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

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I dunno, but SS's throat giving out aside, I blame the offense for the whole debacle. I mean, a blocked field goal, a sack on the 4 yard line AND two opportunities inside the New England 40 yard line all in overtime and yet somehow we still manage to lose the game? And that's not counting the blocked punt and two interceptions in regular play.

R

OTOH, we outgained you something terrible.

Originally posted by ltl/fb
All of this funnel talk is making me hungry for funnel cakes. Which in turn makes me hungry for corn dogs. Dammit.

Cooters should definitely serve Corn Dogs, SS. We can call it the Sebby.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
But how could I have known that Dick, who is alive and well after all these years seeing me from precocious child to shriveled ovary bag has become a caricaturist (second only to mimes in the annoying artist category)? and that he gave the world this?



My life has come full circle.

They are scarier and weirder-looking in the real picture. Caricaturing freaks is kind of pointless. Obviously Dick whoever is a moron.

Originally posted by ltl/fb
They are scarier and weirder-looking in the real picture. Caricaturing freaks is kind of pointless. Obviously Dick whoever is a moron.

Its horrible isnt it? He is a really bad caricaturist. And David Gest looks like Mr. Roper in the caricature.

[Atticus Grinch]

Irving Tobin reads every word of the Times every day. Every word, every day, since 1975. Well, almost every word. He started skipping Sports, Escapes and Circuits when he fell two years behind in 1998. Now, he's only one year, five months, and four days behind, which places him in late June 2002.

Link to the New Yorker on the web.

I'm convinced that in Manhattan, mental illness lurks behind every corner. Those charming brownstones actually house compost piles of ancient newspapers and cat shit, plus other stuff that would make Slave's kitchen look like a Bil Keane cartoon.

Oddly, my FIL has the same quirk. Lucky for him, his shitty little local paper takes 12 minutes to read cover to cover.

Edited to add: Oops, he lives in Elizabeth, NJ. Mebbe NJ weirdos supply the newspapers and Manhattan brings up the cat shit average.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Save me from my shopping addiction.

Talk me down, people, from buying $160 worth of stuff on overstock.com. Granted, that includes a set of 600 thread count sheets and 14 DVDs, but (recite from card the Mr. gave me for just these instances) "even if it's a bargain, you're still spending money."

Help, I'm out of control. I feel a near overwhelming need to add "Canibal the Musical," too.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Save me from my shopping addiction.

Talk me down, people, from buying $160 worth of stuff on overstock.com. Granted, that includes a set of 600 thread count sheets and 14 DVDs, but (recite from card the Mr. gave me for just these instances) "even if it's a bargain, you're still spending money."

Help, I'm out of control. I feel a near overwhelming need to add "Canibal the Musical," too.

Buy the sheets. You will spend one third of your life sleeping/whatever on them for as long as they last so they're a reasonable investment. Unless they're cheap because they're really mislabeled substandard crap that fell off a truck in Uzbekistan.

Don't buy the DVDs. Even the obscure horror schlock ends up on cable eventually in one of those gross Halloween-night marathons.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Buy the sheets. You will spend one third of your life sleeping/whatever on them for as long as they last so they're a reasonable investment. Unless they're cheap because they're really mislabeled substandard crap that fell off a truck in Uzbekistan.

Don't buy the DVDs. Even the obscure horror schlock ends up on cable eventually in one of those gross Halloween-night marathons.

I agree on the sheets, but caveat that anything under $200 is just not that much money. So long as you aren't doing it every day. Though, I don't see the point of buying DVDs -- how often does one watch those things, really? Maybe you all are bigger consumers of movies than I am.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I don't see the point of buying DVDs -- how often does one watch those things, really? Maybe you all are bigger consumers of movies than I am.

I figure the purchase prices are cheaper than our average rental prices, once you add in late fees (inevitable in our household). Therefore, if I really want to see them they are worth it, even before the "loan them to your friends" benefit.

BR(But I've got to get better cable and get the Horror Channel and a huge box of tapes - it will probably save me a fortune in the long run)C

edited to add that a few of the DVD's I pegged I haven't found available for rental.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Save me from my shopping addiction.

Talk me down, people, from buying $160 worth of stuff on overstock.com. Granted, that includes a set of 600 thread count sheets and 14 DVDs, but (recite from card the Mr. gave me for just these instances) "even if it's a bargain, you're still spending money."

Help, I'm out of control. I feel a near overwhelming need to add "Canibal the Musical," too.

$160 is not that much. Buy it all. You'll feel good.

This weekend I seriously considered dropping $700 on a pair of boots. Now that's too much money, so I didn't. But now I wish I did. They were very nice boots.

Speaking of boots, what is with those Ugg boots that everyone is wearing? Why is everyone wearing their bedroom slipper boots on the street. Ugg-ly.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Save me from my shopping addiction.

Talk me down, people, from buying $160 worth of stuff on overstock.com. Granted, that includes a set of 600 thread count sheets and 14 DVDs, but (recite from card the Mr. gave me for just these instances) "even if it's a bargain, you're still spending money."

Help, I'm out of control. I feel a near overwhelming need to add "Canibal the Musical," too.

Buy the sheets, the prices are great. As far as DVDs join netflix.com. No late fees, they have all sorts of obscure dvds. 20 bucks a month, 3 dvds out at a time. You can pay to have more out or less to have fewer out.

I belonged to them for a while when I was watching a lot of movies, it was definitely worth it for avoiding late fees alone.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I figure the purchase prices are cheaper than our average rental prices, once you add in late fees (inevitable in our household).

After returning unwatched movies two weeks late to blockbuster, I had to remind the errant renter that we only do netflix. It would have cost us less had we flown to NYC to see them in the theater.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Speaking of boots, what is with those Ugg boots that everyone is wearing? Why is everyone wearing their bedroom slipper boots on the street. Ugg-ly.

Ugg-ly indeed. The Mr. and I were in Saks this weekend and saw about 6 pairs. (Oddly, the Mr. remarked on it before I did. Usually he only notices women's shoes when I start complaining about how far away the subway is.)

This too shall pass. Though, admittedly, when the weather gets ugg-ly, I'll bet they'll be more comfortable than I will be in my pointy boots.

BR(unless the things are so expensive they can't get them wet, I suppose ...)C

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
BR(unless the things are so expensive they can't get them wet, I suppose ...)C

That's the silliest part. They're not water-resistant at all. Come snow we won't see them (unless the wearer is stupid).

Edited to note that I have been informed that they can be made water-resistant. So now there is egg on my face.

Originally posted by evenodds
After returning unwatched movies two weeks late to blockbuster, I had to remind the errant renter that we only do netflix. It would have cost us less had we flown to NYC to see them in the theater.

Hey, how are we doing today? I thought we were gone for the week.