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    IDK, wearing a dress and makeup has a lot of force.
     
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    I don’t know about top fuel, but the 800hp Camaro I used to race would burn a half tank (10gal fuel cell) in a single pass.
     
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    New York City mayor and current presidential candidate Bill de Blasio changed his name in 2002 from Warren Wilhelm Jr..
     
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    Yeah...but not down to monstrous political ambition/narcissist personality disorder syndrome. Unfortunately...

    I did the donkey [heh] and it appears he was largely raised by his mother, Mrs De Blasio.
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    Parents born in 1917. Warren born in '61. Almost a generation skip into beloved Gen X.
     
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    Sign of the times:

    Walmart's e-commerce sales were up 37% in the second quarter. Store sales were up 2.8%.
     
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    PsychoShow Bob?
     
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    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    Ya know, for when you are desperate and stuck in the public head. :D
     
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    When that gat pops a cap, it'll be straight up his ass. :eek:
     
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    That's a scary man right there. Can't he just have a nice cup of tea or something?
     
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    The American cockroach runs at a breakneck speed of 3.4 mph or 5.4 km/h, which would be comparable to a human running at 330 km/h (210 mph).

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cockroach#Characteristics


    If one sees you, good luck stepping on it.
     
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    I'm pretty sure cuddling can't cure depression, whoever wrote that.
     
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    It can if you're a Mary-Sue.

    (I probably shouldn't joke about this.)
     
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    No, but it can make it a lot more pleasant.
     
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    *Raging internet flame war ensues over whether Rey from Star Wars is a Mary Sue*
     
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    It says it kills depression, though. Depression can't survive if the host dies.
     
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    What makes 60 Minutes, on CBS, different from just about every other program on television? No theme music.
     
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    The recipe for a Manhattan is:

    2 oz Bourbon
    1 oz Sweet Vermouth
    2 dashes Angostura bitters.

    212 is also the Manhattan area code.
     
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    Bumblebee, one of the Transformers, is depicted as a Chevy Camaro that transforms into a robot.

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    Those headlights and bumper pieces on his chest are Volkswagen Beetle parts.
     
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    Writer: We need to make this character open and relateable.
    Producer: we need product placement.
    Car guy on set: Please don't do this.
     
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    He was a Beetle in the cartoons. The Chevy plug was sacrilege.

    ETA: ...and half the reason I never watched any of the sequels.
     
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    I'm sorry to anyone who thinks it's cool, but fuck no. That's fucking gross. And no one better peel off my tattoo when I die.
     
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    Yeeeeeeessss... that's what the Nazis are supposed to have done (although there's no actual evidence for it beyond some testimony in Irma Griese's trial).
     
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