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This guy should buy a lottery ticket -- (link) - Reagen Jun 2, 14:48 [youtube] 1
- That's like a trick pool shot. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 14:51
*has successfully fought down the urge to post on politics, thinks he should reward himself with a nap* -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 14:46 2
- now you sound like a politician. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 2, 14:49 1
  - *decides not to be snarky to CY, rewards himself with a Crunch bar* - I like my new personal incentive system! -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 14:50
If I wanted to rip my DVDs to be able to stream them through my XBox, what would be the best solution for that? - Reagen Jun 2, 14:43 2
- Lifehack guide to using VLC - JD Jun 2, 15:12
- I can talk you through all of the steps to do with Handbrake. - David Jun 2, 14:48
I agree; any company that destroys our ecosystem should be taken over. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jun 2, 14:42 1
- Toss the keys of the limo to the nearest bureaucrat then, okay? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 14:50
there, that's a better ad. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:40
Penn Jillette: "Our plan is... we are going to kill a chimpanzee that is attacking a little person" -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 14:32
Oh noes! Where is JockDawson going to drunkenly stumble to after Yankess games? -- (link) - znufrii Jun 2, 14:30 7
- i've been there. weird little joint. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 14:43
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- Is that what he asks you to call him in the bedroom? -- nm - ty97 Jun 2, 14:33
- Like the article says, it's a very odd time to do renovations. - Krusty Jun 2, 14:33 3
  - "Closing for renovations" is the universal NYC code for "you're never going to see us again." -- nm - znufrii Jun 2, 14:33 2
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    - Yup. Too bad, I liked the dirty, smelly place. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 14:34
Looks like De Niro, Grodin, and director Martin Brest are on back for Midnight Run 2. -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 14:26 1
- wow. i still think it's a bad idea but bringing back Grodin gives me hope - wheezy Jun 2, 14:32
*flops into his chair* - Will Hunting Jun 2, 14:25 3
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  - I saw that....so much for Gwajho's lead...huh? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 2, 14:50
- amen -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 2, 14:26
This is an AP note from before today's Braves/Phillies game. - David Jun 2, 14:21
It's an odd sensation to click a link in one of my random RSS feeds and realize I'm reading something by a former TTer. -- (link) - Ender Jun 2, 14:11 28
- I disagree with his #1 - the terrorists almost always have shadowy domestic capitalists and Halliburton-esque companies secretly manipulating them -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 14:18 6
  - but Jack's always beset on all sides by government meddling, isn't he? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:20 1
    - And he's always faced with two options - do something soul-destroying, or let innocent people die. There's never a third one. -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 14:22
  - I'd say it was moreso in the earlier seasons. -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 14:19 3
    - Off the top of my head, seasons 2, 5, 6 and 7 -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 14:21 2
      - To clarify, I intended to say it was moreso conservative but I totally failed to account for the context of the post I was replying to. -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 14:23 1
        
        Ah - understood -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 14:24
- it's good to know there are men and women out there who still know how to work for a living. - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 14:17 1
  - Well, it's conservative. Not necessarily republican. It's anti-welfare, anti-government-handouts. - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:18
- a list that ranks Firefly as #2 behind 24? Interesting. - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:15
- Tom Miller? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:12 17
  - The link within that post links to Hawth's site. -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 14:13 16
    - That's Hawth? His idea of good TV is "The Apprentice"? - musubi Jun 2, 14:14 14
      - the first time we happened on the blog was a real eye opener. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 14:18 2
        
        Absolutely. nm - Dignan Jun 2, 14:37
        
        agree with your IM. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:23
      - Nevermind, reading closer, I get that his criteria wasn't really quality. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 14:17 5
        
        though his qualifications include "Good TV. No "Highway to Heaven" or the like, they must be shows that you can talk about with some measure of pride" -- nm - Callisto Jun 2, 14:19 4
        
        I missed that. And yet he includes Walker, Texas Ranger, The Apprentice and Hunter? WTF? (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 14:20
        
        uh. Highway to Heaven was an awesome show. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:19 2
        
        i love Highway to Heaven. seriously -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 14:20
        
        (along with The Littlest Hobo and My Secret Identity) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:19
      - It's a list that brings together shows with conservative and capitalist characters or assertions. Apprentice counts. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:16 4
        
        I don't think of The Cosby show as a conservative show, nor his character. - Krusty Jun 2, 14:22 3
        
        Family values. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 2, 14:53
        
        It always strikes me how far out they have to cast their net to politicize things. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 14:35 1
        
        Goes to show the size of the liberal conspiracy -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 14:36
    - Ahh. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:13
SITWAP: 16 million Canadians or about 47% of the populations on Facebook....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 14:11 2
- Canada is just -that- far ahead of Spawn. -- nm - David Jun 2, 14:11 1
  - Only 46% of Spawn has joined Facebook so far? -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 14:36
Baseball question: If there's no forced play at a base, do you absolutely have to touch a runner to out him? - Guigue Jun 2, 14:07 10
- Unless its Mike Piazza. You can out him just by looking at him. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 14:10 1
  - dammit. L2. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:12
- isn't the runner also out if the batter hits him with the ball? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 2, 14:10 2
  - not if he's on a base. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 14:11
  - If the runner is in fair territory, and a batted ball hits him, the runner is out. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 14:11
- Okay thanks. I wasn't 100% sure. -- nm - Guigue Jun 2, 14:09
- Yes. -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 14:08
- yes. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:08 2
  - Butt out, hater! -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 14:08 1
    - Just because I hate baseball doesn't mean I don't know the rules! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 14:13
The Reds lead in the NL in hitting, runs, hits, total bases, home runs, RBI and slugging yet don't have a single player in the top 5 for All Star voting. -- (link) - Ender Jun 2, 14:02 1
- It would honestly only marginally surprise me if Derek Jeter were voted in as an NL all-star. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 14:04
Speaking of wedding bands, was it Pippy who said she considered having "Me so horny" engraved on her husband's, and "Me love you long time" on hers? -- nm - mara Jun 2, 14:02 2
- Not really - what I did do was get him a fancy watch for a wedding gift and the hand made sticker said " me love you long time". - Epiphany Jun 2, 14:23 1
  - Ah! :-) -- nm - mara Jun 2, 14:23
Thanks for the One Ring clarification, ST! -- nm - kelly Jun 2, 14:02
casting call: do you live in horrible conditions and want to expose your slumlord landlord on national television? - wheezy Jun 2, 13:56 1
- no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:58
Holy f**k. Why did I click on TFox's Human Centipede spoiler post? - musubi Jun 2, 13:56 13
- yeah,I really wish I did not know. -- nm - loosilu Jun 2, 14:31
- i kind of laughed when i read it -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 2, 14:10
- I didn't know that either until I went to the imdb page. It's pretty clearly spoiled on the main page there. - TFox Jun 2, 14:09
- See, I didn't know about that part either. spoiler - Diva Jun 2, 14:01 1
  - No such luck. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 14:04
- From the minute I heard what the movie was about, I was sickly attracted to finding out more. Then I read... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 13:59 3
  - you just need to see it, to displace the much worse imagery that is made up in your head. - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:02
  - ... and then I remember that it was just a movie, and not real. -- nm - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 14:00 1
    - Doesn't have to be real to still be sick stuff. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 2, 14:03
- Human Centipede spoiler. - Nightcrawler Jun 2, 13:58
- You should check out the trailer -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:57 2
  - No. No I shouldn't. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:58 1
    - mel would be in debt to deevs like the US to China -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 13:59
Read this report about the 9-1-1 call for Gary Coleman and be disgusted. -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:56 4
- Honestly, when I first heard the reports that he'd fallen down, I suspected she was involved. nm - Dignan Jun 2, 14:35
- helpless people drive me crazy. - Andie Jun 2, 14:00
- I read it. I can see how someone would have a reaction of disgust, I can see it very clearly. But I wonder if the actual audio would be less so? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:58
- no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:56
Someone buy this for ML..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 2, 13:55
More True Blood miniEpisodes. Season 3 starts June 13th. -- (link) - Qale Jun 2, 13:54
ike dot org folks, I think the world situation requires some observation and planning - crash davis Jun 2, 13:54 1
- doncha hate it when fantasy life is as messed up as real life -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 2, 14:26
human centipede, dave matthews band: what "thing" would you convert for if the right person asked you? -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 13:53 19
- I'd read Catcher in the Rye a few more times and really try to see the appeal -- nm - JD Jun 2, 14:23 1
  - Mark David Chapman is *hawt* -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 14:24
- I tried to placate someone's furry. It only made things worse. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 14:14
- It's hard to say, because their argument would make a big difference. If it comes across as fiat, or "prove that you love me," maybe nothing. If - mara Jun 2, 14:07
- i'm already Jewish -- nm - peglegpete Jun 2, 14:05 2
  - Well, no one's perfect. -- nm - Judd Hirsch si Jun 2, 14:10 1
    - (Hmm, I guess he meant it the opposite way in the movie. Darnit.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:10
- I would become a Yankee fan if Salma Hayek offered sexual favors in return. - musubi Jun 2, 13:55 2
  - I would do anything for love - nubby Jun 2, 13:56 1
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- Definitely not Rocky Horror. That was the official "beginning of the end" for one relationship for me. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 13:54 8
  - i went once. it was fun enough. i don't know about someone who dressed up and knew the whole schtick by heart though -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 13:55 7
    - As a freshman in college, our dorm arranged a viewing for our floor. It was....something. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 14:07
    - I went a few times...it was fun but I didn't get the whole cult factor for it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:59
    - Yeah, she was pushing me to dress up for it. - Reagen Jun 2, 13:57 4
      - Did they make you do all the virgin stuff? -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 14:00 3
        
        yes, as I recall. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 14:01 2
        
        I hated that. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 14:02 1
        
        It's not the best sales technique. "Come to our legion of dorks meeting and get made fun of!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 14:14
Terry Crews talks Old Spice, Expendables and the Chronicles of Camacho -- (link) - Reagen Jun 2, 13:53 1
- He's really funny. -- nm - Remlik Jun 2, 14:04
You're not seriously considering it, are you? -- nm - nubby Jun 2, 13:51 13
- Well yeah, he said he'd go see Eclipse with me. -- nm - Diva Jun 2, 13:52 12
  - He's getting a good deal considering the Twilight movies seem to get more tolerable as they go along. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 13:53 11
    - yeah...hairless friggin' werewolves make sense. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:56 4
      - It's a good trade. - Wind-In-His-Hair si Jun 2, 13:59 3
        
        Barfing in the theater will not get you excused from seeing it through. - Mel Profit Jun 2, 14:01
        
        5 points for this reference. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 14:00 1
        
        what is it for? Homer's hairpiece? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 14:33
    - The royal family of Twilight makes me giggle any time they appear onscreen. -- nm - David Jun 2, 13:56 4
      - I had the plot of the fourth book described to me yesterday and I did a literal headdesk. - Reagen Jun 2, 13:58 1
        
        As I understand it (end of Twilight Saga spoilers) - David Jun 2, 14:16
      - Micheal Sheen gotta eat. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 2, 13:58 1
        
        This reminds me that there was a third movie we watched this weekend with him portraying Tony Blair again. - David Jun 2, 14:11
    - double-point analysis! -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:54
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- I'm fine with this so long as me just looking at my checkbook is accepted as a valid payment option. -- nm - Ender Jun 2, 13:58 1
  - Make it your debit card and PIN number, and it's a deal. (nm) - State of Ohio Jun 2, 14:00
- sit in the drivers seat with the keys in the hand is enoght to be DUI here (if you're drunk aktough) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 2, 13:56
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I really don't understand the lack of congeniality in many of the e-mails that come through my inbox. - TFox Jun 2, 13:51 1
- Look I'm sorry, but Jason Bay was really pissing me off at the time. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:53
Guigue: Not to mention, the quotation is imbued with a sense of awe (depending on how impressionable the reader is) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:51
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- high ticket prices + craptastic movies = fizzle - Epiphany Jun 2, 13:58 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 14:02
- Prince of Persia rocked! -- nm - redmund Jun 2, 13:54
My neighbor's been all over Middle Earth, and all I got was this stupid ring. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:50
half empty moose, half empty -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:50
What I did to get in here? I taped Larry Lester's buns together. -- nm - Andrew Jun 2, 13:49

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