Daniel Davis is from Arkansas. He does a flawless British accent.

Mr Sheffield’s actor (I’m too lazy to look up his name) is English. Viewers would complain about his ‘fake’ English accent.

Viewers are stupid. They do t realize there are a zillion British accents.

Isn’t this a George W Bush joke?

Gee, maybe they shouldn’t have tossed 25 years worth of EU material out the window just because they could.

Some of it wasn’t very good, some was excellent, and most of it fell solidly in between.

It’s like they sensed we were getting tired of Luke and Leia and Han saving the galaxy all the time and were clearly setting up to pass the adventures along to the next generation.

I made a choice to not start reading any of the new continuity expanded material when it started coming out. I’m glad I did.

Most of the Founding Fathers can best be described as Deists- they believed in God, but were not necessarily very 'Christian'.

But try telling that to the Republicans.

I think it’s because r/oldschoolcoolnsfw went away and nothing else has really stepped in to replace it.

You mean The Crying Italian?

I live in the twin cities. The river here is a couple hundred yards across, so bridges are easy. I’ve crossed the river in Memphis and I swear it’s close to a half mile wide.

And that far north the river is like five feet wide. The width of the river definitely plays a role in the number of crossings. Get down to Memphis and it’s a loooooooong way across.

I counted on google maps. I saw a half dozen or so at St. Louis, fewer at Memphis and about the same at New Orleans. And I counted multiple span (separate bridges for each direction) freeway bridges as a single bridge.

Even in the larger cities I didn't see many. St Louis, Memphis and New Orleans didn't seem to have any more combined than what I counted in Minneapolis alone.

Not necessarily.

The Mississippi is very long, but there aren't very many built up areas along it's length. There are only four big metropolitan areas- Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans- and the latter three combined don't have more than what I counted in Minneapolis alone. I'm not bored enough to count the whole length, but it wouldn't surprise me if half of those 132 bridges have at least one end in Minnesota. (I did count 32 just in the Twin Cities metropolitan area)

I counted 17 bridges across the Mississippi just in Minneapolis, leading either to another part of Minneapolis or to Saint Paul.

I was curious, so I looked it up.

This is the 16th goalie goal. Ever.

It is about evenly split between the goalie taking the shot, and the goalie being credited as the last player to touch the puck on an own goal.

The New Jersey Devils have been involved in five of them- Martin Brodeur has three goals, and two were scored against them. And, given when they happened, it is likely Brodeur was in goal for the two own goals against.

Edit: I had the number of goals incorrect.

The caption at the top says 'long sleeved'.

The photo shows a strapless dress.

I'm confused.

I wonder if those guys who were trying to collect a million AOL CDs ever came anywhere near their goal.

It’s kind of like “Failure is not an option.” From Apollo 13. It’s possibly the most famous line from the movie, yet Gene Kranz never said it. Didn’t stop him from using it as the title of his autobiography, though.

(The other famous line, “Houston, we have a problem.” was also never said in real life. Jim Lovell actually said, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” or something very similar.)

The only solution that can work long term is to abandon the limiting and oh, so corrupt bidding process and set permanent host cities. Whether it be a single city where everybody gathers every four years, or a handful used in rotation, doing so will will hit eliminate the bribery the IOC expects (yay!) and will also eliminate (nearly) completely the waste that comes with cities having facilities that sit completely unused after the Games are done. (I prefer several cities in rotation)

Both Summer and Winter Olympics should go this route.

My picks for permanent Summer hosts- Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Rio (assuming Brazil can get its act together). And I would add an African city at some point as well.

My Winter Games picks would be- Vancouver, Pyeongchang, an Alpine city to be determined, and a city in Scandinavia.

Yes, these are all fairly recent hosts. That’s because they should all still have a lot of infrastructure already in place.

“ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat.”

I’m surprised to see the Vikings so close to the mean considering how bad their defense was this season. 13-4 with a negative point differential? How the hell does that happen?

I went to high school with a guy who was 7’2”. (Yes, he had a cup of coffee in the NBA, no, I will not name him). One of my friends used to joke that he should date our 4’9” classmate, so she could give him a blowjob without having to kneel.

So is he now Sir Doctor Brian May, or Doctor Sir Brian May?

That’s because the degree IS the more impressive thing here. You should value it more.

The Governator’s signature is ultimately an interesting curiosity, which is why it fits this sub.

Four years’ worth of graduates from the University of Minnesota have their diplomas signed by Jesse “The Body” Ventura. It’s cool and all, but the degree is the important thing.

Still, 48 states can never brag about being run by one of the stars of Predator.

I haven’t seen anybody as the important question yet- is Jerry’s Pizza any good?

Say what you will about Carnac, that is one of the funniest moments of television I have ever seen.

It’s a legitimately very funny joke. But what made the bit immortal was Johnny trying to get through it without laughing and spoiling it (He knew the punchline beforehand, Ed didn’t), and then everybody losing it afterward.

Anybody besides me habitually ignore the ‘American League’ in this and any other similar headlines?