http://www.hasbro.com/risk/?CMP=BAC-riskq408&vnd=cnn&sec=ros&targ=men&adtype=728 Click on the "Are You Man Enough? section. Hasbro deserves as much ridicule as...
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Thompson, Lionel
llamapoet
Oct 16, 2008 5:53 pm
The whole site is dumbed down and insulting. Check the FAQs and the strategies. Protip (and no offense to fellow gamers): 'being man enough' generally refers...
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gee barger
blinkingline
Oct 16, 2008 6:10 pm
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Thompson, Lionel ... Sounds pretty much like a weekend at my place. -gee heading back for the man-cave... [Non-text portions...
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Ed Rozmiarek
edrozm
Oct 16, 2008 6:39 pm
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:40:41 -0400, "Paul Sauberer" ... Who? What? * grumble, grumble * * Rolls over and goes back to sleep. * -- Ed Rozmiarek ...
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Paul Sauberer
psauberer
Oct 16, 2008 10:14 pm
A) The online Risk ads B) The Brooke Shields "women are getting pregnant to get a German car" campaign C) Other - please specify...
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jason r. totten
jrtotten
Oct 17, 2008 1:27 am
C) Almost all campaign commercials with anything other than the truth. (99.9999% of campaign ads) -- On Oct 16, 2008, at 18:14, "Paul Sauberer"...
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Icarus
macaroni_duck
Oct 17, 2008 3:00 am
... C) Any ad that utilizes fear tactics to sell a product. They seem to be pretty prevalent these days. One of the worst, IMO, was for antifreeze or car...
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Chris Johnson
nothingtosee...
Oct 17, 2008 4:00 am
You ask this during the height of a Presidential campaign? Really? Chris...
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Icarus
macaroni_duck
Oct 17, 2008 1:45 pm
... If it helps any, he did say "commercial" so it's focused on business advertising. Sure, you could argue that politicians are selling a "product" and that...
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Dave Vander Ark
dandther
Oct 17, 2008 1:54 pm
... Where "troublemaker" is analagous to a person using an emoticon in the pub. Dave...
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Icarus
macaroni_duck
Oct 17, 2008 2:32 pm
... Wow, people really are still paying attention in here! Rob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sarah Samuelson
sarah_samuelson
Oct 17, 2008 5:22 pm
... Agreed. Another example: http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/saturday-night-live-old-glory - Sarah S....
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Tami
yatcher
Oct 18, 2008 5:16 pm
I must say that I find the fact that the pile of dog poo is bigger than the Risk game extremely amusing. Nothing against Risk... I'm just sayin'! ... ...
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Tami
yatcher
Oct 18, 2008 5:20 pm
... car" campaign ... The one that comes immediately to mind is one from the early 90s, featuring that lady from Murphy Brown... it's for a phone company, and ...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 3:48 pm
Wow, I heard a rumor this ol' gin joint was still in operation and what do ya know - it is! Still dusty and stinky as ever. Fantastic! Let me pull up a stool...
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Bobby Warren
bobby4th
Nov 11, 2008 3:50 pm
Terry Bailey apparently has hooked up with his Blackberry, though he has left the pub... ... -- Games played during October 2008: ...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 3:56 pm
Reply to message sent 11/11/2008, @ 08:49:59 (9:49 AM Locally) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Is that the one he was...
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Susan Rozmiarek
simplyhappy48
Nov 11, 2008 4:06 pm
... Yeah, those things are evil. ... I heard that Paul spends all his time now on the Hasbro website. Apparently he's addicted to some game there involving...
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jason r. totten
jrtotten
Nov 11, 2008 4:09 pm
... [jaw drops and hits floor] Oi! Randy[ty] are you there? It's Nick Danger, in the pub, in the flesh-ish! On the "type in the letters" thing, I generally...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 4:15 pm
Reply to message sent 11/11/2008, @ 10:06:40 (10:06 AM Locally) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... I wish that came as a...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 4:24 pm
Reply to message sent 11/11/2008, @ 11:09:14 (10:09 AM Locally) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Years ago I tried to...
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jason r. totten
jrtotten
Nov 11, 2008 4:38 pm
... How does everyone think I made it in here... ... I'm pretty sure there's still no country music (good thing) ... but I wouldn't touch the peanuts, we've...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 4:49 pm
Reply to message sent 11/11/2008, @ 11:31:09 (10:31 AM Locally) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... I'm right there with you on...
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Ed Rozmiarek
edrozm
Nov 11, 2008 4:55 pm
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:48:51 -0600, Nick Danger <trocergian@...> ... I'm with you there. Flash back a couple years ago we gamed four days a week at...
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Sarah Samuelson
sarah_samuelson
Nov 11, 2008 5:07 pm
Last year, one of my sons returned from a game convention with a block of 12 marbled blue dice that he bought just for me. (I love dice, and blue, and my son...
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Doug Garrett
dwgteach
Nov 11, 2008 5:14 pm
I usually just lurk in the dark corners in here, but thought I'd jump in... ... It's amazing how adults at the school where I work seem to be "allergic to fun"...
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Nick Danger
oicurnao
Nov 11, 2008 5:39 pm
Reply to message sent 11/11/2008, @ 12:06:59 (11:06 AM Locally) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Nah, just kick the dice...
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Sarah Samuelson
sarah_samuelson
Nov 11, 2008 6:01 pm
... Nay, sir, as that would require the dreaded, fun-sucking "Math". Roll 'em, - Sarah...
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Jonathan Franklin
jafrank20022002
Nov 11, 2008 7:08 pm
If LCR can make a go of is SDG (Samuelson Dice Game) can. Avoid math -> Sell more games. - Jonathan...
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jason r. totten
jrtotten
Nov 12, 2008 2:37 pm
As it seems there are quite a few of us that have dissolved gaming groups, or fun averse coworkers: 1. What game(s) do you most miss playing? 2. What style of...
