Forum: The Lounge

Coughing. Painful chest. Sore throat. Muscle aches. Headache. No fever, though, I don't think, and I can get up and move around some, so I don't think it's the flu. God damn I'm miserable, though. And the kids are storming the house. I kept...

6999...:hoj:

Inspired by a couple of comments in the Thunderdome: Some things just don't need to be fixed, whether it's an ill-advised movie remake, a song cover that the world could have done without, bad plastic surgery, a new model car or electronic...

Or: Am I overreacting? My judgment-impaired teenager has had limited net access for a little while now. He's gotten into some forums and boards catering to his interests, all good and well. He has no interests in facebook type stuff for now. I...

Let's say you can pick an age--and stay that age--what age would you choose? Let's assume that you lose no experience or memory. Let's also say you're not changing the date of your death by picking a younger age. :hoj:

Took the kids to the pumpkin patch today. Hoped to beat the rain, but it started coming down just as we got there. Saved us $15, since we didn't want to pay admission to all the fun attractions they have other than the pumpkins, like the petting...

Finally have a working modem, and I'm totally bummed to have missed the Halloween festivities. I did read the twitter stories, and they were awesome! Good work, everyone. :dumbo:

This thread is for any words people make up that should already exist. An example is one The Original An Gadaí used recently: obnoxion. So what doozies have you?

http://www.1800nicesmile.com/ I find this really sleazy. It looks (a little) like a larger, more organized independent referral service, but there's only like four docs in the registry, and one of them comes up every time--no matter what...

You're one or the other.

A Poll

Well?

A poll. :hoj:

Life is a watermelon. Yeah.

Please share your opinion of state-run gambling.

Younger, older, or about my age?

Frying liver

To be taped to copier in busy office: Notice: Prior or making color copies, be sure to reprime the upper fluid modulator. If pressure exceeds 30 pegs, vent to no less than 22.5 pegs using the bypass throttle valve. Please notify IT should...

*Pads to get to 1000*

... you find yourself yelling 'FUCK YOU!!!' at pieces of paper.

You are being locked into a empty 8-foot square cell for the next 24 hours. In the cell will be a sleeping bag and nothing else. Well, a few other things...the things that make the 24 hours hellish. Please pick the lesser of the...

Please limit your personal fact to two words. Please add as many Personal Fact posts as you like. Give generously. :hoj:

does anyone here still post there?

Okay, busted. You are going into solitary confinement for one year. Just you, a simple cot, and 4 white walls, a white ceiling, and a white floor. Oh, and one of the following items. Which do you choose to help you pass the time?

One missing Tucker resurfaces.It’s the Tucker 48 sedan bearing serial number 1010 that hasn’t been seen in a half-century, which it apparently spent concealed in a private barn in the Pacific Northwest. According to Gooding, this Tucker has just...

This is what the end of the world will look like, or at least the early stages of it. What the hell? Beautiful, ominous cloud formations, creepy breaks of sun, and wind gusts to 50 mph, and the odd bolt of lightning. Crazy. It supposed to...

I'm sitting here with a HUGE pile of laundry to put away, which is something that I just really loathe doing. I don't know why...cause it takes so long, maybe? It's so tedious? I always put it off as long as possible, but this week I'm doing it...

Well?

On the Discovery Channel's website they have a video of a fetus apparently crying in utero. There's a startling noise and the fetus jerks and turns her head. Then she makes all of the movements you'd expect of a baby crying: an open mouth,...

I couldn't have done it without all of you! :hoj:

Cheerful girl on cellphone in drug store: "It's just that there's blood. Isn't there any way we can get around that?"

Which of the following fictional characters would make the best U.S. prez? :hoj:

A few years back, the company stopped offering cafeteria services at our plants. Even though a food service company with their own contracted employees worked there, it was decreed by TPTB to be too expensive. Liability issues maybe. Instead, they...

Yeah! You get to pick out new louvers for your office ceiling light fixtures. What color do you choose?

Because what do you want from me anyway? So here it is, on account of the fact that I have absolutely nothing to say lately, yet am urged to increase my post count in order to acquire various forum-based privileges and/or candy. It begins,...

http://burgerplex.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=38&product_id=67 How cool is that stuff?

That was me yesterday. We were driving back from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and got a little lost in the Central Park. I decided to take the Park to its north border and looked for the West Side Highway/Henry Hudson to return to the George...

Too Soon?

In other words, can you visualise a place you are not currently in, or a person you are not with? I was on a course last week, and one of the techniques for improving presentation skills that was discussed was 'visualising' yourself making the...

If you were given funds to create your own restaurant, what would you name it? Do you have a location in mind or any ideas for your restaurant's menu? I'd like a restaurant named (unimaginatively) jali's house. The menu would pretty much be the...

No, really, I do! She's described herself as a "girlfag" or "a gay man in a woman's body" before and that's kind of how we interact. Romantically speaking, I'm only interested in men, but I can appreciate a woman's looks and hers are relatively...

For those who didn't see this News Room thread, my new avatar is an artistic rendering of a newly-discovered dinosaur, the "Sarahsaurus." I want a new title to go with the avatar. Any ideas?

Well? :hoj:

You have been chosen to live again. You can choose to come back as one of the following animals. Which do you choose?

Thoughts converge with little warning. Many options, few real choices. Who among us feels less free than we once did? Bold moves, soft reactions--a torrent of need born of nominal engagement. Do not hesitate. The time is now:

Why, the Emergency Bra!: http://www.ecouterre.com/emergency-bra-doubles-as-a-gas-mask-when-disaster-strikes/ Double Ds that double as gas masks? It may sound like a joke, but Dr. Elena Bodnar’s “Emergency Bra” is no laughing matter, especially if...

I've been hearing a lot lately of the "Hermit Kingdom" of North Korea, one of the few (cartoon) totalitarian societies left on this Earth. I find the idea of such a society and its workings fascinating although I sympathise verily with the...

I see the board is looking all spiffy and stuff. It took me a minute to figure out how to navigate around since stuff wasn't the same, but it's not too bad. I've been "enjoying" this so-called "adult life" and kind of wishing I was back in...

Where would you most like to live? Someplace where it's usually above 90 degrees? Someplace were it's usually about 70 degrees but very humid? Someplace where it's usually below 60 degrees? Assume the 90- and 60- degree places are fairly...