will never even see it coming tonight. -- nm - David Oct 2, 12:05 3
    - "Prepare for brilliance!" -- nm - oblique Oct 2, 12:06 2
      - I thought "brilliance" would be bigger and last longer. -- nm - Mrs. Kilbo Oct 2, 12:08 1
        
        I almost just pissed myself. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Oct 2, 12:12
- 15 min -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:04
I like the pink Reeboks 85 will be wearing. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 2, 12:02 2
- Cutler posted on twitter that he'll be wearing them. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 12:07 1
  - I saw his post that said he might. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 2, 12:23
That sounds like a cue for the Geography game! -- (link) - Reagen Oct 2, 11:51 11 1
- 7781. The suck. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 12:14
- Oof, I nailed Sierra Leone. 0 km -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 12:10
- *puts on dunce cap* I was way off on a couple and had no clue one was a country. -- nm - Krusty Oct 2, 12:07
- 11830 -- nm - GWAA Oct 2, 12:06
- 183 -- nm - CQ Oct 2, 12:06 2
  - oops, I ,meant 1583. heh -- nm - CQ Oct 2, 12:19 1
    - still crappy -- nm - CQ Oct 2, 12:19
- 1873 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:02
- 15497 - repeats alot -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 12:00
- numberwang! -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 11:59
- (21744 - this version seems to repeat cities a lot) -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:58
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- "Ronald Reagan?? The actor?!" -- nm - Doc Brown Oct 2, 11:51 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:51
Way LIR: "Central America" is often used as a shorthand way to *specifically* exclude Mexico. It's otherwise kind of a useless term. -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 11:48 19
- Oh, and in geopolitics, it's "that region of brown people that routinely gets pwned by the USA." -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 12:03
- LIR - really, Argentinians lionise Bolivar more than other SA countries? More than Venezuela or Colombia? And when the Argentinians have San Martin? - Roger More Oct 2, 11:53 4
  - I'm stupid. I actually meant to say San Martin. Also, Argentines totally are more European, ethnically. - con_carne Oct 2, 12:02 3
    - Ha ha - makes sense, Argentina has a liberator of its own, while Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela all have to share :) - Roger More Oct 2, 12:04 2
      - and Bolivia????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:06 1
        
        :) - I left it out because Bolivar didn't play a direct role in Bolivia's independence -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 12:16
- To show my geographical stupidity, I don't think I could point anywhere close to Rio on a globe. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 2, 11:49 12
  - all you have to do to remember is envision South America as the lower half of Jennifer Aniston's body, and Rio is in the crease between ass and leg. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 12:03 1
    - neechay -- nm - JaxSean Oct 2, 12:19
  - At least you should be able to point to Brazil...I would think. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:50 6
    - Actually, about 2 seconds after I posted, I thought "wait, isn't it in Brazil?" - JaxSean Oct 2, 11:57
    - but not Brazilia -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:51 4
      - roughly centered north to south and east to west. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:02 3
        
        in Brazil...not roughly it was placed there delibrately -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:03 2
        
        yes, I know. But it's not the exact centre, therefore: roughly. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:05 1
        
        i seem to rememebr it being the closest useable place in Brazil - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:07
  - it's close to the january river -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:50
  - You could at least get the correct continent, right? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:49 1
    - what's this continent thing you mention? -- nm - Jax SI Oct 2, 11:52
reagen, i figure that depending on the aspect ratio ... - zork Oct 2, 11:44 5
- Yeah, I got about 7 and change more resolution than standard HD. - Reagen Oct 2, 11:46 4
  - it's more of a digital projection issue. those differences become significant at the big screen level -- nm - shamu Oct 2, 11:53
  - especially since they need to compress current HD signals. No way, there will be the bandwidth for any more for a long time. - zork Oct 2, 11:52 1
    - I doubt that. With FIOS rolling out and more like it to come, fiber to the home isn't that far away for many many people -- nm - oblique Oct 2, 11:57
  - Well we all know 480p is the best anyway. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:48
No offense, but being a "good politician" in Alaska is akin to being the world's tallest midget. - TWuG Oct 2, 11:41 20
- if you by "she" means Palin then she is not a representative of Alaska i think - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:57 5
  - This I disagree with. She's probably very smart about that kind of stuff. -- nm - TWuG Oct 2, 11:59 3
    - nope and you can deduct she ain't - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:09
    - Eh. There have been several stories recently that the whole "shootin' guns" and being an outdoorsy person where all bs. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 12:00 1
      - I think you're thinking of the Levi - Vanity Fair interview. - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 12:12
  - I'm pretty sure she's the definition of representing Alaska :) -- nm - oblique Oct 2, 11:59
- While this may be true for Palin, I think painting the state of Alaska with that brush is just wrong. - Jim Oct 2, 11:55
- yeah, that's not offensive at all. -- nm - ty97 Oct 2, 11:54 5
  - Eh. They have a small population. They problems a governor of a small-pop state are much different than what a gov of a high-pop state - TWuG Oct 2, 11:58 4
    - The country's best politican could come from Alaska. - ty97 Oct 2, 12:00 3
      - Sure, it could happen. I'm not saying Alaskans are stupid because Palin is dumb, but that Palin is unprepared because Alaska is small - TWuG Oct 2, 12:03 2
        
        I disagree here - Arkansas is a pretty small state, for instance, but it produced Bill Clinton - Roger More Oct 2, 12:25
        
        Obama hadn't governed jack shit, much less a large city or large state. I assume you voted against him because of his complete lack of preparation. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 12:21
- Big leagues of politics. Give me a break. They're all self serving incompetent morons. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 11:48 2
  - That's an insult to morons. - TWuG Oct 2, 11:54 1
    - Bullshit. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 11:55
- What other professions does this translate to? "New Mexico's premier hockey player..." -- nm - Max Oct 2, 11:47 1
  - Jamaican bobsled team. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:53
- Ah. Well then, disrespectfully, fuck you. - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 11:46 1
  - I have serious problems with inflexibility. It's a bad way to approach serious decisions. Just because I like the destination - TWuG Oct 2, 11:52
The Big Picture: Tango. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:36
From the backboards. My theory for why Chicago got knocked out first is sort of like the American Idol shocker. Samaranch (with long, close - pmb Oct 2, 11:33 17
- sympathy would be more for Havelange i think - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:48
- Just hearing about it now. So glad Rio won. -- nm - Loyola Oct 2, 11:44
- Someone on CNBC earlier today said it was all about money - decline Oct 2, 11:40
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  - I'm not sure that Chicago was ever a front-runner outside the United States - Roger More Oct 2, 11:59 2
    - Likewise for Toronto in the times that it's lost. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:00 1
      - i was surprised that other people were surprised when we lost last time. - Andie Oct 2, 12:06
  - well to the IM, you also had a lot of people finally getting behind Scorsese, and the Academy not wanting another Crash backlash. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:42 4
    - I think that Dreamgirls was basically just the fact that it was a nomination vote where you put them in order of preference. - Dano Oct 2, 11:47
    - Plus the whole Dreamgirls-is-terrible as aspect. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:47 2
      - I was gonna say, but I haven't actually seen it. :) -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:49
      - (errr... delete the "as") -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:48
  - That might make some sense in a voting for nominees or finalists situation but not in a voting for a winner situation. -- nm - Dano Oct 2, 11:41 1
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- I assumed Rio was going to get it all along. -- nm - Dano Oct 2, 11:35 2
  - All the reporting here was Rio or Chicago and the buzz was leaning Chicago in the last day. - pmb Oct 2, 11:37 1
    - honestly it just sounds like wishful thinking. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:40
I love Kate Beckinsale completely because of Serendipity - oblique Oct 2, 11:32 2
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- Underworld 1 and 2. Sure it might have been a body double in 2 but I don't care. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:35
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- sweet spoiler - Max Oct 2, 11:50
- spoils - BB Oct 2, 11:32
- or another (spoils) - Jovian Oct 2, 11:31
Bring your own bride and groom? -- nm - BB Oct 2, 11:28 1
- bring your own body. freshness not specified. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 11:39
Fist! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Oct 2, 11:27

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