haveanicesummer : I occasionally buy a few lottery tickets when the jackpot is superhigh ... Am I still wasting my money? Pretty much, however I'm wasting it in a way that gives me an incredibly remote chance of never having to work again,
I can... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dormant Gorilla
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3 minutes ago
I wonder what kind of sign they make you wear if you get caught trying to make a glory hole.
Maybe something like "At This Museum I engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with Navid Nuur's Art. I Failed as a Visitor. But I entertained and... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnStruck
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23 minutes ago
Shockfilter would be a great band name. Or even better; a cat name.
"Shockfilter, get down from there, you'll get all staticy. And stop making jazz hands at me! Bad kitty!"
Yeah, I think we just named my next pet.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by b1tr0t
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An hour ago
I like this photo. There's something about the look in their eyes that just screams "Woo! Spaceship! Madness!"
Which is, of course, the appropriate response when unveiling your own, personal, working sub orbital space craft.
I mean,... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by minifigs
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6 ½ hours ago
I thought for sure that Mr. Mustache spinning the barrel on the revolver...
*cough*Cylinder*cough*
'scuse me. Just had to clear my throat. [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wildcrdj, dancestoblue
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more than 12 hours ago
The whole story sounds suspect to me, but ignoring that; "Brad was no longer thought of the senior trader at Æxecor; instead, he was the guy who accidently bought all that coal."
Shit, if I found myself in this inconceivable position,... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kid Charlemagne
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3 days ago
Just so I'm understanding; these guys resign and the banks stay open, right? Them leaving doesn't actually change anything other than the people who were directly responsible for creating an environment where a bailout is needed 1.) don't get paid... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Jumpin Jack Flash, Kyol, five fresh fish, Caduceus
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4 days ago
Apparently, left to their own devices, people draw penises.
See, the little eyes make it look like a snake... Oh, you just said "draw", not "draw on their"
I believe I've said too much.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sugarfish, haveanicesummer, shmegegge
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4 days ago
One thing I've noticed in more recent movies is that people finally seem to know how to use their keyboards. Whenever you watch a tech-movie from ten or fifteen years ago, and you watch a character type something, you can often see them just randomly... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by rokusan, misha, burnmp3s
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4 days ago
Changing your change
favorited 30 times, recently by 1f2frfbf, limeonaire, agregoli, Heretic, mumkin, ronin21, Jeff_Larson, Vibrissa, LobsterMitten, box, Wrinkled Stumpskin, pahool, schleppo, champthom, misha, Bango Skank, anansi, Saxon Kane, StarmanDXE, jmdodd, symbollocks, Lutoslawski, mr.curmudgeon, fredosan, Flashman, shmurley, middleclasstool, Jumpin Jack Flash, pyrex, jedicus
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8 days ago
Now I want to apply for a job there just so I can give them some bullshit gmail account that I've created specifically for the purpose. I figure the messages will start normally enough, but when you start digging you find that contained within is a... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jacalata
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8 days ago
Ok, that just shouldn't be able to be done...
favorited 15 times, recently by blue shadows, garnetgirl, of strange foe, The Salaryman, muckybob, GeckoDundee, hackwolf, vronsky, Multicellular Exothermic, ubermuffin, Burhanistan, Duke999R, stilist, box, acro
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9 days ago
Additionally, I have just begun quitting smoking,
Congratulations. You won't believe it for the first couple of days, but you really be much happier in the long run. If you haven't already done so, you may want to look at The Easy Way to Stop... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shelbaroo
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11 days ago
I think the problem with discussion Palin and her followers is that fundamentally, they are framing their side of the conversation from a place of deceit, and it's really hard to keep saying "that isn't accurate", "that is factually... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by mordax, SuperSquirrel, nooneyouknow, chunking express
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12 days ago
I feel for the guy. I mean, it's not like you have any control over the circumstances of your birth, but
"I don't even kill bugs. I've had long hair all my life. I could make it go away, but I can't let the world and their fears change me.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Jacqueline, Sidhedevil
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13 days ago
One thing the Ikea instructions don't tell you until the very last page is that you're going to have to tap 48 tiny little brads into the furniture's backing.
I like to think that whomever it was that came up with the idea for load bearing... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blasdelf
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13 days ago
I'm still trying to figure out what Starbuck was doing all vamped out sitting in Wolowitz's bathtub last night.
It was at once disturbing and oddly arousing.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scalefree
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13 days ago
bright knight : Hugs being so sexualized is the outcome of intense sexual repression. So, of course the solution is more sexual repression.
Well, in fairness, I've had some hugs that were really, really dirty and sexy and...
*gets lost in... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Blasdelb, Pope Guilty, freebird, Reverend John
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13 days ago
On closer look, the Fuga one is pretty nifty, but unfortunately, if you aren't looking at the whitespace, and you don't know what word you are supposed to be seeing, the logo as presented looks a bit like "GWAR"
Which is probably not... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Seamus
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2 weeks ago
I should make it clear that I do not intend to use any of my old gear.
Don't completely discount it; you could use the rope to make a giant ball which could make neighborhood dogs and cats happy.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wongcorgi
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2 weeks ago
my advice would be not to find out by kissing her, but maybe by seeing how she reacts if you try to take her hard.
This is not funny. I am not laughing. These stifled noises and tears are the result of a stubbed toe, nothing else. I don't care... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
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2 weeks ago
My friends and I have long discussed the Viking funeral. But we are kinda trash, so it would end up being held at some small lake, and probably using a boat made out of pallets and empty 55 gallon drums. This would help though, because we figured we... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jumpin Jack Flash
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2 weeks ago
I went through a bit of what you are describing when I was in my late twenties, and something that helped me came from a really unexpected place; I developed some strange hobbies.
Specifically, I developed hobbies that no one in my circle of... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by badmoonrising, elisynn
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2 weeks ago
Since "shallow graves" seems to be a politically incorrect way of dealing with people like this, I suggest that whenever it's encountered in the wild, it should be met with open derision. Ideally, this should be public, and if at all... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dirtynumbangelboy, lukemeister
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2 weeks ago
I made one of these about a month ago to replace a lost ring and I was so pleased with the result that I thought it might make for a neat post. I didn't think to look on the web before I started making mine and as a result, my finished ring looks... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
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2 weeks ago
There is a really easy way of dealing with this; let people self favorite, because it's not hurting anyone, but have an audio-file that plays sad trombone whenever they hit the "[+]". Just so that they know it's a shameful, dirty, (but... [
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favorited 7 times, recently by nomad, rigby51, Solon and Thanks, nooneyouknow, cashman, burnmp3s, PhoBWanKenobi
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2 weeks ago
Yay jamaro!
And Coldchef. But seriously man, how awesome must you be?
Also; I really like the look of the video. A short focal length combined with time lapse makes everything look very well produced.
Nice.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
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2 weeks ago
Yes, Castle is the primary reason that I'd be sad if Joss ever decided that he wanted to resurrect Firefly. Don't get me wrong, it's one of my very favorite sci-fi shows ever, but if he did manage to get it back on the air, it would mean that Fillion... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Redmond Cooper, miss-lapin
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2 weeks ago
people need to stop taking this shit personally, it's not like they're looking you in the eyes when they merge a little too close to your comfort zone.
God, I would love to take it personally, I would be thrilled to believe that that the person... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by haltingproblemsolved, muddgirl
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2 weeks ago
There is a fairly simple solution to the taser problem that I've suggested in the past; any time an officer uses their taser, it should be treated and investigated in the exact same way as if they had discharged their firearm.
If there is any kind... [
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favorited 11 times, recently by marble, shrabster, exlotuseater, nooneyouknow, ArkhanJG, MrBobaFett, Mick, lucien_reeve, amethysts, Procloeon, dejah420
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2 weeks ago
At least three million tons of fishlike creatures could theoretically live and breathe on Europa
I'm more concerned about the possibility of three fishlike creatures that weigh one million tons each.
Because you just know that one of them will... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Mayor Curley, webmutant, grandsham, anigbrowl
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2 weeks ago
I like to think of myself as a backhander.
Mostly because of the presumed power and authority asserted by my bitch-slap.
Unfortunately, I clearly don't fully understand this skill yet, because when I tried to practice my technique on my dog... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by qvantamon
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2 weeks ago
I swear, for all their tough-talking braggadocio and chest thumping, the politicians of the Republican party have got to qualify as the whiniest, chicken-shit little pustules ever to adorn the ass of humanity.
I've been saying something similar... [
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favorited 10 times, recently by granted, elvissa, marienbad, marble, notsnot, rokusan, mikelieman, six-or-six-thirty, aeschenkarnos, saulgoodman
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2 weeks ago
so don't get any Bond Villain ideas, please.
Yeah, you know what? Shit like that is going to keep you from being invited to the celebratory Victory-is-Mine party in my hollowed out volcano lair, bub.
I kid, of course you are invited. Just out... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by ShawnStruck, mygothlaundry, sevenyearlurk, misha, white_devil
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2 weeks ago
I have a somewhat similar story (though it won't be nearly we well written); a bit of my mis-spent youth involved blowing up stuff in a quarry. Generally we made our own stuff-go-boom-sticks, but every once in a while, someone would get their hands... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by mccarty.tim, ooga_booga, MuChao, deborah
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2 weeks ago
I like "unfriend". As a word, it seems so much less loaded than "murder" which was my only other option previously. [
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favorited 2 times, recently by troubles, Sys Rq
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2 weeks ago
Artw : Crank 3, should such a thing come into being, will most likely be awful beyond words)
[SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW]
I love the franchise, but considering the way they ended the second one, with the fire and all, there is only one way I can see... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Squid Voltaire, khafra
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2 weeks ago
like the most underrated movie of the aughts: Shoot 'Em Up.
Just for fun, one drunken weekend, I decided to try to figure out the body count in this film without using any of the web pages dedicated to such an endeavor.
I gave up as soon as... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnStruck
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2 weeks ago
I kinda hope Google goes: "OK, have it your way", and sets up their spiders to never crawl any News Corp affiliates.
This would be funny, but it would play into the "we're being victimized" mindset that fans of Murdoch's... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ceri richard
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3 weeks ago
Back in my metal working/ knife smithing days, I designed a blade that had a hollow tube running down the spine with little outlets which would be used to pipe butane or propane, allowing for an actual sharp edged flaming blade.
I never built it... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Pallas Athena
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3 weeks ago
louche mustachio : And the deep weirdness of Wisconsin. It is a strange place.
As someone who has lived in this state for my whole life, let me just point out that we are not weird. We are a completely normal body of people simply reacting to a... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by louche mustachio, Sidhedevil
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3 weeks ago
"Meep doesn't necessarily mean what the F-word does, but it operates in similar ways,"
Lets see;
You dirty mother-meeper, after the meeping shit you just pulled, I'm going to hunt you the meep down, then I'm going to rip out your... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chicainthecity, ShawnStruck, khafra, miss-lapin
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3 weeks ago
... did a cat scan
So did you finally see how and why people wedged their cats on their scanners? I seem to remember you were asking about that a while back.
Hope you feel better soon!... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by weston
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3 weeks ago
It could be the coax itself. Do you have a different coax jumper (short as possible cable) you could use? Alternatively, can you use any other kinds of connection? RCA, HDMI? When you are on the TV how do you get to the DVD player's input? Is it a... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Danf
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3 weeks ago
Joey Michaels : I mean, the minute you try to suppress information, the information spreads across the whole thing.
Exactly. All they've succeeded in doing is going from being a historical footnote in a wiki article I never would have read, to... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wildcrdj
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3 weeks ago
When I was coming out of grade school, I was absolutely certain that by this point in my life I would be a professional mercenary ninja. Naturally I had planned on only taking jobs that made the world a better place, like the A-Team, but I secretly... [
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3 weeks ago
