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Does the extreme right wing deliberately take all the leftist arguments and throw them back as conservative issues? - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:10
Heh, report on the fire says power was lost early. People with electrically operated gates on their properties couldn't get their cars out. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 23:08 7
- they don't have hand cranks for such emergencies? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:11 6
  - Yeah, there should be some emergency release. Especially in a place where earthquakes happen. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 23:12 5
    - I'm sure there's some provision, but in the dark, with flames racing up the hill, I'm sure it's not that easy. - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 23:17 4
      - Does the gas have automatic shut-off for earthquakes? I think it is a requirement. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 23:19
      - plan B: put SUV into low and power right through gate, you know like you see in all the movies -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:19 2
        
        Humvee! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 23:19 1
        
        hey, with that low slung ferarri you could just slide under the gate without slowing down -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 23:23
where's b.? she pets me and feeds me truffles and apples - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 23:05
SITWAP: Now you, too, can be loosi -- play the AfterShock massively multiplayer alternate reality game. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 23:02
I saw Rob Corddry today. -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 13, 22:55
So I finally started watching Pushing Daisies - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 22:50
the good news: currently 12th of 21 in a tourney that started with 2070 - dogbert183 Nov 13, 22:48 5
- 12 of 13, still have a good stack -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 13, 23:23 4
  - 8 of 11 -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 13, 23:31 3
    - 4th of 9, 1st pays $678.97 -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 13, 23:38 2
      - Go Devil Rays! -- nm - David Nov 13, 23:39 1
        
        ;P... 4 of 8, lots of chips. on the 6th break -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 13, 23:49
Did anyone catch moonrise tonight...incredible!!! - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:32 21
- I was out when it rose, it popped over the mountains and it was ginormous. - Trish Nov 13, 22:40 20
  - I didn't see it actually rise, but when I hit the eastbound freeway at 6:15 it was right in the middle of my windshield. Quite took me by surprise :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:42 9
    - no, it wasn't in your windshield. see, that's just an illusion . . . - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:43 8
      - Stop it pigsby, you're sucking the joy right off this board! -- nm - Trish Nov 13, 22:46 5
        
        "pigby became a fan of sucking the joy right off this board" -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:49 4
        
        Joysucker! - Trish Nov 13, 22:51 3
        
        First Name: Candy -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 22:55 2
        
        Did you see the other night where I've renamed you? - Trish Nov 13, 23:01 1
        
        I did indeed see that. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 23:13
      - And that thing in the corner of your box is a spiderweb, not a decorative mobile. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:45 1
        
        i like to think of it as RC Repellant -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:59
  - actually that's just an illusion. it's the same size on the horizon as it is in the sky - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:42 9
    - I don't care what you say, it got bigger and bigger as it came over the mountains and by the time it was totally up over the desert it was huger. -- nm - Trish Nov 13, 22:45 7
      - when i rule the compound, this theory will be grounds for a Galileo-like persecution -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:47 6
        
        Pigsby, we took a vote. You aren't going to actually be in the compound. - Trish Nov 13, 22:55 5
        
        Oooh, that makes room for me, right? Not sure if I already had a reservation. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:59 1
        
        Pffft, not only are you invited, we're sending somebody to fetch you. :) -- nm - Trish Nov 13, 23:02
        
        nobody puts pigby in a warming hut -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:57 2
        
        There's an outhouse. -- nm - Trish Nov 13, 23:00 1
        
        "Casa del Crash" -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 23:01
    - But romantics get more joy out of life :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:43
Pet peeve of the day: Heath Ledger Joker internet avatars. - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 22:24 2
- The one of the bouncing heads guys in the jeep is annoyingly hypnotic. -- nm - David Nov 13, 23:41
- why so serious? -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:25
hey secret stalker, buy me this -- (link) - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:18
*starts watching Casino Royale* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:18
Many multi-million dollar homes going up in flames in Santa Barbara brush fire... -- nm - BAD Nov 13, 22:14 6
- Damn, guess they weren't kidding about the red-flag warning. Just go it - this was the first I'd heard of it... - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 22:19 5
  - On channel nine news now. -- nm - BAD Nov 13, 22:19 4
    - Montecito. I have a few friends there -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 22:20 3
      - that's oprah country -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:27
      - North of 101...started on Key Lane and going north...at least 40 big homes burned to ground. -- nm - BAD Nov 13, 22:23 1
        
        Channel 4's putting the count at 60 homes now :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 13, 23:01
i think they should deploy RC to alaska for that recount first - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:12 2
- Would I get to moon Sen. Ted Stevens? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:15 1
  - is it free? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:51
Hey dudes, a couple of us want to pitch it for a graduation gift for a classmate. He is techy (Comp. Sci. major) and we have $30-50. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 22:01 17
- You can get a digital picture frame for that at Amazon. -- nm - David Nov 13, 23:40
- Question: Any cool gadget things we can get with that money? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 22:01 15
  - In addition to Qale's idea, you should check out ThinkGeek.com -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:09 5
    - Fantastic, I forgot about this site. This stuff looks perfect for him -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 22:18
    - no, engadget -- (link) - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:10 3
      - You fail at linking, and they don't have enough money for Engadget. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:13 2
        
        Plus, se can listen to the latest smodcast for a discount code for think geek. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 13, 22:21 1
        
        Thanks! I just had way too much fun at that site. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 22:22
  - Kingston 2GB Micro SD Card with Adapter $2.59 + $5 shipping -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 22:07 2
    - Can one get a bunch of those cards and install applications on them? - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 22:25 1
      - I'm kind of sketched out by the adapter thing. I just want to hold one solid piece of card. -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 22:29
  - a blowup doll -- nm - Stacy Nov 13, 22:03 3
    - *I should have known TT to be like this* It's for a student organization semester-ending party so it has to be appropriate -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 22:06 2
      - What is this "TT" you speak of? -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 22:08 1
        
        What is this "appropriate" she speaks of either? -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 22:10
  - small hadron collider -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 13, 22:03
  - Fleshlight. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 22:02
Well, I just have to say The Office really dodged a bullet tonight (spoils) - Subversive - least conducive to reworking Nov 13, 21:58
~Ain't nobody humpin around~ -- nm - Bobby Brown Nov 13, 21:57
this is the day - pigby Nov 13, 21:53 2
- that the Lord has made. -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 22:02 1
  - We should be glad and rejoice in it. - Trish Nov 13, 22:43
watching Pawlenty on Jim Lehrer tonight, I can't believe he picked Palin over him. - Guy Nov 13, 21:49
I'm too sexy for SlickerTalk, too sexy for SlickerTalk, so sexy it rocks! -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 21:47
download the screenplay to WALL-E here -- (link) - pigby Nov 13, 21:40 4
- Thanks :) -- nm - Stacy Nov 13, 22:04
- I *love* you. -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 21:55 1
  - i am pretty awesome -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:55
- Why? that's it...just plain why -- nm - J Nov 13, 21:46
I love that Hollywood Undead song, so I looked up the lyrics and yikes! - David Nov 13, 21:37
Ando is on CSI playing an LVPD patrolman -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 21:27
pigby! twentysomething girl asking me about box office: "I really want to see Australia. It's going to be huge. It reminds me of English Patient." - Max Nov 13, 21:14 21
- 9 time Academy Award winning including Best Picture: The English Patient. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 21:22 15
  - It's stuff like this that causes people not to take the Academy seriously. -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:36 14
    - It's why I said it. It's absolutely halariously fun to say. Come on, David, say it with me! 9 time Academy Award winning including Best Picture... -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 21:45 3
      - the only crime is that the Academy didn't give it more -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:46 2
        
        It's gonna be awesome when Speed Racer gets technical Oscar nods. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 21:51 1
        
        it will be -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:53
    - no, that's Forrest Gump - pigby Nov 13, 21:38 9
      - You get OFF the Gump. - Trish Nov 13, 22:59
      - I was gonna use this example, but you did first -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 21:42 2
        
        i am pretty awesome -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:43 1
        
        so I hear - peglegpete Nov 13, 21:46
      - Well, you got the IM right, anyway. - David Nov 13, 21:40 4
        
        pixieville is more up to date than silicon valley. davidtown, in contrast - pigby Nov 13, 21:41 3
        
        davidtown is the capital of Happyland. -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:42 2
        
        "where our motto is Ignorance is Bliss" -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:42 1
        
        davidland has no official comment on Sarah Palin. - David Nov 13, 21:43
- sounds like your type. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 21:22
- She sounds perfectly rational. You should date her. I'm sure it will end well. -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:17 2
  - she thinks your prediction about Twilight is totally dumb! -- nm - Max Nov 13, 21:18 1
    - Go make hugely irrational babies together! -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:21
- i'm gonna get candy - pigby Nov 13, 21:15
Will Wheaton isn't particularly interesting. -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:04 7
- This is the seventh most craziest thing you've ever posted on TT or ST. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 21:43 6
  - What was fifth? -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:44 5
    - "The SEC is the best conference college football has ever seen." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 21:58 3
      - That's just common sense. I think there was one time when it wasn't true back in the 30s, but Hitler invaded Poland. So, it became a non-issue. -- nm - David Nov 13, 22:02 2
        
        See? Pure, unadulterated, unfiltered craziness, straight from the source. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:22 1
        
        Hitler invaded Poland in the 30s, Joel. Check wikipedia if you don't believe me. -- nm - David Nov 13, 22:24
    - *points up to the English Patient one* -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:57
I am very happy with the new Bond Girl, Maxim issue this month. Meow! -- nm - Redmond Nov 13, 21:02
I have achieved a crucial victory in Pickem. -- nm - David Nov 13, 20:53 2
- i guess you take your "crucial victories" where you find them -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 21:04 1
  - Down 6 weeks to 4 on the season, they're all crucial. -- nm - David Nov 13, 21:05
Weee home at last. Loading Wrath of the Lich King now!!! -- nm - Redmond Nov 13, 20:49
hah! -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 20:45
So Hawth has become a conservative Max Keiser? -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 13, 20:38 2
- This is just the natural end-result of hanging out with people who think like you do. - psilotum Nov 13, 21:21
- You seriously underestimate the craziness of Max Keiser. -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 20:41
Poll: If you polled most Americans, would you expect women, or men, to be most accepting of Indecent Proposal's premise? - Max Nov 13, 20:36 23
- Just catching up on the backboards. Did the dog pay Kelly 1 million bones to hump her leg? -- nm - Redmond Nov 13, 20:53
- men. [ hi RC!! :) ] -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 20:51
- If I have to sleep with Robert Redford for 1 million I say, no thx. -- nm - Redmond Nov 13, 20:50 3
  - no no, this is only the girl sleeping with the guy. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 20:59 2
    - I would not let my woman hit it for 1 million. I say the dude has the bigger issue -- nm - Redmond Nov 13, 21:01 1
      - This is my thought too. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 21:15
- women -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 13, 20:48
- Sleep with a random older rich dude for $1 million or sleep with Robert Redford circa 1993 for $1 million? nm - ralph wiggum Nov 13, 20:45 9
  - Heh, I'd sleep with Redford now--he's a HOG. -- nm - Trish Nov 13, 23:07
  - "My dear, we've already established what you are. Now, we're quibbling over price." -- nm - David Nov 13, 20:52
  - would you settle for a failed middle-aged lawyer for some spare change and tic tacs? -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 20:50 2
    - It wouldn't be the first time. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 13, 20:53 1
      - "they're soft and warm. they've been in my pocket all day." -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 20:54
  - good looking older guy, money adjusted from 1993 for cpi -- nm - Max Nov 13, 20:46 1
    - Definitely women. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 13, 20:50
  - 1993 dollars or 2008 dollars? -- nm - nubby Nov 13, 20:45 1
    - Also: is the alternative continuing to sleep with Woody Harrelson? nm - ralph wiggum Nov 13, 20:48
- lol, Palin ad when clicking on this thread. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 20:43
- $ 1, Bob! -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 20:37 4
  - *searches the sofa* -- nm - nubby Nov 13, 20:37 3
    - Do you really want to have sex with Robert Redford that bad? -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 20:38 2
      - it's the only way to get his film in the Sundance festival :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 13, 20:56
      - *runs to the cookie jar* -- nm - nubby Nov 13, 20:51

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