Off Topic 2016

[Blzer]

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So, as it turns out, I'm a full-blown idiot.

I haven't had artichokes in like, fifteen years. Maybe more. I'm not kidding about that. So I got brought home some nice big meal from a party that also had artichokes as a side dish. What do I do? I start eating the leaves, and I sit and go, "Now I think I know why I haven't had them in forever, these are impossible to break down and swallow!" I would chew on one about 200 times before forcing it down with other food and water. I did this for my entire meal tonight, for about 40 minutes.

I figured I had to have been doing something wrong, so I Googled "How to eat an artichoke." Stupid me, I forgot (still don't even recall this is how you ate it) that you tear off the green with your teeth, and you discard the hair-like stuff inside. I was sitting there dealing with a bunch of hair and sharp parts, saying, "No wonder why they can them artichokes."

Everything that I'm reading says things about how they're not poisonous, I guess that's good... but they said your digestive system may give you some trouble. I'm kind of concerned, because I ate the whole artichoke like this.

My life.

[kehlis]

Re: Off Topic Episode 2016: The Posts Awaken

So, as it turns out, I'm a full-blown idiot.

I haven't had artichokes in like, fifteen years. Maybe more. I'm not kidding about that. So I got brought home some nice big meal from a party that also had artichokes as a side dish. What do I do? I start eating the leaves, and I sit and go, "Now I think I know why I haven't had them in forever, these are impossible to break down and swallow!" I would chew on one about 200 times before forcing it down with other food and water. I did this for my entire meal tonight, for about 40 minutes.

I figured I had to have been doing something wrong, so I Googled "How to eat an artichoke." Stupid me, I forgot (still don't even recall this is how you ate it) that you tear off the green with your teeth, and you discard the hair-like stuff inside. I was sitting there dealing with a bunch of hair and sharp parts, saying, "No wonder why they can them artichokes."

Everything that I'm reading says things about how they're not poisonous, I guess that's good... but they said your digestive system may give you some trouble. I'm kind of concerned, because I ate the whole artichoke like this.

My life.

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[BurghFan]

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So I'm kinda regretting requesting to have my apartment painted since it was never done after I moved in back in '07 even though it was supposed to be. There's only 1 guy doing the painting and he's doing it in the most inefficient and inconveniencing way possible. Instead of a room-by-room approach, he's basically doing everything at once starting with all of the ceilings then all the walls then all the trim. So instead of just having to move things around in and out of 1 room at a time, I have to move things around all over my apartnment. Then he doesn't even bring the cans of paint to the apartment, just a paint tray of paint that the roller so he paints a little bit than has to leave to go refill the tray which somehow takes 20-30 minutes. He was here from about 9:00 to 4:30 today and didn't even finish all the ceilings, only finishing the dining room, living room, hall, bathroom, and a bout 1/4 of the bedroom with the kitchen not being done at the moment. He also likes to turn on every light and then leave them on even when leaving my apartment for a lengthy periods of times. Should've just had them repaint the areas of woodwork that are peeling :

/end rant.

[slickdtc]

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So my other buddy and I are watching the trophy ceremony, it ends and we head out to meet with our other buddy. And he says to us some Bentley fans say to him,"Have a nice trip back to the slums in Manchester."

Hah, I was up in Manchester last year around this time and the first thing that happens when I get out of my car to go in to the hotel is this strung out dude asking for a bar of soap.

Yeah I waved him away with the quickness. Funny thing is, I did have a bar of soap. I hate hotel soap.

Besides that, that place was no slum. Had a decent time actually. Whoever this douchebro was saying that to you hasn't been around. I'd love to drop him in to some places around here and see how quick he is to piss himself.

Live free or die, mofo.

[countryboy]

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Merle Haggard has died at the age of 79.

[Speedy]

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The original flavor of Listerine is the most repugnant thing I've ever put in my mouth. It's like the intent is to kill off every tastebud I have.

The mint flavors are fine but whew...that original is a disservice.

[dickey1331]

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The original flavor of Listerine is the most repugnant thing I've ever put in my mouth. It's like the intent is to kill off every tastebud I have.



The mint flavors are fine but whew...that original is a disservice.

The orange one is the best.

[countryboy]

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It sucks not being able to drink anymore due to medicines that I take. Today is a day that I could use a good

[BurghFan]

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A few days ago I was watching a bit of an OS Twitch stream of The Show 16 with (I'm assuming) Millennium playing RTTS using a character called "Big Daddy Spoony" then yesterday I saw a tweet of his (As one of the "while you were away" tweets about Spoony being traded. Well, I think the name was influencing my dreams last night. I had a dream that I was living in a place that was a combination of my apartment and a dorm I lived in in college and there were people breaking into rooms/apartments and stealing spoons Yes, I know, I have weird dreams.

[l3ulvl]

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I was worried for a minute you were about to reveal you had a dream of spooning Mill

[TracerBullet]

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I was worried for a minute you were about to reveal you had a dream of spooning Mill

Well that's a given. It's a side effect of becoming a mod.

[l3ulvl]

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Well that's a given. It's a side effect of becoming a mod.

Not that there's anything wrong with that

[ImTellinTim]

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The original flavor of Listerine is the most repugnant thing I've ever put in my mouth. It's like the intent is to kill off every tastebud I have.

The mint flavors are fine but whew...that original is a disservice.

Original is the best. The antiseptic death burn means it's working.

[LambertandHam]

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Reminder to update Flash player. Critical bug found which can lead to ransomware, attack already in the wild. Flash really is the new Java.

[Speedy]

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Original is the best. The antiseptic death burn means it's working.

I'm going to presume that per day you:

Smoke a carton
Eat 3 jalapenos for lunch
Chew Extra gum

...because there is no way the original is defined as "best" if you have any taste buds. I've tried it for a week now and I'm about to pour it down the drain; I'm going back to my "mint condition".

Spoiler

@ pun