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Robert K S wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:42 am Kevin Conroy, age 66, best known as the animated voice of Batman since the 1990s

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175834/
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:31 am Grammy nominations for Best New Artist:

Anitta
Omar Apollo
DOMi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Samara Joy
Latto
Måneskin (only one I've heard of previously)
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
Wet Leg's Chaise Longue is a great song, and the video is one of my all-time favorites:

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alietr wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:54 am

Wet Leg's Chaise Longue is a great song, and the video is one of my all-time favorites:
Is it supposed to be a parody? :? :? :?
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DBear wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:28 pm
alietr wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:54 am

Wet Leg's Chaise Longue is a great song, and the video is one of my all-time favorites:
Is it supposed to be a parody? :? :? :?
It's opportunity for parodists!
I'm just happy they pronounce chaise longue correctly...


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alietr wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:54 am Wet Leg's Chaise Longue is a great song, and the video is one of my all-time favorites:
Spoiler
With that rousing assessment I was really expecting the video to be a lot less uninteresting.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:31 am Grammy nominations for Best New Artist:

Anitta
Omar Apollo
DOMi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Samara Joy
Latto
Måneskin (only one I've heard of previously)
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
This feels like a John Oliver list where at the end he goes "And if you think we made some of those up, you're wrong, we made ALL of them up"

Also, my LL pop music batting average is .358, so that's probably related
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econgator wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:23 pm
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:14 pm Khaby Lame is now the most followed TikTok star in the world after surpassing Charli D'Amelio.

(I just copied and pasted this headline from Twitter. I have no idea who this person is, or what they do. But thanks to that easy-to-remember last name, if it shows up in LearnedLeague in a couple of months, I'll get it. Or hate myself for forgetting it, one of the 2.)
I'm fine with forgetting the name.
So how did you do on LL yesterday?

I stumbled across this after I had submitted while looking for something else. Even if I hadn't submitted yet I'd have had to leave it blank because I forgot his name (and why he is "famous") two seconds after reading it back in June.
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Bamaman wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:33 am
econgator wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:23 pm
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:14 pm Khaby Lame is now the most followed TikTok star in the world after surpassing Charli D'Amelio.

(I just copied and pasted this headline from Twitter. I have no idea who this person is, or what they do. But thanks to that easy-to-remember last name, if it shows up in LearnedLeague in a couple of months, I'll get it. Or hate myself for forgetting it, one of the 2.)
I'm fine with forgetting the name.
So how did you do on LL yesterday?
Please see the emoji in the LL thread.

(I got as close as "Sale", knowing it was a 4-letter English word with that vowel pattern. "Male" was also breifly considered.)
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Bamaman wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:33 am
econgator wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:23 pm
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:14 pm Khaby Lame is now the most followed TikTok star in the world after surpassing Charli D'Amelio.

(I just copied and pasted this headline from Twitter. I have no idea who this person is, or what they do. But thanks to that easy-to-remember last name, if it shows up in LearnedLeague in a couple of months, I'll get it. Or hate myself for forgetting it, one of the 2.)
I'm fine with forgetting the name.
So how did you do on LL yesterday?
My answer was, "Who cares?"
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I don't get the mindset of bragging about not knowing things, especially in a trivia community purportedly devoted to acquiring knowledge that isn't necessarily of importance. I got 2 points in LL on the Khaby Lame question while everyone else was whining about his unimportance.
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davey wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:22 pm
teapot37 wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:16 am The Phantom of the Opera has announced it will close its Broadway run in February of next year. Having opened on Broadway in January 1988, its 35 years and nearly 14000 performances are both Broadway records (the next longest run, of the 1996 revival of Chicago, has been going since November 1996 for about 10000 performances).
Somewhat predictably, Phantom of the Opera will not close because just announcing its closing caused broken records at the box office. We'll see if it really does close in April...
https://playbill.com/article/more-music ... n-broadway
We'd seen a couple of touring productions, but when we found ourselves in NYC last month we took advantage of the opportunity to see it on Broadway. The show was good; the orchestra was breathtaking and amazing and outstanding and many other superlatives.

The article said it would not be extended again as the Majestic is closing for renovations. They are badly needed; it's pretty shabby. Threadbare carpet, scuffed and dingy walls, cracked tiles in the bathrooms, leaky and loose fixtures. Lots of work needed.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:04 pm The article said it would not be extended again as the Majestic is closing for renovations. They are badly needed; it's pretty shabby. Threadbare carpet, scuffed and dingy walls, cracked tiles in the bathrooms, leaky and loose fixtures. Lots of work needed.
Next thing you know, a chandelier will fall down from the ceiling.
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alietr wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:55 pm
AFRET CMS wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:04 pm The article said it would not be extended again as the Majestic is closing for renovations. They are badly needed; it's pretty shabby. Threadbare carpet, scuffed and dingy walls, cracked tiles in the bathrooms, leaky and loose fixtures. Lots of work needed.
Next thing you know, a chandelier will fall down from the ceiling.
They fixed it at the beginning, but the repair didn't hold.
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squarekara wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:45 pm BBC: Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63857329
Is this particularly popular in the UK?...I can't say I've heard it...unlike the Merriam-Webster one, which I can only hope has peaked... :roll:
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davey wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:31 pm
squarekara wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:45 pm BBC: Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63857329
Is this particularly popular in the UK?...I can't say I've heard it...unlike the Merriam-Webster one, which I can only hope has peaked... :roll:
Must be. Squarekara's post is literally the first time I have ever seen it.
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econgator wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:10 pm
davey wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:31 pm
squarekara wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:45 pm BBC: Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63857329
Is this particularly popular in the UK?...I can't say I've heard it...unlike the Merriam-Webster one, which I can only hope has peaked... :roll:
Must be. Squarekara's post is literally the first time I have ever seen it.
James Corden just mentioned this on his show. Neither he nor anyone in his LA audience had ever heard the expression...
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davey wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:31 pm
squarekara wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:45 pm BBC: Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63857329
Is this particularly popular in the UK?...I can't say I've heard it...unlike the Merriam-Webster one, which I can only hope has peaked... :roll:
Was that "gaslighting"? I thought it would win in 2016. Now it feels like a lifetime achievement award.

"Goblin mode" is new on me, as well as appearing to be two words.
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I'm more familiar with "mind goblin."
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Stephen King tweeted today that he just learned the phrase "going goblin" but will now use it as often as possible.
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teapot37 wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:08 am Brittney Griner, the WNBA star, was released from a Russian prison colony today and is on her way back to the United States. In a 1-for-1 prisoner swap, the US released notorious arms dealer Victor Bout, nicknamed by some the "Merchant of Death".
I hear the Russians will also receive a third-round draft pick and a play to be named later. ;)
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