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    Super Spit Balls

    The Fastest Solar Car on the Planet

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    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    Drop some in a package of Pop Rocks and watch the fun!!!! #spitballs
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    We'd better hope Iran doesn't get their hands on these! #spitballs
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    gawd, kids have it easy these days, what with their fancy pants twitter, automatic transmissions, pre-ripped jeans and high tech polymer spit balls. when i was a kid we bought weed using a payphone! coffee was black and a 2GB hard drive was plenty! MTV played music videos and neosporin was for pussies! there was a new seinfeld every week and we traded pogs! that's right, pogs.

    can you imagine handing a youngster some cardboard discs and tellin him to go have fun, and to knock off all that AOLin' cuz it's costin us by the minute? #spitballs
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/03/09

    @nutbastard:

    back when it was the badass kids who wore all black and the whiny pansy asses were properly ashamed of their depression! back when cigarettes were the same price as gas, and gas was $1.86! we talked in pager code and everyone did the macarena! we bragged when we were the first to get 56k dialup! back when TVs had cathode ray tubes and phones had cords! #spitballs
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    Image of MaQ MaQ
    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: Ah, those where the days.

    Yup, things are changing, but, people and differences between them are the same.

    We will continue to be the minority and that's fine.

    We are special.

    :) #spitballs
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    Image of zenneth zenneth
    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: I feel so old when someone talks about "back in the day" and then mentions a 2GB hard drive and Seinfeld. I remember working at Radio Shack in the early 90's, then staying late and watching the new episode of Seinfeld on TV after-hours since it took me almost an hour to get home and PVRs hadn't been invented yet. 2GB? I remember when I was excited about the 420MB drive I bought for over $200 in 1995. 56k? Don't get me started on pogs and gas at the at-the-time exorbitant price of $1.86. Sigh.

    Oh, and what would someone of an age to be interested in pogs be doing watching Seinfeld? The contest is not something pog-age kids need to understand. #spitballs
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/04/09

    @zenneth:

    hey even as a young kid, i recognized what fuckin' funny was. #spitballs
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    These look a lot like Tapioca balls...which is why some people just use pearls from Pearl Milk Tea as spit balls. Sticky, staining (because of the tea), and it comes with a launch tube too (the extra-large straws). #spitballs
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/03/09

    @kagekiri: I call those straws cannula. #spitballs
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    "grow up to 200X in your mouth."

    This is what I tell the ladies. I'm a grower not a shower. #spitballs
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    Image of monoverb monoverb
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    So not only will they take your eye out, but explode in the cavity left behind.
    Nice! #spitballs
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    Image of Sunburn_summer Sunburn_summer
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    also know as: H1N1 school distribution kit. (please provide your own swine flu) #spitballs
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    From the ad copy:

    "Easy to make and fun to use, spit balls grow to 200x their original size and are slimy to the touch. Slip, slide, and bounce the balls until they explode on target."

    God, just too easy.... #spitballs
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    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    what else makes amazing spit balls are the tapioca pearls you get at tapioca express. They fit perfectly in that huge straw and shoot extremely far. #spitballs
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    Image of yankeesrule yankeesrule
    11/03/09

    @Norbs: Oh man.. I never heard of Tapioca Express before, but their stuff looks good!

    Looks like it's mostly in So-Cal.. isn't In & Out enough for awesome fast food chains nowhere else?? New York is just finally getting their first Sonic... No fair! #spitballs
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    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/03/09

    @yankeesrule: Ha! no In & Out! I've never heard of something so silly...

    Although you guys have Katz's Delicatessen which makes up for it quite a bit. #spitballs
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/03/09

    @yankeesrule: We're getting a Sonic? I know they opened one in Dirty Jerz on 17. Also, Five Guys burgers is a reality here? Where have I been??
    All we need now is a Chik-Fil-A and we'll be set. But we already know that CFA is NOT coming to NYC... We like to eat junk on Sundays too in this burgh. #spitballs
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/03/09

    @Norbs: I've never had In n Out, but have been dying to try. Katz's is ok, but not in the same league. Plus, now that 2nd Ave Deli is back (on 33rd and 3rd) it's way better than Katz's. #spitballs
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    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/03/09

    @qbrad: In and Out is not amazing but it is great for the price, it beats any other fast food burger I can think of, tastes great and doesn't make ya sick.

    I have not been to Sonic's enough times to REALLY compare the two but I think they are pretty close from what I've tried but In and Out seems healthier/more natural. #spitballs
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    Image of yankeesrule yankeesrule
    11/03/09

    @qbrad: lol well, I mean't more New York area when I said Sonic, which included Jersey (there are two there now...) - plus there is one in Kingston and one opening in CT... my guess is they want to see how it survives an NYC area winter before opening one in the city itself where the taxes are insane.. so hopefully next year.

    BTW, I took a road trip to the one in Jersey on a Sunday night, and the line was so long, cops were literally turning cars away because the line was so long, it was blocking traffic #spitballs
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/04/09

    @yankeesrule: Yeah, saw that line one night on my way upstate. It had just opened up and the Sonic sign was shiny and new. And there were myriad pimped out guidomobiles. #spitballs
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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    Who doesn't like balls in their mouth? #spitballs
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/03/09

    @BergenCountyJC: They Chocolate Salty variety perhaps. #spitballs
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    Image of natural selection natural selection
    11/03/09

    In reply to Super Spit Balls
    This is just begging for some brilliant kid to swallow a bunch of these things, and end up with a busted stomach lining. Hilarious! #spitballs
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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    11/03/09

    @natural selection: err better yet, toss them to the seagulls or pigeons #spitballs
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Fastest Solar Car on the Planet
    they later celebrated with their karaoke rendition of "rife is a highway"

    /boooos himself #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/02/09

    @Nick:

    one engrish comment is ok.

    two is borderline prejudiced.

    three is full blown racist.

    so i suggest that you keep the third one where it berongs. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/02/09

    @nutbastard: so sorry.

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away

    /bows and backs away #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/02/09

    @Nick: Every once in a while, you remind me of why I heart-clicked you. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Fastest Solar Car on the Planet
    I'd like to roadsurf that thing.

    Well, maybe not at 63 MpH, but still... #worldsolarchallenge
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    Edited by Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! at 11/02/09 5:28 PM Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was starred Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was unstarred
    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Fastest Solar Car on the Planet
    A group of Japanese taking a photo without even ONE "peace" sign? It's like they don't even know who they are anymore... #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    11/02/09

    @valkilmerisawful: The asshole in me imagines the photographer saying "okay kids, now point at the sun!" #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/02/09

    @valkilmerisawful: in their defense they just won first prace. so one finger is appropriate. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/02/09

    @Nick: One guy almost held up two fingers, but he died from brain hemorrhaging. (not pictured) #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Fastest Solar Car on the Planet
    I see that they are adopting the traditional Japanese victory pose of pointing randomly in different directions. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: And holding a mock-Swedish flag? #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: It's a samurai thing. A samurai never points to spot that's been pointed at before. Ever. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: In a rare "Duh" moment after looking at the picture, I wondered what they were pointing at.
    All in different directions.

    Mondays. #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/02/09

    @Curves: Yeah, rare... *smirks*.
    (kiddddiiiinnnngggg). #worldsolarchallenge
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/03/09

    @Duckspwn: Loves Approving Reds: It doesnt happen that often (usually I have my shyt together) but when it does, its EPIC, and always a source of humor. Being me is a constant source of laughter. #worldsolarchallenge
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