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From the BB: My ringtone is The Odd Couple theme and I'm a big Tarantino fan. - Krusty Jul 14, 12:33 2
- My common ringtone is the Dr Who theme, and when Amy calls it plays the theme from The Guild. - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:39
- ringtone is The Entertainer, and loves me some Quentin..... - groiny Jul 14, 12:35
Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event is starting.....and Johnny Chan is in the top 20 -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:31 4
- I am just not into Poker these days. Haven't played online in months - amoxy Jul 14, 12:37
- Any other pros I should be keeping an eye on? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 14, 12:33
- Any other big names still left? -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 12:33 1
  - There's 3 Mizrachi brothers left (all 4 cashed).....there's a few other pros...but nothing on order of superstar. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:35
[insert favorite profanity here] Once I can understand. Twice now someone took my Diet Coke out of the fridge. - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:29 18
- bitch gotta pay! -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:32
- You need to leave a note on it with some profanity and maybe a limerick -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 12:32 4
  - There once was a Coke that was diet. Someone drank it and thought it a riot. - TFox Jul 14, 12:34 3
    - L4 -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:36
    - hee -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:36
    - *golf clap* -- nm - Subversive Jul 14, 12:35
- Put some kind of adhesive all over the can. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:32
- You should refill a diet coke can with Tab and punish that f***er. (nm) - musubi Jul 14, 12:31
- Put another one in there, but hide a tarantula in the dimple on the bottom. - TFox Jul 14, 12:31
- permanent marker the bottom of the can. - groiny Jul 14, 12:31
- put rat poison around the the drinking area next time -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 12:31 1
  - or get a fake can and implant some kind of explosive device inside -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 12:32
- ask the old spice guy what he would do. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 12:30 1
  - hehe -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 12:32
- I'm meh on Diet Coke, but still... stealing a soda is grounds for castration. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 14, 12:30
- You should give it up. Not good for you. 8 days and counting. -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:30 1
  - i think Jim just confessed -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 12:34
- Fool me once... -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:30
Wow Gabon is 34th in the Fifa world rankings. Never heard of that country before. -- nm - Loyola Jul 14, 12:25 4
- I can't believe how far Italy has fallen. Vergogna! -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 12:36
- Sugar! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 12:28
- it's pretty tiny. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:28 1
  - thats what she said -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 12:30
Does anyone (ty?) have all of the month's book club selections going back past June? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:25 2
- Yep, I add them to the Goodreads group after they are selected. List inside - ty97 Jul 14, 12:32 1
  - Ah, duh. gracias. Went to check if my library offered eBooks (they don't) and started reserving missed ones. - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:35
Do you remember the couple that danced up the aisle to that song by the guy that beat up Rhianna? I wonder how they're finding married life. -- nm - Loyola Jul 14, 12:21 8
- If they danced *up* the aisle they did not get married. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:22 2
  - What, you have to stay in the church for the rest of your life? -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:23 1
    - Pretty much. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:24
- you should see the choreography they're planning for the birth of their kid. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:22 2
  - Hello my baby, hello my honey... -- nm - Newborn Jul 14, 12:24 1
    - ribbit -- nm - zork Jul 14, 12:30
- I bet they still think they are precious and clever. -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:21 1
  - She seemed ok but the guy seemed a total tool. -- nm - Loyola Jul 14, 12:23
Those Old Spice commercials (which I haven't seen) are wasted on me. I already use Old Spice in two forms. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 12:20
Resolved: No one should ever remake VH's Jump - TWuG Jul 14, 12:19 12
- i thought there where a dozen already...it was popular for wedding photogs to make promo slide shows interspliced with the various versions - Zeitgeist Jul 14, 12:37
- Of course not. They should re-make a mash-up of VH's Jump and Pointer Sister's Jump - ty97 Jul 14, 12:24
- Aztec Camera beat you to it by about 20 years -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:22 1
  - see? -- (link) - chuckles Jul 14, 12:24 [youtube]
- I didn't like it hte first time. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:21 2
  - *shocked* -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:22 1
    - I like VH in general. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:23
- ACK!!! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:20
- Who remade it? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:20 3
  - Not sure. Might be KidsBop, might be High School Musical. - TWuG Jul 14, 12:23 2
    - Glee. -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:24 1
      - It's awful. Truly awful. -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 12:26
According to this article, the whole Old Spice marriage proposal video appear within an hour of the original tweet request -- (link) - oblique Jul 14, 12:18 12
- This is the most spectacular usage of social media advertising to date. -- nm - David Jul 14, 12:21 8
  - I still won't buy Old Spice stuff...so how impressive is it, really? -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:26 1
    - .....I think we know who's getting Old Spice in Secret Stalker this year.... -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:35
  - agreed, they've got some geniuses behind this. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:25
  - I've run out of adjectives to describe what they're doing. We're watching something very unusual happen right now. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:23 4
    - Makes you really appreciate all the "WTF is twitter for" discussions - oblique Jul 14, 12:26 3
      - If this is all it's for.... *shrug* - TFox Jul 14, 12:27 2
        
        The idea of it is something that's a real shift in how companies interact with their customers/potential customers that really hasn't been seen before - oblique Jul 14, 12:28 1
        
        I'm not sure I need my pants manufacturers to tell me jokes. I might just need them to make me some pants. -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:30
- That shoot must be insane. They must have guys looking all over the webs, others looking for props, and an army encoding and uploading the videos - Guigue Jul 14, 12:20 2
  - YouTube's encoders are impressive. They're probably dumping the DVs raw right onto the website and letting YouTube handle the rest. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:22 1
    - *nods* I don't even bother encoding things anymore. I just drop the MOD (MPEG2) right from my SD card onto Youtube - oblique Jul 14, 12:25
The main branch of the library here confuses me. There's adult non-fiction, adult reference, adult reference CLOSED all mixed on the same floors. - ty97 Jul 14, 12:17 6
- The stuff in the closed reference stacks should all be listed in the catalog. If you see a reference book in the catalog that's in the closed stacks, - mara Jul 14, 12:19 5
  - Oh yeah, it is. That's how I found out it existed. - ty97 Jul 14, 12:20 4
    - Ask at the reference desk. Also known as the information desk. :-) They're probably happy to have somebody look at it. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:22 1
      - I always feel like I'm bothering the librarians by asking for help. Like I've failed by not being self-sufficient. - ty97 Jul 14, 12:29
    - this? nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 14, 12:21 1
      - oh, I was wondering what that room in 9 was. My closed reference room was on 8. - ty97 Jul 14, 12:26
Remember when pixie was mocking the performance of the All-Star Game MVP in the middle of the very same All-Star Game? (nm) - David Jul 14, 12:14 4
- Speaking of the All Star game...Hunting and the groin probably lost some decent cards by not entering my contest. - Jim Jul 14, 12:25 1
  - What praytell was this? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:33
- So bitter. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:15 1
  - he really is -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:29
Marvel's Shadowland: Daredevil, Spider-man, Punisher, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Bullseye. We've needed this for a long time. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:12 1
- Liked the first one. - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:12
Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert's letter to Zydrunas Ilgauskas - Beaker Jul 14, 12:10 4
- heh. -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:11
- It's hard to take anyone seriously when he keeps posting his messages online in Comic Sans. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:11 2
  - you post jokes late too? -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:12 1
    - Only for the sake of the "slow" folks. - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:13
The Bub is one smart kid. - ReluctantCynic Jul 14, 12:08 4
- Iguess I won't be sending you any Spider in the Pot Ale. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:12
- I had thought it was fascination (like other bugs) until last night. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:09
- spawn didn't say fear -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:08
- Must have gotten the smarts from his mother. -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:08
Dave Davies is the most boring NPR host. That's not something you want on a resume. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:07
don draper would be kicking puppies if someone pitched him those ads for Old Spice - chuckles Jul 14, 12:05 15
- Women do the groceries. That's their place. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:11
- what woman hasn't embarked at some point on a personal-hygeine-improvement plan for her man? - znufrii Jul 14, 12:09 11
  - She told you all men have that problem and you believed her? -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 12:22
  - were you that smelly? - b. Jul 14, 12:17 4
    - *takes notes to stock up on old spice and opium* -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:26 1
      - I was just about to post a p.s. for you. no need, I already think of you doused in them. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 12:27
    - pssst. nmbb - loosilu Jul 14, 12:19 1
      - ok. - b. Jul 14, 12:23
  - um, no. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:13 1
    - ~Marry the man today, and change his ways tomorrow!~ -- nm - znufrii Jul 14, 12:14
  - i can handle that department on my own just fine. i'm not some retarded man-child -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:09 2
    - like they'd let that stop them... -- nm - znufrii Jul 14, 12:11
    - Which is really good, in your case. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:11
- You really should look into bathing from time to time. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:07 1
  - you're all washed up (in a bad way) - chuckles Jul 14, 12:08
Thanks, Bery! "You will most likely become dead." I think we have a winner. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:05
Yes, it's a cliche. -- (link) - mara Jul 14, 12:02 28
- Like I said, I'd term that an homage or a quote, not a cliche. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:08 5
  - *ding* -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:10
  - You might intend it that way, but listeners may well hear it as cliche. Just sayin'. (Read the Google result list. It starts to sound pretty silly - mara Jul 14, 12:10
  - (over-used and abused common saying?) -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:08 2
    - Unfortunately, your homage has been preceded by a bunch of unimaginative hacks who think they're being clever. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:12 1
      - Get upset about that! -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:14
- That's some might clever Googling. Good use of quotes and wildcards. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:06 6
  - I can use wildcards in google? -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:14 4
    - No, only librarians can. Sorry. -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:14 3
      - hee -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 12:17
      - L3. smart, funny librarians are the sexiest. -- nm - Max Jul 14, 12:15
      - darn. *kicks dirt* -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:15
  - Librarians and wildcards and searches, oh my! -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 12:07
- Yeah. I read your post literally as "Xes and Ys and Zs, oh my!" - Don Homer Jul 14, 12:03 14
  - Same here. (nm) - musubi Jul 14, 12:29
  - yep -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:09
  - If she wasn't a librarian, I would have figured it out faster. I figured it was like a Dewey Decimal joke. -- nm - TFox Jul 14, 12:09
  - as did i -- nm - chuckles Jul 14, 12:09
  - I did until I saw the Busey remark, then I got it. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:08
  - yep -- nm - Jim Jul 14, 12:08
  - Yeah. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:06
  - yeah, me too. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 14, 12:04 6
    - me three. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:06 5
      - Wow. I guess I'm used to it because that's how the linguists at Language Log talk about snowclones. (But also, algebra?) -- (link) - mara Jul 14, 12:09 4
        
        Do I look like a linguist to you? -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 12:18 3
        
        Algebra, too!! x+y=z!!! -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:23 2
        
        but you capitalized! - loosilu Jul 14, 12:24 1
        
        Because the Ses to make them plural look weird on lower-case!! -- nm - mara Jul 14, 12:28
I hear Damian does a number on the Joker in Batman & Robin #13. I gotta see this. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:02 5
- DC needs more Batman books... -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 12:04 3
  - Heh. Only reading the one these days. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:05
  - It's my understanding that the only Batman book currently sucking is the one with Bruce Wayne in it. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 12:05
  - just like Marvel needs more Avengers and X-Men books -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 12:05
- Read it last night. - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:04
I'll be honest, if the Jays are counting on the Cuban kid to help them in the next 3-4 years...they might want to have some sort of plan - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:01 6
- If he's still putting those numbers up this time next year, I'll be worried. Until then, who cares? - Name Withheld By Request Jul 14, 12:32 1
  - Anyone following the kid should. If he's the next chosen one; you've lost 3-4 years on him at best. - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:34
- To a larger point, I don't understand how a team that is out of contention trades a pitching prospect that good. - David Jul 14, 12:03 2
  - 'cause he's a *relief* pitching propsect. - musubi Jul 14, 12:27
  - Re: Chipper, I just like joking about the old guy. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 12:06
- Uh... sometimes you just gotta shake things up? -- nm - Blue Jays organization Jul 14, 12:03
boom! -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 12:00 2
- So cliche. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 14, 12:01 1
  - just like your face. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 14, 12:04

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