Fashion Board 1-08-04 through 02-03-04

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
What do they call African-Americans there?

Slaves.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by evenodds
Stop trying to bring logic into movie-making.

I am looking forward to seeing it on HBO next year so I can compare Darius Miles's acting with the other great hoops actors: Ray Allen, Shaq Deisel, and all of the guest stars from Eddie, Forget Paris, and Like Mike (AI and Dirk, good; JKidd, not).

Darius Miles is surprisingly good in it, but the asian kid steals the show. And Scarlett and Erika look HOT. That Erika Christensen is great at coming off as a dirty little whore. But Scarlett is the smokingest messed up rich-girl high school babe ever.

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
It's not like you're in the deep south, or Wyoming.

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in the middle.

[ThrashersFan]

Pink, Britney and Beyonce play gladiators to Enrique Iglesias' evil Roman emperor in new Pepsi commerical.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
With an area of 2,505,800 square kilometers -- that's 967,490 square miles for you metric-impaired non-Canadians -- the Republic of Sudan is the largest country on the continent of Africa.

Actually, I probably would have guessed Congo offhand. Damn projection maps.

How hard can it be to name 10 countries in Africa? At least that many are in the news regularly in the recent past (most due to major wars) -

Congo
Congo-Brazzaville
Liberia
Cote d'Ivoire
Cameroon
Angola
Sudan
Lybia
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Somalia
Ethiopia
Eritria
Burundi
Rawanda
Malawi
Botswana (basically in the news for not being Zimbabwe)

Then there are the usual ones just about everyone can remember:
South Africa
Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Senegal
Nigeria
Uganda
Kenya
Chad (just because of the name)
Mali (because that's where Timbuktu is - doesn't everyone know Mali for that? OK, just me.)
Ghana - where everyone I know who's done grad-school field work in Africa has ended up

Some places get forgotten - Namibia, for some reason, maybe because there is no one there. And Burkina Faso - what the hell is in Burkina Faso, anyway? Mauritius, yeah, a bit obscure, I guess. And maybe people might not think of the arab ones because they lump them into the middle east. But not being able to name 10 of them? Shocks me, and not because I was some geography geek in HS.

BR(then again, I don't know how many of the "world-wide kung-fu tournament" movies I've seen where there are "national representatives" from 6 different regions of China, and one from "Africa")C

[Dave]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I'm sure what he meant was that the people of Houston are so friendly and welcoming that if you are there for more than a week, it feels like you've always lived there.

confidential to Dave -- just trying to save you from the wrath of the lizard.

I thank you for the effort, but I do not fear the lizard, except on Fridays. You see, a friend of a friend went to ACL and has pictures.

Da (Hearts Houston, notwithstanding the fact it is probably exhibit "A" for why zoning laws might be a good thing) ve

[Atticus Grinch]

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

Rawanda

Mali (because that's where Timbuktu is - doesn't everyone know Mali for that? OK, just me.)

And Burkina Faso - what the hell is in Burkina Faso, anyway?

Ouagadougou--that's why you remember the former Upper Volta.


(and I left rawanda for kicks)

[Dave]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
With an area of 2,505,800 square kilometers -- that's 967,490 square miles for you metric-impaired non-Canadians -- the Republic of Sudan is the largest country on the continent of Africa.

Sudan and Congo shouldn't count, seeing as how their respective governments exert no control over large portions of their nominal territory.

But, then again, you can say the same thing about Canada, so there you have it.

[Atticus Grinch]

So I guess I should go see "Whale Rider," with the Oscar nomination and all. Until yesterday, I thought it was a BBW porno from Slave's private collection.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

[Africa stuff]

BR(I don't know how many of the "world-wide kung-fu tournament" movies I've seen where there are "national representatives" from 6 different regions of China, and one from "Africa")C

I have ten bucks says that this was the guy who played the African national rep.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
The original trivial pursuit game has a question card on countries in Africa -- it is always amazing to me how badly most people do on it.

So what is the largest country in Africa?

I SWEAR I haven't read ahead (and my likely wrong answer will prove it -- and as if I didn't have cred as someone who never scrolls and THEN posts...), I would say Sudan.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
So I guess I should go see "Whale Rider," with the Oscar nomination and all. Until yesterday, I thought it was a BBW porno from Slave's private collection.

If you're prone to throwing things at the screen when characters act badly, have plenty of popcorn ready.

Also, if you get weepy at the drop of a hat, have the tissue on hand.

The girl is delightful and thoroughly deserved her nomination. I liked the movie a lot.

[SlaveNoMore]

Atticus Grinch
So I guess I should go see "Whale Rider," with the Oscar nomination and all. Until yesterday, I thought it was a BBW porno from Slave's private collection.

Now, now. No need to get all onery over the Al Franken jokes.

Besides, the only one I have like that is one I borrowed from Less called "Thar! She blows!!"

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
How hard can it be to name 10 countries in Africa?

In the spirit of High Geekery, let me guess at the capitals:

Congo -- Kinshasa
Congo-Brazzaville -- um, Brazzaville
Liberia -- Monrovia
Cote d'Ivoire -- Abidjan
Cameroon -- ?
Angola -- Luanda
Sudan -- Khartoum
Libya -- Tripoli
Zimbabwe -- Harare
Mozambique -- Little Rock
Somalia -- Mogadishu
Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa
Eritria -- Asmara
Burundi -- Bujumbura (why do I know this?)
Rwanda -- Kigale
Malawi -- Bentonville
Botswana -- Norman Rush

South Africa -- Johannesberg
Egypt -- Cairo
Morocco -- Rabat. No, that's Tunisia. And not Casablanca, either.
Algeria -- Algiers
Senegal -- Sacramento
Nigeria -- Lagos
Uganda -- Kampala
Kenya -- Nairobi
Chad -- Juneau
Mali -- Nouakchott
Ghana -- Ghana City

Namibia -- Windhoek
Burkina Faso -- Ougadougou
Mauritius -- Austin

Some others:
Madagascar -- Antananarivo
Lesotho
Swaziland
Tanzania
The Seychelles
Spanish Sahara
Niger
Guinea- Bissau

T(Google-free)S