Fashion Board 5-7-04 to 6-9-04

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This is true. But there isn't an actress in Hollywood who is fly enough for the role (aside from Halle, who (i) is black* and (ii) couldn't pull it off anyway). They shouldn't have put a face to the character.

TM

* I imagine this wasn't a windfall of acting jobs for black people, but what epic films these days are? Matrix**? Gladiator? Star Wars?

** I take back Matrix which had a few roles thrown their way.

Not so fast. Halle is only blackish (half black) and this flick is set in Greece, is it not? A country full of dark complected white people so it would be just as much of a stretch to cast that Alician Silverstone looking chick as it would Halle.

That said, I think Karina Lombard could have pulled it off. She is exquisite, and dark. Assuming strong acting isnt a requirement.

[Berry Hunter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
the Moore Bonds were when they're turned slapstick/silly. you can't compare, but if you do compare, I'll just say i'd spin with sean anytime....

I don't mean to get all up in your peace, but your moms would like you to square this joint, yo.

[Berry Hunter]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Something (rather, someone) else is making me oddly moist.

Betty Crocker? *







* This would have been so much better if it had come from someone with FB standing to make Muffin jokes.

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The Washington Post reports on the phenomenom of stupid people who stand abreast on Metro escalators, blocking smarter riders. Sad to say there's no coverage of the fatty angle, or of the whole sidewalk thing. Maybe they're saving that for a special follow-up series.



My source says that's paigow just below the very bottom of the picture.

Can someone make this my avatar with a photoshop of maude lebowski? This, along with fatties who take the elevator to the second and third floors and shorties with umbrellas is the bane of my existence.

I am serious about the avatar.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The Washington Post reports on the phenomenom of stupid people who stand abreast on Metro escalators, blocking smarter riders. Sad to say there's no coverage of the fatty angle, or of the whole sidewalk thing. Maybe they're saving that for a special follow-up series.



My source says that's paigow just below the very bottom of the picture.

This phenomenon is not confined to DC. I walk out on Market St in Philly everyday and am constantly forced to jockey around meandering groups of people sometimes four abreast. Usually, one isleaning across two in the middle, making a point to the fourth person from whom he is furthest. When you try to pass them, they'll often give you a look, like "Hey, slow it down", which amazes me.

I used to think this ill behavior was limited to dumpy 40-50ish secretaries in stretch pants, but I've seen entire groups of businessmen and young people doing the same thing. I hope this is not some trend...

If you want to chat slowly in groups at lunch while you walk, go work in an office in the burbs.

This must explain the elevator to the second floor phenomenon. This must be the fattest city in the country.

Years ago, Metro bolted small metal "Stand to Right" plaques to some escalators but then removed them, concerned that the message was an implicit endorsement of walking, something the transit system officially condemns.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Gwyneth Paltrow named her newborn daughter "Apple".

Now if you will excuse me, I must go vomit.

"Apple"* is a half-assed attempt at traditional name rebellion. If Gwyneth and her husband-with-the-whiny-voice-who-sings-the- same-song-over-and-over-in-endless-variations-on-all-his-records had a thimble's worth of balls between them, they'd have gone full bore and named the kid Moon Unit, like Zappa did.

That's the problem with rock stars these days - no balls at all.

* If this is some tip of the hat to the Beatles, I'm going to vomit myself.

[Berry Hunter]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
"Apple"* ...

* If this is some tip of the hat to the Beatles, I'm going to vomit myself.

Nah, they were just butt-wasted on appletinis one night and said "hey, wouldn't that be a cool name for our first kid!", except neither one of them had enough active brain cells to know how to spell appletini, so they had to keep it to Apple for short.

Their second kid is going to be named "Mo".

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Years ago, Metro bolted small metal "Stand to Right" plaques to some escalators but then removed them, concerned that the message was an implicit endorsement of walking, something the transit system officially condemns.

They're not against walking, they just don't want to be sued when people fall. Remember, some of the locals are lawyers rushing to catch the yellow line to Alexandria to sue Metro for some clumsy unfortunate escalator accident victim.

[Berry Hunter]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
This must explain the elevator to the second floor phenomenon. This must be the fattest city in the country.

Does DC lead the nation in per-capita consumption of burritos? This needs to be googled.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Berry Hunter
Their second kid is going to be named "Mo".

This morning I read the May 2004 edition of Midwest Home and Garden (or something like that), which contained a recipe for Mojitos and proclaimed it, basically, the drink of summer 2004 in Minneapolis.

I wonder if I (or PLF, or someone else with clout) should write a letter telling the magazine they are too late.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I am sort of on a boasting spree these days, but I have to add something here. She is very beautiful. When she was the face of Chanel we shared a runway. She is the most famous person I ever worked with. (not counting Jill Hennesey and her sister, with whom I did unpaid work).

sorry - I'll stop it.

That's okay. Tell us more. What color were her palms?

TM

Here is John Gayesdow (get it?)

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That's okay. Tell us more. What color were her palms?

TM

fuck you and your non-tangerine palms.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That's okay. Tell us more. What color were her palms?

TM

Either this is an inside joke, or I'm dense today.

(Yes, I recognize they're not mutually exclusive scenarios.)