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It's days like these when I wish I could channel the snark of pixie ... I always think of the great come back lines waaay too late. (sigh) - JenBro May 25, 15:43 28
- wowwww ... guess I touched a nerve here ... see I miss the other "snark" candidates because I can usually only "hang" on ST for "West Coast Time" -- nm - JenBro May 25, 15:58 1
  - only with the unfunny people. don't listen to them -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:59
- you want to channel lame snark? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:56
- I apparently get his services for free. He's my Ed McMahon. Wait, I'm no Carson. OK, he's my Hank. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 25, 15:53 1
  - hey now! -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:54
- most people feel this way at one point or another - wheezy May 25, 15:45 4
  - Yes, but it's usually after bad clams. -- nm - pmb May 25, 15:46 3
    - heehee. -- nm - b. May 25, 15:48 2
      - ahem - wheezy May 25, 15:51 1
        
        what did I miss? to the s.talk-er! - b. May 25, 16:00
- Pixie is your watermark for snark? (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:45 15
  - Seriously. How much did he have to pay her to say that? -- nm - David May 25, 15:51
  - some people recognize genius when they see it - wheezy May 25, 15:46 13
    - apparently JenBro isn't one of those people. -- nm - ty97 May 25, 15:51
    - All due respect (take that to mean what you want), but wiggie is TT's standard bearer of snark. (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:49 11
      - At some point, we gotta let go of the callbacks, cuz Feathers been gone for a decade - Will Hunting May 25, 15:54 3
        
        He's gone here but not gone in the BOPways verse. So, he's like Bruce Willis in that some of us can see him and some can't. - David May 25, 15:57
        
        You'll have to pry BBJ's mom out of my cold dead hands. (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:56 1
        
        Ahhh, you were using the Super Glue again....good choice. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:56
      - Nobody here is ever going to be as funny as Feathers, but Reagen's signal to noise ratio is exemplary. -- nm - David May 25, 15:51 4
        
        Eff that Canadian noise, only natural born snark is recognized! - musubi May 25, 15:54 3
        
        You picked a traitor to the flag! -- nm - David May 25, 15:55 2
        
        All the better to destroy the enemy from the inside! (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:57 1
        
        Exactly when do we have the war with Australia scheduled to begin? - David May 25, 15:58
      - her snark fu is strong, no doubt - wheezy May 25, 15:50 1
        
        A frothing black man who is spent after 5 minutes? -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:52
- his services are available for a modest fee. - b. May 25, 15:44
- so you are like the bookstore lady from "You've got Mail". -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:44
'Pink Hitler' advertisement upsets Sicilians -- (link) - Danedukenuuk May 25, 15:41
Motherf**king Sharks can become Motherf***ing invisible -- (link) - tRuMaN May 25, 15:40 1
- poor gay dolphins -- nm - Beaker May 25, 15:41
I think my favorite part of the Halo Reach Beta was... - Mop (222 lbs) May 25, 15:40
coconut cream pie on campus today. I can die happy. -- nm - workmanda May 25, 15:39 2
- I guess if they don't have banana cream pie, coconut cream pie would be second best... -- nm - BAD May 25, 15:43
- and you will! - evil coconut cream pie May 25, 15:41
one more link, for those with Android phones, for a $1 you can get a zombie horde based background for your phone -- (link) - tRuMaN May 25, 15:38
someone made a Rube Goldberg balloon course out of those Dyson bladeless fans. -- (link) - tRuMaN May 25, 15:35 1
- after watching the video, i dont see much of the said rube-goldberg stuff, just video of things -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:37
eag: Congrats! - nubby May 25, 15:31
Vermy, building up the expensive properties, and decorations, around your businesses, and collecting rents is a great way to build up $ fast. - Stephen May 25, 15:29 1
- Nice, thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 25, 15:38
hmm, my xbox went from being "In Repair" this morning to being "shipped" this afternoon. - tRuMaN May 25, 15:29 4
- woohoo! -- nm - lileve May 25, 15:36
- Nice. See ya online by this weekend. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 25, 15:33 2
  - no tracking data yet, so maybe i will get it this week. - tRuMaN May 25, 15:44 1
    - Took around three for me to get it back and I'm much further from Texas than you. I'd guess it's there in two days if it was actually shipped out - Krusty May 25, 15:48
look, all i want to know is two things about this advertising campaign. - tRuMaN May 25, 15:27
there are some people on st who should not watch this video -- (link) - tRuMaN May 25, 15:21 3
- oh.......my. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 15:40
- The food! It's touching! -- nm - Roger More May 25, 15:22
- Fun. -- nm - lileve May 25, 15:22
"blah blah blah... honeymoon. Blah blah blah." YAY! -- nm - lileve May 25, 15:20
Don't be robbing a pizza delivery guy around here. -- (link) - CovingtonCat May 25, 15:19 2
- Not very bright, those who rob pizza delivery guys. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 25, 15:52
- Especially if he's Patton Oswalt. -- nm - nubby May 25, 15:19
Ars Technica confirms J Allard out at Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. Big internal changes coming at the Big M. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) May 25, 15:18 3
- will this effect the release date of Halo derivative 2011 or 2012? -- nm - stewie May 25, 15:32 1
  - probably not, since he doesnt run the Halo games studio -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:33
- kotaku leaked in msoft memo about this, someone else high up is leaving too. -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:19
Lost Finale as explained by someone who worked at Bad Robot (supposedly) - Remlik May 25, 15:01 53 1
- The Sports Guy's podcast on it is a good listen too. -- nm - Beaker May 25, 15:44
- Lost spoilers - David May 25, 15:38 13
  - I think the idea that everything should fit together perfectly is asking to much. - pmb May 25, 15:45 12
    - It's one reason I stopped watching. The making-it-up-as-we-go-along feel just made me lose confidence. It didn't help that I didn't like the acting or - mara May 25, 15:51 6
      - I apparently abandoned it right as they decided they had to find a point. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:52
      - How did you feel about the costumes and set designs? -- nm - David May 25, 15:52 4
        
        Lilly, Grace and the aussie chick wore too much..... - Will Hunting May 25, 15:53 3
        
        More people should know about Hawaii. Their tourism board needs to step it up a bit. - David May 25, 15:55 2
        
        I hope Heyward pulls a groin. - musubi May 25, 15:58
        
        Lilly: "I live here." male tourism up 25%. Holloway: "Me too." female tourism up 30%. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:57
    - Spoilers - David May 25, 15:50 1
      - I agree with your second paragraph and I guess there's a couple of explanations. - pmb May 25, 15:57
    - I know if I think more than a bit about what's wrong/missing, it's going to be frustrating; so I've tried to let all that go. it's a happy thing. - b. May 25, 15:47 1
      - Yeah, once I accepted that there was simply no way all the loose ends would be tied up, I was able to enjoy the show much more. - musubi May 25, 15:53
    - but everything in real life fits together perfectly with no questions or wonders or unresolved issues. how can we expect anything less from tv? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:46
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  - here. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 25, 15:42
  - it's from Facebook. check my status update in a second or two -- nm - Remlik May 25, 15:41
  - Do a google search for "hugely in denial". -- nm - Jack Shephard May 25, 15:40
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  - Yes, it pretty much fits what I had been thinking but fills in some holes. -- nm - pmb May 25, 15:32
- Bull. The Dharma thing is what gives away the flaw. (spoils) - Mop (222 lbs) May 25, 15:24 4
  - spoils - the wrong element, bad guy May 25, 15:30 2
    - JF is correct. (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:41
    - This is how I remember it too. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 25, 15:39
  - sorry JJ Abrams, mop got you -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:26
- the first half makes perfectly wonderful sense. the writers could and should have just stopped there in terms of "answers" - wheezy May 25, 15:10 8
  - I agree. (nm) - musubi May 25, 15:39
  - Yup, the first half is the 500-word explanation I was hoping for yesterday. -- nm - mara May 25, 15:12 6
    - I out Mara'ed Mara? *Fat Tire beer for me!* - Remlik May 25, 15:14
    - kilbo, though, will still be unsatisfied. -- nm - nubby May 25, 15:12 4
      - true, but not for the reasons you think - tRuMaN May 25, 15:14
      - "kilbo remains unsatisfied" could be a new meme. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 15:13 2
        
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        sure, I had an orgasm while on the bottom, but unless someone can explain why I did, I didn't like it -- nm - kilbo s.i. May 25, 15:21
- I think that explanation actually makes me dislike parts of the show I used to like. - TWuG May 25, 15:09 12
  - what if you were the one waiting for your loved one. would it really bother you to wait if you cared for them? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:18 5
    - Lost spoilers - Jack Shephard May 25, 15:39
    - Yes, it would. It's crap. My and their eternal reward would be tied to each other. It's crap like that that makes me non-religious. -- nm - TWuG May 25, 15:22 3
      - so would you have been ok with any religious connotations/explanations at all? -- nm - b. May 25, 15:34
      - now who is selfish? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:33
      - It's . . . a . . . tv . . . show. - pmb May 25, 15:31
  - spoils - Roger More May 25, 15:18
  - umm, dude, you realize that purgatory isnt really a bad place right? - tRuMaN May 25, 15:15 3
    - we are cleansed of our worldly sins by suffering - Danedukenuuk May 25, 15:49
    - and it's theologically distinct from Limbo, correct? -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 15:16 1
      - i believe so yes -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:18
  - spoiler - nubby May 25, 15:11
- erph. I *really* made the right call in not watching this s how. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 15:08
- The word he's looking for is "ka-tet". -- nm - nubby May 25, 15:07 1
  - you have not forgotten the face of your father -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:17
- I like it except for (spoilers) - amoxy May 25, 15:06 1
  - well....spoils.... - Remlik May 25, 15:09
Crash Davis and Pixie Need to watch this...(Batman and Green Arrow/Catwoman related stuff) -- (link) - Remlik May 25, 14:58 [youtube]
Remlik.....what 2006? I don't think he's got a legitimate card from then as he wasn't a highly thought of high school kid. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 14:57 2
- no not strassburg. Bowman card set, there is a 2006 Super Refractor still unclaimed out in the marketplace. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 14:59 1
  - I wonder who'd it be.... - Will Hunting May 25, 15:00
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- He may have children of his own someday... - Krusty May 25, 15:10 1
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- Ha! He moved to one of the few dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn. - Krusty May 25, 15:02
"$1,000 a month for cable and satellite TV"?! - wheezy May 25, 14:55 14
- If I had megamillions, I would get the $75k annual Directv package and there would be a song in my heart as I wrote the check. -- nm - David May 25, 15:15 6
  - yeah, i would too, just because. -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:30
  - What in the world would that be? -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:19 4
    - Every channel they have and access to every PPV they air. - David May 25, 15:22 1
      - Yeah, that's sexy. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:28
    - They allocate an entire satellite to him. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 15:21 1
      - i'm pretty sure this will lead to us being enslaved by computers. -- nm - tRuMaN May 25, 15:22
- I could....*,maybe* see this if you got every package known to man....but who the hell gets in a loan with 85% interest?! -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 15:01 4
  - Bank of Nikolai. very safe -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:31
  - Some Guy Savings & Loan has excellent customer service. - Reagen May 25, 15:29
  - Why is a loan with 85% interest even legal? For anything? - TWuG May 25, 15:13 1
    - Vegas baby -- nm - Beaker May 25, 15:41
- he orders all the porn -- nm - dogbert May 25, 15:00 1
  - ever made, apparently -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:00
I think I love Michelle Forbes. -- nm - nubby May 25, 14:54 17
- I remember her first as being on "guiding light" many moons ago. -- nm - b. May 25, 15:03 2
  - b. loves her stories! -- nm - wheezy May 25, 15:04 1
    - "meanwhile, back at the farm" (share!) - b. May 25, 15:08
- Ensign Ro? -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 14:58 9
  - Admiral Cain! -- nm - Remlik May 25, 14:59 8
    - The story arc with a Six and her was spectacular. -- nm - David May 25, 15:14 5
      - I thought of RoboLesbos when I was 12. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 15:16 4
        
        What do you want, a medal - or a chest to pin it on? - Beryllium May 25, 15:19 1
        
        I want robot lesbians. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 15:26
        
        They should have named you class valedictorian right then and there. -- nm - David May 25, 15:19 1
        
        The IM should have read: ...they were my imaginary friends. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 15:21
    - Currently, Maryanne. -- nm - nubby May 25, 15:03
    - I'm ashamed to admit I never figured out the promotion. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 15:01
- i still regret not being at work the day she came into my Software Etc. to get something for her mac - wheezy May 25, 14:56 3
  - She has a Mac? Dealbreaker. nm - Dignan May 25, 14:58 2
    - yes, you would have easily been "mr. michelle forbes" but for her pesky choice in computers - wheezy May 25, 14:59 1
      - You jest, but I think I had a shot. nm - Dignan May 25, 15:05

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