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my corporate analyst just called me. 6:30 on a friday. "you're lucky I'm still here," I joked. - chromanda Oct 15, 15:29 2
- How early do you generally leave on any day. - the liioulu carrying mittens just in case Oct 15, 16:08
- What does COB mean? And when are you supposed to arrive? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 15:33
Well, in 90 days, Matt Hardy will be in TNA. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 15:27
poll: Would Community be better without Chevy Chase? -- nm - Max Oct 15, 15:17 5
- It wouldn't harm the show too much. 95% of the time, he's just there for me. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 15:25 1
  - He's the Andy Dick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 15:30
- no. he is funny -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 15:21
- it would not be worse. - Reagen Oct 15, 15:19
- I get to finish s1 tonight. maybe start s2, too! -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 15:18
Does hipster usually (always?) mean a guy? -- nm - mara Oct 15, 15:12 6
- Why would it? -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 15:24
- in german speaking regions it's a kind of panties -- (link) - marcel Oct 15, 15:19 1
  - It is here, too. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 15:19
- not to me, -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 15:17
- If I were an HR manager I wouldn't hire a hipster. - Max Oct 15, 15:16
- definitely not. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 15:15
Jackass 3D: I laughed (so much) I cried, I almost puked...definitely see this in 3D -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 14:59 2
- Maybe if I have been out drinking I will see this -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 15:08
- this sounds like a plan. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:59
"This site has been blocked by the network administrator. Reason: Forbidden Category Adult/Mature Content" - Max Oct 15, 14:58 1
- bah, there's nothing mature about slackertalk ........ oh, not slackertalk. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:59
ok, so, one confirmed viewing of our condo. It's been on the market for exactly one week. - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:58 1
- (There was also supposed to have been a viewing last monday, but the realtor didn't leave a card, so we don't know for sure) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:58
What's the word in Philly.... Is Vick the starter when he returns or can Kolb still keep it with good performance? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 14:55 1
- It's Vick's job if Kolb doesn't show a lot more than he has. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:57
STIS: I pre-ordered Fable 3 from Amazon. How do I find the redemption code to design my avatar and get the extras? -- nm - lileve Oct 15, 14:54 2
- IIRC, they email it to you. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:55 1
  - or it comes with the game. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:55
This is the actual campaign site of someone running for mayor where I work. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 15, 14:50 11
- For a guy with lots of municipal employee experience, he does not seem to understand politics and being taken seriously.... - Walt_Disney Oct 15, 15:17
- Cochrane always makes me giggle. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:53 1
  - also: vote naheed! -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:58
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  - The current mayor is named Truper. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 14:55 4
    - Hey, what's the final stretch betting on your Mayoral race? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 14:58 1
      - It's gone from Ric running away with it, to a three-way coin flip. - Reagen Oct 15, 15:00
    - *raises a little hell* -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:57 1
      - after three years, I've almost stopped laughing when I hear it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 14:58
- That man has a *very* skinny head. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 14:52
- I'm scared. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:52
One of these weeks, I'm going ot have the tough choice of Drew Brees or Kyle Orton. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:45 2
- I'm benching Shaub in favor of Orton this weekend, Shaub is the suck -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 14:48 1
  - Yeah, he's hurting my money team and helping (amongst others) kill my Blood Feud league. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 14:54
The Guardian is taking a hard hitting look at Why do People Hate Hipsters? -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 15, 14:44 5
- 1. smugness 2.ugly clothes 3. everything has tohave"irony" or it's just lame. - Trish Oct 15, 15:28
- Can't imagine how insufferable an English hipster would be -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 14:51 2
  - Mods, rockers and sloan rangers -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 15:04
  - they even have slummy (affected) hipster accents. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:54
- this is even dumber than wondering why men have stubble. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:49
ST needs to follow the lead of Arizona and lock down our borders. -- nm - Vi Oct 15, 14:42 4
- and reinstate serfdom -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 14:48
- I think we need more people, the gene pool is getting thin -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:43
- to keep people in? -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 14:43 1
  - The ones who are pure. -- nm - Vi Oct 15, 14:43
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- I hadn't heard this story. Have they given any explanation as to why they felt the need to make fun of a dying girl in the first place? -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 14:52 3
  - Just the last salvo in a long-running feud. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 15:04
  - Beyond "didn't get a text soon enough"? Not that I've seen -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 14:53
  - a misplaced birthday party invitation. Really. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 14:53
I think tonight is an IKEA night. Oh yeah. - kelly Oct 15, 14:33 2
- Cinnamon roll..yum -- nm - budice Oct 15, 14:42
- heh .. when I visited Covington Cat in Ohio I nearly got lost in the IKEA there - those are some massive stores - and their princess cake with - JenBro Oct 15, 14:35
I like dude names that can be shortened differently than expected. - chromanda Oct 15, 14:29 14
- Dude's name can not be Drew....Drew for me is Drew Barrymore....and in my mind is a girls name. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 15, 15:10 1
  - When you think of Drew, think of me -- nm - Drew Carey si Oct 15, 15:13
- also good: alfred. I only know one, but it really suits him. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:48
- I just love it when people call me Bro. "what up, Bro?" -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 14:44 1
  - my sister and I call each other "bro." totally true. also: we call my mom "dude." -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 15:08
- I like shortening cornelius to neil, too. it's like, super concise by compare to its original. -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:44
- So wrong on the first one -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:37 2
  - clarifying: I have no issues with the usual shortenizations. -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:39 1
    - I figured that, just me being a smartass -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:42
- "Topher" -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 15, 14:32 1
  - I find topher so poncey, actually. my doa is topher. I knew a topper once and I didn't much find that - chromanda Oct 15, 14:42
- my friend's brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are all frederick. - mafic Oct 15, 14:32
- You know it. -- nm - Vi Oct 15, 14:30
- drew is a good name. - groiny Oct 15, 14:30
Apple reaches $310.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 14:28 5
- do we know about my "I was buying stock while drunk" evening? - chromanda Oct 15, 14:39 4
  - "Financial Independence In Five Shots" by Amanda Jones -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 14:50
  - I was completely sober when I bought it at $85 -- nm - stewie Oct 15, 14:49 1
    - mine was $89. ah, drunkie mcwasted. she's such a good shopper. -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 15:30
  - my sistah -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:45
lyc: I know it's fashionable to hate lobbyists, but the Lobbying Disclosure Act is *ridiculously, stupidly* backward. - Max Oct 15, 14:25 1
- it's always fashionable to hate bureaucracy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:41
For kare, Richie's middle name on the Dick Van Dyke show was "Rosebud". - pmb Oct 15, 14:24 1
- ha, and *cringe* -- nm - kare Oct 15, 14:27
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That's for the Angry Birds info. It didn't update from "Lite" to "Full", but I just searched for it in the store, et voila! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 15, 14:23 1
- "Thanks" -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 15, 14:23
RED B+ (spoilers) - amoxy Oct 15, 14:23 1
- OK, there really are spoilers in here. Serves me right. - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 14:57
LIR - Twug - just friend requested as Rileyzoo - lets get some Halloween Cheese!!!! -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 14:22
seriously though! my in laws were developing lists of names they like, and names they hate. - kare Oct 15, 14:22 7
- Find a name on the list that they hate and go with that name -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:23 6
  - i actually told them to stop coming up with the lists. unless they were expecting their own. - kare Oct 15, 14:25 4
    - what's your middle name? mine is really bad. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:30 3
      - baldmutherfucker? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:30 2
        
        you know my ex wife? -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:32 1
        
        yes, this is why she is ex. - groiny Oct 15, 14:33
  - ok Mortimer. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:23
tfox : I actually sat down with a fantasy baseball book, and pulled about 20 names out of there. - groiny Oct 15, 14:21 10
- man, i picked a funny time to go get on the bus. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 14:45
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  - It could be worse. It could have been JerBob. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 14:39 2
    - So many ST handles could be similarly improved. Jermop, Jermax, Jerbery. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 15:20
    - I always come back to Marctwainius. - groiny Oct 15, 14:40
  - dude, she looks like a female chucky doll. nmbl -- (link) - groiny Oct 15, 14:33 2
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      - I have heard of doin the cabbage patch.... - groiny Oct 15, 14:36
  - uh... ill pass on that one (the wife) -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 14:28 1
    - I agree with (the wife) I saw that name yesterday and almost choked on my lunch. -- nm - Lackluster aka SheFox Oct 15, 14:31
This is how everyone should be told if they're going to keep their jobs, post-merger. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 15, 14:20
*peers suspiciously at ML* I hope I didn't go to a phising site -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 14:20 6
- or phishing either -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 14:20 5
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    - you can't get Fable II for free through the marketplace - I had to do this -- (link) - crash davis Oct 15, 14:22 3
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        I went to the marketplace on my box and they asked for 19.99 -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 14:23 1
        
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my favorite (albeit trendy-ish) male baby name is, I think, Declan. -- nm - kare Oct 15, 14:19 20
- The only Declan I have ever known is Declan McCullagh. He started the now-defunct Politech newletter and now reports for CNET and CBS. -- (link) - not2fast Oct 15, 14:40
- in the celtic vein, I really like Finn. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 14:34 1
  - It was in our top three (as Finlay, so Finn could be the nickname) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:37
- Duncan or Connor is pretty strong. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:31 1
  - If we have a third i'm pushing for Duncan! -- nm - Stephen Oct 15, 14:32
- Hey! - Stephen Oct 15, 14:25 9
  - it's jmo of course. ;) and Aedan *is* definitely more trendy. -- nm - kare Oct 15, 14:27 3
    - esp with the "ae." I knew a guy whose kids were aemon and maegan. "ae much, bob?" (aemon is a great name, btw.) -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:43 2
      - "ae much, bob?" cracks me up. -- nm - maera Oct 15, 15:06
      - I know one, but it is spelled Aymun. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:52
  - the -aiden names kill me. braden jaden aiden caden (what's the 5th?). all of them were on the hot names list in 2009. what? again I say - chromanda Oct 15, 14:27 4
    - hayden. - kare Oct 15, 14:30 1
      - thank you! it was driving me nuts. -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:41
    - I guess that means my son is safe. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:28
    - hunter, punter, bunter, gunther, munther, sunter. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:28
- it sounds good to me, but written I always think it looks like the name of a medication. -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:25 2
  - Declanax! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 14:26
  - yeesh - you are totally right. - kare Oct 15, 14:26
- I like Declan. -- nm - Lady MacDeeve Oct 15, 14:24 1
  - sounds like someone Shawn Spencer would make fun of -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 14:25
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funniest post on B2. -- (link) - chromanda Oct 15, 14:18 [Backboard]
Harrumph. -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:18
home by seven. (look, I just jedi mind tricked myself.) -- nm - chromanda Oct 15, 14:17 2
- did you feel that? - groiny Oct 15, 14:19 1
  - Not with that tiny lightsaber you got there. nm - chromanda SI Oct 15, 14:27
Luc's rule. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 14:16
eff them! -- nm - Lady MacDeeve Oct 15, 14:16 1
- where? nm -- nm - Redmon Oct 15, 14:17
An error occurred while processing this baby name -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 14:16
bam! -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:16

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