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[robustpuppy]

The mother of the boy mauled by the family dog has been charged with child endangerment.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/dog....ap/index.html

I tend to think not being let into a store would not rank up there as the most humiliating moment of this woman's life.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Why did he feel the need to point out that he was in sixth grade?

For the same reason he feel the need to point out that he's got a big dick?

I don't know....

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
When we went to Star Wars, we were talking about the first one and I mentioned that I had seen it in the movie theater when it first came out (I was 7). He hadn't been born. So that made me feel a little weird.

But the important thing is that if you look younger, it's all ok.

I definitely look younger. And thinner. People always tell me that. (Hi TM!)

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall


And I don't know if this means anything, but it's more info that nfh has yet to post:

Security staff informed Winfrey that the store was closed for a public relations meeting, but the TV star's best pal and travelling companion GAYLE KING insists Oprah was treated badly.

King says, "People were in the store and they were shopping. Oprah was at the door and she was not allowed into the store... It was one of the most humiliating moments of her life."

Winfrey's pal also states that Oprah is upset by the Hermes' apology because "it implies that nothing offensive happened".



TM

If that was one of the most humiliating moments of her life, then boo fucking hoo.

This is what Hermes says and funny that Oprah's own website says nothing.

The company also tells a slightly different version of the story. Hermes shuts its doors at 6:30, but on this particular evening the staff was preparing the store for a private event -- a presentation of ready-to-wear. As a result, there was a significant amount of activity in the boutique, which may have given the impression that shoppers were still browsing.

A Hermes spokeswoman said Winfrey arrived about 6:45, accompanied by three other people. A clerk and security guard were at the door and there was no discussion of North Africans or anyone else, according to the store's security videotape, which the company inspected after the incident. The guard explained that the store was closed. The clerk offered up her business card with an invitation for Winfrey to return the next day. The store manager, preparing for that evening's event, was not at the door.

Hermes regularly lavishes celebrities with all of the attention they have come to expect, the spokeswoman said. But Winfrey's visit was an after-hours surprise at a particularly inopportune moment.

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think it was more me looking (and probably dressing) very American

It was the fanny-pack, wasn't it? North Africans think fanny-packs look gay.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I think I was in seventh grade.....but I skipped first grade. I celebrate my fourth annual 29th birthday this September.

I was in college. And late for French Lit.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Moi? I'm an American of German descent. The French hate me. Seriously, the last time I was in Hermes in Paris the clerks treated me so rudely. I wanted to say "Do you have any idea how much my boyfriend's Nikes fucking cost him? Don't think I can't afford this shit, bitch. I just don' t like scarves and crocodile is so environmentally irresponsible."

Just step on a milk carton to watch them throw their hands up in reflex.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I was in college. And late for French Lit.

Really? I had just turned 12. Are you a child prodigy? Do you play the violin? Chess?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Really? I had just turned 12. Are you a child prodigy? Do you play the violin? Chess?

I'm old. And I play the guitar. And backgammon.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I tend to think not being let into a store would not rank up there as the most humiliating moment of this woman's life.

I'm pretty sure you're right, although I guess it depends on what exactly was said.

TM

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm pretty sure you're right, although I guess it depends on what exactly was said.

TM

What if they used a shovel to block the door?

[robustpuppy]

As perfect as penguins:



Five new cubs at the National Zoo. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...062400755.html

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
If that was one of the most humiliating moments of her life, then boo fucking hoo.

This is what Hermes says and funny that Oprah's own website says nothing.

It's not funny you moron. We've already discussed that she is using it as a ratings boost.

And please excuse me (or don't because I don't really give a shit) for not accepting, like a spoon-fed baby, the company's PR explanation of what happened. Like I said, I doubt that there was any real racism involved here, but stranger things have happened (like a decked out in full gown Vanessa Williams, or some other prominent black actress, being asked to fetch some idiot a refill at a party honoring her).

And see above on "one of the most humiliating moments."

TM

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I'm old. And I play the guitar. And backgammon.

Do you ROCK at shuffleboard? I ROCK at Diamond Mine.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm pretty sure you're right, although I guess it depends on what exactly was said.

TM

Still, more humiliating than that topless scene she did in whatever movie it was (Beloved, perhaps)?