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overshare time, dave's son arrives next monday for the whole summer. i am unemployed and home most of the time. guess it's time to change that. - Andie Jun 22, 06:27 4
- Plus you won't be able to lounge around naked all day anymore. :( -- nm - Don Homer Jun 22, 06:28 3
  - so true! -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:29 2
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      - ick -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:32
French coach not sure all of his players will even show up for today's WC match -- (link) - znufrii Jun 22, 06:11 1
- South Africa winning by 7 isn't seeming so outlandish anymore. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 06:13
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good morning! -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:03
I love that when Manute Bol joined Golden State in his 4th season he suddenly started attempting a bunch of 3-pointers. 3 total his first 3 years, -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 22, 06:03
Verizon Wireless may follow AT&T, drop unlimited data plans. -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 22, 05:57
I'm starting to think Jerry Bruckheimer may be a fan of the show Coupling. First Steve is in the Pirates franchise, now Geoff is in Prince of Persia. -- nm - LMS Jun 22, 05:47
Gen. Stanley McChrystal coming to Washington to explain anti-administration comments... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 22, 05:43
is ika.com down? -- nm - Karl_S Jun 22, 04:34 10
- it is for me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 22, 04:44
- worked fine for me 10 minutes ago. -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 04:36 8
  - i can't login -- nm - Karl_S Jun 22, 04:38 7
    - still OK for me, just checked -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 04:41 6
      - I'm not on the banned list am I? -- nm - Karl_S Jun 22, 04:44 5
        
        down for me too. maybe the Great Australian Internet Filter has deemed it unsuitable. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 05:11 4
        
        That would be typical since the site I am at currently blocks access -- nm - Karl_S Jun 22, 05:12 3
        
        Just you guys. (Losers!) nm - ralph wiggum Jun 22, 05:14 2
        
        there's something going on with the redirect server, it looks like. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 05:26
        
        i'm in Albury this week, it probably is working at home -- nm - Karl_S Jun 22, 05:20
Scientists in Guatemala using Calvin Klein Obsession for Men to lure jaguars to cameras -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jun 22, 03:07 2
- There's a Anchorman joke in here somewhere. -- nm - LMS Jun 22, 03:50 1
  - 50 per cent of the time, it works every time. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 04:34
OK, so I just finished watching Godfather Part II for the first time. - Beryllium Jun 22, 00:05
since this works for Loosi, Where Are My Glasses? I had to take my contacts out (I'm getting dry eye with this new presciption) and now can't find my - zeitgeist Jun 21, 23:22 3
- do you have a coffee table? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 23:27 2
  - strangely enough, no, two very messy dining tables, several catchal shelves, FOUND them in the bathroom -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 23:31 1
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Why does Michael Corleone's wife sound like Diane from cheers? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 23:17 2
- Kaye (Diane Keaton?) certainly not the scilian appolinia, huh both were from the east coast? Ivory League college -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 23:20 1
  - I dunno, her delivery during a certain line was so spot-on for Diane, I'm convinced that maybe Cheers referenced the line at one point -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 23:22
so i guess it's asking too much for an owner to take her bear to the only movie this year about toys and their owner? - barnaby bear Jun 21, 22:59 1
- try telling her you're related to Lotso -- nm - 'lia Jun 22, 00:58
The soup is showing clips about an english tv show called Snog Marry Avoid which viewers get to rate people -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 22:50 2
- This show is a guilty pleasure of mine. Basically they give people a make-under. The Goldie Looking Chain episode was funny. -- nm - LMS Jun 22, 02:48
- Snog Mary, Avoid -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 22:51
Say someone wanted to find the cached webpage of a Facebook profile....What's the best way of finding it? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 22:38 3
- there's a tiny chance you might be able to find the cached version if you put the exact URL into web.archive.org or Google. Very small. - Beryllium Jun 21, 22:43 2
  - oh, I forgot C) The profile might have been deemed too meaningless to index (i.e., no one linked to it in the past :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 22:44 1
    - When you're too meaningless to Google. That's when you know you've achieved rock bottom. (the what don't they archive nt.) -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 22:59
Thanks for the Oz answers! btw, is Ika down? -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 21, 22:34 2
- com is fine, org is slow -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 22:46 1
  - crap, now I can't load ika com either -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 23:07
my mom asks if the US army had to retreat from Seoul during the korean war? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 22:17 2
- "The Chinese New Year's Offensive overwhelmed the UN Command forces and the PVA and KPA conquered Seoul on 4 January 1951." - Beryllium Jun 21, 22:23 1
  - thanks -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 22:45
"Call me Thirteen; I'm not getting invested." -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 22:08
guess this second leverage episode should have been called "ayre gross pointe blank" - chuckles Jun 21, 21:55
Because I apparently can't google worth a damn - can someone find me a list of US movie relases, by date, from Jan-now? I'm not looking for current - kelly Jun 21, 21:49 4
- like this? -- (link) - chuckles Jun 21, 21:51 3
  - Yes. Thank you. - kelly Jun 21, 21:54 1
    - The-Numbers.com is also a good source -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 05:56
  - heh, you're fast -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 21:51
Repost of my weekend pics for the late crew.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 21, 21:45 [flickr]
The Blind Side was *awesome*. - TFox Jun 21, 21:38 13
- I...can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. - kelly Jun 21, 21:45 9
  - It was my favorite of the Best Picture nominees. -- nm - David Jun 21, 22:14
  - it's like you don't think i have a heart. - TFox Jun 21, 21:47 7
    - are you going to adopt your own big black football player now too? -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 21:49 3
      - seeing what happens to members of my family, he'd clearly injure himself immediately and ruin any hopes of a career. - TFox Jun 21, 21:50 1
        
        on no! it's gotten your computer! -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 21:52
      - seeing what happens to members of my family, he'd clearly injure himself immediately and ruin any hopes of a career. - TFox Jun 21, 21:50
    - thanks for the clarification! -- nm - kelly Jun 21, 21:48 2
      - and TFox's heart grew three sizes today -- nm - Trish Jun 21, 21:52 1
        
        to match his waist -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 21:53
- you might even say... -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 21:39 1
  - heh - TFox Jun 21, 21:41
- white lady to the rescue! -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 21:39
wow, clooney's girlfriend - chuckles Jun 21, 21:08 4
- was every other actress in italy busy that day they shot her part? -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 21:10 3
  - Or the producers are thinking maybe if we cast her we can get a Clooney cameo later. -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 21:13 2
    - there has to be a favor owed there somewhere -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 21:14 1
      - Yeah, she was terrrrible. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 04:25
I'm suddenly reminded that I really should go to the indie-rental place Videodrome more often just to lend my support. - Qale Jun 21, 20:55 2
- *flashes back to Videodrome, shudders* -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 20:58 1
  - I'm not sure if in fact Videodrome has Videodrome, though I imagine they'd have to. It's where I got things like Ken Park, Tetsuo, and other odditie. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 21:02
Vinnie Mac took a legit ass kicking. - Remlik Jun 21, 20:54 1
- To his credit, when he gets beat down, he goes all the way. - Tim Jun 21, 22:26
Give me the shot if you're going to give me a filling. My fillings were excruciating. I would practically jump out of the seat when he hit a nerve. -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 20:53 3
- I've only tried to get filling without a shot once, they had these electrodes stuck to my face to try and overload the pain sensors - znufrii Jun 22, 05:57
- heh, just a level below that, is the pain from hitting the nerve *with* the needle. Owie. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 20:58
- hell yes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:57
even harder to understand than australian slang, my new fieldy is from blackburn, lancashire. -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 20:44 2
- Does he know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall? -- nm - TWuG Jun 21, 20:55
- ah, Geordies. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:48
bah. I still hate pictures of myself. - ty97 Jun 21, 20:43
Why did no one tell me that Orlando Bloom got engaged today? - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 20:41 10
- Who? -- nm - David Jun 21, 20:44 9
  - leglolas. -- nm - Remlik Jun 21, 20:46 4
    - Who? -- nm - David Jun 21, 20:46 3
      - The one who got engaged to Miranda Kerr. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 20:48 2
        
        The lesbian? - David Jun 21, 20:56 1
        
        I don't know. - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 21:08
  - It telling that the new headlines read "Miranda Kerr engaged to....". -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 20:45 3
    - Relatedly, I now think Miranda Kerr is lesbian since she's acquired a long term beard. -- nm - David Jun 21, 20:46 2
      - I can only hope ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 20:48
      - maybe it's like that episode of Men Behaving Badly where Rob Schneider got mistaken for a woman. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 20:48
Late-Nite Birthday FMK: Erica Durance (32), Juliette Lewis (37), Carrie Preston (43)? -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 20:36 5
- FMK -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 21:14
- MFK -- nm - Jovian Jun 21, 20:45
- F, K, and (if I must) M. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 20:42
- ?,K,? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 21, 20:41
- F&M, K, K -- nm - David Jun 21, 20:39
amanda! you're way ahead of me - ty97 Jun 21, 20:33
this board needs more of wiggums' urine -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 20:28
I would rather get shot with a #4 garden hose than get my teeth drilled unasnesthetized. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:26 20
- Same dental anxiety! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 21, 20:40
- unless the nerve is involved, teeth can't feel the drilling - chuckles Jun 21, 20:28 18
  - honey, the nerve is always involved. trust me. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:29 17
    - I've had two fillings with zero anaesthetic and zero pain. And I *hate* going to the dentist. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 20:31 7
      - I hate it because it hurts. don't tell me it doesn't, because it does. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:32
      - WHY?! -- nm - lileve Jun 21, 20:32 4
        
        why do I hate going to the dentist? Because my gums are always tender. So if it doesn't touch the gums, I'm fine. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 20:47 3
        
        you need to floss. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:48 2
        
        indeed I do. Except that I hate it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 20:48 1
        
        my mom had dentures before 40 because of gum disease. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:50
      - (I've had other fillings where some local was used, though, I'm just saying - sometimes it is actually pain-free. :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 20:31
    - Honey, let's not over generalise our own personal experiences to the entire dental population. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 21, 20:30 8
      - fair nuff, but dude. I donut like dentists who inform me it does not hurt, when it does. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:31 2
        
        Yeah, that's just bad customer service. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 21, 20:32 1
        
        seriously. "Is it frozen?" "no." "Yes it is." eff you! -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:32
      - (Bah, Australian spelling). nm - ralph wiggum Jun 21, 20:31 4
        
        It's my understanding that Aussie speak is something closer to "Oi Foster's footy dinkum walla mate!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 20:33 3
        
        you know my drillers! -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 20:34 2
        
        Saddest/funniest thing about Australian is that big tough blokey guys still use all the cutesy slang terms. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 21, 20:36 1
        
        indeed. especially the IM. -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 20:43
i wants this: behind the scenes of the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's (Capote pushed hard for Marilyn Monroe as Holly Golightly) -- (link) - chuckles Jun 21, 20:26 7
- if you read the book, Hepburn ws crazy miscast. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:26 6
  - she was based on Walter Matthau's real-life wife (a blond shiksa) -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 20:27 5
    - she's supposed to be a hillbilly. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:28 4
      - she's supposed to have started life as a hillbilly. -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 20:29 3
        
        you must admit it's hard to buy that with Hepburn. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 20:30 2
        
        Nope. -- nm - kelly Jun 21, 20:35
        
        not really. she was a phony -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 20:31
~Cause I am your de-e-entist~ -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 20:25
The first audiobook on my new Mp3 player was very successful, except... - MojaveMeg Jun 21, 20:25
The Blockbusters in this county have all closed, and the Hollywood Videos are selling off their inventory now. - kelly Jun 21, 20:24 4
- Does the library have DVD's? I remember they had videos when I went there with my cousins in the 80's in downtown fredneck. -- nm - lileve Jun 21, 20:26 3
  - yes. -- nm - kelly Jun 21, 20:34
  - they do, but its like shopping for clothes in a st vincent, 99% gargage sale leavings -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 20:28 1
    - I'm speaking locally to her, I have family in the town she lives in. -- nm - lileve Jun 21, 20:31
reach for the sky! -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 20:23 1
- Smile, when you say that pardner. -- nm - the Virginian Jun 21, 20:24
anyone looking for a hot, fresh roll ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 21, 20:23 2
- only people from the Movies board actually use "roll" to roll - chuckles Jun 21, 20:24 1
  - that's as maybe ... but this is my schtick ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 21, 20:26

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