GO ABBA GO!!!

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
:vomit:

Honestly, woman. Christ. I'm sure he loves knowing that he's not that good, in your eyes.

OMG, I worship at the altar of all that is Fringey.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I thought we had a smiley for that, but I looked twice, and it appears that we do not.

We do, however have a genuine pop culture artifact:

:weakest:

And one that could be renamed "The Gwinky":

:box:

Anyway, carry on.

This site had not one but many, many to choose from!!

http://www.clicksmilies.com/

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
This site had not one but many, many to choose from!!

http://www.clicksmilies.com/

Well, there goes LessinSF's afternoon.

[patentparanyc]

I know you like the Scores girls, Icky but the dogs? Isn't that a little over the top?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...d_on_up-3.html

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
This site had not one but many, many to choose from!!

http://www.clicksmilies.com/

Wow. I am impressed (and a bit disturbed). Still, I didn't see a smiley of Regis asking "is that your final answer?" at that site, so I think that we have the artifact prize won.

This one goes out to every supercilious brit who has ever snorted derisively at the US educational system.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....card_confusion

"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it."

[ltl/fb]

• At NBC’s main campus in Burbank, Calif., there were more reporters from local radio and TV stations than there were writers at 9 a.m. A dozen writers trudged silently in a circle at the network’s main gate, which is located in the shadow of Stage 11, home to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
  
  Why wasn’t anybody chanting union slogans or even, for that matter, talking to one another? As writers, why didn’t they come equipped with witty sound bites?
  
  “Because nobody has done this before,” said Joe Medeiros, head writer for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” adding that “picketing is not something that we know anything about.”
  
  A sharply different scene was unfolding down the street at Walt Disney Studios. Led by a strike captain armed with a bullhorn, about 60 pickets greeted executives arriving at the studio’s primary gate with a boisterous display of solidarity. “Union!” the strike captain shouted. “Power!” the writers responded.
  
  Walking the line were writer-producers from some of the biggest hits on television. Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the lead writers and show runners on “Lost” on ABC, marched in front of Greg Berlanti, the writer and producer of “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Brothers and Sisters” and the upcoming “Eli Stone,” all on ABC. Nearby were writers from “Reaper,” a new comedy on the CW network, and “Kyle XY,” a drama on ABC Family.
  
  Despite the gung-ho attitude, it was immediately clear that Burbank is not Detroit. When the strike captain took a break from his bullhorn, half of the picketing writers at Disney started pecking at their BlackBerries.
  
  Over at Warner Brothers, which is the largest producer of television programs, several of the 50 or so pickets shivered in their red T-shirts and complained about the abnormally chilly morning. (It was about 60 degrees.)

About the WGA strike. Emphasis added.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb

About the WGA strike. Emphasis added.

They could hire these guys. From observation, I understand you get a couple of hours each day of a giant inflatable rat at your chosen location.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ironweed
This one goes out to every supercilious brit who has ever snorted derisively at the US educational system.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....card_confusion

True. No American lottery company would ever assume that its customers would be able to figure out negative numbers.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
True. No American lottery company would ever assume that its customers would be able to figure out negative numbers.

"More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy."

Um... what is numeracy?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Well, there goes LessinSF's afternoon.

But this may be my evening:

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
"More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy."

Um... what is numeracy?

Like literacy but with numbers. aka Quantitative Literacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeracy

[Replaced_Texan]

Is this true?

Vagina is a tough word that refuses to roll easily off the tongue. It has such a sense of taboo that nobody feels totally comfortable talking about it - not even women, but especially men.

Follow up: Vajayjay???????

[patentparanyc]

So, I've discussed that the particular barista in the Starbucks I frequent in the am has expressed in the past that when I replaced my IPod Mini that she wanted it. We ended up giving it to my older son when I bought my 80GB.

So she has refused to let this issue die. One time she hinted she wanted gift certificates from me towards it. She then informed me she bought one for her brother [so she can obviously afford it, hello] And today she announces that "I owe her an I-Pod, since I gave my old one to my kid." I'm at a loss. Where does she get this idea? I firmly told her "you know, I gave my old IPod to my son, you know how it is with kids, they come first." Like, let it go lady. Where does she get this idea that I "owe" her an IPod when I am not even updating mine to an I Touch which I want? She's moody and schizo enough to make me want to go to another Starbucks but none are convenient enough to the train. What can I say to dispel this lingering notion that I somehow owe her one?

Second question is do any of the ladies ever wear [and this is embarrassing] Spanx and do you like them? What would you recommend as far as item type? Thanks.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Is this true?

No. Why, I just said it out loud.

Earned a wary look from my secretary, but Goddammit, I said it.