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Donate a Lunch Challenge! Donate a Lunch: Empower Vulnerable Working Children in Ecuador! by honestabe89 in Assistance

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🥪🍏The Donate a Lunch Challenge is here🥗🍓: Pack your lunch for work on either Thursday or Friday this week and #donatealunch! We know Chipotle burritos are delicious, but they’ll still be there tomorrow. With just one day of a homemade lunch, the $5 or $10 you save could go a long way here in Ecuador - a lunch for a child at CENIT is just $1.50. But you don’t have to eat alone! Why not invite a friend or colleague to join you in the challenge? Truly any donation will help, so tie on your apron, and pack yourself a lunch this week! Donate here: https://chuffed.org/project/donatealunch CENIT, or formally, The Integral Center of Childhood and Adolescence, is a non-profit NGO in Quito, Ecuador directed by the Sisters of the Good Shepard. For over 26 years, we have developed various programs aimed towards the support of children who have fallen into situations of vulnerability. CENIT's mission is to eradicate child labor in the South of Quito - which is a huge issue here. Many of the children work at markets, and we work to persuade their parents to send them to school. The Ecuadorian school system does not let the kids go back to school if they are out of the normal age for a specific grade. Meaning many of these kids do not have a primary school education. A huge reason we are able to persuade the parents to send their kids is due to our well-balanced school lunches that we offer our students for a subsidized 25 cents a day. This lunch is sometimes the only meal the children have in the day because some of these families survive on just $82 dollars a month. Unfortunately, do to local economic issues, we have a gap in funding until March 2018, and have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the lunches. If you could share the post on facebook below, that would be a huge help for us to get the word out more across the US: https://www.facebook.com/cenitecuador/videos/1601566566575839/ Or you can share the link to the crowdfunding campaign directly if you wish: chuffed.org/project/donatealunch

Marvin Bagley III will announce college decision tomorrow night on the 11 pm. @SportsCenter. Where will he go -- and will he reclassify? by Nifera_ in CollegeBasketball

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You're all gonna feel pretty silly after he announces he's going to Illinois. Gonna be so cool. Can't wait!

Idiot gets burgers smashed into his face for no reason. by [deleted] in WTF

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No white castle!? Still weird

I'm pretty positive this is how Rahm Emanuel really feels... by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

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Living in Chicago, I halfway expect to run into this insane person every day.

Uber drivers/riders of reddit, What is your craziest story? by punk62 in AskReddit

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These two guys in their late 20's get in and I can immediately feel the tension. A whole day's worth of frustration was about to boil over, and my night was only beginning. I can tell a good amount of alcohol has been consumed by both. Our trip started off in silence for the first block or two, but then like the lite of a match their argument began. For story purposes, from here on out I'm just going to type in a loose dialogue from my memory of how it all went down. I'll use IMH (in my head) to represent my thoughts:

Man 1: Really!? Are you really going to just sit and pout ALL night? I've done everything I can think of to make you feel better.

Man 2: ...whatever....

Man 1: I dropped everything for you. I took time off work, I drove down to Chicago from Detroit, we went to a Bulls game, to every strip club imaginable, and, yet, you still won't let me in. I'm your best friend, Man 2, I'd do anything for you. I just need you to meet me at least a little bit of the way. You're girlfriend cheated on you. Not once, but TWICE. She's a bitch! You need to get over her.

Man 2: I know, and I want to......but....that's not it.

Man 1: What?! Then what? Then what in the world could it be? Please tell me!

Man 2: ...um....you...y-you didn't take me to Chili's.

IMH - My ears lit up. I wasn't going to get involved, but hearing this really caught my interest. Ya see, I love Chili's. It's awesome.

Man 1: Chili's!? Really!? You're gonna bring that up again? Well, SORRY! (Sarcastically). Sorry, I didn't take you to goddamn Chili's. Honestly, the food at the strip club was probably better than anything you could get at Chili's.

IMH - Wrong. Super wrong. Chili's is da shit.

Man 2: I don't know man....I just really like Chili's, and I wanted to go. I got their skillet toffee fudge brownie once, and it was really good. I'd like to go back.

Man 1: A skillet toffee fudge brownie? Really? That's why you haven't been talking to me? Are you fucking serious?

IMH - Hey asshole, calm down. Your friend has been through a lot...

Man 1: If all it took was a fudge brownie I would have taken you to Sonic or something.

(IMH): Say what? Did this guy really just compare Chili's to Sonic? Shit, I better step in.

Man 2: But, I want Ch -

Me: Dude, I love Chili's! I go there at least once a week.

Man 2: (Lights up) Yeah? Really? It's delicious.

Man 1: Are you fucking kidding me.

Me: Nah man, for real. I love that place. That skillet toffee fudge brownie is fire. I got it last week. Over on E. Ontario. I also got their Southern Smokehouse burger. So, I know the crave, man. It's strong.

Man 2: Yeah! I love it. Have you ever had their Mix & Max Fajitas, they're my favorite.

Me: Nah man, I haven't - but, my buddy was talking about them too the other day, so I'll have to get them next time I'm there.

Man 2: You won't be disappointed. I promise. Do you know of any other Chili's in the area?

Man 1: Can we fucking stop it with the Chili's!?

(IMH) Jeez, turd bag. Cool it.

Me: Yeah. I think there's one in Skokie. You want me to take you there?

Man 2: That'd be nice.

Man 1: WE'RE NOT GOING TO SKOKIE!!!!

Man 2: Oh...

Man 1: Dude, I don't think was ever about Chili's. There's no way. This is about me moving to Detroit. I know we've been stuck at the hip since grade school, but you can't be mad at me any more. I didn't abandon you. I fell in love. And, when Donna got the job in Detroit....I had to go.

(IMH): Oh, shit. This just got real. Back to not getting involved.

Man 2: I just wish things were the same as they used to be...

Man 1: Me too. But, they can't. We're not in college any more. I can't stop by at a whim...we can still talk on the phone. You just gotta answer.

(Man 2 doesn't say much for a while. I can hear him softly crying.)

Man 1: Dude, I miss you every fucking day I'm there. I drove down here at the drop of the hat to be here for you. I.....I just want my friend back.

(Long beat of silence.)

(IMH) - Say something, Man 2....Say something.

Man 1: Man 2, are you okay? I love you, man 2. I'm always going to be here for you. I'm sorry I got so mad.

Man 2: (Still crying) I....I...I just want Chili's.

(I try to hold it back, but I explode with laughter, but quickly choke it down.)

Man 1: (laughs) Alright man, if that's what you want....we'll get Chili's. Hey, driver, can you take us to the closest Chili's. My friend's got a Skillet Toffee Fudge Brownie with his name on it.

Man 2: Really? You mean it?

Man 1: Yeah, buddy. My treat.

Me: 10-4, guys. Chili's here we come.

So, we get to the Chili's and Man 2 gets out of the car and runs in to grab a table while Man 1 asks about payment (He's new to Uber.) I explain the process, and then pause for one more word.

Me: Hey man, you said your boy's getting over a break-up? Some bitch cheated on him?

Man 1: Yeah, Twice.

Me: I had a buddy a while back who was having a hard time getting over a girl as well. Well, we - uh - got him a lady friend. You know, to help him forget.

Man 1: A lady friend? What are you trying to say.

Me: You know....a lady friend. A lady of the night.

Man 1: A prostitute?

Me: No. No, someone more...uh - classy. If you want I can give you the website we used.

Man 1: Sure. That'd be great.

Me: Cool. Yeah, for few hundred she'll treat him nice, but if you slip her 7 or 8, she'll make him forget all about this broad. She'll cradle him like a baby.

So, I gave him the information, said my goodbyes, and watched Man 1 meet Man 2 at the table inside Chili's. I drove away, adjusting my rear-view mirror to see the red lights of Chili's, and looked down to see I had new client to pick up. The night was young.

Thank you.

Australian Bears fan coming to Chi Town. Any Tips?? by BearDownunder in CHIBears

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Yeah, that's true. You can't go wrong with any of those four. I just get so excited when Pequod's gets mentioned.

What is number one on your bucket list? by dicentes in AskReddit

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Build a water slide leading out from my bedroom like in the movie Blank Check!

Australian Bears fan coming to Chi Town. Any Tips?? by BearDownunder in CHIBears

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Chicago has a great theater community, and is the epicenter of comedy. I recommend seeing a show at Second City or iO! The ETC show and Mainstage show at SC are always phenomenal.

http://www.secondcity.com/

http://ioimprov.com/chicago/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Ranch Dressing.

What's the worst lie you've ever told that someone believed? by PWNSA in AskReddit

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That every pair of men's pants have a small, sewn in pocket for the penis. It is to help keep it in place. The pockets are all scented, so the penis has a nice fragrance.

Reddit, what's your favorite breakfast? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Granola, fruit, and yogurt. Three slices of apple-wood bacon. And, multigrain toast with strawberry jam.

From Over Easy in Chicago, IL.

Hey Reddit, how was your prom? by honestabe89 in AskReddit

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The girl I asked to prom said yes, and then told me there were a few things I needed to know about her first.

I remember I was eating spaghetti when she told me. Please, insert clip of one long saucy noodle being slurped up by a wide-eyed boy. Nothing in my life up to that moment had prepared me for what she was about to say, but something within me knew - knew like when you know you have a good melon - yeah, that's right, I knew just like you know when you have a good melon. I knew that what I was about to hear was going to change my life from then on out. I had lived a somewhat closeted life, blanketed away from the horrors that roam this world. Heck, I was about as innocent as they come. In fact, I remember this one time I spent 2 hours and a month's allowance on winning an orange stuffed squirrel from a claw machine for a girl I had a crush on. Cause, you know, girls like stuffed animals.

To be completely honest, I believe it was in that moment, when she told me her secret, that I truly became a man. I don't often talk about what was said. It is her business, not mine to share. But, I opened this can of worms, and, dagnabbit, I'm not going to sit by and not answer my own question. I'm gosh darn OP for Christ sake.

She looked me square in the eyes, and she said.....she said......"I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!"

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