Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by leagleaze
If it is abusive for Michael Jackson to dangle his baby out a window, what is it to take your 1 month old baby to a crocodile feeding, and then to hold your baby near the crocodile?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html

I was thinking the same exact fucking thing when I saw this clip. No one said a damn thing about child abuse, putting his child in danger, etc. He even pretended to have the baby walk around in the crock pen. What an asshole. The news barely gave it a mention. What's the difference between the two things? The level of fame?

TM

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Have I mentioned that a few of my friends think that Larry's wife (Cheryl Hines) is hot as shit? I don't get it. Anyone else think she's hot?

Not only is she not hot (though I think she looked her best ever last night), her voice is grating. But she is an old hag.

and speaking of old hags, didnt Samantha look amazing last night on SatC? best she ever looked IMO. Anyone have thoughts on the show? Either show?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I was thinking the same exact fucking thing when I saw this clip. No one said a damn thing about child abuse, putting his child in danger, etc. He even pretended to have the baby walk around in the crock pen. What an asshole. The news barely gave it a mention. What's the difference between the two things? The level of fame?

TM

This guy was an asshole well before this. If the croc was on his "farm" or "ranch" or whatever the hell he calls it, then it was drugged. He sedates all of those fuckers before he gets near them. Which is why reporters from certain outdoor magazines were denied ANY access to the show's prep.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Quisp, Quake, Captain Crunch, King Vitamin, Twinkies, Snowballs, Ding Dongs, Yodells, Swiss Rolls, Suzy Q's, and Zingers.

I am wholly convinced that any deleterious effects of the above are completely canceled out by the occasional morally righteous intake of whole-grain bread. Which also, not coincidentally, makes really, really good cinnamon toast.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
One of you know-it-alls, and I use that phrase in the best possible sense of it :drums: , must know the answer to my query here:

if you have to go to Hawaii in February, which island affords the possibility for the best weather or in the alternative, which island affords the least chance of rain?

Penske

The islands have microclimates. South Kaui tends to be dry. North Kaui near the Princeville gets a lot of rain.

Maui seems to have the most pleasant climate.

The Big Island gets a good bit of rain as well.

Molokai has a climate similar to Maui's.

Don't know about Lanai - didn't go there.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
And Bilmore, I think it's great that your friends are losing weight. However, I'd be willing to bet that it's b/c Atkins basically keeps you away from junk food. Well, no shit you're going to lose weight if you don't eat that bag of lime Tostitos and side of fries...it's not the protein-rich component that causes the weight loss.

No shit, Sherlock (said in a nice, friendly, bantering tone, of course.)

If we could all just eat less and exercise more, we'd be slimmer. Right. No mystery. Easy. Known that for years.

And yet here we are, a nation of fatties.

So, maybe the simple "well, just eat right" credo doesn't really get us there?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bilmore
No shit, Sherlock (said in a nice, friendly, bantering tone, of course.)

If we could all just eat less and exercise more, we'd be slimmer. Right. No mystery. Easy. Known that for years.

And yet here we are, a nation of fatties.

So, maybe the simple "well, just eat right" credo doesn't really get us there?

No, it doesn't. But a method of dieting that's going to have me subsidizing everyone else's heart disease bills pisses me off.

I follow the Jane Austen rule: eat what you know.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This guy was an asshole well before this. If the croc was on his "farm" or "ranch" or whatever the hell he calls it, then it was drugged. He sedates all of those fuckers before he gets near them. Which is why reporters from certain outdoor magazines were denied ANY access to the show's prep.

He was actually on the Today show this morning defending himself by cuddling a tot who was not in imminent danger of being ingested by wild animals. If that doesn't excuse his dangling his baby over a taunted pissed-off murderous carnivore a couple of days earlier, what in God's name does, people?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I follow the Jane Austen rule: eat what you know.

I've heard her name somewhere but can't place her. Is she one of the Fine Young Cannibals?

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I was thinking the same exact fucking thing when I saw this clip. No one said a damn thing about child abuse, putting his child in danger, etc. He even pretended to have the baby walk around in the crock pen. What an asshole. The news barely gave it a mention. What's the difference between the two things? The level of fame?

TM

Further evidence supporting the "you will rot in the 5th circle of hell" prediction -- neither event bothered me that much. Parents do stupid shit with their kids everyday (like "make your way out to that rock in the middle of the river so I can get a shot of the storm moving in on you" Thanks Dad!).

If I had to pick one, I would say that the Croc-Hunter one was the more disturbing of the two because I felt it was unfair to tease the crocodile that way.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
No, it doesn't. But a method of dieting that's going to have me subsidizing everyone else's heart disease bills pisses me off.

It wouldn't bother you so much if you made a mint pushing diet books. The truly sad thing about Atkins and all of the other illogical unhealthy diet plans out there is that none of us has gotten rich off of them. We'd all be a lot happier if rather than lamenting the average American's lack of common sense and willpower, we exploited it for our own monetary gain.

Sigh. Why have I only realized this now?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Further evidence supporting the "you will rot in the 5th circle of hell" prediction -- neither event bothered me that much. Parents do stupid shit with their kids everyday (like "make your way out to that rock in the middle of the river so I can get a shot of the storm moving in on you" Thanks Dad!).

Yeah, I saw it and it bothered me not at all. My kids are probably at more risk being driven on the freeways than that kid was being held close to the croc.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Asking what's the deal

It does seem to be garnering more attention this morning. The press seems to have picked up, but it is not anything like the Jackson case and will never draw that much attention.

I think it is mainly the amount fame, as well as the character of the fame of the individuals. Michael Jackson is of a sort that most everything he does engenders some sort of a reaction. The croc guy, not so much. I also think it is the timing. People don't seem to pay as much attention to the news in the week between Christmas and New Year. They come back after New Years and wake up to whatever has been going on.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
It wouldn't bother you so much if you made a mint pushing diet books. The truly sad thing about Atkins and all of the other illogical unhealthy diet plans out there is that none of us has gotten rich off of them. We'd all be a lot happier if rather than lamenting the average American's lack of common sense and willpower, we exploited it for our own monetary gain.

Sigh. Why have I only realized this now?

Oh, don't get me wrong. Exploiting dumb America has always been a goal of mine (Hi Bilmore!).

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I've heard her name [Jane Austen] somewhere but can't place her. Is she one of the Fine Young Cannibals?

Nope. She is the cute, dark-haired guitar player from the Go-Gos. I learned in "Behind the Music" that she was quite the vixen back in the day, which reinforced the fact that she was always my favorite.

Edited to add pic of Jane. Interesting that most of the pictures of various Go-Gos listed in the google search results are gone -- they must have aggressive IP lawyers -- but this pic from Jane's solo album is still available at what is a semi-adult site. Enjoy.