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Seeing reports on Twitter that Cesc Fabregas will transfer to Chelsea.

ETA: Five-year deal. £26.6M transfer fee.

AB_skin_test wrote:This Fitzpatrick kid playing with Mickelson and Rose is skilled. And playing smart.

Why, did he cleave Mickelson with a 3-iron? Because that would be pretty smart and awesome.

The turf at the Manaus stadium "is in bad shape".

USA plays Portugal there on June 22, after the English play Italy.

Adjust your bets accordingly.

Diamond wrote:
The Sybian wrote:Is there a way to block this thread so Diamond can't read it?

No. In.

Shit!

I got 15. I am the best guesser. Love the USA responses here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/upshot/world-cup-opinions-in-19-countries-likes-dislikes-predictions.html?action=click&contentCollection=World%20Cup&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article" onclick="...

The Guardian's Ultimate World Cup Quiz.

Difficulty level: Umm, pretty freaking hard.

I scored 9 out of 30.

This would have been in the Bear Safety Tips thread if we were in an older iteration of the Swamp, but I need a fucking piece right now. We're on vacation in the N.C. mountains, having a gay old time. My two older boys and I went out by the campfire tonight, and the fire wouldn't start, when I hear...

I've got a few of the collections if you'd like to glance through them and send them back to me. Most likely, the local library has a few of the collections on the shelf. (My daughter and I bond by checking out our favorite strips' comic collections from the library and reading them together.) Pear...

I'm in. I would prefer to pick my own team but I won't complain if we randomize.

I'm also fine with submitting a couple of questions.

Total Soccer Newbie. What Groups or countries should I be watching as the World Cup begins? All of them. The World Cup is a great way to get sucked into soccer. Who's the favorite? Who's the dark horse with a chance? Brazil, Spain and Germany are the favorites. Dark horse candidates IMO are Colombi...

I stand behind my statement.

AB_skin_test wrote:Holy fuck. I'm not gonna tell you what I paid per window.

NOT EVERYONE HAS COAL MONEY!

Lonnie Chisenhall tonight: 5-5, 3 HRs, 9 RBI. He tied the Indians record for most RBI in one game with noted ball bashed Chris James.

Just paid $7,800 for new windows in the house (actually 11 windows and a door). Too much? They are really nice for what that's worth. I don't know. I can't help but feel fleeced every time I pay for anything. We paid something like that to have 12 vinyl windows at our old house. We found the window...

Johnnie wrote:I stopped watching the news a long time ago. It's all parody fit for the WWE.

Bullshit. The WWE is more honest and fair than TV media.

Tom 1860 wrote:Dutch football fans when they play Germany chant 'Give us back our bikes'

That's pretty awesome.

You may have already saw this if you read my facebook post today, but this would have been the address then-General Eisenhower would have made if D-Day was not successful: Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decisi...

Ox's injury isn't as bad as feared, and he'll be sidelined for 10 days to three weeks.

Tom 1860 wrote:The fact that you guys have a day specifically to honour the military dead, means that it is almost a duty to remind people of the service provided by those men and women.

Isn't Remembrance Day in the UK essentially the same thing as Memorial Day in the US?

Scuttlebutt on Twitter indicates Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered a knee ligament injury in today's 2-2 draw vs. Ecuador.

Also, in a bizarre result, Luxembourg scored late to draw with Italy 1-1.

Hey, we got this going for us.

Which is nice.

I watched. They were horrible. Players running into each other, no real threat to score, etc. Plus, their uniforms were horrible too. http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/ESPNi/2014/0603/int_140603_FC_MEXICO_VS_BOSNIA_FULL_TIME/int_140603_FC_MEXICO_VS_BOSNIA_FULL_TIME.jpg Seriously. The Charlie Brown ...

Did anyone watch the Mexico vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina match last night? If so, then I think you'll agree with me when I say Mexico has a snowball's chance in hell of getting out of the group stage. Dire doesn't even begin to describe how bad El Tri looked.

19 Tweets From the Audubon Society/Barack Obama Twitter Feud

Depressing. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11025503/pierre-mcguire-candidate-pittsburgh-penguins-gm-job" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I just sent this link to a friend of mine, and he responded with "I think I might cut myself." I bet it's a low probability. ...

Depressing.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11025 ... ins-gm-job" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I just sent this link to a friend of mine, and he responded with "I think I might cut myself."

Two questions. Am I the only one who thinks The Big Bang Theory is horrendously unfunny? How did this show become popular?

A new meteor shower will be visible late Friday night/early Saturday morning, and it's possible the shower could see rates of hundreds of meteors per hour. BTW, fuck you for making me get out of the tent at 215 and 300 to see this shitshow. NOTHING. And that was with a clear sky. I can't help it yo...

Hey Chris, why the lack of updates?

Rather surprising I found this thread on page 3.

Bought a 2014 Honda CR-V today. Went with the EX trim line, which had most of the features we wanted. We test drove the CR-V and the Forester but preferred the CR-V because it had a smoother ride. We also preferred the controls on the CR-V. Also, the Honda sales guy was actually very reasonable and ...

DSafetyGuy wrote:Aside from Giff's recommendation of Torchy's, anyone else with suggestions? Going next weekend with some friends to get drunk and sweat for a few days.

For Houston? I'd recommend getting together with Giff.

"High" elf attacks car in Portland.

Here's Mike Trout's stats through 2014:

.270 avg, .872 OPS, 29 runs, 8 HRs, 31 RBI, 5 SB, 25 BB, 56 K, 1 assist, 1 error.

Here's Player B's stats through 2014. Guess who Player B is.

.303 avg, .897 OPS, 28 runs, 9 HRs, 37 RBI, 6 SB, 17 BB, 17 K, 5 assists, 1 error.

brian wrote:Serious question -- do teams HAVE to take three goalkeepers? I don't know that I've ever heard of a team needing more than two in a tournament. Seems like having an extra field player around would be beneficial even if you can only play 10 at a time.

This article says it's required by FIFA.

sancarlos wrote:I do have a little Joy Division, but to tell you the truth, I was never a big fan of that band (or their successor, New Order.)

Infidel.

Just entered. Some interesting choices to be made when filling out that bracket.

And the 8th guy was brought on to face one batter? Yes, but it wasn't a matchup thing. The eighth pitcher was Bryan Shaw, who replaced Kyle Crockett, a rookie who was called up from Double A late last week. Shaw had pitched in the two previous games and Francona intended on giving Shaw the day off,...

Cleveland is now the 34th team in the last 100 years to use at least 9 pitchers in 11 or less innings. TLR is only responsible for 3 of them! I'm willing to be Francona is responsible for a few of those as well. The Indians will need to make a few roster moves since they're using tomorrow's starter...

brian wrote:Didn't have to use my AR-15 to blow fools away in a Chipotle while I bought a burrito. So yeah it was a good day.

It's probably necessary if you go to Qdoba, though.

ETA:

Rex wrote:I only pull out my piece in neighborhood farm to table restaurants.

*golf clap*

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