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

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Does having six kitties really make me borderline nuts? I mean, shit, I don't talk about them at work all day like the weird dog people in my office.

We have four. Three exclusively inside, one exclusively outside. A result of a Brady Bunch union - we each had two. They are very well behaved and the inside ones share one box - which gets cleaned every day. We have had no stink problems - I can assure you that if we had, my mother would have gleefully pointed it out by now.

If it helps, the crazy lady with 67 cats lives in Podunk, IL. And it's actually more like 120 cats. She is related to Mr. Lex and along with the cats, lets the raccoons in the house to feed. We are a far cry from that and you probably are too. Despite the flip flops.

-T(no cat snapshots at work or on the computer)L

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I was invited. They begged me to come. But I hightailed it out of there when I saw all the exposed ankle/calf flesh.

You know what this is? My. Worst. Post. Ever.

DIsagree. That post from the other day when I pointed out how you reminded me of Jimmy Connors circa 1992 was your worst post ever. This one was mildly amusing bc of the term "ankle flesh" but it wasnt up to your caliber. Maybe you have become that fat bloated fluffy white cat. Put down the oreos and get out of bed. We need you

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
That post from the other day when I pointed out how you reminded me of Jimmy Connors circa 1992 was your worst post ever.

And yet, you felt compelled to respond. Imagine that.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by TexLex
Despite the flip flops.

Okay, now I gotta be serious for a moment. Are they really selling flip flops for anything except wearing in the shower at the club or summer camp? Are people wearing them? I have seen a couple of teens with flippies on but I thought perhaps they were just rebelling against society. Flip flops? Really? Also, I did notice capris pants on my assistant and the executive secretary -- I explained, in a semi nice way, that capris pants are only for young girls (which they are not) and, in any event, not for women with stubby legs (which they both have) and not for the office (which we were all in at the time). Also, today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
DIsagree. That post from the other day when I pointed out how you reminded me of Jimmy Connors circa 1992 was your worst post ever. This one was mildly amusing bc of the term "ankle flesh" but it wasnt up to your caliber. Maybe you have become that fat bloated fluffy white cat. Put down the oreos and get out of bed. We need you

I agree with everything that Paigow Princess so eloquently put forth in a far more articulate and entertaining manner than could I (except for her reference to "ankle flesh" as I found the term "calf flesh" to be more amusing than "ankle flesh", what with the inherent double entendre and all and I'm also not really sure that we "need" you, at least not as compared with the way I need, say, oxygen, as this board currently has 17990 posts of which only 135 are yours, so I feel "need" is a rather strong term, but on the other hand, for what its worth, you say to-may-to, I say to-mah-toe, and all that et al, etc. ymmv) and as such I will refrain from commenting further.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
When I stop hyper-ventilating, I may muster a response.

I'm better now.

Child [those already bored with this harangue should now scroll on], there is no such thing on god's green earth as "semi formal." Sensible people only tolerated "black tie optional" so long as black tie was acknowledged to be informal

Very traditionally, there were two styles of recognized dress: formal and informal (obviously, people wore less formal things to actually work in, but they changed out of that for anything resembling a social occasion, be it dinner with the family, religious services or a coronation, so those working clothes didn't matter because social acquaintances didn't impose them on each other). For daytime (and we speak only of gentlemen, because, other than very vague guidelines, the distinctions between formal and less formal clothing for women has been and remains whatever she chooses to make of it), this meant morning suits or sack suits (basically, what we now call a business suit, but the trousers didn't necessarily match the jacket). For evening, that mean white tie or, interchangeably, dark business suits or black tie. Actually, I lie - for evening there was a third choice of formality, which was "we're not dressing," which meant whatever you wore in the morning (so long as it was a business suit) or, if you were in your own home, a dressing gown.

More recently (meaning middle to late 20th century), for daytime the business suit graduated to formal, while "informal" meant ... god only knows what, but usually what used to be considered the working clothes you wouldn't inflict on a friend, or worse. Sometimes a sack coat (often with darker or stripey trousers and a contrasting vest) occupied a level of formality between the "formal" business suit and the formerly-formal now uber-formal morning suit, which itself survived only in certain private schools and the diplomatic corps. For evening clothing, black tie graduated from informal to formal, white tie graduated upwards to the orchestra pit or "formal-no really formal we really mean it, white tie", informal came to mean the business suit, and a new category of "casual" was invented to cover everything else because after 1970 no one dared to say "we're not dressing."

Then everyone confused "informal" with "anything other than formal" and therefore with "casual," and anarchy ensued.

For weddings, everyone is supposed to dress with the same level of formality as the groom. The invitation is supposed to signal to the invitees what level of formality that will be: a third person, centered, formal invitation means "formal," and "informal" is signaled by a handwritten letter invitation, which can then get into the details of expected dress if that is deemed necessary.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
The last three came in a group. All kittens, two brothers and an unrelated boy who was feral -- I couldn't let them be killed, could I? ....Does having six kitties really make me borderline nuts?

It does not make you borderline nuts per se but it does increase the chances that when the next group of stray kittens comes along you will decide you can't let them be killed either and so on and so on until you have 67 cats and the health department comes to take them away and commit you.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Okay, now I gotta be serious for a moment. Are they really selling flip flops for anything except wearing in the shower at the club or summer camp? Are people wearing them? I have seen a couple of teens with flippies on but I thought perhaps they were just rebelling against society. Flip flops? Really? Also, I did notice capris pants on my assistant and the executive secretary -- I explained, in a semi nice way, that capris pants are only for young girls (which they are not) and, in any event, not for women with stubby legs (which they both have) and not for the office (which we were all in at the time). Also, today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

I am not sure where you would wear these, but they would please several fetishists at once.

http://store.nordstrom.com/product/p...tyleID=2818123

(spree: scratch & sniff flip flops)

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by Seven of Nine

Eh?

I know of no male Mormons who are actually opposed to Polygamy. Indeed, I don't know of any female Mormons who oppose consensual Polygamy.

Indeed, most of them actually believe that there're seven levels to heaven, and that the only way a woman can get into heaven is if her husband gets there first and ushers her in. Otherwise, presumably, she has to chill out in some sort of ethereal bullshit waiting room. Thereafter, the wife can only get to the level of heaven one below that of her husband. So, by allowing polygamy, vast new numbers of women would be virtually guaranteed salvation (albeit at an N-1 plateau) through their beneficent husbands...

In my opinion, this is as bad as the "72 Virgins in Heaven" bullshit proclaimed for Jihad crusaders.

Seven

Wow. You are completely full of shit.

And I dare say I know more Mormons than you do.

tm

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Okay, now I gotta be serious for a moment. Are they really selling flip flops for anything except wearing in the shower at the club or summer camp? Are people wearing them? I have seen a couple of teens with flippies on but I thought perhaps they were just rebelling against society. Flip flops? Really? Also, I did notice capris pants on my assistant and the executive secretary -- I explained, in a semi nice way, that capris pants are only for young girls (which they are not) and, in any event, not for women with stubby legs (which they both have) and not for the office (which we were all in at the time). Also, today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

Flip-flops have replaced puffy white sneakers as the women's commuter shoe of choice here. Some women are wearing them at the office. This will all change with the first fall weather anyway, when women will switch to the equally scary LLBean boots with suits.

Calling your assistant a pear will lead to an intentional work disaster at a crucial deadline moment and intense hatred for all time. You might gently say that you're sure she didn't mean to do this at the office, but her shirt is exposing her belly.

[Flinty_McFlint]

WTFIWWYP? GBTW.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I am not sure where you would wear these, but they would please several fetishists at once.

http://store.nordstrom.com/product/p...tyleID=2818123

(spree: scratch & sniff flip flops)

Those aren't Asian.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Seven of Nine

I know of no male Mormons who are actually opposed to Polygamy. Indeed, I don't know of any female Mormons who oppose consensual Polygamy.
Seven

When you see most of the guys who are polygamists, it's no wonder their individual wives are grateful their husbands are too busy screwing several other women to get around to them too often.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

Yes, so you can report the reaction.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Seven of Nine
I know of no male Mormons who are actually opposed to Polygamy.

It seems likely that many, if not most, male Mormons would be opposed to polygamy, and that this has always been so.

Do the math. If every elder or big kahuna gets four wives, most men get none. Zero. Zilch. Combine that with a general rejection of premarital sex, and you're on the road to hell.

Combine that with lack of alcohol and living in Utah, and..... shudddddder.