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$1.55 -- nm - budice Dec 18, 07:42
ST Poll: What was the latest thing you showed up to and had the wrong event/location/date/etc? - oblique Dec 18, 07:38 21
- Work, about six months ago. Thought I was opening when I was closing -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 18, 07:53
- I also once showed up to a wedding a day early. Who gets married on a Sunday? - oblique Dec 18, 07:49 1
  - i've been to *3* Sunday weddings! -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 07:50
- I showed up to a party that had been cancelled. The host was a good friend of mine, but did not have my new cell number. - con_carne Dec 18, 07:49
- Movie pass to see The Pursuit of Happyness - showed up at the wrong theater. -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:46
- A few years ago, for Valentine's I made a booking at a Moroccan restaurant. When we turned up at the restaurant, it was completely different. - Roger More Dec 18, 07:45 3
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    - Who gets the flowers and candy in a gay relationship on Valentine's day? -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:47 1
      - Dawson. - TFox Dec 18, 07:48
- last time I remember is third year of my undergrad. showed up to medical geography instead of spanish, and some sociology class instead of - mafic Dec 18, 07:45
- Closest I can think of was trying to take the family to a Korean BBQ restaurant a few weeks ago. Turned out they were closed on Sundays. -- nm - VMan Dec 18, 07:42
- i honestly can't remember. (i tend to be pretty anal about that stuff.) -- nm - El Fandie Dec 18, 07:41
- I had a mix up on date for a meeting this week, but I had the correct date. The other person didn't show. -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 07:40
- can't think of any....nm - x Dec 18, 07:40 2
  - I can't either. Stuff like this is SheFox's gig. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:41
  - well, first you have to go places. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:41
- Twilight ... bought tickets online, then went to the wrong theater. -- nm - sheba Dec 18, 07:40
- art class. I had the wrong week, day of the week, time, and room. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:39 3
  - Back in the day, I forgot when the next semester started after winter break. Figured it out 2 weeks into the semester -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:40 2
    - ha. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:40 1
      - I blame my wife. She was a teacher and her school district started later than my college -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:44
*sigh* So I was able to find accommodations in Park City I could afford but now the flight is the problem. -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 07:34 4
- southwest? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:35 3
  - They don't fly out of here. I could make the flight work if I could be flexible on dates, but the accommodations are date specific. -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 07:38 2
    - oh, you have to fly Delta, don't you. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:40 1
      - They are certainly the easiest and the only nonstop, but I would be willing to take a layover for cheaper. -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 07:43
*shoots self* - znufrii Dec 18, 07:32 3
- *goes to WebMD* He appears to have an allergy to bullets. -- nm - Redmond it's BLT Thursday Dec 18, 07:37 1
  - or it's lupus. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:40
- *ring ring* "Hello? ... Oh my God, which hospital? ... I'll be right there!" - nubby Dec 18, 07:34
Our toy kitchen is now available for pickup at the local Walmart. - TFox Dec 18, 07:29 3
- Which one did you get? (I'm dreading putting Logans train stuff together on xmas eve. There are tons of decals.) -- nm - Amy Dec 18, 07:32 1
  - This one: - TFox Dec 18, 07:35
- I just want to make an omelet! -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 07:31
Trivia of the Day: How much does the average human eyeball weigh? - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 07:27 20
- 20 grams -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:37
- Answers...... - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 07:36
- I'll say about as much a golf ball. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:32 1
  - My, what big eyes you have -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:36
- 3 oz. -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:32
- off the top of my head, ha ha, maybe 75 grams? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:31 2
  - hmmm, I want to downgrade to 50 grams. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:32 1
    - wow, I was WAY off. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:36
- That depends on how much nerve you include. I'm going to say, 3 grams. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 07:31
- I always think of it as comparable to a large ramekin of mayonaise. - TFox Dec 18, 07:30 5
  - ounces? what kind of scientists are you people? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:32 4
    - The kind that don't find simple conversion rates difficult to flip between? -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:33 3
      - heh. from working in labs I try to eyeball (no pun intended) the weight, and can only do it in grams. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:34 2
        
        the only thing I can eyeball in ounces is pot. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:35 1
        
        apparently I can't eyeball an eyeball. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:36
- 312.50 oz -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 07:29
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- 1.5 ounces. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 07:28
- 8 pounds - oblique Dec 18, 07:28
- Did you know the human head weighs 8 pounds? -- nm - Ray Dec 18, 07:28
Yikes, the transit system's website is down. hard. They must have got slammed by 7:30 traffic. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 07:26 1
- There is a jack knifed byte on the Alberta Fiber Optic Highway. -- nm - Redmond it's BLT Thursday Dec 18, 07:28
Make sure you buy your bacon, lettuce, tomato, and bread today. Don't find yourself unprepared for dinner :P - Redmond it's BLT Thursday Dec 18, 07:26 1
- OH and mayo, if you put miracle whip on it I will come over and beat the shit out of you. - Redmond it's BLT Thursday Dec 18, 07:26
For loosilu: Knitting for psychos "Her horn can pierce the bear"? -- (link) - oblique Dec 18, 07:25 1
- christmas shopping? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:25
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ST Pop Quiz -- How many disorders are listed in the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 07:21 13
- I say 1,243 Bob -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 07:28
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  - see, this is why we can't have nice things. -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 07:30
  - in the old days, I just looked at the NatGeo program schedule to see what znu was polling about. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:23
- only 1 ... - sheba Dec 18, 07:22
- 312.50 -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:21
- subpoll: Why is znu reading the DSM-IV? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:21 6
  - Hypochondria? -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 07:23
  - Damn, people self-diagnosing -- nm - doctors everywhere Dec 18, 07:22 2
    - err, no comma -- nm - doctors everywhere Dec 18, 07:23 1
      - (worked with the comma too) -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:26
  - Perhaps one of his personalities is a psychologist. - Beryllium Dec 18, 07:22
  - Christmas shopping? -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 07:22
LYC: Condition: Foggy. -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 07:21
Inside the Furcal fiasco -- (link) - nubby Dec 18, 07:18
I just realized - only a week til Christmas, and I did not make one batch of Christmas cookies. :( - kelly Dec 18, 07:16 1
- I made some last night for a work party today.....Peanut Butter ones. Would you like some of mine? -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 07:26
SITWAP: Singer Mindy McCready in hospital after suicide attempt: police......(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 07:14 4
- apparently not the first. really sad. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:22
- *calls Olsen twins* -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:21
- *pays hospital bill* -- nm - Rocket Roger Dec 18, 07:15
- Such a horrible situation all the way around. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 07:15
LYC: I finally figured out what was making my Fable 2 character become so corrupt. Good, mostly, but corrupt. - znufrii Dec 18, 07:14 2
- that and the pimping. - mafic Dec 18, 07:16 1
  - getting divocred by both of my husbands (I'm playing a female character) probably didn't help either. -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 07:18
The remains of a typhoon will be merging with another cold storm from Alaska on Sunday and drop down into the cold arctic air over Portland Sunday. - Redmond Dec 18, 07:13 11
- I am so sick of winter already. Expecting 7-11" of snow tonight. It's not even officially winter yet and it's been brutal. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 07:38
- *adds a snowshovel to Christmas presents for my sister's family* -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 07:26
- hee hee. it's supposed to be 35C here on christmas. - mafic Dec 18, 07:15 8
  - Make fun of its' faults *rimshot* -- (link) - VMan Dec 18, 07:20 1
    - stuffed with goat? that'd bring us up to a solid 4 mammal, 4 sea organism meal. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:26
  - If that is about the same as a Cornish game hen. I just bake mine at 325 for an hour and 15 minutes, basting with butter every 15 minutes. - Redmond Dec 18, 07:19 3
    - quails are much smaller -- nm - Roger More Dec 18, 07:22
    - I was thinking of wrapping them in pancetta. - mafic Dec 18, 07:22 1
      - See my link above. I'm sure you can sub the pancetta for bacon. -- nm - VMan Dec 18, 07:23
  - can't be difficult cuz pengu... err, quails is prac.tic.ally chickens -- nm - hobo Dec 18, 07:18 1
    - that's my theory. that they're just like tiny chickens. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:20
very cool transition ... -- (link) - zork Dec 18, 07:11 1
- hint: move your mouse pointer from top to bottom -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:19
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- well, it's clear you have to call the Venetian pretending to be this guy and make some bizarre on-arrival request - Roger More Dec 18, 07:14 1
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- what is an "elves cart"? -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 07:14 2
  - Must be like a "drinks cart". Trundles around and gives you elves. -- nm - O Taurenbaum Dec 18, 07:19 1
    - I'll have David Krumholtz, please. :) -- nm - sheba Dec 18, 07:21
- my "how to contact me during my absence" part on those was usually just "don't" - mafic Dec 18, 07:13
- ready for this? - TFox Dec 18, 07:12 1
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Is Facebook down for anyone else? -- nm - secretslacker Dec 18, 07:08 7
- Okay, they must have *JUST* fixed it... right before I posted this I couldn't get in -- nm - secretslacker Dec 18, 07:10 4
  - ok, now apologize to Facebook. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:13 1
    - Nope, still wonky and can't access my Messages... weird. -- nm - secretslacker Dec 18, 07:15
  - It's a miracle! ST has healed your Facebook! -- nm - sheba Dec 18, 07:11 1
    - He got a facebook transplant -- nm - Redmond Dec 18, 07:13
- No -- nm - Redmond Dec 18, 07:09
- nope -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:09
OMG, I *love* that lunchbox -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:06 11
- link? -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 07:19 3
  - here -- (link) - zork Dec 18, 07:21 2
    - I like this one. -- (link) - lileve Dec 18, 07:24 1
      - FAIL. This one is even better! -- (link) - lileve Dec 18, 07:24
- I'd buy it today if I could figure out how to not have it stolen -- nm - Epiphany Dec 18, 07:14
- I love lamp. -- nm - Steve Carell Dec 18, 07:11
- Isn't it? -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:08 4
  - Yeah, okay, let's try this again. Isn't it great? -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:08 3
    - i hate how *nobody* here uses those boxes for chinese food anymore -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:09 2
      - it's one of the reasons I love the noodle restaurant down the street. mostly the really good noodles, but the noodle box doesn't hurt. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:11 1
        
        and it's more sustainable than foam or foil containers -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:12
lileve: No, I'm trying to figure out why WIllHunting's computer is conspiring to post in triplicate. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 07:05 13
- Worst TT fakeout ever. The Skags/Samara fakeout was so much funnier -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:09 2
  - Yeah, still "laughing" about that one. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 07:11 1
    - Maybe we should run off together -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 07:16
- You should just ban him :) -- nm - secretslacker Dec 18, 07:09
- Okies. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 07:07
- it's a speech impediment, he'll thank you not to draw attention to it. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:06 7
  - so he's not really amazingly gay? just regular gay with a stutter? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:07
  - I say, I say, I say Mafic, you suck. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 07:06 5
    - *starts craving fried chicken* -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 07:17 3
      - hey, did you see my B2 post re: Prince Caspian? -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:20 2
        
        Yeah. -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 07:22 1
        
        I'm not sure why I was so lost, but I was. - kelly Dec 18, 07:29
    - b'deh b'deh b'deh that's alllllll folks! *cue the music* -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 07:11
B2 is a myth. -- nm - kelly Dec 18, 07:05 1
- DRY LAND is a myth. - Beryllium Dec 18, 07:06
australian news is like three days behind ST. they're just getting to little adolf hitler campbell tonight. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 07:05 2
- Odd since Austrailia is nearly a day ahead of ST. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 18, 07:07
- i think it only just got onto canoe.ca's weird news -- nm - zork Dec 18, 07:06

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