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Those are great. Don't forget the one from the new Aflac commercial. "And they pay cash too, which is almost as good as money" and "We're lost, but we're making great time"

Two days ago, on my way home from work, I saw a Sam's with gas at $1.93. I thought about stopping, but was in a hurry to get home and watch the election coverage. Then when I filled up the next day, it was at $2.01. Still a good price comparatively, but I wish I had gotten it at the 8 cents cheaper price. What I'm wondering now is this: Prices of just about everything (beer, food, air travel--including those rediculous check baggage fees) went up because of gas prices. So will those increases and adjustments go back down? Doubt it!

I'm from Louisiana, and a long-time LSU fan, so it hurts to say this, but: Alabama will be LSU. Handily. Sure, it's "Saban's first game back in Death Valley" and the players and fans will be really hyped up for it. Then Lee will throw the obligatory pick-6 in the first drive and that will deflate both team and fans. After that it'll just be ugly.

Jennifer certainly can belt out a song like no one else, at least not recently. And Carrie certainly raised the bar for all other Idols. No other Idol has done what she has. Not even Kelly Clarkson, and KC had a 3 or 4 year head-start!

John Madden takes the cake. "Here's a guy, that when he runs, he goes faster! Boom, tough actin' Tinactin"

The geotargeting makes a lot of sense for advertisers, and also clears up a lot of confusion on my part. I kept seeing ads for a resort on Bob Sandlin thinking to myself "there is no way that enough people are interested in lake Bob Sandlin to make that worthwhile"

Lol thanks for the replies guys. I know its certainly not going to be like Texas. I always laugh when I go to the bank and they have signs on the door reminding patrons not to bring firearms into the bank.

I'm moving to Chicago in about 6 weeks, and have a question. I have a .22 rifle that I've had since I bought it at age 8. It's registered to me. Do I have to get any special registrations or licenses to bring it with me to my apartment up there? This seems to me to be a dumb question, as it's only a .22 rifle, but I know that some cities, especially northern cities, have pretty strict regulations on firearms. Anybody know?

Ahh, thanks for the official stat. Seems I've only remembered the ones returned for TDs. BTW, I don't have Tigervision so I didn't get to see the Tulane game, how'd we do? I saw the final score, but how was the play?

I've been in the business my whole life. I may be young (21) but dad owned an agency, I started working there at 14, and got my license the day after turning 18. I might could answer a few questions.

That is all you need to say about this season for LSU. The guy has thrown like 7 picks, and I think every one of them has been returned for a TD. I don't mind a QB who throws a pick every now and then, but stop telegraphing the quick flat screen to the WR. They pick it every time!

I say go to the vet. Since dogs can't talk, we have to pay attention to any changes in normal behavior to alert us to things that are going wrong. About a week after I got my dog (from a shelter) he started having the runs. I figured it was just an adjustment from the shelter food to the food that I was giving him. Three days later he had lost 10 pounds (20% of his 50 lbs) due to intestinal worms. Think about it, if your infant child were doing the same thing, you would probably call the doc

I hope so, as I've always respected JoePa, but I'm not sure that's the case. I just think that they looked very flat and unimpressive against Ohio State, and I think that will hurt them in the human polls

I partially agree here. I think there are too many laws protecting us from our own stupidity. For example: In Texas, you are not required by law to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, but you are required to wear a seatbelt when riding in a car. Tell me how that makes sense and I'll give you my car. But in the case of automatic weapons, it isn't merely protecting one person from his own stupidity, it's protecting many others from one person's stupidity. That child could just as easily have shot his father or the instructor instead of himself.

I actually remember reading something like this a couple years ago, but had completely forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder.

I think Florida wins this one. They're firing on all cylinders now, and their loss was early enough not eliminate them. Last year showed that the SEC champ is virtually guaranteed to play in the NCG. And Florida will definitely be the SEC champ. They're offense is good enough to compete with Texas, TT, or anyone else, and they're defense is the best of any of the contenders. P.S. I'm an LSU fan, and for some reason as a young kid I was always a Florida State fan, so it really pains me to admit that Florida is good

Crawfish turn red when boiled... Especially with the proper combination of cayenne, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and old bay...

Why? I agree here. "Locks work for honest people." There are already pretty strict rules controlling fully automatic weapons, so chances are that even tighter controls would not have prevented this tragedy. Rules and laws can only do so much. For example: Back in my fraternity days, it was always tough to get some members to pay their dues. The standard practice was to fine and add late fees. The problem here, of course, was that if someone isn't paying the dues, why would they pay the fines? So in this case, chances are that some regulations were already broken, so why would tighter regulations change anything?

Not trying to sound like a d**k, but don't you just copy and paste? This is the one that I just posted for Muddy: http://orkposters.com/brooklyn.html No special tags or anything there, just a copy and paste. Now if you're talking about pictures, that's a whole other ball game

Austin is also having a deluge of yuppies. I got into a fight on a corner with a self-proclaimed gypsy because I'm not from Austin. I saw a shirt like that one that said: "Welcome to Austin, Don't forget to Leave"

Muddy, I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but it's pretty cool. They have one of Chicago, which is how I originally found the site. The Brooklyn one looks pretty cool as well. http://orkposters.com/brooklyn.html

I'm not touching this one with a ten foot pole. I'll get way too worked up. I heard this on the radio on my morning commute, and thought I just had to have misunderstood. I thought "No way someone let their 8 year old shoot an Uzi." I mean, I shot my first gun when I was 8, and I own one now. So I've got no problem with guns. But that is too young to shoot a full-auto weapon. Hell, the first time I shot a pistol, at about age 9, the recoil made me drop it. And that was a .22 ruger semi-auto

I hope Tubberville goes. My least favorite part of following LSU football is having to watch Tubberville on the sideline once a year.

This reminds me of a joke that my dad is fond of telling: Little Johnny the second grader came home from school one day and asked, "Dad, what is Groundhog Day?" The dad thought for a moment then said, "Well, Son, in Poxatawny (sp) Pennsylvania there's this groundhog, named Phil. And every year, on the same day, he comes out of his hole from hibernating." Johnny says: "So why is that a big deal. Groundhogs, squirrells, and bears all come out after hibernating. What makes Phil so special?" The dad laughs and answers: "Because if Phil sees his shadow, then we will have 6 more weeks of basketball"

Just got back from the doctor, it is in fact an ACL tear, have surgery scheduled for the 17th.