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My idea of Magic Mike... - Jody - 1/16/2014 12:58:06 AM

Do Native Americans speak with an accent? - ER - 1/12/2014 2:50:49 AM
- Doesn't everyone speak with an accent? - podrock - 1/14/2014 3:20:55 AM
  - I've always wanted to visit Chaco Canyon, but never made it that far. - ER - 1/14/2014 4:17:51 AM
    - Never been to Chaco - podrock - 1/14/2014 4:49:19 AM
      - Yeah, there is a "Martian Chronicles" ambiance there. - ER - 1/14/2014 5:41:39 AM
  - Everyone does speak with an accent. - ER - 1/14/2014 3:56:20 AM
- Not a trace of accent even when they say " How pale face" :) - FrankC - 1/13/2014 10:41:05 PM
- No. Not to themselves. But everyone else does. - bowser - 1/13/2014 8:03:44 PM
  - perhaps you misunderstood me. - ER - 1/14/2014 2:09:34 AM
    - Jew . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 11:36:03 AM
      - New York Jews formed a distinct ethnic community. - ER - 1/14/2014 1:09:57 PM
        
        While I was stationed in Italy . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 1:24:07 PM
        
        As I recall . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 6:15:33 PM
        
        I am surprised there are still many Yiddish speakers in Europe, - ER - 1/14/2014 3:41:43 PM
        
        About 2% . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 4:31:29 PM
- For the Native American, as I see it . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 2:07:36 PM
  - Well said... - ER - 1/13/2014 3:50:18 PM
    - South Pacific . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 6:02:42 PM
      - I'm familiar with the scene. - ER - 1/13/2014 6:17:05 PM
        
        One a bit more humorously handled . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 7:33:14 PM

The 5 Best Frozen Produce . . . (originally from Comestible Zone) - DanS - 1/13/2014 2:44:19 PM
- Thank goodness for freezers - SteveS - 1/14/2014 1:32:34 PM

Squid pro quo - ER - 1/11/2014 2:50:30 PM
- You won't catch me eating either octopus, squid, or clams. - TB - 1/11/2014 9:10:27 PM
  - I promise. You get hungry enough you'll eat snake, rat, mouse, yes, mouse, and - bowser - 1/13/2014 6:00:18 AM
  - Alligator is quite popular here in Florida, - ER - 1/11/2014 11:01:47 PM
    - It is also quite popular in Louisiana... - FrankC - 1/12/2014 8:16:51 PM
      - Crab Chilao - ER - 1/13/2014 12:30:01 AM
        
        Some of that brings back memories,,, - FrankC - 1/13/2014 9:37:24 AM
        
        It think we'd be surprised to learn we have much in common. - ER - 1/13/2014 3:51:12 PM
    - I have tried alligator, once. - TB - 1/12/2014 3:48:57 AM
      - Snake . . . - DanS - 1/12/2014 5:23:20 PM
        
        Drunk dining... - FrankC - 1/12/2014 8:33:36 PM

Ermaghad! (originally from Comestible Zone) - Jody - 1/12/2014 9:36:59 PM
- Totally . . . ! - DanS - 1/13/2014 2:45:52 PM

Crab Chilao - ER - 1/13/2014 12:57:58 AM

Giant Squid Washes Ashore Calif. Coast - SteveS - 1/10/2014 4:26:51 PM
- BRB - Jody - 1/12/2014 1:03:03 AM
- There are no squid in California. - ER - 1/10/2014 10:29:00 PM
  - With butter and garlic. (n/t) - DanS - 1/11/2014 1:41:06 AM
- Not an uncommon problem around here. - TB - 1/10/2014 5:18:57 PM
  - I loved that flick!! (n/t) - DanS - 1/10/2014 5:32:20 PM
- How 'bout this one . . . ? - DanS - 1/10/2014 4:56:54 PM
  - Yep, from Facebook... - SteveS - 1/11/2014 2:36:56 PM

Not a cheap date - TB - 1/11/2014 12:12:34 AM
- And did you see her reaching for the sides at the end - FrankC - 1/11/2014 8:34:57 AM
  - She had to eat the other stuff to finish the challenge. - TB - 1/11/2014 5:54:01 PM
- Not a cheap date . . . ? - DanS - 1/11/2014 2:40:18 AM
- No wonder the rest of the world hates us. - ER - 1/11/2014 12:56:52 AM
  - Re: No wonder the rest of the world hates us. - TB - 1/11/2014 5:56:07 PM
    - True, but that doesn't mean they don't hate us. - ER - 1/11/2014 7:44:53 PM
  - You never heard of the steak and scotch diet - FrankC - 1/11/2014 8:42:16 AM
    - No, but I think I'll give it a try. - ER - 1/11/2014 3:16:56 PM

40 maps that help make sense of the world.... - Jody - 1/11/2014 4:42:19 PM

"Reality TV" - TB - 1/10/2014 9:43:06 PM
- A good idea gone astray. - bowser - 1/11/2014 4:30:38 AM
- Have you seen "Oddities"? - ER - 1/11/2014 4:16:41 AM
- LOL! - Jody - 1/11/2014 3:43:58 AM
- Not much reality in reality TV - FrankC - 1/11/2014 3:01:55 AM

Guess what I got in the mail . . . - DanS - 1/10/2014 11:44:03 AM
- Some drugstores offer their own discount programs. - TB - 1/10/2014 3:56:06 PM

My Lowered... - FrankC - 1/9/2014 10:44:49 AM
- What they left out, and she didn't. - bowser - 1/10/2014 3:15:47 AM
- ANNIE GET YER GUN! - Jody - 1/9/2014 7:52:52 PM
- There are similarities. - bowser - 1/9/2014 11:09:30 AM

Frozen lighthouses.... - Jody - 1/5/2014 12:26:54 AM
- Appartantly... - SteveS - 1/7/2014 6:26:17 PM
- Beautiful . . . - DanS - 1/6/2014 12:46:14 AM

Under the tower - ER - 1/5/2014 12:44:32 AM
- I'm sure there is a great deal of artistic license there. - bowser - 1/6/2014 6:04:41 AM
  - Normally, I'd tend to agree with you, and for the same reasons you quote. - ER - 1/6/2014 3:08:01 PM
- Two pilots with good reflexes . . . - DanS - 1/5/2014 7:46:38 PM
- Berlin Express - SteveS - 1/5/2014 1:46:15 PM
  - Leave it to the French to wait 65 years before giving him a medal. - ER - 1/5/2014 2:00:35 PM

Talkin' 'bout the Vatican... - ER - 1/4/2014 9:24:04 PM
- better: unguided - Robert - 1/5/2014 1:26:08 AM
  - Everything you say is absolutely true... - ER - 1/5/2014 3:22:19 AM
    - Aye, laddy, I know. - Robert - 1/5/2014 5:49:14 AM

When was the last time you visited your local Army-Navy Surplus store? - ER - 1/4/2014 12:52:54 PM
- There simply isn't any "surplus" anyone wants any more. - bowser - 1/4/2014 4:51:53 PM

101 ideas - Jody - 1/2/2014 1:51:50 AM
- ...huh... - DanS - 1/3/2014 7:32:17 PM
  - Not me. - Jody - 1/3/2014 11:08:24 PM
- 100 Good ideas - SteveS - 1/2/2014 2:27:54 PM
- For such a corny topic, there are some great ideas in there. - bowser - 1/2/2014 5:05:24 AM

The Big B.O. - ER - 1/2/2014 12:29:46 PM
- Well of course - Robert - 1/3/2014 6:59:46 PM
  - We used to have a joke about scientists and engineers. - ER - 1/3/2014 11:07:11 PM
- There are plenty of B.O. liberals out there, bright, etc... - FrankC - 1/2/2014 7:00:35 PM
  - My post isn't about libs or cons... - ER - 1/2/2014 7:53:32 PM
    - Well, I have to say it seems to be... - FrankC - 1/2/2014 10:54:18 PM
      - Well - - - - - bowser - 1/3/2014 5:39:20 AM
        
        By the way, - - - - - bowser - 1/3/2014 5:47:44 AM
      - I don't think there is any fundamental difference between business and government. - ER - 1/2/2014 11:09:52 PM
        
        Probably not - FrankC - 1/3/2014 12:31:16 AM
        
        That has its problems, too. - ER - 1/3/2014 12:52:03 AM

Dave Barry's Year in Review - TB - 1/1/2014 4:43:16 AM
- Enjoyed it while participating in the Tour De France. - Ainz - 1/3/2014 5:50:43 AM
- Fun read - SteveS - 1/2/2014 2:08:16 PM

Why doe the advertising industry... - ER - 12/31/2013 1:37:13 AM
- I have twisted off on many a de-evolving commercials. - Jody - 12/31/2013 11:23:34 PM
  - I look at it a little differently. - ER - 1/1/2014 12:30:24 AM
    - I once wrote an epistle about yogurt - Jody - 1/1/2014 5:10:01 PM
    - if you’re too dim to see the scam, then you deserve to get taken - FrankC - 1/1/2014 1:08:53 AM
      - I don't think anybody deserves to be scammed, - ER - 1/1/2014 1:47:11 AM
        
        No one deserves to suffer not man or beast... - FrankC - 1/1/2014 5:10:33 AM
        
        I know I'm an elitist. - ER - 1/1/2014 2:04:18 PM
        
        Long fingernails? (just an aside) - FrankC - 1/1/2014 7:08:01 PM
        
        Cubans are not immune to racism. - ER - 1/1/2014 8:25:57 PM
        
        P.S. - FrankC - 1/1/2014 7:34:41 PM
        
        Not all racism is about black. - ER - 1/1/2014 11:05:04 PM
        
        Hispanics are not a homogeneous group/ - ER - 1/1/2014 8:40:29 PM
        
        Re: No one deserves to suffer not man or beast... - TB - 1/1/2014 6:23:37 AM
        
        You ever notice? - bowser - 1/2/2014 5:02:39 AM
        
        What' the reason? - ER - 1/2/2014 1:09:38 PM
        
        Ah Hah! just as I suspected - FrankC - 1/1/2014 7:01:06 AM
- They are doing exactly what they want to do. - bowser - 12/31/2013 5:24:43 AM
- Yes, but . . . - DanS - 12/31/2013 2:43:54 AM
  - It's sad, - ER - 12/31/2013 3:15:58 AM

Some aphorisms on language (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - ER - 12/23/2013 4:56:12 PM
- Languages have commonalities which are built into the brain. - bowser - 1/2/2014 4:56:57 AM
- Speaking only for myself, - Robert - 12/24/2013 5:58:46 AM
  - Say whut? - ER - 12/24/2013 2:41:49 PM
- nice post ER - hank - 12/24/2013 3:34:40 AM
  - Thanks, hank. - ER - 12/24/2013 4:39:09 AM
    - Or - hank - 12/24/2013 4:59:28 AM
      - Is this what you mean by self-referential? - ER - 12/24/2013 5:36:32 AM
        
        What the hell are you guys talking about? - CJB - 12/24/2013 3:35:46 PM
        
        Sock-Puppeteer conversation. - TB - 12/24/2013 5:29:52 PM
        
        BTW: Whatever happened to Goth Girl? - CJB - 12/24/2013 6:52:36 PM
        
        I was hacked! - hank - 12/25/2013 12:40:34 PM
        
        self-something, certainly - Robert - 12/24/2013 6:00:07 AM
- An example of subtlety from ancient Greek - ER - 12/23/2013 6:54:53 PM
- In the beginning, was the Word. - ER - 12/23/2013 6:05:27 PM

BBC programming - FrankC - 12/31/2013 12:13:51 AM
- Oh hell yes - Robert - 12/31/2013 3:12:05 AM
- Not my cup of tea - ER - 12/31/2013 1:17:07 AM
  - Understandable, I guess - FrankC - 12/31/2013 9:14:12 AM
    - That may be a bit too extreme, I didn't mean to come across so doctrinaire about it. - ER - 12/31/2013 6:53:54 PM
      - PS, - ER - 12/31/2013 7:19:55 PM
  - You don't have to choose - Robert - 12/31/2013 3:08:59 AM
    - Holmes was the equivalent of James Bond. - ER - 12/31/2013 3:50:03 AM
      - that works - Robert - 12/31/2013 7:24:39 PM
    - Not to change the subject, - ER - 12/31/2013 3:43:08 AM
      - Where to begin? - Robert - 12/31/2013 7:43:13 PM
        
        Pro forma rant, eh? - ER - 12/31/2013 10:21:46 PM

Don't mess with Oregonians!!! - bowser - 12/29/2013 9:20:05 PM
- Must have been a Hero sandwich - SteveS - 12/30/2013 1:31:34 PM
  - No, it was a meatball sub. - ER - 12/30/2013 1:48:55 PM
- How could a naked guy be "possibly armed"? - ER - 12/30/2013 12:05:12 AM
  - His weapon dangles in da wind. - Jody - 12/30/2013 1:03:54 AM
    - No concealment . . . - DanS - 12/30/2013 12:34:50 PM

“How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk” - SteveS - 12/24/2013 11:50:53 PM
- Seattle, Tacoma and Salt Lake City this time. - bowser - 12/28/2013 11:59:25 PM
- Spokane, Salt Lake City, Des Moines, Iowa. I'm near Portland, Oregon. - bowser - 12/28/2013 8:06:49 PM
- I just took the test again. - ER - 12/26/2013 3:34:40 PM
  - Wow! Three cities with less than pleasant associations. Way, way less. - bowser - 12/28/2013 10:37:37 PM
  - Nuthin' good ever came from Texas. - Jody - 12/27/2013 3:18:52 AM
    - Does that mean you're hoarding it all? (n/t) - DanS - 12/27/2013 1:13:48 PM
    - All hat and no cattle. - ER - 12/27/2013 11:59:02 AM
      - That's me . . . - DanS - 12/27/2013 1:09:39 PM
  - It doesn't like double talk ;-) - SteveS - 12/26/2013 3:55:07 PM
- South Florida, right on. - ER - 12/26/2013 12:53:23 AM
  - sure not the ip address - FrankC - 12/26/2013 7:26:29 PM
    - Guess you just gotta take up tennis. (n/t) - DanS - 12/27/2013 1:15:39 PM
- Chicago . . . ?! - DanS - 12/25/2013 4:16:57 PM
- They pretty much nailed it. Evidently "cougar" is exclusive to Washington state. n/t - RobVG - 12/25/2013 6:09:11 AM
- LOL! - Jody - 12/25/2013 1:54:05 AM
- I was sure it would nail me down pretty good.. - FrankC - 12/25/2013 1:35:04 AM

Is Vlad the Impaler a Christian? - ER - 12/28/2013 12:56:24 AM
- The cross is no more a sign of Christianity than the star is of the US. - bowser - 12/28/2013 5:59:38 AM
- Fashion statement . . . ? - DanS - 12/28/2013 4:49:02 AM
- He's hooked on the people's opiate. n/t - RobVG - 12/28/2013 4:39:33 AM
- I loathe this - Jody - 12/28/2013 1:44:44 AM
  - What do you loathe? - ER - 12/28/2013 2:11:20 AM
    - Hypocrisy. - Jody - 12/28/2013 2:20:31 AM
      - He may not be a hypoctire. - ER - 12/28/2013 3:16:46 AM
        
        I agree... - Jody - 12/28/2013 4:12:37 AM
        
        I was trained by the Bene Gesserit. - ER - 12/28/2013 3:43:53 PM

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