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So did anyone get anything from their employer for Thanksgiving? - Stephen Nov 26, 20:04 5
- bwahahah - simple pigby Nov 26, 20:06
- 2 hours off :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 20:06
- My employer looked the other way when I left early. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:06
- No. We did chip in for a Boston Market turkey luncheon though -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 20:06 1
  - That sounds delish. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:06
Stephen Harper to the opposition parties...."Yeah, @$#*& you." -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Nov 26, 19:59 8
- btw, congrats on your future endevour -- nm - zork Nov 26, 20:04 2
  - Thanks. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 26, 20:08
  - Hmm? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:05
- I don't think I like this subsidy. Voters would probably approve repealing it, which will probably save Harper from a vote of no-confidence. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:03 1
  - Oh yeah. The cold hearted strategist in me applauds Harper. (Updated percentages of the subsidy towards party budgets.) - Name Withheld By Request Nov 26, 20:08
- Again, I am vehemently opposed to the current method of "cost cutting" by budget slashing. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 20:01 2
  - I have a pretty good rule of thumb about government expenditures that has origins in the hours I've spent reading budgets.... - Name Withheld By Request Nov 26, 20:04
  - If they're going to cut costs, how else would they do it? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 20:03
Those wanting to follow the latest details of what's going on in Mumbai can check out IBNLive.com -- (link) - Mop Nov 26, 19:52 1
- cnn had a live international feed going too on the website -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:54
NCIS Marathon - amoxy Nov 26, 19:51 3
- when? -- nm - truman Nov 26, 19:52 2
  - Now USA Network -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 19:54 1
    - sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! -- nm - truman Nov 26, 19:56
i have a pack of those little powdered donettes for breakfast. i'm not sure they'll last that long -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:46 1
- I got those cinnamon Rolls for tomorrow morning -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 19:52
Too bad Max isn't going to be in Portland anytime soon. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:22 9
- It's for the best. (between us, reverse cowgirl makes him look fat.) nm - Dignan Nov 26, 19:24 8
  - the reverse cowgirl makes everyone look fat -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 26, 19:31 [Image] 3
    - Take it to the (seriously effed up) fetish thread. nm - Dignan Nov 26, 19:34 2
      - suddenly I understand why you came back. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 19:40 1
        
        He felt a distubance in the force. Mop was intruding in his space. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:54
  - from the top or bottom? -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:27 2
    - The top. From the bottom, he kind of splays out like a puddle of gravy. nm - Dignan Nov 26, 19:30 1
      - it's true! he does - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:35
  - You're probably right. (and I won't tell anyone) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:26
kilbo !!!!!!!!! re: Boxoffice Prediction Game - are we predicting the weekend or the 5 day?!?! ...thank you. -- nm - mud Nov 26, 19:18 2
- Heh, I just pulled numbers out of my butt, so I 'll be wrong either way :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 19:24 1
  - Heh, me too. -- nm - mud Nov 26, 19:37
the latest from Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is that hostages have been taken in an office block -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:03 2
- Not in a hotel? What's the status in the luxury hotels? -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:03 1
  - everything is locked down and one or two hotels have (had?) fires burning -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:05
I just noticed, it appears we have on Cinemark theatres where I'm moving too. - ty97 Nov 26, 19:02 1
- That is all I have here -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 19:54
Trivia: Without googling, which U.S. President signed the federal law that legalized homebrewing of beer? - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:58 8
- Jimmy Carter (but i heard it on the radio) -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:59 6
  - Stop listening to Marketplace! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:10 1
    - the power of Kai Rizzdall compels me -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:13
  - Billy Beer was home brewed? -- nm - zork Nov 26, 19:00 3
    - I suspect it was bar brewed since it tasted like horse piss. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 19:13 2
      - again with the horse penises -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 19:15
      - barn brewed. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 19:14
- Ike? -- nm - zork Nov 26, 18:58
The Mythbusters episode about internet videos is sofa king cool. The nondairy creamer cannon rocks. -- nm - mara Nov 26, 18:55 4
- MythBusters is Tier 2 television, and I adore that episode. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:59 2
  - I watched an episode of Connections the other day - zork Nov 26, 19:01 1
    - I LOVED that show -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 20:00
- yup -- nm - truman Nov 26, 18:56
i guess everyone is on the road tonight -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:50 17
- Just got in -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 20:05
- One board since I left this afternoon. Pathetic! Don't make me post about wangs again! -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:08
- Except us? :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 26, 19:03
- Took me about 2 hours from Santa Monica to the valley. Usually 20min. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 26, 18:55 5
  - took me 20 minutes from the valley to hollywood. easy peasy -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:56 4
    - They closed the Sepulveda pass, so that didn't help. I think they are having small landslides there. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 26, 18:57 3
      - there was a fatal accident on the 405 at sherman way, they said -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:58 2
        
        er, i mean on Sepulveda Boulevard - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:58 1
        
        Oo.. that would make more sense :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 26, 19:05
- nope -- nm - truman Nov 26, 18:53
- The freeway has been a slow moving parking lot since noon, news says its 3 hours for what's usually 45minutes -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:52 1
  - btw: filled up yesterday for 1.75 at costco -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:53
- Hi. :( -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 18:52 2
  - this little piggy want hashbrowns -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:54 1
    - *feeds him burned potatoes* -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 19:26
- Hello! -- nm - Redmond Nov 26, 18:51
- I'm still here. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:51
what a great Boston Legal this week. so well done. -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 18:36
IF there was suddenly gunfire outside your home, what room would you go to to be safest? - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:30 38
- I woulod stay where I am and stay down. -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 20:07 1
  - Of course, I live in LA, and this has actually happened to me twice -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 20:08
- the Stairway -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 19:14
- Bathroom, I suppose, but I don't know why. There's no escape from there. I should reconsider my strategy. -- nm - Mop Nov 26, 19:05
- *whistles innocently* -- nm - Jodie Foster Nov 26, 18:58
- i'm so glad that houses here tend to be brick -- nm - zork Nov 26, 18:54
- The "Oh Shit Dudes Are Shooting At Me" room -- nm - Redmond Nov 26, 18:54
- The basement. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:51
- bath tub is an older cast iron thing, should have some slowing effect, but we have a full basement which should be near bomb proof from the outside -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:50
- the one where I keep my guns -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 26, 18:49 2
  - This is the correct anser -- nm - Stephen Nov 26, 19:45 1
    - Not to mention the correct answer! -- nm - Stephen Nov 26, 19:46
- i would walk outside and ask what my neighbors are shooting at. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 18:44
- i only have one room - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:43
- The one with the gun in it. -- nm - Ender Nov 26, 18:36 4
  - You'd shoot a bullet at the bullet coming through the wall? - Guigue Nov 26, 18:37 3
    - No silly, I'd shoot a bullet at the lamp and make it fall into the path of the bullet coming through the wall. -- nm - Ender Nov 26, 18:47 1
      - would you curve the bullet to do this? -- nm - truman Nov 26, 18:49
    - Halo proves that RPG blasts can deflect bullets. And you know what I always say ... - Beryllium Nov 26, 18:38
- Hall. Every single other room has at least one outside wall. - the darcy Nov 26, 18:32 18
  - what you do in case of a Bigfoot attack? -- nm - Remlik Nov 26, 18:37 6
    - Feed the cats to it. -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 19:25 2
      - *icy glare* -- nm - Samwise Nov 26, 19:39 1
        
        It's you or me, ya little b@stard! *pitch* -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 19:43
    - stand back and laugh while crash tries to talk to it -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:43
    - Bigfoot don't attack the darcy. They're afeared o' her training and mad skillz. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 18:43 1
      - They cower before the might of my d20. -nm - the darcy Nov 26, 18:53
  - basement? -- nm - truman Nov 26, 18:36 10
    - We don't have a basement, just a spider-infested crawlspace. I'll take bullets over black widows any day. -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 18:53 8
      - Speaking of which, have you seen this? (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:09 7
        
        Man, I so want to do this, but I would fail -so hard-. Cool stuff though! -- nm - the darcy Nov 26, 19:28 5
        
        Bah! Give it a try! - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:37 4
        
        Hmm... Well, I do need something to do now that I'm not actually employed... - the darcy Nov 26, 19:45 3
        
        Unemployment is part of my motivation as well. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 20:09
        
        Unemployment is part of my motivation as well. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 20:02 1
        
        I just applied to a coffeeshop... I really hope I can find something before Christmas. Their timing sucked. - the darcy Nov 26, 20:08
        
        Er, actually, I meant to post this above -- in response to your d20 post. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 19:14
    - We have one room in the basement - Guigue Nov 26, 18:36
FF PSA: don't forget to set your rosters and make your Pick 'Em and Survivor picks for the games Thursday -- nm - Beaker Nov 26, 18:29
My new fav song: The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 26, 18:21 1
- Hello from July! -- nm - ty97 Nov 26, 19:02
$1.49 -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 26, 18:13 2
- no, i wouldn't pay that much to have sex with you -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:16 1
  - And this is why you are still in a drought -- nm - Redmond Nov 26, 18:48
muh muh muh musubi! -- nm - simple pigby Nov 26, 17:52
nmbRC - truman and the Specials Nov 26, 17:45 15
- nmbTru - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 17:47 14
  - I gotta talk to you privately about this. I have an idea. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:12 3
    - and ygm -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:16 2
      - I'll get back to you in about an hour. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:25 1
        
        don't forget your anti-gas pill :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:25
  - frickin' autonick. ... - zork Nov 26, 18:00 5
    - nmbzork(whoithoughtwastru) - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:13 4
      - i have some knowledge from the few engineering classes i went to and the last company i was at ... - zork Nov 26, 18:19 3
        
        It's so much easier dealing with engineering geeks. :-) ;-) - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:24 2
        
        my idea is international -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 18:26 1
        
        you're just an international man of mystery -- nm - zork Nov 26, 18:55
  - Maybe instead of a patent office, there should be a prior art office? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 17:48 3
    - I'd wholly support that idea without reservation. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 17:58 2
      - For some reason, the government doesn't believe in the idea of crowdsourcing ... but the concept could readily apply here. - Beryllium Nov 26, 18:00 1
        
        Actually, it looks like someone is trying to bring back BountyQuest -- the organization of prior art bounty hunters. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 18:22
A Puppy Pooped! They are all sniffing it -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 17:40 2
- A puppy named Stacy? -- nm - mara Nov 26, 17:46 1
  - puppies wear pants these days? -- nm - zork Nov 26, 18:03
Musubi? Are you still at work? I left an hour ago -- nm - amoxy Nov 26, 17:39
Bones spoils - Beaker Nov 26, 17:38 3
- the pta president is sloane from some kind of wonderful!! -- nm - amanda Nov 26, 18:09 2
  - bitch - simple pigby Nov 26, 18:23
  - the doctor is - spoils - Beaker Nov 26, 18:14
Kelly, check out a photo I commented on in Facebook. I used your name in my comment so I hope it will be easy to find. -- nm - mara Nov 26, 17:38 2
- omg, that is hilarious. -- nm - kelly Nov 26, 17:52 1
  - :-) -- nm - mara Nov 26, 17:53
"This one is for all the bouncers out there ... big, big monkey man" -- nm - truman and the Specials Nov 26, 17:34
RC, did you notice your first response from Cinemark was a form mail, it seems? -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 26, 17:32 3
- Oh, sure -- I noticed. And I'm not really expecting my response to the form email to actually get back to the VP who sent it. - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 17:41 2
  - Actually, if you keep pushing it, you will get a response from someone that high up. - David, hero of turkeys Nov 26, 17:42 1
    - Eh, we'll see. It would be kind of cool if I did get a real response. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 17:44
Which ST'rs were these? Iowa fans cited for restroom sex during Gophs game - zeitgeist Nov 26, 17:19 3
- the last sentence is a given and the one before it is ... umm, interesting -- nm - zork Nov 26, 17:30 2
  - Wouldn't it have been an interesting time to be in the police station to see the husband and girlfriend arrive to pick up the jailbirds? - ReluctantCynic Nov 26, 17:46 1
    - they would have been cited and released, just held till they were sober enough, but yeah, I'm surprised the guy's girlfriend bothered to pick him up -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 18:48
No, Conan, not you too! -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 17:14
Now we see why polar bears and penguins don't live on the same continent. -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 17:11
so how many things did griony miss in his induced vacation. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 17:10
monkeys -- nm - truman Nov 26, 17:10 2
- dq -- nm - nubby Nov 26, 17:10 1
  - no thanks, not hungry.. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 17:11

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