Fringey's taut-abbed painter

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Not bob, born Podunkville, pop. 40,000. No crimes yet- but appears to be becoming more and more tightly wound.

I feel much better after spending Friday afternoon at the house of my neighbor, the local dominatrix. Great stress relief.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I feel much better after spending Friday afternoon at the house of my neighbor, the local dominatrix. Great stress relief.

Desperate Housewives is such a let down after watching the pure brilliance of Arrested Development. And DH isn't a bad show; rather, AD is just that good.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
People are crazy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/ny...ef=login&8hpib

'The proud father, wearing a dog-patterned tie, was Mark Nadler, 43, a New York cabaret singer. He had sent out invitations to dozens of friends "to share a special day in our lives when my dog, Admiral Rufus K. Boom, will celebrate his bark mitzvah in the tradition of our ancestors."'



TM

I wonder if this sort of thing happens in Melvern, Kansas.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Uh, Atticus, Andrea Yates killed her kids in city of Houston (pop. 2,009,690).

You are defending Yokeldom against a coastal sophisticate by reference to Texas?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I wonder if this sort of thing happens in Melvern, Kansas.

I'm wondering how a dog got to be an admiral. It's all in whose leg you hum...uh, "sniff," I guess.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I wonder if this sort of thing happens in Melvern, Kansas.

I think they only do bar mitzvah's in Melvern. Bat mitzvah's are still too cutting edge, and the idea of a bark mitzvah is outright sacrilege. Melvern's temple is quite orthodox.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You are defending Yokeldom against a coastal sophisticate by reference to Texas?

Yes.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I wonder if this sort of thing happens in Melvern, Kansas.

In DC, where Pennslyvania hits M, there is that park where lots of homeless hangout. They aggressively hit up pedestrians walking from the subway into Georgetown. Most people walk by w/o giving money. A doggie party caterer opened right there*. Without getting into whether giving the homeless a buck or two is right/wrong- not giving money to a homeless person, as you walk into a store to cater a birthday party for your dog and his "friends", is wrong. It's Marie Antoinette behavior, especially because it was a caterer with Georgetown prices.

*this may no longer be true in current DC, but was true is a past Dc.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Without getting into whether giving the homeless a buck or two is right/wrong- not giving money to a homeless person, as you walk into a store to cater a birthday party for your dog and his "friends", is wrong.

While understanding your point (without necessarily agreeing), what about giving said homeless person the card for a shelter to which you donate, in lieu of spare change?

BR(just wondering - I haven't done this but have been very tempted and am not sure if the gesture is patronizing or not)C

By the by - I've also tried handing over food (bagels, usually) in lieu of change, which has about a 50/50 success rate - a surprising number of people refuse food. I had a much higher success rate when offering smokes back in the day.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
While understanding your point (without necessarily agreeing), what about giving said homeless person the card for a shelter to which you donate, in lieu of spare change?

BR(just wondering - I haven't done this but have been very tempted and am not sure if the gesture is patronizing or not)C

By the by - I've also tried handing over food (bagels, usually) in lieu of change, which has about a 50/50 success rate - a surprising number of people refuse food. I had a much higher success rate when offering smokes back in the day.

Buy them a dog. It has been established (for real -- no joke) that people give more to the homeless when they have a small dog with them -- even more than when they are with their children. Then, give them the card to a doggie catering company, so they can camp right outside and collect big, big Georgetown money.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Buy them a dog. It has been established (for real -- no joke) that people give more to the homeless when they have a small dog with them -- even more than when they are with their children. Then, give them the card to a doggie catering company, so they can camp right outside and collect big, big Georgetown money.

TM

The people using the doggie catering company love dogs too much to put them on the street.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
*this may no longer be true in current DC, but was true is a past Dc.

Hank, the topic, the syntax and the avatar completely threw me here.

Well done, but please - no more hallucinagenic posting. It is the holiday season, after all.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch I'm sorry that you took your one opportunity to express your shock and grief as a way to piss on 18 million strangers you probably still fear more than the woman who perpetrated this crime.

But on the bright side, Kathy, RT can set you up with someone in [eta: the big city of Houston,] Texas.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
While understanding your point (without necessarily agreeing), what about giving said homeless person the card for a shelter to which you donate, in lieu of spare change?

BR(just wondering - I haven't done this but have been very tempted and am not sure if the gesture is patronizing or not)C

By the by - I've also tried handing over food (bagels, usually) in lieu of change, which has about a 50/50 success rate - a surprising number of people refuse food. I had a much higher success rate when offering smokes back in the day.

I wouldn't take food from strangers, would you?

I usually didn't give when I lived there. A major problem with giving in DC was the volume of homeless. 2$ to each could have broke me. The other thing was the ones working the crowds seemed the less needy. If you look around at the average DC subway stop you'd see healthy young people approaching people for money. Somewhere back against a wall would be truly fucked up people who didn't seem capable of standing let alone bothering people- when I would give it would be to them.

When I really thought to give would be after a $100 dinner, I couldn't see taking too strong an attitude about a few bucks after that. I'm not rich guilty, its just the perspective- if I had bought my dog a party I'd have to give the homeless a bunch of money.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic


By the by - I've also tried handing over food (bagels, usually) in lieu of change, which has about a 50/50 success rate - a surprising number of people refuse food. I had a much higher success rate when offering smokes back in the day.

I do this frequently. It's usually appreciated.

I gave 3/4 of a bottle of gin to a bum in Key West during my college years. Obviously, this wasn't a very prudent thing to do, so don't tell me how irresponsible it was. I know. And probably knew then. Nevertheless, he gave me a Christmas-morning response. Just thrilled. I felt like a proud parent when I saw him happily passed out on the sidewalk of Duval Street later that night. I regretted perpetuating his homelessness, but I know that I made him genuinely happy for a long time.*

*at least three hours of pure drunken bliss.