We need a thread...

[Affleckie]

with no politics.

Let's talk about cheese or pickles or something, please.

THINK OF THE CANADIANS!!!

[marksiwel]

I work with dogs, so I like dogs

Pugs are my fav. Bu Doxons are a close second. But then again my heart melts everytime I see a Maltese.

[ZyronDrazil]

Cheesey Pickles? is pickles being used as a metaphor for someone or something? /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

[Affleckie]

Not that I know of.

[ZyronDrazil]

A thread about threads. So is this the King thread? If so.. who shall do its bidding?

I do agree tho. WE need something to mix things up. Politics are fine, but we need more things to post about. I'm bored waiting for people to respond to other posts, but nothings happening.

[Affleckie]

No, if it was the king (or even queen) thread, it would be titled: Affleckie

Pay attention.

[ZyronDrazil]

Ah.. I.C I.C.

[Razorback]

As you know, the only thread name banned from the MPS board is one titled "Affleckie." /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[ZyronDrazil]

Ah

[FanGirl]

I like pie. What kind of pie do you like?

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/forums/dopoll.php"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="pollname" VALUE="1096607153FanGirl">


My favorite pie is...
<input type="radio" name="option" value="1" />Apple
<input type="radio" name="option" value="2" />Cherry
<input type="radio" name="option" value="3" />Peach
<input type="radio" name="option" value="4" />Mixed Berry
<input type="radio" name="option" value="5" />Banana
<input type="radio" name="option" value="6" />Solent Green
<input type="radio" name="option" value="7" />Rhutabega
<input type="radio" name="option" value="8" />Lemon
<input type="radio" name="option" value="9" />Cheesecake
<input type="radio" name="option" value="10" />I don't like pie
<INPUT TYPE=Submit NAME=Submit VALUE="Submit vote" class="buttons"></form>

I had to add rhutabega since it is my grandmother's favorite. She'd grow it in her backyard and make pies in the summer.

[Mighty_Wingman]

Since "Cutey" is surprisingly missing from that list, I guess I'll go with Soylent green.

[Affleckie]

And I would have gotten away with it... if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

[Matt1]

Apple. All the way.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

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As you know, the only thread name banned from the MPS board is one titled "Affleckie."

[/ QUOTE ] So, is that why you've been so scarce until recently?

[Jason_Brown]

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Apple. All the way.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hell yeah!

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[bwdial]

Top o' The River in Anniston, Alabama has the best deep fried pickles in the world. Yes...deep fried pickles.
Mmmmmm good.

[karmattack]

Mmmm........Aniston...........pie.........booooooo ooooobies.




http://www.karmattack.com/avatars/drew/tigglin_jitties.gif

[makes Homer drooling noise]

[Threadkiller]

Well, I was going to see how long a post could go without one of the following occuring: 1) Political debate. 2) Obvious sexual reference or innuendo and 3) Newbie bashing.

We made it up to 16 posts. Not bad.

Many people like Hot Dogs or Nachos at sporting events. Me? I've always been kind of a churro man myself.

[karmattack]

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Well, I was going to see how long a post could go without one of the following occuring: 1) Political debate. 2) Obvious sexual reference or innuendo and 3) Newbie bashing.

[/ QUOTE ] So what you're saying is, you were just waiting for me to post? I see.

[TLS]

At least the most interesting of the 3 was choosen.

[Razorback]

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So, is that why you've been so scarce until recently?

[/ QUOTE ]

Huh?

[Affleckie]

I think he meant me.



Oh right and the rest of the thread... my grandmother is from Aniston, Alabama...
And I consider a lot of people here to be newbies, I just don't bash them. I'm still afraid of anyone who's name I don't recognize from the old, old MPS board.

[Ryall]

Alright, here are my recent non-political thoughts:

--Social Distorition's new CD sounds exactly like every other song they've ever done, but it's still good. Even though only 10 songs after being away for 8 years seems a bit cheap.

--Ben Harper playing with the Blind Boys of Alabama and singing gospel sounds pretty amazing

--Brian K. Vaughn's Ex Machina is one of the best new comics I've read in a long time. That, Kirkman's Walking Dead and Whedon/Cassaday's X-Men are my favorite books right now.

--I think Joey is a truly unfunny show, not deserving of the full-season pick-up it just got, but that was going to happen no matter what, so NBC can look like they have a hit on their hands and justify all the money they've spent

--Heather Graham has worked her way back onto my "Top 5" list, not just for being hot but for being really funny on SCRUBS. Hot AND funny is just too rare a combination not to be fully appreciated.

--San Diego radio stations kick LA's ass, but God, their sports announcers and news anchors are completely insufferable. And their weathermen are the most bored people in the world. "Yep, tomorrow will be 70 degrees, too...just like the last 2500 days."

--The Dail Show book, AMERICA, gets funnier with every page I read.

--Somehow, a crock pot has turned out to be maybe the best wedding present we got. You (and by "you," I mean mostly "the wife") just throws all these ingredients into this big tank, turns it on and then after work, it's all just slow-cooked perfectly and ready to go. Nice.

--I joined a tennis league recently even though I've never really played beyond just hitting with friends. I can hold my own on forehand and backhand, but damn, serving well is hard.

--Working in comics the last three months has actually made me like comics more. I was afraid the reverse would happen but not so far.

--I'm planning to dress as Ali G for Halloween. Booyashaka!

[Sheriff]

Ahh...

I am driving 10 hours tomorrow to pickup our new sugar glider, her name is going to be 'Star'. I sure hope she gets along with our other glider 'Luna' as we are only getting them because we are worried about them getting bored while we sleep.

I really hope I do well in the up-coming state championships in foosball, I think I will do better than last year.

In my CD player is 'The Postal Service' a small indie group that does pop better than anything you will ever hear on MTV. (Do they even play music anymore?) It is really easy to listen to and cracks me up that they are under the radar of most popular outlets for music.

I just saw 'The Thing' on TV the other night and made me wistfull for pre-CGI special effects. Something about the visceral images give more of a creepy feeling when they are bounded by normal physics. Oh and the scene with the spider head is pure genius I tell you.

And I finally found something that I would consider for my signature (but won't use yet):

"When I feel lonely, I feel blue... For a while, For a while" -Grosse Point Blank

[Razorback]

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The Dail Show book, AMERICA, gets funnier with every page I read.

[/ QUOTE ]

That book is insane! Even better than the show (I know, crazy).

[ZyronDrazil]

I'd have to chose apple as well.

[Threadkiller]

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So what you're saying is, you were just waiting for me to post?

[/ QUOTE ] Well, yeah. I couldn't post until after you had since I don't know anything but the three topics mentioned.

I have to agree with people above on America: The Book. Hilarious. In classic high school text book fashion I even had to write my customary vandalism inside the front cover

[Affleckie]

I think I've been out of college for too long. I just can't appreciate the indie music...

[Dave]

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Let's talk about cheese or pickles or something, please.

[/ QUOTE ]

You know what i like? Grilled Cheese sammiches with dill pickle chips in the middle. Goooey gooey cheese goodness, with a suprising tang of Dill Pickle.

*Homer Simpson Drooling sound*

[DarthMaulRat]

There is no escaping politics. Not even for...

Ooh, pickles! They're proof that even crappy vegetables have a purpose somewhere. Now all we need to do is find a way to make beets go good with beer. The two are only a few letters apart, so it can't be that hard, right?

[Matthew]

Beer Battered deep fried beets?

[Dave]

I think you've got a winner there!

[Affleckie]

I know it's possible to deep fry anything within reason... but that just sounds gross. Worse than deep fried twinkies.

[ratm1966]

My bestest type of pie to eat isn't on the list, so I chose Banana. Hopefully, it was meant to be Banana Cream Pie.

Random Ramblings:

A coworker of mine is from a very small town and they have a blind guy who will drive his car from his house to the local diner. I guess there really is a reason for those brail dots on the keypad of a drive-up ATM machine.

Do you ever wonder why people say "ATM Machine" when ATM actually stands for Automated(Automatic) Teller Machine? I guess people like saying Automated Teller Machine machine.

I was driving home from work the other day........

[FanGirl]

I got a deep fryer for my birthday/. I have yet to pay with it, but you know there will be experimenting.

In Chicago, they are called Cash Stations because that was the brand of machine there. Big signs that say Cash Station on them. I tell people here in LA I need to hit the cash station and they look at me like I have three heads.

[ratm1966]

I went to the bank the other day and asked if they had free samples. All I got were confused looks from the tellers. I had to explain myself, so that joke was wasted.

[marksiwel]

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A coworker of mine is from a very small town and they have a blind guy who will drive his car from his house to the local diner. I guess there really is a reason for those brail dots on the keypad of a drive-up ATM machine.

[/ QUOTE ]

What? how does he drive? By Brial? Does he hit things with his car as a reference?
Brain melting....

[ratm1966]

She said that he only drives from his house to the diner then back and has been doing it his whole life. He of course, can't see, but the town is so small, everyone knows he does it and looks out for him. I guess if you memorize what you are doing, it is possible. She says he will back out of his driveway, drive to the diner, then stop in front and get out.

Yeah, I was amazed too.

They don't have any traffic lights or anything like that.

[ZyronDrazil]

Thats insane. Do you have a tape recorder or anythin you can video tape this on? I'm sure he wouldn't know if you were following him.. Unless his rearview mirrors are in brail-vision?

[bwdial]

"I know it's possible to deep fry anything within reason... but that just sounds gross. Worse than deep fried twinkies."

Ever had a deep fried Snickers bar?
And we wonder why we're the fattest nation on Earth.

[ratm1966]

No, he isn't from my home town.....he is from a co-worker's home town.

[Affleckie]

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Do you ever wonder why people say "ATM Machine" when ATM actually stands for Automated(Automatic) Teller Machine? I guess people like saying Automated Teller Machine machine.

[/ QUOTE ]

I've had to train myself to say ATM so that I won't confuse people. I'm from New Jersey originally and for whatever reason, I always called them MAC machines and I always called my card a MAC card. Fast forward to me living in Toronto, Detroit and Chicago... they have no idea what MAC is there.

[Affleckie]

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Ever had a deep fried Snickers bar?
And we wonder why we're the fattest nation on Earth.

[/ QUOTE ]

No, I've only seen them... in strange places like Minnesota. I'm diabetic, I can't eat the bad stuff and get fat like I would love to. I wasn't even all that aware of how 'large' your nation is until I saw that Supersize Me doc and things started to make too much sense.

[Razorback]

Techies often say "NIC card" even though NIC stands for Network Interface Card.

Most people say "the Sahara desert" even though Sahara means The Desert.

[DarthMaulRat]

The best are the deep-fried cheesecakes. I thought the idea was totally disgusting but it felt right being at a county fair. After eating the whole thing it felt like a calorie induced acid trip.

[Razorback]

Fried icecream rules all.

[DarthMaulRat]

Fried bannana split. I've seen one of these bad boys and they ain't pretty.

[marksiwel]

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until I saw that Supersize Me doc and things started to make too much sense

[/ QUOTE ]

Dear god Rico and I just saw that the other day. I havent been able to eat fast food in a week (which is a micracle) I may just give up fast food alltogether.

Did anyone else watch the DVD Special Features? The best one is where they put a varity of McDonalds food in glass jars and you get to watch them decompose. The crazy thing was the french fries didnt change at all over the month or so they were in the jar.

[bwdial]

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The best one is where they put a varity of McDonalds food in glass jars and you get to watch them decompose. The crazy thing was the french fries didnt change at all over the month or so they were in the jar.

[/ QUOTE ]

This comes as a surprise? There are french fries under the seat of my car that have been there since I bought the thing. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

I go to the fair just to see what new thing they've figured out they can put in the deep fryer. Funny...it's never a vegetable. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Matthew]

You sure talk about Rico a lot. So, are you the bitch or is he?

[ZyronDrazil]

Ah.. Ask your co-worker to tape it or something

[karmattack]

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Fried icecream rules all.

[/ QUOTE ] Have to agree with this even though I haven't eaten it in years and I don't eat dairy. Tasty stuff.

There is a restaurant here called Bullfrogs that serves deep-fried pickles. They're awesome.

[ZyronDrazil]

Damn skippy.

[FanGirl]

Changing the thread yet again to an important question:

When Wilma and Betty would go on their shopping trips (screaming "Charge It!") what did they buy? Nothing new ever appeared in the house and their clothes never changed. What was Fred and Barney's money being spend on exactly? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Dave]

I'll bet it was something that had to be left in the rubbish bin at the airport.

[ZyronDrazil]

Drugs? Maybe they had to go to the Black Market..

Or... That pet they had kept eating their furniture.. so they had to get more?

[Zens_7s]

- I had Deep Fried Pickles for the first time two weeks ago. Love Them. Sounds so gross, but sooooo good. Also love Chess Pie. HMMMMM

- The America book by Jon Stewart is so funny I had to stop reading it at Borders the other day and just buy it. I couldn't stop laughing, but trying to be quite, so it just came out as crying. Mascara everywhere.

[marksiwel]

No me and Rico keep it striaght...but if this was prison he would SO be my bitch.

[Omaru]

deep fried bananas in batter and with syrup over the top.

[Matthew]

So, do you ever pretend you are in prison just to satisfy your [censored]-erotic urges?

We all know it, he loves the [censored]!

EDIT: Why is it that fuck is not cencored, but h-o-m-o and c-o-c-k are?

[Dave]

I think it comes from the old board, where people were called those words, but i agree it may be time to lessen the restrictions now.

[DarthMaulRat]

Alright, I've become oversaturated with politics, we need this thread now more than ever. I was reading the new Rolling Stone today, and all it contains is 100 pages of artists saying "Fuck Bush" and nothing else. I read Rolling Stone for information on entertainment and it's occaisional high quality journalism. In the past few months the magazine has turned into one big Kerry platform and I'm sick of it. Even though I'm a Democrat, I don't think that Rolling Stone has to barge into the world of politics and keep bad-mouthing Republicans without giving them any chance to defend.

Needless to say, I more or less flipped through the entire magazine and then put it on the floor. I don't need Dave Matthews or Springstein telling me who to vote for. I can think for myself, thanks.

[jjcourtright]

The thing that pissed me off about that issue is that all(most) of the people speaking out against Bush sounded retarded. Somebody could have said, "Bush is a poopyhead." and they would have sounded smarter than most of those people. To me it actually made a better argument for Bush than against. I would prefer to not be lumped in with people who sound so unintelligent.

On a closely related note, my sister got to go see some of those unintelligent people last night. She got to sit in the "Land o' Lakes" luxury box in Minneapolis (The Xcel Center, maybe?). I guess it was Semisonic, REM, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Neil Young showed up unannounced. She was pretty drunk when I talked to her, but it seemed like she was having a pretty good time.

[Razorback]

Bush is the Devil! Everything he has done has gone to shit! He even kills babies and eats old people!

[jjcourtright]

How many times do you have to keep repeating that? We all already know that it is true!

[Razorback]

Hey, I am being a good democrat and spewing the same shit over and over.

[jjcourtright]

That's good.
[whispering]
We don't like to call it "shit" though.

[Matt1]

I wish politicians and the entertainment industry would just sign a treaty where they both agreed to shut up about whatever the other does. Streisand would be forced to refrain from making brain-dead comments about politics, and Lieberman would refrain from making brain-dead comments about "violence" in the media. The world would be a much better place.

[marksiwel]

To Matt1
I agree, I agree, Run for President.

Now to the person I actually psuehd reply to
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I would prefer to not be lumped in with people who sound so unintelligent.

[/ QUOTE ]
Yeah thats the Problem with the Dem's you also get the Dirty Dirty Hippies, and Stupid Protesters.

[Matt1]

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Stupid Protesters.

[/ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started on those people. When the war was about to get underway, I went out and protested for one day. ONE DAY. That's all I could stand. I don't know who bugged the shit out of me more, my fellow protesters who insisted on calling Bush a fascist/rascist and chanted "No War for Oil" or the passerby's who'd call me a [censored], tell me to go back to France, or say that I wasn't supporting the troops. The former probably, since they make me look bad by association. Which is why I do my best to disassociate myself from them.

EDIT: Shit. This thread is starting to gravitate towards something resembling a political discussion. We need to change topics quickly.... AHA! Favorite donuts. Mine's jelly filled. Go.

[marksiwel]

Changing Topics
I just watched the Futrama where he tries to bring back the Fossil of his dog.
And he finds out the dog lived 12 more years after he was frozen, and he figures the dog moved on with his life.
THen they show the dog waiting outside for 12 years waiting for Fry to come back.
I cried like a little baby, just typing about it makes me weepy. I dont know why, but it just does.

[Matt1]

Futurama has a lot of those emotional, bittersweet moments. One of the reasons why its such a good show.

[Dave]

Favorite donut,
the Krispy Kreme cream filled glazed donut. sooooo much sugar!!! I'm getting the shakes just thinking about it. I can never control myself around those things. I will eat them 'til i get sick.
And another thing, keep your damn dirty chocolate off of my Donuts!!!!

[DangerSeeker]

Good save, Artie! I mean, Mark! This is the NON, repeat NON political thread. Stating the political stuff that makes you happy for this thread, lest we forget, is political.

Therefore, I would like to comment on fries in my car seat. They are a standard feature. If I get a new car, I need to pur a few in right away. When a fry gets stuck to a dirty nickel, that's called a sofa lollipop.

[Dave]

gross

[jjcourtright]

You know what else is gross. Letting Ovaltine sit out a night or two. I guess it is because of all the vitamins, but it'll get green long before plain milk.

[karmattack]

You made me pull out a trump card.

I have yet to experience anything grosser than month-old chew spit saved in a jar.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

My roommate likes to drink a few sips of coffee and then he hides his coffee cups for weeks, but the concoction consists of adding a drop of coffee to his sugar-milk. It's really fun washing those after he hands me six cups of the same contents that has been sitting in his room for extended periods.

[TLS]

I had a roommate who also did that. I'd just throw them away. It's easier than cleaning them. He got the point when there were no cups left anymore. I laugh every time I picture him trying to drink coffee from a bowl.

[bwdial]

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You made me pull out a trump card.

I have yet to experience anything grosser than month-old chew spit saved in a jar.



[/ QUOTE ]

How about someone drinking said contents on a dare?

[jjcourtright]

While not month-old chew spit, I made my sister drink chew spit once. We were cleaning up after a party and there was one beer bottle left that had some "liquid" in it. Thinking it was beer I handed it to my sister to cash. Needless to say she puked.

[Dave]

Bleck! That's worse than drinking a beer and getting a cigarette but on you tongue!

[jjcourtright]

I'd say it is infinitely worse.

[Matthew]

We use to call that "treasure."

The first one to wake up after a party would filter out the cig butts from the beer. Chances are you could get a half gallon of beer if you looked hard enough!

[DangerSeeker]

I've done the cigarette butt thing. Didn't puke. I was really drunk and it was crap beer. I'd been drinking it for a few minutes, when somebody picked up my actual beer and asked if it was mine. I looked at the one in my hand and saw the butt and realized THAT was what I kept feeling. I switched beers and kept going.

[karmattack]

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How about someone drinking said contents on a dare?

[/ QUOTE ] Like I said, "yet to experience." Funny story though:

A few of my friends and I went to the bar where we saw a couple other friends. My buddy Jason walked right up to one of the other guys, Tony, slapped him on the back, grabbed his beer and chugged it.

That's about when the guys started laughing uncontrollably, which lead to Jason noticing the sizeable lump in Tony's lip.

So, yeah. One of my friends chugged a bottle of chew spit, but it just wasn't aged.

Hey, at least he wasn't a pussy like JJ's sister and puke. /forums/images/icons/cool.gif