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Boy says he hid in the attic because dad yelled at him. Aw, the kid is cute. - loosilu Oct 15, 18:02 5
- who is saying it was a hoax? -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 18:03 4
  - It definitely went through my head when I found out they were reality show whores. -- nm - David Oct 15, 18:10
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    - Yep. On the other hand is Drudge at all intellectually superior to a six year old? -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 18:09
  - It's been on some of the BBs. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 18:05
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- Take it out on your clients. -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 18:02 1
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What, now? The Balloon Boy's family has appeared on Wife Swap? Twice!? -- nm - TWuG Oct 15, 17:58 1
- boy that woman really wants to get out of there -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 18:29
I have some google wave invites if anyone wants one. -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 17:56 7
- nubby! me! thanks! -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 18:14
- I don't see you on my list... -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 18:07 1
  - It's not the account you know about. - nubby Oct 15, 18:09
- waves!!!! - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 18:00
- ummm, yes! - psilotum Oct 15, 17:57 1
  - Sent, but "invitations will not be immediate". -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 18:01
- does it work on mac? -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:56
Boy alledgedly floats away in a flying saucer looking balloon but is instead in the attic in Colorado? South Park! -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 17:43 2
- B1..B20 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 17:43 1
  - Sorry but while there was a connection mentioned to The Simpsons, there was, no South Park episodic comparisons. (the did you think I was Mop? nt.) -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 17:53
James, How Do I Get You A-Loney! -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:40
TBS, quit panning the games exterior scenery. the air polution is dominent -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 17:40
How the moon produces its own water -- (link) - con_carne Oct 15, 17:39
cole hamels sounds like a bad gay porn star -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:27 3
- So does JDB. Cole Hamels and Colt McCoy sound like heroes in romance novels set in the Old West. -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 17:29 2
  - Not that I'd...know...or anything... -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 17:30 1
    - if there's a Wookiee mask, we're going to need pictures -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:35
I don't think we should call him "White Russell". I prefer to call him "A-hole Russell". -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 15, 17:26 1
- Uh-huh. Or Redneck Russell. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:33
Survivor spoils - Jovian Oct 15, 17:17
crash/remlik/? what time is the halo3 achivement battle start? -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 17:15 2
- I can't do anything before 10:30. -- nm - David Oct 15, 17:22 1
  - ok, i know crash and remlik are missing a couple of halo skullsm so we might try for those before you get on, -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 17:27
YAY! I got my Google Wave invite! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 17:11 11
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  - ygwave -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 17:46
  - This is a great idea. Can someone add this to the ST wiki? -- nm - David Oct 15, 17:29 2
    - http://hsxtt.pbworks.com/Google-Wave -- (link) - nubby Oct 15, 17:43 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - David Oct 15, 18:01
- what's ur email so i can invite and test this -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 17:22 3
  - a/s/l? -- nm - lileve Oct 15, 17:26 2
    - for serious? - GWAA Oct 15, 17:27 1
      - No! -- nm - lileve Oct 15, 17:28
- i got mine from blique too -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 17:20
- Can I have one when you get one please? - lileve Oct 15, 17:17
really the only way for the kid to learn his lesson is to make him take the balloon ride for real now -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:11 1
- now you're just plagiarising rainn wilson -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 17:14
Okay, the beginning of the Medium episode I'm watching really creeped me out. - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:09 4
- That show was the suck. (Is it still on?) - JaxSean Oct 15, 17:11 3
  - it's actually not that bad, i usually enjoy it when i happen to have it on -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 17:19
  - boo! That show is NOT the suck! -- nm - Stephen Oct 15, 17:15
  - Yes, CBS. And I like it. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:11
I owe everyone a beer! Yeah! -- nm - lileve Oct 15, 17:06 1
- I'll take one of these -- (link) - dogbert Oct 15, 17:11 [Image]
Now, imagine seeing this baloon kid story on a bar TV without sound or subtitles and no explanatory text. -- nm - TWuG Oct 15, 17:04
I'd say Pixar managed to dodge an advertising nightmare for the Up DVD release (Nov 10) now that the boy has been found alive and well. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 15, 17:04 2
- they should invite him and his family to the premiere -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 17:09 1
  - They did appear on an ABC show. And Disney owns ABC and Pixar. - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:11
I guess Amazon finally put up a video game deal of the day: NBA Live 10 for PS3/Xbox $44.98 -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 15, 17:02
somehow, this is also going to be all Obama's Amercia's fault -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:02 1
- Well, if the liberal, organic, loca-granolavores stopped pressing the climate change myth this father wouldn't have built a weatherballoon in his - HdnAgnda Oct 15, 17:06
Fifteen are left. Who will be going home tonight? -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 17:02 4
- I finally got caught up on this over the weekend - con_carne Oct 15, 17:06
- All I know is Survivor and Community got the boot. - JaxSean Oct 15, 17:05 2
  - Luckily we get Community and the other NBC comedies on demand. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 17:07 1
    - Yeah, I figured a 22-minute comedy like Community is easier to watch online than Flash Forward. - JaxSean Oct 15, 17:10
i want my DeeveTV -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:00
That kid is so grounded. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 16:54 11
- How many people made UP jokes on the backboards? -- nm - Redmond the Over Reactor Oct 15, 17:02 1
  - /raises hand/ -- nm - eag Oct 15, 17:03
- I'm using this. Heh. -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 17:01
- And just wait till the family gets hit with the bill for the rescue units that were deployed -- nm - eag Oct 15, 16:59 5
  - It will be smaller than Amoxy's Lifeflight bill. -- nm - Redmond the Over Reactor Oct 15, 17:04
  - They may not. It's not like they were pulling a prank or knew where he was either. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:02 3
    - As far as we know -- nm - eag Oct 15, 17:04
    - neither are hikers who get stuck in snowstorms. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 17:03 1
      - I said might. I don't know the rules. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:05
- Really grounded. With an anchor attached. And maybe a chain. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:56
- (Zing!) -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 16:56
I just figured out that the actress that plays Annie on Community is the same actress that plays Pete Campbell's wife Trudy on Mad Men. - HdnAgnda Oct 15, 16:54 2
- yep. - kelly Oct 15, 17:15
- Huh, wow. -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 16:56
crap. now Parker is looking more likely to start than Mendenhall. do i roll the dice here or just stary Lynch? - Guy Oct 15, 16:53
250GB PS3 in November for $350 - stewie Oct 15, 16:52
so it really was Twelve Monkeys, then? -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 16:48
I went more in depth about the ABC v. Leno thing on B2. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 16:46 12
- local affiliates hate the Leno move. it's killing their lead-ins to 11p news -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 16:58 9
  - Leno could be killing every competing show all week and if he fails to deliver an audience to the local news, he's gone. - TWuG Oct 15, 17:03 7
    - They're already down 30%. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 17:05 6
      - Good. The sooner NBC recovers the 10 pm slot for real shows the better - TWuG Oct 15, 17:10 5
        
        real shows, like Mercy and Trauma! -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 17:16 4
        
        5 shows that don't exist yet. Or 5 shows that got the axa but shouldn't have. -- nm - TWuG Oct 15, 17:18 3
        
        Earl! -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 17:20 2
        
        Life! Journeyman! -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 17:24 1
        
        At least one of those was gone with or without Jay. Earl was gone because they had to put on some sucky SNL show. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:35
  - and that might be what NBC and the guys at TVByTheNumbers are missing. If they start losing Affiliates NBC will notice quick -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 17:03
- There was a NYTimes article this week too. But I don't know if it's got the depth you want, I didn't read the whole thing. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:49 1
  - The entire column was spurred by a Time article. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 17:03
I am in a quandary. I want the Phillies to lose, but I don't want Pixie to be happy. Help! -- nm - Redmond the Over Reactor Oct 15, 16:45
The NZ version of COPS seems less eventful but somehow more entertaining. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 15, 16:44 [youtube] 3
- I can't tell if he's serious, but he's certainly hilarious. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 16:48
- Something tells me that NWA would have been a very different band had they grown up in Auckland. nm - Dignan Oct 15, 16:48
- Filthy hobbitses. -- nm - NZ COPS Oct 15, 16:45
Speaking of Sporacle... name the 2009 NFL quarterbacks. -- (link) - nubby Oct 15, 16:43 5
- I blanked on the name of the Niners QB. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 16:58 2
  - That's okay, I blanked on the Ravens' QB. -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 17:00 1
    - You should have left the Niners one blank on purpose. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 17:08
- i spent way too much time on sporcle a couple months ago -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 16:46
- that was an easy one -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 16:46
Sally Sparrow says she'd love to go back to Dr. Who.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 16:39 9
- hmm, maybe, i wouldnt have minded the girl from the planet of the dead ep - Truman Oct 15, 16:45 2
  - ah yes Michelle Ryan. mmm....I can see her coming back for a guest spot. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 16:48 1
    - I can't decide which one is worse, Michelle Ryan or that chick from Fringe. -- nm - David Oct 15, 16:53
- I think they need to try and make that happen. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 16:43 3
  - Russell Davies said he'd welcome her back. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:55 2
    - But he's not in charge anymore, and as far as I know he never brought her back. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 17:10 1
      - I know, he didn't get a chance really. And I'm just saying because the idea is definitely out there. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 17:13
- I remember hoping that she'd become the Doctor's new companion. - JaxSean Oct 15, 16:42 1
  - Those creepy statues were the reason. - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:54
Faverau says he is not directing The Avengers nor is Ed Norton in Iron Man 2. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 16:36
oh, there you are. -- nm - b. Oct 15, 16:35
I read that Steve Smith had a knee injury and started to worry. Then, I found out it's the bad Steve Smith, so it doesn't matter. -- nm - David Oct 15, 16:33 14
- aren't they both good Steve Smith's now? -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 16:42
- Hmm...I know at least 2, personally. -- nm - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:37
- somewhere there is a guy or girl who picked the wrong steve smith in the draft and was laughed at by their league only to get the last laugh -- nm - dogbert Oct 15, 16:36
- This is now a poll: How many Steve Smith do you personally know? - Andie Oct 15, 16:34 9
  - none in real life, but I know of 4 - Reagen Oct 15, 16:55
  - One in RL. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 15, 16:51
  - Outside of fantasy football and the NBA, I don't know any. -- nm - David Oct 15, 16:48
  - 2, maybe 3. - the liioulu without chocolate Oct 15, 16:46
  - How many STEVE HOLT do you know? - Beryllium Oct 15, 16:38 1
    - Steve Holt! -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 16:43
  - I know one for real. -- nm - Callisto Oct 15, 16:38
  - none -- nm - dogbert Oct 15, 16:38 1
    - you obviously need to get out more. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 16:39
- why would you wish that on the drummer for Journey? -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 16:33
"I checked my trap and found that I had caught a mouse! I caught a 5 oz. Black Widow mouse" - dogbert Oct 15, 16:29 2
- A rare! -- nm - Redmond Oct 15, 16:39
- WooHoo!!! - nubby Oct 15, 16:32
When's the press conference when we get to see the boy? -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 16:29 1
- after they interrogate him to make sure his parents didn't put him up to it -- nm - GWAA Oct 15, 16:31
Dunno if this got reposted from Twitter yet, but: "Yo Balloon Boy, Ima let you finish, but Anne Frank had the best attic hiding spot of all time." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 16:28
Ghoul! - David Oct 15, 16:27 7
- *Mop signal!* I heard "back issues". What's the context? -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 16:29 6
  - comic shop going out of business in his neck of the woods -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 16:33 1
    - It's a sad state of affairs. I saw the same thing after the collapse of the 90s. - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 16:38
  - Did you say black issues? Don't get me started. nm - Rush Oct 15, 16:29 3
    - *Rewrites Tom Sawyer* -- nm - Rush Oct 15, 16:35 1
      - ~/ his mind is up for rent / to any God or Government /~ -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 16:36
    - This wouldn't happen if they didn't mix with whites. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 16:31
Apparently A-Ha broke up. -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 16:27 2
- "Jules, those guy are Norwegian. They didn't know what they were saying." -- nm - David Oct 15, 16:31
- Ah. (nm) - nubby Oct 15, 16:28
Woo! Friday! -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 16:25
*rounds up all my toys and goes home* -- nm - Redmond Oct 15, 16:24

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