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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    Good for Kal and a nice move for the Obama administration. Nixon's appointment of Shirley Temple for ambassadorships proved long ago that conservatives can't do cool.
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    Image of malo-ji malo-ji
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    Well noone can say he's doing it for the money:


    "The public liaison position pays $70,000 a year or what the Hollywood actor [made] per episode on the popular House series."


    [www.dnaindia.com]

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    I hope "The Square Root of Three" replaces words for the national anthem. And Neal Patrick Harris gets appointed to something.
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    07/06/09

    @BadUncle: I'm more than happy to make him ambassador to my pants.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    The announcement was over two months ago. I'm not judging but - DAMN! - that's a long time to spend stoned off your ass.
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    Image of gzfstar01 gzfstar01
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    test
    Edited by gfutrelle at 7/6/09 1:58 PM
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    So Harold gets to pilot a starship, but Kumar gets to say "Engage." Nice!
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    Image of intime intime
    07/06/09

    In reply to Famous Person Has Great New Job
    Why can't I get great jobs like that?


    Oh, wait - I'm not famous. I just have actual qualifications like college degrees and years of job experience.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/06/09

    @intime: Heh. I'm laughing at you. After I finish filming "National Lampoon: Space Vagina Cheerleaders from Orion" I'm off to my new post as Intelligence Czar.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    07/06/09

    @intime: It's not a policy job, it's one in PR. Where, among other things, being a minor celebrity could help. :)
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    Image of kjack kjack
    07/06/09

    @intime: Isn't/wasn't Kal Penn a graduate student at UPenn?
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    Image of November November
    07/06/09

    @kjack: No, but he taught classes there as a visiting lecturer. Somehow his film degree from UCLA qualified him for that.
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    Image of kjack kjack
    07/06/09

    @November: Odd.
    Courtesy of Wikipedia: In Spring 2008, Penn served as a visiting lecturer in Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.He taught two courses, "Images of Asian Americans in the Media" and "Contemporary American Teen Films."


    Penn is currently working on a graduate certificate in international security from Stanford University.

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    Image of Ken Elwell Ken Elwell
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    Oh, well I guess I can cancel my Hulu subscription to House, now. Thanks. Ass.
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    Image of DorothyMantooth DorothyMantooth
    04/07/09

    @Ken Elwell: Jebus. It's not like he told you that HOUSE dies!!


    That's right. Now I've really done it. I've spoilered the whole thing for you. House dies. The show is over.

    Now you can really cancel that subscription.

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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    Ha,ha! Now I don't feel so bad about telling everyone on Gawk that Kenard, the 10 year old, kills Omar on The Wire!


    (even though I did wait like a year)


    Yay!

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    Image of wry_bred wry_bred
    04/07/09

    @Spirit Fingers: noooooooooooo i just started watching and omar is my favorite
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/07/09

    @AlannaBanana: What have you people been watching the last five years?!
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    Image of GooberSaysHey GooberSaysHey
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    NO spoilers before the jump, please! I hadn't watched it yet!
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    04/07/09

    @GooberSaysHey: no one cares ;_;
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    From White Castle to the White House. Well played.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    04/07/09

    @BowlingForDollars:


    The nation's highest office has the taste that some people can't live without.

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    Image of Cindy Cardona Cindy Cardona
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    DUUUDE, I haven't watched House yet. :-(
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    04/07/09

    @Cindy Cardona: So now you don't have to. Read a book instead.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    He was just jealous because Harold got a role in that new Star Trek movie.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    04/07/09

    @Aaron Altman: "I'm a doctor, not a George Takei impersonator, dammit!"
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/07/09

    @TedSez: "This calls for a drink. Jim Beam me up, Scotty!"
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    Please guys. In D.C. they eat at 5 Guys, not White Castle.
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    Image of stoprobbers stoprobbers
    04/07/09

    @JudgeFudge: MMMMM, Five Guys...
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    04/07/09

    @JudgeFudge: And Checkers...
     Reply
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    04/07/09

    In reply to Mr. Kumar Goes to Washington
    Maybe he can do something about the Cock Sandwich now...
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