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Starting tomorrow, the due date is down to being single digits away. Who's got a Coors Light? -- nm - CQ May 24, 15:32 1
- i don't think jess should be drinking booze. luckily for her, coors light isn't booze -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:33
ST poll: Kind of like adding "the," do you say you're going to get coffee or going to get "a coffde"? - mara May 24, 15:32 6
- just "coffee" -- nm - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:36
- if it's regular coffee, it's just coffee. if it's a latte or an iced coffee, well then that. -- nm - kare May 24, 15:35
- Like saying 'standing in line' vs 'standing on line'. - OAD May 24, 15:34
- The musubi says just "coffee". (nm) - musubi May 24, 15:33
- if I am refilling my mug, I'm going for coffee. if I am stealing a paper cup from admissions or going to DD, I am getting a coffee. -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:33
- it's either "coffee" or "some coffee". -- nm - Reagen May 24, 15:33
OK, my pet peeve: TV characters that refer to east coast interstates with "the". Like "the 95". We don't DO that. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:29 21
- Not really, no. More likey to hear someone say, "You should take I-95." than "You should take the 95." I don't think I've ever heard the latter. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:33 2
  - right? it sounds like an Italian mob boss from Jersey. So yeahs, you takes the 95 south to Boca Ratons. -- nm - CQ May 24, 15:35 1
    - I hear it as an incomplete sentence. I should take the 95, what? 95 bodies, 95 cupcakes, 95 what?!? -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:36
- I have never heard this ever. on tv or in person. -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:31 5
  - it's an LA thing, from what I've seen/heard. -- nm - kare May 24, 15:35 1
    - oh jeez. never mind. *read the entire thread Karen*. -- nm - kare May 24, 15:35
  - I don't need something to actually *happen* in order to be annoyed by it. -- nm - loosi si May 24, 15:32 2
    - I thought this was actually her, and I was only surprised that she was saying it aloud. -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:34
    - spawn? -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:33
- I only lived on the east coast for a few years... - Dr.Vermin May 24, 15:30 11
  - I think because the state of traffic dominates the lives of most people in LA, where many of the shows are written, everyone here uses "the" 10, etc. -- nm - jnine May 24, 15:36
  - not native east coasters. but i've never heard it done that way in any show that i've ever watched -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:31 5
    - It's not super common but I have heard it many times. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:32 4
      - okay i'll bite. what shows? -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:33 3
        
        I think Fringe does this. - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:38
        
        fwiw, I know I've heard it used; but I can't say soecifically where right now. - b. May 24, 15:35
        
        do you think I keep spawn-like records? I know for sure I heard it on Xfiles. After that, no, I cannot name specific shows/episodes. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:34
  - we sure as hell do not. Maybe West Coast transplants do. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:31 3
    - it's not common from native northern californians, either; but I've taken to using it some in a joking way, after there was a story about it some time - b. May 24, 15:33 2
      - did you hear about it on the teevee? -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:34 1
        
        heh. - b. May 24, 15:38
SITWAP: Evangeline Lilly in black dress > Sofia Vergara in white dress -- nm - flavorize May 24, 15:25 4
- Hmm. I saw her in a shampoo commercial the other day. - kelly May 24, 15:30
- This is like trying to pick between sunshine to cute puppy dogs. (nm) - musubi May 24, 15:30
- Have you been smoking the drugs? ;-) -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:29
- let's not talk crazy, now. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 15:26
hmm, what i am wonder is what is the context of a right bumper push - tRuMaN May 24, 15:23
I hate when people rsvp to work email via voicemail. paper trail, mary w. paper trail!! -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:22 1
- bribe em with cupcakes -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:26
Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer -- (link) - mara May 24, 15:22 5
- Screw it. I guess I'll just stay inside... - Dr.Vermin May 24, 15:29
- so I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:25
- nooooooooooooooo! not my beloved sunscreen! -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:24 2
  - I know. *sigh* -- nm - mara May 24, 15:25 1
    - here is my thought: no kiehl's on the list means it's too awesome for them to rate. -- (link) - workmanda May 24, 15:29
So, MacGruber made $4,043,495, which is less than a dollar per Burn Notice viewer of their season finale. (nm) - David May 24, 15:21
SITWAP: Man visits nearly every country on Earth. - Krusty May 24, 15:19 12
- Libya? I thought they were opening up. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:24
- None are particularly impossible - Reagen May 24, 15:23 8
  - Not impossible but not exactly easy. He has to go through Kenya to get to Somalia and there's no - Krusty May 24, 15:27 2
    - hitch a ride with pirates! and seriously, Libya is opening up. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:28 1
      - "he's got the Stockholm Syndrome pretty bad." -- nm - Reagen May 24, 15:33
  - right, I don't see how Somalia would be any tougher than Sudan. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:25 4
    - I wonder if they're one of the places that has a problem with Israel stamps being on your passport - Reagen May 24, 15:26 3
      - and besides... you're assuming anyone is in charge of anything. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:27 1
        
        I wonder if the Somalialand or Puntland parts would be easier/safer - Reagen May 24, 15:31
      - I have been told that Israel doesn't stamp inside the actual passport. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:27
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- I wonder how many non-Americans have been to all of them -- nm - zork May 24, 15:21
St Poll: Will the Celtics win tonight? Will they utterly decimate the Magic, or just Win? - tRuMaN May 24, 15:06 9
- Celtics by 32 -- nm - CQ May 24, 15:36 1
  - make that by 33 for Larry -- nm - CQ May 24, 15:36
- Someone from the Red Sox should call them to remind them of the fact that 3-0 leads are not a guarantee. -- nm - David May 24, 15:11 1
  - or...the Bruins. - Mel Profit May 24, 15:21
- Boston by 12. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:10
- At Boston. Win by 10+ -- nm - flavorize May 24, 15:09
- Celts by 6. - Mel Profit May 24, 15:06 2
  - they are playing defense like they did 2 yrs ago. - tRuMaN May 24, 15:08 1
    - if Rondo developed even a passable ability to shoot a jumper he'd be frightening. - Mel Profit May 24, 15:27
for con_carne from b2: Boston Common does not have an "s" on the end. - loosilu May 24, 14:52 33
- I had a manager once who would only say "the fenway" not "fenway park." -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:21 6
  - i love/hate people who add "the" to things - sideways pixie May 24, 15:26 3
    - that's what it is called. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:28 2
      - i'm not talking about that specific example - sideways pixie May 24, 15:29 1
        
        oh, I guess I was confused by your response to that example. - loosilu May 24, 15:30
  - The Fenway is a neighborhood (I assume you know, but this is for everyone else). -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:23
  - (he was from boston.) -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:21
- when you remember that in England, common==park it makes sense to not have the s. -- nm - zork May 24, 15:09
- LOL! I *so* badly wanted to say this. - CovingtonCat May 24, 14:59 24
  - The one we get here is the "CNN Tower". - Andie May 24, 15:01 23
    - the Intercontinental Hotel used to be called L'Hotel and Americans has so much trouble with that name. Often they'd say The L Hotel. -- nm - zork May 24, 15:18
    - Wow. That's quite the first image result when I just google "cnn tower" -- nm - JaxSean May 24, 15:04 9
      - it definitely involves architecture. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 15:18
      - She should date Tim Tebow. -- nm - David May 24, 15:15 2
        
        you mean this chick? -- (link) - Remlik May 24, 15:23
        
        then we could talk about which is bigger - tRuMaN May 24, 15:16
      - yowza -- nm - Remlik May 24, 15:13
      - who knew it had such a balcony? -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:11
      - there she is! -- nm - zork May 24, 15:09
      - this post made me search, and I agree. -- nm - tRuMaN May 24, 15:09
      - Whoa! -- nm - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:06
    - I can't think of any DC locations that are frequently mispronounced. I guess the sights are pretty well known. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:02 11
      - The only one that jumps out at me for NYC is Houston St. - Krusty May 24, 15:13 4
        
        we also have Spadina Ave. and Spadina House that are pronounced differently. - Andie May 24, 15:22
        
        that's a big one. Maybe also Bed Stuy? -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:15 2
        
        Chris Rock helped popularize the right pronounciation of that. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 15:34
        
        Possibly. I guess if you've heard of Peter Stuyvesant than you'd pronounce it right. Otherwise I could see it being said wrong. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:21
      - Curious - do DCers say Mass Ave? - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:06 1
        
        er, I do. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:10
      - In Chicago it's Soldier Field (not Soldiers Field). -- nm - pmb May 24, 15:05 3
        
        there's a Soldiers Field Road in the BOston area (can't remember what exact town). -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:10 2
        
        Allston/Brighton/Watertown, iirc -- nm - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:13 1
        
        that sounds right. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:13
LYC: Thanks to my friend doing the census, I learned that Tony Richardson of the Jets lives on my block. - Krusty May 24, 14:51
Things that annoy me: That Netflix defaults to opening in Watch Instantly. I've never watched anything instantly. -- nm - Dano May 24, 14:48 1
- It doesn't for me so there must be a setting somewhere. -- nm - David May 24, 14:48
Speaking of which, here are my weekend movie grades... - David May 24, 14:46
here's how they could keep Lost going: Fantasy Island 2010 - sideways pixie May 24, 14:44 2
- They already made this movie; it's called Valentine's Day. -- nm - David May 24, 14:45 1
  - And the pseudo-sequel New Year's Eve is coming next year! -- nm - Dano May 24, 14:46
Con_carne, does your brother know you call him cheese? Or are you using the - MojaveMeg May 24, 14:36 1
- He knows. He thinks it's funny. :) -- nm - con_carne May 24, 14:41
KDUNS: The other white meat (pic) -- (link) - budice May 24, 14:36 6
- she has always been pale. -- nm - sycor May 24, 14:46 5
  - That doesn't stop people from getting a spray tan. I guess good on her for not going that route. -- nm - con_carne May 24, 14:47 4
    - shame on her for not slathering on the fake! -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:48 3
      - I might agree, except they always seem too obvious. Like, a bit *too* even a tan. -- nm - con_carne May 24, 14:50 2
        
        as a pasty white girl, I'm just going to stick with defending her in this. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:52 1
        
        I love it. People should be happy with their natural colour, light or dark. -- nm - zork May 24, 15:06
for pegleg: My nephews are still named A and B. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:29 11
- When B brings home a report card full of Bs, remind the parents that it was self-fulfilling prophecy. -- nm - David May 24, 14:41 2
  - hey, they didn't choose it. It's hospital procedure. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:41
  - *cries* -- nm - b. si May 24, 14:41
- LYC: I was nameless for a week or two after I was born - con_carne May 24, 14:33 3
  - surprise how? - sideways pixie May 24, 14:35 2
    - surprise at birth - con_carne May 24, 14:37 1
      - you're the man in black? that's awesome. I'm kinda surprised you were a surprise, because even before US, docs could hear two heartbeats. - loosilu May 24, 14:39
- this is my brother john doe and this is my other brother john doe -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 14:33 2
  - I did suggest Darrel and Darrel. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:40
  - nice to meet you. -- nm - Georege Foreman 1,2,3 & 4 May 24, 14:37
- Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:31
Posited: V would work a whole lot better as a miniseries... oh, wait. -- nm - Dano May 24, 14:26
Andie - I believe that was the official line - Reagen May 24, 14:26 3
- reminds me of a "healthy living" video we watched in health class - znufrii May 24, 14:28
- (with cupcakes) -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 14:27 1
  - then it would be your cupcakehole. jeesh. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:27
One thing I wasn't clear on - Reagen May 24, 14:25 4
- spoils.... - Remlik May 24, 14:34 3
  - yeah, your middle line is the only thing I'm not clear on. - Reagen May 24, 14:35 2
    - as I recall... - Remlik May 24, 14:36 1
      - yeah, i dont either. -- nm - tRuMaN May 24, 15:15
Posit: I think the fact that he keeps throwing Andrew Bynum out there is a clear sign that Phil Jackson is going to retire rather than take a pay cut. - TFox May 24, 14:24 3
- While I don't disagree with the final conclusion, it's been reported that Docs have said that playing is unlikely to worsen the injury. - musubi May 24, 14:29 1
  - sweep the leg! -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 14:30
- Ahhh...the KC Jones method of coaching. -- nm - Mel Profit May 24, 14:25
Lost spoilers - David May 24, 14:24 12
- Doc Jensen of EW has posted his 1st part look at the finale.... -- (link) - Remlik May 24, 14:35 5
  - he must be channeling david, cause its 7 pages long -- nm - tRuMaN May 24, 14:44 3
    - and it's part 1! -- nm - Remlik May 24, 14:52 2
      - i know, but it covers the entire episode! -- nm - tRuMaN May 24, 14:54 1
        
        I think it's very good. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:12
  - Good article at The Onion AV Club -- (link) - Dr.Vermin May 24, 14:39
- at a glance - sideways pixie May 24, 14:25 3
  - Which ones? (spoiler) - David May 24, 14:32 2
    - i didn't flyspeck it - sideways pixie May 24, 14:34 1
      - spoils... - Remlik May 24, 14:37
- Pic? -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 14:25 1
  - I'll see what I can do after Kim gets home. -- nm - David May 24, 14:28
we are everybody -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 14:24 14
- that was the most unbelievable thing in the series - Reagen May 24, 14:28 13
  - Low tide for Lost was the children's diaper commercial of that. -- nm - David May 24, 14:33 4
    - IIRC that was when they were in the middle of finding new ways to humilate Dominic Monaghan. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:38 3
      - was that a behind the scenes sort of thing? -- nm - Mel Profit May 24, 14:42 2
        
        I don't mean that they actually said that - it just seemed like they were trying to. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:51 1
        
        isn't he usually typecast as a whipping boy? -- nm - loosilu May 24, 14:53
  - What about - Dr.Vermin May 24, 14:30 7
    - (spoiler) - znufrii May 24, 14:41
    - I did like that... - Mel Profit May 24, 14:31
    - i've seen better mime instrument playing on Lancelot Link -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 14:31 3
      - it did give us another excuse to see Charlotte again. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:32 2
        
        Granted she cleans up nice in glamour photos, but in the show she did next to nothing for me. - musubi May 24, 14:34 1
        
        she can have a harsh look at times. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:35
    - excellent point. that sounded like it went together like chalk and cheese -- nm - Reagen May 24, 14:30

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