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

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Like what?

30 tabs of ecstasy.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Consider it added. And also make it a crime to place the scented perfume ads into magazines.

Anything else?

those blow-in cards of any kind. I hate it when I pick up a magazine and have to spend the next three minutes digging all those fuckers outr from under the couch and coffee table.


so I can stick them back in the magazine for somebody else to throw out.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I thought this message was painfully clear when you gave him the tickets to see Rent in Atlanta.

It was code for, "They're hiring in Atlanta and we already found you an apartment," but I don't think he got it.

TM

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by mmm3587
The few of you not still trying to recover from 13 Mojitos over the weekend may recall the saga of "Asshole," the incompetent partner who is a big asshole. We finally signed his stupid transaction today. (Interestingly, in an occurence I have NEVER seen in my few/many years of practice, he actually convinced the client to execute some delegation of authority documents so that he could sign the transaction. Like they couldn't just trade signature pages by fax like everybody else does. What an arrogant fucker! ASSHOLE!)

Anyway, he was very gracious and sweet to me about getting everything done, so the ethics partners at my firm must be leaving him alone. As "thanks for all [my] hard work," he gave me two tickets to Rent. Which is a nice gesture. I have actually never seen it, and I was looking forward to it. Until, I realized, and almost fell down laughing when I did, that the tickets are in fucking ATLANTA. ASSHOLE!

I have nothing against Atlanta, but I am not planning to go there for a weekend just to see Rent. I can't believe the gall of this fucker to give me tickets for an event in a different fucking city. ASSHOLE!

ASSHOLE!

He clearly meant for you to fly their on the firm's tit, stay at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton, and enjoy the weekend.

If you had a mentor, you'd understand these things.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
30 tabs of ecstasy.

good point. where were you a half hour ago?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
good point. where were you a half hour ago?

I'm sure if you call, you can still cancel the order. Then you could throw a party for all the TX GAs.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by taxwonk
those blow-in cards of any kind. I hate it when I pick up a magazine and have to spend the next three minutes digging all those fuckers outr from under the couch and coffee table.


so I can stick them back in the magazine for somebody else to throw out.

I read magazines at the gym while on the running and eliptical and stairmaster machines. Frequently, these cards will fly out of the magazine when I turn a page and float down to the floor nearby. I usually won't pick it up because I don't want to break up my workout. But sometimes somebody else will pick it up and hand it to me or throw it away before I'm done, which makes me feel like a jerk. I will try to stop them before they pick it up by saying "That's mine, I dot it", but some people will still pick it up.

My question is "What's the proper etiquette?" Should I pick each stupid fucking card up as it falls, or is it ok to wait until the end of my 15 min on the machine and then get it? I do try to scan the magazine to get out all these fucking cards before hand, but inevitably, one always remains and manages to fly out.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I read magazines at the gym while on the running and eliptical and stairmaster machines. Frequently, these cards will fly out of the magazine when I turn a page and float down to the floor nearby. I usually won't pick it up because I don't want to break up my workout. But sometimes somebody else will pick it up and hand it to me or throw it away before I'm done, which makes me feel like a jerk. I will try to stop them before they pick it up by saying "That's mine, I dot it", but some people will still pick it up.

My question is "What's the proper etiquette?" Should I pick each stupid fucking card up as it falls, or is it ok to wait until the end of my 15 min on the machine and then get it? I do try to scan the magazine to get out all these fucking cards before hand, but inevitably, one always remains and manages to fly out.

And wonk gives _me_ shit for asking stupid questions?

Either pre-leafing to remove them, getting them at the end or just being thankful to the cats picking them up is acceptable. Don't interrupt your workout.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I read magazines at the gym while on the running and eliptical and stairmaster machines. Frequently, these cards will fly out of the magazine when I turn a page and float down to the floor nearby. I usually won't pick it up because I don't want to break up my workout. But sometimes somebody else will pick it up and hand it to me or throw it away before I'm done, which makes me feel like a jerk. I will try to stop them before they pick it up by saying "That's mine, I dot it", but some people will still pick it up.

My question is "What's the proper etiquette?" Should I pick each stupid fucking card up as it falls, or is it ok to wait until the end of my 15 min on the machine and then get it? I do try to scan the magazine to get out all these fucking cards before hand, but inevitably, one always remains and manages to fly out.

1) Dude, if they are handing you the card or throwing it away within your vision field, they are passive-aggressively telling you to clean up after yourself. Like anyone thinks anyone wants those cards?

2) this reminds me of your Penn Station Cab Stealing Routine. Yeah, you feel bad, but you still commit the crime. I am sure Robert BLake feels badly for Bonnie but hey it was worth it so that he would not be further inconvenienced.

3) Either clean up after yourself, dont read magazines on the ellipse (like that is a workout?), or be an asshole. THose are your choices.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
In high school, I briefly dated the daughter of one of the shop teachers. He seemed like a really nice guy, but I couldn't help thinking there was this undercurrent of "I have a lot of saws and I know how to use them" with him.

I felt the same way when GF (now my wife) described her father's military uniform, and casually mentioned that it included a sword that he keeps VERY sharp.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess


3) Either clean up after yourself, dont read magazines on the ellipse (like that is a workout?),

This is Paigow's way of passive-agressively telling you that the elliptical machine is for pussies.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
1) Dude, if they are handing you the card or throwing it away within your vision field, they are passive-aggressively telling you to clean up after yourself. Like anyone thinks anyone wants those cards?

2) this reminds me of your Penn Station Cab Stealing Routine. Yeah, you feel bad, but you still commit the crime. I am sure Robert BLake feels badly for Bonnie but hey it was worth it so that he would not be further inconvenienced.

3) Either clean up after yourself, dont read magazines on the ellipse (like that is a workout?), or be an asshole. THose are your choices.

Ahem, I DO pick up the cards. I just pick them up when I'm done as opposed to the moment they fall. Its a pain in the ass to get off the machine, pick the card up and then get back on, especially if you're at a high endurance level.

Its like when I get home, cook food, eat it and leave the dishes in the sink for an hour while I eat and watch television. My wife comes in and demands I immediately put the dishes in the dishwasher. I explain over an over, "Honey, before I can do that, I have to scrape the stuff off them, which takes time, and by the time I completed such a task, my food would be cold, frustrating the point of cooking alltogether. And besides, what's the big deal with having a few dishes in the sink for one hour?"

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Ahem, I DO pick up the cards. I just pick them up when I'm done as opposed to the moment they fall. Its a pain in the ass to get off the machine, pick the card up and then get back on, especially if you're at a high endurance level.

Its like when I get home, cook food, eat it and leave the dishes in the sink for an hour while I eat and watch television. My wife comes in and demands I immediately put the dishes in the dishwasher. I explain over an over, "Honey, before I can do that, I have to scrape the stuff off them, which takes time, and by the time I completed such a task, my food would be cold, frustrating the point of cooking alltogether. And besides, what's the big deal with having a few dishes in the sink for one hour?"

Good to know you just wanted validation, not actual opinions on the etiquette.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Ahem, I DO pick up the cards. I just pick them up when I'm done as opposed to the moment they fall. Its a pain in the ass to get off the machine, pick the card up and then get back on, especially if you're at a high endurance level.

Its like when I get home, cook food, eat it and leave the dishes in the sink for an hour while I eat and watch television. My wife comes in and demands I immediately put the dishes in the dishwasher. I explain over an over, "Honey, before I can do that, I have to scrape the stuff off them, which takes time, and by the time I completed such a task, my food would be cold, frustrating the point of cooking alltogether. And besides, what's the big deal with having a few dishes in the sink for one hour?"

your life seriously lost coolness points with this post.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

2) this reminds me of your Penn Station Cab Stealing Routine. Yeah, you feel bad, but you still commit the crime. I am sure Robert BLake feels badly for Bonnie but hey it was worth it so that he would not be further inconvenienced.

I've stopped committing this crime. Instead, I walk TWO blocks from Penns Station and hail a cab. I feel that's sufficient distance that I'm not stealing cabs. And the fact that I walked that far entitles me to any cab I might be stealing.