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Richard Ayoade Faces Bullying At The Work Place

dannym3141 says...

I think Rich's shtick is that he speaks and behaves slightly awkwardly, offbeat. So i think part of the joke is him inexpertly/unexpectedly using a cattle herding term, the conceit of which is that Rob can decide to buy him some more biscuits or not as he chooses, because it's his money and Rich isn't about to force him. Obviously analysing it doesn't do it much justice.

That's what i think, but i don't actually find Rich funny so i might be missing the joke myself.

eric3579 said:

What does "it's your rodeo" mean?

How Many Cops Does It Take To Take Down A Street Performer

(Canadian) Lego Man in Space

4 Years Ago Iowa Was EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

NetRunner says...

One insight I gathered during the 2008 primaries is that according to the media, only "unexpected" results matter. Unexpected in that sentence of course means "something contrary to media conventional wisdom", not something actually unexpected.

So if Romney wins Iowa, it'll be reported as huge because he wasn't "expected" to win, even though his numbers have been fine in Iowa this time around.

If Santorum or Paul wins, it'll be a non-event because Iowa is "expected" to pick someone offbeat and unconventional.

That said, whoever winds up on top will get a flurry of intense media scrutiny until New Hampshire, for good or for ill.

If Romney wins Iowa, expect the media to offer him public blowjobs. If Paul wins, expect to hear lots about racist newsletters and crackpot theories about AIDS, and how New Hampshire will be the "real" start of the primary season.

Darth Vader As A Regional Director For An Electronics Chain

11-year-old girl sings a phenomenal Adele cover

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Egyptian teacher filmed hitting all his students with stick

Elderly lady fights off jewel shop robbers with her handbag

bareboards2 says...

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/handbag-heroine-granny-fights-off-sledgehammer-jewelry-store-robbers-ncxdc-020811

Apparently she thought that there was a fight not a robbery, and waded in to stop what she thought was a beating. Then she got really mad when she found out it was a robbery in broad daylight and all these people on the street stood around and just watched.

Sledgehammers. They were swinging sledgehammers. I would have watched, too.

Homeless Man With Golden Radio Voice

ant says...

>> ^Tymbrwulf:

Just to let everyone know, this guy EXPLODED all over the internet.
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/
evz04/homeless_man_wgolden_radio_voice_in_columbus_oh/
>> ^Reddit:
Redditors in Columbus are trying to find Ted Williams but have been unsuccessful so far. A local radio show The Morning Zoo has FOUND Ted for their show tomorrow Wednesday, January 5th at 7:15am EST (you can listen live at the provided link, as soon as the RJs have contact info for me they will shoot me an e-mail and I'll update then!)



CNN's video story: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/offbeat/2011/01/04/moos.magic.voice.cnn from http://adland.tv/content/ted-williams-homeless-man-golden-voice-causes-bidding-war

Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero

Winstonfield_Pennypacker says...

In Arizona Obama is saying that those laws violate the supremacy clause of that US Constitution.

Which most courts and lawyers agree is a complete BS position. Even his own people have said that what Arizona is doing violate NO LAW, but the best argument they can come up with is the equivalent of saying, "If the Federal government chooses NOT to enforce a law, then the States have no authority to enforce it either..." The only way the Federal challenge will pass is in a stacked puppet court.

Of course the "stomping" he is doing involves challenging the laws in court, which seems like a "legitimate" way of going about it. If the supreme court disagrees then so be it.

Yes - the Federal government suing a state that is trying to enforce FEDERAL law is perfectly normal...

I know I've seen you criticize others for name-calling as being intellectually lazy.

This is true - when referring to forum members. Public figures get no such free pass from me. I generally try to avoid eggregiousness in the practice, but Obama's behavior is such that there really is no 'nice' way to describe it. He isn't just being quaintly, politely offbeat. He is deliberately governing against the will of the people, and lying through his teeth about how he justifies it.

If conservatives put someone sane up there then I might vote for them, but at this point it isn't looking too likely.

It'd be nice. Won't hold my breath. The GOP doesn't want a real fiscal conservative in charge any more than the Democrats do.

On March 20, 2010, CBO released its final cost estimate for the reconciliation act [...] CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting both pieces of legislation will produce a net reduction in federal deficits of $143 billion over the 2010-2019 period.

Those are old numbers. Here are the current ones (May 2010)...

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/114xx/doc11490/LewisLtr_HR3590.pdf

In short - the $143 billion (over 10 years) was reduced by 115 billion. So even according to the CBO (and their estimates are questionable at best) the 'deficit reduction' will only be 28 billion over 10 years. 2.8 billion a year. And we're supposed to be exicted about this paltry figure that we bought with personal freedom?

That evil Obama stealing conservative ideas again. He still hasn't learned that it's only constitutional when Republicans do it.

The origins of this are not 'conservative' so please, no falsehood. This was a 'compromise' from a GOP funded group. It is not a conservative approach. Government mandates are not conservative. They are decidedly liberal and leftist - no matter where they originate from.

AZ's new anti-Mexican law

It isn't anti-Mexican. It is "pro-enforcement" of laws that are already perfectly legal, and indeed are the FEDERAL norm. 28 other states are currently in the process of producing identical laws, or very similar ones. I hope they do. I hope every state passes laws that REQUIRE all persons who are stopped by the police - for ANY REASON - to produce valid documents that prove citizenship. And if the person can't prove citizenship - throw them in jail until they can provide that evidence. And if they can't come up with the evidence, then out of the country they go. I have no problem with that. It isn't racist. It isn't 'anti Mexican'. It is pro-enforcement. Boo-freaking-hoo. The only people who would be afraid of such a simple, common sense approach are illegals - and they deserve no consideration no matter what country they originated from.

Bear Steals Car in Larkspur Denver And Trashes it

Indian man claims never to drank or eaten; in over 70 yrs

joedirt says...

Seems like a fraudster doctor is involved.... He pushed this breatarian shit forever.. wonder if he isn't slipping this guy stuff..

I'm guessing the doctor here will get a shit ton of $$$ to further study this field.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia
Further, his weight did drop slightly during the 10 days, casting some doubt on his claim to go indefinitely without food. The Indian Rationalist Association labels him a "village fraud"


Also, he already did this for 10 days..
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/11/26/offbeat.india.fast/



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