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What's a good way to explain irony to someone who isn't a native English speaker? -- nm - ceregon Feb 3, 19:56 12
- the French Army? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 20:03
- Irony is people from Maryland and Hawaii acting like USC fans. -- nm - David Feb 3, 19:59 2
  - *ahem* Some of us are alumni. (nm) - musubi Feb 3, 20:03 1
    - Touche. -- nm - David Feb 3, 20:03
- The Alanis song, totally. -- nm - Inigo Feb 3, 19:58 1
  - "You see, this song purports to illustrate a principle, but contains no actual uses of it." -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 20:04
- "it's when the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the literal meaning" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 19:58 1
  - this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:58
- Alanis -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Feb 3, 19:57 3
  - No, I believe that she's a native English speaker. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 19:59 1
    - No, she is Canadian. - Spawn: Champion of ST Feb 3, 20:00
  - Dont'cha think? -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:58
I am glad Lafarrow is partying it up early because in four days time he will not feel like partying. - Spawn: Champion of ST Feb 3, 19:40 2
- incubation? -- nm - Max Feb 3, 19:56
- I'm glad so many of you guys are able to remain friends with him. -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 19:44
what is bitters anyway ... I know they muddle the old fashioned I drink with it in the bottom with the orange, cherry and sugar ... but what is it? -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:38 6
- basically a flavoring that probably came from old world medicinal mixes to ward off rumours and at least disguise the horrid rot gut being served -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 19:49 2
  - rumours or humours? -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:50 1
    - not sure, but most folks have problems with one and/or the other -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 19:53
- wiki: Common ingredients in bitters include angostura bark, cascarilla, cassia, gentian, orange peel, and quinine from Cinchona bark . -- (link) - loosilu Feb 3, 19:39 2
  - so it's a "potion" ... like curry is a mix of junk too ... there is no "curry" tree or whatever ... hmmm ok -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:42 1
    - or like Vermouth. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:43
Poor Kika is looking just a little frazzled..... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 19:37 5
- YAY -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:38
- And,,,she's gone :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 19:38 3
  - yeah but they have colored collars now ... ok - which one's your favorite? -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:40 2
    - I need to catch them more active. Every time I check they're all asleep :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 19:43 1
      - HAH - they all went from squirming to totally snoozing just as I read your post Meg ... too funny!!! boy they are getting bigger quick - so cute -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:46
watching the Coors Light Amateur filmmaker project...I hope Jim Mora is getting paid. -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:27 1
- "Payoffs?!" -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 19:30
Tonight's cocktail: Wild Turkey Honey, vanilla schnapps, and diet Coke. Grade: C. Drinkable, wondering if 7up would've worked better. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:23 20
- Interesting, you need to do more with the Wild Turkey Honey since we have a bottle here and don't know what to mix with it. - JaxSean Feb 3, 19:36 5
  - My favorite thing may be too weird for you. Wild Turkey honey, caramel liquor, and milk. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:38 4
    - Hmmm...that sounds good. What is caramel liquor? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 3, 19:40 3
      - Oops, liqueur. Somehting like this -- (link) - mara Feb 3, 19:42 2
        
        What are the ... measurements? - JaxSean Feb 3, 19:45 1
        
        Do you like kahlua and cream, or White Russians? I don't have the measurements. I tend to mix cocktails kind of strong. But yeah, it has to have the - mara Feb 3, 19:52
- I so want a cocktail right now. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:29
- Milk and Lemon cake -- nm - eag Feb 3, 19:29
- creme soda -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 19:25 6
  - ginger ale. or bitters and club soda. -- nm - amanchester Feb 3, 19:26 5
    - Blenheims and Pangle-Heimers makes a strong [and also a peppery] ginger ale, like it used to be. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 19:37
    - Nice, thanks. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:27 3
      - have you had the boston tea party flavored absolut? mix with bitters and club soda. mmmm, good. -- nm - amanchester Feb 3, 19:30 2
        
        I wish I could actually stock a bar. Bitters would be cool to have on hand. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:43 1
        
        bitters are inexpensive and super useful. we mix bitters, lime muddled with sugar, and club soda instead of drinking sprite. - amanchester Feb 3, 20:01 1
- Cherry Coke -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 19:25
- Tonight's beverage: cold water. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 3, 19:25 3
  - Me Too!!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:26 2
    - We're beverage twins! -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 3, 19:28 1
      - "clink" Cheers!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:31
ok - who knew chili could be made with just 5 ingredients? - JenBro Feb 3, 19:22 15
- Beans, meat, seasoning for a basic chili. Onions and tomatoes, if you like. - TWuG Feb 3, 19:35 1
  - Love those diced tomatoes with jalapenos. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 19:42
- you forgot the drained canned sliced mushrooms -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:28 8
  - in chili? no f'ing way -- nm - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:31
  - (I'm sure it'll b e fine, though :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 19:28 6
    - Why did you have to post that. You have no stirred up the mushroom haters. - Redmond Feb 3, 19:30 5
      - I *love* mushrooms... but not in chili. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:32 4
        
        Yeah, I don't think I have ever had chili with mushrooms in it. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 19:34 1
        
        I love chili with mushrooms and carrots. it's so good if you alter the spices to be more savory than hot. -- nm - amanchester Feb 3, 19:36
        
        True. They go in beef stew..... -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 19:33 1
        
        my fav deli that makes the reuben soup had a new soup today - beef burgundy - it had mushrooms it was delicious - bacon too - so yummy -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:34
- "McCormicks chili mix" I looked for the :P or the Haha, but I think you are serious. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 19:24 3
  - I am ... you just dump it in with the rest of the stuff - brown the ground beef - and you're good! - JenBro Feb 3, 19:28 2
    - Yeah, I cheat all the time. I do boxed rice and beans instead of the hard way. - Redmond Feb 3, 19:29 1
      - My brother makes this stuff called Savanah Red rice with shrimp .. it's the awesome ... I'm salivating just thinking about it ... so good. -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 19:33
Maple Leafs lose Komisarek for rest of season - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 3, 19:19 5
- Is that going to make the puck harder to hit around the ice or something? -- nm - Americans Feb 3, 19:20 4
  - considering he was a choice of Team USA - the answer might be no -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 3, 19:21 3
    - Okay, all we want to know is, will this in anyway affect the Superbowl? -- nm - Americans Feb 3, 19:23 2
      - any way -- nm - Americans Feb 3, 19:23 1
        
        I care. -- nm - Luke Skywalker, Pittsburgh Penguins fan Feb 3, 19:27
Psych line spoiler - nubby Feb 3, 19:18
anyone still watching The Deep End? - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 3, 19:15 1
- "still"? -- nm - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:20
for crying out loud, cymbalta, I wasn't depressed until you beat me over the head with your damn commercials. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 19:13 1
- Is that the one that was the woman with a miniature toy of her that she keeps needing to wind up? -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Feb 3, 19:15
ST Poll: What are you reading now? - ty97 Feb 3, 19:12 20
- Preacher (Book 5). Just finished The Postman, which was actually sillier in some ways than the movie. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 19:59
- The Iron Hand of Mars (a Marcus Didius Falco Novel) -- nm - Stephen Feb 3, 19:49
- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs (nm) - musubi Feb 3, 19:28
- The Kite Runner -- nm - amoxy Feb 3, 19:24 1
  - ooh, good book. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 3, 19:34
- Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens. It was a Kindle freebie on Amazon. So far I'm enjoying it. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 3, 19:23
- Atonement by Ian McEwan - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 3, 19:21
- The Charlemagne Pursuit..by Steve Berry -- nm - BAD Feb 3, 19:19
- i don't think i've read anything since The Strain, and that was in....August? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 19:15
- along with Bone, same as the other day: 2666 (Bolano) and The Scar (China Mieville). -- nm - Callisto Feb 3, 19:14 3
  - 2666 intimidates me -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 19:15 1
    - it's a surprisingly easy read. -- nm - Callisto Feb 3, 19:44
  - Show off. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 19:15
- Maxim -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Feb 3, 19:13
- Kim and I reading through Bone right now. I'm on Book 5 and she's on Book 7. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 19:13 4
  - Man, I just couldn't get into this at all. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 19:57
  - One of SheFox's favorites. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 19:15
  - She reading three books and is still kicking your ass -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 19:15 1
    - It's really holding her back at Mario. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 19:16
- ST -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 19:12
separating it from the unpleasantness it represents, i love the term "kidrockboyfriend" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 19:08 4
- My friend Elf said he looked like Kid Rock I just kind of blended it all together. Amusingly, Elf is pre-op trans and kidrockboyfriend is extremely - Qale Feb 3, 19:31 2
  - Do you have a friend named Navi? -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 19:33 1
    - Nope. And I wasn't even the one who gave Elf the nickname, though probably still the only one that uses it. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:59
- completely tangential: The manager of the Hanson fan club is also the manager of the Kid Rock fan club. - loosilu Feb 3, 19:11
belated thanks to hyde and lafarrow for making such mirth today - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:02
"Chillax. Tweet. Rihanna." -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 18:59 16
- 'oh it's on bitch' -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:06 15
  - you're still due for a smackdown, btw. - loosilu Feb 3, 19:07 14
    - for what? -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:08 13
      - I can't remember exactly, but you got mouthy about something. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:08 12
        
        if you can't remember then it didn't happen. -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:09 5
        
        oh no, I just add it to your account. You're due a major smackdown. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:10 4
        
        nope. you can't remember so the account is cleared. -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:17 3
        
        not cleared. I have a point system. you're toast. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:20 2
        
        And I think he deserves an even harsher smackdown for arguing with you, don't you? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 19:31 1
        
        he loves it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:32
        
        I think he was spouting nonsense about Rena Sofer sucking. What an idiot. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 19:09 5
        
        he kept his mouth shut about that, actually. I think he agrees with me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:11 4
        
        I like her, but she's trying to hard on NCIS to be a ballbreaker that's attracted to Gibbs. -- nm - Remlik Feb 3, 19:13 3
        
        she's chewing the scenery so hard there are crumbs everywhere. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:21
        
        You're trying too hard to be a ballbreaker that's attracted to Gibbs! You are! -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 19:16 1
        
        she's pretty, I'll give you that. the character? sucks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:22
LYC: My sister found out the sexes of her twins. guess!!! -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 18:59 13
- One of each! -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:01 10
  - you had a 50% chance of being right, but you're wrong. Two boys. She already has two boys plus a stepson. - loosilu Feb 3, 19:06 9
    - Names? Aiden? Holden? Jack? -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:26 8
      - she didn't say, butr she favors biblical names. first two are Sam and Aaron. - loosilu Feb 3, 19:28 2
        
        Jacob and Esau! -- nm - mara Feb 3, 19:39 1
        
        nice! -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 19:40
      - aiden, jayden, hayden, braydon, caden. -- nm - amanchester Feb 3, 19:28 4
        
        I met a kid at the playground the other day named Albus. Albus?! Really?! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 3, 19:30 2
        
        Albus Percival Wulfric... Brian... Dumbledore. -- nm - Jelly Feb 3, 20:06
        
        "ralph wiggum is right to laugh at you albus" -- nm - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:31
        
        Bayn-tlee -- nm - Teen Mom Marci Feb 3, 19:29
- Sexes implies multiple genders, so a boy and a girl. - TWuG Feb 3, 19:01
- Human? -- nm - eag Feb 3, 19:01
If you run away from war more than three times, there is a name for you: France. -- nm - Dav5id Feb 3, 18:57 2
- I think its time to unleash Krazy Nekkid Mel -- nm - eag Feb 3, 19:00
- "So...you're from frence?" -- nm - Jordan Catalano Feb 3, 19:00
/starts banging the war drum/ -- nm - eag Feb 3, 18:55
Qale, he is totally not gone. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 18:54 2
- I would agree -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 18:56 1
  - I know. Though I do now have a new card to play when I get yelled at. I walked her damn dogs. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:02
M-I-C, K-E-Y -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 18:53 6
- C you real soon. -- nm - the liioulu with waves Feb 3, 18:54 5
  - M-O-U-S-E! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 3, 18:57 4
    - *puts out the Disney Ambush Trap, with Tinkerbell Cheese* -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Feb 3, 18:58 3
      - *Poisoned* Tinkerbell Cheese? -- nm - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:00 2
        
        Stop taunting Trish when you are posting so close to me. I don't want collateral damage hitting me. -- nm - Redmond #1 Colts Fan Feb 3, 19:06 1
        
        use enough poison and it won't be an issue -- nm - ovenmit331 Feb 3, 19:07
down dubbie down down down -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 18:53 1
- Hey boppa do down down. -- nm - Bruce Springfield Feb 3, 18:59

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