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The Clique's plot mainly follows the first novel in this series by Lisi Harrison. The books lead you through the middle school lives of five girls: Massie Block, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, Alicia Rivera, and Claire Lyons. The girls belong to the most popular group at their private all-girls school Octavian Country Day (OCD) called the Pretty Committee aka The Clique. Hi I'd like to mention that.. THIS MOVIE ROCKED!!!!! THAT IS ALL! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clique_(film)

HOOS wearing bitchmade sweaters and steendriving (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 14 December 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link

Abi Titmuss

She also starred in a sex tape, which is widely available on the internet. In The video also starred John Leslie and he described her vagina as a menace

nate woolls, Monday, 15 December 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/288/jewelxk1.png

arular (unregistered), Friday, 26 December 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link

XD

mufasa marchant (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 26 December 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Girls

This article or section has been nominated to be checked for its neutrality.

...

Music video

"Quality" is not an adjective that would be applied to the music video for "Summer Girls", nor for any other music videos in LFO's oeuvre. The video features the three gentlemen in the band, dressed like classic late-90s vintage d-bags, on a pier of some sort and later a beach. Our dignity-free trio walks around flirting with bikini-clad girls, some of whom are implausibly cute given the trio of men in question. Many, however, would more likely be classed as "anorexic" by 2008 standards. At one point in the video there's some break dancing. The guy with blond hair "raps" to the camera, demonstrating the remarkable ability to deliver lines like "When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet/Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets" with no evident impulse to kill himself.

aaron d.g., Monday, 29 December 2008 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link

from the entry about Jimmy Edwards:

A Brighton and Hove bus is named after him. He had been married to wife Valerie for many years, however during the 1970s he was publicly outed as a lifelong homosexual by others much to his annoyance.

I guess it's just the phrasing that amuses me.

Bob Six, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link

The series was so popular in Germany that the TV Movie was released there theatrically under the name Alf - Der Film (Alf - The Movie) and was panned by critics and by fans, particularly for the Tanners' absence. At the time the show ALF was on in Germany, the roadside signs for the Moselle River town of "Alf" were frequently stolen by souvenir hunters.

pazuzu's petals (latebloomer), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Robert Williams (c. 1954 – January 25, 1979), a worker at a Ford Motor Company factory in Michigan, was one of the first individuals killed by a robot.

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 19 January 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link

Blanche Knott is the credited author of the politically incorrect Truly Tasteless Jokes book and its many follow-ons. According to the New York Times, the first volume was the biggest-selling mass-market book of 1983. The name is a pun directing the reader to "blanch not" at the offensive nature of the jokes within and an obvious pseudonym.

The actual author was a fresh-from-college employee at St. Martin Press named Ashton Applewhite, who ironically, given the many AIDS jokes contained in the TTJ books, went on to write an inspirational volume for AIDS victims.

゙(゚、 。 7 (cankles), Monday, 19 January 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link

Danzig is one of few albums labeled as "explicit" despite the virtual absence of profanity (save for one use of the word "whore" in "Possession").

゙(゚、 。 7 (cankles), Monday, 19 January 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Byrd joined the Ku Klux Klan when he was 24 in 1942. His local chapter unanimously elected him Exalted Cyclops.[2]

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link

Robert Williams (c. 1954 – January 25, 1979), a worker at a Ford Motor Company factory in Michigan, was one of the first individuals killed by a robot BUT NOT THE LAST

http://www.reelmovienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/terminator_robot.jpg

^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link

To this day, no one knows exactly how the Les Paulverizer works.

jsimp, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link

Production notes

In the film's original cut, McAlester lived, but test audiences made it clear how much they disliked the character (going so far as to shout "Die, bitch!" at the screen) as her actions had caused all that had gone wrong.[citation needed] Thus, the decision was made to re-shoot the ending so that her character died. Conversely, Sherman 'Preacher' Dudley, played by LL Cool J, was to die but test audiences loved the character so much that filmmakers re-shot the ending and had him live.[citation needed]

31g, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

From 'Spoon':

It is used primarily for serving and eating liquid or semisolid food (sometimes called "spoon-meat")

talk me down off the (ledge), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link

I always get excited when I see this thread has been revived, and spoon-meat is no exception.

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link

from "André the Giant":

Actor Cary Elwes explains in his video diary of The Princess Bride that Samuel Beckett was a neighbor of the Roussimoff family while living in France. The Nobel Laureate would sometimes drive André to school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_the_giant

akaky akakievich, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link

cool beans

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link

spoon-meat!!

s1ocki, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link

from max weinberg's

Weinberg was born in Newark, New Jersey. His sister, Nancy Winston, is a professional pianist and singer who is well known in New York City for her regular appearances at the Cafe Pierre, the Plaza Hotel and other top piano rooms. Weinberg played drums on Winston's self-titled debut CD. Weinberg also has another sister, Abby, a clinical social worker in the New England area. And Abby's two sons Jake and Noah are fans of their uncle.

鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link

lol

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link

Haha that Beckett & André in Paris thing!

Sam: These bloody traffic jams.
And: But I can be late to school without getting the blame!
Sam: No matter. Always the same. Always the same. No matter.
And: Oh look! A lady with a very very small dog!
Sam: God fuck a cunt.
And: I'm bored. Got any comics?
Sam: And the fog. The fog is truly l'innomable
And: You just wiggled your finger. That's wonderful!

(yes yes I know he wasn't the one with that line)

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link

oh sorry sloppy editing, last parenthesis shouldn't be there. I just decided against "I do not think that word means what you think it means".

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link

One of the world's largest food companies, Kraft Foods, came under fire with consumer complaints and lawsuits regarding Kraft's commercial guacamole[2]. The main issue was that Kraft's guacamole contained less than 2 percent avocado and contains hydrogenated oils and artificial colors to try to approximate the consistency and color of avocados.

ian, Saturday, 7 February 2009 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link

Chris Hawkins

Chris Hawkins (born 23 September 1975, in Loppington, North Shropshire, England) is a presenter, performance DJ, reporter, journalist, producer, and music pundit and all round nice guy.

Chris Hawkins also went back in time to be reborn on the 6th Feb 1985 and went on to be a great scientist.

nate woolls, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 09:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Ulvaeus has suffered from severe memory loss and no longer remembers much of his life. He has little memory of being famous and has even turned to hypnotism to try and bring back his memory.

True, too, apparantly.

The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 11:06 (fifteen years ago) link

Steven Edwards was born in the South Bronx, to parents from North Carolina and North Virginia. He was also a former bodyguard for Muhammad Ali. He met Tommy DeSimone as a struggling blues-rock musician, singer and songwriter on Queens Boulevard sometime during 1967 while earning money as a street performer. At the time DeSimone was selling stolen Rolex watches. Thomas began to think of Parnell as a "brother" and the two became close friends. It was around this time that Thomas adopted the same integrationist stance of Martin Luther King, that was adopted by Colombo crime family mobster Joe Gallo.

Coyote Ultra Nate (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link

The US Postal Service released a stamp featuring Ogden Nash and six of his poems on the centennial of his birth on 19 August 2002. The six poems are "The Turtle," "The Cow," "Crossing The Border," "The Kitten," "The Camel" and "Limerick One." It was the first stamp in the history of the USPS to include the word "sex," although as a synonym for gender. It can be found under the "O" and is part of "The Turtle".

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 February 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/51_sm.jpg

鬼の手 (Edward III), Saturday, 28 February 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weitz_(filmmaker)

Weitz is the son of the actress Susan Kohner and novelist/fashion designer John Weitz. Paul Kohner and Mexican actress Lupita Tovar are his grandparents.

Growing up in New York City, he attended The Allen-Stevenson School and later Collegiate. Then, he graduated from Wesleyan University, where he wrote the play Mango Tea. The play was performed off-Broadway.

WHO WONT Release OFF CENTRE ON DVD. SO please be free to download it off of bittorrent. He is the reason why illegal downloads are acceptable.

Dave Gahan, lead singer of Depeche Mode (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_g

Kenny is a qualified pilot and has been known to fly to many events. He is also one of the original investors in the Starbucks coffee house chain. He has one sister, Paula, and one brother, Brian. His brother's sons, David and John, both play guitar and are in several different bands.

Kenny is allergic to shell fish.

t. weiss, Friday, 6 March 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link

OK, I know this isn't exactly an unusual detail, but I was trying to remember where "you can't handle the truth!" came from and I typed it into WikiPedia instead of Google -> it worked! Even though the quote isn't in the article at all!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_handle_the_truth

StanM, Friday, 6 March 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Alex_Ferguson

grew up in a tenement at 667 Govan Road

^Neighbour of the Beast!

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 6 March 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link

Best thing in that horribly over-acted "You can't handle the truth!" scene is Jack going "you fucking people" - the phrase is permanently stuck in my head and floats to the front of my consciousness every time something irritates me, like people stopping in front of me in a doorway or people not standing on the right on the escalator - you know, important stuff.

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 6 March 2009 09:14 (fifteen years ago) link

"Sorkin took that information and wrote much of his story on cocktail napkins while bartending at the Palace Theatre on Broadway"

that's pretty unusual. dude couldn't afford a pad of paper?

i had no idea this was a play first, i actually assumed it was a john grisham thing.

ledge, Friday, 6 March 2009 09:36 (fifteen years ago) link

horribly fabulously over-acted. "I'm gonna rip out your eyeballs and piss in your dead skull! You fucked with the wrong marine!" Could watch that whole climax over and over.

ledge, Friday, 6 March 2009 09:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Lori Barbero (born November 27, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the drummer for the Minneapolis-based band Babes in Toyland. She subsequently played drums for the bands Eggtwist and Koalas.[1]

She was also part owner of the now defunct Minneapolis label Spanish Fly Records, whose roster included Smut, Dumpster Juice, Milk, REO Speedealer, Sleep Capsule, and Likehell.

In 2006, Lori was awarded with an Artist of Distinction award by Sound Unseen for her continuous contribution to the Minneapolis Rock and Roll scene.

In 2008 Lori drunkenly drove her car into somebody's house and then asked what was left of her fan base to pay for her DUI charge. She was last seen frying eggs at a Minneapolis Denny's.

She now works at Hole in the Wall in Austin, TX as a cocktail waitress.

•--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 March 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7921985.stm

Luka ModReq (DJ Mencap), Friday, 6 March 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link

GZA explores many motifs and themes, such as chess, crime and philosophy.

rio (r1o natsume), Saturday, 7 March 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link

lady burt stanton (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), are you 82.24.167.192? I note that that edit was only made on 5th March. It is, of course, quite easy to edit any wikipedia page, insert something absurd, then do a quick screen grab before the edit gets reverted.

dubmill, Saturday, 7 March 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link

lady burt stanton (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), are you 93.106.227.48? I have noticed some vvv strange edits being made on Wikipedia from this IP address, and honestly, I suspect you.

Alas, those pwns never came. (libcrypt), Saturday, 7 March 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link

She's not 93.106.227.48 at all! Based on her WDYLL pics I'd guess she's about 36.29.38

:-)

StanM, Saturday, 7 March 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link

oh dear...this was one of my favourite threads as well.

Bob Six, Saturday, 7 March 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/OfMarrow/coulterapple.jpg

circa1916, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathory_(band)

In an interview Quorthon stated that he was not conscripted for Sweden's army because of his long hair.

14 karat gold steen computer wizard (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 21 March 2009 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link

page: Jesse Katsopolis

Relationships

In the episode 13 Candles, it is revealed that his first kiss was with Diane Van Zant.

During the show's first season, he is seen with several girlfriends. Some of them are:
Vanessa ("Our Very First Show")
Adrianna ("Daddy's Home")
Robin ("Half a Love Story")
Jill ("Half a Love Story")
Samantha ("The Seven-Month Itch, Part I")
Roxanne (Sea Cruise)
Eva Braun (World War II)

abanana, Sunday, 22 March 2009 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link


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