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Forum: Book Corner 11 January 2014, 05:11 AM
Replies: 923
Views: 556,390
Posted By Mateus
Canada Command and Control by Eric Schlosser. It's a...

Command and Control by Eric Schlosser. It's a pretty thorough review of how strategy and policy was dictated by nuclear weapon development, and how the US has been very lucky that there hasn't been...
Forum: Moot Court 10 January 2014, 09:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,815
Posted By Mateus
Canada It'd be a great marketing slogan: "If Utah has...

It'd be a great marketing slogan: "If Utah has its shit together, why not (state)?"
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 07 January 2014, 01:46 PM
Replies: 1,034
Views: 450,174
Posted By Mateus
Canada 1. What character represents the digit "15" in...

1. What character represents the digit "15" in hexadecimal numbers?
F?
2. The hit 1980s sitcoms ALF and Full House both followed families with what last name in common?
Tanner
3. What nation was...
Forum: Amusement Bark 06 January 2014, 03:55 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 27,310
Posted By Mateus
Canada Verily, I viewed this vexing video. Validly? I...

Verily, I viewed this vexing video. Validly? I voluntarily verbalise my vacillating values on the validity of videos I've villainously viewed. Vacantly, I verified various and vehement variations on...
Forum: Rantidote 01 January 2014, 06:02 AM
Replies: 1,006
Views: 409,963
Posted By Mateus
Canada I'm very persnickety about my stuff, and that...

I'm very persnickety about my stuff, and that goes doubly so for my sewing kit. No matter how many times I ask people to give it back just as neat as they received it, it inevitably comes back...
Forum: Rantidote 27 December 2013, 06:08 PM
Replies: 304
Views: 140,341
Posted By Mateus
Canada Redditors do a HUGE one called Redditgifts...

Redditors do a HUGE one called Redditgifts (www.redditgifts.com) a few times a year.

I did it this year, and since this is the "Holiday Gripes" thread, I'd add that my Santa hasn't shipped my...
Forum: Rantidote 25 December 2013, 09:31 PM
Replies: 304
Views: 140,341
Posted By Mateus
Canada **** Christmas. For the fifteenth-or-so...

**** Christmas.

For the fifteenth-or-so consecutive year, I told everyone that I DO NOT want presents. For the third-or-so consecutive year, I have got nothing for anyone. But saying as I had been...
Forum: Book Corner 24 December 2013, 02:13 AM
Replies: 923
Views: 556,390
Posted By Mateus
Canada A Confederacy of Dunces, which has been on my...

A Confederacy of Dunces, which has been on my want-to-read list for a long, long time.
Forum: Social Studies 24 December 2013, 02:04 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 40,467
Posted By Mateus
Canada I've encountered this line of thinking before...

I've encountered this line of thinking before during fundraising campaigns, and my responce was always that a homeless shelter- even with all its overhead and expenses- can provide three healthy...
Forum: Social Studies 22 December 2013, 05:51 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 40,467
Posted By Mateus
Canada Magdelene: if it really is so bad that you don't...

Magdelene: if it really is so bad that you don't feel safe or that you feel harassed just walking out the door, contact the property owner to complain, and/or call the cops. Things won't get better...
Forum: Rantidote 20 December 2013, 09:59 PM
Replies: 1,006
Views: 409,963
Posted By Mateus
Canada My office is close to the retail floor at the...

My office is close to the retail floor at the complex I work at, and at least 20 times a day, someone would mash on the piano that's just a few feet away. BANG BANG BANG all day, very distracting.
...
Forum: The Bad Gastronomer 20 December 2013, 05:33 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,432
Posted By Mateus
Canada Are there any good holiday-related vegetarian...

Are there any good holiday-related vegetarian entrees? I can make a veg dish easily, but I don't know if there's a dish that veg*ns customarily eat.
Forum: Soapbox Derby 20 December 2013, 05:30 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,343
Posted By Mateus
Canada "Gosh, we'd love to accommodate all these other...

"Gosh, we'd love to accommodate all these other folks (snicker), but we're just mysteriously way too busy now that we've got what we wanted."
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 10 December 2013, 01:18 PM
Replies: 1,034
Views: 450,174
Posted By Mateus
Canada 1. The Dolomite mountain range is located in the...

1. The Dolomite mountain range is located in the northeastern part of what country?
Italy?

2. Shea Weber, currently the National Hockey League's highest paid player, plays for what franchise, the...
Forum: Rantidote 09 December 2013, 03:10 AM
Replies: 1,002
Views: 367,959
Posted By Mateus
Canada Someone the other day said, "no pun intended"...

Someone the other day said, "no pun intended" after making a pun they clearly intended. It's not really annoying, but it was a little thing that I found odd.
Forum: Amusement Bark 28 November 2013, 04:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,161
Posted By Mateus
Canada You are all correct....

You are all correct. (http://www.theonion.com/articles/november-22-1963,10584/)
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 27 November 2013, 02:39 AM
Replies: 1,034
Views: 450,174
Posted By Mateus
Canada :lol: College student, Census worker, grocery...

:lol: College student, Census worker, grocery clerk. Novelist would also be nice.

Could it be jobs that Homer Simpson hasn't had yet? Apparently it's a running joke on that show now that every...
Forum: Rantidote 27 November 2013, 02:35 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 45,619
Posted By Mateus
Canada Slow clapextratext

Slow clapextratext
Forum: Rantidote 26 November 2013, 06:04 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 45,619
Posted By Mateus
Canada Sorry I'm late to the thread :cool: I was...

Sorry I'm late to the thread :cool:

I was married to a person who was chronically late. I developed a formula called [her name] time; whenever she gave an estimate of how long it would take to...
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 26 November 2013, 05:42 PM
Replies: 1,034
Views: 450,174
Posted By Mateus
Canada 1. The smallest bone and muscle in the human body...

1. The smallest bone and muscle in the human body are both found where?
Inner ear
2. Surprisingly, the second most destructive earthquake in world history did not take place along the Pacific...
Forum: Amusement Bark 23 November 2013, 08:04 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,391
Posted By Mateus
Canada Saying as she had over a dozen speaking gigs...

Saying as she had over a dozen speaking gigs scheduled in the next few months, I'm going to guess no:

http://www.sylviabrowne.com/pg/jsp/general/appearances.jsp (naturally this website will be...
Forum: Fun House 20 November 2013, 03:41 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 19,111
Posted By Mateus
Canada 50 bucks a class? I charge twic-- err, I mean, I...

50 bucks a class? I charge twic-- err, I mean, I would charge twice that if I were the type of person to do such a thing.:cool:
Forum: Book Corner 18 November 2013, 04:20 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 36,090
Posted By Mateus
Canada I would have guessed "The Bridges of Madison...

I would have guessed "The Bridges of Madison County" for Iowa.
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 13 November 2013, 07:40 AM
Replies: 1,034
Views: 450,174
Posted By Mateus
Canada 1. What became the world's third country to build...

1. What became the world's third country to build an orbiting satellite when Alouette I was launched in 1962?

Canada!

2. What 1925 novel, not a big seller in its day, returned to the charts to...
Forum: SLC 13 November 2013, 03:55 AM
Replies: 1,015
Views: 340,718
Posted By Mateus
Canada I've had a nasty fever the past few days due to...

I've had a nasty fever the past few days due to an upper respiratory infection (for reals, not in a dream), and last night I dreamt that I'd designed a productivity app that creates a flowchart for...
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