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108. can anyone explain the british penchant for putting things in boxes and treating them like cults? i've never quite understood.

best explanation i've heard offered is that following the war, the british had to aply the interest in having sides, teams, and the "inherent" sort of us v. them spirit onto its own culture. thus football and youth cult rivalries. this was postited by a brit who took the idea from some movie on punk (i think it was one of the don letts things, but i think i've seen most of those and don't recall any such idea being uttered by some lad on the street in any of them).

or is it that bands only come into existance in the UK after a trend has been set so new ones rise up to join the club?

-- bb (b...) (webmail), December 1st, 2005 10:59 AM. (bbrz) (later) (link)

― 'you' vs. 'radio gnome invisible 3' FITE (ex machina), Thursday, 1 December 2005 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link

109. drunk chinese checkers with cute girl and old school skate punk sndtrk

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 December 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

109a. half of sandwich for drunk eating in fridge when come home

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 December 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

110. best birthday card ever featuring a LITE BRITE with a picture of a cake on the front from my roommate's mother (i wonder if roommate had anything to do with the card-picking-outing).

― tres letraj (tehresa), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 06:51 (eighteen years ago) link

maybe awesome new place to live

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

hmmm i forgot that thread where some idiot told me the british love their youth cults because it makes it easier to generalize...

111. my intestines now stay in the part of the body they are intended to stay in. and i still have shedloads of vicodin

― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

girlfriend left fresh scones, chocolate soy milk and cute note for me to wake up to. I like vacation time.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 December 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

112. Job interview at large private university in new york city

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

good luck, jon!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

That's awesome news, Jon. Congrats on the forward momentum and good luck!

― Laura H. (laurah), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Dudes,

Fig Newtons at my local bodega/corner liquor/deli are available in 2 sizes:

8 oz. $1.69
12 oz. $4.29

BROS! I'm in fig fucking newton heaven,

Steve Shasta

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 03:45 (eighteen years ago) link

More than once I've eaten myself sick on those things.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 03:53 (eighteen years ago) link

good luck, jon!

― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link

WHERE IS THIS BODEGA

― VIDEO STRESS (blastocyst), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:52 (eighteen years ago) link

i left my harp in sam's clam disco!

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:30 (eighteen years ago) link

You guys... Math.is.AWESOME!

6x8oz. = 48oz. of fig newtons for $10.14
4x12oz. = 48oz. of fig newtons for $17.16

These guys are just REINVENTING economies of scale, invisible hand, AND opportunity costs... AT YOUR EXPENSE!

Don't be fooled. BELIEVE in low-cost Newtonage.

Rock on bros,
Steve Shasta

NP: Journey Greatest Hits

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

BRODEGA

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link

113. Told off my boss when she tried to forbid me from leaving my job two months after notice was given. I feel triumphant, like I just won something.

― Laura H. (laurah), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

you win 48oz of fig newtons from steve!

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I think she wins a plane ticket, actually.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link

(to visit steve. to get the fig newtons.)

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link

114. night school! young hot chix! webbers! b0n3rs!

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 04:49 (eighteen years ago) link

115. academia = mad benefits

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah thats true..i miss working for the university....

― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link

when will you find out about the job, jw?

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link

116. helpful ppl who answer my questions
117. e-mail as a business communication tool -- hooray for "paper" trails!

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 26 January 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

EMOTICONS HAVE BEEN PATENTED BY CINGULAR

LOCK THREAD, PLZ.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 26 January 2006 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link

118. Big giant ball of fire in the sky! The sun!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 January 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

WHO LOVES THE SUN?
WHO CARES THAT IT MAKES PLANTS GROW?
WHO CARES WHAT IT DOES,
SINCE YOU BROKE MY HEARRRRRTT?

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Thursday, 26 January 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

119. my itunes does this weird thing where it'll take a .2 second phrase of a song and loop it for about 5 seconds so it gets all reichian. it's wicked fresh and psychedelic.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 28 January 2006 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link

120. 3 BIG applications done, dusted and mailed, one lil' one to go.

121. Possible FUN new source of revenue.

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link

should we get you a snowman t-shirt?

― james van der beek (dubplatestyle), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Puzzle: How do I find a drug dealer?

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

122. got my first acceptance letter today

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link

JODY, CONGRATS!!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Yay!

(where?)

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I am not going to hear anything for a few months.

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 January 2006 22:54 (eighteen years ago) link

(where?)

wisconsin! land of beer and cheese.

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 January 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link

for some reason my editing interface didn't act like a colicy baby and i got the hafler trio interview posted...

― bb (bbrz), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

It's hard out here for a pimp.

― Serge Protecteur (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

ah great news jbr. madison (i assume that's where ya got in) is great. actually, just to be safe, so is milwaukee (if you're going there instead).

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link

a shitload of my close friends went to Madison (why they're all in SF, i have no idea), so i'm assuming it's alright.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link

congrats, jody! my friend lovvvves madison and the school!

EMOTICONS HAVE BEEN PATENTED BY CINGULAR

patented or trademarked? are emoticons an invention you can patent? i would think you could only register the term "emoticon" but who knows....

― tehresa (tehresa), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/cingular_smiley_mail/

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

i got into milwaukee. was gonna apply to madison but their deadline for fall '06 was too early. both are big research universities and good schools, both have reputable MUP programs.

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link

NEW JOB!

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Thumbs_up.jpg/420px-Thumbs_up.jpg

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link

cool, i like milwaukee a lot. great record stores there, nice lakefront, new wing on dat art museum and stuff.

congrats, jon.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

best part about milwaukee: close to chicago!

that is not an insult!

atomic records is good, if i recall.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 2 February 2006 02:29 (eighteen years ago) link

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