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- Your last line, ... aka the holidays. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 12:06
Heh. How the Whitehouse keeps track of cabinet member's cellphones -- (link) - oblique Dec 14, 11:57 7
- I thought this was going to be about contact information. - con_carne Dec 14, 12:03 5
  - You'd think they could afford cubbies for each secretary. -- nm - Ender Dec 14, 12:22
  - It's a practical, common-sense solution. The US government needs more solutions like that. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 12:04 3
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      - I don't know if that's truthful, but that story always cracked me up. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:06 1
        
        The story from snopes.com -- (link) - oblique Dec 14, 12:08
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"Greece is at risk of 'sinking under its debts" - Loyola Dec 14, 11:54 1
- Pfft. Amateurs. -- nm - Argentina Dec 14, 12:01
"I like See's candy. Put me in a See's store, I'm eating candy. The whole world is Tiger's See's store, and the candy is vagina." -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:54
Mel Gibson to direct and produce a movie on Vikings starring Leo.....I liked Apocalypto myself, so I'm damned curious how Mel does the Vikings.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 14, 11:52 19
- Awesome - Stephen Dec 14, 12:15
- Good news! And, Apocalypto was the shiznit, IMO. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:59
- based on past performance: change history. -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 11:59
- Do it in English, Mel. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 11:56 4
  - i think itd be great if they did it in Old Norse (with subtitles) but it'd be tough for Leo to learn those lines -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 12:05 1
    - Yeah, we wouldn't for him to actually act. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 12:06
  - by the hammer of Thor, y'all -- nm - Kevin Costner in a viking helmet Dec 14, 11:57 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 11:59
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- As long as he names a character Ralph, I'll see the movie. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:54 1
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- I have no plans to watch Passion or Apocalypto, but I would watch Vikings -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:53 7
  - Apocalypto was quite good -- nm - Guy Dec 14, 11:59
  - Yeah I didn't like Passion. But I was really caught off guard by Apocalypto myself..... - Remlik Dec 14, 11:55 1
    - i would be more impressed if they'd encoutered a Sex Panther cult. With real bits of panther in it. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 12:03
  - I'd watch Leo as a Viking -- nm - Epiphany Dec 14, 11:53 3
    - Watch. Riiight. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 12:05
    - can he gro enough facial hair for the job. I say no, no he can not! -- nm - CQ Dec 14, 11:55 1
      - Growing beards is not where Leo is a Viking. -- nm - Diva Dec 14, 12:04
Hey, my brother has been talking about taking some nursing courses. Do you know of any books about male nursing? -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:52 4
- Yes. -- (link) - mara Dec 14, 11:54
- wait till Dogbert gets out of the supply closet with the newbie nurses. and ask him. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 11:53
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- I've got nipples. Can you milk me? -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:52
Thanks to Twug, I'm about to order some vegemite. - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:50 3
- Do you have a source? I've used these people in the past..... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Dec 14, 12:01 1
  - Nice, I will check out. I almost pulled the trigger on a jar from Amazon.com... - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 12:07
- *books X-mas dinner at the Eskimo Igloo instead* - Vermin's family SI Dec 14, 11:52
I want to order food for takeout at work (sushi rice) but I feel awkward making a phone call from my desk for it. Is that weird? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:46 10
- yes. - znufrii Dec 14, 11:55
- Getting busted for calling a sex chat line would be awkward, indeed -- nm - JaxSean SI Dec 14, 11:52
- You are weird. - Spawn Dec 14, 11:51
- You feeling awkward about it is weird, yes. -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 11:48 1
  - that's what I was wondering. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:49
- We do this a lot in our department, but yeah, I think it was weird at first. - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:48 2
  - they're all out getting caribbean. I didn't feel like going. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:49 1
    - make that "almost all". The other people have their own arrangements. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:49
- If you do, your boss has the right to eat your lunch. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:47 1
  - I DRINK BERY'S MILKSHAKE!!! -- nm - Bery's boss si Dec 14, 11:47
(Dano signal) There's now an adult website featuring (starring?) former reality tv 'stars'? -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:44 2
- Joe Schmo has a job? -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 11:48
- I thought most of them had done porn before appearing on reality shows. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:46
I love unexpected gifts. I just received a package of Australian goodies from my friend (who has been telling me for the last 11 yrs she was going to - kelly Dec 14, 11:43 21
- what did you get? Tim Tams? Barbecue Shapes? -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:44 8
  - Yeah, Tim Tams and some other stuff. - kelly Dec 14, 11:49 7
    - I love Tim Tams. They have them at one theater near my house. It's the only concession I ever buy. -- nm - jnine Dec 14, 12:07
    - MMmmm... Milo is like Ovaltine, but it doesn't dissolve as much, so you get this crunchy layer on top of your milk - Roger More Dec 14, 11:56
    - milo is sort of like ovaltine. -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 11:55
    - Dang, Milo takes me back....and Cherry Ripes - one of my favorites :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 14, 11:52 3
      - That was the first candy I tried! - kelly Dec 14, 11:56 2
        
        - -- nm - FabioParme Dec 15, 10:48
        
        Australian fake cherry taste is very different to US fake cherry taste -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:59
- 11 years? I bet they've spoiled. I wouldn 't eat em. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:43 11
  - Heh. (Included was a card that says "Sorry about your sugars.") - kelly Dec 14, 11:50 4
    - don't forget to do the Tim Tam Slam -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:52 3
      - Heh - "The Arnott's company prefers the name Tim Tam Suck and ran an advertising campaign promoting it under this name" - Roger More Dec 14, 12:06
      - That is so odd. -- nm - kelly Dec 14, 12:01 1
        
        oddly delicious! -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 12:02
  - It's vegemite, how would you tell? -- nm - TWuG Dec 14, 11:44 1
    - I don't think vegemite can go bad. what could possibly live in that delicious salty morass? -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 11:56
  - "you" wouldn't eat them? -- nm - dogbert Dec 14, 11:44 3
    - They were fresh when Clinton was still banging chubby interns! - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:45 2
      - so like, yesterday? -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:46 1
        
        Sorry, when he was banging chubby interns and could order the military around to distract us from him banging chubby interns. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:46
Tomorrow night's Craig Ferguson is his 1000th show. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 14, 11:41 9
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  - I still remember the skit someone linked to here of him doing a song with puppets. Impossible not to laugh. -- nm - Loyola Dec 14, 11:47
  - Yeah. It's a shame Kimmel recently moved ahead of him in ratings. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 14, 11:45 6
    - He needs to be screwing his interns or something. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:50
    - Actually...it's a shame he's not on earlier. I'd watch him every night, if it wasn't so damn late. Plus, our CBS affiliate sucks ass... - Jim Dec 14, 11:49 4
      - No DVR? Are we the last people not to have one? :-) -- nm - mara Dec 14, 11:52 3
        
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        I have one, but the liklihood of me watching a DVR'd late night show is pretty slim. -- nm - Jim Dec 14, 11:56 1
        
        Why? I can kind of see not wanting to time-delay a sporting event, but why a late night show? -- nm - mara Dec 14, 11:57
yeah, the acts announced so far have been mostly a bunch of 'who?' - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:35 6
- do they have a comprehensive list of announced-so-far acts posted anywhere? -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 11:41 2
  - nnbl -- (link) - con_carne Dec 14, 11:42 1
    - thx. -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 11:44
- Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey are performing solo? -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:39 2
  - At the same time. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:53
  - I saw Pete solo there a couple of years back, actually. - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:41
Up in the Air SPOILS especially for those who have read the book - Max Dec 14, 11:35
Based on IMDb's STARMeter (based on searches/hits I assume), who are the 10 biggest stars of 2009? -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:34 53
- Top 25 Stars of 2009 on IMDb's STARMeter -- (link) - Dano Dec 14, 11:49
- Hints: #6 is part of a power couple, #9 think indie and music, #10 is SO freakin hot -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:43 10
  - Pitt.......Zooey......Amber Heard -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:44 9
    - #6 .... #9 .... no (think hot TO ME) -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:44 8
      - Ryan Reynolds -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:47 2
        
        #10 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:48 1
        
        Huh, surprised none of the smash hit summer breakout stars made it. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:49
      - Chris Pine? -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 11:47
      - Butler -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:46
      - Taylor Lautner! -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:45 1
        
        heh - already answered. Umm... Jake Gyllenhaal? -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:46
      - Rico Suave? -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:45
- here's the current list from weekly updates - Max Dec 14, 11:42
- Michael Jackson -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 11:40
- Robert Pattison's stunt double. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:40 1
  - Robert Pattinson's hair -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:41
- Ashley Greene -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:39
- Obama -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:38 3
  - What internet movie was he in? -- nm - psilotum Dec 14, 11:39 1
    - The same one as Lady Gaga. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:49
  - Palin! -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:38
- Shia Lebeouf -- nm - AJRimmer Dec 14, 11:38
- note: the current number 8 was in the 2000s only a month ago. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 11:37 9
  - ah, now I see, IMDB actually set aside the year's top ten. The regular starmeter list is always current, so "current" 8 is not on the "year" list. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 11:39
  - every other Twilight person....Dakota Fanning? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:38 7
    - #8 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:38 6
      - God, I hate that stupid movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:39 5
        
        *remembers High School Musical* I think this Twilight craze ain't so bad. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:41 3
        
        HSM3 made 50mil opening weekend. This made that in 18 hours. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:42 2
        
        *shrug* Good for them, at least the Twilight kids aren't annoying the hell out of me. -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:43 1
        
        Huh.....we're 180 degrees backwards then. Pattinson & Stewart are next to useless for me... Efron's fantastic for me. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:45
        
        This is what your grandparents said about star wars -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 11:40
- Lady Gaga -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:37
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  - #4 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:38
- Bale -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:37 1
  - #7 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:37
- Ledger -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:37 1
  - And this is a year too late. Time just blends after awhile. -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:38
- Sandy Bullock? She's had a helluva year. -- nm - Jim Dec 14, 11:36
- Kristen Stewart. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:36 1
  - #2 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:37
- Pattinson -- nm - Shaun Dec 14, 11:36 1
  - #1 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:37
- Lautner -- nm - adventy97 Dec 14, 11:35 4
  - who by the way, if you saw SNL this weekend, has some serious martial arts skills. - znufrii Dec 14, 11:39 2
    - the back flip landing with the hand out? - hawt. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 14, 11:41 1
      - *kicks off Kanye's head* -- nm - znufrii Dec 14, 11:46
  - #5 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:36
- Jolie -- nm - Roger More Dec 14, 11:35
- Depp....Bradley Cooper, Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, Sam Worthington, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:35 1
  - Depp #3 -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 11:36
- Tiger Woods -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 11:35
Loyola..real simple...don't do your personal stuff on the work implements. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 11:34 2
- seriously. you cannot assume an expectation to privacy at the expense of the business's responsibility to determine that its resources are being used - znufrii Dec 14, 11:37
- Yeah, I don't think one's "right to privacy" should be checked at the door, per se, but that it doesn't apply when you're using someone else's stuff. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:37
"You look thinner." ::thinks of the Stephen King book... binge eats:: -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:31 5
- I think about that book *every time* I step on the scale... - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:34 4
  - do you want this newest one? I'm almost done - I can media mail it to you - Epiphany Dec 14, 11:43 2
    - Sure! Cool! - Agent.Vermin Dec 14, 11:46 1
      - YW - I may be done this week. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 14, 11:51
  - Yup. King really has programmed a lot of stuff into me. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 11:37

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