New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[the Blue Flaming Bush]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I know now is a time for prayer, and this may be a bit untimely, but I always thought Roy's skills on big cat training were over-rated.

I said many prayers for Roy today, notwithstanding his sins, G-d made him and like all men he is weak of flesh. Also, let’s pray for the tiger too. G-d made all of his creatures as treasures and loves us all as His children, even big cats.

I saw Roy and Siegfried’s show many years ago in Vegas and seeing those magnificent tigers up close one gets the impression that perhaps such perversions of natural order were not quite in His plan. At times, even with my domesticated kitties, I fear that given the right opportunity they might see me more as a super-sized meal than a mom.

At the end of the day the tiger was just doing what comes naturally. And poor sweet natured Roy was just being a senseless human, flaunting the laws of nature in pursuit of the sins of riches and greedy exploitation. Part of me wonders if Roy didn’t have a sausage sandwiche before the show and perhaps the Cat smelled it off of his breathe. They have very acute olafactory senses.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
We should re-name this thread the Animal Board.

I blame you for the our shocking loss to Germany in the WWC. In more welcome sports news, an online gambling service, America's Line, is offering odds on who will replace Lisa Guerrero as MNF sideline reporter. Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya are each at 5-1, while Melissa Stark is offered at 12-1. The smart money is on Kolber. The Guerrero debacle has been noted by the New York Times.

CHILLED
Hot chick backlash
From the New York Times:

Keith Olbermann, whose time at Fox Sports overlapped with newly hired Monday Night Football reporter Lisa Guerrero's, suggested that MNF announcers Al Michaels and John Madden "resign in protest" and that Guerrero "can pose in Maxim but can't come back into the credibility pool."

Guerrero declined to comment on the criticism.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/chea...2main0628.html

I'm not holding my breath on this. Rush and Guerrero in the span of a week may be too much to hope for.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
So, str8, was this your impression of Celine from your last Vegas trip?

The only "Celine" i met was a skinny washed-out blonde who charged me $20 for a bad lap-dance. I kicked her to the curb after one song and got me an eastern european brunette, who was a little hungrier for my cash, if ya catch my drift.

str8's on the new board, str8's on the new board

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Rush and Guerrero in the span of a week may be too much to hope for.

It's well worth hoping for, though.

The new Rush-Free Countdown was glorious. I still miss Sterling, but having Michael Irvin grab Steve and Tom as he's talking is hilarious. They handled the controversy well on air, and Irvin hinted at what the NY papers had reported: Tom Jackson said on Wednesday "him or me" and ESPN made the right call.

Now, please, please, please let Lisa Guerrero say Peyton Manning is the result of the conservative media being desirous of a successful white quarterback.

Edited to add: check Ralph Wiley's Rush column in page 2: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/wiley/031003.html

[leagleaze]

"ATLANTA (AP) -- ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Thrashers forward Dan Snyder died Sunday night, six days after he was involved in a horrific car crash with All-Star teammate Dany Heatley."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes


Note the article includes a picture of the car. Which is pretty well destroyed.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
an online gambling service, America's Line, is offering odds on who will replace Lisa Guerrero as MNF sideline reporter. Suzy Kolber and Michelle Tafoya are each at 5-1, while Melissa Stark is offered at 12-1. The smart money is on Kolber.

Are those odds for before the end of this season, or by next year?

Personally, I'll avoid her again by watching baseball tonight.

But I wouldn't take the bet on Melissa Stark--she just gave birth, so I doubt she's going to haul the little tyke around with her to games, lactation lover's hopes aside.

[Not Bob]

This discussion would be a lot more entertaining if Roy weren't in critical condition, and 250 people weren't out of jobs. Siegfried & Roy Show Canceled Indefinitely (AP article via Yahoo).

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
The only "Celine" i met was a skinny washed-out blonde who charged me $20 for a bad lap-dance. I kicked her to the curb after one song and got me an eastern european brunette, who was a little hungrier for my cash, if ya catch my drift.

str8's on the new board, str8's on the new board

I do not catch your drift I am afraid. She was hungry for your cash is a little too obtuse for me.

In other observations, I watched Inside THe Actor's Studio last night where my beloved CLint Eastwood was the guest. First off, may I just say that this is probably the only man over the age of fifty, much less, seventy, that I would gladly bang. I just love him and I have since I was first mesmerized by that laconic speech pattern at an early age. I realized that Clint has set the precendent for my physical type in men as well as for my placing of the voice in the top two or three most important things to me in terms of attraction.

But I also observed something else that was a little bizarre. His face lift has left him bearing a strong resemblance to Christopher Walken.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Not Bob
This discussion would be a lot more entertaining if Roy weren't in critical condition, and 250 people weren't out of jobs. Siegfried & Roy Show Canceled Indefinitely (AP article via Yahoo).

Aw, did you have tickets for this week's shows?

Seriously, these guys have done the show in Vegas for 35 years and Roy hit a tiger on the nose with a microphone when it failed to respond to commands.

Now I don't know much about lion and tiger taming, but that sounds like an darwin award recipe for disaster. I dare say Gunther Gable Williams was never mauled by one of his charges.

[evenodds]

An arrest warrant has been issued for the Ben Affleck for threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend.

From peoplenews:

"We are not investigating_Mr Affleck for any crime,' the cops added, kindly turning a blind eye to serious offences such as Gigli and Pearl Harbor.

http://www.peoplenews.com/news/index.php?page=1&id=3047

Originally posted by Not Bob
This discussion would be a lot more entertaining if Roy weren't in critical condition, and 250 people weren't out of jobs. Siegfried & Roy Show Canceled Indefinitely (AP article via Yahoo).

I am fucking troubled about the fate of Montecore, who was only doing what a wild animal would do (which isnt acquiescing to being the fucking on stage enteratinment to a bunch of yokels from Kansas and Indiana). IF they kill him for following his instincts, I will be really troubled, giving that he is part of an endangered species. And they say the fate of the other 63 is uncertain. Where do they live anyway? Roaming a pen outside of Vegas?

[the Blue Flaming Bush]

Originally posted by Not Bob
This discussion would be a lot more entertaining if Roy weren't in critical condition, and 250 people weren't out of jobs. Siegfried & Roy Show Canceled Indefinitely (AP article via Yahoo).

Lighten up fella, all we can do now is say a prayer and see what fate G-d has in store for him. The bottom line is that big cats usually kill quickly and can eat incredible amounts of meat in a bite, so the poor sequined bastard is lucky to even be clinging to life.

From what I heard on NPR, or one of those 70s style radio programs this morning is that the real story is yet to come, according to sources the Cat is a rampant homophobe who listens to Rush and has been an open supporter of Schwarzenegger. I'm sure this news will get your BVDs all knotted up.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by evenodds
Aw, did you have tickets for this week's shows?

Roy seems to be recovering. As to economic impact of a news item impacting whether one should comment, remember the J. Lo/Afflect wedding was tagged at several million dollars. When it crashed, lots of florists/stationary cos./cake makers/photographers/air brush artists/toupee techs, etc. were hit hard. The stalled wedding was still seen as appropriate post subject matter.

[the Blue Flaming Bush]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am fucking troubled about the fate of Montecore, who was only doing what a wild animal would do (which isnt acquiescing to being the fucking on stage enteratinment to a bunch of yokels from Kansas and Indiana). IF they kill him for following his instincts, I will be really troubled, giving that he is part of an endangered species. And they say the fate of the other 63 is uncertain. Where do they live anyway? Roaming a pen outside of Vegas?

I've seen them on TV, on a Travel channel show. Supposedly all of the tigers and Siegfried and Roy and some tiger nannies all live in a 163 acre palatial estate outside of Vegas. The tigers roam freely around the house and compound and even have cable TV. Roy and Seigfried helped to deliver the baby tigers and even helped nurse one of them when the mother died during the birth. They were treated like adopted children.

From the NYT obits

Mr. Kardashian is survived by his wife, Ellen Pierson, and his children from his first marriage, three daughters, Kourtney, Kimberly and Khloe, and a son, Robert.