Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Unfortunately the same can't be said for his sister Joan. As the Cusacks are from Chicago, Joan is currently all over the TV hawking a new cellular phone company in the area... She is bug-eyed, weird looking and has an annoying voice.

And yet, she has given a much better name to US Sell-out Field.

Tax(I'm goin' over by the Joan, to watch the Sox play and geta coupla sahsages, you wanna come with?)wonk

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
texas's overall population is probably too large to be the per capita leader in number of idiots. if looking at the number of idiots per 100,000 population, the obvious leaders in per capita number of idiots would probably be a jurisdiction with low population. the value of one idiot to the per capita rate is much higher in a low population jurisdiction like wyoming or north dakota than a high population jurisdiction like california, texas, or florida.

What, because there's a minimum number of idiots per state, like senators? Or there are states with fewer than 100,000 people?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In a similar vein is Pansy Division, a gay cock rock band.*

*I swear to God this is not an explanation. Okay, it is.

I'd say The Alan Greenspan Project, but I saw that on CNN which automatically detracts from the coolness.

I always wanted to name a band Gutter in honor of all the fucking stupid one-word band names that have come out in the last decade. I thought of that while sitting on/in (depending on who is telling the story) the gutter one night. Of course the members of my band Gutter would have to do some serious hard drugs.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all.

The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all.

Bulima Banquet?
The 4-skins?

Try names of rock bands

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html

[Joey to spin off when Friends ends]

First reaction - OMG let it die already!
Second reaction - well if Frazier is still around two decades after Cheers started, I guess we should all just start to expect this...

My least favorite Friend -- Joey. Although he's neck and neck with Ross.

Letting it die won't help those of us with spouses who insist on watching it in syndication. I have not willingly turned the show on in years, but I've seen way too much.

[W.W.L.D.]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all[QUOTE]

This Moment in Black History

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all.

Plate o' Shrimp

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all.

Putting the band "Mr. Hand" aside, I'd have to say:

Shitty Shitty Band Band

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
What, because there's a minimum number of idiots per state, like senators? Or there are states with fewer than 100,000 people?

there aren't any states with fewer than 100,000 people - its just a commonly used statistical measure when discussing rates in states to get a more accurate comparision for things like crime rates, percentage of illiterate people, etc. the smallest state is wyoming which only has about 500,000 people. so if there are 5 idiots in wyoming, the rate of idiots would be 1 per 100,000. for each million people in a state, it takes 10 idiots to reach a rate of 1 idiot per 100,000. since texas has over 20,000,000 residents, it would take 200 idiots just to reach a rate of 1 idiot per 100,000 people. thus to have an equal percentage of idiots, texas requires approximately 40 times more idiots than wyoming.

i don't think there is any minimum number of idiots per state - the question would be whether there are concentrations of idiots. however, in order to show a concentration of idiots, you must account for population. thus although there are many more reports of idiots (e.g. from darwin award winners, america's dumbest criminals, newspaper reports, etc.) from populous states it could simply reflect the higher population, rather than a concentration of idiots. if there is a concentration of idiots within a state, larger states are likely to balance it out with areas that are not as full of idiots. the introduction of the number of idiots per 100,000 rate would simply be an attempt to reach a true idiot rate rather than the number of idiots reported in the media.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
Lots of stuff about numbers and idiots

There is a general rule, however, that there must be at least one idiot per village, so states with smaller towns will have a higher number of idiots. For example, my understanding is that Ohio elects it's village idiot Mayor, so in any number of large Ohio cities, the ratio is one idiot to a million or more people. In Wyoming, on the other hand, there are any number of towns with seven or eight residents all competing to be the village idiot.

Then one must throw in Utah and Nevada. What does one do where entire states are examples of mass insanity (albiet of very different types)?

[cheval de frise]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

Pabst Smear.

CDF (also Herpes Cineplex, with "Gigli" opening)

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I caught an old video from a band who I think takes the cake for all time best band name: Camper Van Beethoven. That's my entry for the poll: Name the most clever band name you've ever heard.

You will be disqualified if you have to explain any of it. That is all.

Furious George


Edited to remove TMI

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Try names of rock bands

Excellent site. My favorites are Jehovah's Witness Protection Program for cleverness and Screaming Moist Accountants for sheer weirdness.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by cheval de frise
(also Herpes Cineplex, with "Gigli" opening)

I heard something horrible on the radio this morning about the J-Fleck movie. Apparently there is a scene where JackAss, who plays a lesbian hit-woman, nevertheless attempts to seduce Fucking Moron by laying on a bed with her legs splayed and engaging him in the following conversation:

Large Behind: It's Turkey time!
Out of Treatment, now a bore: What?
Large Behind: Gobble, gobble!

Gag. Per the radio, there was no Thanksgiving connection or anything to help out this horrible exchange even a little.