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hopefully Hump Day will be half as good as today has been thus far -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 10:08
Ohhhhh, percoset - ty97 Jan 5, 10:05 1
- email me your passwords and I'll help you login places while you can't see. - Max Jan 5, 10:05
LYC, probably the best picture I have of me with Abby -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 5, 10:04 [Image] 1
- Cuteness! -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 5, 10:05
God I love CES. IMAX launches 3D TV channel in conjunction with Discovery and Sony. - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 10:00
This numbers strike me as woefully outdated. - David Jan 5, 09:58 43
- 1) women report under and men over. 2) I know a surprising number of people who married their 2nd or 3rd partner. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 10:09 4
  - I know 1 that did that. 1. And she was a christian something or something. He had to lie to her about his past -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 10:12
  - re #2: I feel that's less the case in the new generation -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 5, 10:09 2
    - Disagree. see: evangelicals - loosilu Jan 5, 10:11
    - gen x/gen y, I guess, but I'm probably only 8 or 9 years older than you. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 10:11
- "There's no such thing as an accurate sex survey." -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 10:07
- In this unofficial survey, regular women have average 8 total partners while NYC women have 40 -- (link) - Hotkiss Jan 5, 10:02 30
  - democrats are easy. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 10:10 1
    - "You women's libbers really know how to party." -- nm - David Jan 5, 10:10
  - now, imagine if Jack Dawson wasn't gay.... -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 10:03
  - Sounds like NYC had an unfortunate encounter with a slut spill of epic proportions -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 10:02 26
    - I'm wondering if they're including actual hookersl. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:06 6
      - I can't imagine any hookers keeping track. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 10:07 3
        
        LYC: in the 1960s my dad worked for the city health dept and interviewed hookers (both sexes) about their sexual histories. - loosilu Jan 5, 10:09
        
        Just wait til the audit then, bitches. -- nm - IRS Jan 5, 10:08 1
        
        Here's how you get around that. -- nm - ACORN Jan 5, 10:10
      - She said NYC women. - Fuzzy Jan 5, 10:07 1
        
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      - Or less protective of their emotions and self-respect. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 10:04 6
        
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        *someone* is in touch with them apparently -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 5, 10:10
        
        *snork* -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 5, 10:09 1
        
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        Bery is 2/2 in this thread, and has a shot at hitting for the cycle. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:05
        
        (Maybe I mean defensive?) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 10:04
      - I'll go with whoritis -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 10:04
      - 40 is a lot of people for an average person to fuck. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:04 9
        
        If TFox thinks you're slutty... -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:06 2
        
        I'm just saying, that's higher than my number, and if I'm below average, then the whole world has herpes. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:07 1
        
        Oh, I totally agree. that's scary high for an average. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:10
        
        we need the mean so we can find out if a few Joey Tribianis are wrecking the curve. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 10:06 2
        
        let's compute a standard deviation for new york city ... - Beryllium Jan 5, 10:06 1
        
        also, the whole vacation area places skew the numbers too. This area has a major hook up summer thang -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 10:10
        
        Unless you're Warren Beatty or Wilt Chamberlain. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 10:05 2
        
        Tiger Woods was the correct answer! -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 10:06
        
        "I'm not, like, a slutty Wilt Chamberlain. I'm closer to an average Wilt Chamberlain type." -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:06
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    - that's because women lie -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 10:05 2
      - and dudes do too. and often in opposite directions. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:05 1
        
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- This, these, same diff. -- nm - David Jan 5, 10:00
"Back off bitch." We're like a walking Harlequin Romance. -- nm - David Jan 5, 09:57 8
- and then what did Kim say? -- nm - Max Jan 5, 09:58 7
  - That's what Kim said. David, while shrugging his shoulders and bowing his head, quietly muttered, "Yes dear," as he returned the remote. -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 10:01
  - That's what Kim said. David followed with a deep baritone, "Yes dear." -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 10:00 4
    - Hmm, this could keep progressing with more descriptive clauses. -- nm - David Jan 5, 10:00 3
      - "Kim let the statement hang in the air like a noose. David, taken aback, took a quiet breath. "Yes dear," he lamented." -- nm - Max Jan 5, 10:02
      - Well, I tried to make it so you weren't completely beaten down into submission. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 10:01 1
        
        we'd like to imagine he was all manly...but sadly we know the truth. - Remlik Jan 5, 10:06
  - that is what Kim said. David said "Yes Dear" -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 09:59
"I've decided to create a supplementary persona" -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:51
Rhianna dating Matt Kemp of the LA Dodgers -- (link) - Hotkiss Jan 5, 09:49 2
- She's safe because he can't hit for crap. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 09:56
- Make it Chuck Finley and it's comedy gold. -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 09:53
I Love You, Man is now playing. It's pretty effin funny -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 09:44
Bureau of Labor Statistics Top Ten list of occupations with the greatest growth in the number of jobs over the next decade - con_carne Jan 5, 09:42 14
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- The number of people enrolling in computer science at my old college was so low ... that they cancelled the entire program for 2010. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:56 4
  - The program at my college is still going very strong, and CS majors are getting nice cushy jobs. - Hotkiss Jan 5, 09:58 1
    - right out of school, yes. When they reach 40ish and demand more money, that's when the jobs get outsourced. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:05
  - Ugh. Is there an understanding that these jobs are leaving the US for places like India? -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 09:57 1
    - A guy from India, who claimed to have a PHD, tried to take my position last year. I wasn't impressed. -- nm - scorpion Jan 5, 10:10
- what are ten things that I completely suck at? -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 09:56 4
  - is this a poll? -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 09:57 1
    - we'd have to make it more than ten. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:04
  - you don't think you'd make a good customer service rep? -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 09:57 1
    - I can force myself to do it but I'm not a people person (this will shock you all, I"m sure). -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:01
- But there's not much you can do to raise the bar on food prep or retail salespersons unless you're willing to pay more than minimum wage -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 5, 09:44 2
  - I'm not sure why I included that last bit. I guess to make that list look less depressing. - con_carne Jan 5, 09:51
  - and there is always an unlimited supply of low-skilled workers to take the place of anyone who thinks they are above those tasks - znufrii Jan 5, 09:47
also: my dad found out that he and my stepmother were some very obscure relation. 4th cousins, once removed, I think. - mafic Jan 5, 09:40 22
- I've got a friend whose father's 2 brothers married his mother's 2 sisters - decline Jan 5, 09:56 4
  - The wedding favors were seven sacks with seven kittens. -- nm - Max Jan 5, 10:00
  - is your friend Jane Austen? -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 09:58
  - I think they're called cross-cousins. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 09:57 1
    - aha! not cross cousins (that's something else). Double first cousins. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 5, 10:00
- Does this make you your own Step-Uncle? -- nm - Ender Jan 5, 09:56 1
  - he did do the nasty in the pasty. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 09:57
- i wonder how often that happens that people don't realize... -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 09:46 14
  - I'm sure it depends a lot where you live. Way more likely in, say, Sherbrooke than NYC. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 09:54 6
    - and in Sherbrooke, probably unavoidable. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 09:55 5
      - which is why French Canadians have genetic diseases like Tay Sachs. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 09:56 4
        
        Hey! *twitch* -- nm - Guigue Jan 5, 10:01
        
        The French town a few miles down the road from where I grew up had about 200 people and like 5 last names. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 09:57 2
        
        I bet I have people in my family with at least one of those last names. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 10:08
        
        a friend of mine used to be one of the genetic cousellors for northern SK. said tracing family trees got awfully circular sometimes. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 10:05
  - I was in the same classes with my second cousin and never knew until after - Max Jan 5, 09:50 6
    - I have at least 40 second cousins and would not recognize a single one of them. -- nm - loosilu Jan 5, 09:52
    - Strange sentence, there. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 09:51 1
      - It's a perfectly under ham. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 09:55
    - There's a theory that people are genetically disposed to be attracted to their cousins - Roger More Jan 5, 09:50 2
      - I once had a housemate whose parents were second cousins. "They" say there is not genetic problem with that. However, the whole family was - loosilu Jan 5, 09:53
      - *writes play* -- nm - oscar wilde Jan 5, 09:53
Bono: Internet BAD! -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:38 1
- While I'm sympathetic to the music industry when it comes to file sharing, Bono is still a douche. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 5, 09:40
Facebook blocks the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:37
answer me this, slackers. it's late at night on a tuesday, you're moving out of your house in one week. you use the sink in the downstairs - mafic Jan 5, 09:35 5
- buy some Drano -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 09:43 1
  - my place for more than a week: yeah. but I have zero interest in spending any money on it before next wednesday. - mafic Jan 5, 09:52
- in between 2 and 3. -- nm - CQ Jan 5, 09:42
- Three! - nubby Jan 5, 09:37
- If you're a 'bad tenant' your answer is clear. - OAE Jan 5, 09:36
Dentist appointment this morning. I could probably walk there almost as quickly as driving...... - MojaveMeg Jan 5, 09:33 3
- Walking back numb and on pain killers should be fun! -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:51 1
  - Only a cleaning - shouldn't be a problem :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 5, 09:59
- Yup. You should. -- nm - OAE Jan 5, 09:37
Done -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 09:31 15
- awww, now you can go stand outside a showing of avatar and hit on guys exciting by saying "I seeee you" and getting all teary eyed. -- nm - ceregon Jan 5, 09:38 1 1
  - *favourited* -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 5, 09:41
- Stop posting and keep your eyes closed. - pmb Jan 5, 09:35 1
  - I'm on train. Once home, sleep -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 09:45
- this is exciting! you'll be able to see! -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 09:34
- My eyes killed me the first day and night, it got better by the next morning. - Subversive Jan 5, 09:33
- Go sleep; take it easy, enjoy waking up to sight in about 4 hours. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:32 8
  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 09:36
  - Uh, he can't read this, right? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 09:35 3
    - I was fine after my surgery till the meds or whatever kicked in. That was half an hour later....slept it off like they say (3 hours) and boom, 100%. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:36 2
      - I wasn't quite 100%...I was 97%...took a week for my eyesight to settle down. But I could watch tv from the couch! -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 09:37 1
        
        My vision fluctuatated for 3-4 months....playing center field wasn't fun in the interim... - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:38
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    - Dammit Mel. -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 09:36 1
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I wonder if the rumored Google Tablet will force Apple to pull the launch of their tablet. - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:30 1
- the $200 is not a direct-to-consumer price, it's to any company that wants to rebrand and resell it at a marked up price - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:31
Our NYE dinner was $20.10 for steak and lobster.... I thought they made a mistake, then MrsCY pointed out that we were celebrating 2010. duh. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:27 2
- Do tell, where was this? -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 09:28 1
  - Cafe Tu Tu Tango. - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:30
That Onion VH1 bus video is very good but very NSFW. -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 09:24 6
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- here -- (link) - nubby Jan 5, 09:25 4
  - bwahaha! -- nm - kelly Jan 5, 09:53
  - Brilliant -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 09:44
  - HA! -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 09:40
  - L4 -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:34
*hangs out around security checkpoints at Canadian airports* -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:24 12
- Wait until they start the airline where only beautiful people can fly. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 09:27 11
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    - Who says you'd be allowed to fly on it? -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 09:31 1
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  - Or the airline that only gives tickets to virgins -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:27 7
    - It's so roomy! -- nm - Dano SI #6 Jan 5, 09:32
    - Will they be called v-cards? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:31 3
      - yes, and the stewardesses will get to take them away -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:32 2
        
        *flight attendants*! -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 5, 09:35 1
        
        don't worry Mop, there'll be stewards as well as stewardesses -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 09:37
    - 72 on each flight with one terrorist allowed. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 5, 09:29 1
      - That's ... not what I meant. (I meant to suggest that this Virgin Airways idea might have already been implemented) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:30
The only Beautiful People you need concern yourself with are these 2 (nm) - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:24 [Image] 1
- It's later, so thank you! -- nm - David Jan 5, 09:55
You must be *this* good looking to post on ST -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 09:23 5
- The beautiful people dating site should hire me to judge the eligibility of the guys. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 09:26
- the line is slightly above courtney love and amy winehouse -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 09:24 3
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    - Low-hanging fruit won't help you keep your New Year's resolution. -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 09:30
  - *kicks dirt and shuffles off* It's been fun ya'll. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 09:25

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