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Feb 29, 2008, 09:20 AM
 
I've been staying here this week:



I'll bet they have a top notch "Department of Redundancy Department."
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Feb 29, 2008, 12:43 PM
 
UMD supports GIs studying overseas through University College. It's (I think) an all-undergraduate institution that has a very wide variety of programs. With that said, it is fun to watch someone wander by the signs at the Education Office for the first time. "The University of....what?" Tons of fun!
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Feb 29, 2008, 01:32 PM
 
Yeah ... I've got no idea what they do. They do have a great bar though with the best damn french dip I've ever had.
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Feb 29, 2008, 04:30 PM
 


And yes, it's real.

History of Bung Hole Liquors

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Feb 29, 2008, 05:21 PM
 
An oldie but a goodie.


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Feb 29, 2008, 06:15 PM
 
^

JHadmn’t seebn ythsasgght befuiore.

Okay, apparently lying in bed, trying to type on a keyboard standing on a table that’s about a foot higher than the bed you’re lying on doesn’t work very well. That was supposed to say, “Hadn’t seen that before”. (I’m sitting up now, that makes it easier)
     
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Mar 1, 2008, 02:06 PM
 
This one is "China Jack" ... "Max off" ... but the way it looks is quite different. (With credit to Engrish.com)

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Mar 1, 2008, 02:12 PM
 
Not a humorous name, but perhaps the most ridiculous/hilarious local business commercial I've ever seen. It plays often in my area. As one of the YouTube comments says, I am rendered immobile whenever it comes on TV:

YouTube - Best & Funniest Commercial Ever

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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey View Post
Not a humorous name, but perhaps the most ridiculous/hilarious local business commercial I've ever seen. It plays often in my area. As one of the YouTube comments says, I am rendered immobile whenever it comes on TV:

YouTube - Best & Funniest Commercial Ever
Not sure what to say after watching that. Wow.
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Originally Posted by driven View Post
Not sure what to say after watching that. Wow.
Maybe "thank you"?

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Mar 2, 2008, 12:58 PM
 
The Llama Association of North America.

The International Donkey Protection Trust.

Both showed up in a game of Beyond Boggle last night.
     
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Mar 2, 2008, 08:11 PM
 
Ok. Thank you. :-)
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey View Post
Not a humorous name, but perhaps the most ridiculous/hilarious local business commercial I've ever seen. It plays often in my area. As one of the YouTube comments says, I am rendered immobile whenever it comes on TV:

YouTube - Best & Funniest Commercial Ever
Unbelievable.
     
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Mar 3, 2008, 06:00 AM
 
Beyond Boogle?
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Mar 3, 2008, 10:20 PM
 
Also:


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Mar 4, 2008, 09:24 AM
 
Originally Posted by driven View Post
Beyond Boogle?
Yeah, it's like Boggle except instead of just having words to define there's also people to identify, abbreviations to expand, movie titles to summarize, and dates to describe.
     
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Mar 4, 2008, 04:19 PM
 
Are you talking Absolute Balderdash as opposed to Beyond Boggle?

Boggle:


Balderdash:

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We're both wrong. It was Beyond Balderdash: Beyond Balderdash | BoardGameGeek
     
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Mar 4, 2008, 06:48 PM
 
I don't have a pic, but somewhere near Milwaukee is a car wash call the "MoFoCo Car Wash".

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Originally Posted by nonhuman View Post
We're both wrong. It was Beyond Balderdash: Beyond Balderdash | BoardGameGeek
Which is of course the US version of Absolute Balderdash and completely misses the point of the title

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Mar 4, 2008, 08:15 PM
 
Wow, this thread is getting geeky.
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Mar 5, 2008, 06:10 AM
 
Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - View Post
Which is of course the US version of Absolute Balderdash and completely misses the point of the title
Alliteration: the poor man's clever turn of phrase.
     
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Mar 5, 2008, 02:12 PM
 
I was listening to some court case where a lady named her dog, "D.O.G.." When someone referenced to the dog, by calling the dog "dog," the lady exclaimed, "no, his name is D-O-G."
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