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

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Is that post like the holy grail of this board? I wonder how many people tried to find it.

Paigs,

I see the comedy in the post, but its rather librarian comedy, and a bit below you, don't you think? I mean, really, did anyone not know what I meant when I said "largely correct." One can be partially/largely/mainly correct. Sure, could an English prof fail me for that sort of talk? Absolutely. But who really cares about the opinion of a timmy or a scrivener?

I'm amazed you've dredged this one of all thew other crazy shit I've written. Its got some comedic value, but its hardly the best.

S(you could do better, and skewer me muuuuuch better... this is librarian humor - try again)D

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Only thing worth seeing in Albuquerque.

I stopped at a bookstore near the UNM campus once, and the owner had two Miniature Pinschers running around. I mentioned that we had a dog in the car, and he said, "bring it in." So we did, and the two Miniature Pinschers spent the next half an hour chasing our 80-pound German Shepherd around the store. It was a riot.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Bil Mo'
He generally missed mine (one exception), though I do have to fess up to being Maine. New Jersey was just so lame, I had to hold up the mirror.

Clearly, we have different definitions of lame.

If we can agree that the definition of "lame" is "weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory," we will see your avatar and those of your socks in the lame hall of fame.

[Bil Mo']

Originally posted by Anne Elk
On-line version of Roadside America. Apparently the only attraction in Nebraska is Carhenge.

Not true.

There is the Liars Hall of Fame, for example, and the Marble Museum, to name another.

And don't ever forget the round barn!

[NotFromHere]

I've read that Halloween is now an adult thing. Sexy costumes are more popular than My pretty pony or whatever.
Is anyone dressing up on Friday to go out? And what is a sexy pirate?

CHICAGO, Oct. 28 — Step into Frank’s bar and you’ll get a glimpse of what Halloween is becoming. The popular tavern in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood has been decked out for weeks in black and orange, and patrons can order drinks with such names as “Sex on a Tombstone.” On the night itself, manager Robby Ehlert expects to see a number of costumes that won’t be G-rated.

“A LOT OF the costumes are, uhhh, not costumes kids would wear,” he says with a chuckle. “You’ll see sexy cops, sexy pirates — anything sexy basically.”

Marver says most adults used to wait until the last minute to throw together a costume. But this year, he’s already had to reorder some lines of adult-sized garb. (He, too, says pirates are big this year, apparently due to the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”)
Adults now represent up to 65 percent of his costume sales, a noticeable shift compared with years past.
“This is an adult holiday,” Marver says. “It’s party time.”
sexy pirates, sexy cops, sexy lawyers

[Bil Mo']

Originally posted by evenodds
Clearly, we have different definitions of lame.

If we can agree that the definition of "lame" is "weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory," we will see your avatar and those of your socks in the lame hall of fame.

Lame Sock Poll!

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Paigs,

I see the comedy in the post, but its rather librarian comedy, and a bit below you, don't you think? I mean, really, did anyone not know what I meant when I said "largely correct." One can be partially/largely/mainly correct. Sure, could an English prof fail me for that sort of talk? Absolutely. But who really cares about the opinion of a timmy or a scrivener?

I'm amazed you've dredged this one of all thew other crazy shit I've written. Its got some comedic value, but its hardly the best.

S(you could do better, and skewer me muuuuuch better... this is librarian humor - try again)D

Am I trying to skewer you? No. Am I reposting a Greatest Hit for my, ltl and whoever's edification? yes. Is this beneath me? Definitely not. Is this your funniest post? Tied for first place, the other one being the one where the chick starts MRing you and you get all freaked out. Those two are possibly the funniest posts ever on this board, not just your greatest hits.

I dont think you realize that this post has entered into the mythic/legend status. People quote you all the time with this. ITs right up there with Thanks For Playign and Phoning It In in terms of FB parlance. Deal with it. Some people (greedycubed/Hank Chinaski for example) would love to be so iconized.]

EDITED TO ADD: if anyone finds the one where tht girl licks his beer drenched starfish, I will give you a half hour of my gratitude. And ten minutes more for any post where he mentions corn.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I stopped at a bookstore near the UNM campus once, and the owner had two Miniature Pinschers running around. I mentioned that we had a dog in the car, and he said, "bring it in." So we did, and the two Miniature Pinschers spent the next half an hour chasing our 80-pound German Shepherd around the store. It was a riot.

Oooh, ooh, i forgot. If you go anywhere near Archer City, Texas (in the middle of no where, but sort of near Wichita Falls) stop at Booked Up, Larry McMurtry's bookstore. It's HUGE. Similar story with dog in the car.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I got your point. Its very old. I think Joe Strummer made a fortune singing about it...

My point is that opportunity knocks very infrequently, and those who answer the door frequently have to bend a principle or two in doing so. I'm buyable to a degree. I won't lie, cheat or steal from a friend or an innocent, but if the cash is right, I'll make the most unbelieveable and equitably offensive arguments under the sun for a client. So will any other lawyer worth his salt because that's what we do. And it translates to business. I have yet to meet a businessman of exceptional success who didn't have to walk afoul of his conscience once or twice to get where he is. Its a fact of life that we all sell out a little bit to survive and succeed, and I think selling out by doing a nude shoot is rather minor. Of course, this is an uncomfortable truth that most of the myopic absolutists on the board can't stomach. I loathe moral absolutism because I find it offensive to rational intelligence. Even Atticus Grinch probably ran a stop sign from time to time... Britney's sin is hardly worth such vehement disgust and noxious self-righteous judgment. Her kids will never work because of her sacrifice, so I have a hard time believeing they'll be mentally scarred by her photos. In the pantheon of the foul things people do every day to get what they want, the moral shortcomings of a pop singer seem an utterly ludicrous target for ire. But maybe that's just because I can't seem anymore because I'm not as perfectly moral as the rest of the laudable idealists on this board. I say "God be with you" to all of those who can live in such black and white terms. I'd love to take a pedestal for myself, if only it were possible.

As a point of clarification, I was never morally opposed to Britney doing whatever the hell she pleases. I assume you are talking about someone else's self-righteous judgment, because none of it originated over here.

In short, sometimes I believe you when you say that you don't read anyone else's posts and that you just assume them to mean whatever you want to rail against on a particular day.

Carry on.

Originally posted by evenodds
Clearly, we have different definitions of lame.

If we can agree that the definition of "lame" is "weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory," we will see your avatar and those of your socks in the lame hall of fame.

Or on my Ignore LIst where all his socks go to die.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Am I trying to skewer you? No. Am I reposting a Greatest Hit for my, ltl and whoever's edification? yes. Is this beneath me? Definitely not. Is this your funniest post? Tied for first place, the other one being the one where the chick starts MRing you and you get all freaked out. Those two are possibly the funniest posts ever on this board, not just your greatest hits.

I dont think you realize that this post has entered into the mythic/legend status. People quote you all the time with this. ITs right up there with Thanks For Playign and Phoning It In in terms of FB parlance. Deal with it. Some people (greedycubed/Hank Chinaski for example) would love to be so iconized.]

EDITED TO ADD: if anyone finds the one where tht girl licks his beer drenched starfish, I will give you a half hour of my gratitude. And ten minutes more for any post where he mentions corn.

This is nowhere near the rim job post. Not even close. I just don't find the timmy humor as solid as the substantive stuff. Guess its a matter of taste. Glad you enjoy it.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This is nowhere near the rim job post. Not even close. I just don't find the timmy humor as solid as the substantive stuff. Guess its a matter of taste. Glad you enjoy it.

Its not Timmy humor. I guess you have to not be you to get it. ANyway, keep up the good work.

Oh, and can I have your autograph?

[purse junkie]

spree: $1 million in jewelry stolen from Nelly in Vegas:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Nelly.html

No offense to Nelly, but what kind of fuckhead leaves $1 million in jewelry in his hotel room without a goddamned armed guard? Does he think no-one'll find it in his sock drawer? Or that no-one in the hotel has access to the safe combo?

He should be forced to give that stuff away (if he gets it back) in atonement for his sheer stupidity.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This is nowhere near the rim job post. Not even close. I just don't find the timmy humor as solid as the substantive stuff. Guess its a matter of taste. Glad you enjoy it.

You are misunderstanding what people find funny about the post. Yes, it's about your presentation as much as, if not more than, your content, but the presentation issue here rises to a matter of substance, not merely of form. It's not about Timmy humor -- take it from a Timmy.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I've read that Halloween is now an adult thing. Sexy costumes are more popular than My pretty pony or whatever.
Is anyone dressing up on Friday to go out? And what is a sexy pirate?

I direct you to this page of sexy pirate halloween costumes. Some are a bit racy and thus I did not post the pics.

http://www.threewisheslingerie.com/pirate.asp

aV