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Perhaps ISU can get a good 1-AA coach.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 06:17 PM) Pie will also only be 24 when the season starts. He was decent in AAA last season as a leadoff guy, but he is a plus defender in CF and could be a force at the bottom of the order. He also has alot more power than Owens does. Plus, if he succeeds with the Sox, it'll grind the gears of every Cubs fan in Chicago.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 06:00 PM) No. One time someone took a bite out of my slice of pizza and put it back in the fridge on top of the bag it was in. They must not have liked it. Not surprising, considering it was a week old. Look for the guy with the diarrhea and you've got your culprit.

We serve food at work and I've helped myself a few times to that. I've never purposely taken another employee's food, though.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 05:44 PM) Publisher's Clearinghouse = money Finally, some sanity.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 01:06 PM) It's like the plan was like this: 1. invade country, destroy army (this should be easy, we're good at it) 2. ??? 3. Profit! My God, GW Bush is an Underpants Gnome!

CASH, even if I have to buy magazines for the rest of my life.

Big Macs would be less "tasty" to "burger virgins" because they have thousand island dressing on them which can taste sour to a first time eater.

What games do you want?

http://video-games.products.half.ebay.com/...9QQsortZ88QQcZ2 Here too.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 02:17 AM) Does anyone know a place aside the flea market and online where I can buy nintendo 64 games? Preferably around the south suburbs, but I'll be willing to go to any place within Chicago. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/search/SearchK...ear=&days=0 Not local, but maybe a place you've never thought of.

I'll know if you move 'cause I have the ears of a snake! 19. (tie) Jingle All The Way (5 of 21 lists - 36 points - highest ranking #2 maggsmaggs) Jingle All the Way is a 1996 family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. The name is taken from a line in the Christmas song "Jingle Bells". Plot Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is often busy at his job, and has a hard time finding time for his wife, Liz (Rita Wilson) and his young son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd)- especially when compared to next door superdad divorcé, Ted Maltin (Phil Hartman). After breaking his word again by missing Jamie's karate match, Howard resolves to redeem himself and his marriage by fulfilling Jamie's ultimate Christmas wish, a Turbo-Man action figure. Unbeknown to Howard, Turbo-Man toys are the must-have gifts of the season, and stocks of Turbo-Man toys are quickly drying up all over the country. Desperate not to disappoint his family again, Howard embarks on an epic city-wide quest to find the toy everyone's looking for. Along the way, Howard encounters Myron Larabee (Sinbad), a postal worker dad with a rival ambition. The search climaxes with both dads masquerading as live action stuntmen in a department store parade. Posed as the "real" Turbo-Man, Howard uses the opportunity to present a coveted Turbo-Man doll to his son in the crowd. But before he can recognize his dad, Jaime is chased around the parade by Myron (dressed as Turbo-Man's enemy, Dementor) and ultimately saved by Turbo-Man, who reveals himself as his father. Touched by Myron's undying dedication to his own son, Jamie relinquishes the doll to him and confesses that his dad is the only superhero he needs. In the final scene, Howard happily opens presents with Jamie until he realizes that he forgot to get Liz a gift. Cast * Arnold Schwarzenegger – Howard Langston * Sinbad – Myron Larabee * Phil Hartman – Ted Maltin * Robert Conrad – Officer Hummel * Rita Wilson – Liz Langston * Jake Lloyd – Jamie Langston * Robert Conrad – Officer Alexander Hummell * Martin Mull – a KQRS D.J. (Mr. Ponytail Man) * Jim Belushi – Mall of America Santa * E.J. De La Pena – Johnny Maltin * Laraine Newman – First Lady Caroline Timmons * Justin Chapman – Billy Timmons * Harvey Korman – President Fallon Timmons * Richard Moll – Dementor * Daniel Riordan – Turbo Man * Jeff L. Deist – TV Booster/Puppeteer * Paul "The Giant" Wight – Giant Santa * Chris Parnell – Toy Store Clerk * Curtis Armstrong- Booster

The b**** hit me with a toaster! 21. (tie) Scrooged (5 of 21 lists - 35 points - highest ranking #8 SmashROT, Iwritecode) Scrooged is a 1988 comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens's novella, A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. The original music score was composed by Danny Elfman. The cast includes: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Bob "Bobcat" Goldthwait, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David Johansen, John Houseman, John Glover, and Robert Mitchum. It also features cameo appearances by Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, musicians Larry Carlton, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, and Paul Shaffer, actor/singer Robert Goulet, and actors Jamie Farr, Buddy Hackett, Lee Majors, and Pat McCormick as well as the Solid Gold Dancers. Bill Murray's real-life brothers, Brian, John, and Joel also appear in the film. The film was marketed with references to the film Ghostbusters which had been a great success 4 years earlier in 1984. In the USA the tagline for Scrooged was, "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one." In Brazil, it movie was named "Os Fantasmas Contra-Atacam" (The Ghosts Strike Back). In Spain, the film was titled "Los fantasmas atacan al jefe" (The Ghosts Attack the Boss). In Italy the movie was released as "S.O.S. fantasmi" ("S.O.S. ghosts"). The film was a commercial success, but was reviewed negatively by many critics, notably Roger Ebert and Vincent Canby. Plot Francis Xavier "Frank" Cross (Bill Murray) is a conceited, cynical television programming executive. He has found great success and wealth, but has become coldhearted and cruel. In the opening scenes he can be seen working out in a room with a wallpaper border that reads "Cross: A thing they nail people to". His ruthless concentration on his lucrative, fast climbing career has cost him his true love, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen). It has also alienated him from his family, and obliterated any chance of his having a happy and fulfilling life. Essentially, Frank has become nothing but an expensive black suit who barks orders. He grossly overworks his assistant Grace Cooley (Alfre Woodard), forcing her to constantly break plans with her family. ("If you can't work late, I can't work late. If I can't work late, I CAN'T WORK LATE.") When Cross is given the task of heading up a live broadcast of A Christmas Carol, his life inexplicably begins to mirror the story he's producing. First, the ghost of his mentor, 1970-media mogul Lew Hayward (who died of a heart attack during a game of golf), visits him to show him the error of his ways. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (David Johansen), Present (Carol Kane), and Future then appear, and Frank repents. The reformed Frank reunites with Claire, who now runs a shelter for the homeless, and he finds in the end that there are more important things than winning the ratings war. Most of the characters in the movie represent characters in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Frank Cross is Ebenezer Scrooge and his brother James is Scrooge's nephew Fred. Eliot Loudermilk and Grace seem to share the role of Bob Cratchit. Grace's son, who is withdrawn/autistic, is Tiny Tim. Lew Hayward, Frank's former boss, is Jacob Marley. Herman and his fellow indigents are the "portly gentlemen" who are collecting for charity and are refused financial help. Claire is Scrooge's former fianceé, Belle. The three ghosts have the same names. The Ghost of Christmas Past is a cab driver with a Brooklyn accent. The Ghost of Christmas Future appears as the grim reaper, with a TV screen for a face. The Ghost of Christmas Present is a campier female version of the ghost in the original story. Cast * Bill Murray as Francis Xavier "Frank" Cross * Karen Allen as Claire Phillips * John Forsythe as Lew Hayward * John Glover as Brice Cummings * Bobcat Goldthwait as Eliot Loudermilk * David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past * Carol Kane as the Ghost of Christmas Present * Robert Mitchum as Preston Rhinelander * Nicholas Phillips as Calvin Cooley * Michael J. Pollard as Herman * Alfre Woodard as Grace Cooley * Mabel King as Gramma * John Murray as James Cross * Jamie Farr as Jacob Marley * Buddy Hackett as Scrooge * Pat McCormick (comic) as the Ghost of Christmas Present (on the TV show within the film) * Brian Doyle-Murray as Earl Cross * Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim * Jean Speegle Howard as Mrs. Claus in the Television Promo * Mary Ellen Trainor as Ted, an IBC Executive * Bruce Jarchow as Wayne, an IBC Executive * Reina King as Lanell Cooley * Jack McGee as IBC Carpenter * Kathy Kinney as IBC Nurse * Rebeca Arthur as Tina, at the Christmas Party * Roy Brocksmith as Mike the Mailman * Sachi Parker as Belle * Delores Hall as Hazel * Anne Ramsey as Homeless Woman * Logan Ramsey as Homeless Man * Wendie Malick as Wendie Cross * Joel Murray as a Guest at James Cross' Christmas Party * Mitch Glazer as a Guest at James Cross' Christmas Party * Michael O'Donoghue as the Priest at Cross' Funeral * Steve Kahan as IBC Technician * Amy Hill as IBC Technician Cameos * Robert Goulet as Himself * John Houseman as Himself * Lee Majors as Himself * Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn and Paul Shaffer as Street Musicians * Solid Gold Dancers as Themselves

In a pile of rockheads, eh?

QUOTE (rangercal @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 09:51 PM) false the person below me has to wake up at or before 7am tomorrow morning. False. I may still be awake then. The person below me will never listen to "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive, again.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 04:38 PM) That is perfect to display in the front room window. Fra-geel-ay... Hm... must be Italian.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 08:01 PM) I usually post only in PH. I saw this topic here and voiced my opinion. I prefer to post only here. By the way, this iraqui reporter is a big fan of argentinian communist Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Isn't this type of behaviour idiotic? I am done with politics now. Actually, the link in PHT moves you to the Filibuster.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 06:58 PM) Holiday Inn is greatly under appreciated by you youngin's If anyone has Comcast digital, it's in the On Demand free movies this month.

Cubano, I like your fire and opinions, but you must post here first in order to post in the Filibuster.

Moved to the 'buster.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) False, but I really want to... The person below me has eaten something he/she has killed. True. That fish had it coming... The person below me enjoys a good can of corn.

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 05:07 PM) suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure....... Rock knows what he's talking about.

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 10:19 AM) Just what we need... Another soft-tosser with control issues. Coop will fix him!

QUOTE (rangercal @ Dec 14, 2008 -> 10:51 PM) I disagree. They went into the playoffs on a positive note last year, I think they remember the recipe for success. No way the defending champs lay down and go on a 4 game losing streak going into the playoffs. The Bears may have a shot

True. I think it doesn't agree with me. The person below me would rather eat a burger than a steak.