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  1. Foods of immediate regret

    That is, things you're sorry you ate, the moment you finish the last bite.

    Started by Orual‎, 10 Feb 2012 01:43 PM
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    05 Mar 2012 04:06 PM Go to last post
  2. Poll Poll: Life Skills, Part Seven: Can you make small talk?

    How do you do in polite, unfamiliar social situations?

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 23 Feb 2012 05:36 PM
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 3,697
    01 Mar 2012 07:02 PM Go to last post
  3. Happiest States in the U.S.

    http://www.livescience.com/18666-happiest-states-2011-list.html I'd expect Hawaii to top the list, but the strong showing from the northern Great Plains states is surprising.

    Started by Orual‎, 27 Feb 2012 01:01 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,982
    01 Mar 2012 01:41 PM Go to last post
  4. The opposite of TMI. Who on this board do you want to know more about. Ask now.

    They many not want to answer, but that's okay too. Go ahead, ask. I want to know if Glazer owns a car. He must drive around to do his job...but does he use a company ride?

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 05 Apr 2011 11:28 AM
    • Replies: 34
    • Views: 6,629
    28 Feb 2012 03:41 PM Go to last post
  5. Poll Poll: Life Skills, Part Four: Can you use chop sticks?

    Well?

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 13 Feb 2011 03:32 PM
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 4,654
    28 Feb 2012 02:08 PM Go to last post
  6. Who gives a #!@#? *Quik-E-List*

    I wonder what Linda Lavin is up to?

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 01 Aug 2011 05:08 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 4,856
    23 Feb 2012 02:40 PM Go to last post
  7. People who got better looking with age (Quik E*list)

    Prince Charles

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 02 May 2011 11:58 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 14,393
    23 Feb 2012 02:15 PM Go to last post
  8. Deathbed regrets *Quik E-List*

    I regret that I have not eaten the hearts of all of my enemies.

    Started by Zuul‎, 06 Feb 2012 04:04 PM
    • Replies: 40
    • Views: 5,450
    23 Feb 2012 12:04 PM Go to last post
  9. People who disappear.

    I dunno if this is lounge fodder but I couldn't think where else to put it. A couple of weeks ago a 19 year old student who attends (attended?) my alma mater disappeared. He gave no outward signs of being in distress to his friends or family. His...

    Started by The Original An Gadaí‎, 22 Feb 2012 04:25 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,034
    22 Feb 2012 12:56 PM Go to last post
  10. Um ... hello?

    The door was open. I thought I heard voices. Oh, gosh, some of you guys look familiar. So, you come here often? May I have a beer please?

    Started by Anacanapuna‎, 16 Feb 2012 01:22 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,511
    19 Feb 2012 05:58 PM Go to last post
  11. People who failed *Quik-E-List*

    Snooki's parents.

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 03 Jan 2012 08:38 PM
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 5,810
    19 Feb 2012 04:07 PM Go to last post
  12. Life in hell: The Dollar General Diet.

    Just wondering, do people live only on food purchased at dollar stores? What would it be like to live, for a month, only on food purchased from a dollar store? Would you save money? Would you feel like crap? How much would it suck?

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 21 Jan 2012 08:43 PM
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 10,150
    19 Feb 2012 03:50 PM Go to last post
  13. Give yourself a heroic epithet

    Based on what I've been doing all day, I shall now be known as Tree-slayer, and Staple-reaver. :hist: How would you describe yourself in a way that would scan in an epic poem?

    Started by Orual‎, 27 Jun 2011 05:25 PM
    • Replies: 23
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    19 Feb 2012 02:07 PM Go to last post
  14. Monday Wut Wut: Talking to Commuters

    I must spend a couple of hours each working day shuttling back and forth to work on public transport. It's quiet as well, other than a few of the passengers who know each other, as that British reserve of not intruding takes hold. The few people who...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 26 Sep 2011 09:59 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 5,542
    13 Feb 2012 04:20 PM Go to last post
  15. The Frustrating Life of Being Different - The Downsides of Thinking Outside the Box

    Tell me if this is the appropriate place to post this thread, since I don't see it fitting anywhere else. I've never been allowed inside-the-box. So, I kinda grew up living outside-the-box. So, I think outside-the-box as a habit and reflex. ...

    Started by DeloreanWRX‎, 11 Feb 2012 08:51 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,167
    11 Feb 2012 10:56 PM Go to last post
  16. WHY are YouTube comments so stupid

    After a stretch away from YouTube, I started visiting it again when I was looking for material for the sad songs thread. And, of course, try as I might, I couldn't keep my eyes away from the comments. Oh. My. God. And, of course, I know...

    Started by Rube E. Tewesday‎, 17 Nov 2011 09:35 AM
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 22,547
    11 Feb 2012 09:44 PM Go to last post
  17. Things that make you go o_O

    Cheap Tampons I have often been outraged at the amount of money required to manage my menses every month! So I have been using rolled up baby socks for over a year and have not had any leakage, no infections, average amount of mess (like when...

    Started by Zuul‎, 07 Feb 2012 04:48 PM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,838
    10 Feb 2012 06:54 AM Go to last post
  18. It's over! The thing is past!

    The thing is over! The thing that has haunted me in my dreams, kept me awake, the thing that I have worried about for three years has come and gone...and it went fine. The whole world looks different today. I cannot even explain the...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 11 Feb 2011 11:42 AM
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 2,926
    10 Feb 2012 12:31 AM Go to last post
  19. Fads you don't get

    There seems to be a new trend among young women to dye their hair silver. One of the current contestants on Project Runway is sporting it, and Kelly Osborne is, as well. I don't want to be all "kids today :fist:!" but I must say, I don't get it....

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 19 Jan 2012 10:39 PM
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 5,319
    08 Feb 2012 02:45 PM Go to last post
  20. Everyone say Happy Birthday to Oliveloaf!

    Cause he's super old now!!!

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 06 Feb 2012 03:29 PM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,041
    07 Feb 2012 10:31 AM Go to last post
  21. If you have to drive smack into a wall...

    And you have the choice, go with the German car, not the Chinese car.

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 31 Jan 2012 11:13 AM
    • Replies: 12
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    04 Feb 2012 02:00 PM Go to last post
  22. Wednesday What the Hell: Life's too busy

    and here was I, thinking it would be a new Year and things would be as quiet as they were before Christmas. You know, that time when everyone is winding down for the holidays. When everyone is doing the peace and happiness. A generally relaxing...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 01 Feb 2012 10:45 AM
    • Replies: 11
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    03 Feb 2012 02:30 PM Go to last post
  23. veronica hearst

    I just somehow wish I knew more about her. She's in everything. There is no topic of conversation that cannot be smoothly and seamlessly turned to a discussion of Veronica Hearst. She is in everything. She is everything. Once you see the pattern,...

    Started by OneCentStamp‎, 24 Jan 2012 08:50 AM
    • Replies: 18
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    25 Jan 2012 11:02 AM Go to last post
  24. Awesome Landmark Names *Quik E-List*

    Lake Bunganut.

    Started by Zuul‎, 21 Jan 2012 01:42 PM
    • Replies: 30
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    23 Jan 2012 07:47 PM Go to last post
  25. Psst, check this out...

    Happy birthday, Orual! :dumbo: I hope you have a most fulfilling day.

    Started by Zuul‎, 21 Jan 2012 01:54 PM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 4,127
    23 Jan 2012 04:11 AM Go to last post
  26. iTunes does not know how to solve a problem like Maria

    Thanks to a corrupted library in iTunes following an update, my play counts were reset a few months back. I have about 7000 songs in the library, and I play them all at random (using iTunes DJ so I can see what's upcoming) with no ratings set. ...

    Started by parzival‎, 21 Jan 2012 03:49 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,913
    21 Jan 2012 03:12 PM Go to last post
  27. Mispronunciations that are winning out over the correct pronunciation *Quik E-List*

    p'ticular ekspecially

    Started by OneCentStamp‎, 18 Jan 2012 10:50 AM
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 3,353
    20 Jan 2012 10:30 AM Go to last post
  28. Fast-food restaurant trays are gross as hell. What's grosser still?

    I can't believe that swabbing a tray with a damp rag is considered hygienically sufficient for food service. But I have just experienced a grossness upgrade. Was at Great American Bagel last week when, as I watched, the counter person wiped...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 14 Jun 2010 10:17 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 5,997
    19 Jan 2012 11:38 AM Go to last post
  29. The 5th Floor: North Korea is Creepy as Hell

    I stumbled across this while looking for video of Korea's "Hotel of Doom," the Ryugyong Hotel. This video show the 5th floor of the Yanggakdo Hotel, the largest operating hotel in North Korea. Why is the 5th floor creepy? Because it...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 16 Jan 2012 06:51 PM
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    • Views: 7,219
    17 Jan 2012 10:24 PM Go to last post
  30. watching TV at the OCS/artifex home

    Just after dinner, having a beer on the couch, watching Star Wars on the couch with the kidlet. artifex is on the couch too, but intent on playing Scrabble on her iPhone (probably with Cluricaun, come to think of it). ...

    Started by OneCentStamp‎, 30 May 2010 07:43 PM
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    17 Jan 2012 08:52 PM Go to last post
  31. Friday 13th

    So, I've already had A browser playing up and refusing to start properly. A fire alarm leaving everyone in the cold. Some programs doing the most bizarre and abstract things It's Fri 13th and its not even lunchtime. I wonder what else...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 13 Jan 2012 06:29 AM
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    17 Jan 2012 08:07 PM Go to last post
  32. Names you never hear anymore *Quik-E-List(tm)*

    Bertha

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 17 Aug 2010 04:36 PM
    • Replies: 47
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    17 Jan 2012 07:55 PM Go to last post
  33. Ways of saying "I'm unemployed"

    "I'm a writer and musician who's done some acting".

    Started by Rube E. Tewesday‎, 07 Jan 2012 09:16 AM
    • Replies: 18
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    10 Jan 2012 08:43 PM Go to last post
  34. Building a chicken tractor. Or: reasons I will never make a living in construction.

    So, I have these little chickens. The rooster is a jerk and harasses the others, and the hen is so small the others could easily squish her and the big roo who is like five times her size keeps trying to put the moves on her. Inappropriate, dude. ...

    Started by RabbitMage‎, 21 Dec 2011 05:10 PM
    • Replies: 12
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    10 Jan 2012 12:30 AM Go to last post
  35. What's it like to be age 90 or above?

    I was thinking about this while reading the story about Prince Philip's heart stent. He's 90 years old, and while he seems in pretty good shape for a guy his age, he obviously knows he's reaching the end of his life. I remember my grandmother at...

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 31 Dec 2011 03:01 PM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 4,671
    09 Jan 2012 09:41 PM Go to last post
  36. Out of date sayings *Quik-E-List*

    You sound like a scratched record

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 03 Nov 2011 10:48 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 7,379
    07 Jan 2012 09:47 PM Go to last post
  37. Sad songs

    Cause sometimes that's what you're in the mood for.

    Started by Rube E. Tewesday‎, 10 Nov 2011 06:33 PM
    • Replies: 37
    • Views: 5,623
    03 Jan 2012 07:53 PM Go to last post
  38. On the first of the year, the first car:

    The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 01 Jan 2012 12:59 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,388
    02 Jan 2012 11:04 PM Go to last post
  39. Huh? Giant North Korean Dude

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/north-korea-giant-man_n_1175175.html#s554352

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 30 Dec 2011 01:16 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,325
    02 Jan 2012 10:44 PM Go to last post
  40. Monday Wut Wut: In with the Old, In with the New.

    2012 has arrived. A time for reflecting on the year gone by and looking forward to the year yet to come. According to some people, the Mayan calendar says this will be the final year before it all ends. I hope they are as accurate as some other...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 02 Jan 2012 09:06 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 43,777
    02 Jan 2012 10:23 PM Go to last post
  41. Fan letter to yourself.

    There's really so much here to enjoy that I almost hesitate calling attention to the "fan mail" a couple of items down. http://www.richiezie.com/#/richie-tip-jar/4546726366 I am impressed that an actual soccer mom wound not be able to spell...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 30 Dec 2011 08:43 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,573
    01 Jan 2012 03:45 PM Go to last post
  42. I think I'm back.

    My laptop picked up a horrible nasty virus a few weeks ago, and my husband has been working day and night (seriously, even on Christmas day for a while) trying to get rid of it. I think it's finally gone, and now you should see a lot more of me...

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 27 Dec 2011 09:14 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,027
    29 Dec 2011 09:14 PM Go to last post
  43. Monday Wut Wut: So this is Christmas?

    It's been weird this year, it certainly hasn't felt like a Christmas. For starters the weather has been all wrong. It feels like September and October. Plants are still blooming in the garden as though Spring has already arrived. The snow that...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 26 Dec 2011 01:35 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 4,341
    28 Dec 2011 02:02 PM Go to last post
  44. Happy Birthday, Rabbit!

    Hope you're having a great one! :)

    Started by Sarahfeena‎, 24 Dec 2011 05:50 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,629
    25 Dec 2011 04:38 AM Go to last post
  45. Christmas Nostalgia Thread

    Stories, pictures, videos, all submissions welcome. Me and my brother spent hours today scouring the internet for a picture of the Lego train set I had as a kid. Eventually we found it, after one wrongly identified one. It made me realise how...

    Started by The Original An Gadaí‎, 20 Dec 2011 05:26 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,018
    24 Dec 2011 09:18 AM Go to last post
  46. Credit where it's due

    Last night was my kid's Christmas concert (excuse me, "Winter" concert). My wife and I were grumbling that, as usual, the kids would be adorable, but the concert would be ruined by parents standing up to take pictures, leaving as soon as their own...

    Started by Rube E. Tewesday‎, 15 Dec 2011 08:24 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,520
    22 Dec 2011 03:11 PM Go to last post
  47. Did you know...? *Quik-E-List*

    ...that the Latin slang for clitoris (landīca) was considered one of the filthiest words in the language?

    Started by Zuul‎, 22 Nov 2011 02:58 PM
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 4,072
    21 Dec 2011 01:07 PM Go to last post
  48. "informed by" and "can't speak to that" ugh.

    If you listen to talk radio at all, especially NPR, you've heard these turns of phrase: "in formed by" as in "Her decisions are informed by a life of public service" and "speak to that" as in "I haven't read the article so I can't speak to...

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 17 Dec 2011 05:50 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 3,404
    19 Dec 2011 11:16 AM Go to last post
  49. Monday Wut Wut: Winding down

    It's that time of the year when everyone relaxes, well everyone in the office has, and most things are, well not quite on go slow, but easy go. The important projects, the things that have to be done are still being done. But people are wistfully...

    Started by CatInASuit‎, 19 Dec 2011 08:00 AM
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,390
    19 Dec 2011 08:21 AM Go to last post
  50. Invent a Holiday *Quik-E-List*

    Depeche Mode Day

    Started by Oliveloaf‎, 16 Dec 2011 11:53 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 3,695
    17 Dec 2011 11:23 PM Go to last post

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