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mmm3587 · 08-25-2003, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Fortunately, I come from a long line of elopers. ... I'm under orders to carry on the tradition should anyone be crazy enough to want to marry me.

I am sure that I speak for some of the other men here when I say "oooohhh, yeah, that is so hot." I have fantasies about women who want to elope. They usually involve eloping and spending all that money and time doing stuff or buying stuff that we want. If you're actually marryable, all the better.

Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?

ltl/fb · 08-25-2003, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
[discrimination based on sexual orientation story]

What's funny is that Mobil had a non-discrimination policy before the merger and now *poof*, it's gone.

Mostly just wanted to say "*poof*" in relation to something about sexual orientation.

ThurgreedMarshall · 08-25-2003, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Concur. IMHO, I think "Cracker" is also one of those terms being lost to the fog of history, as those generations who actually used it in spoken conversation die off. Good riddance.

Chris Rock's take:

"Who are the most racist people in the world? Who? I'll tell ya who, OLD, BLACK MEN.

Now I hear all the white people in the audience saying, "What? But we have Fred at work. He's awesome." Fred HATES YOUR GUTS.

When an old white man meets and old black man, the old black man is like (bowing head, shaking hands) "How you doin' sir? You need anything, you just let me know!" Then, when the old white man goes away, the old black man starts in with, "Cracker! CRACKA-ASS-CRACKA! Motherfucking-saltine-motherfucka! Cracka!! I wish that cracka woulda started some shit so I coulda whupped his ass, damn cracka-ass cracka!!"

And then when the old white man comes back, the old black is like (starts dancing a jig, starts dancing like a rockette).

My uncle married a white woman. He says, "I love her and she loves me, and that's all that matters... But if the revolution was tomorrow, I'D KILL HER FIRST! Just to show the crackas I mean business!! Cracka-ass cracker!!!"

TM

Bad_Rich_Chic · 08-25-2003, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?

You are just fucking with me, aren't you.

BR(will ... not ... take ... bait)C

purse junkie · 08-25-2003, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?

The proper ratio is nuthin'. People will get you what they can afford, and most people, like you, give as generously as they can. So give the wedding you want to give and don't sweat it. Unless you host the reception at Taco Bell (anttwatt), no-one'll stiff you on the gift. (Come to think of it, they can't--either they'll have bought it beforehand, or they'll buy a really expensive one after, thinking that if you're apparently condemned to eating fast food the rest of your life, you might as well have nice stuff.)

Edited to add, I am so gullible.

ThurgreedMarshall · 08-25-2003, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by MisterEbola
Perhaps the etymology is more clearly understood when you consider that "white trash" is a shortened version of "poor, white trash" which is clearly a double hit on a person.

If that's so, how come Michael Jackson dedicated a whole song to them on Thriller? I remember all those girls with the P-White-T buttons in junior high.

Thurgreed(I want to love you...P White T)Marshall

ltl/fb · 08-25-2003, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If that's so, how come Michael Jackson dedicated a whole song to them on Thriller? I remember all those girls with the P-White-T buttons in junior high.

Thurgreed(I want to love you...P White T)Marshall

Duh, you already answered this -- he's an old black man.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 08-25-2003, 05:45 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere

Better question...how do you score a 0?

You are talking about Cracker Barrel.

They make Denny's appear Rainbow Coalition approved.

Atticus Grinch · 08-25-2003, 05:45 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding?

I see no reason why the law of diminishing marginal return shouldn't apply to the bride's investment in this Ponzi scheme. Once you get past a certain break-even point, the additional people on the fringes of the guest list start bringing down the average anyway. The real-world application if this principle is played out when you open the invitation and shout to your SO, "Honey, do we know . . . .?"

baltassoc · 08-25-2003, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The documentary on the making of Warren Zevon's "The Wind" broadcast last night on VH-1 was one of the most poignant things I've ever watched.

I cried in the middle. There was just so much emotion on the screen. Plus maybe I had one too many glasses of wine and I'm a sappy drunk.

The saddest thing I thought was his girlfriend, who lives in NY while he lives in LA. Every segment that had her in it was introduced by a journal entry that mentioned she was in town. And he obviously adores her.

So if your cult-famous singer boyfriend is diagnosed with cancer and has three months to live (although admittedly outlives that by at least 9 months), what exactly keeps you in NY for the duration, to only come out to visit when you can fit it in? They never really explored that, which is unfortunate if there really was a good reason (I can't think of one), because they inadvertently made her look like a big bitch.

NotFromHere · 08-25-2003, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You are talking about Cracker Barrel.

They make Denny's appear Rainbow Coalition approved.

Yeah, but 0? That's not even trying to fake it.

NotFromHere · 08-25-2003, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
I cried in the middle. There was just so much emotion on the screen. Plus maybe I had one too many glasses of wine and I'm a sappy drunk.

The saddest thing I thought was his girlfriend, who lives in NY while he lives in LA. Every segment that had her in it was introduced by a journal entry that mentioned she was in town. And he obviously adores her.

So if your cult-famous singer boyfriend is diagnosed with cancer and has three months to live (although admittedly outlives that by at least 9 months), what exactly keeps you in NY for the duration, to only come out to visit when you can fit it in? They never really explored that, which is unfortunate if there really was a good reason (I can't think of one), because they inadvertently made her look like a big bitch.

That's exactly what I was thinking! And she wasn't really affectionate. I think I saw a brisk kiss on the cheek and that was about it. Maybe it's just that she's a big bitch and it doesn't matter to her.

ABBAKiss · 08-25-2003, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Yeah, but 0? That's not even trying to fake it.

Cracker Barrell isn't into diet food.

ThurgreedMarshall · 08-25-2003, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
That's the one day of the year he gets to see breasts again.

He's quite excited.

What about all those pictures you sent me over the internet of you topless? Those bro/manzier tan lines aren't sexy, you know.

Thurgreed(but the hair is another story)Marshall

Shape Shifter · 08-25-2003, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Cracker Barrell isn't into diet food.

They serve many varieties of corn.