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1 Spav1 232

I just got my free iced coffee and chicken sandwhich. YUM. ...

On May 15, 2008 1:46 PM in Free Iced Coffee
2 Spook 183

Spav1 Quertion from yer Spook. f R. Kelly after making eye contact with you all during the trial. After you aquited him, asked YOU Spav1 to step with him, in the name of love, to his song "Step in Th...

On May 15, 2008 4:10 PM in R. Kelly Round Up: Jury Follies Edition
3 Pinko 137

@Ward Up And how much should I expect a rusty trombone to set me back (any neighborhood)? Ballpark figure is fine... ...

On May 7, 2008 9:34 PM in New Study on Chicago's Sex Trafficking
4 matilda 124

Dear god, spook, the Taliban hardly let women out of the house, must less let them run for the post of national leader, as is happening now. Yes, the USA has many serious problems, including with wo...

On May 9, 2008 9:50 AM in New Study on Chicago's Sex Trafficking
5 fed up 104

Spook, jameson is for sipping not shooters. but friday is close and no sun in sight. Someone slap Al gore where is the damn global warming. ...

On May 15, 2008 3:41 PM in John Kass: We're Just Not That Into You
6 matty 90

yay! score one for the citizens!...

7 frp 89

Why, oh why? ...

On May 15, 2008 4:59 PM in Even More Oprah Sculptures
8 YoknapatawphaTourismBoard 83

Pre. He was sporting a head of green hair. I've seen Gristle footage since (they all played laptops, snore) and it was slightly disorienting....

On May 14, 2008 5:17 PM in No Name, No Slogan
9 chicagoist_chuck 75

Around the same time that Spike's hats qualified as one, Joc. If you rank by performance, then Lisa should have been the one to go. But this is "reality television," and her tension with Dale makes f...

On May 15, 2008 11:20 AM in Top Chef Chicago Recap, Week 10
10 smussy 72

it was always so brutal to have a anywhere form a pretty good to digusting lunch at school and then have someone come by and wipe down the table with this rancidly strong bleach rag. gagtastic....

On May 15, 2008 6:28 PM in Illinois Schools Clean Green
11 Navin 70

obnoxious, irritating stereotypes of women Which is exactly what the characters of the show are, role models for shallow white urban women hoping to -fuck up- the ladder to wealthy prince valiant at ...

On May 15, 2008 12:39 PM in John Kass: We're Just Not That Into You
12 Ward Up 69

Those alderman include many mental midgets who could never hold a decent job in the private sector. You are talking about some mediocre people. Adding insult to injury, they are boot-lickers. And p...

13 UTV 65

The important thing here is: Do you like burritos?...

On May 15, 2008 10:18 AM in Top Chef Chicago Recap, Week 10
14 peteypants 58

i appreciate the posts about free shit on chicagoist...i'm very poor...

On May 15, 2008 12:17 PM in Free Iced Coffee
15 celerysalt 57

navin gets runner up for comment of the week....

On May 12, 2008 9:44 PM in Jury Selection Continues in R. Kelly Trial
16 I_h8_toyota_and_BT 53

Let's see here...JJJ can't exactly force the media to report on anything, but his press release section shows: -Improvements in Food Stamp and WIC programs and expansion of the Summer Food Program to...

17 The Meteorologist 49

Diabetes juice. Well, in your case, more like genius juice, if it keeps you crackin' with awesome terms like that. ...

On May 15, 2008 12:42 PM in Free Iced Coffee
18 plumbum82 47

I'm Senator Unicorn Moonsparkles (Green-VT) and I approve this message. ...

19 mepps 43

"is it open over the weekend?" Unless every Wednesday is the new every Saturday, no it's not open on the weekend. But there is a plethora of weekend neighborhood farmers markets around the citay....

On May 15, 2008 10:57 AM in Daley Plaza Farmers Market Open!
20 sparky 43

Spav, if you were raped, what would you do? Are there any other outlets other than the police to bring a rapist to justice? If I was raped, I don't know what I would do. But I don't know if I could re...

21 AlbanyParkist 42

I know some people have a really strong attachment to this thing, but with 300K you could support dozens of school art programs, fund after school programs and support local arts and culture in genera...

22 mike_thoms 41

Even if you can afford the procedure, it's only $75 at Paws, compared to hundreds at most vets. ...

On May 15, 2008 12:29 PM in Pet Sterilization Ordinance Moves Forward
23 A2 39

Do the people discussing this proposal even know what an eating disorder is?...

On May 13, 2008 3:59 PM in The Skinny on Outlawing Extreme Thinness
24 lamgray 38

Oh man, that dog in the front is so cute. I'll take 8....

On May 15, 2008 6:25 PM in Pet Sterilization Ordinance Moves Forward
25 chicagoist_shannon 34

peteypants: aaaaaaaamen....

26 Tower18 32

Or just use paper bags? I get my groceries in paper bags, and then use the paper bags to hold my garbage. Is it recycling? No, but at least it's paper. Plus, you'd pretty much never catch some los...

27 Marcus Gilmer 32

I just don't think it's a good move. Poor Pie. Dude's psyche is fragile enough as a young player. He'll never get to find his rhythm or work his way out of a slump if Lou keeps playing this cocktease ...

On May 15, 2008 10:41 AM in Cubs Sign Jim Edmonds
28 Mary_Sunshine 31

I'm asking this cause I truly don't know the answer. What's the rationale of having primaries/caucuses on different days? Being a former Indiana resident, I think it's awesome that they FINALLY were...

On May 14, 2008 12:21 PM in Hillary Wins West Virginia - Now What?
29 ad 31

You know, I would like to say this is a frivolous or "an assumption of risk" type of lawsuit. However, I have a friend that had the same type of thing happen to him--on a much smaller scale though. ...

On May 15, 2008 3:13 PM in Student Sues Yoga Teacher
30 Slaphappy 30

My wife and I saw him last time he was in Chicago for the Sexie tour, and I have to say, we were both mildly disappointed. I love his old stuff (Dressed to Kill is great), but the material I saw didn'...

On May 13, 2008 10:30 AM in Eddie Izzard Bares It All
31 Stolpman 30

Awesome pictures! Totally makes me want to go check it out. ...

On May 15, 2008 11:03 AM in Daley Plaza Farmers Market Open!
32 magilla gorilla 30

i'm so glad this clinton/obama thing is finally over. went on WAY too long...

33 Ingrid 30

But what about the guys who get those 'neuticals' for their dogs? It's going to look like they still have their manhood intact! Probably the easiest way to handle this would be if a dog attacked som...

On May 15, 2008 6:16 PM in Pet Sterilization Ordinance Moves Forward
34 groggy 30

my dad collects presidential memorabilia, and all those 1964 bumper stickers were among the collection that made it on the wall. and holy bujeezus--those men are judging us. stop looking at me, rockef...

On May 13, 2008 5:20 PM in Games, Movies, Logos: Today in Awesome
35 delta_ 25

Janet Weiss, "EX" student of yoga......

On May 15, 2008 4:28 PM in Student Sues Yoga Teacher
36 Prescott Carlson 22

There's a Lois Lane (several, actually)....

On May 12, 2008 6:20 PM in Memory Lane a Dead End
37 BlueFairlane 21

Clinton's win in W.Va and her probable win in Kentucky are irrelevant. Anybody who thinks either West Virginia or Kentucky will go Democrat in November has never been to West Virginia or Kentucky. Ob...

On May 14, 2008 10:30 PM in Hillary Wins West Virginia - Now What?
38 jimbo 21

just imagine how quick that could have been done if they didn't have 8 workers standing around watching 1 worker do the job. this has fascinated me over the last couple years - what the hell takes so...

39 xlprq 21

You're number's still 773-509-5027 right?...

On May 14, 2008 2:17 PM in Holy Expensive Movie Ticket!
40 Scooter Libbby 20

No alleged psychic in history has ever solved a single crime! They're all frauds! If they were any good, they would all be billionaires....

On May 15, 2008 2:25 PM in PD Gets "Help" From Psychic
41 E 19

Empty Bottle, too....

42 Margaret Lyons 18

Nope, I'm just an iced coffee enthusiast. All paid content is labeled....

On May 15, 2008 11:45 AM in Free Iced Coffee
43 chicagoist_tankboy 18

RatCats, Matt and I never fought over a girl, though I did reference a goofy pre-historic rivalry of ours for one girls affections as playful color in a review I did a long time ago for donewaiting.co...

On May 15, 2008 7:10 PM in A New Video For A 5-Year-Old Song?
44 rhoswhen 18

I went and got a slice of pecan pie from the Amish (or are they Mennonite? I didn't ask.) and BOY HOWDY HALLELUJAH MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm it was GOOD. Hacha!...

On May 15, 2008 3:14 PM in Daley Plaza Farmers Market Open!
45 Chicago D 17

Scooter, From the Fifth Third web page: Fifth Third traces its origins to the Bank of the Ohio Valley, which opened its doors in Cincinnati in 1858. In 1871, that bank was purchased by the Third Nat...

On May 14, 2008 11:17 AM in Bank of America: Not Another Macy's
46 ReverendSlappy 17

I hope he does well and is a meaningful addition. And I think it's a smart move for the Cubs: Nothing to really lose on it. Pie gets some ABs while working on the tweaks he's done to his swing, and ...

On May 15, 2008 10:28 AM in Cubs Sign Jim Edmonds
47 chicago_benjy 17

How about "the Esquire?"...

On May 14, 2008 12:23 PM in One Great Sandwich: Our Place.
48 simplecreature 17

Sadly, they're dead. So no report on their pride or lack thereof. Well, at least parents never owned a grocery shop, working their little yellow fingers to the bone day and night and shouting sing-so...

On April 21, 2008 4:00 PM in No GTA On The CTA
49 happyfunball 16

I was waiting for someone at Midway airport last weekend and I noticed these. I thought it was comical they hired a security staffer to sit in front of the lines just to explain it to newcomers....

On May 8, 2008 12:59 PM in New Security Lines at Midway
50 numnums 15

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for the warning. I can't comment on the story, because I happen to be weird about eyeball injuries. THANK YOU!!!...

On May 8, 2008 2:50 PM in Eye Caramba

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