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Did you know: Breastfeeding helps the women get rid of the weight she gained during pregnancy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 13, 18:55 16
- *quickly brainstorms some new pickup lines* -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:58 13
  - I'd give you Mel Points if I didn't think it would encourage you or help with your self esteem. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:59 12
    - beating david to a joke punch is reward enough -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:01 8
      - I feel like the second comedian to squash a watermelon with a hammer. -- nm - David Jan 13, 19:02 7
        
        You mean, Gallagher Too? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:03 6
        
        Medic!!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I guess mean Gallagher's brother who pretended to be Gallagher for a while. - David Jan 13, 19:03 3
        
        right, that was his stage name. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:04
        
        This is not happening. This is not happening. -- nm - David Jan 13, 19:04 1
        
        "Maybe you should just sit the next one out, Champ." -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:04
        
        the even less-funny twin that he paid to go around pretending to be him until they fought and he sued him to stop? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:03
    - he has no self esteem. You can't cause any damage. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:00 2
      - Jenbro has enough for both of them -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:01 1
        
        you and me should send them a gift for taking the pressure off us. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:01
- I think this is actually pretty well known. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:57
- Yes, I know it can. -- nm - Stephen Jan 13, 18:56
Speaking of hacking, Empornium collapsed last week. - David Jan 13, 18:50
some pissy usage bitch on slate will kill you for putting two spaces after a period -- (link) - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:47 60
- Who gives a flying F*** how many spaces? -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 18:56 3
  - the US government requires one space. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:57 2
    - The US Government can kiss my fat ass -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 18:57 1
      - the US government pays me (indirectly) so I do what they ask. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:58
- Sorry, Mr Farhad Manjoo, but you can suck both my post-period spaces long and hard until they skeet ellipses down your throat. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 18:52 17
  - You should have asked for some Grey Poupon. - David Jan 13, 18:53 16
    - you realize pixie made this joke all the way down the thread, right? - loosilu Jan 13, 18:54 15
      - I am reading this from The BCS Championship Game -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:56 11
        
        How's Oregon looking so far? -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:57
        
        Hi.Larious. -- nm - Stephen Jan 13, 18:57 8
        
        You'd think his team won or something. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:57 7
        
        You thinking I am at the game because I took a picture of me sitting in front of my television was worth the loss. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:59 6
        
        I suggest you turn off the television with about 2 minutes left in the game. -- nm - David Jan 13, 19:01 1
        
        Oh did they finally get a shot of Cam's Dad cheering his son? I only kept seeing his Mom. His Dad must have had to pee a lot -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I had my contacts in the wrong eyes, seriously! - loosilu Jan 13, 19:00
        
        That would make a better television commercial than that lame Beyonce one. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:00 2
        
        you should take your picture in front of increasingly ridiculous TV shows to see how gullible I am. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:02 1
        
        No need. I already know. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:04
        
        you SUCK. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:56
      - *offers David the choice of a pistol, dagger or a hammer* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:55 1
        
        I'm thinking mace. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:56
      - I haven't had a drink in like 10 years, but this may call for one. - David Jan 13, 18:55
- It's what I learned in school. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:52
- Maybe she needs space because she's on her period -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:51 3
  - She is either a lesbian or a man. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:52 2
    - Farhad is a man. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:53 1
      - I figured with a wife and all. - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:56
- Thanks for another useless article Slate! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:49
- two-spacers are as antiquated as people who have a hand crank starter on their vehicle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:49 31
  - I do two spaces for formal writing and one space for online writing. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:52 15
    - formal writing, such as to the King of Siam? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:53 14
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        and yet, the US government requires one space. They must run scripts called something like "DeLawyerize" -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
        
        I plan on asking my father, the particular, former lawyer all about this... - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:58
        
        Things can be antiquated and still persist in spite of themselves. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:57 8
        
        I persist with it because I learned it in typing class in high school. It's a deeply ingrained habit. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:59 6
        
        When the 1, 3 or 5 page paper requirement was at hand every space counted. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 19:02
        
        and because it totally looks better than one space -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:00 1
        
        ... on a manual typewriter. Even the IBM Selectric didn't need it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I learned two spaces too. But I cast the shackles aside. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:00
        
        I learned it, then I unlearned it. ha! -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
        
        Yep. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:59
        
        Like Star Wars. (nm) - David Jan 13, 18:58
      - Halo Taunts are serious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:54
      - I frequently write the Queen of England to tell her to stay out of my face. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:54
  - Yep. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:51
  - I'm both a renter and a two spacer. Co-incidence? I think not. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:51 6
    - *and* you hyphenate "coincidence". -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:53 5
      - Exactly. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:54 4
        
        i get palpably angry when a program doesn't auto-correct two dashes to an em-dash -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:55 3
        
        (en-dash) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:01 2
        
        maybe in canada, One Space -- (link) - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:03 1
        
        yes, but basically every program turns two hypens into a en-dash, is what I'm saying. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:04
  - I bet your pro-skub as well! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:51
  - pardon me, one-space snob, do you have any grey poupon? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:50 5
    - What are you, a fixed font Luddite? -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:52 4
      - i use one of three possible fonts ever: TNR, Courier, Helvetica -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:53 3
        
        Jeebus. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:55 2
        
        lawers all use TNR for everything. screenwriters use Courier for everything. Helvetica is a wild card if i'm not doing either -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:57 1
        
        One of the ways you can spot a US legal document right away is the TNR. That, and blocks and blocks of solid text. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 19:01
What is ST using to get rid of spyware these days? My facebook is full of ads and I know it's a program doing it. - Bacon Jan 13, 18:44 5
- Snow Leopard -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:48
- Spybot Search and Destroy -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:45
- Get rid of Facebook. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:45 2
  - But it's a place I can go to get away from you -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:45 1
    - Or you could always go offline. -- nmbR - Spawn Jan 13, 18:46
Ikariam sounds like a great game. (nm) - David Jan 13, 18:44 4
- this is mostlly not their fault. a third-party app got hacked. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:47 3
  - they better come down HARD on these scripts and shit. -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:48 2
    - Once Black Canvass was no longer supported I quit using any scripts. - Stephen Jan 13, 18:51
    - Yeah, I quit using them after a few months. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:49
Ha Ha Camille, you deserve everything you get! - Trish Jan 13, 18:41
Poll: Do you think we do enough polls here on ST? -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:30 11
- SubPoll: What do we not have enough polls about? -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:34 10
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    - I could really do a TMI thing here, but won't. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:41 2
      - Pics or it didn't happen -- nm - iNubby 4 Jan 13, 18:43 1
        
        JDgm. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:43
    - 3.1250 -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:40
    - Do you really want the women of ST answering that one? ;P -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:37 3
      - why, how big is *yours*? -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:39 2
        
        you win -- nm - Trish Jan 13, 18:41 1
        
        I'm sure you beat us all. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:45
    - this is your answer to everything. -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 18:37
Poll: when were you last on a flight that was not completely full? - ReluctantEvoCynic Jan 13, 18:28 8
- flight back from New Orleans in September. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:40
- My flight back from Germany when I was reassigned to Ft. Campbell - Stephen Jan 13, 18:38
- most of my international ones, recently. had empty seats next to me from europe, and both ways vancouver-hong kong. -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 18:31 4
  - now you're just showing off. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:32 3
    - The last time I flew to MarsI had an entire row to myself. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:34 2
      - it doesn't count if you smell so bad nobody wants to sit next to you -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:41 1
        
        We had on space suits, dummy. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:42
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- You won't leave the office today. It won't be until you file that thing yourself. - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:35
- 3 a.m. -- nm - Stephen Jan 13, 18:33
- sleepover -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:33 4
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    - Heh. I had to sleep in the office once when I was 5 months pregnant. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:45
    - I can attribute it to secretary sex, many many years ago. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:35
    - leave early tomorrow! -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:35
- 3 more hours. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:31
My brother and his girlfriend bought a Kindle and the box came today... with a slit in the side and no Kindle inside and a bunch of books charged to their account. - Ender Jan 13, 18:23 6
- With wireless downloads, those are about the easiest thefts in the world to police. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:25 2
  - I'm wondering if Amazon can brick the thing the next time they turn the wireless on. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 18:26 1
    - I know that the iPad can, so I would think so. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:29
- Those are books that can easily be sold on ebay or wherever. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:24 2
  - They kindle books, not physical books. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 18:25 1
    - Ah. That sucks!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:27
ika: my delta.com towns were reset about five minutes ago to where they were when I woke up 4 hours ago. - mafic Jan 13, 18:19 5
- SOAB. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:38
- Looks like they had to do a restore. There goes 4 hours and 160k in resoucres -- nm - Karl_S Jan 13, 18:22
- I had just completed my biggest pillage ever on Omikron. Going to do it again, not sure if the stuff is even there now, though. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:20 2
  - my resources were reset to where they were too, just hope nobody beats you to it. -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 18:21 1
    - I still have the CR in the converter!!! - Spawn Jan 13, 18:26
I turned on TNA for a minute saw Matt and Jeff get beat town by RVD and Kennedy and thought, it's old wrestlers looking amateur. It sucked. -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:18 4
- Also it probably should be a crime to show Poison Ivy 2 on Lifetime. All that editing! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:25
- Jeff Hardy is like 33. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:24 2
  - In drug years he's probably younger than Flair. -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:25 1
    - I mean older. You know what I mean. -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:26
Also, Andie's life has jumped the shark. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:18 13
- i figure this is it. my life will become deadly boring for about a year starting about now. -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 18:22 2
  - Admit it. You're just making stuff up to test how gullible we are. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:29 1
    - i wish. -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 18:44
- Don't dare her. She'll literally go looking for a shark to leap a motorcycle over. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:21 1
  - In pink leather. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:25
- She is picking up the slack for the old amanda show, with a vengeance. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:19 7
  - Reminds me of a certain ST:Voyager two-parter ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 18:20 6
    - Nothing reminds anyone of Voyager. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:24 5
      - the Doctor has been on a fair bit of stuff and 7 of 9's husband is a kinky perv, the rest seemed to have vanished. -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:34 3
        
        Neelix should be Butters if there is a Dresden movie. -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:43
        
        Tom Paris is a guiding force of Chuck. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 18:36 1
        
        And Roxann Dawson is a producer? and director. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:48
      - Your face reminds me of Neelix. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 18:32
That's right. Todd McShay thinks there are 26 players in this draft who are better than Cam Newton. - David Jan 13, 18:17 1
- 26 *QBs*, to be exaact! -- nm - Spawn Jan 13, 18:18
Stupid Gameforge. I had worked out timetables for some of my series upgrades. Now I have to recalculate all of that crap. - Spawn Jan 13, 18:17 1
- word, I have farming time down to a schedule. -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:19

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