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The comments on Deadspin regarding this Scoop Jackson peice are funny -- (link) - Beaker Oct 17, 17:38 1
- piece even -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 17:39
Hawaii ending universal health coverage for kids due to budget shortfalls -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 17, 17:34
The "theme" of my last exam was Beastie Boys songs. What should the "theme" of the exam I'm writing be? -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 17:11 12
- sporks: genious or retarded? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 18:40
- Butthole Surfers -- nm - budice Oct 17, 17:39
- Real Genius -- nm - TWuG Oct 17, 17:35
- Dips, sauces and relishes -- nm - con_carne Oct 17, 17:28
- The physics of the Saw movies. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 17:17 3
  - My second choice would be a Batman theme. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 17:25 2
    - Problem 1: The Joker. Problem 2: Catwoman. Problem 3: The Riddler. Problem 4: The Penguin. - nubby Oct 17, 17:30 1
      - Precisely! - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 17:38
- southwestern Indian pottery -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 17:16
- SEC football (and the obvious superiority of Vandy) -- nm - TFox Oct 17, 17:15
- existential philosophers -- nm - chris Oct 17, 17:14
- Halloween? Ghosts and Goblins, Zombies, etc. -- nm - psilotum Oct 17, 17:12
Didnt see this posted Levi Stubbs has died -- (link) - eag Oct 17, 16:36
at daycare today, there was the following bumper sticker: - prayformojo Oct 17, 16:34 4
- oh noes, the commies are coming back again -- nm - chris Oct 17, 16:44
- Mop-wife saw a kid in my son's pre-k yesterday with an Obama pin. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:41
- Sounds good. Where do I vote? -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:39
- Grouch or Chicko? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 17, 16:36
hee, the new Captain on Life is hilarious -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 16:29 2
- Grounded for Life and Knights of Prosperity's Donal Logue. He was also in Blade. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:54 1
  - and Tao of Steve -- nm - chris Oct 17, 17:02
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- It's a sad observation on the state of my affairs that I don't know if I own this game. - Mop Oct 17, 16:55
- thanks - I think I may have to get it -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 16:33 1
  - You do. You really do. Hell, when truman is done with it, he can send you my copy. -- nm - David Oct 17, 16:40
okay ... figure-8, square/reef, bowline, round turn+2-half-hitch, clove hitch, sheet bend ... what next? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 16:17 23
- I can't remember the name of the decorated knot you tie to decorate helm and railings. - BAD Oct 17, 17:01 1
  - Also there were a lot of knots you tied (braided) to decorate a Captain or Admiral's gig... -- nm - BAD Oct 17, 17:03
- Gordian -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 16:46 3
  - This is meta funny. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:46 2
    - but I noticed after I posted, TWuG already said it :( -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 16:48 1
      - That's why I found it especially funny. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:52
- Noose. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:40 4
  - Oddly, the site I'm using as a guide contains neither nooses nor snares. Sad :( -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 16:41 3
    - This is a cool site for knots, though is doesn't include noose or snares (or moose and squirrel) -- (link) - mrfuzzy Oct 17, 16:55 1
      - yes, guess what the site I'm using is? :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 17:03
    - A noose is surprisingly easy to tie (former boy scout here, okay?) - TWuG Oct 17, 16:47
- Or this one -- (link) - the liiojlu with a j Oct 17, 16:29
- Sheepshank -- nm - mrfuzzy Oct 17, 16:28
- This one -- (link) - the liiojlu with a j Oct 17, 16:28 2
  - Or any one of these ;) -- nm - the liiojlu with a j Oct 17, 16:30 1
    - oops the -- (link) - the liiojlu with a j Oct 17, 16:30
- Sailing sounds like knitting. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 16:27
- Kill yourself? -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 16:20
- Gordian -- nm - TWuG Oct 17, 16:20 2
  - harr harr. Quite the Comedian, you are. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 16:23 1
    - frak. didn't see this one. ignore mine above -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 16:46
- *clap clap* nice job! -- nm - Stacy Oct 17, 16:19
- the figure four! -- nm - Tito Santana Oct 17, 16:19
These aren't the droids you're looking for... Move along. (nm) - mrfuzzy Oct 17, 16:11 9
- Who are you? -- nm - Stacy Oct 17, 16:15 2
  - I'm an irregular. Been around for years, just don't post often. -- nm - mrfuzzy Oct 17, 16:20 1
    - ahhh, well nice to meet you. -- nm - Stacy Oct 17, 16:22
- Who are you? -- nm - Stacy Oct 17, 16:15 5
  - mrfuzzy. -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 16:17 4
    - Fail. The correct response is "No-one of consequence." Followed by "I must know." - TWuG Oct 17, 16:21 3
      - Stop it now I mean it! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 17, 16:30 1
        
        Anybody want a peanut? -- nm - TWuG Oct 17, 16:35
      - mr fuzzy -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 16:24
yay the ex is volunteering to paint my bedroom and bathroom this weekend if I buy the paint. I don't have to do any of the work :) -- nm - Stacy Oct 17, 16:03 2
- euphimism? -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 16:25
- redrum, redrum, redrum - CrankYanker Oct 17, 16:07
Obama wants the special prosecutor investigating the firing of federal prosecutors to investigate the ACORN case. -- (link) - Mop Oct 17, 15:55 4
- That's a smart political move on Sen. Obama's part. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 16:04 3
  - he doesn't want them to investigate ACORN, he wants them to investigate the investigation of ACORN. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 16:13 2
    - That's a smart political move on Sen. Obama's part. - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 16:20 1
      - I have to agree with that. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 16:35
I should make the cookies for him, right? -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:37 18
- the way to a man's heart is through his stomach -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 15:59 2
  - you can still call that part of the body "stomach"???? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 17, 16:27
  - though it's probably best if you don't take that literally. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 16:14
- For who? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:41 12
  - *whom* -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:42 7
    - *whacks chris with a copy of The Elements of Style* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:46 4
      - can't wait to see his compound rulings on this subject -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 15:47 3
        
        oh when i rule the compound, The Elements of Style will be the new Bible -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:53 2
        
        Man, mara is going to *own* you for that ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 16:05 1
        
        she's going to be too busy running the compound library with Amy to own anything -- nm - chris Oct 17, 16:06
    - does the Toll House toll? -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:44 1
      - mmm, cookies -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 16:00
  - my roommate. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:42 3
    - He doesn't deserve them yet. Wait 'til he does something really, really nice for you. - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:47 2
      - He did that yesterday. *gets up to turn on the oven* -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:47 1
        
        Just make sure he has enough to share with all of TT. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 16:01
- euphemism? - nubby Oct 17, 15:39 1
  - No, literal. I'd rather take a couple of vicodin and chill out on the sofa. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:40
Also, I heard a political ad today, the gist of which is "My opponent is running negative ads because she's a bad human being." -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 15:34 9
- Can't. wait. for November 5th. (no more ads!!!!) -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:36 6
  - remember, remember, the 5th of november -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 16:01
  - you get them there? - chris Oct 17, 15:37 4
    - We are close to New Hampshire and we get some of the same television channels. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:39 3
      - I think there will be a huge number of voters from Southern Maine who go to the polls to get rid of that asshole Sununu... - BB Oct 17, 15:40 2
        
        ooooh...Down Easters...: ) -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:41 1
        
        love that Billy Joel song -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 16:01
- oh Liddy Dole, there you go again -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:35 1
  - I'm kind of sad I don't live in NC anymore. I'd love to vote against her. -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 15:38
Reagen, I'll put money on you as well. But hammer-ons and pull-offs are still a bit of a challenge for me when they start flying at me. -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 15:34 3
- some of the solos I just flip into overdrive, mash buttons and hope to survive. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 15:36 2
  - I sometimes try to save the power-up thing until a really hard part. - JaxSean Oct 17, 15:39 1
    - that's what I mean. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 15:45
"There is hope for homeowners through the Hope for Homeowners program." - nubby Oct 17, 15:33 5
- on the Today show this morning, they said the best time to have an election party is on election night -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 15:36 3
  - Were they at the part where Kathie Lee starts hosting? -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:37 2
    - I'll have to ask Trish, but I think it was Meredith's fault -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 15:39 1
      - She was trying to start a kickline with a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader this morning too. Someone may need to slap her. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:43
- There was no Pepsi in medieval times, therefore there is no Pepsi at Medieval Times. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:35
Who's "chris" and, for that matter, who's "grammar"? Surely not Redbird and Grammar Bitch... no? -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 15:29 25
- And you? Are you the board idiot? -- nm - grammar Oct 17, 15:36 2
  - Often, yes. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 15:41 1
    - lmao -- nm - grammar Oct 17, 15:44
- (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:32 12
  - Why no public outcry at pixie's nick change? -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 15:38 7
    - You can be whoever or (whomever) you want to be, Dr. Brian. -- nm - Trish Oct 17, 16:18 1
      - You mean my mom was right all along? I really am special? -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 16:55
    - His life is hard enough already. Besides, 'pixie' just doesn't have the same aura and glamour as 'nubby.' -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:45 1
      - reverse psychology will not work on me -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:46
    - because it didn't spoil the winter olympics for everybody. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:40
    - everybody loves me -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:38 1
      - It would be so much wittier if it were true. -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 15:39
  - what kind of thrope is a lizard hater? -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:36 3
    - Still a misanthrope. - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:38 2
      - You got some Gold Bond for that, right? -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:44 1
        
        Gold Bond *and* Burt's! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 17, 15:48
- so many posters named chris, so take your pix -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 15:32 1
  - i c what u did there -- nm - Fry Oct 17, 15:33
- no -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:30
- Chris I believe is Redmond -- nm - eag Oct 17, 15:30 5
  - chris is pixie. -- nm - Diva Oct 17, 15:33 1
    - *pulls off the pixie mask, or something* -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:35
  - No, I believe Redmond is still Redmond. I believe Chris is Pixie. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 17, 15:32
  - and no -- nm - chris Oct 17, 15:31
  - Redmond is Redmond. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 15:30
Don Cherry biopic in works -- (link) - Reagen Oct 17, 15:28 1
- *splurt* -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 15:34
From B2 - Seeing Passchendale on Sunday night. - Andie Oct 17, 15:24 4
- Paul Gross makes some strange, strange decisions, especially in endings. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 15:29 3
  - NWBR's Buddy's Father Who Has Written About Curling For Decades: "In all my hours at the rink, I've never once seen a rock break." - Name Withheld By Request Oct 17, 15:37 1
    - I wasn't even thinking about that one, but... yes, exactly. - Reagen Oct 17, 15:53
  - He really should do a Kevin Black movie -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 15:30
HSX down until Monday (if this is legit): -- (link) - grammar Oct 17, 15:22 6
- There's no irony at all in a LiveJournal poster who uses the name "thecomedian" and the Marvel logo as an icon. -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 15:28 1
  - "theironian" was probably taken -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 15:28
- Two good things from this delay... - Random Enigma Oct 17, 15:27
- Looks legit to me. I replied ... not sure if I should tell that LJ community about slackertalk or not, though :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 15:27 2
  - Why is Toby posting there and leaving us in the dark? I feel like an ugly date! -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 15:28 1
    - Kid, your ... oh. Wait. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 15:29
what's with the blasphemy on B2 and people calling Gretchen Mol fugly?!?!?!? -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 17, 15:18 2
- Yeah, I really did not get that either -- nm - con_carne Oct 17, 16:35
- ok i got an unexpected board roll (my FIRST on ST!!!) ... so B3 now -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 17, 15:18

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