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roll? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 18, 22:25
RC, did you know that the "White House Mess" is run by a Navy unit? -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 22:17 3
- Yep! And if IIRC, it's in the basement of the West Wing, down the hall from the Situation Room. - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:21 2
  - I saw it on a Travel channel shoe 3 or 4 years ago -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 22:25 1
    - show -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 22:25
mark felt (aka deep throat) has died at 95. nm but: -- (link) - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 22:17 1
- Isn't morality a facinating thing? We all see the *rightness* in what we do. Yet if we see someone else do the same, we can so easily call it wrong. - sheba Dec 18, 23:01
flipping ... oh look HPOT5 on TMN. while reading I never pictured Cho with such a cute accent -- nm - zork Dec 18, 22:09 1
- Related: HPOT Prisoner has now been Rifftraxed. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:17
Okay, listening to more Jonathan Coulton I think I'm about to become fixated. -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 22:01 1
- All we wanna do is eat your brains. -- nm - Tiny Tim Dec 18, 22:05
I always enjoy discussion of curling as it invariably leads to pictures of the Canadian women's curling team calendar. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:56
Obama to appoint openly gay Secretary of the Navy? -- (link) - Reagen Dec 18, 21:45 14
- Big Gay Al? -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 21:58 3
  - Big Gay *Admir*al -- nm - pigby Dec 18, 21:59 1
    - heh -- nm - zork Dec 18, 22:04
  - Super, thanks for asking! -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:58
- congrats, but isn't RC a little young for the job? -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 21:56 7
  - No -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 22:00 4
    - I'm putting you on "the list." And see if I give you a job when I'm sworn in. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:06 3
      - I can't be your Rear Admiral? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 22:08 2
        
        I've reserved that position for Qale. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:12 1
        
        At ease, Joel. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:19
  - I look damn good in an admiral's hat, though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:00 1
    - I hear the 13 button trousers also look fantastic on you -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 22:15
- That's a sure sign that "don't ask, don't tell" is gonna change. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:49
- Hello Thailor - zork Dec 18, 21:47
Damn it Jim, it's dead! -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:42
I want to become a fan of mulled wine on Facebook. Maybe I'll start a group. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 21:31
Is this the best cover ever? -- (link) - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 21:29 [youtube] 5
- Somewhere Hotkiss is bursting with patriotic pride and has no idea why. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 21:31 3
  - +10 Qale Points for a way old subtle joke reference. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 21:34 2
    - all Dignan has is old jokes - pigby Dec 18, 21:59 1
      - It helped it was a Hotkiss reference too. (the still smitten, Qale nt.) -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:20
- Yes. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:30
Vaseline on your hand and mouse don't mix well. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:20 6
- What are you doing putting vaseline on a mous--- Oh, a computer mouse? Why would you put vaseline on a computer mouse? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:53 1
  - I put vaseline on my hands to put it on my feet. Then I rubbed the rest on to my hands. There was some left and it hadn't abosorbed yet. So it was... - lileve Dec 18, 22:03
- you need to learn to porn with your other hand -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:25 3
  - It's amazing how my feet feel after I put it on them and put a sock on. Amazing. -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:25 2
    - put a sock in i.... errr, never mind -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:26 1
      - hehe. Dirty man! -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 21:27
i always wonder if paying for something like anydvd would be worth it. -- nm - truman Dec 18, 21:18
"I am going to kill Jim Halpert." -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 20:45
('by the chimney with kare' is a pretty sweet theme nick.) nm - Dignan Dec 18, 20:34 21
- This is the only holiday nick I use. (and all the jokes have already been made, thanks.) -- nm - Tiny Tim Dec 18, 21:18 2
  - people joke about your holiday name? how dare they! -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 21:34
  - *All* the jokes? I doubt it. For example, I have one that conflates this name with the physical merits of your genitalia. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 21:23
- hmph. (yah, agreed.) -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 21:16 1
  - Thanks for setting a pro-woman example for MisogyMax. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 21:26
- i've already used "giddy up jungle zork" a couple of years and can't thing of a good new one -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:11
- I love it but before declaring a winner, check out mara. -- nm - loosilu Dec 18, 20:44 2
  - Oh, I'll check out mara all right. Oh yeah. Up and down. (see where I'm going with this?) nm - Dignan Dec 18, 20:51 1
    - Not creepy, because she said today she wanted to be "overused". -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 20:59
- Her fireside chats are thinly veiled requests for economic stimulus packages. -- nm - (agreed) Dec 18, 20:36 9
  - Well, stimulus packages anyway. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 20:39 8
    - It's a pay for sex joke, dummy. -- nm - Max Dec 18, 20:44 7
      - Well, that's characteristically misogynistic of you. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 20:50 6
        
        Whatever, kare and I are tight like *thi$* -- nm - Max Dec 18, 20:59 5
        
        nmbMax - zork Dec 18, 21:10 3
        
        Oooh, zork's going to give the woman-hater a tongue lashing. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 21:15 2
        
        hey! - zork Dec 18, 21:24 1
        
        I don't have email. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 21:26
        
        You're a male Jill McGill. (nm) - David Dec 18, 21:03
- Creepy! -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 20:35 1
  - L4 -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 18, 20:39
Franken projected to win by 89 votes after all challenged ballots counted -- (link) - pigby Dec 18, 20:30 4
- What's Coleman's argument for not counting improperly rejected absentee ballots? "I'm going to lose!"? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:10
- This would be awesome. -- nm - Tiny Tim Dec 18, 20:40
- *points and laughs at MN* -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:38
- Oh. Emm. Eff. Gee. It could possibly be the funniest joke he's ever told. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:33
Well, Global is running an epic evening of Santa spoils - Beryllium Dec 18, 20:24
kare, I think Wallyworld has it for the same price. - SyrDragon Dec 18, 20:23 1
- Oh crap, I forgot to back in my car. SNOW! -- nm - lileve Dec 18, 20:24
Woah. Out of the running for Tex? I didn't see that one coming. - TFox Dec 18, 20:21 7
- I'm wondering if it's the Yankees? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 18, 20:26 6
  - I'd say Yankees or Washington, depending on how badly they want a centerpiece for the team. - TFox Dec 18, 20:28 5
    - he wants a contender apparently... - Mel Profit Dec 18, 20:30 4
      - He's a Boras client. As such, he most likely wants the most money. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 18, 20:41
      - Anaheim has a huge gaping hole at 1B too, so I shouldn't discount them. -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 20:32 2
        
        If he's serious about a contender, then they should be the choice. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 18, 20:45
        
        (especially if they aren't thinking they'll resign Vlad next year.) -- nm - TFox Dec 18, 20:33
*holds up earworm boombox outside your window* -- nm - Max Dec 18, 20:19 1
- *starts loading shotgun* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:27
Posited: I think JackDawson would be a horrible benchmark for determining a "lightweight." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:14 1
- so word -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 18, 20:23
No googling poll: Name the top 5 earning Canadian athletes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:14 61
- putting Mop out of his misery, Samuel Dalembert of the 76ers and Dany Heatley. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:40 3
  - how close were Weir and Ames? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:45 1
    - not in the top 15. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:46
  - no way i would get those. ever. good on 'em, though.-- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 21:42
- OK, we've got 4 out of 5. Curling, NHL, MLB, NBA and... another team sport, so no wrestlers (does that even count?) Lacrosse? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:33 2
  - I was impressed that he named a curler, not that he was on the list. - Reagen Dec 18, 21:43
  - umm, you're lucky if you make more than your beer tab in curling - zork Dec 18, 21:43
- Two words for you. Steve. Nash. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:21 3
  - Two words for you. Already. Guessed. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:23 2
    - Whoops. Didn't know he was Canadian. But he looked Canadian, so I guessed. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:24 1
      - heh. i just remembered it being mentioned when he signed. -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 21:29
- i was going to try Shaun Hill but then thought of Bay -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:12
- The MLB player would more than likely be considered past his prime, the NHL player probably hasn't entered his, and even NBA fans probably don't know - Reagen Dec 18, 21:11 6
  - is gagne still that high? -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 21:15 2
    - #3 (t) $10M -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:17 1
      - woo! -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 21:18
  - Is Larry Walker still playing? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:14 2
    - And I'd say Sidney Crosby is the NHLer. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:15 1
      - Oh, I see Crosby was guessed below. -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:17
- Jason Bay? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:08 1
  - nope. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:09
- Justin Morneau? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:04 1
  - d'oh. already guessed -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:05
- Jamaal Magloire? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 21:03 1
  - nope. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 21:06
- More hints: 1 NBA, 1 NHL, 1 MLB. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:49 3
  - Are the other 2 NFLers? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:23 1
    - Wait, a curler? You make money at curling? -- nm - Mop Dec 18, 21:26
  - I have no clue ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 21:03
- OK, hints: all are team sport athletes - two play in the US, one in Canada. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:35 5
  - Jermaine O'Neal? Does he count as Canadian? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:38 4
    - not that I'm aware of. - Reagen Dec 18, 20:39 3
      - He lives in Toronto! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:39 2
        
        I hope you don't practice immigration law. :) -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:41 1
        
        Well ... uhm ... no, I don't ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:42
- is joe thornton that high? -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 20:25 1
  - #12. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:26
- Jacques Villeneuve, Evgeni Malkin, Jarome Iginla, and what's-his-name-who-plays-for-the-Minnesota-T wins. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:25 6
  - Crap ... waitaminit ... Sidney Crosby is Canadian, right? He has to be in the Top 5. So scratch Villeneuve and Malkin and replace both with Crosby. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:26 1
    - #5 ($9M) -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:27
  - no. Russian. #15. assuming you mean Morneau: #6. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:26 3
    - Russian? I thought he was born in Canada to Russian immigrants? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:27 2
      - I don't know where you got that from. he had to basically be smuggled out of Russia to break his contract. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:28 1
        
        Crap. You're right. I was confusing him with someone else. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:31
- please please let one of them be a curler -- nm - rollo Dec 18, 20:22 3
  - Kevin Martin! -- nm - Max Dec 18, 20:27 1
    - I'm... impressed. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:28
  - heh. It's not quite that lucrative. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:23
- Gretsky -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 20:19
- Nash -- nm - rollo Dec 18, 20:19 2
  - ^^ that's him! -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 20:19
  - #1 (12.25M) -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:19
- the guy from the suns whose name i can't remember right now. -- nm - b! merry and bright. Dec 18, 20:18
- I say that at least three of them are hockey players.....and the other two are baseball players... - Walt_Disney Dec 18, 20:17 5
  - Jacques Villeneuve (the younger) has to be at least in the top 10, if not the top 5. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:19 1
    - nay. He's out of F1 racing. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:20
  - Is Halladay Canadian? -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 20:19 1
    - nope. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:32
  - note: this is salary only. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:18
- Currently? Or of all time? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 20:15 1
  - for 2008. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:18
Is Spawn sweating yet? -- nm - nubby Dec 18, 20:14 1
- Indy's end of game D needs a *lot* of work. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 20:14
*tickles B2's g-spot* -- nm - zork Dec 18, 20:12

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