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24th-Apr-2009 11:12 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Oddly enough, neither gate agent nor stewardess nor "clever" conference attendee made the Lost Wages joke last week.

Poll #1389256 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
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[info]absolutcalm -- I'm about to graduate college. Does "Pirate" seem like a good career choice these days?

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Better than finance, that's for sure.
2 (33.3%)

Let's just hope some of those fartknockers who participate in Talk Like A Pirate Day ship themselves off to Somalia and try their luck talking like pirates.
3 (50.0%)

They say most pirates during the Bluebeard era lived only about 3 months after embarking on their careers. I bet that's gone up significantly since then, making the job somewhat more enticing. And drinking water technology has certainly improved.
1 (16.7%)

Expect a new Discovery Channel show ala The Deadliest Catch about piracy to show up in the Fall '09 lineup.
0 (0.0%)

[info]pooplord -- Best Seinfeld animated gif available through a Google image search?

Best not-Seinfeld animated gif available through a Google image search of the phrase seinfeld animated gif (note: safe search not on for this, so while these gifs are SFW, their parent pages may not be):

[info]bookgrrrl -- Do those white flowered trees all smell like semen, or is that just me? I don't think you smell like semen. It's probably the flowers.

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They pretty much are generating semen. Wouldn't it be great if Hayfever were renamed Jizfever?
3 (50.0%)

If they do, I've been whiffing on some funky spunk.
0 (0.0%)

I'm not as familiar with the smell of semen as I am with the taste, and I've never swallowed one of those white flowers.
1 (16.7%)

Sure glad there aren't any brown flowered trees in my yard.
2 (33.3%)

[info]eideteker -- What's the best TV show I'm not watching?

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Chopped.
1 (25.0%)

Mad Men.
1 (25.0%)

Pretty much everything I watch the rest of the world watches too.
2 (50.0%)

For the good of the order, please suggest the best little-known TV show you are watching:

[info]renob423 -- what hotel are you staying at in vegas? I was at the Flamingo. what hotel WOULD you stay at if you had that kind of money? Vegas only:

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The Wynn.
1 (25.0%)

The Bellagio.
2 (50.0%)

The Venitian.
1 (25.0%)

Planet Hollywood.
0 (0.0%)

[info]renob423 -- what hotel would you NEVER stay at even if the special was something like $5 a night? Again, Vegas Only: will you buy me a t shirt and mail it to me for my birthday next week I will, but not from Vegas - I didn't get this in time. Email me your address and size.

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Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon.
1 (25.0%)

Ellis Island.
1 (25.0%)

The Imperial Palace.
1 (25.0%)

Whiskey Pete's.
1 (25.0%)

Ted Allen is riding the FoodTV payroll lately like a drunk on a mechanical bull. Which is great, I enjoy watching the guy - as much of a _________ that he is, he's a lovable _________.

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dweeb
0 (0.0%)

dork
0 (0.0%)

goober
4 (80.0%)

doofus
1 (20.0%)

In this economy, why does it seem like journalists believe they need to start every question with "in this economy"?

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It makes them seem like they're asking a serious question, even if it's really about a Kardashian.
0 (0.0%)

This is a method of reverse-psychology to get the public so damned sick of hearing everything has to do with the economy that they'll start getting skeptical and start believing in the economy again.
2 (33.3%)

It's less desperate sounding than opening your questions with "OH GOD PLEASE WATCH THIS! DON'T READ THE INTERNET! IT'S KILLING MY CHILDREN!"
2 (33.3%)

Somebody in the teleprompter typing pool thought it would be funny to do a Find and Replace for "well," with "in this economy".
2 (33.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

10th-Apr-2009 11:05 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Out on travel again next Friday - see you guys on the 24th.

Poll #1381248 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

[info]popespydie -- What's the last TV catch phrase you remember?

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"Did I do that?"
3 (30.0%)

"Don' be riddikoolus."
2 (20.0%)

"How rude!"
1 (10.0%)

"Yada, yada, yada"
4 (40.0%)

One of those catch phrases is not like the other:

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One came from a funny show.
1 (10.0%)

One came from a show not featured on ABC's TGIF lineup.
0 (0.0%)

One came from a show not aimed directly at the lowest common denominator.
2 (20.0%)

While all came from emotional children, one came from characters with intellectual ages over 13.
7 (70.0%)

[info]eideteker -- Did you hear that Guiding Light is being cancelled? What the shit is that?

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For realz. First Passions, now this.
0 (0.0%)

Are you telling me that housewives are actually spending their time taking care of their homes and children?
4 (44.4%)

What are college students supposed to watch between their noon and 2:30 classes now?
1 (11.1%)

Maybe now that twat at the gym will stop changing the channel everybody else is watching without asking.
4 (44.4%)

[info]absolutcalm -- Say you and your paramilitary organization secretly held a 24hour cable news station hostage for a day. Who would it be and what would you force them to report?

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Bloomberg News: Managing your money does not include arguing with part-time cashiers over the price of retail items. These employees have neither price-setting responsibility nor negotiation power.
1 (11.1%)

C-SPAN: Round-the-clock coverage of the rantings of the definitely-crazy/possibly "special" guy who wanders around the park in front of my office building.
3 (33.3%)

FOX News: While you may like your gigantic truck, if you have to back into the spot, you can't expect the three people behind you to all back up so you can maneuver your giant boat around the cramped parking lots. Later: the meaning of "Compact Only".
4 (44.4%)

ESPN: Beer pong! Beer pong!! Beer pong!!!
1 (11.1%)

[info]pooplord -- Viggo Mortensen's hottest role? Men must also vote. Admit it, men. You also think Viggo is hot.

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Aragorn.
3 (33.3%)

That movie about horses or something.
2 (22.2%)

Holy crap, he was in Young Guns II!
2 (22.2%)

Heh, and 28 Days. Just think, he could have been Matthew McConaughey.
2 (22.2%)

[info]renob423 -- has twitter officially become the new hot thing since people like my mom started getting a facebook? I used to bust on MySpace for being LJ for people who can't write. Twitter makes Facebook users look like they're composing sonnets. i mistake pepsi ads for obama signs because of the logo, will their sales drop if his popularity does? will he ever do a pepsi commercial?

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Everybody knows what Pepsi is, and whether they prefer it to other drinks. Pepsi is just trying to reward their customers with a channeling of that tingle-up-the-leg/faint-at-the-sight-of-it feeling they get from thinking about Obama.
0 (0.0%)

If flashy marketing, pretty logos, and a fresh new image got 18-34 year-olds to elect a half-term Junior Senator into the White House, surely it can make some of that juicy demographic spend $1.29 on soda.
1 (10.0%)

The Obama Pepsi commerical will be for the revival of Pepsi Clear: "It doesn't look like all those other colas you spend your dollar bills on."
2 (20.0%)

No matter how unpopular, irrelevant, or passe Obamamania becomes, expect to see this logo for at least 8 or 9 years. People still have John Kerry stickers on their cars. Hell, there's even still some Manbearpig stickers left.
7 (70.0%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Thanks to wikipedia it has come to my attention that groundhogs, besides being known as woodchucks, are also known as land beavers or whistlepigs. Whistlepig?!? Best word ever? Do they fight crime? Save the world? The next rodent to deserve an awesomized name:

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Hamsters, or "pouchmouths".
0 (0.0%)

Ferrets, or "fursnakes".
5 (50.0%)

Nutria, or "ratmonsters".
2 (20.0%)

Squirrels, or "frolicmonkeys".
3 (30.0%)

A group of Army guys gave Trey Parker and Matt Stone a photo of Saddam Hussein, signed by the man himself prior to his execution. While in captivity, Saddam was treated to repeat viewings of Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

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In return, Matt & Trey gave the Army guys an autographed photo of Saddam fucking the Devil up the ass.
1 (10.0%)

I hope it was aired to more terrorists than just Saddam as a demotivational bit of propaganda: "ya know that guy you were going to kill people for? Here's what the rest of the world thinks of him."
2 (20.0%)

It may have actually filled Saddam with some hope that the afterlife wouldn't be so shabby after all.
1 (10.0%)

At least now we'll know what to do with Kim Jong Il when we take him.
6 (60.0%)

Friending co-workers on Facebook, good idea? Bad idea?

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Sure, why not. They're on it as much or more as you are.
2 (20.0%)

Do not mix Work Megan with Fun Mej. They cannot exist together.
8 (80.0%)

I leave for a weeklong work trip to Las Vegas on Monday. How many times will people refer to it as "Lost Wages"?

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Mean: 6.60 Median: 6 Std. Dev 2.65
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 2 (20.0%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 3 (30.0%)
6 0 (0.0%)
7 1 (10.0%)
8 1 (10.0%)
9 0 (0.0%)
10 3 (30.0%)

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3rd-Apr-2009 12:01 pm - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1377487 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

[info]eideteker -- You do so much for us every week. What can we do for you? Poll-wise?

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Keep the questions comin'. And since I have to write them earlier and earlier in the week (stupid career advancement), don't wait until 11 on Friday morning. I'm lookin at you [info]coldblackncold.
0 (0.0%)

Even if you don't have a question, fill out the poll. Motivation is proportional to response rate.
2 (22.2%)

Spread the word! Tell your friends!
0 (0.0%)

All of the above.
7 (77.8%)

You can also suggest a new 360 game for me (XBLA is good too). Preferably puzzle/strategy. I'm not big on FPSes and don't have the time for a long term RPG right now.

[info]pooplord -- Reheating your coffee, even with milk in it. Awesome? Unthinkable? Still tasty? Maximum shelf life?

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If the coffee goes cold, stick it in the fridge and ice it later.
1 (12.5%)

Desperate last resort. It's the wipe-your-ass-with-paper-towels of beverages.
4 (50.0%)

I don't care as long as it does the job.
0 (0.0%)

All the expensive coffee has made us believe coffee is worth re-heating. Make a new freaking cup, or invest in one of those USB mug-warmers.
3 (37.5%)

And yet another twofer![info]renob423 -- who is the person that sticks out in your mind from your first job you had as a teenager that made you say "i want to do more with my life than THAT person"? and have you sucessfully accomplished this goal?

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The guy who owned the flea-market Italian Ice stand I worked at when I was 14. He dedicated his life to his four coolers, dry ice and strict cup-counting policy. One week he tried to sell drinks but didn't bother to get cups that didn't leak.
1 (11.1%)

The bitches working in the "typing pool" at the financial planning office I worked at senior year. They acted like they were in a movie from the 50's.
4 (44.4%)

The Applebees bartender who used to throw fits and refuse to make my drinks if I wrote "Rocks" instead of an X in a circle when ordering a margarita on the rocks.
3 (33.3%)

The evil hens that owned the antique shops and eucalyptus-swag hausfrau decoration stores in the area where my boss' art & aromatherapy store was. They refused to let her into their "guild" because she was selling such weird stuff.
1 (11.1%)

[info]renob423 -- who is the biggest asshole boss you've had ?

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The manager at the Irish pub who in spite of allowing visible tattoos and mohawks on other waiters, constantly put limitations on which necklaces he thought were and were not appropriate for me to wear. There was no real dress policy.
2 (22.2%)

Those of you who have been around for a while will know who and what CVP is. Here's a selection of her greatest emails.
1 (11.1%)

This guy. After the personal space incident, he didn't talk to me or give me work for six weeks.
5 (55.6%)

The boss that never gave work to me, even when she was swamped and I was actively asking for more to do, because she was afraid of "sounding bossy".
1 (11.1%)

[info]coldblackncold -- According to the news, about 1 in 10 Americans are on food stamps and, as an eerie parallel closer to home, roughly 1 in 10 Virginians do not finish high school. Could there be a connection?

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Unlike some food-stamp recipients, I doubt many of those high school dropouts have $80,000 in the bank, a paid-off $311,000 home and a Mercedes.
1 (11.1%)

Most of the food stamp users I've seen in action at the supermarket are either way smarter than the rest of us with all the ways they try to buck the system, or so stupid they probably never even started high school. Coin toss on that one.
1 (11.1%)

I dunno. Getting on food stamps probably involves a lot of form-completing and homework. That's what turned off the dropouts in the first place.
4 (44.4%)

If it's as accurate as this study, anybody who's ever used a newspaper coupon probably counts.
3 (33.3%)

Star Jones and Rosie O'Donnell are auctioning off a lunch date with the duo for charity. What can the "winner" of this bizarre form of torture expect?

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A whirlwind visit to the Eager Beaver Buffet and Vomitorium in Passaic, NJ.
1 (11.1%)

The excruciating sensation of your cranial fluid seeping slowly out your ear canal as these vile harpies screech and squawk over top of one another for a solid hour.
1 (11.1%)

A resounding feeling of satisfaction and self worth after learning from first hand experience that at least you're not as bad a person as either of them.
5 (55.6%)

To learn what it's like to be married to a gay person.
2 (22.2%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

27th-Mar-2009 10:46 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1373054 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

[info]popespydie -- Why are all the new songs using AutoTune? Do people really think it sounds good?

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The singers using it aren't really that bad, it's just that the rest of the music is so mundane and boring they had to spice it up somehow.
1 (14.3%)

The faster we get used to computer-generated singing vocals, the sooner they stop having to deal with bubblegum pop diva twats.
1 (14.3%)

The average media consumer likes things to be as familiar as possible - the more like something else it is, the better it is. Any song not using AutoTune is essentially lost revenue.
1 (14.3%)

When electricity first came out, people were upset because the light showed many more of their flaws than candlelight ever did. Now think about how we choose our musicians based on how they look and put the pieces together.
4 (57.1%)

[info]clockwatcher -- How long has it been since I participated in this? Back when you were last here...

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We thought a mere $700B bailout was absurd.
1 (12.5%)

I still opened my 401K statements.
3 (37.5%)

I still knew who half the people were on ONTD.
0 (0.0%)

There were like, 8 questions a week.
4 (50.0%)

[info]eideteker -- Who's your favorite Green Lantern?

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Hal Jordan.
3 (60.0%)

John Stewart.
2 (40.0%)

Kyle Rayner.
0 (0.0%)

Guy Gardner.
0 (0.0%)

[info]pooplord -- Okay, so we own the house. Congratulations to us, until it becomes apparent that using the kitchen sink makes the basement bathroom sink overflow. WTF is going on? Why do I not understand plumbing at all?

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It's not you that doesn't understand plumbing, nor does it really matter whether you understand it or not. The guy who last worked on your pipes doesn't understand plumbing.
5 (62.5%)

There has to be a set of definable characteristics to separate the useful people from the zombie fodder.
1 (12.5%)

Unless you're planning on a career change, it sounds like you know all you need to know about plumbing: turn faucet, water, drain. The rest you pay somebody else to know about.
0 (0.0%)

You may not know much about plumbing now, nor do you know much about landscaping, basic carpentry, drywalling, or wiring, but this and other events like it will allow you to look back in 6 months and be amazed at how naive you seemed.
2 (25.0%)

Another worthy twofer from [info]renob423 -- i recently went south for vacation. how come nobody in ohio is all about shit that happened in their state like 200 years ago? Okay players: without google, describe, even vaguely, something that happened in Ohio 200 years ago:

[info]renob423 -- what are some cities that have an inferiority complex and want you to think they are much more happening than they really are?

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Minneapolis/St. Paul.
2 (28.6%)

D.C.
3 (42.9%)

Seattle.
0 (0.0%)

Miami.
2 (28.6%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Why does Slick Rick rap like Top Cat? Man, I have no idea what to do with this. 60-70's Hanna Barbera characters whose names could easily be hip-hop artists:

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Punkin Puss.
2 (25.0%)

Jabberjaw.
4 (50.0%)

Ruff and Reddy.
1 (12.5%)

Blubber Bear.
1 (12.5%)

For the President's online townhall meeting this week, people submitted questions online and then other people were able to vote for their favorites. Unsurprisingly, the top questions in each category concerned the legalization of marijuana.

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They should be grateful the top questions weren't all variations on whether or not Obama can do a barrel roll.
1 (12.5%)

This same voting structure is the basis for next week's DOE Forum to discuss the literary merit of Firefly Slashfic.
1 (12.5%)

Thanks to the eye-opening information provided on the Pro-Ana boards, the FDA, EPA and FAA are teaming up to roll out a new strategy for food redistribution, population control, and the further shrinking of airplane seats.
1 (12.5%)

The financial questions that weren't about marijuana were all about whether or not Americans can still has cheeseburgers.
5 (62.5%)

In other news of the lunatics running the internet, a kid in England painted a wang on his parent's roof so it would be funny on GoogleEarth.

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They had to nudiefuzz the picture of the house but not the "fertility god"?
0 (0.0%)

WTF is a gap year and why don't we have them?
4 (50.0%)

So that's why the house I pass on the way to work has JESUS LOVES YOU in flowers on their front yard.
0 (0.0%)

Between this and cops giving the finger to speeding cameras, maybe the whole Big Brother thing isn't working out the way it was intended.
4 (50.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

20th-Mar-2009 09:54 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1368745 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

[info]absolutcalm -- Everyone's talking about Jon Stewart destroying Jim Kramer the way he destroyed Tucker Carlson. Who's Jon media rampage of comedy going after next?

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If he had balls, Nancy Pelosi. But we all know Stewart doesn't go against the playbook.
4 (40.0%)

Tetradeca-mom.
3 (30.0%)

Rachael Ray.
3 (30.0%)

Some other insane screaming pseudo-newsworthy guy. Like Olbermann or that doughy blonde guy on MSNBC.
0 (0.0%)

[info]pooplord -- Would anyone on here (besides those of you who may or may not have been present at Tracks goth nights with me ten years ago) truly believe that I like KMFDM?

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I would.
4 (44.4%)

NO WAI.
5 (55.6%)

[info]eideteker -- What's the difference between a duck?

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And Verizon? At least a duck's bill doesn't have a bunch of random crap on it that you don't know what it is.
2 (20.0%)

And ANTM contestants? Ducks like it when you throw breadcrumbs at them.
2 (20.0%)

And Lipitor? Ducks rarely cause unexplained muscle pain or tenderness, muscle weakness, fever or flu symptoms, and dark colored urine.
3 (30.0%)

And Jessica Simpson? Ducks don't go on crash diets when someone comments on how cute their round waddly bottoms are.
3 (30.0%)

Twofer! [info]renob423 -- what is the most annoying "type" of person you see at the gym?

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The put-too-much-thought-in-her-workout-clothes chick.
1 (11.1%)

The old guy who thinks he can be "on" five machines at once.
2 (22.2%)

The fat ladies eating protein bars while pushing level 2 on the recumbent bike.
0 (0.0%)

The guys who make very loud orgasmic grunts every time they do a rep.
6 (66.7%)

[info]renob423 -- how come really big guys still wear pants you can tell they bought around 1989/1991? how come some people never seem to leave the gym and do other non workout related stuff?

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They want us all to know they can still fit in them.
1 (10.0%)

Sadly, many of them managed to purchase these icons of fashion recently.
2 (20.0%)

There are many people in this world who spend lots of time at the gym because they are thoroughly uninteresting and rarely have more than one thought in their head. Why leave?
2 (20.0%)

And many that do leave the gym still seem to be wearing their Zubazes.
5 (50.0%)

Evan asks, what's the deal with there only being four questions this week? What happened to everybody?

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Facebook.
5 (50.0%)

I got less funny.
1 (10.0%)

They ran out of ideas.
2 (20.0%)

Most of my IRL friends have gotten promotions or children and have less time to spend on stuff like this, and I don't make a habit of trolling around for new LJ friends.
2 (20.0%)

Creepier?

It has been confirmed that the upcoming Green Lantern movie will be Hal Jordan-based. While no casting has been confirmed, a columnist at MTV has a pretty decent list of options. Which is the best of the picks?

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David Boreanaz.
1 (12.5%)

Nathan Fillion.
4 (50.0%)

Jon Hamm.
3 (37.5%)

Tahmoh Penikett.
0 (0.0%)

Jamie Bamber.
0 (0.0%)

Project Runway's Kenley Collins has been charged with domestic violence after throwing her cat, three apples and a laptop at her fiance, and then slamming a door on his head.

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Upside: had she married this guy and taken his name, she'd have been Kenley Penley.
4 (40.0%)

The other designers always joked that her one trick was to take 50's fads and put a modern twist on them. It's neo-retro spousal abuse!
3 (30.0%)

Quoth the neighbor: "Lately there has been a lot of yelling ... I can hear Kenley much louder than I can hear Zak. When she speaks, she yells." Well, duh. Anybody who watched the show could have told you that.
1 (10.0%)

I'd like to think she attacked him with her cat as an homage to the song "Cat" he wrote to play during her runway show. But I've seen her work and I know she's not that creative.
2 (20.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

13th-Mar-2009 11:24 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1364887 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

[info]coldblackncold -- I keep missing the deadline for the Friday Poll!!! I check for new questions up to about 10 minutes before I post it. Get on the bus, Gus. Why are they calling that weirdo Octo-Mom? Wouldn't Octopussy be more appropriate and just as unwatchable?

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Because calling her Tetradeca-Mom would a) require the public to look something up; and b) would be an unpleasant reminder for her of her other six children.
2 (20.0%)

Because "Future-Date-Rapist-Hemorrhaging Welfare Abuser" didn't have the same ring.
3 (30.0%)

The whole thing is gross enough as it is without actually making mention of her vagina.
1 (10.0%)

Even as the story broke, everybody knew we'd get really tired of it really fast. No need to overthink the catchy name.
4 (40.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- What is the nefarious purpose behind the Gupta conspiracy?

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Pairing the continued slackifying of white kids with the impending nullification of any monetary gain from sacrificing several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in med school, the US has to grow accustomed to only ever seeing Indian doctors.
0 (0.0%)

No real doctors had time to talk about the benefits of fruit consumption and other bullshit with their rigorous insurance form completing and malpractice lawsuit avoiding schedules, so CNN conducted a poll and created an android amalgom a doctor.
2 (22.2%)

It is an attempt to normalize the handsomely dorky young Indian guy in order to make sure Bobby Jindal doesn't have any "unusual otherness" appeal by the time he's ready to embark on a national political career.
5 (55.6%)

The whole Dr. Phil thing blew up so violently: he had some sort of personality and, right or wrong, the balls to say things that weren't on his cue cards. That wasn't about to happen again.
2 (22.2%)

[info]pooplord -- I wanna know what love is!

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Letting your significant other have the bigger scoop of mac & cheese.
3 (33.3%)

"You look tired. I'll clean up."
2 (22.2%)

Preparing or doing something just the way they like it, even if it's a little harder.
3 (33.3%)

The extra little phone call to make sure everything's okay.
1 (11.1%)

[info]eideteker -- I always assumed that Fish Heads thing was Alvin and the Chipmunks. What other cultural misapprehensions have I been laboring under?

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Juliette Lewis? Not from outer space.
1 (12.5%)

A woman will not die if she licks on a 9-volt battery while she masturbates with a corded electric vibrator.
2 (25.0%)

King Hippo from Mike Tyson's Punch Out was meant to look like a man, even many people thought he was some sort of pregnant cyclops stripper.
4 (50.0%)

Caesar Milan is not just a super-dominant homosexual latino; he is the leader of an underground branch of PETA whose intention is to turn the world off of dog ownership.
1 (12.5%)

[info]renob423 -- are the fucking beatles ever going to die out? they sucked, from the poppy shit my mom liked to the drug addled shit my dad liked, it's all fucking horrible. what is the most over rated band ever? and what band can't you stomach that everyone LOVES?

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James Taylor.
0 (0.0%)

U2.
4 (44.4%)

Bruce Springsteen.
4 (44.4%)

Pink Floyd.
1 (11.1%)

I have done my taxes for this year.

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True.
5 (50.0%)

False.
5 (50.0%)

Every time I hear the line "I’m never, ever gonna quit/‘Cause quittin’ just ain’t my schitck" in Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up", I laugh to myself at the thought of this big black dude tossing around Yiddish words. Which of the following hip hop songs are most in need of more Yiddish?

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"Chutzpah! Chutzpah! Got You All in Check" by Busta Rhymes.
3 (37.5%)

"Sucka Schvartzer" by A Tribe Called Quest
1 (12.5%)

Ain't nothin' but a G Thang, by Dr. Dre: "Ain't nothin' but a G thang, baaaaabay!/Two loc'ed out G's so meshugga!"
2 (25.0%)

"Gangsta Dreck" by...whoever.
2 (25.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

6th-Mar-2009 11:26 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1360760 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

[info]pooplord -- Can he resist the temptation to push the history eraser button??? Between this and recently re-watching the Fish Heads video for the first time in 20 years, it's amazing to realize how much weirder things are than when you watched them when you were young. See also:

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The Monkees show.
3 (37.5%)

The Golden Girls.
1 (12.5%)

The Electric Company.
1 (12.5%)

The Dark Crystal/Fraggle Rock.
3 (37.5%)

[info]eideteker -- Richard Mulligan: Just a poor man's Leslie Nielsen? Christ, give me a little something to work with here. Best Naked Gun line:

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"Frank, they're not here for you. "Weird Al" Yankovic is on the plane."
2 (28.6%)

"Uh... that's a pretty tall order, Nordberg. You'll have to give me a couple of days on that one."
2 (28.6%)

"Go for it, Stephanie!"
0 (0.0%)

"It's a topsy-turvy world, and maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans!"
3 (42.9%)

And while I'm at it, best line from Naked Gun 2 1/2:

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"Gimme the strongest thing you got. ... Uh... on second thought, how about a black Russian?
0 (0.0%)

"What's Nordberg doing in Detroit? So, send him some plane fare and a new pair of pants."
3 (42.9%)

"His strong manly hands probed every crevice of her silken femininity, their undulating bodies writhing in sensual rhythm, as he thrust his purple-headed warrior into her quivering mound of love pudding."
2 (28.6%)

"Oh, hi, Frank. Say, we got that model D83 Swedish sure-grip suck machine that you ordered. "
2 (28.6%)

[info]absolutcalm -- Jamie Foxx has a new video with Ron Howard guest starring. As far as the "Pick one thing and mix it with something else to make it funny," Jamie pretty much beat the Friday Poll. Try and top him.

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Chris Brown's latest track "Because I Love You", feat. Tina Turner. (Too soon?)
0 (0.0%)

If Paul McCartney agreed to Paris Hilton's offer to do a duet.
3 (42.9%)

Chris Kattan and Sir Ian McKellan in Mango Meets Charles Darwin.
1 (14.3%)

MSNBC's Lunatic Fringe Roundtable with Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Kucinich.
3 (42.9%)

For [info]absolutcalm -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta: True or False?

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True.
4 (50.0%)

False.
4 (50.0%)

[info]renob423 -- the arnold fitness expo is in town this weekend. should we allow steroids in pro sports, and do you automatically assume all pro athletes are on the juice anyway? how come baseball is the big contriversal one? does anyone you know even watch baseball?

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He probably makes money hand over ass from this. You'd think he'd figure out a way to make the Arnold California Expo.
0 (0.0%)

We pretty much allow most misdemeanors and some felonies in pro sports, what's a little drug use going to hurt?
3 (37.5%)

For some reason, parents allow their children to think professional athletes are worthy of idolotry and heroism, and then feign shock when they turn out to be the shitbags they are. Maybe it's better these kids learn the lesson early.
5 (62.5%)

I know quite a few people who watch baseball. Most of the people who actually watch it could care less about the guys who get mired in scandals like these.
0 (0.0%)

Over the past two weeks, I spent 10 nights in a Hilton Hotel. This is the second Hilton in a year that I've spent over a week at that capped the air conditioning at 68 degrees. Both times were in tropical climates, and both times left me furiously under-rested since I tend to run hot at night and there was nothing I could do about it. Finish the conversation in the boardroom: So we're already making people pay over $250 per night for these rooms, but we need to cut another corner. What if we limited the room temperature controls from 68-74? ...

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"That's genius! That way if they complain to the front desk, the idiot standing there can just stare at them blankly and say that's as low as it goes. Then by the time they get home, they won't care enough to write us and complain!"
1 (12.5%)

"That's genius! Everybody knows you're not supposed to have the AC that low, so they'd feel too guilty to complain!"
1 (12.5%)

"That's genius! If anybody complains about it, we can tell them it's for the environment or something. Then they'll thank us for socially conscious!
5 (62.5%)

"Fine. Just do it. Whatever we can do to squeeze a few more bucks out of this whole thing."
1 (12.5%)

They're making a new Rock Band game entirely of Beatles music:

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It's the world's safest attempt to bring video games to the 45-65 age group: even if they don't buy into it, everybody else will.
3 (37.5%)

And here we thought Michael Jackson lost all of his marbles.
1 (12.5%)

College campuses everywhere predict an LSD shortage this September.
2 (25.0%)

Beatles or no Beatles, these games are still lame.
2 (25.0%)

Did you know that's Ogre in the Capital One Viking Commercial?

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Poor Ogre.
3 (37.5%)

Hey man, work is work. Not much call for a 50-some year old Ogre anymore.
5 (62.5%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

19th-Feb-2009 10:00 pm - It's [Thursday Night] Poll Time!
JOY
And...I'm out. See you guys in two weeks.

Poll #1352319 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

[info]absolutcalm -- You know, tentacle porn was also America's fault (we imposed moral rules on Japan restricting nudity, so they got creative, as the Japanese are wont to do); what unintended perversions will the Iraq/Afghan wars possible create?

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Ankles! Ankles!! Ankles!!!
3 (42.9%)

The new gold standard in Afghan porn actresses is the Bratz doll image: trying to find the biggest, sexiest eyes a burqua has ever excepted from total concealment.
3 (42.9%)

An overwhelming surge in bondage rape-fantasy porns. Maybe they liked those rape rooms after all.
0 (0.0%)

In an homage to pulling Saddam Hussein out of a hole in the ground, the latest trend in Iraqi porn is mostly closeups of things being put into and pulled out of filthy, overweight, unshaven vaginas.
1 (14.3%)

[info]mac -- Why is it that americans can't tell the difference between the poms and the aussies, but we can tell the difference between the yanks and the canucks?

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We can't often tell between ourselves and canucks. Unless they sound like extras from Strange Brew. What's the secret?
1 (14.3%)

It's the standard problem of being the best. We don't care as much about you guys as you do about us.
2 (28.6%)

Most Americans can't tell between a Philly and a New York accent. We've been so overexposed to the nonregional dialect of TV And radio personalities that we tend to lump any variation into "other".
1 (14.3%)

It doesn't really matter. We'll give it up for either one of your accents.
3 (42.9%)

[info]pooplord -- So, uh, what is going to go wrong at my home inspection tomorrow and how much will it cost to fix?

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Here you though the seller put air fresheners in every room to provide ambiance during visits. The mold problem they've been masking will make you rethink your contract.
0 (0.0%)

When the inspector turns the water on, your rusted galvanized pipes will turn your basement into a water park. Copper pipe replacement: $50 a foot.
0 (0.0%)

Ya know how the bedroom ceiling looks like Selma Hayek in a button-down shirt? Drywall: $4,000.
2 (28.6%)

You're going to sit there for hours, watching some guy wander around your hopes and dreams while you sweat and gnaw your fingernails. It'll all come out okay.
5 (71.4%)

[info]eideteker -- Is Lie to Me just a House clone?

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At least it's not an ER clone.
3 (42.9%)

And House is a Monk clone. People seem to like shows with the mostly-oneoff format in which dedication to an overarching story is not necessary.
1 (14.3%)

Clones of other shows are all the manatees in Hollywood are capable of anymore.
3 (42.9%)

It's worked for the Offspring for about 15 years now. People like House. They'll watch it again.
0 (0.0%)

[info]renob423 -- did htothem know that monkey that went crazy and had to be shot this week? did she ever have to kill a monkey in the line of duty at the farm? would you watch a movie about a killer monkey with a big ass knife? did that monkey get a funeral afterwards?

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I'm sure she's heard about it. She is a living, breathing member of society. And she works at a monkey farm, so everybody has probably asked her about it.
3 (42.9%)

The monkeys she plays with are babies, most less than a tenth of the weight of the crazed face-ripping, hand-eating monkey. They probably couldn't rip off one of her watch.
1 (14.3%)

You're god damned right I would. Many times.
3 (42.9%)

Probably not in the way we think of funerals, but if there is any justice in the world, the now-faceless woman should be able to go after its corpse like Michael Bolton on a printer.
0 (0.0%)

I got an Xtreme Geek catalog addressed to me at work yesterday. How did they know?

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One of my co-workers put me on this and many more mailing lists, the full comedic scope of which I will be unraveling for months to come.
2 (28.6%)

Google, man. Fuckin' Google.
2 (28.6%)

Xtreme Geek is trying to expand their customer base by targeting beyond the usual IT job titles and taking a bet on other departments (such as research) that may have a high geek quotient.
0 (0.0%)

All of these excuses are just an elaborate ruse to make you guys think I didn't order a humping-dog USB drive plug and have it delivered to my office.
3 (42.9%)

All the award nominations have increased tourism to Mumbai...for some reason.

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The only explanation there can be is none of these people actually saw that two-hour cautionary tale against ever ever setting foot in India. Now that Hollywood has gone bozo for Bollywood, they've just GOT to go!
6 (85.7%)

They saw it. They didn't actually believe it until they saw it themselves.
1 (14.3%)

I leave tomorrow morning for a week and a half, and the 360 is still in the shop. What is Evan going to do with both of his girlfriends gone?

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Give some long overdue attention to his third girlfriend, his car.
0 (0.0%)

Take advantage of the nice weather and crank out some yardwork. lolz.
0 (0.0%)

Boycott pants. The rest is up to 4chan.
6 (85.7%)

Turn himself into an overnight sensation on the local bingo circuit.
1 (14.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

13th-Feb-2009 09:49 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Next week's poll will be posted on Thursday evening, and there will not be a poll on the 27th, as I will be on a business trip from the 20th to the 1st. If you have any additional questions about my upcoming work schedule, please email maeincarnate@livejournal.com


Poll #1348691 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]eideteker -- Last night, I had a troubling dream that my poll question was skipped over. I should _________.

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Make sure my questions are the most awesome, most unmissable questions ever.
2 (18.2%)

WRITE IT IN ALL CAPS. THAT'S HOW YOU GET NOTICED.
4 (36.4%)

Get a hold of yourself. It's not like I'd skip a quarter of the total questions submitted this week.
2 (18.2%)

Write a comment describing how you managed to make the Friday Poll such an intimate priority in your life so that others may learn and find the same level satisfaction and joy in it that you do.
3 (27.3%)

[info]popespydie -- What mischief can be performed with the following items? Rubber band, stapler, scotch tape? It seems like somebody is just staring at their desk trying to figure out what to do with the next 5 hours. Are you expecting your internet to crap out today? Better office supplies than these to play with:

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The comb-bind machine (or if you don't have one, a hole puncher).
4 (36.4%)

Sponge-top bottle envelope moisteners.
1 (9.1%)

The postage scale.
2 (18.2%)

The paper cutter.
4 (36.4%)

[info]pooplord -- A coworker of a friend used "WTF" in an work email. Appropriate or no?

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Given the flurry of MILF, VPILF, DILF, GMILF and other -ILF acronyms last year, it appears all restrictions on direct and obvious allusions to curse-words have been lifted.
1 (10.0%)

To a coworker/friend, appropriate, especially as a private aside email. As a rule, txt-speak should never be used in a serious work correspondence.
2 (20.0%)

The terms SNAFU and FUBAR are as old as World War II, and common enough to be appropriate in work emails. Why wouldn't the other F be?
4 (40.0%)

Depends on what you want in the long run: a promotion, or being remembered as the funny person who said WTF in an email.
3 (30.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- Flight of the cochords, the lonely island crew or weird al yankovic?

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Flight of the Conchords.
4 (36.4%)

The Lonely Island Crew.
0 (0.0%)

Weird Al Yankovic.
7 (63.6%)

I have not watched Flight of the Conchords. While all the reviews I've gotten for it have been raves, they have all touted FotC's extensive use two of my least favorite comedic methods, "funny songs" and "it's so awkward it's funny". I must include the distinction between "funny songs", ala Tenacious D, which are unfunny, and "song parodies", ala Weird Al, which are funny (and thus, the correct answer above). Which of the following bad comedy tropes are your least favorite?

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Funny Songs.
2 (18.2%)

Muggy, overexaggerated ham-acting.
6 (54.5%)

It's so awkward it's funny.
2 (18.2%)

Pratfalls.
1 (9.1%)

[info]renob423 -- did you know christian bale was british (or possibly australian)? how can he be the AMERICAN psycho if he's a 4ener? is he ever gonna get all skinny like he was in the machinist again? would a skinny pat bateman be anywhere as effictive?

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I did. And if I were going to be a dick about it, I'd say "actually, he's Welsh".
4 (36.4%)

It's perfectly fitting for the actor playing Patrick Bateman not to be American: like all aspects of identity, everything we know about him is an act; a lie based on figments of his imagination that others take for granted at face value.
7 (63.6%)

My clitoris and I certainly hope not.
0 (0.0%)

If Patrick Bateman were a skinny freak, nobody would believe anything he said. But if he weren't trapped in that image-centric environment, he may not have needed to create the murder fantasies in which he fought back against the banality of it all.
0 (0.0%)

We got the Red Ring of Death this week. What should we do with ourselves while we wait for the replacement?

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Read a book, read a book, read a mothafuckin book.
3 (27.3%)

Dust off some oldies but goodies from PS2.
2 (18.2%)

Dust off some oldies but goodies from N64.
4 (36.4%)

A few weeks of Spider Solitaire and Food Network Nighttime never hurt anybody.
2 (18.2%)

From Evan: Since Godzilla represents aggression by the United States against Japan, what symbolic significance do other wacky Japanese things hold?

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Hello Kitty: That the only variation in representations of Hello Kitty are in her clothing and accessories teaches nationalistic hegemony to Japanese children: change your clothes or your hat, but whatever you do, keep Japan Japanese.
4 (36.4%)

Giant Penis-Testicle Demon Porn: Like the theory from the 70's that chubby hairy men in porns made the average man more comfortable, these creatures reinforce the civility of unimposing penises in contrast to the demonic large penis.
0 (0.0%)

The cuteification of poop: Just about every other culture has coopted some Japanese fad as their own. Finally, something made and loved by the Japanese that no one else will try to duplicate.
4 (36.4%)

Five-member teams of heroes that join to form one powerful unit (Voltron, G-Force, et.al.): while 4 islands make up the majority of Japan, the 5th member of these teams represents the other few thousand without which Japan could not be whole.
3 (27.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

6th-Feb-2009 12:38 pm - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1344853 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

[info]absolutcalm -- What job doesn't get tips, but definitely deserves them (BTW, Don't Tip Barristas, unless they're hot. They're already paid REAL wages.)?

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A hardworking receptionist in a busy office.
1 (7.7%)

Wedding photographers who know better than to take mid-chew candids during dinner.
2 (15.4%)

An oral hygienist who can pull off a cleaning without inducing an audible cry of pain.
3 (23.1%)

The person who does the bill-money wrangling when you go out to eat with a group of friends.
7 (53.8%)

[info]twicketface -- Best ingredients for an omelette? Ladies and gentlemen, OMELETTE BAR!!!!

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Cheddar
7 (50.0%)

American
4 (28.6%)

Swiss
2 (14.3%)

Brie
1 (7.1%)

Provolone/Mozzarella
5 (35.7%)

Ham
4 (28.6%)

Bacon
8 (57.1%)

Sausage
2 (14.3%)

Crab/Lobster/Shrimp
0 (0.0%)

Mushrooms
4 (28.6%)

Onions
6 (42.9%)

Peppers
4 (28.6%)

Salsa
5 (35.7%)

Broccoli
2 (14.3%)

Spinach
6 (42.9%)

Potato
2 (14.3%)

Other:

[info]mac -- What will 2009's buzzword be?

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Obasaturation: the feelings of fatigue and exhaustion resulting from overexposure to the Obama family after having been inundated with their visages on every magazine cover currently in publication.
1 (7.7%)

Dispressment: Searching for evidence of economic distress wherever possible in order to justify the lack of actual evidence witnessed to the constant reporting of such evidence from the media.
2 (15.4%)

Local Cooling: the uncharacteristically cold-weather phenomenon that occurs during every scheduled lecture on Global Warming.
3 (23.1%)

Facebook Lift: the act of removing unflattering pictures and comments on one's WEB2.0 networking site after a superior co-worker or stodgy family member friends you.
7 (53.8%)

Dear 2008 buzzword, please die:

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To vet.
3 (21.4%)

Celebrate/celebration.
1 (7.1%)

Green/to go green.
4 (28.6%)

Maverick.
6 (42.9%)

[info]eideteker -- Who are all you people?

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Click on that little head next to their name to find out. It's not like facebook where you actually have to know the person to learn about them.
4 (30.8%)

We are the decimated remains of a once formidable poll-participating group.
3 (23.1%)

We're the work-slackers that all those careerbuilder articles are written about.
1 (7.7%)

We've been together here for about 4 years now. Way to get to know your peers, pal.
5 (38.5%)

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- Is there ANY way that you go wrong by adding monkeys to a TV commercial? Honestly, there is none. Monkeys and talking, vomiting babies. What monkey commercial wouldn't encourage you to use/buy the product?

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The monkey-run auto shop.
0 (0.0%)

Monkey-endorsed shampoo.
3 (23.1%)

Axe body spray.
9 (69.2%)

Monkey maid service.
1 (7.7%)

Which of the following companies needs to put out a monkey commercial, STAT?

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Verizon. At least they can be honest.
1 (8.3%)

Harts flea and tick collars.
0 (0.0%)

Patagonia climbing gear.
6 (50.0%)

Pampers.
5 (41.7%)

[info]pooplord -- Why do they try to make business school students do math?

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Since unlike high school, you are attending voluntarily, the experience feels so vastly different that many may not realize they're in school. The agony of math class provides a familiar reference.
0 (0.0%)

To make sure you really, really want that business degree.
4 (30.8%)

To perpetuate the myth that there's some level of math that a computer or calculator can't just do for you.
8 (61.5%)

To inflate the perceived value of your education. If you only took the classes that were actually relevant and necessary, it might be hard to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars on it.
1 (7.7%)

[info]renob423 -- when i leave work the security gaurd is playing with cards that have dragons and wizards and shit on them, is he a dungeon master? does he have a d20? & will you go see the new friday the 13th next weekend? will it be as good as the new my bloody valentin

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Possibly, but not assuredly.
6 (46.2%)

Absolutely.
2 (15.4%)

No.
5 (38.5%)

As good? Definitely.
0 (0.0%)

A guy in the building is wearing a sweatshirt that says FIGHTER on the back in big letters across his shoulders. I know it's casual Friday and all, but what sort of message is he trying to send here?

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I may seem like a wilting pussywillow to you, what with all the supplicating and ass-kissing, but I swear, once I'm out of this building, I'm tough stuff, man.
1 (7.7%)

Today? Not the day.
3 (23.1%)

I don't give a fuck about your rules or your "appropriate workplace attire". I'm not going to be held down by that shit...on Fridays.
8 (61.5%)

Why, I'd love to attend an anger management seminar.
1 (7.7%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

30th-Jan-2009 11:38 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1340410 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]absolutcalm -- If there were a battle of the smarm with the smarmiest lead actors around, who would win: Vince Vaugn, Dane Cook, Ryan Renolds or a dark horse smarmy bastard?

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As they all sit and wait for another to make the first move, Vaughn silently reaches into his back pocket, pulls out a tattered slip of paper and reads off the names of the celebrities he's banged. The other smarms beg for mercy.
1 (9.1%)

Vaughn and Reynolds are sent cowering in the corner covering their ears while Dane Cook tries out his latest material: "HAY GUYS! I CAN TOTALLY GET MORE PUSSY THAN YOU! CHECK IT OUT! THEN I GET DRUNK AND STUFF!"
4 (36.4%)

Ryan Reynolds, looking around the room at the competition, throws up his hands and says "look at you guys. Now look at me. I'd rather lose than have your greezy hands on my beautiful face". Then he sucker punches them.
1 (9.1%)

With one leer and his most mediocre smirk, Hugh Grant makes those other wannabes wish they never even tried to play the game.
5 (45.5%)

[info]pooplord -- Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman bow-synching at the inauguration... what wool will the Obama administration try to pull over our eyes next?

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Malia and Natasha aren't really his daughters, are android amalgamations of all the adorable little black girls from sitcoms past, from Bud-phase Rudy Huxtable to the missing girl from Family Matters.
2 (18.2%)

Both his homeless aunt-in-law or whatever in Boston and his ethnic-garbed Kenyan family are all community theater actors from a small town outside Memphis, filmed in an LA studio to give him a certain authenticity.
0 (0.0%)

Little is said about his time at Columbia University, to the speculation of some. While he did spend 2 years there, instead of attending classes, he attended to young ladies from the midwest who were having trouble adjusting to the big city.
6 (54.5%)

Nobody ever called him "Barry O." as a kid. He copied that from the nickname Hammer gave Emmanuel Lewis on the Surreal Life.
3 (27.3%)

[info]eideteker -- What just happened?

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That woman just walked right in here, went on about four different tangents and stormed out. I have no idea what she was talking about.
1 (10.0%)

We managed to have a staff meeting that was constructive, productive, and took less time than we planned. Don't expect that to happen again.
3 (30.0%)

That doggy loves the other doggy very much.
3 (30.0%)

Ugh. Five Guys. That's what happened.
3 (30.0%)

[info]popespydie -- Why do all the hole-in-the-wall restaurants have such great food?

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Because somebody there cares about it. It's "their" restaurant.
3 (27.3%)

They usually have abysmal health department scores. But if your kitchen, or your mother's kitchen, were subject to the same inspections, it would fail miserably too.
1 (9.1%)

They're not afraid to use butter, oil, salt, MSG, trans fats, or anything else you're not supposed to.
5 (45.5%)

Recipies are created and changed based on their success or actual feedback from customers and staff instead of seasonal promotions mailed to them from corporate.
2 (18.2%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Best thing about Facebook: Finding out which of your high school classmates are now overweight or just fatter? bald? and/or gay?

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Trying to guess how much fatter they have become based on whether their profile picture is of their kid or their dog.
3 (27.3%)

Determining which of your female friends have already turned into their mothers based on the types of flair they send to you.
1 (9.1%)

Realizing which of the people you lost contact with since high school haven't changed since high school. Not in the "wow, you're still the awesome genuine person I loved" way but the "holy crap you still hang out at the same pool hall" way.
3 (27.3%)

The minute-by-minute updates on which of your friends are tired, don't feel like working, or would rather be drinking.
4 (36.4%)

[info]renob423 -- do they tell workers at starbucks to have a conversation with people when they are waiting on their drink? and if they are, is this tactic something people like or is it just fucking annoying?

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Starbucks has the rare distinction of being a fast-food-like chain whose employees require few skills for their near-minimum wage and yet they all speak English. They're just showing off.
1 (10.0%)

Anything to distract you from the fact that you vastly overpaid for shitty coffee coupled with the added insult that you had to not only wait to order it but wait even longer to get it.
1 (10.0%)

They're trying to make you feel special, like Starbucks is some sort of Cheers for caffeine. The tip jar ain't gonna fill itself.
6 (60.0%)

Shoving a hyper-chatty, extra-smiley person in your face every morning before you've had your coffee simply reinforces your suspicion that you need coffee in the morning in order to deal with people.
2 (20.0%)

Ladies and gentlemen, a twofer: [info]renob423 -- how come it's so hard to find a good smoothie these days? Okay, I don't get the smoothie thing. I can't feel full unless I've chewed my meal, and if I'm going to drink a heavy, calorie-filled drink, it may as well be a milkshake. Smoothies? Yea or Nay?

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Yea.
6 (54.5%)

Nay.
5 (45.5%)

For you pro-smoothie types, what's the appeal?

The post office is considering decreasing delivery from 6 to 5 days a week. Please choose the appropriate question for this headline:

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What can I look forward to now that my usual Monday afternoon mundane surprise of finding Saturday's mail sitting in the box because I forgot they deliver on Saturdays (again)?
7 (63.6%)

Now that we all know it's FedEx and UPS delivering all of the "Express" and "Overnight" packages for the Post Office, what excuse would anybody ever have for using them for an overnight delivery?
1 (9.1%)

Given the inadequacy of the near-constantly scrolling "The Digital TV Switch is Coming" information outreach, how does anybody plan to get this message across?
2 (18.2%)

If millions fewer pieces of mail were delivered in 2008 than in 2007, what should the Post Office write on the card with the bouquet they should send thanking GEICO for keeping them in business?
1 (9.1%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

23rd-Jan-2009 11:10 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1336197 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

[info]pooplord -- I actually enjoy talking about weather. How can I talk about the weather (especially when it's cold as balls outside, as it is now) and not make it seem like small talk or extreme dorkery? I'm just fucked, aren't I?

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Better extreme dorkery than lameass small talk. Discuss barometric pressure, the results of certain fronts and whatnot. As long as it's not "hoobydooby, sure is nipply out there!" you should be okay.
1 (10.0%)

It's fine that you like to talk about weather as long as you are acutely aware and respectful of any signs given off by the other person that they don't give a shit.
4 (40.0%)

Join a message board or something. Seriously, there's no cool way to talk about the weather.
4 (40.0%)

You may like talking about the weather, but you also may run into someone like me who contrarily challenges every weather conversation with how much they'd wish for cold when it's hot or how if it weren't raining they'd be bitching about drought.
1 (10.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- If they did a dramatic reimagining (ala BSG) of a 70s porno flick for cable TV, how would the plot go?

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Boys in the Sand on Logo: weekly vignettes of three New York City boys' trips out to Fire Island and the fabulous adventures they happen to fall ass-backwards into. It's Sex OUT of the City!
0 (0.0%)

Debbie Does Dallas on Lifetime: the dramatic sacrifices a young girl has to make achieve her goal of being a professional cheerleader. What price is too high to pay for your dreams?
2 (20.0%)

Deep Throat on E!: A spinoff of Dr. 90210, this show focuses on a woman whose botched vagioplasty opened up a world of new choices to make. Guest appearances by the other Kardashian girls.
5 (50.0%)

Candy Stripers on ABC: it's just like Grey's Anatomy without the pesky fear of your doctors being more concerned about who they're porking in the closet than your test results.
3 (30.0%)

[info]letters_in_sand -- What should I tell people when they ask what my tattoo means?

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"It means I hate my father."
2 (20.0%)

"Kung Pao Karate."
2 (20.0%)

"It's like, the connection between art and life, right? Like the beauty of spirituality and creating a haven for art on my own skin."
3 (30.0%)

"Aim for this."
3 (30.0%)

[info]eideteker -- What is Tom Petty's greatest acting role? Other than that bit part in The Postman, I'd have to say any interview when he acted like he wasn't completely stoned. How about Jane Wiedlin?

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Maxine of Arc.
3 (30.0%)

Whoa, she was the Singing Telegram Girl? I had no idea.
2 (20.0%)

When she acted like that Never-Was Da Brat had any credibility whatsoever in calling her a Has-Been.
3 (30.0%)

Any time she acted like she was anything less than the brains of the Go-Gos operation.
2 (20.0%)

[info]renob423 -- did i miss something with the verison question? why did he say you didn't have to use it? why submit it at all if you don't think it's good enough? what is the worst place to be behind someone who has a big order like when someone at subway orders 3 subs

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At the supermarket when the person in front of you either doesn't know what their WIC check can and cannot be used for, doesn't understand the cashier trying to explain it to them, or is pretending on either in order to score a Dr Pepper.
2 (20.0%)

Behind the person at the bagel/donut shop who can't keep track of how many of their dozen they've chosen so far or what the other flavors are (i.e. what's hiding under the powdered sugar or is that chocolate chip or cinnamon raisin).
0 (0.0%)

When you notice the minivan in front of you at the drive thru has at least five children bouncing around in the back.
4 (40.0%)

After waiting for what felt like 7 hours to be close enough that you're within the concrete barriers at a toll booth (assuming you're dumb enough not to have an EZ Pass or equivalent), the reverse lights on the car ahead of you turn on.
4 (40.0%)

Last Friday, returning home from work on the bus, an African American fellow of either the crackhead, crazy or otherwise unwell variety, issued Evan an under-the-breath threat to the effect of "fucking cracker bitch, I'll shank you in your ear. Four more days, motherfucker." So far, no ear-shankings. What other unexpected disappointments will we suffer under the Obama administration?

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Elementary school cafeterias remain devoid of soda machines.
1 (10.0%)

Okay, so we'll get flying cars, but they look more like Princess Vespa's Mercedes than a Delorian.
2 (20.0%)

Widespread reports show telling your boss to go fuck himself will still result in a firing.
4 (40.0%)

Daytime court television programs still limited to adjudicating small claims and other minor legal disputes/Supreme Court justices will not be replaced by Judges Judy, Joe Brown, Hatchett, Alex, and Mills Lane.
3 (30.0%)

Did you really think Dark Knight would get a Best Picture Oscar nomination?

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Yes. Hollywood loves to posthumously reward celebrities who died of exotic things like drug overdoses/It was totally awesome and deserved it/it might have made people give a shit about the Oscars.
4 (40.0%)

No way. It's a comic book movie/people saw it/it made more money in 30 days than all of the 2007 Best Picture nominees combined.
6 (60.0%)

At Evan's folks' house in Orlando (where we stayed this past weekend) they don't yet have cable so we had to watch TV with rabbit ears. Every ten minutes or so, a message scrolled across the top of the screen in both English and Spanish, saying if you are seeing this message, you won't be getting TV after February 21. Further evidence that:

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Anybody who still isn't aware of the digital switch probably can't read.
4 (40.0%)

Nobody actually watches TV with rabbit ears, this is all an elaborate plot for the nerds on slickdeals and other sites to make money buying converter boxes with the coupons and then selling the boxes on eBay.
1 (10.0%)

If this is what the government calls "lack of sufficient public awareness", we really can't expect anyone to know anything, can we?
2 (20.0%)

If two years and level of notification saturation wasn't enough to pull it off, pushing it back a few months isn't going to help. Don't even bother.
3 (30.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

16th-Jan-2009 11:51 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1332278 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]popespydie -- Now that Bush is almost out, it's time to think about what his Post Presidential life will be like. What do you think he'll spend his days doing?

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Doing what all former presidents and Real World Alums do: wandering from college to college making speeches about things that have little to do with what made them famous.
2 (18.2%)

Two words: Buffy Marathon.
2 (18.2%)

On Wednesday morning, he and Laura are going to have a talk. He's made at least a lifetime of decisions over the past eight years. From now on, she's in charge. Don't ask what he wants for dinner, where to go on vacation, the man is on auto pilot.
4 (36.4%)

He's gonna one-up Gore one more time: he'll put on about 50lb and grow the most bitchin' mountain man beard the world has ever seen.
3 (27.3%)

[info]ccjohn -- Is Verizon truly evil, or are they too incompetent even for that? (Megan you don't really have to use this question)

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Truly Evil.
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They couldn't even pull that off.
11 (100.0%)

[info]pooplord -- Most effective method to get a kitten to stop treating wrists and ankles as playthings for him to bite?

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Keep said ankles and wrists aglisten with hand sanitizer.
1 (9.1%)

The ol' spray bottle. Nothing disciplines cats like that.
7 (63.6%)

Every time he does, put a sock over his head. He will either get distracted enough to move on to something else, figure it out eventually, or end up enjoying the sockhead game so much that it has the reverse effect.
2 (18.2%)

Try your best not to react. He is a mini-tiger, after all. They don't hunt tree stumps, they hunt quick, jerking, skiddish deer.
1 (9.1%)

[info]absolutcalm -- With the economy in the tank, how is the Friday Poll tighting its fiscal belt to ensue stockholders efficiency and minimum losses? what should we expect for the next quarter??

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We here at the Friday Poll promise, no matter the economic climate, to provide what we pride ourselves on: quality answers for quality questions.
3 (27.3%)

Depending on the condition of the final 4Q08 reports, we may have to make a cutback or two. We can't be handing out twofers like we used to.
2 (18.2%)

I, as your dedicated Friday Poll writer, promise to start working on this thing earlier so stuff like Friday morning meetings and Friday afternoon deadlines don't affect the quality content you have come to know and love.
4 (36.4%)

When interest rates are down, we will recover the following week with a wide variety of tasteless answers, provide our own innovative and catchy questions, and if the chips are down enough, slurs! Slurs! Slurs!
2 (18.2%)

[info]eideteker -- The in-laws thought "badonkadonk" was a country music neologism. Appropriate response, when you're the only black person in the car?

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"mmmhmmm. I think it was Dolly Parton who said it first. Or was the first person to have it said to lolz."
2 (18.2%)

Sit quietly, say nothing and hope another glorious nugget like this will come out before the subject changes. Make a mental note to relay this story to the next black person you see, no matter who they are or if you even know them.
5 (45.5%)

"It may have been popularized by country music, but I understand it got started during Vietnam as a term for the hookers from how the guys couldn't understand what they were saying."
0 (0.0%)

"I think 'ho' is also, ya know, like garden hoes? Something a guy uses to get what he wants?"
4 (36.4%)

[info]renob423 -- who spends the night in someones guest room? People who are too old to crash on couches. i'm sure there are motels in roanoak or newport news (or wherever the hell you live) why not make the guestroom a kick ass office or a place to put stuff you don't use often but is way to cool to go in th attic That's what our third bedroom is for. If we had $5,000 to spend on one frivolous thing for inside the house that we had to spend right now, what should it be?

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An Addams Family Pinball Game.
4 (36.4%)

Upgrading one of the tubs to a ginormous whirlpool tub.
4 (36.4%)

Home theaterize the family room.
3 (27.3%)

Gigantic two-temperature wine fridge.
0 (0.0%)

This evening, Evan and I are getting the hell out of DC before it's too late. What do you recommend the poor locals who haven't secured a place to be this weekend do with themselves?

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While some recommend behaving like a hurricane is coming, another effective philosophy is it's Christmas from now through Tuesday: nothing's open, don't even bother going out.
2 (18.2%)

Take this opportunity to explore the back roads you've always wondered where they went while sitting in soul-crushing traffic.
5 (45.5%)

Turn on the TV, point and laugh. Perhaps a drinking game or two based on the number of times someone's arrested for public urination, when the reporter talks about how cold it is, or footage of the scene at the Rossyln metro.
1 (9.1%)

Organize the shit out of their closets.
3 (27.3%)

Where we are escaping to is Orlando for some quality time with Evan's folks and The Mouse. My mental state right now?

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I've got a dozen things to do between now and 4pm. Can't even think about it.
1 (9.1%)

This will be a nice relaxing weekend, fun with temperatures between 2 and 3 times those at home.
0 (0.0%)

And here I thought going to Disney World two years in a row would lessen the excitement. Boy was I wrong.
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
10 (90.9%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

9th-Jan-2009 10:48 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1328090 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]popespydie -- What are 5 possible reasons why Mrs. Clause stays with Santa? The standard here is four, but it's been a while so I'll give you your five reasons.

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He's the only human male in thousands of miles. Likewise, it's not like he's going to cheat on her: the only time he's around other human women, he hasn't got a second to spare.
0 (0.0%)

Because North Pole elves don't look much like Legolas.
3 (27.3%)

The man is the President and CEO of an outfit that employs thousands, has been in business for hundreds of years, has flawless PR and pulls it all off with only one night a year of actual labor. He knows how to do things right.
8 (72.7%)

He dedicated a classified elf task force to make special toys just for her.
0 (0.0%)

They've been together for so long, it's just a habit at this point. Plus, breaking up would be a huge hassle and who wants to go back onto the dating scene once they've been out of it for years and years?
0 (0.0%)

[info]renob423 -- i had a question picked out but this came up this week, so now i'm curious, what do you people think i do for a living? make it a type in answer and i'll tell you who is closest. heres a hint i dont get any of those office jokes frequently made on here Aaaaaaaaawright, you asked for it.

And because maybe three of you typed something (not counting renob's 256 characters of rambling nonsense) please click the button nearest to what you believe renob does for a living:

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A freelance, work-at-home copyeditor.
0 (0.0%)

You work at Uncle Lucky's pumkin farm.
4 (44.4%)

One of the producers of that new horror-flick/reality show.
0 (0.0%)

Somebody who CNN pays to send in "viewer comments" when they haven't gotten enough for the day.
5 (55.6%)

[info]eideteker -- Only four questions submitted? What the fuck?

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Srsly. What's up with that?
2 (18.2%)

It's a vicious cycle, folks. A low question week tends to inspire few new questions and so on.
2 (18.2%)

New year, new beginnings. We're on an odd-numbered year, so maybe we'll get back to the 23-respondent/12-question per week days of yore.
0 (0.0%)

You're not helping.
7 (63.6%)

[info]absolutcalm -- What's the one thing you think your childhood nemisis deserved for Christmas, were there justice in the world?

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He wasn't my nemesis, but Ricky Leggio got me in trouble once when he thought it was a good idea to pour gasoline on a strip of capgun caps and smash them with a hammer. I hope the warden gives him an extra pudding cup this Christmas.
0 (0.0%)

Thanks to the magic of Facebook, it appears that some of those bitchy little girls who made fun of me in 3rd grade for getting chubby have received a healthy dose of justice already.
8 (72.7%)

The butchy girlbully Kelly Temple who tried to choke me in the elementary school bathroom and used to slap me on the bus got a note from her mewling spineless husband's mistress saying he's not going to take her abuse anymore and that he's leaving.
2 (18.2%)

Mrs. Pflug, my 2nd grade math teacher, whose harrowing timed math quizzes that I attribute my math anxiety and crippling inability to perform basic arithmetic will get a fantastic 401K statement showing a tidy 80% loss for the 4th quarter of 2008.
1 (9.1%)

[info]pooplord -- Most entertaining Guitar Hero or Rock Band instrument to play? IRL I play bass and guitar but in the game I love singing best.

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Guitar.
1 (9.1%)

Drums.
2 (18.2%)

Bass.
1 (9.1%)

Singing.
3 (27.3%)

These games are lame.
4 (36.4%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Lil Wayne. Pop Culture has a lot to answer for on this one. Why is this guy allowed in front of a mic? I'm not sure. What do the folks who have been watching the YouTube of his Lollipop video think?

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bguster08: He sounds like he has a fucking speech impediment... What ever happened to real hip-hop... this is the shittiest thing I've ever heard.
3 (33.3%)

garoy22: i just dont understand why people dig this idiot's song...this is not rap and lil wayne is not a rapper, he's more like a chihuahua on dope
2 (22.2%)

macewindu064: Agreed. Lil Wayne = EPIC FAIL
1 (11.1%)

eazzyLL: dis aint no hip hop hip hop isnt goin ne where but down true hip hop is old skool 2pac n eazy e not lil wayne
3 (33.3%)

My niece's fourth birthday was on Wednesday (yes, for those of you who have been keeping track, it really, really has been four years) so I called her like a good Aunt Monkey should. After my sister-in-law handed her the phone, I identified myself and said I heard it was her birthday, and she confirmed. I asked how old she is and was told with some contemplation that she is, in fact, four. When I asked her how it feels to be four, she said:

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"Like a princess."
1 (10.0%)

"um, same."
1 (10.0%)

"I have a pink cupcake!"
2 (20.0%)

"I don't feel like talking anymore."
6 (60.0%)

So word on the street is that the Ruskies may be taking our LJ away from us. What will you do if that happens?

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Not much, really.Back in the day LJ was an integral part of my life, a creative outlet and the best way to stay in touch with friends. Now? eeh. I'll check it if I check it. I'm part of the problem.
3 (27.3%)

Figure out which RSS feeder I'm going to switch over to.
0 (0.0%)

Start up my own journal on my own site or blogspot or something and hope my friends bookmark me.
2 (18.2%)

Make mine the best status updates Facebook has ever seen!
1 (9.1%)

Okay so I'm being all calloused and hardassed. If LJ were to log out for good, I'd seriously be devastated and would rather not think about it.
5 (45.5%)

Our guest bedroom is a mere 8'x8'. We are seriously considering buying a day bed with a trundle but are having a bitch of a time finding one that will make one big even-leveled bed when extended for less than $500 (the trundles are sold separately from the beds most of the time, and then there's the mattresses). If you were to be spending the weekend at a friend's house and the bed you were provided resulted in you sleeping 4"-6" lower or higher than your significant other, would you be okay with it?

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While one big bed for both of us would be ideal, we can live for a night or two on a bed like this.
8 (72.7%)

Um....well...not really... I may say it's okay but I'll be talking shit about you and your crappy guest room the whole ride home.
3 (27.3%)

This morning, I've been on the phone with Verizon trying to get a copy of my order from when I signed up for FIOS to compare to my bill as well as to find out when my promotional movie channel trial ends. How many operators have I spoken with?

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YOUR QUESTION HERE

19th-Dec-2008 11:42 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
Christmas Cheer
It's going to be a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, especially given that I have the next two Fridays off. See you on January 9!

Poll #1317921 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

[info]pooplord -- Going to a cabin in the woods of West Virginia for the weekend with my husband and another couple. Describe our horror movie deaths!

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On your way in, you stop at the little market in town for food and booze. The old guy working there tells you the cabin's long and unpleasant history and the four of you spend the rest of the weekend each trapped in a replay of one of the events.
3 (30.0%)

Saturday evening, Monopoly game in full swing and a few bottles of wine down, carolers arrive at the door. You listen and give them a bottle of wine. 5 minutes later, they're back, & the look in their eyes lets you know they're not thirsty for wine.
1 (10.0%)

The residents of the only other cabin around greet you on your way in. But something isn't right about their adult son, whom they volunteer to bring some freshly chopped firewood for your stay. He arrives later with a little more chopping to do.
2 (20.0%)

Everything in the town nearby looks like it was all built in the 50's but progress suddenly stopped. What you didn't know when you booked was that it was once the site of atom bomb testing, which resulted in some unusual traits in the forest animals.
4 (40.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- How will the world end?

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The same way it began: on the whim of an intangible deity.
1 (10.0%)

The aliens who gave us Bluetooth technology (they have super-sensitive corneal receptors to white light, making our teeth look blue), after spying our every thought devise a plan to wipe the earth clean for their use. We'll never know what hit us.
1 (10.0%)

Ironically enough, after all of our efforts to conserve or find alternates to oil, they will have worked so well that the world will end up being engulfed in a gigantic oil slick, choking the seas and igniting the skies.
5 (50.0%)

A giant meteor will be spotted hurtling towards the earth. NASA decides to send a group of ragtag miners to plant a bomb in the meteor's core. They succeed, only to shower the earth with a malestrom of molten iron shards.
3 (30.0%)

[info]eideteker -- Slanket or Snuggie? Who will be the victor?

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Slanket: available in 11 colors. Snuggie: available in 3 colors. Advantage: Slanket. Especially when one of those colors is called "Texas Tea".
1 (10.0%)

Slanket: $44.95 each. Snuggie: Buy one for $19.95, get the second for $7.95. Advantage: Snuggie. Nobody is going to advertise that they got the "fancy" expensive blanket with arms.
3 (30.0%)

Slanket: nice, modern website with rotating images featuring hipsters with plug earrings. Snuggie: essentially the internet version of an 800 number. Advantage: Slanket.
5 (50.0%)

Slanket: all colors sold out until at least Jan. 12. Snuggie: no apparent shortage. Advantage: Snuggie. When one wants to give a gift to their shut-in catlady aunt, they want it now.
1 (10.0%)

[info]renob423 -- are you "merry christmased" the fuck out yet? how can the economy still be in the shitter, yet everyplace i go there are a million people buying shit for xmas? and how come work is so damn busy this month?

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On the coasts, people are no longer allowed to say the C-word. One of the malls nearby has even gone so far as to title their running special "The Twelve Days of Holiday."
1 (10.0%)

If you believe the media, it's because people are desperately trying to keep their spirits up and hold onto a fleeting sense of normalcy by buying the same amount of stupid crap they buy every year. What the excuse was last year, I forgot.
5 (50.0%)

I don't know what you do for a living, so I have no idea. Maybe people still have money left over in their 2008 budgets and have to spend it before Dec. 31 or they won't get the same allocations next year.
2 (20.0%)

While the modern ability to shield one's self from commericals is a good protector against Christmas over-saturation, I do think it plays a role in not getting in the spirit quickly.
2 (20.0%)

Baby Born with Foot in Brain.

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I thought the things you had to take out of the body in Operation were weird, but this is ridiculous.
6 (60.0%)

Maybe this is what really happened with Jonas and Rusty.
3 (30.0%)

So when he grows up, he'll be thinking of stupid things to say that will embarass him but won't have the problem of blurting them out.
1 (10.0%)

The condition this kid has, which has resulted in a foot in his head is called "foetus in foetu". Lolz.
0 (0.0%)

Admit it, when you first heard about the Iraqi reporter throwing his shoe at Bush, your first thought was "Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"

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Guilty as charged.
3 (30.0%)

I didn't, but thankfully every blogger in the world made it tired in a few hours.
7 (70.0%)

As it's become a tradition here at the Friday Poll, how about some wacky Christmas gifts?

Death is not an option:

YOUR QUESTION HERE

12th-Dec-2008 11:35 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
Christmas Cheer
Poll #1314071 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

[info]eideteker -- If not Aquaman, then who?

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The Wonder Twins.
1 (11.1%)

Jar Jar Binks.
1 (11.1%)

Tony the Tiger.
4 (44.4%)

Aquaman is ideal for this. He's obscure enough for the folks who think they're nerd-hip for having seen Iron Man in the theater, accessible enough for the masses to get it and simple enough to explain to someone who doesn't.
3 (33.3%)

[info]pooplord -- How much should we rent our place out for during inauguration?

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For your nightly rate, divide the current retail price of your most expensive but inconvenient-to-move possession by its weight in pounds and multiply by $100.
0 (0.0%)

Start with $1000 per night, then subtract $100 for each 10th of a mile you are from the nearest Metro station (i.e. 3/10 = $300) then add $100 back for each 100 miles away the renter is coming from.
3 (33.3%)

Depends on where you run your ad. Craigslist: $300 per night. Washington Post: $400 per night. The City Paper: $700 per night. The Hill: $900 per night.
1 (11.1%)

Multiply your security deposit or home insurance deductible by three.
5 (55.6%)

[info]absolutcalm -- What the FUCK is up with Blagojevich's hair?

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His stylist was inspired by Dana Carvey's Ted Koppel impersonation.
2 (22.2%)

He always admired the plucky, never-say-die spirit of Mikey from the Goonies.
3 (33.3%)

The ladies love that Tom Cruise fellow, right? Wasn't he in a film called Risky Business?
2 (22.2%)

He heard they're remaking Revenge of the Nerds and he's trying to land the role of Stan Gable.
2 (22.2%)

[info]renob423 -- why does cvs give such shitty coupons? and why is cvs still in business? you can buy pretty much everything at that store cheaper somewhere else.

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Although they know since nobody ever plans to go into CVS, nobody will ever have thought to bring any coupons with them. One would think they could get away with giving out super awesome coupons, but remember, it's CVS.
0 (0.0%)

CVS remains in business to provide a monthly dose of incompetence, frustration, and contact with subintelligent cashiers to all the people out there who think it's "ridiculous" to pay $2.95 shipping to drugstore.com for their prescriptions.
2 (22.2%)

Old people need to check their blood pressure regularly on the machine.
4 (44.4%)

While doctors have to endure a few years of a shitty residency after they complete their extensive schooling as a pre-payback for the cushy job that awaits them, pharmacists need a place to look back upon and resent too.
3 (33.3%)

I would donate to more charities if:

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I had more money.
6 (66.7%)

I really cared enough about any of them.
0 (0.0%)

I didn't think most charities squandered their donations on administrative costs and stuff.
1 (11.1%)

I wasn't afraid of getting on their mail/phone future begging list.
2 (22.2%)

Nothing says "I totally forgot about our office gift exchange and had to run out at lunchtime and pick something up" like:

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A jar scented candle.
2 (22.2%)

A travel mug from Starbucks.
2 (22.2%)

A 7-11 gift certificate.
2 (22.2%)

A gift basket of spa soaps and lotion from some noname brand they had in the gift aisle of CVS (another reason why they stay in business).
3 (33.3%)

I recently saw a commercial on TV for a DVD set of seven classic television Christmas specials, including Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. What are the other four?

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A Happy Herculoids Holiday.
3 (33.3%)

Comet the Brown-Nosing Reindeer.
1 (11.1%)

The Lord Who Was Too Little To Leap.
2 (22.2%)

Parson Brown's Christmas Eve Party.
3 (33.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

5th-Dec-2008 12:30 pm - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Poll #1310041 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

[info]pooplord -- What's the best part about Thanksgiving, anyway? The food? The family time? The shopping?

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The three-day long barbecue buzz that starts Wednesday night and lasts until Saturday night.
1 (8.3%)

Enduring the annual "HOLY SHIT WORST BLACK FRIDAY EVAR" reports from the various news outlets.
2 (16.7%)

Laughing your ass off at the people who spent all night waiting outside of Best Buy for a chance to get one of three sale items that aren't really that good of a deal anyway.
8 (66.7%)

Trying to guess how those random old balloons from the 40's they sprinkle the Macys parade with were relevant and who on earth might actually remember them.
1 (8.3%)

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- With whom would you most like to be in "cahoots"?

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An underground cabal whose fingers are in all sorts of pies.
3 (25.0%)

Any group that has a password or a secret handshake.
2 (16.7%)

The Swiss Mafia.
2 (16.7%)

An organization dedicated to inserting subliminal messages with no real overlying theme into print media.
5 (41.7%)

[info]renob423 -- you actually make the bed, rake leaves, and wash your car (HELLO!, it's called rain and it does that for you). how do you find time to do all this useless stuff AND put up tacky christmas shit? are you the master of time or just super efficient?

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I use a duvet so it's no more complicated than straitening a blanket.
1 (8.3%)

I haven't raked leaves yet, but I intend to either rake or leafblow them off of my yard before winter. I'd rather not kill my grass.
2 (16.7%)

In DC, the rain doesn't contain soap. In fact, it's a good idea to wash the rain off your car.
4 (33.3%)

I'm neither of those things. Just an adult.
5 (41.7%)

[info]absolutcalm -- If you could force the country to adopt any fashion, no matter how outrageous, idiotic, tacky or lewd, what would it be?

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Fanny Packs, please. They were so useful.
5 (41.7%)

The nationwide return of platform sneakers.
4 (33.3%)

A popularization of souvenir t-shirts which broadcast the name of a place you have visited.
1 (8.3%)

In effort to equalize the perception of beauty, bib overalls.
2 (16.7%)

[info]subbes -- Should I pop this?

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You found it randomly on a bathroom floor and there's nothing imprinted on it that indicates what it is. Of course you should.
0 (0.0%)

Not yet. It's a little too red.
4 (33.3%)

Keep your hands off your face. Popping that will only make new ones form.
4 (33.3%)

That kid has been really well behaved. Don't fuck with his balloon.
4 (33.3%)

[info]eideteker -- Scruffy? Katrina? Xanthor?

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Scruffy.
0 (0.0%)

Katarina.
2 (16.7%)

Xanthor.
3 (25.0%)

All of these cat names are fine as long as they come along with a proper title (i.e. Monsignor, Admiral). All cat names should have titles.
7 (58.3%)

[info]coldblackncold -- I took the plunge and bought "Chinese Democracy". Am I alone? If by "bought" it, you mean ______, then yes, you are alone.

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Paying money for.
4 (33.3%)

Giving a shit about.
3 (25.0%)

Believing it's still the old Guns 'n' Roses we knew and loved.
4 (33.3%)

Liked, inferring that you actually listened to.
1 (8.3%)

The last time oil was $50 a barrel and gas was $1.50 a gallon, it was considered a credit to our booming economy. What other script-flippings can we expect in the future?

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Employment Surges to 96%; Americans' Leisure Time Threatened.
3 (25.0%)

Voilent Crimes Plummet For Third Consecutive Year; Police Feel Degraded By Increase of Time Spent Writing Jaywalking Tickets.
1 (8.3%)

Airlines Eliminate Baggage Fees in Effort to Boost Decreased Ticket Sales.
5 (41.7%)

Housing Bubble Reinflates; ARM and Interest-Only Loans Repopularize.
3 (25.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

29th-Aug-2008 11:00 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
What do you mean, you don't understand how the Friday Poll works?

Poll #1250135 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- Do you ever hesitate to put a fool on his back?

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Never.
8 (100.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- Please rewrite history so that other Gold Medal Winners do their own superbowl struts, like Usain Bolt dancing the last 25 metres of the 100. That might make the Olympics watchable. It would also be better if this Bolt fellow dressed like the superhero he obviously is. I wish more Olympians had superhero names.

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Brooke Swansea, Women's 400 m individual medley.
0 (0.0%)

Pierce Fletcher, Men's individual archery.
8 (88.9%)

Toni Roundoff, Women's floor gymnastics.
1 (11.1%)

Finn Sleekwater, Men's 200 m freestyle.
0 (0.0%)

[info]observacious -- Are the new Dentyne ads trying to say that people only communicate via the Internet because of bad breath? Maybe. Or maybe to convince people if they chew gum they can have a real orgy and not just a "chatroom."

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Immodium AD: Spend less time AFK or Fewer BRBs.
3 (33.3%)

Band Aid Liquid Bandages: Nothing gets between you and your touchscreen.
2 (22.2%)

American Express Cardholder Identity Theft Warnings: Protect your a/s/l.
1 (11.1%)

Burger King: You Can Has Cheeseburger.
3 (33.3%)

[info]bobwhite -- Al Jazeera is covering the Democratic Convention LIVE! from the Buffallo Rose, a biker bar, in Golden, Colorado (my parents' current home). How will the sun-damaged, discount-cigarette-smoking, side-armed patrons will greet them? (As liberators?)

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If your corporate mission statement is to make Americans look bad, then there's no better place to broadcast from than Golden, America's Semifunctional Real Life Wild West Museum Park.
2 (25.0%)

Given Al Jazeera's high standards of journalistic integrity, they wanted to make sure they were stationed in a place as far away from Democrat influence as they could be.
1 (12.5%)

There won't be any Buffalo Rose regulars there to greet them - the biker bar crowd skipped town to wait out the Convention.
0 (0.0%)

Sun damaged? Excessive smoking? Gun carrying? I betcha the Buffalo Rose guys also hate gays and think the government should do more to inflict religion on the public. Those Al Jazeera guys are going to feel right at home.
5 (62.5%)

[info]eideteker -- Sorry. Let me rephrase that: "Is it wrong that anymore..." How do I parse a sentence that begins this way? You don't "parse" someone else's question. You're better than this. Lamer:

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Grammar Nazis.
3 (37.5%)

When you're IMming with somebody and you make an obvious yet understandable typeo and they pretend not to know what you're tlaking about. TLAKING? WHAAA?
5 (62.5%)

[info]renob423 -- will that little fucking brat in the building next door ever shut the fuck up? or will he make noise till he's an adult only then it will be noisy adult stuff. what was the answer to the things your neighbors did that make noise on the poll 2 weeks ago? The one of these loud, irritating things my neighbors don't do is to leave the door open while they argue about stuff. They only leave the door open when they have to put the fridge in the hallway for a few hours. And like I know what they argue about - I don't speak Mongolian.

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Don't worry, thanks to the omnipotent vigilance of his parents, that kid is sure to get himself killed or maimed long before he becomes an adult.
0 (0.0%)

Asswipes like that kid only grow up to be loud, noisy adults, whether they're loud and noisy about their shitty music taste, favorite sports team, how they're not subject to the judgment of their peers, or their recent purchases.
4 (44.4%)

Once he realizes he's screaming all the time because he's starved for attention, he'll turn into a very quiet and docile emo kid.
2 (22.2%)

All you need to do is go over there and calmly explain to his parents how his behavior is negatively effecting you. They will take your plea to heart, apologize for your trouble, and begin teaching the child about manners and proper behavior.
3 (33.3%)

Due to an accident a few weeks ago during which someone drove off the side of the Bay Bridge, at least one lane is going to be closed for up to 10 weeks. The Maryland DOT is running radio commercials suggesting people avoid the bridge this Labor Day weekend. How do they expect people to get to the beach?

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Drive about 2 1/2 hours north into Delaware, take 896 east to 301 south.
1 (11.1%)

Drive about 2 1/2 hours south on 95 to 64 East through Williamsburg and then take 13 north.
0 (0.0%)

Use your jetpack/hovercar.
3 (33.3%)

They don't. Again, you've got to be out of your goddamn mind to go to the beach on a weekend like this.
5 (55.6%)

It's that time of year again: most promising new show for the fall?

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Fringe: a research scientist (described as "Frankenstein mixed with Albert Einstein"), his son, and a female FBI agent who brings them back together. A J.J. Abrams Joint.
3 (37.5%)

Crusoe: a guy who looks like Boromir & Farimir's lost brother is shipwrecked on a remote tropical island for 28 years encountering enemies and braving the elements.
1 (12.5%)

True Blood: the fictional co-existence of vampires and humans in a small Louisiana town after Japanese-made synthetic blood – "TruBlood" – becomes available for purchase.
2 (25.0%)

My Own Worst Enemy: another classic literature interpretation, this time of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Christian Slater, we've missed you.
2 (25.0%)

The Kath & Kim Americanization:

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I can't wait.
0 (0.0%)

I want it to be good, but I also know Selma Blair couldn't act her way out of a paper bag.
7 (100.0%)

The 90210 remake:

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I can't wait.
1 (14.3%)

I want it to be good, but the premise of a drama about vapid Beverly Hills teenagers doesn't have the same novelty it did 20 years ago.
6 (85.7%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

22nd-Aug-2008 11:01 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Friday Poll? I wanna play!

Poll #1246452 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

[info]pooplord -- (do not read while eating) Last Friday night I violently barfed and pooped my sushi dinner 20 minutes after eating it. Does the "consuming undercooked foods may cause whatever" clause on the menu excuse a restaurant from safe food handling regulations?

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Maybe not, but you have to think any time you're eating raw fish more than 100 miles of where it was caught you're rolling the dice.
4 (36.4%)

Legally? Probably. But it's not like you can prove anything - your evidence is floating somewhere in the Potomac.
3 (27.3%)

Do they really have to put that on a sushi menu? Are there asterisks next to every item?
2 (18.2%)

While it may not excuse bad food handling practices, it does lure the chefs into a false sense of security knowing the blame is preventively shifted off of them somewhat, and may lead to bad knife or cutting board cleaning habits.
2 (18.2%)

I'm pretty sure I posted a few years ago how my idiot coworker got all upset because someone was talking about baby poop while she was eating a piece of cake. The whole "omg I'm eating don't talk about ___ " routine really gets under my skin. It really combines the awesome quality of needing to turn any conversation back onto you with an endearing dose of superiority. I have two theories on how the mere mention of something unpleasant can jeopardize the appeal of something delicious you're eating. You decide which is more correct:

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The person is so easily manipulated that the power of suggestion can trump reality.
6 (60.0%)

The person has such an active and overwhelming imagination that simply thinking of an unpleasant thing brings it to life.
4 (40.0%)

[info]observacious -- Did Vitamin K seem to come out of nowhere? The fact that it's not actually potassium goes against my dim recollections of chemistry. My chemistry memories say Vitamin K only comes from kale and steak, but I could be thinking of iron. Vitamins and foods are always popping up out of nowhere and becoming the latest nutritionist headline. Which of the following groups gave the largest payoff in the history of magic food?

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The Organization of Pomegranate Producers (you down with OPP?) masterful slogan, "Pomegranates: not just for dried floral arrangements!" caught the world by storm in 2004.
2 (20.0%)

We all thought the Consolidated Oat Bran Research Association disbanded in 1989, but the truth is they simply went underground to re-emerge and reorganize under their new mission: promoting the lowly flax seed.
1 (10.0%)

Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't Lipton or the Chinese government behind the recent tea craze, but the makers of tiny staples.
6 (60.0%)

Nothing will ever beat the tangled web of bribery and kickbacks the International Pine Nut Union wove back in 2000.
1 (10.0%)

[info]absolutcalm -- If you think that Seth is freaky for being 26, look at the fat dude from Superbad-- he's actually in his fifties. On a similiar note, how does Will Ferrell's Frat Pack sleep at night, with the rise of the Apatow Stoners?

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On a gigantic mattress stuffed with receipts from Old School DVD sales.
4 (36.4%)

With their lips still wrapped suggestively around the neck of a Miller Lite bottle.
5 (45.5%)

In the kind of deep, dream-filled sleep that comes with knowing you're only going to get in so much trouble with the nannycensor types when your comedy schtick revolves around legal drugs.
1 (9.1%)

They don't sleep. They haven't stopped working. Either they're unthreatened by the new Comedy Overlords or they haven't even noticed.
1 (9.1%)

[info]eideteker -- "Is it wrong that anymore..." What? Seriously? Dude, if you don't have a question, take the week off. Seriously. Worse: dickholes who wait until the very last second to try to merge in without a turn signal or the spineless enablers who let them do it?

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Last-second merging dickholes.
3 (27.3%)

Pussy enablers.
8 (72.7%)

[info]renob423 -- i just watched new jack city this weekend. in reality who would win in that scene where ICE MOTHER FUCKIN T gets in a fistfight with wesley snipes?

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ICE MOTHER FUCKIN T.
3 (30.0%)

1991 Wesley Snipes could beat just about anybody in a fistfight.
7 (70.0%)

[info]renob423 -- and did this movie officially kill ice's street cred? Based on his IMDB, I'm thinking no. One of these movies officially killed his street cred:

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Tank Girl.
1 (9.1%)

Johnny Mnemonic.
3 (27.3%)

Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood.
7 (63.6%)

3000 Miles to Graceland.
0 (0.0%)

[info]renob423 -- what was ice's best album (including bodycount)? Christ, I don't know.

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Hey, I gave him two sets of real answers. That's pretty good, right?
3 (30.0%)

Don't encourage him.
7 (70.0%)

Anybody who knows what Ice T's best album (including bodycount) was, please fill in the blank.

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- Michael Phelps - Baltimore Celebrity. So, What John Waters movie/role can we expect for him?

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If somebody's going to redo Rocky Horror Picture Show, I hope it would be John Waters. And you need a swimmer more than an actor to have a good Rocky.
5 (45.5%)

Crab Trap: A quirky story about an awkwardly attractive Baltimore lesbian (Natasha Lyonne) who finds herself helplessly drawn to a crab fisherman (Phelps). She's been happy eating clam her whole life...can she make the switch?
0 (0.0%)

Twerps: Fraternity brothers at UMD are the victims of a wave of pranks, ranging from embarrassing to health-code violating. Phelps is Marlon Atwater, the Chi Upsilon brother determined to find the pranksters and get revenge.
2 (18.2%)

We won't. The days of Wacky Waters Baltimoricana are over. Hairspray is making him more money than he's ever seen and the man isn't getting any younger.
4 (36.4%)

The most recent management company to take over my apartment building (there have been three since I moved in 8 years ago) has been making a whole bunch of "upgrades" recently. They're all pretty stupid, but one has to be the dumbest:

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They're tearing out the extra parking lot to put in a tennis court. Even though there's a public court across the street and the site is exactly where a tennis court stood until 2002 when it was replaced with parking because nobody plays tennis.
3 (27.3%)

They now allow residents to have pets. Apparently, after counting the cockroaches, vandals and squatters, they figured there aren't enough animals in the building.
0 (0.0%)

All record of the drainage problem in the back lot must have been erased when the last management company fixed it in 2005, leading these guys to believe it's a good idea to tear up all of the bushes on the hill from which the runoff was streaming.
2 (18.2%)

They're converting the management office/lounge area in the lobby into a Cyber Cafe. That's right. A Cyber Cafe.
6 (54.5%)

This morning, I left my apartment to find a copy of the latest yellow pages tome resting against my door.

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lol, yellow pages.
8 (72.7%)

THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE, THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE!
3 (27.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

15th-Aug-2008 10:39 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
You guys are the greatest. Just when I have one of those weeks when I figure nobody cares about the Poll anymore, I get these first two questions, and during a chat with [info]mac's folks from Australia, they tell me they tune in every week.

And a note to [info]mac (and anyone else who feels this way), who said she's sometimes afraid to answer because she doesn't want to "throw off the results", if you're reading this, VOTE! The only thing that upsets the results is your voice going unheard.

I see it's a Friday Poll, but what do I do?

Poll #1242342 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
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[info]eideteker -- If I love the Friday Poll so much, why can't I marry it?

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Hold the phone, pal. There's enough hubub over who can marry whom these days. Let's take this one step at a time.
3 (25.0%)

The Poll isn't really the commitment type. It has so much love for everybody that it wouldn't be happy tying itself down.
4 (33.3%)

I guess you could, but think about the ceremony...yeah, awkward.
1 (8.3%)

The Poll is there for you every week, just like you are there for it. Do you really need some piece of paper from the government to validate your love for one another?
4 (33.3%)

[info]observacious -- Is it wrong that anymore I only log into LJ for the Friday Poll?

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Sounds like somebody needs to make better use of their RSS Feeds.
2 (16.7%)

Sometimes I feel like the old ponytail guy at the bar, but I just can't bring myself to get on Facebook. MySpace was so goddamn stupid that even though everybody tells me Facebook is better, I'm too burned to trust it.
6 (50.0%)

As long as you don't stop anytime soon. Pollketeers like you keep this little dream alive.
2 (16.7%)

Wrong? Perhaps for the greater LJ population who are suffering the absence of your insights and comments. A huge compliment to me and the rest of us who play every week? Definately.
2 (16.7%)

[info]twicketface -- Hire movers or pester friends to help?

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If the total number of children involved (both the moving and the friend's) X the number of rooms in the place being moved into is greater than 5, hire movers.
1 (8.3%)

If the number of times you have helped the friends move + the number of times the friends have helped you move / the years since either of you have participated in one or the other's move is greater than 2, hire movers.
2 (16.7%)

If your annual household income / the square footage of the place being moved out of is greater than 50, hire movers.
3 (25.0%)

If your age in years is greater than 30, hire movers.
6 (50.0%)

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- This year's alrington county fair theme is "The Magic of Arlington" What will next year's be?

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Arlington: the Land of a Dozen Alphabets.
0 (0.0%)

Enchantment A Few Feet Above Sea Level.
2 (15.4%)

¡No hay apartamento demasiado pequeño para su familia grande!
4 (30.8%)

Arlington: Where Anyone Can Dream of Home Ownership. [alt: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Struggling With Your Rent Right Now!]
7 (53.8%)

[info]pooplord -- Punny names for pets: funny or lame? Example: Chairman Meow.

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Funny.
10 (76.9%)

Lame.
3 (23.1%)

In case you weren't sure, the correct answer here is "Funny". How about these awesome Punny Pet Names brought to you by Google?

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Droolius Caesar.
0 (0.0%)

Alpurrto Meowsolini.
3 (23.1%)

Johann Sebastian Bark.
3 (23.1%)

Oinko von Pigsmark.
7 (53.8%)

[info]absolutcalm -- I only just learned about "Twilight" last night at work, and apparently ITS A BIG FUCKING DEAL-- if you're a teenager. What other BFDs are out there that I don't know about, so I feel old as fuck? Shit, like I know. ONTD is all over Twilight. I always skipped over the posts because I didn't know what it was about, then I saw the trailer at the movies.

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I'm sure we're all aware of it, but does anyone understand High School Musical? Seriously, wtf is it? Like Saved By The Bell with songs?
8 (66.7%)

Jonas Brothers? What?
3 (25.0%)

The Cheetah Girls, or something. And why the hell are all these things coming from Disney?
0 (0.0%)

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be watching Gossip Girl because it's good or because I sometimes read things meant for teenagers.
1 (8.3%)

[info]segue -- Can one pool really change the world, or just bring it together for 16 days?

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If all the people who came down with a rapidly mutating, highly contagious, flesh-consuming disease had all been in the same pool at once, it probably would change the world.
4 (33.3%)

Zsa Zsa Gabor has to die someday. If odds like that aren't enough to unite the world in one pool, I don't know what could.
1 (8.3%)

Imagine a 16-Day Global Kegger. Everybody's got to pitch in if it's going to work at all.
3 (25.0%)

Ask any ten year old boy, and they would tell you that if they were to have a pool in their backyard, the world would be forever changed.
4 (33.3%)

[info]renob423 -- do you know how much fuckin noise yall day ppl make? how would you feel if i mowed my lawn blasted my shitty music or hammered something at 4am? some of us need to sleep so we can be up making sure the world keeps turning during the wee hours of the morn! Three of the statements below about my neighbors living in the apartment across the hall are true. You choose which one is false.

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The daughter, who appears to be about seven or eight now, screams, shrieks or squeals constantly. Whether she's chasing her brothers down the hall, excited about what's on television, or who knows what else, it's at her highest pitch and volume.
1 (9.1%)

A guy who may or may not live with them knocks on the door for upwards of 10 minutes at a time, straight. Constant knocking. He'll stop to go out for a smoke, and do it again. This can go on for hours. It doesn't occur to him they may not be home.
2 (18.2%)

Since it's an apartment building, there's not a whole lot of space for the boys to play soccer, especially when it's raining. So they do what any child would do: kick the ball against the wall between the hallway and my apartment.
4 (36.4%)

When not ignoring the knocking guy, the door is usually propped open (they've got to ventilate the hideous smells they've created in their kitchen) which is excellent when combined with the recent debates on money and what to do with Grandma.
4 (36.4%)

So I went to get breakfast yesterday at the cafe in my building (Cosi). They do this deal in the morning where if you get a bagel and a coffee, it's cheaper. So I got the bagel and a large iced coffee. They rang the things up separately, and I said I wanted the combo deal. They told me iced coffee doesn't count as coffee for the combo because it's more expensive. I said it was the same stuff, but quickly realized there was no winning in this situation, so I just paid it. How do they justify charging more for a cold cup of yesterday's coffee than a hot cup of today's coffee?

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You're paying for the time and overhead it took to store the coffee overnight.
1 (9.1%)

What do you think, ice just comes out of nowhere?
7 (63.6%)

It's to encourage you to buy the drink that comes in the biodegradable paper cup instead of the evil plastic cup.
1 (9.1%)

It's for the service: if I bought the small-coffee's worth of hot coffee that I just paid for and poured it into a cup of ice myself, it would turn into a watery, not-iced mess.
2 (18.2%)

Okay, Seth Rogen. To look at the guy, I would think he's like 30 - 33. He's freaking 26. Evan and I recently started watching Freaks & Geeks (thanks to the urging of [info]haveyaseenlucky) and he was 17 in that. And he looks EXACTLY THE SAME as he does now. What's the secret?

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It's all the pot.
4 (33.3%)

He's a vampire.
2 (16.7%)

He's a vampire that sucks the THC out of other stoners' blood.
6 (50.0%)

And because I can't help but passing it along, "Monkey Uses Frog as Sex Toy" (you can figure out whether or not it's safe for your workplace based on the title)

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0 (0.0%)

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1 (14.3%)

***
1 (14.3%)

****
5 (71.4%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

8th-Aug-2008 10:56 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
It's Friday, so you know what that means, right? Do you?

Poll #1237280 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

[info]absolutcalm -- I think that the show Herman's Head needs a remake and a re-boot along the lines of Battlestar Galactica: what other silly shows could use some dark realism to make it kick ass?

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ALF: the cultural relationship between a feline-devouring alien species and the suburban human family whom he has subjugated. See also: Mork & Mindy.
3 (23.1%)

Friends: the trials and tribulations of a 20-something coffee shop waitress, her sous chef roommate, and their struggling actor and low-level corporate manager neighbors living in a 2000 square foot Greenwich Village apartments.
1 (7.7%)

Land of the Lost: a family finds themselves stranded in a prehistoric environment populated with humanoid insects, lizard people, and Neanderthals. Can they survive long enough to figure out a way home?
2 (15.4%)

Night Court: the dregs of humanity that stumble their way into the legal system's answer to the all-nite Elvis Wedding Chapel and the drunken shell of a man who determines their fate.
7 (53.8%)

[info]pooplord -- Which are worse: summer colds or winter colds?

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Summer Colds. Discomfort + Miserable Heat = double misery.
11 (84.6%)

Winter Colds. Discomfort + Miserable Cold = double misery.
2 (15.4%)

[info]eideteker -- Does chocolate make other people poo? Or is this just tied in to my peanut allergy and the whole legume thing (since chocolate comes from beans)? Coffee makes me poo and it also comes from beans, but I'm not allergic to legumes. Which of the following (you may choose more than one) things make you poo?

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Chocolate
2 (28.6%)

Coffee
5 (71.4%)

Ice Cream
3 (42.9%)

Cheese
2 (28.6%)

Beef/Steak
2 (28.6%)

Cigarettes
1 (14.3%)

For shits and giggles, tell us some other unusual things that make you go poo.

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- So everyone likes chocolate and most like peanuts, and chocolate covered peanuts taste good. WHY DOES MR. GOODBAR taste so awful and who still buys them (nobody) so why are they still crapping up the bags of hershey's miniatures everywhere?

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They spent all the money and time on the Mr. Goodbar costumes for the characters at Hershey Park that they couldn't just get rid of the bar altogether.
5 (41.7%)

It's a masterful ploy to get us to buy more Miniatures. There's only Mr. Goodbars left, so you eat them. Then you get a taste for them, but you can't just buy a Mr. Goodbar, you have to get more Miniatures. It worked for Special Dark, didn't it?
4 (33.3%)

Mr. Goodbar peanuts are the Spam of the candy world. They're not shopped up pieces of peanut, there those little peanut joint nubbin things that are between the peanut halves. The rest of the peanut went into good candy.
3 (25.0%)

The Hershey bar is like a masterpiece painting, the Mona Lisa, if you will. Mr. Goodbar is like if DaVinci drew a necklace on her. Even if the extra thing is normally good, art is about knowing when to stop.
0 (0.0%)

[info]renob423 -- alright, so you know how there are birds here and birds in africa but they look different and don't know about eachother? are there other humans in other solar systems that look like us - but different, like maybe another finger or they are green.

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What if C A T really spelled "dog"?
6 (46.2%)

I'm not sure the existence of birds from continent to continent is sufficient evidence to support the existence of human beings on other planets, but it's a start.
2 (15.4%)

The only things birds seem to be aware of are anything small and crumb-shaped which may or may not be edible. Maybe we don't know about these other humans because they're as stupid as birds.
3 (23.1%)

Or maybe on this other planet, birds use the internet and humans run around with missing toes brainlessly scavenging for food.
2 (15.4%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Where is the talent for this season of Project Runway? As usual, I'm watching the most recent episode tomorrow morning, so I may be a step behind on elims. no spoilers plz.

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The Vargas girl whose name I always forget.
1 (9.1%)

Kelli, the blonde with the tattoo sleeve.
2 (18.2%)

The mousy big-glasses girl.
2 (18.2%)

To make sure that for god's sake after 5 years a woman wins a contest about women's fashion, they threw in the worst guys they could find. How else can we explain Suede, Blayne, the shower curtain guy, the popped collar guy, or that weirdo Keith?
6 (54.5%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Also, what is the deal with FrankenCher?

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I know nothing of this FrankenCher. Google knows nothing of it either. I don't think it exists.
2 (16.7%)

Are you talking about how she has had lots of plastic surgery? What is this, 1987?
4 (33.3%)

Though we don't want to think about it, Cher will die someday. We have to prepare now for a world without her.
2 (16.7%)

Are they selling Cher parts or something? Can anybody get a Cheroplasty?
4 (33.3%)

When I see somebody with a personalized license plate that's something like B8B8B8B or Q00Q00Q, I think:

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Man, what a BADASS. It's like he's in the Cannonball Run or something! No stupid pig cop will ever get that plate number right when he blows right past them!
5 (38.5%)

He should also put a bumper sticker on that says "Pull me over. Even if I'm not doing something ticketworthy now, I'm planning to."
8 (61.5%)

The other day, I was talking to a friend and he was telling me how the gay guys in his office are all pumped about the Olympics and that they're going to China for it and shit. He asked if I knew the Olympics are gay, and I said if he means they're gay in that they're the lamest shit ever, then yes I knew that, but I didn't know the Olympics were the good kind of gay. I guess it makes sense. Did you know the Olympics are a gay phenom?

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How could you not? Over-the-top spectacle, perfect human specimens and sports based on the opinions of others: did you need a diagram?
5 (38.5%)

I remember that swimmer guy being gay or something but I didn't realize it had become like Superman.
8 (61.5%)

I feel like we talk about the Olympics way too much for something that sucks so hard (sorry gay folks). Of all the things that suck about the Olympics, what sucks the most?

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All the Olympics-themed shit everywhere.
1 (7.7%)

Having to pretend to be interested in hearing about last night's track race or whateverthefuck after you told your coworker that you didn't watch it.
3 (23.1%)

Olympics-themed commercials. Go for the Gold at our Olympic-sized mattress event!
8 (61.5%)

That when you think about it, even some of the objective sports are up to chance. If the top 10 best runners in the world are all within hundredths of a second of each other, isn't it just luck?
1 (7.7%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

4th-Aug-2008 11:47 am - It's [Monday] Poll Time!
JOY
Sorry about the delay, Pollketeers. I got unexpectedly sick on Friday and was laid out most of the weekend. I guess this uses up all the goodwill I earned for posting a day early on 4th of July weekend:

Poll #1234997 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- Why do we park in a driveway and drive in a ... actually no, when I was kid, the best place to buy Wacky Packages was Zayre. Where did YOU buy them?

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Cumberland Farms (or if you didn't grow up in Northern New Jersey, whatever your local convenience store was).
1 (11.1%)

7-11.
4 (44.4%)

Ben Franklin/McCrory's/Woolworth's or other "Five and Dime" store which even when we were kids seemed like a misnomer.
2 (22.2%)

The supermarket impulse-buy rack at the checkout line.
2 (22.2%)

[info]absolutcalm -- which is creepier: Monkey-face pig or no face cat? There is no god.

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Monkey-face pig.
3 (30.0%)

No face cat.
7 (70.0%)

[info]twicketface -- What's with those people who are allergic to WiFi? I assumed this was some sort of metaphor, but on a whim, I googled it and learned it's literal: There are people in the world who think they are allergic to WiFi.

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When this woman realized the solution to her problem was to insulate her home with tin foil, did she stop to think, "holy shit, I'm not just crazy, I'm iconically crazy."
3 (27.3%)

They know the thought of aliens watching them from outer space or the FBI tracking their movement with microwaves is downright insane. But there's got to be some reason why all these ambient signals is bad.
1 (9.1%)

Unusual allergies are the new hotness. If peanuts, once a daily staple of the childhood diet can suddenly become the allergy du jour, why can't people be allergic to other ubiquitous things?
2 (18.2%)

These people need to be forced to serve on the Peace Corps. Relocation to a technology-free zone should alleviate their symptoms, and after seeing some actual real-life hardship for one year, they should find the allergy completely cured.
5 (45.5%)

[info]eideteker -- Where did renob get the idea I was talking about his multi-part questions and not my own? Should I be concerned? Do I need to send him flowers or something? And did you see that wrecked cakes site? What was your favorite? I assume you mean this one?

[info]pooplord -- I guess with not knowing about Units or Multiples, I've just proven I'm a card-carrying member of Generation Y. Please choose the insult you'd most like to sling at me and the rest of my pathetic generation.

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I bet you guys don't even remember Wacky Packages. What, did you think stoners came up with those T-shirts that play on corporate logos on their own?
4 (36.4%)

Shut up and reminisce about the Power Rangers.
1 (9.1%)

How many Swatches were you able to fit on your arm? Oh...that's right.
1 (9.1%)

Back before your mom let you watch MTV, the Real World was actually pretty good.
5 (45.5%)

[info]renob423 -- the other day someone whistled at a girl i work with. she said "thats so fucking creepy, what a douchebag". what is creepiest thing guys confuse w/ flirting?

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The wide-eyed, head-tilted stare.
1 (9.1%)

Referring to a woman by some term usually used for mothers.
2 (18.2%)

Making kissy noises, or some other clicking-type sound.
3 (27.3%)

Upon figuring out a topic that interests us, doing whatever they can to prove they know more about it than we do.
5 (45.5%)

And as a reward for posting a decent cluster of questions: [info]renob423 -- you know how som guys hit on every girl they see, why don't any girls hit on every guy they see?

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Guys play the numbers game: the more vibes you send out, the more likely it is for one of them to land. And women...well, women know this.
4 (36.4%)

We are. Guys are usually oblivious.
3 (27.3%)

It's a complicated extension of the innate passivity of heterosexual female sexuality. There are few aspects of sex that women initiate. Most sexual acts happen to them; requiring action, or at least physical readiness on the part of the man.
1 (9.1%)

Guys hit on every hot girl they see. If they started hitting on every girl they saw, they'd get laid more and wouldn't have to hit on as many girls.
3 (27.3%)

I was watching Chelsea Lately this weekend and she said that In Touch magazine did a poll asking their readers if they think Lindsay Lohan is really gay. Apparently, there are people out there who think she is. What about you, dear pollsters?

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100% genuinely gay.
6 (60.0%)

To quote the commentator on the show, "She's as gay as Tom Cruise is straight."
4 (40.0%)

And for the Runway viewers: Blaine?

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The bugeyed thing he did to the Betty Page girl was a little creepy but otherwise he's pretty spunky.
0 (0.0%)

Give it up with this Girlicious shit. Christian's magic was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Your ass isn't getting on Ugly Betty.
5 (100.0%)

Suede?

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I gotta agree with Suede. Suede is ROCKIN'!
3 (50.0%)

Sude really needs to take a page from Disco Stu and rethink the advertising. And the blue microhawk.
3 (50.0%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

25th-Jul-2008 09:40 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
By the way, for those of you who played last week, the correct answer to the "How did the Costco cashier respond when I told her the other lady just cut me question was "Omigod, are you okay? Where?" Costco is some tough shit.

I understand the Friday part, but...

Poll #1229443 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

[info]eideteker -- What do you do you do to those who cross you?

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Step on the back of their shoe so they either walk out of it or get a mean flat tire.
1 (9.1%)

If they're standing in the front of a church, usually nod and say "amen" or whatever. Otherwise, it's a whole different story.
3 (27.3%)

Make a mental note of it, and make every following encounter with that person a marvel of passive-aggression.
4 (36.4%)

Feel better knowing that even if I'm not responsible for the direct retaliation, they'll get theirs in the end.
3 (27.3%)

[info]renob423 -- will the question of the day ever come back? will cami tops ever come back? and where does editecker get off calling me inane. he's fucking inane, i'm like so nane people envy my naneness. nanetown: population ME! why's he gotta be a dick about being nane

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Sixteen Candles.
0 (0.0%)

Breakfast Club.
7 (70.0%)

Pretty in Pink.
2 (20.0%)

St. Elmo's Fire.
1 (10.0%)

[info]htothem -- A turkey sandwich without cheese is like?

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Totally Kosher, man.
3 (27.3%)

A turkey sandwich without mayo.
6 (54.5%)

Spaghettios without meatballs.
1 (9.1%)

A hotel without a pool.
1 (9.1%)

[info]absolutcalm -- Political question, political question! I call out the entire Friday Poll for having the Jesse Jackson question, which I found tasteless and offensive, and demand an equally offensive question regarding Jesse Helms in hell. Very well. I didn't think it was offensive, so I'll do my best at making this one equally so.

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So he shows up in hell and the guy is like "hey, did you like to drink on earth? If so, you're gonna love Mondays. How about drugs? If you ever wanted to try drugs, just wait until Tuesday. Jesse Helms, rite? Lemme tell you a little about Wednesday.
1 (11.1%)

Jesse Helms schedules a meeting with the Devil and says, "it seems like you guys have some sort of problem in your admissions department. I don't see any fags or nigras anywhere." The Devil replies, "hey, who did you think you got the idea from?"
5 (55.6%)

One day, Helms is waiting on line at the dog-asshole-licking station with a smile on his face. Strom Thurmond asks him why he's in such a good mood. He says, "sure the work sucks, but my cancer is cured and I get to hang out with my old friends!"
1 (11.1%)

Like every day in hell, Demons spend hours furiously anal raping Jesse Helms until one notices his knees are covered in his own semen. Confused, the demon says he'll suffer everything bad he said about others. He replies, "Sometimes bets pay off."
2 (22.2%)

[info]haveyaseenlucky -- Which of these Magic Lantern features would be most successful as a major motion picture today, and whom would they star? If you have the time today, I recommend looking at them for real. They're wonderfully bizarre, but they're pretty big files, and I don't understand why they're not in PowerPoint. But what's a Magic Lantern?

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Little Jim, starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin: the story of a couple bound by love but burdened by their pig child. Is it herbal tea or arsenic?
2 (20.0%)

Nellie's Prayer, starring Miley Cyrus: A young psychic girl leaves home to determine the cause of death of a man found lying next to a burning cannon. Grandma sends her telepathic messages & she is returned home, but the strain was too much for Grandma.
2 (20.0%)

The Life Boat, starring Mark Whalberg: when a storm threatens a quiet New England town, there will be no rest for the weary nor respite for the sick until the water cannon can be hauled out to sea to destroy the Buccaneer ride and the giant oceanic plant.
5 (50.0%)

The Matron's Story, starring Kathy Bates: attendance at church was dismal. The Matron does whatever it takes to reunite the congregation, from spreading gossip to faking illnesses, and the most shocking twist ending since the Sixth Sense!
1 (10.0%)

[info]observacious -- What's for dinner?

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A packet of Lipton Noodles & Sauce and a can of green beans.
1 (9.1%)

Whichever leftover didn't make me lightheaded after the sniff test.
4 (36.4%)

Cigarettes and Cheerios.
3 (27.3%)

You tell me. Do you think you were the only one of us who spent the day doing shit we don't care about for someone we don't like? How about you figure out what's for dinner and I'll stick my head up my ass for an hour or so.
3 (27.3%)

[info]pooplord -- I just ate some moldy grape leaves. Is this going to be like that episode of Futurama where the space worms rebuild Fry's brain, or am I going to die?

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Since you're asking this question, I don't think the space worms are doing anything beneficial to your brain. Next week you'll be making as much sense as renob.
3 (27.3%)

We're all going to die.
6 (54.5%)

That would explain all the ancient Greek philosophers.
1 (9.1%)

Or on the other hand, it might explain the theory of Atlantis.
1 (9.1%)

[info]friendship7 -- Why is there gelato all over the place?

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Thanks to the ubiquity of Starbucks and other purveyors of Italian coffee drinks, the Euro-cache of Cappuccinos and Lattes has been lost. Gelato is here to re-inspire the Italian cafe culture.
0 (0.0%)

Try a napkin, pal.
5 (45.5%)

We live in a society where people pay more for one bag of chips than the other because the bag has a matte finish and it says "Natural" on it. Melt some ice cream a bit, give it a fancy name and sell it in small servings. You'd be a fool not to.
4 (36.4%)

Anyone can have ice cream. Only the truly with-it people in the know have gelato.
2 (18.2%)

[info]coldblackncold -- How many brain pills does the Nevermind Baby have to take in the morning to function? Approximate dollar amount he and his parents will have spent on therapy in his lifetime?

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As if knowing that baby is 17 weren't enough to make me feel old today, there's already a generation that thinks it would have been cooler to be a teenager when I was a teenager.
4 (44.4%)

Based on his comfort level with his friends walking on a gigantic image of his baby penis, I'm guessing the prescriptions were written in 1997 and have been filled steadily ever since.
3 (33.3%)

Though the specifics may be different, the themes are similar: frustration with his peers over inaction, the cranking of loud music, the testing of authority and nostalgia for another generation. He should be just as functional as Kurt Cobain.
0 (0.0%)

This poor kid has had to make sure he's cool and edgy enough to have been the Nevermind baby. He probably wishes he could be some shut-in nerd, but he's known for at least 10 years that this interview would come, and he'd have to be ready for it.
2 (22.2%)

Throughout the year, work gives us some thing that has our logo on it as an employee appreciation token of sorts. We've gotten t-shirts, folding directors chairs, water bottles and such. Yesterday, we got an insulated lunch box/bag, but from the way it was folded, my first guess was it was going to be a fanny pack. I got to thinking how much I love fanny packs, and how I wish they weren't such atrocities. They're so convenient. Perfect for amusement parks when you only want to carry your camera and sunscreen or whatever and don't have to leave it in the cubby. What other thing do you wish would come back or otherwise not be such a style atrocity?

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Tevas.
1 (9.1%)

Flannels.
5 (45.5%)

Phat pants.
1 (9.1%)

You couldn't be righter on the fanny pack thing.
4 (36.4%)

Similarly, does anybody remember "Units" or "Multiples" clothes?,

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Oh yeah. And I either had or coveted them.
3 (27.3%)

I do, and I wish I didn't.
0 (0.0%)

Huh?
8 (72.7%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

18th-Jul-2008 11:14 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
Why is there always this hugeass poll on my friends list every Friday??

Poll #1225686 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

[info]eideteker -- Whose death would do the most to make the world a better place?

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George Lucas.
7 (43.8%)

Eddie Murphy. The man doesn't seem to know he should stop.
3 (18.8%)

The dipshit on the Arlington County board who decided it was a good idea to put a raised concrete walk thing right in the middle of the left turn lane leading onto my street.
4 (25.0%)

The Geico gecko. Yes, I know he's not real, but some sort of ceremonial funeral would be a nice gesture.
2 (12.5%)

[info]eideteker -- What celebrity would you "switch teams" for? Rather than choose between four chicks I think are hot, you can provide your own answer on this one. Ya know, if you're not too hung over to type.

[info]eideteker -- How do you find the time?

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I look at my wrist.
3 (20.0%)

I have become disturbingly comfortable in a dirty bathroom.
6 (40.0%)

You take the number that the little hand is pointing to and it's the hour. Then look at where the big hand is to figure out the minutes.
2 (13.3%)

Inane. Not worth 4 answers.
4 (26.7%)

[info]eideteker -- What's the greatest "musical question" of all time?

[info]eideteker -- Are multiple questions ok if they're not terribly inane?

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Yes.
8 (53.3%)

No.
7 (46.7%)

[info]absolutcalm -- If all the actors to play Batman battled to the death on a deserted Island in nothing but ripped camo pants, who would be the second to last to die? Assuming Christian Bale is the last to die since he obviously won the battle:

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Keaton: Kilmer & Clooney are mired in a herculean wrestling match. Bale is struggling to find a chink in Adam West's freaky old man strength. Keaton, meanwhile, is standing in a menacing pose, shouting to no one in particular, "YOU WANNA GET NUTS?"
3 (18.8%)

Kilmer: In the battle for the Ultimate Batman, the other four just forgot that he was even in the running. After Bale finished up with the memorable Batmen, he looks at Kilmer and says "oh yeah..."
5 (31.2%)

Clooney: Keaton & Kilmer decide to team up against Bale in the in the Relevant/Irrelevant matchup. Clooney's feeling his oats after taking down Adam West, but didn't expect to find Bale in such a bloodied frenzy after tearing two has-beens in half.
3 (18.8%)

Adam West: Everybody figured, eeh. I don't have to risk my starting lineup on that guy.
5 (31.2%)

[info]observacious -- Will I ever get above a the 98% Expression Potential on My Word Coach? It's been weeks!

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Don't worry, you'll do gooder soon.
2 (13.3%)

You can never get more than 98 or 99 percent. It's like calling for a 100% chance of rain - there's always a chance it won't rain, and there's always be a time when you're fishing for the right word but you can't think of it.
4 (26.7%)

"Will I ever achieve greater than 98% Expression Potential" would have been more of a 99%er's phrasing of that question. No wonder you're lagging.
5 (33.3%)

Keep playing. It's like any other trivia game. You'll memorize all the answers soon enough.
4 (26.7%)

[info]htothem -- A "millenial" at my office asked, "Why are they being so strict about the attendance policy?" So, why?

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They should be working on the clusterfuck that is the Finance department, but they know that's a battle they won't win, so they focus on something easy and winnable that they can feel good about themselves for.
2 (13.3%)

Because they're old and out of touch and don't realize that the world has changed since the time the 9-5 system was created. People work harder in less time, and because of emails and stuff, work on their personal time. But they just don't get it.
4 (26.7%)

It's to make sure you know your place in the office hierarchy. Sure they trust you with computers and writing proposals and putting copy on the website, but you have to be reminded that you're the child and they're the parent in this relationship.
6 (40.0%)

If those nosy bitches in Marketing worried about their own shit and not what everybody else is doing, we wouldn't have this problem.
3 (20.0%)

[info]pooplord -- Best sitcom theme song from any era? Fresh Prince may not count as it seems to have an unfair advantage, IMHO.

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Frasier.
1 (6.2%)

Golden Girls.
6 (37.5%)

Cheers.
6 (37.5%)

Diff'rent Strokes.
3 (18.8%)

[info]coldblackncold -- What else does Jesse Jackson want to do to Barack Obama? Were the sly winks and dropped pencils not enough to get his attention? Is "on the down low" the next fist bump? Is Barack Obama the black Nathan Lane?

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Putting "on the down low" and "fist bump" in the same sentence gives me a horrible flashback of something I saw on 4chan.
1 (6.2%)

Maybe he's been watching too much Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Apparently you haven't truly enjoyed the essence of something until you've eaten its balls.
2 (12.5%)

It's politics. You can't just come out and say you want to caress his flawless skin or gaze into his dreamlike eyes. Everything has to be in code. But can you blame him? That Barack Obama is one handsome fella. Edwards, schmedwards.
7 (43.8%)

According to The Friday Poll Community, nearly 80% of respondents incorrectly guessed Nathan Lane's religion. Maybe you're on to something.
6 (37.5%)

[info]subbes -- Surgical "interventions" that really aren't necessary

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Calf Implants.
7 (43.8%)

Toe Shortening.
2 (12.5%)

Corrective Blackberry Thumb Surgery.
3 (18.8%)

Any surgery that involves relocating fat from one area of the body to another.
4 (25.0%)

[info]popespydie -- What is your "crave food" that you just have to have?

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Macaroni & Cheese.
7 (50.0%)

Alouette spread on a baguette.
1 (7.1%)

Chips Ahoys.
1 (7.1%)

A bologna and American cheese sandwich on white bread with yellow mustard.
5 (35.7%)

Fine, then what's your must-have crave food, smartypants?

[info]renob423 -- how many other people are all those office workplace refferences and questions totally lost on?

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They sail right over my head.
3 (20.0%)

I'm either in an office now or have been in an office before. I know exactly what they mean.
12 (80.0%)

[info]renob423 -- is it really that catty and does anyone ever tell anyone else to go fuck themselves? & do yall just do whatever on the computer half the day?

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Nobody ever tells anyone else to go fuck themselves. As much fun as that would be, the consequences wouln't be worth it.
3 (20.0%)

If we ever told someone to go fuck themselves, we wouldn't have anything to talk about. Without the catty bullshit, it's all very boring and mundane.
2 (13.3%)

Yes. I have no idea how anyone ever made it through 8 entire hours at work without the internet.
6 (40.0%)

It's why LJ, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and all the other ones can exist at the same time. There's enough wasted office man-hours to go around.
4 (26.7%)

[info]bobwhite -- Is Jib Jab funny? Bob provided his own answers for this question, something I don't normally allow, but I'll let it slide this time:

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No, it fucking sucks homeless mens' balls.
10 (71.4%)

Yes, I am a goddamn retard who bites his hands when I am not constantly jerking off in bus stations.
4 (28.6%)

And now: [info]bobwhite -- Is Jib Jab funny? The Founding Fathers rap was pretty funny, but I honestly haven't thought about JibJab since 2004. This can mean only one thing. JibJab animations are created by:

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The Olympics Committee.
2 (12.5%)

Moveon.org.
5 (31.2%)

People who's birthday is February 29.
7 (43.8%)

The Nader campaign.
2 (12.5%)

Yesterday, I went to Costco while I was "sick" to return some stuff. After waiting around for the two cashiers to bullshit with the guy in front of me about whatever the hell he was returning, and the third cashier, sitting around doing nothing but giving me the "they'll be with you in a minute" nod, my turn came up. Out of nowhere, this woman appears, walks right up to the desk and starts talking about something, and the two cashiers walk off with her. The third comes over to me now and asks if I've been helped. Still shocked by what just happened, I said, "that lady just cut me!" She responds:

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Ugh. Some people just don't have any manners.
1 (6.7%)

Oh, well, those two other cashiers will be back in a second.
5 (33.3%)

Man, what a bitch!
1 (6.7%)

Omigod, are you okay? Where?
8 (53.3%)

YOUR QUESTION HERE

11th-Jul-2008 11:56 am - It's Friday Poll Time!
JOY
I don't understand this "Friday Poll" of yours.

Poll #1221595 Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

[info]pooplord -- What's the funniest name of an actual, existing documentary about the colon? Bonus points if it starts out "The Colon: ..." or "Your Colon: ..." I can't imagine there won't be awesome names, but in case there aren't, you can make some up.

[info]htothem -- I heard the Vern Troyer sex tape looks like "the woman giving birth." What mental image could be more disturbing? I can't possibly imagine. But what if they described her sucking his dick?

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It looks like she's blowing up a pool toy.
3 (23.1%)

It looks like she's drinking out of a hamster bottle.
5 (38.5%)

Remember Push Pops? Yeah.
5 (38.5%)

It looks like her son got bitten by a snake in his bathing suit area.
0 (0.0%)

Vern Troyer and that chick decided to record themselves having sex, presumably to watch it later and either jerk off or get in the mood for more sex.

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Vern gets off on feeling dainty.
2 (15.4%)

Whatsherface has a Garganta fantasy.
4 (30.8%)

They wanted to see how they could improve their technique on what they call "The Mountain Climber".
6 (46.2%)

They just got a new wide-angle lens.
1 (7.7%)

THREEFER!!! [info]eideteker -- Don't call it a comeback: Who's been there for years, unnoticed by us, the public?

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Judge Judy.
3 (21.4%)

That singer/acoustic guitar guy my co-worker likes. You know he's unemployed, but his sort of hippieish but-not-in-a-dirty-or-mom-threatening way persona makes you not think about how he'd mooch off you for weeks if you dated him.
4 (28.6%)

Any band that used to fill arenas that's now happy to have passers-by at state fairs.
3 (21.4%)

Jerry Springer. Yes, he's still got a show.
4 (28.6%)

[info]eideteker -- What celebrity would you MOST like to be stuck in a closet with?

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[celebrity MOST likely to get us out of said closet].
4 (28.6%)

[celebrity I'd MOST like to have sex with].
5 (35.7%)

[celebrity who seems to be funny and fun to be with, but not some overly try-y type like Robin Williams].
2 (14.3%)

Gary Busey.
3 (21.4%)

[info]eideteker -- What celebrity would you LEAST like to be stuck in a closet with?

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Andy Dick.
5 (35.7%)

Rosie O'Donnell.
3 (21.4%)

Tyra Banks.
4 (28.6%)

Gary Busey.
2 (14.3%)

[info]observacious -- What will the new guy in my office throw a hissy fit about next? (Hint: This is his first real job. One previous fit focused on how "it's so not fair!" that he was asked to include data on a spreadsheet but didn't know where to find it.)

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"If they're gonna say we have a casual dress policy in the summer, how can they go and tell us we can't wear sandals? I mean, yeah they look like flip-flops, but they're leather. What's the point? Why even call it 'casual' dress at all?"
3 (23.1%)

"I can't believe it. When the IT guy came around to do those new software installs, he started giving me shit about my chat client and the mp3s I put on the network drive. Mind your own computer, dude. It's none of your business what's on mine."
5 (38.5%)

"Seriously? A 9am meeting? I don't get in until 9! If they're gonna make me come in early for this meeting, they better not give shit for leaving early, that's all I'm saying."
3 (23.1%)

"They got all pissed off at me for not making a copy of the report for the CEO. Hello? I emailed it out to everybody. You could have printed it just as well as any of us. I know he's the boss and all, but it's like I have to babysit him."
2 (15.4%)

[info]ao125 -- Why are people so eager to re-capture the Clinton era with another 'crat in the 'house? It's just another huge mess that someone would have to clean up later anyway. We've been over this. You haven't participated in the poll for a while, but the no-politics rule remains. However, in the spirit of your question, please complete this sentence: I would vote for Satan himself it it meant [thing that was around when Clinton was president] would come back.

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New episodes of Seinfeld, but starring Clinton-era cast and by Clinton-era writers.
4 (28.6%)

1-900 numbers.
2 (14.3%)

Looking at Katie Holmes and not having to think "oh, that poor girl."
4 (28.6%)

All the snow days. When the Federal Government shuts down, the entire DC metropolitan area pretty much shuts down as most workplaces have a "do as the feds do" snow day policy. Clinton gave us the day when there was just a threat of snow.
4 (28.6%)

[info]coldblackncold -- Why were you not involved in the new Subway "Reuben" commercial? Or, at the very least, Mr. Cuckold, The Artist Formerly Known as Chozi? (Oh, and this one will make no sense to the casual reader but feel free to answer anyway. You may get it right.) This is what I imagine renob feels like with his Uncle Pumpkin questions.

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Paul Lynde would have sued the shit out of me.
1 (7.7%)

Most people aren't half as drunk when they go to Subway.
8 (61.5%)

Because then the sandwich would be called the "Rueben! Reuben!!"
3 (23.1%)

Commercials can't handle The Funny.
1 (7.7%)

[info]absolutcalm -- What's with that guy who breaks the Urinal Rules and goes and stands RIGHT NEXT TO ME in a 5 stall set, with every single other urinal unoccupied? There should be a fucking law.

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He saw the first urinal was empty, and wanted to walk as little as possible before and after his piss. It's your fault for choosing the 2nd stall instead of the 3rd.
0 (0.0%)

If we make a law about urinal proximity, can we make one about stall-to-stall conversations while we're at it?
7 (53.8%)

He wants to give the impression that he doesn't care about nudity or any of our square "societal rules". Pissing is pissing, man. We all do it, why should we be all territorial? In nature, animals just piss wherever they want. Humans are animals, ya know.
0 (0.0%)

He really went into the bathroom to have a little bit of private time. Maybe take a nap, maybe rub one out, maybe just take a ferocious shit. Whatever it was, he did what he had to do to get you out of there as fast as possible.
6 (46.2%)

[info]renob423 -- why do classic rock stations play the same damn shit every day? did styx, steve miller, & queen all only write 1 song. and yesterday nirvana was on, when did they become "classic" enough to get on the dinosaur station? at least start with the beastie boys

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Because that's what radio stations do, and it's why nobody listens to them anymore.
4 (30.8%)

Hell, according to the Oldies stations, there were only about 25 songs written between 1955 and 1969.
4 (30.8%)

The 80's was virtually free of music that would fit into the Classic Rock mold, causing a chasm between 1978 and 1992. Even radio stations realize the need to refresh their rotation from time to time, and Grunge was the next thing to qualify.
2 (15.4%)

Speaking of Oldies stations, it bothers me when they play songs from Billy Joel's An Innocent Man. Yes, many of the songs sound like oldies, but they're not. You gonna play Winehouse now?
3 (23.1%)

Best small-step-for-man technological marvel of the past 5ish years:

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You can now carry a 19" monitor in one hand.
1 (7.1%)

My iPod has a bigger hard drive than my computer did 5 years ago.
6 (42.9%)

I can easily email files larger than 1MB. And in case that's not enough, I can carry around 4 gigs in my pocket.
2 (14.3%)

I get frustrated when a web page takes longer than a second or two to load.
5 (35.7%)

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