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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:27 pm

aaah, but UK politics is all mellow now (man), since all our politicians are stoned...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6907040.stm

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:27 pm

Beats me why you ever got rid of Martin Sheen.

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:36 pm

I am not ashamed...I'll be buying my copy of the Deathly Hallows at midnight.

Hmm, no, I don't have a gambling problem, I'm winning, and winning is not a problem. That's like saying Michael Jordan has a basketball problem, or Def Leppard has an awesomeness problem. So why don't y'all pour some sugar on that?

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:37 pm

killjoy32 wrote:hey we werent allowed to get into UK politics, so how is it fair to talk US politics

Who's talking politics? Mentioning a story about the prez getting a colonoscopy and at the same time commenting about him finally getting his head out of his ass is hardly "talking politics".

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:49 pm

Cattledog wrote:I am not ashamed...I'll be buying my copy of the Deathly Hallows at midnight.

Wooot! Deathly Hallows! Wooot!

We have our bracelets for the Harry Potter party at the local Barnes and Noble store tonight. Books go out at midnight...wooot!

Sad to think the series is coming to an end. It has been a fun ride. :cry:

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:07 pm

FormCritic wrote:
Wooot! Deathly Hallows! Wooot!

We have our bracelets for the Harry Potter party at the local Barnes and Noble store tonight. Books go out at midnight...wooot!

Sad to think the series is coming to an end. It has been a fun ride.

i thought the last film was absolute pants

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:07 pm

Few books or series of books have meant as much to me as Harry Potter. I'm actually a little nervous waiting.

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:27 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
i thought the last film was absolute pants

And thanks again to the English-to-American dictionary, I understand this

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:35 pm

I just watched what has been labeled by the announcers as "the greatest moment in American sports" - how many of you saw this too? Joey Chestnut has defeated Kobayashi in the great American Independence Day classic to bring the title back home after a 9 year drought. Kobayashi had won the past 6 six years but was defeated this year with a world record setting 66 hot dogs to Kobayashi's 63 (which also beat the previous world record). It amazes me how much these can stuff down their throats in 12 minutes.

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:19 pm

Plaag wrote:
And thanks again to the English-to-American dictionary, I understand this

ShaneG.

I guess the producers of the film can kiss Al's chuddies...

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:03 pm

Mars wrote:I just watched what has been labeled by the announcers as "the greatest moment in American sports" - how many of you saw this too? Joey Chestnut has defeated Kobayashi in the great American Independence Day classic to bring the title back home after a 9 year drought. Kobayashi had won the past 6 six years but was defeated this year with a world record setting 66 hot dogs to Kobayashi's 63 (which also beat the previous world record). It amazes me how much these can stuff down their throats in 12 minutes.

Whoever said that a hot dog eating contest was "The Greatest Moment in American Sports" has got my vote for the biggest asshat in the world. Hot Dog Eating is not a sport. Hot Dog Eating is a contest.

Now if it was a contest to see how many habanero peppers they could eat before passing out from the pain....maybe I could consider that a sport. :shaking2:

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:08 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:Now if it was a contest to see how many habanero peppers they could eat before passing out from the pain....maybe I could consider that a sport.

He wasn't there but the jalapeno pepper eating champ was there and so was the girl who could eat more than 10% of her body weight in cheesecake - she's nicknamed "the black widow". It seemed like everyone there was an eating champ of something: spam, watermelon, fried asparagus, etc. One guy was a vegetarian except he eats meat for competition.

One of the announcers was one of the guys who regularly does auto racing commentary (like IRL and the Indy 500 stuff).

For anyone who missed the moment, it's up on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-2NKUlzns

Sport or contest? You decided. It should also be noted that Kobayashi was competing with an injury - he had a sore jaw but his acupuncturist was there with him and prep'd him for competition - no I'm not kidding. His injury did show at the end though: :puker:

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:46 pm

Been meaning to post this for a while.

Are any of you Texas boys fans of the 13th Floor Elevators?

Man, that song Splash 1 is un-fricken-believable. I love those guys.

'Course, I am into the psychedelic perspective...

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:10 am

bombadil wrote:Been meaning to post this for a while.

Are any of you Texas boys fans of the 13th Floor Elevators?

Man, that song Splash 1 is un-fricken-believable. I love those guys.

'Course, I am into the psychedelic perspective...

Roky Erickson is the MAN!

You can still run into the dude if you live in Austin and hang around the right clubs for awhile....he's actually playing some gigs nowadays! His mental health problems are basically gone due to medication, and he's actually traveling around the US occasionally for concerts.

It's a damn shame what happened to him (read wikipedia entry if you want some info, sad story), but it's great he's finally getting the kudos due him for being a pioneer in psychedelic rock....

Favs: You're Gonna Miss Me, Rollercoaster, Red Temple Prayer, Fire Engine...

Funny story, I once played "Red Temple Prayer" for a fellow music afficiando that knew little about Roky, afterwards he thought about if for awhile and said "Well, it's the best song I've ever heard where the chorus contains the worlds "Two Headed Dog......"

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:33 am

OK...10:35!

Almost time to pack the kids into the van and head to over the Barnes and Noble!

We do it for the fun of being part of a historical event...and the Harry Potter novels are publishing history.

Woot!

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:48 am

FormCritic wrote:OK...10:35!

Almost time to pack the kids into the van and head to over the Barnes and Noble!

We do it for the fun of being part of a historical event...and the Harry Potter novels are publishing history.

Woot!

You'll have to tell us how long the line was. Thats all they sort of showed on the news was the lines and how long people have waited in them

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:45 pm

Badmike wrote:
Roky Erickson is the MAN!

You can still run into the dude if you live in Austin and hang around the right clubs for awhile....he's actually playing some gigs nowadays! His mental health problems are basically gone due to medication, and he's actually traveling around the US occasionally for concerts.

Sounds like a damn good reason to visit Austin!

Yeah, he's a freakin' genious.

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:43 pm

Plaag wrote:
You'll have to tell us how long the line was. Thats all they sort of showed on the news was the lines and how long people have waited in them

ShaneG.

Well, the local Barnes and Noble had a crowd of some hundreds packed into the rather large local store.

I had visited the store in the morning and I picked up two coded bracelets (letter and color to show place in line). We had pre-ordered the book, so we were in the mid part of the first 200 or so people.

My wife read the first three chapters of the book out loud for us, so we ended up going to bed something like 2:30 AM.

Mark

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