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Why would you do if a retailer shorted you 80 cents when you returned an item, because you had used a coupon during purchase? -- (link) - znufrii Feb 17, 11:28 3
- That doesn't even make sense. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 11:33 2
  - (her being mad about it). -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 11:33 1
    - I don't think it's because she's mad, necessarily... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:37
Before I disappear for 8 hours, I have to say that was the best first episode of survivor ever. -- nm - ceregon Feb 17, 11:28
Five Things to Know About Lara Logan -- (link) - not2fast Feb 17, 11:27 6
- blocked, could someone please C&P? -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:28 5
  - Eonline blocked? Really overkill. We will see if this fits. - not2fast Feb 17, 11:30 3
    - thanks! absolutely everything "entertainment" is blocked. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:30 2
      - Are you saying we don't entertain you? -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 11:34 1
        
        *awkward silence* -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:36
  - Why does your work block all the good stuff? - Spawn Feb 17, 11:29
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- In my experience, the PWP (people who pay) believe that a computer monitor is just another... - OAE Feb 17, 12:11
- They have animators drawing each page by hand when you click on it. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 11:30 2
  - "Very few cartoons are done live, Homer. It's very hard on the animators." -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:31 1
    - "It's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 11:37
- when I worked in the dotcom industry, we had them as a client once. They were one of the worst clients we ever had. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:26 1
  - heh -- nm - Jim Feb 17, 11:31
- arent they haveing some large sale today, I thought i saw something at slickdeals -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 11:26
Allen Stanford, convicted scumbag ponzi schemer, suing SEC for $7.2B. -- (link) - not2fast Feb 17, 11:25
the Democratic state senators in Wisconsin have left the state to deny a quorum to bring the union-gutting bill to the floor - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 11:23 1
- I think that's a Texas trick, right? - OAE Feb 17, 12:12
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"You don't remember anything do you?" "I remember how to kill you." UGH. -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 11:20 2
- heh, that is atrocious -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 11:23 1
  - It feels like it has been a worst early start to the movie year than usual. -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 11:24
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- Discretion is the better part of valor. Even for a news agency. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 11:38
- Damned if you do, damned if you don't. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 11:23
- i have no problem with them sitting on the story until it broke elsewhere. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 11:20 1
  - yes, this -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 11:25
- I think they would have been monstrous to report it first. - David Feb 17, 11:19 3
  - It reminds me of the Mary Pat Shelby Sports Night episode - prayformojo Feb 17, 11:20 2
    - yeah, that makes a difference. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:24
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- I wouldn't agree that the crowd was characterized as friendly. The assault came ont he heels of dozens of reports of violence on reporters. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:19 2
  - poor anderson cooper -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 11:26 1
    - or the guy who died. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:27
If this doesn't get JackDawson up in arms about marriage equality in NY, I don't know what will -- (link) - znufrii Feb 17, 11:15 2
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  - Oh dear... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:30
I don't think anything looks better on our HDTV than Up. - David Feb 17, 11:14 1
- Boobies? -- nm - Dano Feb 17, 11:17
Elmo and Cookie Monster killed last night. -- nm - Dano Feb 17, 11:12 31
- Here's a little behind the scenes footage of them -- (link) - MDH Feb 17, 11:30 3
  - I appreciate the link but I have to laugh about the way that I immediately got a Target ad. - David Feb 17, 11:33 2
    - Huh, Sandee from Top Chef: Miami works on the show now. -- nm - David Feb 17, 11:37
    - Oh Top Chef :-) I want the whole scene but can't find it. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 11:34
- spoiler for last week and this week. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 17, 11:28 2
  - speculativie spoiler for next week - crash davis Feb 17, 11:30 1
    - more spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 17, 11:41
- You think you know your heroes... -- nm - Inigo Feb 17, 11:25
- I've watched it three times now. Even the humorless contestants were belly laughing. -- nm - David Feb 17, 11:14 4
  - The chef-like critiques had me ROFL. "Ooo, I taste the lemon." -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 11:19 3
    - My favorite line of the night was (spoilers) - David Feb 17, 11:21 2
      - That was great. And when Elmo said hi to his daughter that was adorable. - MDH Feb 17, 11:28
      - "Run! Run! Run!" -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:23
- spoils - crash davis Feb 17, 11:13
- That Quickfire was brilliant. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 11:13 13
  - agreed, but the rest of the episode totally blew -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:15 12
    - spoils - prayformojo Feb 17, 11:19 2
      - Spoilers - David Feb 17, 11:23
      - They actually changed this a few seasons ago *past season spoilers* - Strongbad Feb 17, 11:21
    - Top Chef spoilers - David Feb 17, 11:16 8
      - what really got me - spoils - crash davis Feb 17, 11:22 7
        
        The reason they didn't craft the episode around Ming Tsai is that he's been on a few times before. -- nm - David Feb 17, 11:26 5
        
        okay, I'll grant that. I just like Ming a lot though. The rest of my criticism still stands though -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:27 4
        
        Absolutely. - David Feb 17, 11:28 3
        
        spoils - crash davis Feb 17, 11:32 2
        
        Ignoring the Target aspect, which battle did you enjoy more between this and Night at the Museum? -- nm - David Feb 17, 11:34 1
        
        tough call - I maybe enjoyed the museum a little more. (spoils) - crash davis Feb 17, 11:39
        
        I refuse to buy Buitoni for this reason. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 11:24
- Classic murder suicide. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 11:13 2
  - I always figured this would be how Bert and Ernie ended -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 11:13 1
    - which one is the gunman? I assume Bert. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:14
okay pixie - Posited: Milos Forman was actually detrimental to Jack Nicholson. Discuss - - crash davis Feb 17, 11:10 6
- Al Pacino could also be fit in this conversation as well -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 11:24 1
  - true dat -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:33
- i don't think this dilemma is specific to jack. i can't blame any actor for giving the market (hollywood) what they want - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 11:15 3
  - great point - that is why I think a lot of them are now doing what Clooney does, alternate big studio films with independents -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:17 2
    - the flip side is that in Clooney's case it has probably cost him a lot of money to follow his passion rather than what his agent would probably prefer - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 11:20 1
      - oh yeah - but I like him in the fact that he has forgone money for personal satisfaction (and he still has a lot of money) -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:24
"Wait, you mean that dude was actually serious about all the shit he promised to get elected? Fuuuuck!" -- nm - Wisconsin Feb 17, 11:03 3
- *hits the RESET button and hopes he didn't Save* -- nm - Wisconsin Unions Feb 17, 11:13
- the Governor has been in power for 6 weeks and they are calling for his recall? - decline Feb 17, 11:08 1
  - Hey, we were distracted by football last month. Can we have a do ov er? -- nm - Wisconsonite Feb 17, 11:11
42" LCD HDTV, $450. Use coupon code FKW20776 for $50 off the $499 price. -- (link) - not2fast Feb 17, 11:01 1
- They also have a 55" Vizio for an even grand. Use coupon code MZM20788 for $50 off $1050. -- (link) - not2fast Feb 17, 11:03
survivor spoils question - Beryllium Feb 17, 10:56 2
- Um...no, I didn't hear either of those quotes. -- nm - Jim Feb 17, 10:59 1
  - ok, then they were probably just riffing on SNL ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 11:03
wow. Rod Stewart, at 66, just had his 8th child. -- nm - decline Feb 17, 10:56 2
- Good thing he' -- nm - OAE Feb 17, 10:57 1
  - s not a woman, or the natives would be Very Nervous -- nm - OAE Feb 17, 10:58
I see both sides of the Modern Family argument. I laughed a lot during that episode, but I despise the DeDe character. - David Feb 17, 10:54 8
- Agreed, but it was still strong enough around her to be enjoyed. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 11:25 1
  - It's that Michael Scott scenario where your level of enjoyment depends on your tolerance level for that character. - David Feb 17, 11:30
- Agreed. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 17, 11:13
- the shelley long stuff is just brutal....nm - x Feb 17, 10:57 4
  - her appearance last night made me think they wanted Diane Keaton for the role -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 11:11 1
    - yes -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 11:13
  - every minute of her screen time was painful. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 11:04 1
    - Don't we know it. -- nm - Cheers cast Feb 17, 11:06
tracking House votes on spending cuts... -- (link) - znufrii Feb 17, 10:50 12
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  - TDS last night killed on that GOP senator saying Obama's $1.1T in cuts was a poor start, then saying his $1T in cuts made a significant dent. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:09 3
    - most of this stuff is small potatoes. deficit cutting that doesn't address defense, social security, medicare + medicaid is just armwaving....nm - x Feb 17, 11:16 2
      - true enough. It's just funny to see how shameless they are sometimes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:38
      - though to be fair i should say, if i was either side i wouldn't be serious about it either....nm - x Feb 17, 11:22
  - was it Krugman who, between tax breaks for the rich, and spending cuts proposed by the GOP, accused them outright of class warfare against the poor? -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 10:55 6
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      - surely it would be the fine young Republican masses rising up against the evul llibruls in that situation! -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:06
      - It really is a robber baron mentality - znufrii Feb 17, 11:05
      - hey that could never happen here -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:59
    - you don't need a nobel prize in economics to see it's been that way since 1980 -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:56 1
      - well, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 10:57
fine boob experts, try this one: she's pregnant and getting larger there. do they make sports bras for women like her? - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:45 7
- Motherhood maternity. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 10:49
- "I gained 20 pounds over the winter; can you recommend a pair of pants that would fit me?" nm - Dignan Feb 17, 10:49 3
  - i kinda like you fatter and pantsless -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:50 2
    - Picture me as Adam in The Creation of Adam. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 10:55 1
      - (except that I'm reaching for a Slim Jim instead of the hand of god.) nm - Dignan Feb 17, 10:56
- she should just go topless -- nm - decline Feb 17, 10:48
- yes, just buy a bigger one. what is wrong with these people? -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 10:46
something that always gets me about film critics and Howard Hawks, they always rank Rio Bravo above Red River - crash davis Feb 17, 10:44 17
- agreed. red river is way better....nm - x Feb 17, 10:48 1
  - thanks - its good to know I'm not the only one :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 10:54
- is that the one where John Wayne plays a cantankerous cowboy who refuses to listen to anyone else and ends up killing his main rival? -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:47 14
  - actually, no (spoils) - crash davis Feb 17, 10:53 12
    - the shootist is the best example that john wayne can really act....nm - x Feb 17, 10:56 2
      - The Shootist just makes me sad though. I can't view that film without thinking 'this is the last thing he did' -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 10:59 1
        
        one of the greatest american movies of the 70's, imo....nm - x Feb 17, 11:03
    - it has become de rigueur to critique Wayne for his acting - Beaker Feb 17, 10:55 6
      - he was very good at playing John Wayne -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:57 5
        
        actually he's just great at underplaying in general....nm - x Feb 17, 10:59 1
        
        i'm not saying it's a fault, per se. he understood his brand and worked it for all it was worth -- nm - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 11:00
        
        But he's not as bad as Jack Nicholson in this regard. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 10:57 2
        
        nicholson only became a self-caricature in the latter stages of his career - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:59 1
        
        nicholson is the polar oppostite of wayne--he overplays every character pretty much all the time....nm - x Feb 17, 11:00
    - i've seen it - moles, ex-federal agent Feb 17, 10:54 1
      - I'd shake my head, but I think the point of some of your posts is to drum up business for chiropracters -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 10:55
  - I think you meant Clint Eastwood -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 10:48
And just to show how fucked up the GOP priorities are when it comes to birth control: -- (link) - TWuG Feb 17, 10:42
LYC TFox and Profit, we're gonna do that train ride in Newport this weekend that goes through the naval base. Should be cool -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 10:42 1
- hell yeah. good inexpensive fun. -- nm - TFox Feb 17, 11:32
Your cute for the day: orphaned squirrel monkey (CUTE!) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 10:41 6
- picture 2 is crazy cute. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 17, 10:52
- APOTD! -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 10:44
- they named him Sheldon after BBT -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 10:43
- MONKEY! I want a monkey. -- nm - sycor Feb 17, 10:43
- *melts* -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 10:43
- picture 7 is my fave -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 10:42
hmmm -- nm - Jovian Feb 17, 10:40 2
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  - married an animal chiropractor, who flew... -- nm - OAE Feb 17, 10:57

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