OT: Valentine's Day Open Thread

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:24 PM
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OT: Valentine's Day Open Thread

So, it's another Valentine's Day.

I fall somewhere in between the people who think it's just another Hallmark Holiday...and those who take it very seriously and see it as an opportunity to use Facebook to display the specialness of their love/relationship.

My third grade daughter was very excited to present me with the Valentine's Day card she picked out especially for me...and my wife and I followed our usual tradition of hiding cards for one another in drawers in the bathroom and in our dresser.

After work, it's off to dinner with my family and my parents.

What's everyone else doing?  Do you buy in to the Valentine's Day hype or are you a grumpy naysayer?

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM | Rocking the single life. Just (Score:5 Normal)
DrunkOnHiggins
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Rocking the single life. Just a regular ass day for me. Heading up to Higgins for a long weekend full of drinking and ice fishing.

I feel for people who have to participate in holidays like these.

"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."

You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL

Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 1:09 PM | I feel for people... (Score:1 Flamebait)
4godkingandwolv...
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... who think drinking and ice fishing are better than having someone special in their lives.  Love is an amazing thing.  That being said, if you could share that weekend full of drinking and ice fishing with someone special.  That would be awesome.

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February 14th, 2013 at 1:40 PM | Given the choice on a (Score:3 Normal)
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Given the choice on a day/weekend like this, I would much rather be solo and drinkin', fightin' and ice-fishin' than dealing with the un-necessary pressure from the made up BS "Holiday" puts on my relationship.

I love my wife, but hate Valentine's day with a passion.  Put me down in the grumpy-naysayers category.

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February 14th, 2013 at 2:35 PM | Cool bro. I'm 27. Lots of (Score:3 Normal)
DrunkOnHiggins
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Cool bro. I'm 27. Lots of time.

"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."

You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL

Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 2:46 PM | You should put that on a (Score:1)
redwhiteandmaize
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You should put that on a Hallmark card.

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM | School (Score:1)
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I'm going to school...all day. 10:00 am to 8:00 pm woohoo

February 14th, 2013 at 12:28 PM | Hanging out with Herm all (Score:5 Normal)
NFG
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Hanging out with Herm all day. Shuffle board, bingo at the Boys Club, Elks Club meeting and to cap it off, drinks and swiss steak and the VFW.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:29 PM | This will be me later today.... (Score:5 Normal)
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Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 12:58 PM | That is the funniest shit (Score:2 Normal)
APBlue
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That is the funniest shit ever.  

February 14th, 2013 at 1:02 PM | Wow, this is incredible! (Score:1)
urbanachiever
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Wow, this is incredible!

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February 14th, 2013 at 1:33 PM | Haha her face says it all. (Score:2)
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Haha her face says it all. He's in trouble if they're actually together.

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:56 PM | Looks like she is holding (Score:1)
samdrussBLUE
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Looks like she is holding onto someone to her right.  I think she is just pretty shocked and mostly disgusted.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:30 PM | Today (Score:1)
ijohnb
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is Valentine's Day?

February 14th, 2013 at 12:36 PM | Yep... (Score:2 Normal)
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...and tomorrow is St Claude's day.

Exciting shit all-around when you are French catholic.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:31 PM | Only time I've ever liked it (Score:5 Normal)
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Only time I've ever liked it was when I was a kid and we made our own boxes to collect our valentines from classmates and in 5th grade I made a C3PO one. It was pretty dope.

As an adult, I'm a cheap bastard and broke up w/ a girl b/c our anniversary, her bday, xmas and Valentines Day were w/in the next three months. And that was just alot of money that I did not want to spend. I'm an asshole for it, but I am what I am.

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:57 PM | Admitting it (Score:5 Normal)
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is the first step...

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:32 PM | Smashin' sloots all day and (Score:5 Normal)
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Smashin' sloots all day and night!

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM | what does that even mean? (Score:3 Normal)
pkatz
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what does that even mean?

February 14th, 2013 at 12:36 PM | embrace your inner douchebag! (Score:2)
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embrace your inner douchebag!

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Michigan = NBA Family U

February 14th, 2013 at 12:38 PM | eww... (Score:1)
French West Indian
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...gross!

February 14th, 2013 at 12:49 PM | Having intimate relations (Score:1)
IndyBlue
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Having intimate relations with women of questionable and/or loose morals.  Or sleeping with MSU chicks.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM | Just dropped $16 on 2! (Score:2 Normal)
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Just dropped $16 on 2! Chocolate covered strawberries. Shoot me.

[EDIT] I did just drop $40 on a new Michigan hat and license plate cover. Thats fair.

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:54 PM | "Chocolate covered (Score:5 Normal)
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"Chocolate covered strawberries" better be some sort of sex act.  If not, you are a fool.  Buy some strawberries, throw some Hershey's bars in a pot, put it on the stove, dip and lay to dry.  Did it for my wife back when she was slender and chocolate was a "treat", now it's part of her damn food pyramid.

~Herm

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February 14th, 2013 at 1:00 PM | Holy shit, I don't even care (Score:4 Normal)
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Holy shit, I don't even care that I'm lonely anymore. That just made my day.

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February 14th, 2013 at 1:10 PM | Herm for president! (Score:4 Normal)
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Herm for president!

February 14th, 2013 at 1:20 PM | put the chocolate in a double (Score:5 Informative)
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put the chocolate in a double boiler. otherwise it will burn way too quickly.

It ain't easy being cheesy

February 14th, 2013 at 1:37 PM | Good tip (Score:3 Normal)
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But do you really think these guys know what a double boiler is!!??

Keep your stick on the ice.

February 14th, 2013 at 10:52 PM | I've always though that Herm (Score:4 Normal)
ChopBlock
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I've always though that Herm was a fake. But this gives me pause, because anyone under 60 would just put the chocolate bars in the microwave for a few minutes

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February 14th, 2013 at 10:54 PM | The only time I made them... (Score:2 Normal)
justingoblue
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I used a pot; I was seventeen at the time.

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February 15th, 2013 at 12:50 AM | Any relationship you have at (Score:3 Normal)
ChopBlock
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Any relationship you have at 17 isn't worth making homemade chocolate strawberries for. The cost-benefit just isn't in your favor. Of course, the cold, calculating approach to women is normally rather ill-fated.

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

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February 15th, 2013 at 12:56 AM | CBA... (Score:1 Normal)
justingoblue
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Pro chocolate covered strawberries:

  • I took a melted Hershey bar and dunked strawberries in it, probably took fifteen minutes and like six bucks.
  • She was hot.

Cons

  • High school romance means precisely nothing.
  • She went to OSU.

Yep, guess you're right on this one. Cons have it by a mile.

Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 1:28 PM | BAM! (Score:2 Normal)
UM Mouse Pad
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BAM! You've been Hermed.

February 14th, 2013 at 1:29 PM | You sir, are a fucking (Score:2 Normal)
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You sir, are a fucking genius. Bow before ~Herm and not Zod.

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February 14th, 2013 at 11:20 PM | If you meant (Score:2 Normal)
cozy200
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Kneel before Zod.. Bowing for Herm would be acceptable.

Its called a royale with cheese

February 14th, 2013 at 12:34 PM | Class until 4, then the gym, then poker night. (Score:2)
hart20
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Just another typical Thrusday for me.

Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:36 PM | Going to find love at Rick's (Score:5 Normal)
Indy Wolverine
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Going to find love at Rick's tonight.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:49 PM | Just make sure that love (Score:5 Normal)
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Just make sure that love doesn't come with a side order of syphillis.

 

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February 14th, 2013 at 4:18 PM | Said the guy (Score:1)
tasnyder01
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...who doesn't get laid

(pardon me if you're married; if not, "lolz")

February 14th, 2013 at 12:37 PM | birthday (Score:1)
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Its my birthday so I will be getting the special gift tonight.

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM | So your (Score:5 Funny)
smitty1983
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Going with the stranger or offhand?

February 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM | I'm working all day and then (Score:3 Normal)
Andrew Jackson Jihad
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I'm working all day and then going home to do whatever it is that the wifey wants me to do on this sacred holiday. 

Then I'm gonna smoke so much weed that I forget that I typed that stupid sentence. 

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:39 PM | Candlelight dinner for two at (Score:4 Normal)
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Candlelight dinner for two at White Castle, then the new Die Hard movie

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:41 PM | What's (Score:2 Funny)
smitty1983
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Craig James plans? That's what I want to know.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM | Drove my valentine to the airport at like five AM. (Score:2 Normal)
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So it will be Skyfall and beer for me tonight, maybe get really crazy and order a pizza or make some tacos or something.

Anyone ever read Swamplandia!? I had been hearing good things so I got a friend to sneak that and some bath stuff into her hotel room tonight. I hope she finishes the book soon because I want to check it out, though I'm not a big novel reader.

Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 12:49 PM | I read part of it... (Score:4 Normal)
Galapula
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at the library because it looked interesting. I stopped reading because it rubbed me the wrong way but I should probably give it another shot. Let me know what you think.

February 14th, 2013 at 12:51 PM | Just curious... (Score:2 Normal)
justingoblue
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was it the writing style, plot, something else? Not to try and spoil it before I pick it up, just wondering.

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February 14th, 2013 at 3:07 PM | The plot (or at least the (Score:3 Normal)
Galapula
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The plot (or at least the setting) is what drew me in but the writing style left something to be desired. Once again, I only spent a short amount of time with it (read only maybe 20 pages or so) but I went from "interested" to "meh" in that time. If you do end up reading it let me know how it holds up. Sorry if I ruined anything!

February 14th, 2013 at 3:09 PM | You didn't... (Score:1)
justingoblue
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even if you did, that one would definitely be on me since I was the one who asked. I'll be sure to let you know if I do end up getting into it or not.

Go Blue!

February 14th, 2013 at 12:43 PM | Magnus and I are going to (Score:2)
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Magnus and I are going to watch fever pitch in my house. He is bringing the soda pop and I'm bringing the subway

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February 14th, 2013 at 12:57 PM | Yeah (Score:3 Normal)
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but who is bringing the roofies? 

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