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

[idle acts]

Originally posted by bilmore
Settle a vacation thong bet for me:

Was I wearing this thing the right way?



(Uh, on the right. Not the left.)

I've found the equally flattering feminine version of bilmore's uh, "thing":

http://www.insanityplanet.com/Pictures%20Site/p182.htm

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Everyone here associates Hurricanes with New Orleans.

Houston Hailstorm?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
that's what we said the last time we met people at Fridays - we said is there anything on this menu that isn't deep fried? The answer of course was no - except for the potato skins with cheese, sour cream and bacon. Hmm - same difference.

I wonder if an attraction of such restaurants for some people is that because everything on the menu is so unhealthy, you can eat something deep-fried and not feel like you made the unhealthy choice (by passing up the tofu salad with ginger, e.g.).

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Huh-uhn. You dis on my people you get it right back.

Get a life, or switch boards.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Get a life, or switch boards.

You don't scare me.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Houston Hailstorm?

I think that would be more likely in Dallas, but Houstonites are free to correct me. I am not from here, but I am not NotFromHere.

I think Houston Humidity has a nice sound to it. (We'll stick on our opponents and make them sweat until they pass out!)

[idle acts]

Originally posted by Who's Your Puft Daddy?
I'm trying to think of a a restaurant where it's not true -- other than places where food is art (you know, where it's 'cuisine'). Any family feedbag, fast food death merchant or mom 'n pop chow stop is serving mega-everything.

Breakfast, maybe, althought the six-egg omlette is coming soon to a Denny's or IHOP near you, probably.

Bleah.

In most restaurants, I usually try to just split a meal with someone else at the table. Works well if (1) you dine with people who have similar likes and dislikes; and (2) you can avoid the death stare of the waitron who is convinced splitting monstrous portions means you will be a lousy tipper, too.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
A few years back I went to a Denny's or Perkins or something in Washington state and let me tell you, EVERYONE in there was at least 50 pounds overweight.

TM

HA! Now I know your flames are just bullshit. The only time I was ever in Dennys I was kenyan thin.


Thanks for playing though.

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It may if the trademark gets taken away. The PTO's decision to do that is now on appeal (or whatever it's called) to the US DCt here. The ruling is supposed to come soon. Not that they can't keep using the name, but it does make selling licenses for the merchandise impossible.

no it wouldn't. although there would no statutory trademark protection under federal law, state common law trademark rights and trade dress protection would continue to exist because the mark is well known and has had a long continuous use. the redskins would also still be able to use state unfair competition law. it would undoubtably be way more costly, and the damages would be much lower as an unregistered mark, but it wouldn't mean that anyone could make redskins merchandise without a license.

if they would change their name because the court rules that they cannot have a trademark in the name redskins because it is a racial slur, they would probably change their name not because they have no protection for their racist name but because it would require a lot more money in attorney's fees to protect an unregistered mark.

and they should change their name anyway - its a total embarassment to the entire nfl.

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Houston Hailstorm?

oh come on, the houston texans is undoubtably a better name than the cleveland browns. not only is it unimaginative it resulted in some really ugly uniforms

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
oh come on, the houston texans is undoubtably a better name than the cleveland browns.

Well at least Brown was some guy's name. Conceited perhaps, but at least there's a story there.

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Houston Hailstorm?

No good. More likely the Flash Flood. (The Houston Puddles?) Or, if we are to believe Men's Health, perhaps the Fighting Fatties. TL

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well at least Brown was some guy's name. Conceited perhaps, but at least there's a story there.

actually paul brown didn't want to name the team after himself. he wanted to call the team the cleveland panthers, but some failed semi-pro team owned the rights to that name. when his choice of names failed, he turned to the fans who decided to name the team after him.

which resulted in the amazing coicindence of the team's best player ever having the same name as the team

and the browns' uniforms are still ugly, even if they are classic.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
actually paul brown didn't want to name the team after himself. he wanted to call the team the cleveland panthers, but some failed semi-pro team owned the rights to that name. when his choice of names failed, he turned to the fans who decided to name the team after him.

which resulted in the amazing coicindence of the team's best player ever having the same name as the team

and the browns' uniforms are still ugly, even if they are classic.

When owner Arthur McBride brought an AAFC team to Cleveland in 1945, he held a newspaper contest to name the team and offered a $1,000 war bond to the winner. Most of the entries submitted wanted the name Browns, because the extremely popular Paul Brown was the team's head coach.

Coach Brown thought it wouldn't be proper to name the team after him, and the entry "Panthers" was selected. A few weeks later, a man approached McBride and said he owned a semi-pro team in the 20's called the Cleveland Panthers and he still owned the rights to the name.

McBride could have bought the man off but Brown vetoed the idea. The coach didn't want the new team to be associated with a losing franchise. Instead of holding a new contest, Brown reluctantly agreed to name the team Browns. But, in sticking with his original ideals, Brown suggested publicly that since Louis was "The Brown Bomber", that was how the team got its name. Not a single entry in the contest listed Louis or his nickname as a reason for choosing "Browns."

Edited to add...Houston Flash Flood. That one I like!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by TexLex
Or, if we are to believe Men's Health, perhaps the Fighting Fatties. TL

I believe this may bring us full circle - the team could be called the Cows.

Or the Wonks.