CNN suckage - Page 2

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-17-2006, 12:43 AM

Punishment, HM? You have extremely strange notions of pain. I want you to know that. :p

BigV, I'm in the business of quality products. Let it be understood I know them when I see them.

01-17-2006, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

BigV, I'm in the business of quality products. Let it be understood I know them when I see them.

"How do you get your 'tip,' as you call it?" asked Ravenel, losing a little spontaneity from his smile.

"Roses," said Sammy, briefly. Four of 'em today. Means four o'clock at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-third."

"But the geranium?" persisted Ravenel, clutching at the end of flying Romance's trailing robe.

"Means half-past 5," shouted Sammy from the hall. "See you to-morrow."
- O Henry

Only UG would drink Old Joe's which was bought out by the Japs and now sold mostly overseas as "Four Roses."

I drink bourbon from Lynchberg and get my news from NPR. I know good whiskey when I taste it, good commentary when I hear it, and good writing when I read it. If I want to catch up on the world via the tube, I watch "The Simpsons." Foxes make nice coats, though. Keep a girl warm where ever she goes except California which is cold and its damp.

wolf · 01-17-2006, 01:35 AM

The only time I watch CNN or CNNLite (Headline) is when I'm checking to see if they have a better camera angle at press conferences or congressional hearings that everybody is covering.

(although for the hearings I tend to prefer C-SPAN because they don't talk over the testimony with pointless color commentary)

LabRat · 01-17-2006, 02:41 PM

How tall is your building?

What, seriously, is the point of TV in a freaking elevator??

This is getting out of hand.

glatt · 01-17-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

How tall is your building?

It's 11 stories. A long elevator ride that stops on every floor (I'm on 11) might let you catch a full minute of TV, if you like that sort of thing.

Kitsune · 01-17-2006, 04:11 PM

Wait until you get new gas pumps at your local station. Filling up at a new Shell in Tifton, Georgia, I was confused when I heard an advertisement for Dell computers come out of the blue the moment I squeezed the pump handle. I turned around and there it was on the pump display, in full color video with sound. After the commercial ended, can you guess what it did? Yep -- began showing highlight clips from that day's CNN coverage.

Having Blitzer try to get my attention to talk to me over my shoulder about the Iraq war while I filled my car up was a bit strange, to say the least.

barefoot serpent · 01-17-2006, 04:37 PM

The Iranians think CNN sucks too

mrnoodle · 01-17-2006, 04:47 PM

There's TV on one of the ATMs I use. While you wait for cash, you can watch commercials. No CNN yet, though I'm sure it's coming.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-18-2006, 12:39 AM

Nonsense as usual, Mari, which is why I win so routinely when we argue. You didn't pick up on that I said a bottle and not my bottle -- an important distinction, I do think.

I don't mind blend Scotches but my usual spiritous tipple is the single malts.

01-18-2006, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Nonsense as usual, Mari, which is why I win so routinely when we argue. You didn't pick up on that I said a bottle and not my bottle -- an important distinction, I do think.

I don't mind blend Scotches but my usual spiritous tipple is the single malts.

Yeah, and you probably think "O Henry" is a candy bar, too.

01-17-2006, 12:43 AM	#1
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Punishment, HM? You have extremely strange notions of pain. I want you to know that. :p BigV, I'm in the business of quality products. Let it be understood I know them when I see them. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-17-2006, 01:35 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The only time I watch CNN or CNNLite (Headline) is when I'm checking to see if they have a better camera angle at press conferences or congressional hearings that everybody is covering. (although for the hearings I tend to prefer C-SPAN because they don't talk over the testimony with pointless color commentary) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2006, 02:41 PM	#4
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	How tall is your building? What, seriously, is the point of TV in a freaking elevator?? This is getting out of hand. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

01-17-2006, 04:47 PM	#8
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	There's TV on one of the ATMs I use. While you wait for cash, you can watch commercials. No CNN yet, though I'm sure it's coming. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

01-18-2006, 12:39 AM	#9
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Nonsense as usual, Mari, which is why I win so routinely when we argue. You didn't pick up on that I said a bottle and not my bottle -- an important distinction, I do think. I don't mind blend Scotches but my usual spiritous tipple is the single malts. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-17-2006, 04:11 PM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Wait until you get new gas pumps at your local station. Filling up at a new Shell in Tifton, Georgia, I was confused when I heard an advertisement for Dell computers come out of the blue the moment I squeezed the pump handle. I turned around and there it was on the pump display, in full color video with sound. After the commercial ended, can you guess what it did? Yep -- began showing highlight clips from that day's CNN coverage. Having Blitzer try to get my attention to talk to me over my shoulder about the Iraq war while I filled my car up was a bit strange, to say the least.

01-17-2006, 04:37 PM	#7
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	The Iranians think CNN sucks too

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