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Missy the Cow sells for $1.2 million ... yikes. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:16
I love turning sales calls into sponsorship asks. - Dano Nov 18, 08:13
Burger King is handing out envelopes of New Moon postcards with coupons on the back with purchases. They're pretty collectable and the coupons are - Hotkiss Nov 18, 08:10 3
- *splurt* -- nm - David si Nov 18, 08:14 1
  - When will this joke die? -- nm - SI Nov 18, 08:14
- Be Safe HK. -- nm - RPattz si Nov 18, 08:13
This terrible crash happened about 40 miles from me; 4 girls die in head on collision returning from a shopping trip; -- (link) - Loyola Nov 18, 08:07
not even attempting to hide it shill: Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman hoodies in stock. Angel & Buffy metal figures as well. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 08:01 13
- Any Hulk stuff? -- nm - Divawannabestartinsomethin' Nov 18, 08:06 10
  - Nope. Just a Hulk Action figure from a few weeks ago. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 08:10 9
    - May I see it, por favor? -- nm - Diva Nov 18, 08:11 8
      - sent you a link. It's about 11 inches tall and is massive. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 08:15 7
        
        L4 -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 18, 08:54
        
        Oh, that one? Not as impressive as it sounds. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 08:19
        
        *smirks* -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 08:18
        
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        woo-hoo!!! - Funbags Nov 18, 08:16
        
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        *chuckles* nm -- nm - groiny Nov 18, 08:16
- link? -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 08:04 1
  - I'll send you and Crash some photos later today. It's a black hoodie with a yellow bat symbol. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 08:11
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- I'm not sure we'd have any way of knowing for sure. -- nm - mara Nov 18, 08:05
- A news article came out today in which IBM announced they had succeeded in replicating one *portion* of a cat's brain - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:03 7
  - *sneaks up on CPU* -- nm - ninja cat Nov 18, 08:16
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    - That article kinda hints at why I was willing to give Fringe a chance in the beginning, and why I like it so much now -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:07
    - That's great...but what does it actually *do*? -- nm - IBM CEO Nov 18, 08:07
  - is that the part that stares at you apathetically? -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 08:04 2
    - No, this would be the part that hops on the counter when it knows it shouldn't, and then meows to announce its misbehaviour. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:05
    - no, that would be the cat... -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 08:04
- False. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 08:02
- Quarter-century? Disagree. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 08:02
- disagree. - znufrii Nov 18, 08:02 1
  - Smarter? Easily, but that was not what he asked. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 08:02
- completely disagree. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 08:01
Pretty good reasoning for not watching '2012' -- (link) - Elybow Nov 18, 07:59
Conclusively proven: The Netflix Facebook app makes every movie suck. - con_carne Nov 18, 07:52 7
- Facebook makes the world suck. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 07:54 6
  - I joined facebook but then cancelled it again because it is dumb. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 07:58 5
    - SSTPOW - Spawn Nov 18, 08:00 3
      - If only you had a vagina. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 08:03 2
        
        I have a necklace. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 08:04 1
        
        But no cigar. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 08:05
    - That's what I did with MySpace. 5 years ago. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 18, 07:59
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- Good riddance. - Spawn Nov 18, 07:53
- maybe the bears will pick him up, can he catch the ball? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 18, 07:52
- you suck. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:51
- Jake Allen will always be a packer to us. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:51
'lia, that's a fantastic solution - z6rk Nov 18, 07:45 1
- the game starts at 8:00pm est -- nm - 'lia Nov 18, 07:50
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- I think the most jarring statement I have heard recently is given current obesity rates and where they may be headed our kids may be the first - HdnAgnda Nov 18, 08:04
- "These calculations are based on the projection that in 10 years 43% of Americans adults may be obese..." - TFox Nov 18, 07:47 30
  - What exactly are you disagreeing with? The "if" statement? -- nm - mara Nov 18, 07:53
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  - how much is technically obese now? -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:49 27
    - Mayo Clinic says most doctors go by BMI. -- (link) - mara Nov 18, 07:53 2
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        Yeah, I was surprised to see them still citing it. On the other hand, it's each individual doctor's call, about each individual patient. -- nm - mara Nov 18, 07:56
    - roughly 30 pounds over "healthy weight", which I think that target number is also bullcrap. - TFox Nov 18, 07:51 23
      - i fully believe that Americans (and Canadians) are heading that way. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 18, 07:54
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        it says we are overly obese, sure. it does not say that number is sensical. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:55 2
        
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        ok -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:58
        
        Actually, I think Australia overtook the US as fattest nation -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 07:55 5
        
        the UK is pretty fat now as well, I believe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:57
        
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        here we go -- (link) - Roger More Nov 18, 07:59 2
        
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        Well, Australians do feel better about being #1, no matter what qualifiers they have to use -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 08:04
      - I thought it was 30 percent? -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:52 11
        
        it's 34 percent now, trended forward to 43 percent. but i don't understand how they are calculating "weight-related medical bills" at all. - TFox Nov 18, 07:54 10
        
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        that would seem to be a reasonable and proper way. another way would be to count all the diabetes, since fatness causes it. - TFox Nov 18, 07:58 3
        
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        ingrained institutional bias against a perceived moral failing. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 08:09 1
        
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        many diseases are more common when you are overweight (such as type 2 diabetes). -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:55
        
        blood pressure, diabetes, etc are all absolutely weight issues for a huge number of people -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 18, 07:55 3
        
        yes i know. i just don't know what they are counting as weight-related. - TFox Nov 18, 07:56 2
        
        I'd assume, the increased chance of having those diseases due to your weight -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 07:57
        
        yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they stretched the definition for shock value. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:57
earworm of the day (which has a cool Michel Gondry music video) -- (link) - Dano Nov 18, 07:42 [youtube]
perhaps a curious coincidence, but today is the anniversery of the infamous "I drank the kool aid" gathering .. - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 18, 07:42
Diva, the flight is 9.5 hours. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:38 6
- yeah, I've had that problem with alliances. A few times they've assigned me a seat and it ended up not being right. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:40 2
  - That happened on the way out here. I had 24A according to American. - ty97 Nov 18, 07:41 1
    - Northwest did it to me a bunch of times. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:50
- *passes out* -- nm - Diva In The Middle Nov 18, 07:39 2
  - *adds Diva to the list of travel babies* - Roger More Nov 18, 07:40 1
    - *makes sure Roger More ALWAYS has a middle seat since he's such a mouthy-mouthy* -- nm - QANTAS si Nov 18, 07:45
Dumb question: what do we like using for developing budgets, tracking and bucketing historical expenses, stuff like that? -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:31 10
- If you don't want to spendmoney: mint.com is all right. - ty97 Nov 18, 07:36 5
  - not only did Intuit buy mint.com, they put its creator in charge of all Quicken products, online and off. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 07:38 4
    - I haven't used mint much lately (which is bad) but it has potential. - ty97 Nov 18, 07:40 3
      - I wouldn't define it exactly that way (though your way is hilarious), but I do want that customization. Sounds like Quicken for me. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:49 1
        
        If I were still a Windows users (on my personal computer) then I would still be using Quicken - ty97 Nov 18, 07:51
      - I like it, it's just annoying as heck to use with IE 6, which my employer still hasn't gotten around to upgrading. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 07:44
- mint.com, or Quicken -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 07:32 3
  - McChicken. -- nm - What I Read Nov 18, 07:36
  - has mint gotten better? they used to really blow at pulling out my info. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:33 1
    - I haven't used it in a while, personally - znufrii Nov 18, 07:36
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  - jeez, I'm paying my labor lawyer more than that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:36 19
    - Maybe the wrong person to ask the question, but why? -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 07:46 14
      - wrongful termination. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:49 13
        
        Oh. Wasn't this the job that you wanted to quit? -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 07:52 12
        
        yes, but they were dumb enough to fire me for bullshit reasons. - loosilu Nov 18, 07:54 11
        
        Ah. Do you know all the reasons? - Spawn Nov 18, 07:58 10
        
        Clearly, you've never interfaced with my company. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 08:03 8
        
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        Clearly, you've never had to interface with a synergistic HR department that aligns the organizational visions to a parent corporation ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:17 5
        
        Our HR does jack shit, far as I can tell. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 08:21
        
        (... I'm just bitter because I have to use UltiPro - Web Based IE Only HR Software - to fill out my performance self-evaluation today) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:18
        
        *splurt* -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 08:18 2
        
        darnit, I toned it down specifically to *avoid* this. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 08:19 1
        
        I'm a sucker for synergy... -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 08:19
        
        my Division Manager is the big idiot in this case. I am sure he lied to HR and the CEO about due diligence. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 08:04
        
        I know the alleged reasons, and they do not have any documentation. - loosilu Nov 18, 07:59
    - maybe you should have killed your ex-boss instead? -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 07:41 3
      - he's getting served today. Maybe he'll have a stroke. - loosilu Nov 18, 07:49 2
        
        Are you suing him or the company? -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 07:55 1
        
        the company. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:56
  - That's pretty brutal. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:35
- $1 -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 07:28 1
  - and a greased pig. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 18, 07:31
- $312.50 -- nm - Diva Nov 18, 07:28
- Alabama? - groiny Nov 18, 07:28
Another reason not to have a death penalty. This is just a mess in Georgia, and it's all because of costs. -- (link) - mara Nov 18, 07:20 3
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  - they will eat some peaches and take in a Falcons game. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 18, 07:24
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- At least it's not Robert Pattinson -- nm - LMS Nov 18, 07:53 3
  - he's got Vanity Fair magazine this month - 'lia Nov 18, 07:55 2
    - Geniuses are so damn broody. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 07:57 1
      - genius my white ass - 'lia Nov 18, 08:00
- Again? Isn't he so 2005? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 18, 07:36
- as usual, People = meh -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:34
- Pfft. What a jackass. -- nm - Barack Obama, Sexiest President Alive Nov 18, 07:22
- wha? I like him and all, but that seems random. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 07:21 3
  - Better than GQ's decision. It seems to be "who's someone famous who hasn't won in a while?" -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 07:35 2
    - People's Sexiest Man 2010 - ty97 Nov 18, 07:37 1
      - isn't this the year of - 21996 Nov 18, 07:48
Whoever was supposed to tell me that Joe Biden was on the Daily Show last night is fired. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 07:19 3
- I haven't been in the US for three weeks, and even *I* knew he was making his sixth appearance on TDS last night. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 07:35
- We were too scared to even say his name. -- nm - TFox Nov 18, 07:23
- you're already fired for not watching regardless. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 07:20

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