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I really hate the practice of tipping. I'm paying you to do a damn job and do it right and to the best of your ability. - TWuG Apr 6, 09:35 6
- But the jobs that are usually tipped are the ones where there are ones with an over-supply of labor - Roger More Apr 6, 09:39
- I don't tip because society says I have to. nm - Jim Apr 6, 09:39
- I agree, but owner's of restaurants have shifted part of their payroll costs to us. -- nm - ceregon Apr 6, 09:38
- Peace, the amazing choice of restaurants you once enjoyed. - TFox Apr 6, 09:37 1
  - You guys go nuts with it. - Reagen Apr 6, 09:40
- I'm not a fan of tipping either. -- nm - sycor Apr 6, 09:36
I survived my brazilian jiu jitsu lesson yesterday and I'm not even that sore, but I have some bruises in odd places. - ceregon Apr 6, 09:29 2
- are you sure it was ju jitsu? -- nm - budice Apr 6, 09:32
- improve the position! -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 09:31
Poll: A guy details your car. Wash, wax, windows, vaccum. Should a tip be given? - sycor Apr 6, 09:29 15
- yes -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:38
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- I would say no like you're not supposed to tip salon owners. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 09:31 1
  - but do you tip the person that actually cuts/styles your hair? -- nm - Jim Apr 6, 09:35
- Follow up Poll within a poll: How much tip should be given if you think it should be given at all. -- nm - sycor Apr 6, 09:31 1
  - no more than 10% - znufrii Apr 6, 09:33
- Not unless he had to clean dried blood off. -- nm - ceregon Apr 6, 09:30 4
  - The blood was still wet, so no biggie. -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 09:34 1
    - the tip is so the guy won't say anything to the detectives. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:35
  - "DNS Detailing"? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:31
  - I tip extra for that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:31
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:30
- i tip them a couple bucks -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 09:30
- assuming you're paying him to detail the car, no... -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:29
- Yes. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 09:29
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Mmm...pretty, pretty, rainbow rotini salad. I may have to have a serving for lunch... - MojaveMeg Apr 6, 09:24
will news network: Georgia man dislocates jaw trying to consume giant sammich -- (link) - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 09:23 12
- when I was little my mom told me it happens all the time -- dislocating your jaw from opening your mouth wide. - loosilu Apr 6, 09:25 10
  - Page 47 in your book "Ways My Mom Screwed With My Head" -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:28 5
    - hee! actually google seems to substantiate it. (but sheds no light on how common it is) -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:31 4
      - I've also found substantiation of people being killed after sticking their head out the school bus window - Roger More Apr 6, 09:34 3
        
        on WebMD? It's listed first under causes of jaw dislocation. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 6, 09:37 2
        
        but you said *google* - Roger More Apr 6, 09:43
        
        I don't see "big sandwich" in there -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:38
  - no one ever told me that and I turned out okay -- nm - Paris Hilton Apr 6, 09:27
  - Help me! I'm trying to twist this into an oral sex joke but I can't! -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:27 2
    - apparently hotkiss beat you to the donkey punch -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:28
    - some might say you've choked on this. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:27
- Totally worth it. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:24
New Mexico State Univ has a games development dept. And they're hiring. -- (link) - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:20
Truman...here you go... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 09:19 5
- [sends the boys round to 'deal' with Remlik] -- nm - LMS Apr 6, 09:22
- wonders what kind of viruses remlik is trying to infect my computer with -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:21 3
  - Yup. Opening that link set off my Security Essentials. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:22 2
    - i didnt even open the link, i was too busy making a snarky reply -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:22 1
      - Wow. Psychic! -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:24
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- I have zero faith in the ability of Congress to pass anything of the sort. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:17 3
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    - *adds it to the list* -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:20
  - Internet Freedom Act! -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:18
- Wait? You're saying Congress will fix this? Fat fucking chance. - TWuG Apr 6, 09:17 3
  - And if they try, look for the telecoms to put up plenty of ads against it (and them) come election season... -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:18
  - This is more a "Congress should but won't" rant and not a "ML is sooo naive" rant -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:18 1
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There's a FB app called "God Wants you to Know", which several of my friends use. It's a quote a day thing. - loosilu Apr 6, 09:14 7
- *hides this app* -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:17 4
  - I will end up hiding it, but am oddly fascinated with it at the moment. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:24
  - seriously. I hide almost everything and block everything I'm invited to. I don't need to see your jesusyness. feel free to block my cake. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 09:23 2
    - what if there was a "cakes for jesus" event? -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 09:26 1
      - I smell a photoblog in the making... -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:35
- I run it -- nm - David Koresh Apr 6, 09:16
- Just the people who presume to speak for Him. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:16
Somehow, the Attack of the Clones review guy thought "More s&m bondage jokes will be GREAT!" -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:13 4
- You should make a 3 hour video comparing his Attack of the Clones review to his TPM review - Roger More Apr 6, 09:16 3
  - He's lost the spirit of what made his first reviews great. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:18 2
    - or, in other words, he made a sequel just for the sake of making a sequel, without anything useful to say? - TFox Apr 6, 09:32 1
      - it's like poetry. it rhymes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:35
Revised: Apparently I am meeting Korn tonight. This is hilarious. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:09 17
- your luck really is amazing! - ty97 Apr 6, 09:13
- Korn and Sarah Palin in the span of slightly more than a week. - Reagen Apr 6, 09:11 10
  - I missed the Sarah Palin part. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:12 8
    - it's actually next Thurday. we got tickets to some fundraiser and we got VIP tix which include a meet and greet. - Andie Apr 6, 09:13 7
      - Ask her to sign your palm. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:30
      - we really, really need details from that one. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:15
      - I hope you didn't pay for those tickets, or we may have to shun you for funding the insurgency. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:14 1
        
        as IF. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:15
      - pics are needed! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 09:14 2
        
        oh, don't you worry, there will be! -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:15 1
        
        Make sure to tell her, "Don't let this turnout go to your head - we're mostly just here because you're the funniest comedy act this month." :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:20
  - right? -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:12
- I'm all ears! tell us more. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:09 4
  - That's a maiz ing! -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 6, 09:17 2
    - She gives us these little kernels of information and teases us with them! -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 09:19 1
      - And she uses her sexy, husky voice to tell us. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:22
  - I'll report tomorrow. Details keep changing. :) -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:10
for purposes of old-school scrabble rules, are names of elements allowed, or are they considered proper nouns? - prayformojo Apr 6, 09:09 13
- zinc is a power word in scrabble - Reagen Apr 6, 09:13 8
  - C sucks in scrabble. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:15 7
    - its one of two letters that is not useable in a two-letter word -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:20 3
      - what is V? -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 09:23 2
        
        that's the other one... :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:27 1
        
        words that end in V are harder to find than C endings. REV, DEV, SHIV -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:29
    - "limbic" would be another good one -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:18 2
      - sumac, lac, sac, mac, chic, ionic, tonic, atonic, lots of other -ic ending words. - loosilu Apr 6, 09:21
      - iambic -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:20
- "carbon". -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:13
- got my scrabble dictionary right here - give me a word, i'll look it up. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:11 1
  - just looked for HELIUM, it's there. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:11
- pretty sure they are allowed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:10
Sports Center also made TK's Picket Fences ref. - David Apr 6, 09:04 1
- i demand royalties! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 09:06
Who knew that ESPN employed great, concise columnists? -- (link) - TFox Apr 6, 09:04 4
- fantastic editorial. -- nm - Jim Apr 6, 09:17
- I'm quite frankly shocked. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:16
- It's an oversight. He'll be gone by the end of the week. -- nm - ESPN Apr 6, 09:09
- Wow -- nm - amoxy Apr 6, 09:07
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- Yes and I love it. -- nm - Jim Apr 6, 09:13
- I believe so (I played a lot of cards and can't recall)....it was fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:12
- Yes, not really -- nm - ceregon Apr 6, 09:11
- yes and yes -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 09:10
- Used to. Liked it a lot (would need a refresher to play again though.) -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 09:09
- Used to know how to play but forgot. I remember enjoying it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 09:09
- Used to play it every day at lunch -- nm - amoxy Apr 6, 09:08
- Yes and yes -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 09:05 3
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  - ditto -- nm - budice Apr 6, 09:06
- *shoots the moon* -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 09:04
- Yes, and yes -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 09:04
- hell yeah x2 -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 09:04
- yes, no opinoin -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:04
speaking of Comcast... -- (link) - znufrii Apr 6, 09:03
hmm, is there a way to watch that new doctor who ep online? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:01 8
- Wait 2 weeks, it looks lovely in HD. -- nm - LMS Apr 6, 09:20 4
  - why does bbc america hate america? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:22 3
    - for showing no respect for tea. -- nm - LMS Apr 6, 09:23 2
      - if we didnt respect tea, why would have chosen it to be thrown into the water? - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:28
      - There is the 8 part Tom Baker episodes on BBC Radio 7 all this week and next to fill the gap while you wait. -- nm - LMS Apr 6, 09:24
- the BBC Iplayer...you'll have to proxy watch though. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 09:06 2
  - hmm, seems like too much work, since it airs in another week or so. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:07 1
    - check youtube as well. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 09:09
It's got to be to the point where it's cheaper to Fedex your luggage to yourself. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 08:59 2
- I know several people who have done this. -- nm - decline Apr 6, 09:01
- Probably easier to fedex yourself as well. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 09:00
Henry Winkler on the latest episode of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. Imagine going through that guy's career. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 08:56
TWuG: You seriously have one choice for Internet at home, cable? No 3G or cellular? No DSL? No local ISP? -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 08:56 5
- I have one choice besides mobile broadband unless I get a phone line. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 09:26
- DSL may be available, but it's an inferior product. Never mind that I still need to get cable from ComCast. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:14 2
  - It may not have the top speeds, but I find it is more than adequate for Internet access and I do alot of online streaming, cloud backups, etc. - oblique Apr 6, 09:17 1
    - My wife does for her business. She does a lot of FTPing and sending of large audio files. Slow connections cause her files to corrupt. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:27
- I have 2 choices: 1.5mbps DSL from Verizon or 1.0 Mbps Hughes net satellite -- nm - decline Apr 6, 08:59
"Do you think it's ridiculous that in today's NHL, a team can lose more games than they win and still be considered over .500? 58% - Yes 54% - No" -- nm - Ticketmaster Apr 6, 08:55 8
- Timbits: 7 of 30 NHL teams are under .500. Teams that are 10+ games over .500 could miss playoffs -- nm - budice Apr 6, 09:06
- Fannnntastic. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 6, 09:02
- How is the Yes % not at least 98%? -- nm - Shaun Apr 6, 08:59 5
  - I think you're missing the joke. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 09:01 4
    - Stupid B2 link. - Shaun Apr 6, 09:04
    - maybe it just needs to be more subtle. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 6, 09:04
    - I'm 112% sure he is. -- nm - David Apr 6, 09:03
    - i *know*, right? - prayformojo Apr 6, 09:02
This post (The W hotel in Hollywood doesn't allow guests access to its pool) strikes me as much too whiney, but the description of the party is great -- (link) - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 08:55 2
- cause real world people would just end up drowning the hollywood party crowd in the pool -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 09:15
- Hipsters ruin fucking everything. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 08:58
I don't know why I click or why this keeps cracking me up. Danny Devito's feet at a concert -- (link) - oblique Apr 6, 08:54 1
- That's how you know it's really Danny Devito. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 6, 09:14

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