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SD Chicago: What's the story on "K-Town"?
Like the fight against ignorance, the voyage continues. submitted by maddog.001
Verry interesting . . . . but also weird.
Well, premium cable, for one thing, that would be necessary.
SD Chicago: What's up with TubaChristmas?
We just eat these Dopers up submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
It's the end of the world as we know it . . . at the movies.
Sixty minutes, three words, poetry be on. Be there.
SD Chicago: Why are people still so upset about Marshall Field's?
The request line is open.
Go visit teemings, the Doper literary magazine.
Obvious signs of Doperdom.
SD Chicago: When and why did Robey Street become Damen Avenue?
It's after December 24 but we can't get enough of A Christmas Story.
I eat therefore I am.
Wreck the halls with different Christmas tunes, fa la la la la la la la la.
SD Chicago: Why don't Indiana wind farms operate on windy days?
It's a wonderful film?
Thumbs down on the decade.
Are you ready for your Mystery Date? (From Hell.)
SD Chicago: What fond memories do you have of lost Chicago?
Members only? submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
In Egypt it was a pictograph. Here it's a drawer pull. But what is it?
Spell that by me one more time.
SDC: Why are the sidewalks on Division Street so wide?
See and be seen at the new Straight Dope Picture Page. submitted by Arnold Winkelried
No hamsters were harmed in the making of this thread. Were they? submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!
A rose by any other name... submitted by Ponderoid, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Can I get DSL without getting a landline phone?
Welcome the return of teemings.
Starry starry night.
Meet you in the Straight Dope Reading Room for books and discussion.
SD Chicago: Did Chicago become #1 in candy because of a fluke in shipping rates?
What's for dinner? Thanksgiving.
Help the happy couple dance into their new life together.
They had a prickly discussion of computer safety. submitted by Heart of Dorkness, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: So, no Olympics. Now what?
I bark because I am. submitted by twickster
Dopers at the movies, thumbs down.
There's no business like shoe business. submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!
SD Chicago: In car-sharing services like Zipcar, what keeps the cars from gettin
You're traveling through another dimension of sight and sound and Dopers. submitted by Marley23
Doper Film Festival now showing at the Hell Metroplex.
ET phone home! And duck! submitted by Freudian Slit
SD Chicago: Is Armitage two thousand north or twenty hunnert?
Pigs . . . in . . . space.
What's white and green and red all over?
Dopers got it going backwards and forwards . . . almost. submitted by oregon sunshine
SD Chicago: Do El line colors mean anything?
Science in the home: Here comes the son.
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