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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 04:12 PM) Because he's already a nuclear irradiated mutant? That, and Kim Jong-il is obsessed with him. So, if they bring in the guy that your glorious leader deified, then you might be more inclined to go along with it. I'm only slightly serious.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) My dad is a real estate agent and when we sold our house to move to another one, we sold it to this one couple. A few years later my dad sold the house we had moved into and ends up selling the house again to the same person (randomly they were looking to buy and followed us). My dad than moves to another place and than a few years later moves into a new home development and he's buying and the people who bought two houses end up buying the house next door to ours. And yes, my family moved a lot as a kid. However, all of the moves were within a couple miles of each other. Had we moved to a few seperate states and had this happen, I'd really be stunned. I'll be honest, it sounds more like you guys have a couple stalkers.

Exactly how long is it? Could the ends be curled?

We could always send Michael Jordan in to calm them down after Kim Jong-il is taken out.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) I just watched a NatGeo documentary about NK with Lisa Ling from 2007. It was amazing the amount of brainwashing/fear those people have for him. The entire documentary was "covering" an eye doctor's treatment of thousands of north koreans suffering from cataracts. There's a scene where the bandages of various people are removed in a big group setting. The first thing these people do after getting their eye sight back is to rush over to a picture of Kim Jong-Il (which is everywhere, including everyone's home) and start praising him. Just screaming and crying out of love for the guy. It was incredibly disturbing. If there was a way to assassinate the entire leadership of NK in one swift move, i would be all for it. The problem with taking him out is that, if the people truly do believe he's some sort of deity or something, then they're not going to take very kindly to the people that did it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) beer-based votes Ah

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 06:45 AM) If only the Rangers had signed Jermaine Dye as a RF defensive replacement because he makes extraordinary plays that most players look easy, the Rangers would have won the World Series with the most clutch catch of all time. If you didn't understand what I was implying, I'm suggesting that Jermaine Dye would have made that catch. Pretty easily too. Nerves got the best of Cruz because he was too afraid that he was going to overrun that ball when it turned out he was actually short. A RF who makes good reads on balls makes that catch. Thus, Jermaine Dye makes that catch. --- My dad, an avid Twins fan, said that Freese is like Puckett. There are quite a few differences, namely Freese not saying before game 6 "jump on my back and I'll carry you home" or something to that extent. And he is quite clearly not the best player on the entire Cardinals team. But when the time came, he was there at all points. Oh, and he's got that whole "20th anniversary of 'The Call'" (and yes, I'm sure there are other times where 'The Call' is appropriate, but that Puckett game takes the cake in my mind) going for him too. Oh, and to anybody who dislikes Joe Buck using "The Call"...you suck. That was an incredible moment and there was nothing better that could have been said, Cardinals homer (Buck, not Freese) or not. If he had been typical Joe Buck, he would have said "and a long drive to center and this one is gone and the cardinals win." Yeah, I'll take the tribute to his father. I agree. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 07:04 AM) Wow, what a game. It's funny how a game that was played poorly on so many levels will be considered such a classic. That's why I don't think it's close to the best ones (the very best being Game 7 in 2001). It was fun as all hell, but it was poorly played.

How many true dictatorships are there left in world? I don't know much about sub-Saharan Africa, but I'm guessing they have a few.

Ooh, I'd love to see Kim Jong-il lynched and murdered by his own people.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 07:46 AM) My wife's grandfather was an orphan who was separated from his family when he was 2. He spent his entire childhood in an orphanage in rural Tennessee. Back then they would not tell you anything about your family. So he spent decades trying to track down the brother and sister he vaguely remembered. While in some small town in Texas, while in his early 60's he is standing in line as some random gas station while the guy in front of him is writing a check. He looks over the guys shoulder and sees that the guys last name is the same. He strikes up a conversation and figures out that this is his brother he hasn't seen for over 60 years. The two brothers and the sister get together a few months later for the only meeting they ever had. 2 months later, my wife's grandfather passed away from a horribly advanced prostate cancer. That is an awesome story. It seriously sounds made up, that's how cool it is. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 08:23 AM) The St. Louis Cardinals, 2011 World Series, game 6. Hell, most of the rest of their season too. Ditto the Red Sox/Braves collapses. That's why one becomes a sports fan. That's why one becomes a baseball fan. There is no other sport like it.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) Little Giants is a classic. QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) Glad to see Kingpin getting some love. That movie still makes me laugh. Both of these were high on my list, and yeah, Little Giants was a staple for anyone our age, Rowand.

And the 5 seasons ago was just a random number I pulled out of my ass. But it has been been for a couple of seasons.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 09:06 AM) After last nights episode I'm officially done with The Office. I can't believe the writers f***ed up so bad. I get that Michael Scott is not a replaceable character, but there are strong enough secondary characters to make a decent show (See: Parks and Rec). But EVERY episode has been the exact same. Andy is worried about X event. Spader comes in as some terrible soothsayer supervisor, Andy continues to be worried, the rest of the gang does something uninteresting, Andy freaks out more, Spader reassures him, end episode. Not a single funny joke in the entire half hour. f***ing terrible. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say they were done with The Office in the last month or so, I'd have...well, I'd have about 12 bucks. But either way, people keep watching it and they'll keep making that awful show that should've been cancelled when it jumped the shark about 5 seasons ago.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) Picking Washington is like rooting for the Yankees. I completely disagree. At this point, it's the fashionable thing to not pick Washington. It makes you look more intelligent to a regular schmo. QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 11:53 AM) poor john jay. I'm surprised Sam Adams is garnering more votes than John Adams.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 05:22 AM) To show how all of this is so intertwined, without the involvement from France, which Franklin secured by partying and lobbying, the victory probably doesn't happen. Something I learned last night, Lafayette and Von Steuban where also Freemasons. Washington would be turning over in his grave if he saw our two party system. I wonder really if he would object too much to our involvement around the world. I believe he would have seen the necessity for change from a young weak nation to the superpower we are today and the responsibilities that come with that. Yes, Franklin obviously did a ton. If there were a ranking, he'd be second for me in a tie with Jefferson and John Adams. But I just can't pick anyone but the father of our country.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:23 AM) And never speak ill of Timo. I'm fairly certain he's the only player who served no purpose in the playoffs.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:22 AM) Hermanson was damn good for most of 05 though. I'm pretty sure he wasn't any good in the playoffs and leading up to them (injury and returning to Earth).

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:19 AM) Ever team has some bad players on it, though. When we beat Houston, didn't they start Everett at ss? And we had Widger, Timo, Hermanson, etc.

QUOTE (MAX @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 12:19 AM) They have Ryan Theriot too. Its hard for me to get my head around. An ex-Cub player usually ensures a win to that team. Any ex-Cubs on the Rangers (Hamilton doesn't count).

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 11:44 PM) Hope the Rangers regroup and pull it out tomorrow night. Hell of a series. Hope game 7 isn't a blowout. I can't root for a team that blew it so mightily tonight.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 11:36 PM) This is the kind of game that shows how the drama of baseball can't be topped. No doubt. No other game even comes close. I think Freese just wrapped up the MVP if the Cardinals win it, but they'd likely just go with the obvious guy in Pujols.

Wow, the only way this could have been better is if it were Game 7.

Haha, I knew it. I'm glad, though.

I think Berkman is a flat-out loser. I think he'll fail. But, he'll prove me wrong.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 10:58 PM) Bump Bailey ran through a wall for a last place team and died from it. You'd think Cruz would have done more with the chance to win the World Series. Haha, nice.