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Update:dlgoff said:My Almater, Kansas University, is loosing to Miami, 35 to 29.![]()
Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU 70, Miami 49 3:23 to play
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KU going to the Final Four wining 76 to 50.dlgoff said:Update:
Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU 70, Miami 49 3:23 to play
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The plot thickens.
[Jackie] did not "have the authority" to mute and virtually eject councillors, new reports say. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60913569)
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What's on the opposite side of the Earth from your location?
https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes
Or what is the furthest you can go around the Earth from your residence and still be on dry land?
Don't post any personal information or coordinates.
https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes
Or what is the furthest you can go around the Earth from your residence and still be on dry land?
Don't post any personal information or coordinates.
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My father emailed me his obituary. I didn't realize it at first, since the subject line of the email was obit, so I thought is might be a relative (having just lost an uncle) or some other relative, or friend or family acquaintance. I then opened the attached file and saw that it was his obituary, and didn't think much of it, as he has been talking about adjustments to his will and end of life planning, it was a draft, and I closed the file. 
Then I opened the file again and noticed the age.
So, I called him just to be sure he wasn't indicating an imminent demise. He laughed. He's still planning to be around for a while. Although retired, he's writing a book.
Today I realized it's April 1 today. We both had a good laugh.

Then I opened the file again and noticed the age.
Today I realized it's April 1 today. We both had a good laugh.
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Have not seen either movie but studied both themes in literature and graphic novels.WWGD said:I liked the movie ' Golem' but I don't like Dybbuk.
Golem rises from mud to protect poor and innocents and serve justice on evil men.
The creators of Superman modeled the man of steel on the rabbi's golem. Impervious to pain. Turns away weapons. Eyes glow red. Energized by righteous anger, a scrawled symbol on its chest.
Dybbuks are reanimated dead people. Too selfish to stay dead, wandering souls inhabit recent corpses, or take over innocent people. Dybbuks take or steal from the living, causing hardship and suffering as they cling to life in the midst of death. Dybbuks can be destroyed but at great cost.
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It was a double meaKlystron said:Have not seen either movie but studied both themes in literature and graphic novels.
Golem rises from mud to protect poor and innocents and serve justice on evil men.
The creators of Superman modeled the man of steel on the rabbi's golem. Impervious to pain. Turns away weapons. Eyes glow red. Energized by righteous anger, a scrawled symbol on its chest.
Dybbuks are reanimated dead people. Too selfish to stay dead, wandering souls inhabit recent corpses, or take over innocent people. Dybbuks take or steal from the living, causing hardship and suffering as they cling to life in the midst of death. Dybbuks can be destroyed but at great cost.
You've overestimated me with an interesting and erudite comment in response to my attempt at a ( groan-worthy) pun " The movie and the book(Dybbuk)" I got a similar response when I referred to Chris Rock's (supposed) relative "The"( The Rock).Klystron said:Have not seen either movie but studied both themes in literature and graphic novels.
Golem rises from mud to protect poor and innocents and serve justice on evil men.
The creators of Superman modeled the man of steel on the rabbi's golem. Impervious to pain. Turns away weapons. Eyes glow red. Energized by righteous anger, a scrawled symbol on its chest.
Dybbuks are reanimated dead people. Too selfish to stay dead, wandering souls inhabit recent corpses, or take over innocent people. Dybbuks take or steal from the living, causing hardship and suffering as they cling to life in the midst of death. Dybbuks can be destroyed but at great cost.
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Oh! Needed to read that thrice to grasp your attempted pun. De Book. Double mea funny.WWGD said:It was a double mea
You've overestimated me with an interesting and erudite comment in response to my attempt at a ( groan-worthy) pun " The movie and the book(Dybbuk)" I got a similar response when I referred to Chris Rock's (supposed) relative "The"( The Rock).
You are mispronouncing dybbuk though I do not speak Yiddish. Closer to "dib" not "dee" AFAIK,
and a hard "buck" not soft book or butch sound. Guess pronunciation depends on locale.
A sixty's SF novel turned dybbuk into a verb. Wealthy dying oligarchs forced their minds into young healthy people. The rich dybbuk the poor.
The first part of a Coen brother's movie, set in a shtetl, features a dybbuk. An old reb dies of cholera but does not realize the disease killed him. Merriment ensues as the ghost resumes his duties visiting a young married couple.
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Ok, maybe this is more fitting:Klystron said:Oh! Needed to read that thrice to grasp your attempted pun. De Book. Double mea funny.
You are mispronouncing dybbuk though I do not speak Yiddish. Closer to "dib" not "dee" AFAIK,
and a hard "buck" not soft book or butch sound. Guess pronunciation depends on locale.
A sixty's SF novel turned dybbuk into a verb. Wealthy dying oligarchs forced their minds into young healthy people. The rich dybbuk the poor.
The first part of a Coen brother's movie, set in a shtetl, features a dybbuk. An old reb dies of cholera but does not realize the disease killed him. Merriment ensues as the ghost resumes his duties visiting a young married couple.
" How about Aaron Spelling?"
A,A,R,O,N.
P.S: Still considering that play(let):
What do you want, Sir?
Chicken over Rice
Over Rice, or Over Ice?
etc
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TORIble Spelling (tolerable or terrible), Aaron's daughter.WWGD said:Ok, maybe this is more fitting:
" How about Aaron Spelling?"
A,A,R,O,N.
I'll take beans and rice and everything nice!WWGD said:P.S: Still considering that play(let):
What do you want, Sir?
Chicken over Rice
Over Rice, or Over Ice?
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Don't you just love it when Watford lose yet another match, your girlfriend moves back to Poland, and you have to spend your Saturday night doing a three hour Maths exam because your supervisor forgot to send it earlier in the week. 

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S/he deserves the Will Smith treatment.ergospherical said:Don't you just love it when Watford lose yet another match, your girlfriend moves back to Poland, and you have to spend your Saturday night doing a three hour Maths exam because your supervisor forgot to send it earlier in the week.![]()
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Ugh x 2WWGD said:They've now come up with Hummus mixes with sweet flavors, like chocolate or apple pie. Not sure I'm ready to make the leap ( and not gag).
Hummus contains fresh garlic. Love garlic but not with sweets.
"Is nothing sacred?", screamed like Charleston Heston in final scenes of Soylent Green.
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Casanovas of physics forums (if that’s not an oxymoron), what are some quirky but cute date ideas for cheap?
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A friend (female) of mine once said to me, we were both singles at the time and discussed a relationship when we would have been old, "Let's face it. A relationship is nice. But a brothel is cheaper."ergospherical said:Casanovas of physics forums (if that’s not an oxymoron), what are some quirky but cute date ideas for cheap?
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So, can you at least suggest a cheap brothel in the Oxbridge/Cambford area?fresh_42 said:A friend (female) of mine once said to me, we were both singles at the time and discussed a relationship when we would have been old, "Let's face it. A relationship is nice. But a brothel is cheaper."
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