Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Pshaw! You are just projecting because you missed PenskeFest 2003!

Not that you aren't welcome to the Chicago leg next time around.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
I'm not sure how I feel about not having witnessed the Penske-in-a-skirt-on-the-town thing... Watching the cougars trying to give him a "Highland fling" could have been fun, especially if Wonk brought his camera phone.

I asked Wonk if he wanted me to wear it on Thursday, but he felt the temptation would have been more than he could control.

Next time. As it stands now I have no choice but to come in January, so there will be another PenskeFest and just because people will find a commando skirt in january even more shocking, given the temps, I will be sure to do it!

Actually I will be buying a new skirt for PenskeFest2004, it would be gauche to wear the same one.

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I can think of about a thousand worse pieces of shit though I probably havent seen them...

Agreed - I haven't seen most movies that come out either.

But then I have something called discerning taste.

Why am I reading this while thinking of Thurston Howell III's voice?

Originally posted by purse junkie
You are.

I know, but not without reason. It's a great movie. That was our 5th grade play. My lines consisted of "Who rang that bell?" followed by "Well,why didn't you say so?"

-TL

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by dtb
I'm not sure which version you're talking about -- there's a National Geographic set -- which sucks. Then there's another series, it's either Discovery or BBC, which is very good.(yadda yadda yadda)

Discovery/BBC.

Random, uninvited, untimely addition to the "black Irish" discussion: I've always heard this applied to the dark hair/eyed Irish (not famine immigrants), and while I know the "Armada" explanation is the sentimental favorite, my understanding of the coloring differences is what an old prof of mine termed the "Iberian" explanation: the black haired Irish are descended from the original immigrants to the British isles, who predate the (central asian/eastern european red-haired) Celts by a good long while, and who are believed to have arrived in Britain from northern Africa via the Iiberian penninsula without the usual detour through the rest of continental Europe. These are the original Britons (also called the Bretons when they later wended their way over to Gaul). Or: the black Irish are basically, well, Welsh.

Did dear Pedro ever land a job?

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Did dear Pedro ever land a job?

according to this http://www.gsm.uci.edu/clubpages/rem...August2003.doc he is at the University of California Irvine - Graduate School of Management pursuing his MBA.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
dear Pedro

Paigow -- How'd you know what his cellmates called him in the Mexican jail?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Paigow -- How'd you know what his cellmates called him in the Mexican jail?

Note from his resume that he is now fluent in Spanish. Interesting choice of an immersion program.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Sure, the film had its moments, but so do many car commercials.

Yes. where is str8. The new Camry commercials are like a field guide to Toronto. They don't even pretend to be anywhere else. About time.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
There's more Sealab fans on here than just you and me, Jack. Last night's episode was out of control. I loved the final throwaway line: "I'm being blaxploited."

The montage of Sparks' action movie scenes was off the hook. I would be an action hero if I could stay in a rolling office chair at all times.

But I want a potty tentacle, too.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
First, the numbfuckers at my Blockbuster did not know who Eddie Izzard is this weekend when I asked about the new DVD. What a waste of life.

Second, I rented and watched "Second String" this weekend. I am always amazed by the number of movies about the Buffalo area and/or the Bills. Anyway, "Second String" was actually very good if you like football movies that are actually about football and not about sex and dramatic crap. Jon Voigt was good -- and I was surprised to see him in it. I realize that it was late at night and I was quite a few beers in, but I got so involved at one point that I felt like I was actually watching a game.

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The Bills won the SuperBowl on a ..... get this ...... faked field goal. I will be buying said film because it made me feel good and Van Miller was in it.

Hunter Smith takes the snap and runs off tackle . . . He's IN!
That gets my vote as sweet trick play of the week, though the Rams' onside kick was a pretty close second. That Bears up-man got totally smoked JUST as the ball arrived.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Second, I rented and watched "Second String" this weekend.

Which makes me wonder, what's the greatest sports movie of all time?

I vote for "Slapshot", though "Bryan's Song" always makes me sob like a two-year-old.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Which makes me wonder, what's the greatest sports movie of all time?

I vote for "Slapshot", though "Bryan's Song" always makes me sob like a two-year-old.

Slapshot, of course.
Second String is now a close second because it shows the Bills winning the Super Bowl - which made me sob like a two-year-old.
Caddyshack
Breaking Away
Major League
Eight Men Out (a personal fav for mix of sport and law - woohoo)
The Natural (filmed in Buffalo)
Longest Yard
Bad News Bears

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Which makes me wonder, what's the greatest sports movie of all time?

I vote for "Slapshot", though "Bryan's Song" always makes me sob like a two-year-old.

Hockey - Slapshot
Baseball - The Natural (Bull Durham close second)
Football - The Longest Yard
Basketball - Hoosiers
Other - Raging Bull

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Slapshot, of course.
Second String is now a close second because it shows the Bills winning the Super Bowl - which made me sob like a two-year-old.
Caddyshack
Breaking Away
Major League
Eight Men Out (a personal fav for mix of sport and law - woohoo)
The Natural (filmed in Buffalo)
Longest Yard
Bad News Bears

How could you not include Bull Durham and include Major League? (And I suffered through my childhood as an Indians fan.)