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by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Best Sit-Coms of All Time... Go!
Replies: 91
Views: 6128

Re: Best Sit-Coms of All Time... Go!

1) What's Happening!!
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:35 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Deadspin
Replies: 630
Views: 58325

Re: Deadspin

rass wrote:
Shirley wrote:Are you guys trying hard to not link to the article or even say what it was about?
Dude. Just google "gay pornstar".
I get those results in daily emails from Google. Haven't seen today's yet.
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:03 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Deadspin
Replies: 630
Views: 58325

Re: Deadspin

Are you guys trying hard to not link to the article or even say what it was about?
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:37 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Rants 2?
Replies: 1167
Views: 57852

Re: Rants 2?

I've bought a lot of my wife's clothes. She hates to go shopping. She buys more of her own stuff online now, but back when she was a full time lawyer (instead of professor), I bought the majority of her suits for various birthdays and Christmases. That said, I stay in a very narrow range of types of...
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:57 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

Ryan 10-2
howard 9-3
Pruitt 8-4
GPJ 5-7
AB 5-7
Duff 3-9
Shirley 3-9


I consider myself reasonable well read, or at least aware of literature, but I don't recognize that author at all.
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:51 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard wrote:Hint: Hoover Dam is not fairly described as "resplendent," in the western sun or otherwise.
I bet it is to a civil engineer.
by Shirley
Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:46 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 289889

Re: Movies

Liked this take: The Han Solo movie proves that prequels are the worst If the prequel explains the boast of completing the Kessel run in under12 parsecs can be logically explained, it will be worth it. (Parsec being a unit of distance, not of time.) I've already explained that to you people! It's a...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
Replies: 115
Views: 6738

Re: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo

Yeah, check this shit out.

by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
Replies: 115
Views: 6738

Re: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo

Rerun, if your wife is worried about earthquakes, make sure your new home is on bedrock, rather than reclaimed land. The difference in effect was plain to see back in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Howard mentioned. Funny. I literally just sat back down after having that exact conversation with my...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2015 NBA Draft & Offseason
Replies: 80
Views: 4584

Re: 2015 NBA Draft & Offseason

Justin Anderson is off to a pretty good start on Dallas's summer league team.

https://vine.co/v/er51wTeMWuH
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Rants 2?
Replies: 1167
Views: 57852

Re: Rants 2?

What is a fucking average time? Where do you even pick your start and end point to figure out average time? 12-12? That's going to give you a horrible answer. I know you're not a math guy, but the start and end point don't matter for an average time. Most human beings would assume a day starts at m...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Rants 2?
Replies: 1167
Views: 57852

Re: Rants 2?

What is a fucking average time? Where do you even pick your start and end point to figure out average time? 12-12? That's going to give you a horrible answer. I know you're not a math guy, but the start and end point don't matter for an average time. Most human beings would assume a day starts at m...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The WWLIS Thread
Replies: 406
Views: 24142

Re: The WWLIS Thread

I've never understood how Cowherd came to be seen a big star in sports radio. I honestly don't get it.
by Shirley
Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

Ryan 9-2
howard 8-3
Pruitt 7-4
GPJ 5-6
Duff 3-8
Chedda 3-8
Shirley 3-9


I accidently saw SL's post before I even saw the question. I think it influenced my incorrect guess. I doubt I would have gotten it right otherwise, though.
by Shirley
Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:37 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The OFFICIAL Florida -or- Ohio Thread
Replies: 480
Views: 42373

Re: The OFFICIAL Florida -or- Ohio Thread

I think at this point, it's fair to assume that it's always Florida.
by Shirley
Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:40 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

Ryan 8-2
howard 7-3
Pruitt 7-3
rex 6-4
GPJ 5-5
Duff 3-7
Chedda 3-7
Shirley 3-7


I didn't realize Exeter had been around that long. Also didn't know the answer.
by Shirley
Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:21 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread
Replies: 79
Views: 7687

Re: Old is New Again HDTV Buying Thread

I had that experience watching some HD shows for the first time on my newest TV. I remember reading some explanation for why that happens. It makes regular "filmed" TV look a lot like soap operas. Yeah, here's an explanation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_interpolation" onclic...
by Shirley
Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
Replies: 115
Views: 6738

Re: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo

My wife found the article. She is currently freaking the fuck out.
by Shirley
Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 6-3
rex 5-4
BSF 5-4
Shirley 3-6
by Shirley
Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:19 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
Replies: 115
Views: 6738

Re: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo

Jesus Fucking Christ.

I did not need to read that.
by Shirley
Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza
Replies: 1434
Views: 108303

Re: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza

Well sure, with wraps. What a pussy.
by Shirley
Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 5-3
Pruitt 5-3
Syb 4-4
GPJ 4-4
Shirley 3-5
Duff 2-6
by Shirley
Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:49 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Long Reads
Replies: 286
Views: 21100

Re: Long Reads

This is a fascinating read about a pair of identical twins who were accidentally raised as a pair of fraternal twins after a hospital mix-up.

The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá
by Shirley
Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:34 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Wimbledon 15
Replies: 48
Views: 2501

Re: Wimbledon 15

I've always hit a two-handed backhand. Big Borg fan as a kid. When my son was learning tennis this spring, I tried to teach him to hit it one-handed, because I think it gives you more reach. It didn't take though, and now he hits them like his old man. I think it's easy for kids too, because their w...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 4-3
Shirley 2-5


Dammit. I feel like I should get periodic table clues.
by Shirley
Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:26 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2016 Presidential Race
Replies: 6046
Views: 286440

Re: 2016 Presidential Race

Ted Cruz is reportedly very, very intelligent. Well, I'll be damned. Cum laude undergrad from Princeton. Then magma cum laude at Harvard Law while also on the law review. He also founded a new journal. Ok, then now I know when he's pretending to be dumb and pandering to his ignorant tea party base.
by Shirley
Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2016 Presidential Race
Replies: 6046
Views: 286440

Re: 2016 Presidential Race

http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Ted-Cruz-decries-push-for-mandatory-gay-marriage-6278493.php Alright nevermind. He's still insane. All of these people are insane about gays. I still stand by Leviticus saying that you have to treat the illegal Mexicans like equals if they are Christ...
by Shirley
Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

L-Jam 4-2
BSF 4-2
Pruitt 4-2
Ryan 4-2
howard 3-3
Trav 3-3
GPJ 3-3
Giff 3-3
chedda 2-4
Duff 2-4
Shirley 2-4
by Shirley
Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:28 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9211
Views: 462989

Re: Random Politics

our politicians tried to be funny. Nine Inch Nails not amused http://globalnews.ca/news/2097148/trent-reznor-writes-mayor-nenshi-polite-letter-over-nin-logo-t-shirts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://twitter.com/chimaincalgary/status/613466252560863232 "Ha, ha&q...
by Shirley
Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:56 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Racism
Replies: 1519
Views: 80343

Re: Racism

Came across this on Facebook - several states' declarations of causes for ceceding. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And it's straight from civilwar.org, not some liberal rag. There are five in ...
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:08 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

howard 2-3
chedda 1-fer
Shirley 1-4


Damn, I should have gotten that one.
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Racism
Replies: 1519
Views: 80343

Re: Racism

Isn't that the same school that hired a white woman who they thought was black?
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409857

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

Well, his sister was right there. Not nearly as hot though.
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Racism
Replies: 1519
Views: 80343

Re: Racism

Johnny Carwash wrote:Your fault, Amy Schumer.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Darwin was right
Replies: 8
Views: 597

Re: Darwin was right

mister d wrote:Guessed wrong when I saw the title: http://news.yahoo.com/police-man-shoots ... 37499.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Both are strong contenders.
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Jared from Subway
Replies: 37
Views: 2901

Re: Jared from Subway

Is it just me or has Jared put a few pounds back on?
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Darwin was right
Replies: 8
Views: 597

Darwin was right

Fuck that alligator!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07 ... 33946.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by Shirley
Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Women's World Cup
Replies: 348
Views: 16325

Re: Women's World Cup

Anyone else notice the camera shot that followed Wambach to the stands but then cut away right as she began to kiss her wife? What did they expect? Speaking of post game... How fucking stupid is it to have a bunch of waif fembots roll out with the medals like that?? I mean, at a bare minimum it sho...
by Shirley
Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: So is this Dan Snyder's fault too?
Replies: 95
Views: 5480

Re: So is this Dan Snyder's fault too?

Wow. It's easy to forget just how little we know these guys.
by Shirley
Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Replies: 271
Views: 12341

Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015

Pruitt 3-1
BSF 3-1
howard 2-2
Shirley 1-3
Chedda 0-Fer


I went with the same wrong answer as one of the contestants.