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This is a comedy routine along the lines of "how many joints are in a lid," right?

Quote from: IrishYeti on February 24, 2009, 07:03:55 PM
Forgive me as I have never dabbled in the realm of pot, but $50 an ounce? Isn't that higher than the normal going rate?

That depends on whether you get the rusty nail.

Quote from: flannj on February 23, 2009, 06:39:04 PM

Quote from: Oleg on February 23, 2009, 03:56:40 PM
Yeah...I know of the show.  I understand it exists and people find it funny.  I am not one of those people.

You're kidding right?
Otherwise, you need better pot to switch to the bags that come with a free rusty nail.

For the sake of the lesser sacrament'd.

Quote from: CBStew on February 23, 2009, 06:06:18 PM
I think flom is literally Cuban.  Made with eggs, milk, sugar, etc.

Now this is a curious resource.

(Et al.)

Quote from: Tank on February 23, 2009, 05:10:50 PM

Quote from: Wheezer on February 23, 2009, 04:24:41 PM

Quote from: Slakee on February 23, 2009, 04:16:07 PM

Quote from: Tank on February 23, 2009, 03:53:31 PM
Laptop science a gnome can believe in...

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/02/americans-growing-kinder-to-bud.html



And maybe even an Apex, too.

People are starting to see the dollar signs.

I do recommend Alan Dienstag's "The Money Tree."  It's like "My Beautiful Laundrette," but with grass.

Does it involve any accidental bestiality?

No, but it's funny that you should mention that.  I once wound up sharing lab space with a Hungarian fellow who introduced himself with a joke from the homeland that had precisely that theme.  I wish I could remember the buildup, because the punchline was only the making of an odd, loud noise.

(At your own risk.)

Quote from: Slakee on February 23, 2009, 04:25:44 PM

Quote from: Wheezer on February 23, 2009, 04:24:41 PM

Quote from: Slakee on February 23, 2009, 04:16:07 PM

Quote from: Tank on February 23, 2009, 03:53:31 PM
Laptop science a gnome can believe in...

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/02/americans-growing-kinder-to-bud.html



And maybe even an Apex, too.

People are starting to see the dollar signs.

I do recommend Alan Dienstag's "The Money Tree."  It's like "My Beautiful Laundrette," but with grass.

So lots of gay sex?

I could have sworn that there was more toenail clipping than gay sex in the latter.

Quote from: Slakee on February 23, 2009, 04:16:07 PM

Quote from: Tank on February 23, 2009, 03:53:31 PM
Laptop science a gnome can believe in...

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/02/americans-growing-kinder-to-bud.html



And maybe even an Apex, too.

People are starting to see the dollar signs.

I do recommend Alan Dienstag's "The Money Tree."  It's like "My Beautiful Laundrette," but with grass.

Quote from: Oleg on February 23, 2009, 03:20:52 PM
is it still called a byline on book covers?

I've never heard the term used.  It's of no particular use to the typesetter, and covers are just copy soup from an editorial perspective.

Quote from: MAD on February 23, 2009, 09:35:00 AM

QuoteKasey's been a friend of mine for many years and it was of this list that an idea was born last spring. Last April, I read this review of a new book called "Mets By The Numbers", and, knowing of Kasey's exhaustive research into Cubs uniform numbers, thought, "We could do this for the Cubs!" I contacted Kasey and discovered he knew one of the MBTN authors, and in the matter of a few emails with Matt Silverman, the other MBTN author, we had a contract with Skyhorse Publishing for "Cubs By The Numbers".

Skyhorse certainly seems to have a broad portfolio.







Sort of like Loompanics Lite.

Que Nao Bustamante?

Quote from: PenFoe on February 23, 2009, 11:48:26 AM

Quote from: Wheezer on February 23, 2009, 11:42:12 AM

QuoteTo judge from the number of letters and emails that I receive as chair of the American Heritage Dictionary's usage panel, no profession takes such a proprietary interest in English usage as lawyers do

That's a pretty odd assertion.  I had always assumed that a standard part of the legal curriculum was some sort of practicum dedicated to faulty parallelism, thorougoing misuse of relative pronouns, and whimsical punctuation, based on seven years' proofreading at SASM et Flom.

As usual, I have no idea what your post says.
However, I'm pretty sure you said you spent 7 years proofreading and then used the word "thorougoing"

So I did.  I blame burnout.  Either that, or all the cat hair in this keyboard.

QuoteTo judge from the number of letters and emails that I receive as chair of the American Heritage Dictionary's usage panel, no profession takes such a proprietary interest in English usage as lawyers do

That's a pretty odd assertion.  I had always assumed that a standard part of the legal curriculum was some sort of practicum dedicated to faulty parallelism, thorougoing misuse of relative pronouns, and whimsical punctuation, based on seven years' proofreading at SASM et Flom.

Quote from: CBStew on February 22, 2009, 12:55:28 AM
This tickles me.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe3Vsbsb33Q&feature=channel

It would be fantastic done in Tongan.

Quote from: Oleg on February 17, 2009, 02:25:06 PM
One gram of special mushrooms as 19 year olds could have cleared all this up long ago.

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on February 16, 2009, 08:56:03 PM
A big reason we have such powerful, yet small computers, is the miniaturization development that the space program fostered.

I call speciousness.  The "space program" generally lags technological advances, often for good reason.  A far greater reason we have such powerful, yet small, computers is The Phone Company.