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You can tell that Patrick Stewart's lobster photo was taken in NYC . . . that's the official NYC bathroom tile, installed in every apartment building in the city (in the 70 years since they switched from the previous official hexagonal grey tiles.)

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you're thinking of the Sultans of Schwing

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about damned time...

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Godspittle- wasn't that a Broadway musical from the seventies?

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or one of us?

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To be fair, it really is no fun stoning somebody, if the damned muslins got to him first.

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Good luck getting Exxon-Mobil to boycott the Sultan's oil -- if it's a penny a barrel cheaper than the next guy's oil, they'll buy it, no matter how much human blood is spattered on it.

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But I would not feel so all alone...

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no moar piña coladas

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<i>They'll stone you when you're riding in your car [if you're a woman].</i>

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<i>We don't give a damn About any flogging, stoning clan. That's not what we call rock n roll.</i>

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When has he ever?

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It's not too late...

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Isn't the Sultan of Brunei the fellow with 36 Rolls Royces? And we think boycotting his hotels will achieve what, now?

The spectacle of a bunch of well-meaning Hollywood prats righteously proclaiming that they will not stay at one $500/night hotel but will instead stay at another $500/hotel makes me a little queasy. I mean, what sort of nice folks do we think own the Mandarin Oriental and the Four Seasons?

It's a pity the Central African Republic doesn't own any luxury hotel chains. I guess we'll just have to keep ignoring what's going on there.

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But Mark Knopfler tours with his solo stuff all the time. I really don't think he misses the "superstar" days. And by god, that man can play the guitar.

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"For your convenience, all hotel towels will also fold out into full-sized burkas in case of the female having to leave the room in an emergency."

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