Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by dtb
I'm a little afraid to ask, but I'm going to risk it:

What is the concept of right-hand rings? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

The right-hand ring is a concept dreamed up a few years ago as a way of selling diamond rings to single women who can afford a big honking diamond but can't land a man rich enough to buy one for them. They're touted as a "you go girl" kind of thing. It's appalling, really.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I want a really big diamond ring. Nothing tasteful. The trouble is that I don't want to get engaged, nor do I want a so-called right-hand ring because the concept of right-hand rings is beyond retarded. What do I do? Buy one to wear on the middle finger of my left hand?

Which is your fisting hand?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I want a really big diamond ring. Nothing tasteful. The trouble is that I don't want to get engaged, nor do I want a so-called right-hand ring because the concept of right-hand rings is beyond retarded. What do I do? Buy one to wear on the middle finger of my left hand?

Seems to me that while the stupid marketing campaign from DeBeers for the right hand ring is a relatively new thing, women have been wearing non-engagement rings on their right hands for decades without making some sort of stupid statement.

Get whatever kind of ring you want and wear it wherever you want. Some people will make stupid assumptions, but some people always make stupid assumptions.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
The right-hand ring is a concept dreamed up a few years ago as a way of selling diamond rings to single women who can afford a big honking diamond but can't land a man rich enough to buy one for them.

So it's conveying the bolded implication that makes them objectionable to you?

Why not get a colored diamond--canary or pink or blue?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
, women have been wearing non-engagement rings on their right hands for decades without making some sort of stupid statement.

Or they're making a statement just to european men (or the few who won't hit on married women).

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So it's conveying the bolded implication that makes them objectionable to you?

Why not get a colored diamond--canary or pink or blue?

Not especially - it's the fact that you look as if you swallowed a marketing pitch whole. That's the problem. I don't like the look of colored diamonds unless they are vintage.

But RT makes a good point.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by dtb
A vignette from an email sent by a guy on my running team:

• At the gym yesterday, someone at the other end of the floor jogging on a treadmill collapsed (not in the best of shape - maybe one of those new year resolution things). Anyway, about three other people in close proximity to him just carried on running regardless without missing a beat. Fortunately the staff were quickly on hand to call the paramedics.

Nice.

Last week, during a "sprint" near the end of spin class, this kind of fat chick turned bright red and got off the bike and collapsed. We finished the sprint, transitioned into our final "climb," and only after that was done -- during the cool down -- did the instructor get some help from one of the staff. By this point the woman had regained consciousness and was sitting in a puddle of her own sweat and vomit, holding her head in her hands and weeping. But she understood why nobody did anything before that. It's a "zone" thing.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
spin class, this kind of fat chick

Fag hag.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by dtb
A vignette from an email sent by a guy on my running team:

• At the gym yesterday, someone at the other end of the floor jogging on a treadmill collapsed (not in the best of shape - maybe one of those new year resolution things). Anyway, about three other people in close proximity to him just carried on running regardless without missing a beat. Fortunately the staff were quickly on hand to call the paramedics.

Nice.

Maybe the people on the surrounding treadmills made resolutions not to take any breaks during a run.

TM

[dtb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Maybe the people on the surrounding treadmills made resolutions not to take any breaks during a run.

TM

Well, that was my excuse.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Running Team?

And in fairness, did they all have headphones on?

Good point. People at the gym have to jump up and down in front of me if I'm on the treadmill with my iPod in order to get my attention.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Get whatever kind of ring you want and wear it wherever you want. Some people will make stupid assumptions, but some people always make stupid assumptions.

She should make it work for her. Buy a huge fake diamond ring and have everyone assume it's real.

Or you could kill your boyfriend and have him with you always.

http://jewelry.about.com/cs/syntheti...em_diamond.htm

TM

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Good point. People at the gym have to jump up and down in front of me if I'm on the treadmill with my iPod in order to get my attention.

I find this to be a great policy.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Know what I did? I switched over to noting time in terms of years instead of months on my resume before my last move. No one seemed to care one bit. Maybe it is because I am really old and have had comparitively few jobs, but still.

I have no gaps in my resume.

I may not be ABBA-level genuis, but I can figure out a thing or two.

Interesting. Due to some odd timing quirks, using your approach, I could eliminate a firm entirely from my resume.

I also think its time I remove "civil war re-enactments" from my hobbies list. Maybe I'll replace it with "stalking."

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Interesting. Due to some odd timing quirks, using your approach, I could eliminate a firm entirely from my resume.

I also think its time I remove "civil war re-enactments" from my hobbies list. Maybe I'll replace it with "stalking."

I had a case with a female lawyer who was into the midievel re-enactment scene. Had a website devoted to sword-play and the benefits of different armor to a sword maiden. Weird weird weird weird weird.