Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
And is everybody convinced that JFF is a man?

I hope so. Some time back someone accused her of being lady val, who I believe was Coleman Youngster. I think they were right.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I think that David Geffin is also the "faggot" that Dire Straits is talking about in Money for Nothin.

That's not consistent with the urban legend I heard, which is that the entire song is a literal transcription of an actual conversation that Mark Knopfler overheard between two blue collar workers while he was waiting for his SO to complete a transaction in a department store.

Obviously, he embellished it a bit, but having worked in the blue collar world, I can say the treatment of the subject matter rings true.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
PSA: whenever you quote someone's post it adds an extra "re:" to it. until we can get a fix for the issue, just delete the extras.

ok, I fixed that. sorry if you got an error there for a second while trying to make a new reply.

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by purse junkie
But what of those of us who have such astonishingly perfect bodies for our ages, particularly our perky breasts and butt, that no matter what we wear we get comments? Is this just the price we pay for beauty?

I learned long ago to accept the things I cannot change. This is my fate and I have learned to live with it.

[purse junkie]

I concede that if a woman puts photos of her works up on a web page, and describes in detail what she has and what she wants implanted where, it's a fair bet she's looking for viewers.

Her mother must be so proud.

What, so I miss one day and now I'm pages and pages behind? damn!

My IT department (you know who you are!) has been reading my posts, so I haven't decided what to do about this. I may reincarnate myself, if I feel the need.

And to chime in with the ogling/pervy stares/whistles conversation - this can be sort of threatening, but much depends on whether the whistler/ogler is a hot young construction worker who keeps his distance or the creepy homeless guy (drunk ugly guy at bar, obnoxious co-worker, etc...) who keeps following you and grabbing for you. The construction guy is just juvenile, the rest start messing with my comfort level.

I have been hit on by lesbians on several occasions - several have commented that they like my hair (is that a common pick-up line or what?) - it was suprising, but nothing more - (but no stalker-type messages - that would have been a bit funkier.)

Lastly, lesbian or otherwise, unless you are in our IT department, you are all free to stare at (or think about, because I'm not posting them) my boobs and make non-threatening comments, because I am quite proud of them right now. Apparently this estrogen poisoning does a lot more than just cause me to pee a lot.

-TL :bounce:

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I think that David Geffin is also the "faggot" that Dire Straits is talking about in Money for Nothin.

Really? I always thought that the the blue collar "narrator" of the song was talking about your basic early-Eighties sorta androgynous singer who was so popular on the MTV playlist then. Like a Boy George, Adam Ant, or Simon LeBon.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Robust Puppy And is everybody convinced that JFF is a man?

Yes.

[JustForFun]

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[Pretty Little Flower]

She is not a guy, you jealous bitches. Some day, she and I will marry, and I will teach her to be more compassionate to people who disagree with her. I will teach her through the healing power of lovemaking.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by purse junkie
But what of those of us who have such astonishingly perfect bodies for our ages, particularly our perky breasts and butt, that no matter what we wear we get comments? Is this just the price we pay for beauty?

Here's one fact of life that's inescapable. No matter how polite or profeesional the gentlemen around you, if your "high beams" are on, we can't help but looking at your tits.

I was talking to a friend of mine at a pool a few weeks back and a brisk breeze came by. I had to excuse myself. Shit, my wife walks in front of me braless in a t-shirt and I completely lose my train of thought.

Seeing chicks in the office with beams is simply too much. The worst is having one start talking to you seriously and realizing that she has no idea those things are on full blast. How in the hell can't chicks realize that?

If you want to ensure you won't get leered at this summer during high air conditioning season, the first step is to get a high beam proof bra.

S(FYI)D

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
She is not a guy, you jealous bitches. Some day, she and I will marry, and I will teach her to be more compassionate to people who disagree with her. I will teach her through the healing power of lovemaking.

Flower, I say the sooner the better. Whip out that ring. Let's ask Leagl to preside at the ceremony. And then you go girl, teach away...

But I trust you're still Prettier than she is, right?

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by TexLex
I have been hit on by lesbians on several occasions - several have commented that they like my hair (is that a common pick-up line or what?) - it was suprising, but nothing more - (but no stalker-type messages - that would have been a bit funkier.)

Very comman lesbian pick-up line that has been twice used on me accompanied by touching of my hair.

Originally posted by TexLex
Lastly, lesbian or otherwise, unless you are in our IT department, you are all free to stare at (or think about, because I'm not posting them) my boobs and make non-threatening comments, because I am quite proud of them right now. Apparently this estrogen poisoning does a lot more than just cause me to pee a lot.

-TL :bounce:

Yes, estrogen does inflate them, but at what price? On another topic, the very point that you are proud of your breasts because they are fuller in many ways actually confirms what some of the guys here were posting. Why do full breasts make you feel proud?

Discuss amongst yourselves.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
But, I know plenty of women who tell me all about the comments they receive. Usually, it's annoying (and I understand that), but I have heard from hot women the following: "How do I look today? I haven't heard one comment all day long and I walked here all the way from [whatever] st. Do I look bad today?" Insecurity aside, I take it such comments aren't always perceived as negative.

While this might not actually mean that they like hearing comments on their appearance, it does mean some women take note. And my question still stands. Is it always a bad thing?
TM

Really? You've heard women (plural), say they were disappointed that they didn't hear comments from strangers on their walk from point A to point B? I'm not saying you're lying, but that is so far out of my realm of comprehension as to leave me dumbfounded. No doubt such women exist, I've just never met one.

Now, this is just my opinion (I don't pretend to speak for all women -- but, without being too presumptuous, I think I can speak for the women of my personal acquaintance), it is always (or as near to a mathematical certainty as is humanly possible) a bad thing to hear shouted comments about my appearance from men I don't know.

Sure, I can construct a hypothetical where an unsolicited comment might not squick me out or make me feel uncomfortable, -- say, some dude in an elevator makes a polite comment -- says he likes my suit (or whatever). However, I think the kind of comment you are talking about (or that this unending thread is talking about) are along the lines of "hey baby, lookin' good" (and its ilk) comments that carry that whiff of sexual innuendo, a slightly leering quality, that is at best unappealing and at worst, threatening. That's never good.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by dtb
Really? You've heard women (plural), say they were disappointed that they didn't hear comments from strangers on their walk from point A to point B? I'm not saying you're lying, but that is so far out of my realm of comprehension as to leave me dumbfounded. No doubt such women exist, I've just never met one.

It's what she says when she hopes to hear the following:

"Are you kidding?!!! You look so hot!"

Even(had a very gorgeous, yet shockingly insecure girlfriend)Odds