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factory inspection today! Mr. Johnny On-The-Spot --------------> - con_carne Nov 4, 11:23 1
- good luck! -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:25
At a House of Blues concert, what are "Loge" and "Loge II"? -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 4, 11:17 3
- a loge is a booth or box seat -- nm - decline Nov 4, 11:19
- the middle balcony, most likely. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:19 1
  - Yeah, I went to Ticketmaster's site and they have a Map. Mentions "Loge" and "Pews" in the "Gospel" setting. - JaxSean Nov 4, 11:21
I had to boil the kettle to get a bit of hot water to shave with because the mains water isn't heating for some reason. Had a plumber in lately too. - Loyola Nov 4, 11:16
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- heh, I rolled my eyes at that. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:18
50 waiter do's and don'ts -- (link) - znufrii Nov 4, 11:13
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- Just go by how you pronounce it. If you're not going to pronounce it as "James-es," then don't use the apostrophe-S. (I always do, myself.) -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:17
- I prefer James's Testimony over James' Testimony -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:13
- Really? I always though the rule was James' testimony. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:13 3
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    - since you asked... - znufrii Nov 4, 11:23
  - This style has varied over time. - Reagen Nov 4, 11:14
Wal Mart rolls back prices on over 100 toy items by 20 to 30%....shades of the book war...Target is doing the same thing.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 4, 11:12
That Lego website is amazing -- nm - MDH Nov 4, 11:09
Movie Gallery which owns Hollywood Video is closing 400 to 450 stores... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 4, 11:09 3
- hmmm... wonder if the local one is going down. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:13
- *Yawn* - psilotum Nov 4, 11:11 1
  - *psst* - Spawn Nov 4, 11:26
that looks like fun. what can I pick-on that a bunch of (smart and generally good perspective-having) people here like but I've never seen? -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:08 24
- BSG -- nm - Roger More Nov 4, 11:15
- geebus, you're a sensitive bunch. by posting someone else's critique, i'm picking on ST? - Guy Nov 4, 11:12 22
  - Bwahahahaha! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 4, 11:23
  - Classic Guy� nm - Dignan Nov 4, 11:20
  - The energetic irony of this post could trigger cold fusion. -- nm - David Nov 4, 11:18
  - If you made a semi-coherant convincing argument based on something other than 2nd hand infor that is mostly trivial....... - musubi Nov 4, 11:17
  - "try re-reading the post" - b. Nov 4, 11:15 3
    - i wasn't the one being critical!!! i re-posted his critics and then further explained how i interpreted them when others interpreted differently! - Guy Nov 4, 11:23 2
      - You misunderstand. She wasn't saying that you were criticizing ST. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:24 1
        
        exactly. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:24
  - im also not even sure if Easterbrook likes the show or not. he clearly watches it. it is possible to be a fan of something and still be critical of it -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 11:14 11
    - but you're not a fan. or a non-fan. you are a non-watcher. you know nothing of what you speak. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:18 10
      - have you ever tried Rice Milk? if you thought it sounded odd initially and then someone told you that it was too watery, would that further support - Guy Nov 4, 11:21 9
        
        Well....too watery for Rice Milk would be a lot more important to the taste of the food than "What goal to defend?" for a show about football's impact - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:24
        
        actually, I *have* tried rice milk. - znufrii Nov 4, 11:23 2
        
        word. - TFox Nov 4, 11:25
        
        Irrelevent!! -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:24
        
        see? fun! -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:22
        
        but i wouldn't go to war over it with people who've actually drank the shit either. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:21 3
        
        (and before you say "what war?", it's been two boards.) -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:22 2
        
        you've massively overestimated how much i care about this particular topic - Guy Nov 4, 11:25 1
        
        you need to learn how to not care about something better. - TFox Nov 4, 11:26
  - You're the one who's basing his critique as justification for you own pre-judgments on the show. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:14 1
    - i wasn't on the cusp of watching it and he steered me away. - Guy Nov 4, 11:18
Speaking of dangerous questions about TT-beloved shows: Why aren't there more (ethnic) Chinese in Firefly? - musubi Nov 4, 11:07 16
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  - Hee. "I mean just look at the realtionship of Wash and Zoe!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:21
- /* o God, o God, we're all going to die? */ -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 11:17
- speculative spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 4, 11:17 2
  - This is what I've seen posited mostly, but it just doesn't to quite fit. - musubi Nov 4, 11:20 1
    - Maybe it's a klingon-style "We don't talk about it" thing? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:22
- We only really saw the outer edges, we never really saw much of the central, Alliance-controlled worlds. They could mostly be concentrated there. -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 11:15
- "Wu! Whitefall!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:11
- Think about it. If chinese is such a dominant language that all the back-water hillbilly white folk are speaking it, where do you think the chinese ar -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:09 6
  - Are you suggesting that the hillbillies *ate* the Chinese? *gasp* (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 11:10 4
    - No, I'm saying that the hillbillies are the spokes (or the rim), and the Chinese are at the hub. - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:12 2
      - I know what you were saying, the eating thing was a joke. - musubi Nov 4, 11:13 1
        
        The obvious answer is that Fox hates the Chinese. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 4, 11:23
    - that's what made them into Reavers. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:11
  - "are?" ... darn character limitations. Someone should speak to the management about that. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:09
- They won the culture wars but lost the breeding wars? -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 11:08
okay, for those who remember my post from last week, an update on my health issue .... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 4, 11:07 3
- Glad it's better news than it could have been. Good thoughts are with you . -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 4, 11:19
- phew, and I hope what's amiss is soon figured out and easily treatable. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:17
- glad to hear its not the C - hope you figure it out though. -- nm - decline Nov 4, 11:14
Where is amanda? Not only does Posh have new hair (different article), she has adopted two micro-pigs.... -- (link) - Andie Nov 4, 11:03 2
- I love her new hair. love. -- nm - e Nov 4, 11:06
- so now those mini sirloin burgers can be mini-bacon burgers, redmond rejoices -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 11:05
#cowfilms -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 10:59
The single most awesome instructional video ever. No nudity or language, but may not be safe for workl -- (link) - TWuG Nov 4, 10:57 [youtube] 3 1
- Wow, I may need to take a meeting. -- nm - ceregon Nov 4, 11:04
- My priorities are probably very wrong, but the best thing on the video was the faux sexy French accent. -- nm - celedhring Nov 4, 11:02
- Okay, it's "safe" for work, but not appropriate. :) {nm} - Banzai! Nov 4, 10:59
do not caption this. it will only show how we sink to the lowest common denominator -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 4, 10:56 [Image] 10
- there's a Billery joke in there somewhere, but i ain't touching it -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 4, 11:05 1
  - That's what *she* said! -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 11:07
- "So, I told the hairstylist that I want my hair to go out about this much, and dammit, if he didn't get it just right." (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 10:59
- Obama's -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 10:59
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- I crush you! -- nm - Buzz Nov 4, 10:58
- I'm not ready for my close-up, mr. demille. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 10:58
- EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 10:57
- Her hands are Kim-sized. -- nm - David Nov 4, 10:57
- ALL BOW TO CLIN-TON! -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 10:56
torpedoes with rum in them during the rumrunner days - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 10:53 1
- don't know why they would bother with so long a river and so many motorboats, besides in the winter they'd just drive across -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 11:01
I think my favorite part of that TMQ page is the idea that Michael Crabtree's responsible for the Niners being 0-3 since he signed. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 10:51 15
- that's tongue-in-cheek. -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 10:53 8
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  - No, it really is not. Easterbrook's so blinded by his disdain for anyone who's acted like a diva, he's incapable of viewing things through anything - Will Hunting Nov 4, 10:57 6
    - i agree with your IM, but i also don't care for diva-ism. i.e. no matter how great Eli Manning becomes, he'll still be tainted by his draft day stunt - Guy Nov 4, 11:04 5
      - You're not paid as a sports journalist to discuss sports and what actually happens. Easterbrook is. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:06 4
        
        he is an awful example of coming down on the wrong side of an issue, and being too stubborn to admit it forever. - TFox Nov 4, 11:08 1
        
        Wait are you talking about Easterbrook or Guy now? (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 11:09
        
        his column is clearly more editorial - half of it isn't even about sports. i take a lot of his writing to be T-I-C, which may be why i like it. -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 11:08
        
        He's so much of a diva, he made them lose a game he didn't even play in! -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:07
- Is it possible that I would prefer Mariotti having a national football column to Easterbrook? It absolutely is. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 10:52 5
  - He Said / He Said with Marrioti and Woody Paige. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:01 3
    - Bill Plaschke deserves to be in that Axis of Evil. (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 11:02 2
      - Compared to those 3 buffoons, I think Plaschke comes off well-reasoned and well-spoken. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 11:03 1
        
        I probably haven't read enough from Mariotti. I'd agree on Bayless and Paige though. - musubi Nov 4, 11:05
  - Shoot the hostage. -- nm - David Nov 4, 10:54
Reagan -- (link) - Guy Nov 4, 10:49 [Backboard] 8
- goy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 4, 10:53 2
  - sorry Reagen. it happens -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 11:05 1
    - :) - -- nm - b. Nov 4, 11:09
- about the coin toss bit - its minor, but its also what separates a decent show from a great show - attention to detail & love of the subject matter -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 10:52 4
  - You just could not be more wrong about this. - Reagen Nov 4, 10:53 2
    - I think he can. We're still early in the discussion. -- nm - David Nov 4, 10:55 1
      - Reach for the stars, young man! (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 10:57
  - you. don't. watch. the. show. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 10:52
I have never watched FNL, but is it *that* hard to imagine that the town grew to need a new HS, or that a rich guy might move into a bigger house? - musubi Nov 4, 10:49 21
- I shudder to think how he woulda reacted to Season 1 which had the following story-arcs - Will Hunting Nov 4, 10:54 12
  - i did watch the movie and its quality stemmed from realism, not Melrose Place drama -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 11:02 7
    - Aside from the aforementioned and unfortunate murder plot, neither has FNL the series. - Reagen Nov 4, 11:06 6
      - (to reiterate: You Don't. Watch. The Show.) -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:07 5
        
        I'm sure it has its merits and I didn't mean to imply that it was a bad show. - Guy Nov 4, 11:10 4
        
        understood. naturally this has led to do enter into a discussion based upon its merits. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:15
        
        could you please hang out here more until next Wed when I can bag on znufrii again? - TFox Nov 4, 11:12 2
        
        You can't riff on znu? You lose a bet? (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 11:18 1
        
        yep. stupid gays and their lack of marketing skill. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:23
  - It's true that they sped up the timeline of a lot of that stuff. but here's the key that Guy and TMQ don't understand: - Reagen Nov 4, 10:59
  - Or the start of season 2 which had the unfortunate NBC-dictated murder plot. -- nm - David Nov 4, 10:57
  - now that sounds a lot more eye-rolling worthy than what was posted on B2. - musubi Nov 4, 10:56 1
    - If it wasn't for the general awesomeness of the acting and 90% of the writing, this would be really noteworthy. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 10:59
- What will be a first is when a TMQ quote is posted here and people go, "Hey, he's right." - David Nov 4, 10:53 2
  - i knew you guys hated Simmons (i concur on that), but didnt know there was so much Easterbook hatey -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 10:54 1
    - Easterbrook has the most insane writing style. It's like 3x Peter King's length without 99% of Peter King's skill. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 10:55
- try re-reading the post - Guy Nov 4, 10:51 2
  - Really. You think the problem is my reading comprehension? Yeah, ok Guy. (nm) - musubi Nov 4, 10:53 1
    - Waaaaaaay ahead of him. -- nm - David Nov 4, 10:53
- how long until we get to point out that, never having seen the show, how could one possibly assert whether these things make sense or not? - TFox Nov 4, 10:50 1
  - To my knowledge, I have never read a word Easterbrook has written, so have no opinion on him, but these just don't seem even marginally important. - musubi Nov 4, 10:52
ack ! -- (link) - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 10:49 1
- there's something off there, eh? -- nm - b. Nov 4, 10:54
Another alternative Bible: The Brick Testament (with Legos) -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 10:47 7
- This the best bible version EVER -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 10:57
- its a classic -- nm - Guy Nov 4, 10:55
- I bet those redhead jews go for a premium. nm - Dignan Nov 4, 10:51 1
  - Even the trailer-trash ones! And how can the dad possibly buy her back? You know he's already spent it on beer and cigarettes and a big-screen TV. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 10:52
- blocked at work :( -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 10:49 1
  - Heathens. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 10:51
- oh, that is wonderful. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 10:49
An error occurred while processing this request. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 10:47 2
- It sure did. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 10:47 1
  - *giggle* - kelly Nov 4, 10:50
buzz -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 10:47
An error occurred while processing this request. -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 10:47 1
- you did not wash that woman's socks -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 4, 10:47

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