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Post by Grandstander on Aug 17, 2006 21:25:28 GMT -5
While watching World Cup Qualifiers in Kuwait I noticed that Coca-Cola was all over the place. Placards lining the edge of the field, sandwhich boards on the vendors walking the aisles, it would seem that Coke had spent money to become the Kuwaiti National Soccer team's official beverage sponsor. What word echoed throughout the stadium though as the vendors barked out for sales? "Pepsiiiiiiiiii. Get your Peppsssiiiiiiii" Did Coke waste a gob of money on that sponsor ship? Probably, but my understanding is that Coke has more than one gob of money.
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Post by Awesomeness Reeker on Aug 18, 2006 1:45:00 GMT -5
The Russian mafia recently captured an informant, beat him, cut out his tongue and sewed it to his chest after tattooing "silence is golden" on the tongue and dropped him off back home.
Is this justice or just hilarious?
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 18, 2006 8:19:18 GMT -5
The Russian mafia recently captured an informant, beat him, cut out his tongue and sewed it to his chest after tattooing "silence is golden" on the tongue and dropped him off back home. Is this justice or just hilarious? As justice, it's hilarious.
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Post by TestSubjekt on Aug 19, 2006 9:54:29 GMT -5
Grandstander...what is the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices that KFC uses for their chicken?
I think I've figured out salt and pepper to account for two of them.
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 19, 2006 9:59:24 GMT -5
Grandstander...what is the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices that KFC uses for their chicken? And also do you know what are the 23 flavours that Dr. Pepper has combined into one great taste? We have only managed to identify ten of the eleven secret herbs and spices in the KFC formula. The first ten are salt....we think the 11th may be grease, but analysis continues. Dr. Pepper is just root beer that they have added some foul, bitter tasting ingriedient to...I think it might be liquid rust.
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Post by TestSubjekt on Aug 19, 2006 10:28:45 GMT -5
Damn....you're quick.
I was going to save that Dr. Pepper question for my next question and thought I edited it quickly enough.
Are you using any performance enhancing substances to account for your speed?
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Post by Molitov on Aug 19, 2006 10:37:41 GMT -5
Why does my three year old laugh and giggle and tell me she wants to go swimming, but when we get in the pool area, she screams and cries for the ENTIRE half hour lesson? WHY? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY?!
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Post by robinhood on Aug 19, 2006 11:44:19 GMT -5
What will happen to John Mark Karr?
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 19, 2006 11:47:22 GMT -5
Damn....you're quick. I was going to save that Dr. Pepper question for my next question and thought I edited it quickly enough. Are you using any performance enhancing substances to account for your speed? WellthersthethreequartsofcoffeethatIdrinkeveryday. butIdon'tseethatthishadhadanyimpactoreffectonmeatall.
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 19, 2006 11:48:29 GMT -5
Why does my three year old laugh and giggle and tell me she wants to go swimming, but when we get in the pool area, she screams and cries for the ENTIRE half hour lesson? WHY? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY?! To vex you, that is what children do. It seems to be working.
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 19, 2006 11:50:05 GMT -5
What will happen to John Mark Karr? He will be going to jail for something, but probably not the JonBenet murder.. The confession had the trappings of a false one, but let us wait and see, the dna should confirm matters one way or the other.
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napperx
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Post by napperx on Aug 20, 2006 3:16:18 GMT -5
What are the winning numbers going to be for the next jackpot?
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 20, 2006 8:51:47 GMT -5
What are the winning numbers going to be for the next jackpot? You think that is real? There isn't any prize. They hire an actor for fifty bucks to pretend to be the corner grocery store operator who is now set for life with 15 million bucks. No one objects because everyone figures "Hell, it's a zillion to one that I would win."
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Post by TestSubjekt on Aug 20, 2006 9:27:52 GMT -5
I was wondering what is the origin of flipping someone off? Y'know...giving them the middle finger salute?
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vtred
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Post by vtred on Aug 20, 2006 9:51:59 GMT -5
GS..need some advice..i'm looking for some "intelligent" reading material...should I go with "The Unreal America by Ada Louise Huxtable...or "Hockey Hotties II" by Nicole Ritchie??
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 20, 2006 10:08:03 GMT -5
I was wondering what is the origin of flipping someone off? Y'know...giving them the middle finger salute? My understanding is that it was invented by Mordecai Brown when he became upset with an umpire's ball and strike calls.
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 20, 2006 10:14:11 GMT -5
GS..need some advice..i'm looking for some "intelligent" reading material...should I go with "The Unreal America by Ada Louise Huxtable...or "Hockey Hotties II" by Nicole Ritchie?? Those sound about equal in terms of depth and intelligence, so you can't go wrong with either choice. What you want to avoid is any reading material on games because, well, that's just lowbrow and doesn't generate intelligent discussion such as : "I do believe I'm getting the vapors! *wink*" and: "Hey! We need a *thunk* smilie!" and: "He's probably wearing Eric Lindros Underoos under the skirt..." and of course: "If he's wearing that kilt like he's s'posed to, there ain't underoos down there." See the difference?
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Post by TestSubjekt on Aug 20, 2006 12:24:59 GMT -5
If time travel was possible, would you want to visit the future or the past?
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 20, 2006 12:41:13 GMT -5
If time travel was possible, would you want to visit the future or the past? I'm never certain how to respond to this sort of question because I am in the dark regarding the groundrules. Would I be invisible to the people of the past and future, or are we talking about normal reality with altered chronology? I would love to observe the past, I'm unenthusiastic about trying to live in it. Not only am I addicted to modern comforts and conveniences, but you also need to keep in mind that most of us would be shockingly offended by the past. We would be overwhelmed by the odors of cities of the 19th century and before...they stunk, quite literally, they stunk. People tossed their chamber pot contents out windows, animals of all sorts wandered the streets leaving their droppings wherever they pleased, people seldom took baths and no one had ever heard of Soft and Dry. You would also be treated to examples of assumptions about class, race, religion...held by the majority and in deep conflict with what you take as normal human values. You might see someone whipping his servant for some trivial error, children being violently cuffed about in public...you aren't going to fit in too well. Whille I don't think that I would want to dwell in the past, the historian in me of course would love to be able to get a worm's eye view of the reality of numerous famous situations. The future hasn't happened yet, thus, there is no future to which to travel.
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Post by Molitov on Aug 20, 2006 13:57:35 GMT -5
I just saw a commercial for Oxi Clean detergant balls. Is is just me, or does that look like an enormously bad idea?
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 20, 2006 14:29:18 GMT -5
I just saw a commercial for Oxi Clean detergant balls. Is is just me, or does that look like an enormously bad idea? It could be worse, it might be Oxi Clean Balls Detergent
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Post by Molitov on Aug 21, 2006 17:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 21, 2006 18:47:13 GMT -5
Ha! Back to back questions. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?! For the love of God, WHY? The reason is ancient and has been grasped and recorded by numerous civilizations. In Proverbs it was expressed as "Pride goeth before the fall." The Greeks called it "hubris" and the ruin of the mighty in their literature was typically preceeded by some excessive consumption with their own acheivements. And consider how chugablock our own films have been with this, how often have you seen the villain denied his triumph because instead of finishing off the hero when he has him down, he takes the time to boast of his superiority and the magnitude of his plans? So, you want to know why some misery has descended upon you, why fortune has turned so cruel? Look to your username here on this board. I see that you have been assigned, and have accepted, five stars, indicative of some special status. And there you have it.
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Post by TestSubjekt on Aug 21, 2006 19:18:26 GMT -5
Is the world really round?
I think I saw some evidence on The Flintstones today that says otherwise.
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Post by Grandstander on Aug 21, 2006 19:40:24 GMT -5
Is the world really round? I think I saw some evidence on The Flintstones today that says otherwise. I've seen the pictures from space and undeniably, it's a big flat disk.
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