Ask comment:
"If you'll indulge me, I wrote this crap some years ago...
"Imminent Demise"
The curveball breaks your heart
by making a razor thin incision diagonally
across it from top to bottom.
The fastball breaks your heart
by blowing a huge..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by azpenguin, DevilsAdvocate
2 ¾ hours ago
Ask comment:
"Jan. 1, 2004 @ 5:15 AM. We had been drinking champagne all night and I couldn't wait any longer. She responded in kind. So...about 6 weeks give or take...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Space Kitty
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Michael Moore is a douche
You know what? We need more douches on our team. We need an army of douches. We need a bunch of pricks, a huge number of fucking assholes, and a couple handfuls of absolute cocksuckers. It wouldn't hurt to have a few..." [
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favorited 198 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, BozoBurgerBonanza, duende, growabrain, nzero, lazaruslong, chrisamiller, Reggie Digest, shotgunbooty, flamk, Goofyy, beandip, Kikkoman, davejay, wolfewarrior, letitrain, Anything, andywolf, petsounds, redtriskelion, ST!NG, ism, girandole, iamkimiam, vers, marble, LMGM, giantfist, flyoverstate, designbot, brina, hazyjane, Freon, mikw, pinothefrog, madamjujujive, Dark Messiah, inoculatedcities, hecho de la basura, sleep_walker, deborah, wfrgms, jlbartosa, lalochezia, jonmc, 912 Greens, sindas, specialk420, Gregoire, cobra_high_tigers, robot, hototogisu, mr.curmudgeon, Baby_Balrog, Jody Tresidder, acid freaking on the kitty, cell divide, MikeKD, turaho, mathis23, Belle O'Cosity, Skwirl, joquarky, zap rowsdower, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, bonaldi, WPW, Baldons, gum, NationalKato, sephira, tittergrrl, Mamapotomus, freedryk, JaredSeth, cdadog, BigLankyBastard, gen, Totally Zanzibarin' Ya, drezdn, SaintCynr, bluishorange, forwebsites, HeroZero, premortem, bayliss, SmileyChewtrain, xmattxfx, splatta, milov, exlotuseater, Legomancer, grubi, Colloquial Collision, miss tea, thinkpiece, psmealey, DreamerFi
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Please note: when I freak out and start throwing monitors, staplers, and anything else I can get my hands on, vito90 will save you all.
If you throw a monitor at one of my female coworkers? I WILL fuck you up, take it to the bank...." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Henry C. Mabuse, unixrat, jonson, crunch buttsteak, Dillonlikescookies, bowline, jessamyn, weapons-grade pandemonium
Last month
MeFi comment:
"tkolar, you've no doubt spent more than 6 minutes complaining about the post. You should have just watched it, hated it, and shutted the fuck up.
If that's the case, this post is a fine example of how the "mystery meat" approach can..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by schyler523, jtron, Stylus Happenstance, Telf
Last month
Ask comment:
"Timber Wolf Serengeti (chicken)
Solid Gold Indigo Moon (chicken)
Innova EVO (chicken/turkey) (dry and wet)
First Mate (fish)
Orijen (chicken/turkey/fish)
Nature's Variety Instinct (dry is chicken or rabbit, wet is lamb, chicken, venison, or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tigerjade
Last month
Ask comment:
"Invoke the Bill Farthinham Gin and Tonic rule.
Bill Farthinham was my first boss when I bartended. He taught me that whenever you have a customer that exhibits any kind of behavior that drives you nuts, just treat them with kindness and give them..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by Tapioca
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Holy shit, I totally forgot that the Williams sisters were mentioned in Infinite Jest. I guess my buffer overflowed at some point while reading that book.
Sometimes an awfully wily player can beat a power player, but there is no woman in the same..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dmt
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Timber Wolf Serengeti (chicken)
Solid Gold Indigo Moon (chicken)
Innova EVO (chicken/turkey)
First Mate (fish)
Orijen (chicken/turkey/fish)
What all these have in common is they are grain free, low-filler. Carbs come in the form..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by kwaller, TryTheTilapia
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Couldn't agree more with this callout. This is a tough topic for people who hold the mainstream view on sexual dynamics in relationships. I also really disliked the pejorative editorializing in this comment. I thought the "man-whore"..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ladysin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A much better Johnny Cash comparison would be to "Wanted Man":
Wanted man in California,
Wanted man in Buffalo
Wanted man in Kansas City,
Wanted man in Ohio
Wanted man in Mississippi,
Wanted man in ol' Cheyenne
Wherever you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittens for breakfast
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"You're a member of a self-selecting group that tends to stay single longer than others because you find being single most tolerable. The relationships you abandon (the ones where you don't like the other party as much as they like you) means that..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by ethel, hot soup girl, loiseau, UbuRoivas, Salamandrous, MD06, yohko
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"I have some friends who think great friends can constantly razz one another and give each other shit and tease each other. They think if you can't do that to your friends who can you do it to? I try to be the one friend who doesn't do that, either..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by olecranon, PinkButterfly
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow. I have to admit to being really torn on this one. I didn't like that the cop got physical with the kid, and probably shouldn't have taken his skateboard - but as for the lecture and dressing down? I don't have a problem with it.
I'm not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anthill
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Can your apartment gym even go to 300 on the bench? Is it an actual Olympic setup with a 45 pound bar? I second the notion you don't want to do this on a machine, and whenever you max out you need/want a spotter. Not only is it critical for safety,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rocketman
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I own a couple pet supply stores in Seattle and customers are constantly asking me if I know any trainers. I let trainers leave flyers and business cards there, and will refer them by name if I know them well and know first or at least second hand..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by freshwater_pr0n
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"How about Paulsc? Haven't seen him around either. Last seen 12/31. New Year's Resolution to avoid MeFi?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hortense
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"BB - don't take it personally. Really, I know it's hard sometimes but we've all been there, sometimes multiple times. Just learn from it and take a chance again in the future.
maintain the integrity of Metafilter.
This is actually quite..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I heard this one first on MeFi and it has killed every person I've told it to since...
What's the opposite of Christopher Reeve?
Christopher Walken...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by iamkimiam
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Longsleeves, did Brad Renfro mean something to you? If so, then I'm sorry for your loss." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wfrgms
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I take something to read. Not some tome like "Infinite Jest" but something like:
- The Stranger (Seattle's alternative weekly magazine)
- Paperback that fits in the back pocket (currently using Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fishfucker
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've got the book on this robot. I faced him when he was with Modesto in the California League. He's a good athlete with a great work ethic. His defensive play in centerfield is suspect and long term I see him as a DH or first baseman. He is..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by danb, Terminal Verbosity, languagehat, Sphinx
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Tragic loss for humans and dogs both. That boy would have grown up to rescue a lot of dogs." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"In Seattle, there's a bar called the Virginia Inn. I used to work there and still drink there. I have had some of the most thoughtful conversations there with sophisticated, well-read people on a wide variety of topics. If you go there on a week..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Asymptote
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Everytime I come across discussions of weirdness I think about the time I got to my baseball game early and sat in the bleachers to watch the previous game. A couple young skater-type kids walked up. They were wearing these HUGE flaired-at-the-leg..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rictic
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Way upthread: "The only chance of legalization is if the big tobacco companies are interested in marketing it. I wouldn't bet 10c on it. "
I would. I'd bet my house that in my lifetime Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds (I don't even know..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, ekstasis23, chlorus
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This has turned into a very interesting discussion. It has been informative reading individual's routines.
I train for two seasons, Labor Day to Memorial Day and Memorial Day to Labor Day.
In the colder fall and winter months from September to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by waxbanks
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Hey The Straightener - you should publish your book online yourself. I'd buy it. Metafilter Project?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Indian princess SOHCAHTOA got me through high school geometry.
sin=opposite/hypotenuse
cosin=adjacent/hypotenuse
tangent=opposite/adjacent" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by papafrita
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW what "fag" means when British people say it. I KNOW!! It's a cigarette, right? A CIGARETTE! Not a homo!!! But it's fucking IMPOSSIBLE to read this article without imagining the whores blowing a bunch of queers in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, zenzizi
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"There's one you missed, Cortex, and it only works on certain people.
I made a crap, throwaway, off-topic comment in AskMe pretty recently. Not vulgar or over-the-top, basically just dumb, superfluous, and didn't answer the question.
An hour..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by chrisamiller, tehloki, bru, flibbertigibbet, cior
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"I always use note pages like that to write down names of people I regularly interact with and one characteristic about them so I can remember their name and something about them...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chunking express
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ufez, in honor of Mr. Jackson's passing shall I send you some Pike Place Stout? ;)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ufez Jones
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Big . with a creamy head.
I used to work for Redhook Brewery, and I hope I'm right that it was him who once said of Redhook's Original Ale, "I've thrown away better batches of homebrew...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by subaruwrx
10 months ago
