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here is an important poll: do you use text messaging/IM shorthand like "r" and "u" and "2"? - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 16, 12:31 32
- if i'm in a hurry, i'll use R and U. that's about it though. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 16, 13:07
- i do. especially if i write long messages to avoid having them cut off (160 character max) -- nm - Jammed Uzi Dec 16, 12:42
- Almost never. -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:38
- I'll only use stuff like lol and lmfao. -- nm - Shaun Dec 16, 12:36
- No. I don't care if it's a text message, use english. -- nm - Tiny Tim Dec 16, 12:36
- no -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 16, 12:36
- I rarely text. But on IM's I do stuff like "brb" and "lol" and "np" and "ty." - JaxSean Dec 16, 12:35
- As much as I hate texting I never do this when texting. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:35
- just R and U. 2 is stupid nm - Jovian Dec 16, 12:34 3
  - Because R and U are not? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:35 2
    - 2 does not save any time. R and U save lots. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:45
    - correct. -- nm - Jovian Dec 16, 12:44
- i don't text -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:33
- No. I feel stupid when I do. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 12:33
- NEVER -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 12:33
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  - In other words, yes. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:34
  - so all the time then. -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:34 1
    - If he is not drunk, he is in a hurry to get drunk. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:35
  - pfft. You have made up your own shorthand -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:34
- No, but most of my messaging is on a PC -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:33
- nooo. -- nm - kelly Dec 16, 12:33
- in texting, yes. it's easier. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:33
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- Yes -- nm - con_carne Dec 16, 12:32
- nope. texting isn't that hard to do, even with real words. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:32 4
  - and predictive text makes everything so easy. -- nm - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 16, 12:34 1
    - I must use whacky words because all it does is piss me off. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:35
  - I agree completely. I loathe when my friends do it. especially those with blackberries. "am I not worth your time?" -- nm - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 16, 12:34
  - how much do you text? srsly. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:33
- no. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:32
- Nope. Hates it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:32
/me forwards Celine Dion ticket offer I just received to ML -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:26 2
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Well that was a neat and tidy wrap up to Heroes, wasn't it? (spoilers) - Mop Dec 16, 12:26
zorkmail has been sent to con_carne, CQ, dp3, hotkiss, strongbad, and Walt_Disney -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:21 2
- *flexes* -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:24 1
  - pfft, you just missed a public shaming - zork Dec 16, 12:27
TT Poll: If you received a face transplant, whom would you want to be the donor? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 16, 12:21 21
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- Robert Hegyes. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 12:30
- That's a good question. Maybe whoever the object of my affection couldn't get out of her mind. -- nm - Jammed Uzi Dec 16, 12:27
- Matthew McConaughey - Jovian Dec 16, 12:26
- Seal - HdnAgnda Dec 16, 12:25 2
  - I think someone already did that. Have you seen his face? -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:27 1
    - *draws Afro-American face-featured seal* -- nm - Gary Larson Dec 16, 12:30
- I can't answer this on the grounds that the grafted tissue would not be mapped to an identical bone structure, therefore it would not look like the - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:23 8
  - so you pick someone with *great* skin. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 16, 12:26 6
    - plastic skin? Matty from Survivor? :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:27
    - I was just trying to think of a celebrity who's 20 something, looks great, and has freckles. coming up blank. anyone? -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:27 4
      - Transporter 3 chickie -- (link) - Amy Dec 16, 12:29 [Image] 1
        
        perfect! -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:31
      - anne hathaway? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:27 1
        
        I mean, FRECKLES. like Lohan, but without the chemical habits. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:29
  - loosilu? -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:24
- Obviously my twin that works with Mel -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:22 2
  - It effin' freaks me out whenever I see him. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:23 1
    - I hope you're ready to take his face when I need it -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:24
- The Earth would mourn the loss of my handsome visage for generations to come. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:22 1
  - Tom Cruise? -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:28
Hey, Jamal Anderson is a Sports Center analyst now. How cool! -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:17
The weird thing I notice about my dreams is that if I'm being woken up by a noise, the noise will be encapsulated into the dream as an integral part. - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:17 13
- Try to wake up the next time some cat in your dream meows like a smoke detector. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 16, 12:24 3
  - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:25
  - You have one too? -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:25 1
    - What a smoke detector? yeah, a few of them. CO detector as well. :) No news from those babies is good news. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 16, 12:26
- this is exactly why I can't use music or radio as an alarm. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:20 4
  - Heheh, I have an entirely different reason why I can't use the radio: the volume control is too sucky. It either blares or is too quiet. - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:24 2
    - Obviously you need an iPod integrated alarm clock -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 12:25 1
      - That wouldn't be too bad of an idea, if it can charge the iPhone too. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 16, 12:26
  - ~Werewolves of London~ EEEEEEEEEK!!!! -- nm - con_carne Dec 16, 12:22
- Many a TV writer has incorporated this -- nm - con_carne Dec 16, 12:20
- I've had music videos play in my mind while hearing the radio or tv. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:19
- Always. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:17 1
  - "My dreams have alot of swearing in them...and an incessant buzzing sound" -- nm - Spawn SI Dec 16, 12:18
It's the idea of punishing the responsible to protect the clueless that bothers me. Why should *I* pay more for my soda because some jackhole... - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:17 13
- Something needs to be taxed. It might as well be junk food. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 12:25 5
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  - *head explodes* -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:27 3
    - Well, think of it like this...For every dollar in revenue the government brings in from these taxes, it's $1 less they have to collect from... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:31 2
      - LOL. So, the income tax is going to drop because of the soda tax revenue? - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:37 1
        
        I know where you're going with it, but you should know by now I'm an overall tax cutting proponent. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:40
- because he's going to be paying five times as much more as you. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:19 5
  - Um, that's not a comfort to me. I'm using a legal product in a responsible way. Why am I being punished for others' misuse? -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:26 4
    - because you're going to have to pay for it regardless through higher government health care programs and health insurance premiums. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:35 1
      - This way, probably twice. -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:38
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      - I guess I am quibbling with the "health" argument. I'm sure you're right about the real underlying cause. - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:35
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(nmbTWuG) -- (link) - Jammed Uzi Dec 16, 12:15 [Backboard]
NBC to 'Reintroduce' Shows During Super Bowl -- (link) - Todd Manning Dec 16, 12:15 4
- Is Leno going to do the play by play? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 16, 12:20 1
  - Is he going to sound like he's doing it just for the money? -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:27
- Desperation is a stinky cologne. -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:15 1
  - Desperation is a tender trap. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:25
It's one of those Fucking days -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 12:13 6
- Like yesterday? - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:17
- that's tomorrow. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:15 2
  - You offering? -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 12:15 1
    - That way, madness lies. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:23
- but...Mighty Mouse undies...? -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:14 1
  - Even Mighty Mouse couldn't overcome the Cluster Fuck work is today - amoxy Dec 16, 12:15
Worst news ever. (Callisto alert) -- (link) - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:13
Mean Machine: movie from 2001 about a pro athelete sent to prison and forced to put a football team together to play the guards ... sound familiar? - zork Dec 16, 12:11 2
- with Vinnie Jones? -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 12:13 1
  - yes, it's played a couple of times over the last few days on GameTV (288 or such on rogers) -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:19
Many times I will wake up, glance at the clock and see it's 8:01. Then fall back asleep and have a super-long, complex, epic dream.... - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 16, 12:11 2
- *makes a mental note to watch Waking Life again* -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:32
- I've gotten that feeling before. (Though usually over a fifteen to twenty minute period.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:12
The Cleveland Clinic will announce Wednesday the successful completion of a near-total face transplant surgery. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 16, 12:09 3
- I'm back, baby -- nm - Castor Troy Dec 16, 12:10 1
  - Bah, I was too slow. -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:11
- Kid, your face got transplanted. - TFox Dec 16, 12:10
B2: Heroes questions - spoilers...dammit - Beaker Dec 16, 12:04 1
- that episode was written by Jeph Loeb. thats all you need to know. nm - Jovian Dec 16, 12:13
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Who is the ADD Monkeys in Caveman? -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:03 5
- We will give you 1 guess. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:04 3
  - and I've taken your old team to the semis! -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:06 1
    - Sweet! My new team is there too! - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:16
  - truman -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:05
- Probably truman. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 12:04
wait. duh. it's high FRUCTOSE corn syrup. I'm an idiot. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:03 8
- but, iinm, sucrose breaks down into glucose and fructose, so it's possible they aren't that different chemically - znufrii Dec 16, 12:10 3
  - yeah, that's what insulin does, so it's quite different. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:10 2
    - I'll have to look into it more when I get home, wikipedia is crashing my work browser again... -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:11 1
      - or we can ask Kelly. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:11
- Have you seen those ads for HFCS? They're galling. -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:04 3
  - They're funny. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:18
  - ads? on TV? no. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:05 1
    - (knil) -- (link) - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:07 [youtube]
Any of you Toronto types heard a rumor about Roy Halliday and Alex Rios being traded to the Braves? -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:02 26
- looks like Sundin to NY Rangers. Mark my words, he'll be injured by the middle of Feb. (all these holdouts get hurt) -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:12
- Nothing on the websites I usually troll and not a whisper of it in the last week. (Though some are calling for... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:10 3
  - Oh, I think he's the second best pitcher in baseball after Johan. -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:17 2
    - some say the best -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:21 1
      - Those are usually Canadians. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:24
- you can listen live to the toronto sports station at fan590 dot com -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:06 1
  - they have really good personalities, actually. in fact, i hardly watch any sports but always have that station on in the car anyway -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:09
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  - Hank Aaron's not dead! -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:11
- for their entire roster? -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:03 1
  - For a lot, yes. -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:04
- didn't Roy just sign with the yankees? -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:03 5
  - AJ -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:04 4
    - dr. nubby, when did you change your nick? -- nm - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 16, 12:11 2
      - This morning. I'm anxious for evals. (nm) - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:12 1
        
        that's a hilarious review. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:13
    - yeah, I realised after hitting enter -- nm - zork Dec 16, 12:05
- *cough cough choke* -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:03 8
  - From DOB's blog: - David Dec 16, 12:07 7
    - I don't follow the NL almost at all. Didn't recognize any of those players. Would I like any? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:11 4
      - Escobar would immediately be a top 3 shortstop in the AL. - David Dec 16, 12:16 3
        
        Sounds like the fits would mean that Wells or one of the two OF prospects would be the next chip to fall. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:23 2
        
        I just don't see how you guys could trade Halladay. If nothing else, it would wipe out attendance. -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:28 1
        
        That's a *very* important aspect of it, but as they say, "He's a every five days player in an every day game." - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:36
    - I'd pull the trigger on that before the Jays had time to think. -- nm - nubby (good guy good class bad jokes) Dec 16, 12:10 1
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I just had to explain to two undergrads, juniors in college, what "brick and mortar" means. -- nm - candy canes love mandy lane Dec 16, 12:02 3
- "We saw Clerks 2 and we're not sure this is a class-appropriate phrase." -- nm - Max Dec 16, 12:28
- *refused to hire PSU business majors* - ty97 Dec 16, 12:04
- Is that the pharmacy thing? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 16, 12:03

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