The Off Topic Topic

[katmai]

What is this Big Lots you speak of

We gots none of those around here. Closest ones are in Seattle area

[Ed Anger]

Hell, if I was a chain, I wouldn't bother with the cost of operating up there either.

[katmai]

Hell, if I was a chain, I wouldn't bother with the cost of operating up there either.

One would think, but in actuality many of the stores for chains up here are some of the strongest movers of inventory.
The Gap, Chili's, Dairy Queen, Michaels stores up here set sales records or are in top 5 for inventory sold.

[Ed Anger]

STOP USING FACTS TO REFUTE ME. 

[Sheilbh]

Egypt's holding the first ever Presidential debate in an Arab country.  It's now 1 am Egyptian time and still going.  It started 4 hours ago

5 hours in, at 2 am they're starting closing statements.

I think this is shaping up to be a very Egyptian/Arabic election

[CountDeMoney]

Egypt's holding the first ever Presidential debate in an Arab country.  It's now 1 am Egyptian time and still going.  It started 4 hours ago

Monkeys and footballs.  But it's a start.

[CountDeMoney]

What is this Big Lots you speak of

We gots none of those around here. Closest ones are in Seattle area

Big Lots is the kind of place you go to if you need a cordless phone for $6.99, a sofa suspiciously manufactured by no one in particular, or noodles products that were discontinued at grocery stores and are perilously close to their expiration dates. 

[Ed Anger]

I like that chain that came out of Seedy's neck of the woods, Ollies Bargain Outlet.

[CountDeMoney]

I like that chain that came out of Seedy's neck of the woods, Ollies Bargain Outlet.

It's pronounced "Owwie's", hon.

[Ed Anger]

 

[FunkMonk]

Egypt's holding the first ever Presidential debate in an Arab country.  It's now 1 am Egyptian time and still going.  It started 4 hours ago

Given my experience with Arabs, this does not surprise me. 

[FunkMonk]

What is this Big Lots you speak of

We gots none of those around here. Closest ones are in Seattle area

Big Lots still operates? All of the stores I've ever known or been to have closed down over the years.

[Ed Anger]

Shit, the stores are half grocery now. RECESSION TIMES CALL FOR A REVAMP.

[Sheilbh]

Egypt's holding the first ever Presidential debate in an Arab country.  It's now 1 am Egyptian time and still going.  It started 4 hours ago

Given my experience with Arabs, this does not surprise me. 

True

It finished at 2 am Egyptian time.  They then started a live panel show with calls from viewers which'll go on analysing the debate.  It's almost admirable.

Edit:  And the reason it was so late is because it was delayed after one of the candidates got stuck in Cairo traffic

[jimmy olsen]

Egypt's holding the first ever Presidential debate in an Arab country.  It's now 1 am Egyptian time and still going.  It started 4 hours ago

Would not be too unheard of in 19th century America.

Lincoln Douglas

The format for each debate was: one candidate spoke for 60 minutes, then the other candidate spoke for 90 minutes, and then the first candidate was allowed a 30-minute "rejoinder."