Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I spend a good bit of time in NYC. But you're right, this place is not easy on the eyes. BUT, you can meet chicks like that one just west of town, in the nicer suburbs.

What's the name of the club?

[The Dryer Thread]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I miss the dryer thread.

I'm still here! No more Snuggle please. Blech.

Who wants to get fluffed?

[dtb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
What does this mean? I hate when people say this. "I want to touch base with you regarding the Penske Account." What???!!!! If you want to play baseball just depose me for crying out loud.

Overheard in an elevator today: "Have a good one!" (Mercifully, this wasn't said to me.)

Another trite phrase that I hate, hate, hate: "Did you reach out to Smithers on the matter we discussed earlier?"

That one almost makes my skin crawl -- it sounds so smarmy.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I miss the dryer thread.

At this point even a dryer lint thread would seem entertaining...

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Who wants to tell me about the reality tv that I missed last night? I heard that the finale of MBFOF was not very funny (Randy's family got really mad at her or something?). What about The Inferno? And did The Littlest Groom pick a little woman or a full-sized one? And is Average Joe Hawaii over yet or what?

Dish, please.

Only one I can report on is that Littlest Groom picked a little babe, and they were very cute together, and they didn't even get a cruise line to sponsor the final surprise trip ("we're sending you on a mediteranean cruise. Congratulations.") Cheapestly done reality show ever.

[SlaveNoMore]

dtb
Overheard in an elevator today: "Have a good one!" (Mercifully, this wasn't said to me.)

Um, honey, if you don't hear this at least forty-five times a day on the streets of NYC, then you just haven't been paying attention.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
At this point even a dryer lint thread would seem entertaining...

If you like, Sunny and I could start fighting again and you could imagine as much mud and scratching and hair pulling as you want.

Other than that, I have no suggestions. Work and home improvement projects have worn me out, and half of our cast list seems to be MIA. Anybody have any good poll ideas?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by dtb

Another trite phrase that I hate, hate, hate: "Did you reach out to Smithers on the matter we discussed earlier?"

That one almost makes my skin crawl -- it sounds so smarmy.

Yes!!

This is sexist of me, but I hate especially when men say "reach out". It makes them less of a man.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Retro-Catholics like Gibson are disposed to think that the modern Protestant mind has overly santized the Passion story.... This particular version of the Passion story is designed to remind us that life in the first century Empire was nasty, brutish, and short, and that is the life that Jesus was born into.

The modern Protestant mind HAS overly sanitized the crucifixion. We have a tendency to gloss over the Passion and get right to the resurrection. We only really think about it on Good Friday. The film should make people think about what Jesus went through for us and that's a good thing.

Frankly, I think it's an excellent (though subtle) reminder to Protestant wingnuts that the purpose of Jesus's birth was not to fix the date in history when God was most active and life was most perfect.

What kind of Protestant wingnuts do you know? I've never once heard that said and I'd stack up my Protty wingnut creds against yours anytime.

That said, I was filled with rage by the depiction of first century Jewish men with long hair. ....Don't even get me started about how wrong the crucifixion scene was --- too tall, wrong design, nails in the wrong place. There's pretty good evidence of what Roman executions were like, and this is dead dead DEAD wrong. Ah, well.

Doesn't take much to enrage you, does it? It would be nice if everything in the movie was historically accurate but maybe Mel decided people would be too distracted from the message ("Ethel, where's the rest of the cross he's carrying?") if certain things didn't fit in with the pictures we've always seen -- e.g., nails through the palms and not the wrists. Or maybe he just wanted to fit with his own mental picture.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Yes!!

This is sexist of me, but I hate especially when men say "reach out". It makes them less of a man.

I think it makes them sound like Sipowicz.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
What does this mean? I hate when people say this. "I want to touch base with you regarding the Penske Account." What???!!!! If you want to play baseball just depose me for crying out loud.

Sometimes I forget these things have other meanings than the gutter one.

I used to work for a GP who wanted to "get with" me, and not in a good way. "Atticus, I want to get with you on the Penske file." {Shudder.} It would have taken a whole case of Courvoisier for me to get with him.

Proof the Onion is still funny: Good Cop, Bad Cop Both Racist

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Yes!!

This is sexist of me, but I hate especially when men say "reach out". It makes them less of a man.

I think someone must be slipping beta blockers into my food or something, because I am not finding any of these things particularly annoying. And some of you may have picked up on the fact that I find most things annoying most of the time.

I can say that the use of "grow" as a transitive verb not applied to plants irritates the fuck out of me.

[idle acts]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I can say that the use of "grow" as a transitive verb not applied to plants irritates the fuck out of me.

Grow from love, dear.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
What does this mean? I hate when people say this. "I want to touch base with you regarding the Penske Account." What???!!!! If you want to play baseball just depose me for crying out loud.

Sometimes I forget these things have other meanings than the gutter one.

Shit. I just left you a voice mail, didn't I?

Did I mention that I love the way you say "please leave a message after the tone"?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by idle acts
Grow from love, dear.

Idle, who's that in your avatar? She looks a bit like Ann-Margret.