Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by evenodds
Between this and flatulence, I would swear you were all trying to kill the FB.

Didn't you watch the Super Bowl commercials? Flatulence is in.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
see Hank, you have hit on the death pool picking conundrum. sure there will always be Keith Richards and Scott Wylands out there who prove their hardiness year in and year out. but there will also be some Elvis Presleys and Kurt Cobains. It is up to us, the death pool participants to try to discern who among the living falls into which category.

dear Courtney's behavior has been markedly more erratic in the last six months. will it result in her untimely demise? who knows. is it worth betting on? almost certainly. because at the end of the day, if she dies this year you don't want to be the only schlub who didn't see it coming.

Courtney killed Kurt. Doughnuts killed Elvis.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Sebby, are you really saying you can't have a good time at a party without drinking? Seems kind of pathetic. Isn't variety the spice of life? A non-drinking party every once in a while just makes life more interesting.

I didn't serve alcohol at my wedding, but, with upwards of 90% non-drinkers in attendance, I never really considered it. If anyone had wanted to smuggle in a flask or go somewhere else for a drink, I wouldn't have minded (I think my alky great-aunt did plenty of tippling before she came!).

Re: Bilmore's point about the effects of alcohol being more the problem than the drink itself, I totally agree. I have a pretty high tolerance for tipsiness and alcohol-induced bonhomie, medium tolerance for sloppiness and falling down, and zero tolerance for barfing. Most of my friends and family and neighbors who drink never reach the sloppy stage, so we all get along great and I have no problem inviting them to my home (though they'll have to bring their own booze--I would have no idea what to get).

tm

I think I really forget that the world is not my social arena. In my world, the very notion of a dry/no dancing wedding is preposterous and embarrassingly provincial. Mind you, grandma doesn't have a gin and tonic sewn to her palm, and wine is not served at every dinner, and we all don't grind like Jackson/Timberlake, but there is simply no wedding without the proper libations and dancing. And I think I speak for most of the Mid Atlantic region on that one.

I find that in other parts of the country, some people are brought up with waaaaay different attitudes about this sort of thing. And that's unfortunate, cause in the end, being a Puritan gets you exactly as far as Mencken said it would - nowhere.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Didn't you watch the Super Bowl commercials? Flatulence is in.

Didn't you watch the FCC's reaction. Flatulence should be censored.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Courtney killed Kurt. Doughnuts killed Elvis.

I'd rather die of doughnuts.

Unless it's those doughnuts that look like death warmed over. Then, it would be a wash.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think I really forget that the world is not my social arena. In my world, the very notion of a dry/no dancing wedding is preposterous.

FWIW, I've never been to a dry wedding reception. Ever.

But, I hang around with drunks.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
But bacon tastes good!

"Yeah, well sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I wouldn't know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfuckers..."

[Apropos of Nothing]

Originally posted by dc_chef
Norah Jones' new cd is good schtupping music.

Why, cheffie [blush], I never knew you felt that way about little old moi.

And e/o, since you are taking one for the team by going to the wedding, I wouldn't worry about whether you need to get a new outfit. Chiffon in the afternoon sounds delightful to me.

And sebby, there is a big difference between getting pissed at non-drinkers for not subsidizing your alcoholism at their wedding (bad) and getting pissed at the same non-drinkers for trying to shame you out of ordering a Maker's Mark before dinner at the restaurant (ok).

Think about it this way -- since a few of the people in the wedding party at the Nothing nuptials were coke-fiends, does the Sebby Standard require that I should have had the caterers place a Scarface-sized mound of Bolivian marching powder next to the ice sculpture?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Apropos of Nothing


Think about it this way -- since a few of the people in the wedding party at the Nothing nuptials were coke-fiends, does the Sebby Standard require that I should have had the caterers place a Scarface-sized mound of Bolivian marching powder next to the ice sculpture?

I have a cousin who's in NAMBLA. What do we have to provide for him?

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Did the invitation actually say "no adornement"?!?

No. It's one of those biblical things they take seriously. See TF's earlier post.

They are lovely people, who are not provincial unless Southern California counts as the provinces.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I have a cousin who's in NAMBLA. What do we have to provide for him?

Michael Jackson's house-guests.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think I really forget that the world is not my social arena. In my world, the very notion of a dry/no dancing wedding is preposterous and embarrassingly provincial. Mind you, grandma doesn't have a gin and tonic sewn to her palm, and wine is not served at every dinner, and we all don't grind like Jackson/Timberlake, but there is simply no wedding without the proper libations and dancing. And I think I speak for most of the Mid Atlantic region on that one.

I find that in other parts of the country, some people are brought up with waaaaay different attitudes about this sort of thing. And that's unfortunate, cause in the end, being a Puritan gets you exactly as far as Mencken said it would - nowhere.

I'm on your side here. Fuck all of the Puritan fuckers who have ruined my country. This country used to be relevant, innovative and rebellious. Now it's as backwards as Corky's pants in Waiting for Guffman and intolerant to boot. I have no tolerance for intolerance.


Welcome to the dark ages of this country.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I'm on your side here. Fuck all of the Puritan fuckers who have ruined my country. This country used to be relevant, innovative and rebellious. Now it's as backwards as Corky's pants in Waiting for Guffman and intolerant to boot. I have no tolerance for intolerance.


Welcome to the dark ages of this country.

You've done it Coltrane. I am stumped as to whether or not this post is meant to be ironic. PLF, ruling please?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You've done it Coltrane. I am stumped as to whether or not this post is meant to be ironic. PLF, ruling please?

Despite the "no tolerance for intolerance" line, I believe the post is intended to be sincere.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You've done it Coltrane. I am stumped as to whether or not this post is meant to be ironic. PLF, ruling please?

Not being Paigow, I won't choose the opposite of what you think it is to manifest my wit. It was meant literally, except of course the "intolerance for intolerance" bit, which was supposed to be intentionally hypocrital and intentionally passe, which was supposed to make it funny but absolutely did not.