Fashion Board 6-9-04 to 7-13-04

[the Spartan]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Newport, RI - Prom night for Melissa Katzen meant wearing a brand new dress

What was the brand? Versace?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Apparently not. It seems from reading everyone's posts today that they are trying to fix it so that the team with the best penalty kickers doesn't always win. Going from penalty kicks to different types of sudden death to determine the outcome of the game seems pretty fundamental to me.
TM

I don't think anyone thinks it's fundamentally broken, it's just that people like to discuss and complain. Hockey gets decided all kinds of different ways, by penalty shots at the Olympics, by 4 on 4 sudden death in the NHL (yet another attempt to suck American cock) and 5 on 5 sudden death everywhere else. I don't think it fundamentally changes the game if it gets decided a different way in ot.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Apparently not. It seems from reading everyone's posts today that they are trying to fix it so that the team with the best penalty kickers doesn't always win.

You're overestimating the problem. Do games go to PKs? Yes, but not always.

Would more scoring help matters, both with decreasing ties and increasing excitement? Perhaps. But I doubt fans were glued to their sets when Mexico beat Dominca(?) 10-0 and 8-0 in qualifying play.

The NFL overtime system sucks too. The first possession, at least statistically, has become increasingly important. If Viniatierri missed that field goal (or in 2002), we probably would have reform.

And college sucks even more, but in its own way. The 74-72 scores have to go. What happened to ties, other than in playoffs?

And WTF with hockey, which has a separate rule for the regular season OT games, with one less player for each team? Now that's bastardized.

And aussie rules football is the balls.

[robustpuppy]

I'm out of the sunscreen I use on my face, neck, and chest so today I just used regular Coppertone, and I feel great. When I catch a whiff of myself, I feel like I'm a kid at the beach, even though I am about as far from that as possible, and had I known as a kid at the beach, that this is what my future held, I would have resolved to perform poorly in school, but I digress. At any rate, it's cheering me up. So I recommend adding some Coppertone to your day.

Do they still make Sea 'n Ski? If I smelled that I'd really be transported to childhood.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Aussie rules football was a great game. It was huge when I was young, and then it suddenly disappeared. WTF? Was there some contract dispute over the rights to air it?

ESPN started getting american sports on the air. A public tv channel in the DC area runs games every so often, though.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by the Spartan
What was the brand? Versace?

It was an Ann Klein II. She got it at Marshall's for only fifty dollars!

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

And the BCS BS is funfamentally flawed - it's not stopping us from watching.

You watched the Fiesta Bowl this year?

What happened to that magical hangover recovery day on which all the best games were played, not just the crappy matchups between the SEC runners up and the third place team from the Big-10, Big-12, et al.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Apparently not. It seems from reading everyone's posts today that they are trying to fix it so that the team with the best penalty kickers doesn't always win. Going from penalty kicks to different types of sudden death to determine the outcome of the game seems pretty fundamental to me. It's like if baseball (and don't get me wrong, baseball has it's problems too, but most of them -- like the designated hitter -- are tied to greed) tried to change it so that there were no extra innings because all games would be decided by home run derby after the 9th.

People love soccer. No question. If you're going to reduce the argument to whether or not it is a popular sport to determine whether or not it is flawed, then the answer is simple.

TM

I'd love it if baseball became a home run derby after the 9th. Home runs are about the only thing I've ever really loved in baseball. When they started making smaller stadiums and juiced the ball a few years back, they really fucked the game up. Guys like Luzinski, Rice, Stargell, Kingman, Schmidt, etc... used to be great to watch because at any moment they might launch a moonshot. Cats like that used to tag the ball over the center field fence in the Astrodome. Now you have all these short fields and roid nuts nailing what would have been long flies in the old days out of mini-fields.

No one can tell me the ball wasn't tightened a few years back. The ball just doens't suddenly decide to start jumping off the bat like that, then suddenly go back to almost normal again a few years later. From McGuire's 70 through Bond's 74, there had to be something going on with the ball. And Sosa should have been traded byb edict of the commissioner. Leaving that monster in Wrigley was a joke.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Rugby. Having watched the Rugby World Cup last year, I am surprised that it is not more popular in America. Again, I attribute it to the lack of a natural break, play doesn't stop.

I attribute it to the lacerations. I thought about playing in college. Then I was watching a match on TV. Guy comes running to the sideline with his forehead split open. They slap some tape on it, and he runs back in. Um, no thanks.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
ESPN started getting american sports on the air.

I think you mean ESPN realized it could broadcast repeats of SportCenter (and the sport specific variations thereof like Baseball Tonight) 20 times a day.

My dad and I used to watch Aussie rules together in the middle of the night. It's one of my really good memories from growing up.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by taxwonk
It was an Ann Klein II. She got it at Marshall's for only fifty dollars!

I love it when you anticipate my needs. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and new-agey.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Foot commando. Yeah, I like it. And now you can say you invented it. Even though Sebby is going to use it without a license.

If he doesn't want to pay for a license, rest assured he'll be hearing from Gattigap.

[the Spartan]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'm out of the sunscreen I use on my chest .

that is so hot!

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So I recommend adding some Coppertone to your day.

I just put some on, the number 2 oil and now all I can think of is you. Although I'm starting to feel inappropriately greasy.

[patentparanyc]

I just put some on, the number 2 oil and now all I can think of is you. Although I'm starting to feel inappropriately greasy. [/QUOTE]

Does it make your fingers misstep on the keyboard on account of the slippage and all?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by the Spartan
I just put some on, the number 2 oil and now all I can think of is you. Although I'm starting to feel inappropriately greasy.

Funny, that's how I feel when I think of you.