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[Good Posting Judge]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

Seems like it'd be more fun if you just went and enjoyed (or not) the movie without dissecting the #### out of it, but what do I know.

Amazingly, this is what I do. I have never felt the need to be "spoilered" about anything; more fun just to go, you know, watch it.

I accidentally saw spoilers for one season of Survivor, basically the complete boot list in order, those spoilers turned out to be correct, and the season was boring as a result.

A GB who posts here "spoiled" the first season of The Apprentice by finding out from someone who knew someone that Joan Rivers was going to win. Because the whole thing was rigged.

That was also when you could bet on who would win The Apprentice.

 

[Frostillicus]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

Nerds gonna nerd. Grown-### men too.

Just making sure that that is what I'm seeing in there. Maybe some of the guys read the book or something.

I believe there are all kinds of books (haven't read), not sure if they cover the same material as the movies or not though.

They do not. Not that I've read them, or very many of them at least, but I know the movie is standalone.

 

[Aerial Assault]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

Seems like it'd be more fun if you just went and enjoyed (or not) the movie without dissecting the #### out of it, but what do I know.

Amazingly, this is what I do. I have never felt the need to be "spoilered" about anything; more fun just to go, you know, watch it.

I accidentally saw spoilers for one season of Survivor, basically the complete boot list in order, those spoilers turned out to be correct, and the season was boring as a result.

A GB who posts here "spoiled" the first season of The Apprentice by finding out from someone who knew someone that Joan Rivers was going to win. Because the whole thing was rigged.

That was also when you could bet on who would win The Apprentice.

Heh, love it. But wait - did they pass a federal law that you can't bet on who wins The Apprentice anymore? Oh, you mean because everyone now has access to the spoilers or could get them, roger that. You could still bet on who wins The Voice or one of the other shows with a live component.

 

[Aerial Assault]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

 

[GroveDiesel]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

New here, huh?

New to the Star Wars thread? Yeah. I realize we're all sorta dorky playing on a magic football message board, but jesus christ, that thread is like a can of Vag-Off.

We're on a website where people pay money to other people to predict the outcomes of games that will happen in just a few games so that they can then go and gamble based on those predictions.

 

[strykerpks]

@ "ruining" Survivor

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

http://new2.fjcdn.com/comments/Mfw+my+friends+spam+9gag+on+fb+_58d66ebcc5161921f413c4fee7d2d2bd.jpg

 

[General Malaise]

Bogart - I too rather like this Courtney Barnett. At least, two of her songs. Good stuff, will go for more.

 

[General Malaise]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

Seems like it'd be more fun if you just went and enjoyed (or not) the movie without dissecting the #### out of it, but what do I know.

Amazingly, this is what I do. I have never felt the need to be "spoilered" about anything; more fun just to go, you know, watch it.

I accidentally saw spoilers for one season of Survivor, basically the complete boot list in order, those spoilers turned out to be correct, and the season was boring as a result.

A GB who posts here "spoiled" the first season of The Apprentice by finding out from someone who knew someone that Joan Rivers was going to win. Because the whole thing was rigged.

That was also when you could bet on who would win The Apprentice.

Heh, love it. But wait - did they pass a federal law that you can't bet on who wins The Apprentice anymore? Oh, you mean because everyone now has access to the spoilers or could get them, roger that. You could still bet on who wins The Voice or one of the other shows with a live component.

Well, the Republicans jammed an anti-online gaming act law into a bigger law about protecting our ports and such, so ALL betting is strictly verboten here. However, once Sports Books as a whole realized that ALL Reality TV is scripted, fake and the outcomes about as secret as Anderson Cooper's sexuality, they pulled the wagering availability completely. So it's not the Feds protecting us from ourselves....it's Bookies protecting themselves from losses.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

http://new2.fjcdn.com/comments/Mfw+my+friends+spam+9gag+on+fb+_58d66ebcc5161921f413c4fee7d2d2bd.jpg

Inappropriate, gramps.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

http://new2.fjcdn.com/comments/Mfw+my+friends+spam+9gag+on+fb+_58d66ebcc5161921f413c4fee7d2d2bd.jpg

Inappropriate, gramps.

https://paladinillumination.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/128924600638219681.jpg

 

[El Floppo]

Doonesbury guy #3 behind Nieto and Chinesed John Cusack

putin in the tank... wait...he could've actually been in a tank- I mean wife-beater.

eta: he could actually be a wife-beater. I mean sleeveless shirt.

 

[Aerial Assault]

@ "ruining" Survivor

Whatevs, I like it

 

[Aerial Assault]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

http://new2.fjcdn.com/comments/Mfw+my+friends+spam+9gag+on+fb+_58d66ebcc5161921f413c4fee7d2d2bd.jpg

 

[Aerial Assault]

So.....the guys in the Star Wars thread are just....guessing at the plot? They can't wait a few weeks to go see the movie, they need to theorize what might happen?

Seems like it'd be more fun if you just went and enjoyed (or not) the movie without dissecting the #### out of it, but what do I know.

Amazingly, this is what I do. I have never felt the need to be "spoilered" about anything; more fun just to go, you know, watch it.

I accidentally saw spoilers for one season of Survivor, basically the complete boot list in order, those spoilers turned out to be correct, and the season was boring as a result.

A GB who posts here "spoiled" the first season of The Apprentice by finding out from someone who knew someone that Joan Rivers was going to win. Because the whole thing was rigged.

That was also when you could bet on who would win The Apprentice.

Heh, love it. But wait - did they pass a federal law that you can't bet on who wins The Apprentice anymore? Oh, you mean because everyone now has access to the spoilers or could get them, roger that. You could still bet on who wins The Voice or one of the other shows with a live component.

Well, the Republicans jammed an anti-online gaming act law into a bigger law about protecting our ports and such, so ALL betting is strictly verboten here. However, once Sports Books as a whole realized that ALL Reality TV is scripted, fake and the outcomes about as secret as Anderson Cooper's sexuality, they pulled the wagering availability completely. So it's not the Feds protecting us from ourselves....it's Bookies protecting themselves from losses.

Interesting, not a big Wagering Guy so I didn't know this. Thanks.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

What was it like being the only Junior on your college campus that had never felt a live boob before?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

What was it like being the only Junior on your college campus that had never felt a live boob before?

Think I started them after college...definitely after banging my now wife anyway

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

What was it like being the only Junior on your college campus that had never felt a live boob before?

Think I started them after college...definitely after banging my now wife anyway

 

[General Malaise]

That bearded guy in the Chevy adds who throws eggs and shreds phones sure is one smug son of a whore.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

That bearded guy in the Chevy adds who throws eggs and shreds phones sure is one smug son of a whore.

"You know how terrible it feels to not have a phone? Well good news, we have wifi in cars now!"

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

What was it like being the only Junior on your college campus that had never felt a live boob before?

Think I started them after college...definitely after banging my now wife anyway

Looks like Vector Prime was released in 99 and that was the first one I picked up so I would have still been in college

So started reading the New Jedi Order series and in between releases I'd go back to older books (Thrawn Trilogy, etc)

 

[Aerial Assault]

I've read a lot of the Star Wars EU Books

Any questions let me know

What was it like being the only Junior on your college campus that had never felt a live boob before?

Think I started them after college...definitely after banging my now wife anyway

Looks like Vector Prime was released in 99 and that was the first one I picked up so I would have still been in college

So started reading the New Jedi Order series and in between releases I'd go back to older books (Thrawn Trilogy, etc)

Nice. I've always thought it was cool that those books were out there because so many people love them (same with the non-canon Star Trek books). Only SW one I ever read was "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," and that was really before the EU. But then I'm the guy who has been reading Game of Thrones - the original - for a year. I just don't read books often enough. Too much Survivor!

 

[-fish-]

What's worse:

(1) The Walking Dead thread

(2) The Walking Dead show itself

(3) The guy in the Walking Dead thread that thinks that it's "hap hazard"

 

[El Floppo]

What's worse:

(1) The Walking Dead thread

(2) The Walking Dead show itself

(3) The guy in the Walking Dead thread that thinks that it's "hap hazard"

1- love the walking dead thread.

2- love the walking dead show.

3- love even the idea of a word like "hap hazard" (who used it?... oh... I really hope it was me)

 

[Osaurus]

Pretty sure it's haphazzard. Murica.

 

[kevzilla]

I think you come out way ahead if you turn and burn the second you hear the word "zombie".

But I was stoked by the Star Wars trailer, so I'm just a different flavor of dorkwad.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

I will defer to Cos, but for me its about the need for delicateness of flavor. Shallots are generally much less harsh - fresh or cooked/fried.

 

[ScottNorwood]

harsh onion will put hair on your chest

 

[Binky The Doormat]

harsh onion will put hair on your chest

might not be everyone's goal for dinner

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

All of the above

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

All of the above

Dan - this is even less helpful than drafting Vernon Davis in the 3rd Rd of a 14 team non-ppr league.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

I like shallots and ####### hate onions, so I would say it's not pretentious.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

Both imo

 

[tommyboy]

Is using shallots instead of onions more about being pretentious or is the flavor different enough to be noticeable?

Cos - can I get a ruling?

Definite difference but its still pretentious.

 

[tommyboy]

If you like a mellower flavor use white onion and carmelize them.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Try using ramps in place of shallots

 

[tommyboy]

Just heard original Bob Dylan "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and thought, #### thats awesome. Its crappy recording from the 60's but you can just tell how good the musicians were despite that. So i was looking on rhapsody and found this version and mindblown.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NPU1JL1_euk

 

[ScottNorwood]

Bob Dylan was a stage name. His real name was Schmeckel Rosenbergstein

 

[heckmanm]

And for you peens trying to figure out Star Wars: one thing I've always found interesting about Star Wars is that - animated stuff aside - you're basically talking about 16-18 hours of total content (the six movies). Before 1999, it was half that. By contrast, just the first (and best) Star Trek series has about 65 hours of content. So there's always been a clamor for more material, and that's been filled in with hundreds of novels that have created what SW obsessives call the "Expanded Universe," complete with new characters, new planets, speculation as to what happened after Return of the Jedi, etc. I've never really read any of it.

As far as I know - and again, I'm staying spoiler-free so I don't know this for sure - none of Episode VII incorporates the Expanded Universe stuff. Maybe there's a throwaway line of dialogue to give a nod to EU fans, but if so, I believe that's it. What's going to happen now in December on the movie screen is "canon." The EU is licensed and legal and all that, but it's not canon.

HTH, if not, I don't care

my link

 

[Frostillicus]

Bob Dylan was a stage name. His real name was Schmeckel Rosenbergstein

Sounds made up.

 

[krista4]

The esurance Buster Posey ad is my current favorite. I've seen this a hundred times and it still makes me when he says, "Let him try" and "Honey, you're embarrassing me in front of Buster Posey."

 

[shuke]

Bogart - I too rather like this Courtney Barnett. At least, two of her songs. Good stuff, will go for more.

Is that the "I want to go out but I want to stay home" song chick?

 

[Aerial Assault]

The esurance Buster Posey ad is my current favorite. I've seen this a hundred times and it still makes me when he says, "Let him try" and "Honey, you're embarrassing me in front of Buster Posey."

It is funny. I like how he's got the big catcher's mitt all ready to go and keeps pounding it, and I appreciate that esurance actually paid the Giants/MLB so he could wear his real uniform, not some stupid made-up phony one. As a bonus, he's one of the nicest kids in sports today IMO. I'd complain about his late-season power outage and how it almost cost me a fantasy baseball title, but I think I'm in the wrong thread by several degrees for such comments.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Ball lost in the ivy = ground rule double. Are they playing in my grandma's backyard?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Ball lost in the ivy = ground rule double. Are they playing in my grandma's backyard?

Place really needs to be torn down and replaced with a 21st century stadium

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Ball lost in the ivy = ground rule double. Are they playing in my grandma's backyard?

Place really needs to be torn down and replaced with a 21st century stadium

No reason for that ivy. None.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Might as well put a few sand traps and a water hazard out there too

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Have the Cubs outfielders ever played before?