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I'm not sure how we won the last round, but they said we did. Maybe it was the bonus questions.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 22 February 2007 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link

What were some of the sports questions?

― Jeff... (Jeff...), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

What was the location of the 2007 NBA Allstar game? (we got it wrong)
" " " " " " " Super Bowl? (that one we got right)
Who is the newly-signed coach of the Dallas Cowboys? (also wrong)

Um, there was a baseball question in there, I'm pretty sure John knew it. There were two NASCAR questions back-to-back to start off the game, I knew the first (first race of the year, Daytona 500) but the second was a wash (who was last year's champ). There may have been one or two other sports questions but those stand out in my memory.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link

What was the location of the 2007 NBA Allstar game? (we got it wrong)
" " " " " " " Super Bowl? (that one we got right)
Who is the newly-signed coach of the Dallas Cowboys? (also wrong)

las vegas
miami
wade phillips

― chicago kevin is still a little dizzy (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Damn, you should have come out!

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link

had i remembered at the end of the day i might have. for the first time since before xmas i am going to make it between paychecks without being broke and/or overdrawn 4 days prior to the next check.

― chicago kevin is still a little dizzy (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Um, there was a baseball question in there, I'm pretty sure John knew it.

Cal Ripken Jr. (who, in 1995, broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played?)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Think of me as a savings bank. XP

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

i haven't even opened the envelope.

― chicago kevin says it was nice knowing you all (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Ooh, sheer good sense, then?! Congratulations. And open the damn envelope.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I actually knew that baseball one too. Which, as I mentioned, was part of the problem: John and I overlap too much in our knowledge.

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link

so have we all decided to stay in the sandbox for now? i'd hate to have to try to divide my attention between 2 chicago threads, or 2 boards, or 2 anything

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.jeffteague.net/images/Cabaret_Two_Ladies_B_and_W.jpg

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Well said.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

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Fucking myspace.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

What a dead work day. I am basically just sitting around waiting on other people.

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

same, i'm covering for someone else today and with the exception of two phone calls and one issue brief i had to send to washington i haven't done shit. one task every half hour is a pace i can enjoy. and get used to for that matter.

― chicago kevin says it was nice knowing you all (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

so have we all decided to stay in the sandbox for now?

I think so, especially since the last 2 times I've tried to visit the other place it's been unavailable.

What a dead work day. I am basically just sitting around waiting on other people.

Hey, that sounds like my day at work.

― Little kernel of salty honey (crunkleJ), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Waiting_Movie%20DVD%20Ryan_Reynolds%20Justin_Long%20Anna_Faris%20Dane_Cook%20Luis_Guzman.jpg

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

there's dane cook in the back, throwing up the bro signs.

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Our team was named "Honey With Colts."

i just shared this factoid with the office. it made them happy.

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

jaymc, I could be on yr trivia team in August if I actually put myself in a big 'nuff credit hole to make the trip.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Usually I'm pretty consistently busy from 6:30 to 11, but man. It's slow.

I want to go home and watch movies all day long. We watched "For Your Consideration" on Tuesday, it was lukewarm.

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

ARRRGH.

I opened a can of Diet Coke and set it on my dresser, opened the top drawer and picked out socks, put them on and left the room. 30 seconds later I come back and Kenny is standing above the can which is now sitting inside the drawer upside-down. Fucking bird!

― Little kernel of salty honey (crunkleJ), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Should have closed the drawer?

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

that's a pretty awesome bird.

― chicago kevin says it was nice knowing you all (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Should have gotten less malicious bird?

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd like to go home and watch movies too, I've got True Romance at home.

I'm in a weird netflix phase, I've seen most of the movies I've been looking forward to and now I have huge groups of music dvds and old Britishes spy stuff. Or I could watch the Wire for a couple months.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i've been walking around with two movies in their envelopes ready to go back for a while now. and i forget about them everyday until i get ready to leave work.

― chicago kevin says it was nice knowing you all (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

We watched "For Your Consideration" on Tuesday, it was lukewarm.

Ooh, I want to see that, didn't realize it was on DVD yet. I know it won't be that good, but after Guffman, I feel an obligation to see everything Guest & Co. does.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't you have an outgoing mailbox somewhere at work?

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

There were a few laughs in it but the whole thing just seemed off. The humor was forced and the pacing/structure was really bad. And it's really short, like right at 80 minutes.

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't you have an outgoing mailbox somewhere at work?

we have an entire fucking post office here. i just keep forgetting about them until i'm packing up my shit and running to catch the bus.

― chicago kevin says it was nice knowing you all (chicago kevin), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Consider yourself reminded. Now will you put the envelopes in the mailbox? :)

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

from the "I always get those two confused" file: Stephen Tobolowsky and Bob Babalan.

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Both rule immensely.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

they really do.

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Balaban is tinier.

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

also confused: balaban and babalan

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

bonobo

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Bob Babalan is the one who blows Voight in the movie balcony in Midnight Cowboy.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

bob babalan and bob loblaw

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Sarah and I learned on PBS that bonobos are continually doing it. A quickie (like 10 seconds) is a form of greeting. Even the lady bonobos say hey to each other with a little lovin'.

http://www.janegoodall.fr/images/grandssinges/bonobo.jpg

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

balaban balaban balaban

― n/a (n/a), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Sarah and I learned on PBS that bonobos are continually doing it.

I hear this, too. I doubt I would want to see it.

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Babalan 5

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.paniscus.net/immag/HS_B03.jpg

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

i kill thread

― lavender mofo (kenan), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I am very frustrated that I can't sign in to stupid myspace right now, I have to reply to someone's message about a gig.

― JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey EZ -- Lavender Diamond is coming to the EB. Wanna go? I do. 5/27

YES YES YES. I doubt it would sell out, but maybe we should get tix in case there's a tsunami of hype when Matador finally puts out their record.

― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 22 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

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