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so last night my door bell rang, and a democratic party volunteer was offering materials on a MO federal seat race, only to be followed, a few mins - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:28 3
- I don't blame you. That is just low class and I'd say that even if the parties were reversed. -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:32
- Were they at least driving hybrid cars? -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 09:30
- Way to take a stand on the hot button issues. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 09:29
STIS: I've been trying to reach a friend for a week with no luck. Now his email is bouncing back and I'm getting worried. error message inside: - loosilu Oct 14, 09:27 1
- Never heard of him. -- nm - US Govt Oct 14, 09:28
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- New playbook for unexpected winners of primaries..... 1) Learn 1 Supreme Court case you don't like by name and implication - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:28 2
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  - see? she's just like us... - voters Oct 14, 09:29
A UK campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam. -- (link) - LMS Oct 14, 09:15
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- Shouldn't Henderson's goal in the '72 series be in there somewhere? -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 14, 09:32
- yay, chic anderson!....nm - x Oct 14, 09:30
- dude cheated, and its actually 36 :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:27
- The Ruben Rivera thing is unbelievable. Not the call, just the play. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:17 4
  - the call is great too jon miller is brilliant...nm - x Oct 14, 09:30 1
    - This is the point that any Baltimore Orioles fan curses Peter Angelos moreso. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:31
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    - Seriously, the trailer of For Love of the Game had me instantly when Vin's voice rang out - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:26
- woulda thought #5 would be higher. - Strongbad Oct 14, 09:14
- Oh, the band is out on the field!!! - Don Homer Oct 14, 09:12 2
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    - "Centre passes to half-back. Holds it... holds it... holds it!" -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:22
Awww. How could you not fall in love with Chase? -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 09:06 1
- I didn't like the opening episode but decided to give it a chance and i'm glad I did -- nm - J Oct 14, 09:07
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- Ugh. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:06 1
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- Surprised? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 09:06
Letterman's Top 10 Brett Favre excuses...#2 is all win. -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 09:05
You owe me a murder -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:02 22
- Post Thief! It's right there on this board! - David Oct 14, 09:24 2
  - ah so it is, I didn't look at your post because of your bike shorts -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:29 1
    - *knocks over fruit plate* -- nm - David Oct 14, 09:31
- "I thought I could ... Phil ... in." -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 14, 09:04 11
  - It was like they heard loosi bitching about him, so they gave us a Phil episode. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:05 10
    - I see so much of myself in Phil, it's scary. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 14, 09:06 9
      - He's a near perfect comic Everyman. - musubi Oct 14, 09:11 2
        
        It's ridiculous how good an actor he is. The Godfather bit at the end was brilliant. -- nm - David Oct 14, 09:24
        
        indeed to the IM, and I really loved Claire at that moment -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:12
      - Dude. What do you do for a living? - Spawn Oct 14, 09:08
      - a-ha! (spoils) - crash davis Oct 14, 09:07 4
        
        I love that (spoils) - Spawn Oct 14, 09:09 3
        
        Why keep singling Loosi out? Phil's not favored by others here. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:10 2
        
        I'm pretty sure that the other day, I said he was growing on me. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 09:31
        
        Ah. I thought it was another one of those everyone slapping themsleves on the back arguements. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:12
- *kills crash* There. Happy now? -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 09:03
- The episode felt a lot like Ther Office. - Spawn Oct 14, 09:03 5
  - It wasn't one of the top ones. But there was plenty of good about it. I like that they are getting the two girls more involved this season. -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:05 3
    - Oh, I just meant the uncomfortable feeling to it. (spoil) - Spawn Oct 14, 09:07 2
      - gotcha - but they didn't really go over the top like The Office can (spoils) - crash davis Oct 14, 09:09 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:10
  - -r -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:03
Today was interesting in the paper. One of the leading economists here *finally* admitted what I've been saying all along. There won't be any - Loyola Oct 14, 08:59
"Lets eat the chicken" -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:58 3
- Survivor question - con_carne Oct 14, 09:05 1
  - *spoils* - Roger More Oct 14, 09:07
- Eat the sword! -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 09:00
Mmm... corn and green chili bisque. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 08:55 1
- that sounds yummy. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:02
Will, also try the Lime and Chili Cashews, they are fantastic - amoxy Oct 14, 08:53
HAHA George Takei is going to be a new spokes person for SSA -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:51
anyone know Courtney Cox's email? -- nm - Brett Favre's penis Oct 14, 08:47
"That was expensive." -- nm - David Oct 14, 08:47 7
- "I do my own stunts" -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:53
- he would have died if that was real C4 -- nm - J Oct 14, 08:51 5
  - As long as we agree that he would have survived the plunge to the canyon floor. -- nm - David Oct 14, 08:56 1
    - That was a comment i read this morning....but obviously, it's only 900 ft. straight down -- nm - J Oct 14, 08:59
  - Your cynicism disgusts me. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 08:53 2
    - I don't remember him putting his sunglasses on before taking them off again. Maybe I need to re-watch. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 14, 08:56
    - I was disappointed more popcorn didn't pop -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:55
(SITWAP) On the movement to ban Sharia law from US courts... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 08:43 3
- "U.S. courts already recognize and enforce Shariah law in everything from commercial contracts to divorce settlements, wills and estates." -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 08:47 2
  - Same with just about all religions. If it doesn't conflict with US law the courts generally view it as a guide to deciding the case. - TWuG Oct 14, 08:50 1
    - I agree. I'm just saying it's not quite as black and white as znu's post made it seem. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:52
I have decided to become a Lego expert so that I can set up a site named "thegingerbrickhouse.com" Yes, I am a ginger. - sycor Oct 14, 08:41 31
- This may be an inappropriate question, but do ginger people have ginger pubes as well? -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 08:48 11
  - Inappropriate? From you? - Roger More Oct 14, 08:49
  - "the carpet matches the drapes" in most cases. -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:49 4
    - the vast majority of cases. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:51 2
      - true. I didn't want to say *all* cases in case there were some weirdos out there. -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:52 1
        
        we call them "bottle gingers". :) -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:52
    - but not the upholstery. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:50
  - an Irishman is asking this? -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:49 4
    - We're not all gingers, ginger. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 08:49 3
      - you must have MET gingers. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:50 2
        
        Yeah but they don't walk around with their pubic hair showing, hard as that is to believe. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 08:51 1
        
        I guess Ireland is different. - loosilu Oct 14, 08:54
- *That's* what's wrong with you. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:43 12
  - are you referring to the ginger part or the soul part? :P My friend do say I'm a sociopath. - sycor Oct 14, 08:45 9
    - If you're going to use the word sociopath" to describe yourself, I'd go with "high-functioning sociopath" -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 08:46 8
      - good point. lol -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:48
      - I heart the term "high-functioning." "high-functioning alcoholic," "high-functioning megalomanaic," etc. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:48 6
        
        I'm a high-functioning liberal. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 08:52
        
        "high-functioning narcoleptic" -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:51
        
        "high-functioning librarian" - Roger More Oct 14, 08:48 1
        
        Hee, yeah -- oh, wait a minute! -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:53
        
        I am a high-functioning a-hole. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:48 1
        
        L3 -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:49
  - It's true, LEGO fans are twisted people. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 08:43
  - It's all so clear now. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:43
- *Like* Very cool. Let me know when it is up. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 08:42 5
  - You want a run it? I actually probably won't have time to become an expert and would need some assistance. lol -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:44 4
    - I'm hardly an expert either. But it'd be fun to see what we could do. - TWuG Oct 14, 08:46 3
      - Ok, I will look into getting the domain. :) -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:48 2
        
        Understand that I have zero programming skills and - TWuG Oct 14, 08:55 1
        
        It would just be a word press blog or something easy if other people are going to be involved. But I might just register the site for - sycor Oct 14, 08:59
Frenchie: "I always wanted to know what it was like to play meaningful baseball in New York and I'm going to have the opportunity." - Beaker Oct 14, 08:40 2
- god, that kid is such a bitch. spoiler alert, Jeff: stand on a base once in the majors. then step *two* is "talk shit". -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:44
- ouch. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:40
Bed Intruder Antoine Dodson Performs on BET Awards -- (link) - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 14, 08:38
we actually shorten crapplebee's to "the crap." -- nm - chromanda Oct 14, 08:35
Phew, finally, there's baseball again tonigh... wait, what? Still no? WTF, Selig? -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:33 16
- snow ball!....nm - x Oct 14, 08:42 14
  - NBA is far and away the worst -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:43 13
    - not really far and away. in 2010 nba started april 17 and ended june 17. nhl playoffs started april 14 and concluded june 9....nm - x Oct 14, 08:48 4
      - It's more the spacing of the games in the NBA that's absurd - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:51 3
        
        yeah, they're all kind of absurd. tho i'm sure it all makes financial sense somehow....nm - x Oct 14, 08:55 2
        
        Yeah, that's the justification they've used....which more power to em, but it just kills the sense of momentum. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:56 1
        
        It may help them financially in the short term, but it seems like long-term stuff like this just hurts the sport. - Don Homer Oct 14, 09:04
    - As bad as the NBA is, they at least keep on relatively the same schedule and pacing between games. - TFox Oct 14, 08:46 7
      - There ahve been times where they'll have 5 games series that take 2 weeks to finish. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:50 6
        
        When did that ever happen? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I doubt it. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:52 5
        
        Boston/Chicago game 1 April 18th; game 7 was/would have been May 2 -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 08:56
        
        I'm trying to find it.....seems last year's fun was just random 3 days off - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:55 1
        
        Looking at the C's, their 5 game series went 2 days off, 2 off, 1 off, and 1 off. - TFox Oct 14, 08:57
        
        The 1st round in the NBA takes forever, because unless baseball they won't play games in the afternoon -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 08:54 1
        
        *unlike* -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 08:54
- *declares the series a tie* -- nm - Selig Oct 14, 08:38
TWuG - it's because people are seeing their own choices becoming less influential - Roger More Oct 14, 08:32 1
- Living with that kind of fear and hate boggles my mind. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 08:35
One million coins on Bejeweled! I've shared the wealth. Get 'em while they're hot. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 14, 08:31
teen passes road test, drops off man adminstering test at registry.... - x Oct 14, 08:31 5
- "accidentally", sure. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 14, 08:36 3
  - it's kind of hard to imagine that someone would do that on purpose....nm - x Oct 14, 08:40 2
    - Not if you replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly". -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 14, 08:48 1
      - "...and 'dog', with 'son'." -- nm - T.McClure Oct 14, 09:32
- at least she did it after she passed -- nm - J Oct 14, 08:34
You owe me a murder. -- nm - David Oct 14, 08:29 2
- or crows? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:31
- can I make a nomination? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:29
Quick Poll: What do Hurricanes Carol, Inez, Edna and David have in common? -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:28 11
- They all blow. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:57
- They all complained that the Jets harassed them -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:32
- all of them did your mom? -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:31
- all made it to NY? -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:31
- All wer on the same day/date? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:30
- They're all names of hurricanes? -- nm - LMS Oct 14, 08:30
- All the names have been retired? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:30 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:31
- Rearrange the first letters of their names and they spell DICE. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 08:29
- None have ever been in my living room -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 08:29 1
  - that you know of. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:29

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