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Extreme Baby Carrots! -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 09:37 1
- I was surprised at how well that worked. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:39
If a coworker left her radio on when she went to lunch, and it started playing "Hey Soul Sister", am I allowed to set the cubicle on fire? -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:36 8
- I swear, the gas line in her PC exploded! -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 09:41
- "What are you doing?!" "Leaving a present for Draper. Just a minute, then we'll go have sex." -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:38
- what would terry jones do?...nm - xi Sep 10, 09:38 1
  - amusing, because you couldn't have known this... - TFox Sep 10, 09:39
- Sure thing Milton -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:38
- Turn it down. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 09:37 1
  - That doesn't even involve a little bit of fire. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:38
- no jury would convict -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:37
You want to see a "diva" Goalkeeper? -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 09:36
Poll please: next move you're excited to see in theaters. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:34 17
- The Owls movie. Legend of Gaahule or whatever. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:40
- The King's Speech -- nm - OAE Sep 10, 09:38
- Let Me In. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:37 4
  - I'm not excited about a remake. - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:41
  - I'm still not entirely convinced they didn't f*ck it up... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:39 1
    - i am in no way convinced. it won't be as good, but i still want to see it. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:39
  - looked mildly interesting. - groiny Sep 10, 09:38
- Black Swan -- nm - JD Sep 10, 09:36
- Meh... Can't think of anything. Maybe Harry Potter. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:36
- The Town, but I won't - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:35
- I've got nothing really. Catfish, maybe. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 09:35 2
  - I have a free pass to see this, and have no clue what it is. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:36 1
    - I don't know much about it either. But what I read makes me want to see it before people ruin it for me. - Krusty Sep 10, 09:37
- I honestly have no clue. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:35
- HPOT12 -- nm - budice Sep 10, 09:34
- Harry Potter VII -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:34
- *movie* of course. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:34
It's 9:30AM and I want Frozen Yogurt!--Uses App to find closest Pinkberry! -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Sep 10, 09:31
I wish Yahoo had a relevance factor on the little breaking news explosions they put by players names. I saw one next to Ochocinco, got worried that - crash davis Sep 10, 09:30
So, Vietnam is a top exporter of coffee. How come I have never seen a selection of "Vietnam Roast" or "Morning in Saigon" coffee at the coffee house? -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 09:27 4
- because they really only ramped up production in the 90's and their coffee is still generally of lower grade....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:37
- I would permanently switch to "Napalm Roast In The Morning" and never look back. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:33
- Really? I heartily recommend "Last Helicopter Out Roast" -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 09:32
- maybe it all ends up as nescafe. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 09:28
Also fun: you know what Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, is working on now? -- (link) - TFox Sep 10, 09:26 2
- The Developmental Script for a new series sounds cool but otherwise I hope he gets crotch rot. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:28
- his resume? -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:27
Kind of a fun flashback: an excerpt from the local paper in 2000 about the day the Pats almost cut Tom Brady. -- (link) - TFox Sep 10, 09:23
A reminder that NFL broadcast coverage maps are available at the506.com -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:20 8
- The Jets thankfully sold out for Monday night. I have a bad feeling that they're going to get blacked out at some point this season. - Krusty Sep 10, 09:24 6
  - really? the jets games don't sell out? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:26 5
    - Not this year, the prices were raised thanks to the new stadium and some ridiculous personal seat license plan they implemented. - Krusty Sep 10, 09:29
    - do you know how good they would have to be for me to enter New Jersey to see them play? - TFox Sep 10, 09:27 3
      - You're a Pats fan, why would you come here to see the Jets if they weren't playing the Pats? - Krusty Sep 10, 09:32 2
        
        Hypothetically, son. Dang. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:32 1
        
        Sorry. I should have known better. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 09:34
- We're barely in the Falcons zone. - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:22
16,000 Diamondback Fans Killed in Free Rattlesnake Night -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 09:18 2
- it's fun to mentally draw a line around the parts of the crowd that have been photoshopped in -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:24
- The biggest fallacy in that article is that 16,000 people would ever attend a d-backs game. -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:22
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- what are the specifics of the "diva clause"? - crash davis Sep 10, 09:16 8
  - you don't want to know what my Diva Clause is. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:24 6
    - it has to have something to do with a booster seat. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:28 5
      - All of my years of training on TT should have made me see this coming. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:30
      - He gets to sit on her shoulders at concerts. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:29 3
        
        Shouldn't you be fixing a Hyper Drive or growling for treats? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:30 2
        
        Let TFox win. -- nm - C-3PO Sep 10, 09:31 1
        
        Pretending you are a whiny, petulant robot does not help your cause -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:33
  - I think it refers to the fact that if he does well enough the contract ends sooner. -- nm - nubby Sep 10, 09:19
I stole this from another board, but at the meeting between Terry Jones and Imam Rauf - amoxy Sep 10, 09:11 2
- OMG! It's the Pope's music! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:35
- I say he should tag-team it with Undertaker :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:23
Clearly I've been reading too many Twilight Zone stories. Last night I dreamed I was running from vampires, until... - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:10
"... AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION!" - Strongbad Sep 10, 09:07 9
- I love that the Master of Communication had to go back to his script lest he lose his next point. - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:33
- And he does live in a Van, down by the river -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:12
- "I know! Is phony major. Lubchenko learn nothing. Nothing!" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:11
- It's almost too bad he lost the nomination. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:11 1
  - he needs to team up with Basil Marceaux dot com. - znufrii Sep 10, 09:14
- HE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR HIS TONE TONIGHT! -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:09
- yeah, wow. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:08 2
  - Both barrels, guns loaded! - Strongbad Sep 10, 09:11 1
    - I don't "lump," but unfortunately, this is how I think a lot of the Tea Partiers seem. - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:24
*clicks Accept Slop* - nubby Sep 10, 09:05 1
- Sounds like something Dr. Zoidberg would be excited about -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:06
TVGuide interview w/latest Top Chef bootee (warning: url contains name of said contestant) -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:02
A dog and a dolphin swim together regularly. -- (link) - mara Sep 10, 09:01 [youtube] 2
- One day the dolphin says to the dog... - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 09:02 1
  - "If I could lick my own balls I don't think I'd be out here swimming all day." -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 09:10
Pop Quiz. Name the states the consume the most vegetables and fruits (2 different states) and the least (also two different states). -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 08:58 13
- Answers: - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 09:07 3
  - Do I get close for calling North Dakota? -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:13
  - I blame Lane Kiffin. -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 09:10
  - Hmm, I wonder why we eat so much here? - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:09
- I want to say garden state, but I'll say Florida for fruit, Iowa for veggies. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:02
- Most: Hawaii/Florida Least: Wisconsin/Wyoming -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 09:01
- Least: Mississippi -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 09:00
- Cali/NY - Alaska/Wyoming - decline Sep 10, 09:00
- for least, i will say alabama and louisiana....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:00
- California. Do you mean per capita? -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 08:59 1
  - No per capita given. Just break it down most veg/fruit and least veg/fruit -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 10, 09:00
- California/Florida.......hawaii/Alaska -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 08:59 1
  - I like this except change Hawaii for North Dakota -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:07
Mop: Rogers and Wind Mobile can duke it out for the CBC :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:53
Since the summer, I've asked around among the students who work in our office. None of them own an iPad, or know another student who does - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:52 26
- It will be interesting to see what happens when the android based devices come out at half the price. - pmb Sep 10, 09:18 1
  - the Archos line is apparently on sale now (kilbo linked to it a day or 2 ago) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:19
- every person I know with one is between the ages of about 27 and 35. - mafic Sep 10, 09:17 2
  - I know of only 2 people who have one - both men over 50 -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:18 1
    - I know probably 10. 2 girls, the rest guys. mostly programmers, or game industry people. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 09:25
- Someone in our membership dept. wanted to run a promotion where you could enter to win an iPad. - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:14
- Only pixie is silly enough to want one. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 09:00
- When it first came out, there was a highly linked video of a toddler using it. Then a highly linked video of a very elderly person using it. Which - mara Sep 10, 08:57 3
  - Yeah, get off my lawn, too. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:00 2
    - oh, you have one? How does ST perform on it? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:02 1
      - Great, actually. - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:04
- it'd be a luxury device for a college student. laptops still rule....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:55 10
  - The point at which they can get all of their textbooks on it might change that. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 09:08 1
    - maybe, but it aint like that's gonna happen overnight. ....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:11
  - I am in agreeance on this. Just moved my fiance's niece to university and the students all had laptops. Did not see any iPads....a few iPhones though. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 10, 09:05
  - I wasn't expecting them to be used for academic purposes as much for, as you say, luxury purposes - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:57
  - netbooks are cheap. an iPad would require too many accessories to be able to type quickly enough, and they would be too awkward to use in class -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:56 5
    - i see way more people with laptops here than netbooks. seems like most kids prefer the big screen + storage for a little more cash....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:58 4
      - hmm. Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:00 3
        
        anecdotally!....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:01 2
        
        Observation is the foundation of science! :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:01 1
        
        Hazzah! -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 09:01
- Because they are broke! -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:53 3
  - and/or because it's easier to type on a laptop. It might be a nightmare typing a paper in a ipad. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:53 2
    - Agreed. iPad is more for play than for srs bzns. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:54 1
      - I would love one but $500 base is too much, would buy one at $250 + tax. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:56
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- I really like the Tetris one. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:56
- The first comment was my first thought. No eyes and no fruit -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:54
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- freaking starbucks -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 10, 09:20
- All of those caffiene addicts in North America have to affect demand at some point. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 10, 09:03
- jeans too -- nm - budice Sep 10, 08:56
- good!....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:56
Do we have details on the fatalities in San Bruno? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:50 1
- The count is still coming in, but four dead and dozens injured, according to CNN.com - OAE Sep 10, 09:40
Jim, you around? Heading to STL around Columbus day with the fam. Recommendations? - oblique Sep 10, 08:50 3
- You can never go wrong with the St. Louis Zoo. One of the best in the nation. Our Science Center is pretty fantastic as well. more... - Jim Sep 10, 09:11 2
  - We usually stay at a Country Inn and Suites but I haven't booked anything yet. I heard about some place that has cars/buses/planes suspended in a - oblique Sep 10, 09:13 1
    - Yes...The City Museum. You HAVE to go. It's also not far from the River Front (Arch). Sending you an email.... -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:27
Alive or Dead? All in the Family edition: Carroll O'Connor? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:49 16
- dead -- nm - Jovian Sep 10, 08:59
- Dead -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 08:56
- Bea Arthur? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:55 1
  - Dead -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 08:57
- alive -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:52
- dead -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 08:51
- Sherman Hemsley? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:51 1
  - alive -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 08:51
- Sally Struthers? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 08:50 4
  - Is she still selling babies from Africa or something? -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:52 2
    - My friend played a tour of 'Nunsense' last summer that starred Ms. Struthers as Mother Superior. She was funny in it. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 09:02
    - Sure, we all are! -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:54
  - alive -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 08:51
- I say dead -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:50
- dead -- nm - peglegpete Sep 10, 08:50
- Dead I think -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 08:50
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- So in which state is this legal? -- nm - not2fast Sep 10, 08:55 2
  - When the movie came out, it was legal in Louisiana. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 08:58
  - Alabama - groiny Sep 10, 08:58
- "Dignan! The Story of Dignan" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:50
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 08:49

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