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Thursday, November 19, 2009 04:01 PM

You laugh now Andrew...

But there'll be one by this afternoon.

Congratulations to you on a line that would drip most elegantly from Seth Meyer's lips on Weekend Update.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 03:57 PM

Droopy Dog has a point

Besides, CT is less a state and more a NYC bedroom community.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 03:53 PM
Original article: Fantasy mayor

He looks like that hospital administrator dude from the show "Mental" on Fox

And about as masculine. I get the gay vibe too. And the alien one.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:13 PM

Verbing weirds language

And no one did language quite like Watterson. I think we're succeeding in our efforts to "make language a complete impediment to understanding."

Thursday, November 19, 2009 09:38 AM

Disparity in testing -

Actually, there would likely only be testing for sex in female athletes, except maybe in Tae Kwon Do.

Where's the outrage?

Probably in bed asleep, where I'd like to be.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 04:36 PM

Is this Dr. Laura?

Because if it is, YOU Mr. Benjamin have just been put on my shit-list.

Friday, November 6, 2009 10:57 AM

Everyone's reacting this way because it made the news.

But it's happened before and is likely to happen again.

I was on a UA flight listening to Channel 9 (love it - good entertainment during take-off and landing, and a good excuse not to talk to the neighbor during the rest of the flight).

Anyway, I was flying SEA-IAD and we had just passed Chicago and it was about the time the flight began its gradual approach into Northern Virginia when I heard traffic control give the pilots the hand-off. No response from the cockpit. There was no response for a while and in the meantime traffic control tried a couple more times to contact the crew. When the cockpit finally did respond you could tell the controller was a little miffed when he replied, "You're a little late."

I wasn't worried. I probably would have been if it'd gone on for much longer, but I didn't want to be the guy who yelled "Fire" in a crowded theatre. I guessed that the crew was likely distracted or didn't hear the ATC but figured that since I still saw land under the plane, we weren't too far off course and would make IAD just fine. Hearing the snarky reply from the controller made it all the better. Original amusement at 37,000 feet over Ohio is rare these days.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 AM
Original article: "Precious" mettle

Isn't there an internet meme about arguing on the internet?

You're ALL correct and ALL wrong, both at the same time. There. Happy now?

Good work Stephanie. I'm still not going to see the movie. The previews horrified me.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 03:51 PM

Oh yes, a speedy recovery indeed.

Because no one serves up crazy like this guy.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 02:33 PM

at least not...at least not...

AT LEAST NOT WHAT?!?!?!

Friday, October 30, 2009 04:46 PM

But he sure is pretty to look at...

And I thought that was important to CA voters. You know...'cause y'all are shallow and stuff.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 04:40 PM
Original article: Quote of the day

I didn't like Biden in the beginning...

But when it comes to loudmouth Dems, you don't get any louder then Biden. Gotta love him for that. I still believe that Obama couldn't have made a better decision then Biden for VP. He needed a bulldog that he could either get behind or roll his eyes at depending on what the issue du jour was. Can you see Kaine doing that?

Thursday, October 29, 2009 02:58 PM

I can't tell who's riding whose coattails...

Are the anti-abortion nuts riding the anti-healthcare reform's coattails or vice verse?

[conspiracytheory] I wonder if they have secret meetings to come up with this crap? [/conspiracytheory]

Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:58 AM

Mental Health Days

We call them Mental Health Days (to preserve mental health!) or Wellness Days. It's expected that employees are bound to take time off because they're Sick and Tired rather then just plain old sick.

As a manager, I actively support this kind of thinking because it's better to have an employee who's happy to be here rather then one with one foot out the door. Replacing employees is a pain the ass.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 05:12 PM

Throw away the key!

I don't care how it sounds. It's criminal and he should be thrown in jail.

Monday, October 26, 2009 02:38 PM

As much as I'd like an iPhone...

AT&T's coverage in my area sucks. I don't care how well the iPhone works, if it can't perform its basic function - making a phone call - nothing short of the creation of Ma Cell will make me jump ship.

Friday, October 23, 2009 12:44 PM

Of course this kind of thing could only happen...

*channels Armisen's NY Gov Patterson*

...in Jersey.

Monday, October 19, 2009 02:16 PM

@Zorkna

Huh? Are you a troll?

Friday, October 16, 2009 05:01 PM

No one ever accused insurers of being smart...

Opposing the legislation gives us even more of a reason to screw the insurance industry, and then they throw general greediness on the heap and there's enough schaudenfreude to satisfy even the most sadistic of us.

Ruthless, heartless, evil, bloody bastards, assholes, yes. Smart? Nah.

Friday, October 16, 2009 12:03 PM
Original article: Watch the pilot!

Transatlantic Passenger Service exit Spain to US

The only passenger carriers I could find that operate 75s exit Spain to the US are the Silver Eagle or the Blue-tailed Globe. Everything else is 6s and 7s or the dreaded AirBoos.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 03:21 PM

Oh, boohoo.

I don't care enough to say anything more.

Friday, October 9, 2009 02:31 PM
Original article: Can't find a job? Try China

PORN!

The next big boom will be porn. Mark my words. Porn.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 04:08 PM

That last sentence was in the present tense.

So it's possible that he NOW has no relationship with Newsmax. Here's to hoping! YAY UNEMPLOYMENT!!

Thursday, September 3, 2009 12:02 PM

"My name ith Olympia Thnowe.

And I approve thith methage."

Her political radio ads were a hoot.

Monday, August 31, 2009 12:43 PM

@DLF

Ah, got it. I'm American but I guess that was a sign of my spending too much time at work (w/ those filthy Europeans). I saw the comma and immediately thought decimal.

Monday, August 31, 2009 11:27 AM

$1,361 billion?

or trillion?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 04:54 PM

Pfft, whatever...

Too little, too late.

Friday, January 30, 2009 10:26 AM
Original article: Ask the pilot

Stop reading these!

Ya schmuck.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:42 PM
Original article: A new beginning

Would it kill you...

to use a damned spell-checker once in a while?

HAVE

BARACK

Red pencil marks all over this bad-boy.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 02:10 PM

Feinstein's a damned busybody

I'm not even from California and the old biddy still manages to get in my business.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:16 AM

Too much television

that is all.

Monday, November 3, 2008 12:48 PM

What pictures of Barack are you looking at?

Because every last one that I've seen with his mother, he looks just like her.

Maybe it's being raised in a multi-racial, multi-cultural home, but I can definitely spot the likenesses. He and his sister have the same eyes as their mother.

Friday, October 31, 2008 05:14 PM

I must have missed that memo...

the one that says that "crapload" is a generally accepted economic term.

:)

Thursday, October 16, 2008 03:09 PM

I'd like to take this moment to mention...

that nobody gives a shit.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:57 PM
Original article: Obama by a nose

Is nobody finding the humor and irony in this article?

I guess not. Sometimes an article just for the fun factor is just what we need. Because sometimes we seem to take ourselves and everything we read ON THE INTERNET just a little too seriously.

So really, get off your high-horses and find your funny-bone because this article was nothing if not cute.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 10:21 AM

If Obama is worried about Hillary controlling his legislative agenda...

nominate her for the SCOTUS and get rid of her.

Thursday, September 18, 2008 09:08 AM

It's almost old hack to say...

Jesus, save me from your followers!

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