Fashion Board - Muse to the Fucktards

[SEC_Chick]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Weird--I was doing and thinking the same thing this morning, but I was recalling that it was Atticus who admitted to getting pleasure from the swabbing. Maybe one of them can magically reappear and set us straight?

And FWIW, I only stick Q-tips in there during allergy season, and not to clean but to swab hydrocortisone cream to quell the itching that can lead to abrasion that can lead to otitis externa (it's happened before, and it sucked).

tm

Couldn't find Atticus, but it's definitely chef

http://www.infirmation.com/bboard/cl...?msg_id=000oQ9

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think the debunkage suggested that caffeine will dehydrate you if it's more than you usually drink, but that your regular fix is not a problem.

Or maybe I made that up in a fit of self-justification.

TM, no one thinks they need that much caffeine in any absolute sense -- I think they just keep upping the dosage. I usually drink a 12 oz coffee in the a.m., and none in the p.m. If I'm particularly beat, I'll get a 16 oz in the a.m., or a 12 oz in the p.m. I make that the exception rather than the rule because I don't want to get hooked, but if you're not paying attention all of a sudden you're getting a vente every three hours and things have turned ugly.

The net effect of drinking a caffeinated beverage or alcoholic beverage cannot be less water in your system, or the human race would have died out long ago when people drank ale all the time, and a lot of people around now would be dried out husks because all they drink are caffeinated soft drinks. I think they are maybe less hydrating than water. Big whoop.

I like the passion iced tea and the green iced teas at starbucks. They are much cheaper than the lattes. I get them unsweetened.

I never really drank coffee -- other than very occasionally with dessert, at nice restaurants -- until I started drinking lattes. I will drink cafe au lait (which I used to think was spelled cafe ole!) as well. I don't even particularly like coffee with cream. I like it very very milky.

My choices are the one-off place down the street, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Starbucks. The one-off place down the street is either OK or it tastes like absolute crap. I generally don't like CB&TL. So Starbucks it is.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Maybe y'all can administer a "beat in" like in the gangs for the FB. How long until one is no longer a newbie? I've been hanging since before 2001. I mean how long does it take or am I no longer classified as newbie.

You're not a newbie. You're just annoying.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb


I like the passion iced tea and the green iced teas at starbucks. They are much cheaper than the lattes. I get them unsweetened.

Honest Tea is very tasty. Not too sweet.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Twat has to be less offensive. It at least sounds funny when you say it.

TWAT TWAT TWAT TWAT.

It's also funnier in all caps.

Good thing I have moved beyond reading the board out loud. Now I just move my lips and mumble -- much less embarrassing when people walk past in the hall.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Honest Tea is very tasty. Not too sweet.

I like Honest Tea quite a bit.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I like Honest Tea quite a bit.

It's like we're soul mates.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Weird--I was doing and thinking the same thing this morning, but I was recalling that it was Atticus who admitted to getting pleasure from the swabbing. Maybe one of them can magically reappear and set us straight?

And FWIW, I only stick Q-tips in there during allergy season, and not to clean but to swab hydrocortisone cream to quell the itching that can lead to abrasion that can lead to otitis externa (it's happened before, and it sucked).

tm

I do Q-tips to make them feel cleaner if they feel dirty or itchy. I do not shove them all the way back in there. I thought that the problems resulted from damage to the eardrum if you shove the thing in too far? If there is water in my ears, I twist up a tissue (very narrow but long twist) and put it in to suck the water out because I'm paranoid about ear infections.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
It's like we're soul mates.

I like vitamin water too. PLF told me everyone drinks it

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It's also funnier in all caps.

Good thing I have moved beyond reading the board out loud. Now I just move my lips and mumble -- much less embarrassing when people walk past in the hall.

I really have never heard either of these two words much (well, not gash in this context). When I was at the most conservative place I have ever, ever worked, a (female) client once said on a teleconference "What a pain in the twat!" and I thought the (male) partner was going to die of embarrassment. He apologized to me. Hah.

I don't really like either one that much. They seem pointless. Gash also seems to be bringing in the whole menstrual thing, since normally a gash on a person's body bleeds.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I do Q-tips to make them feel cleaner if they feel dirty or itchy. I do not shove them all the way back in there. I thought that the problems resulted from damage to the eardrum if you shove the thing in too far? If there is water in my ears, I twist up a tissue (very narrow but long twist) and put it in to suck the water out because I'm paranoid about ear infections.

I think ear drum damage is the worst thing that can happen, but in general it's better to have a little bit of wax in there, because it actually protects the ear canal skin from irritants. You're just supposed to wash away the stuff that comes out into the ear itself.

Even to clear away water they don't recommend sticking anything solid in the ear, just relying on gravity (I just typed gravy--I am overdue for lunch!) or alcohol/vinegar drops as a last resort.

tm

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'm feeling a little verklempt, so I'll give you a topic.

Twat vs. Gash, which is more offensive? Discuss amongst yourselves.

Twat. No doubt. Gash at least has a secondary meaning. One of the guys I used to work with called one of my female co-workers a crease. A filthy crease.
So every time I hear the word crease, I think of him. RIP Rick.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by tmdiva
I think ear drum damage is the worst thing that can happen, but in general it's better to have a little bit of wax in there, because it actually protects the ear canal skin from irritants. You're just supposed to wash away the stuff that comes out into the ear itself.

tm

This brings up a question: do we bathe too much? I bathe twice a day (due to running in the evenings), but I always feel like I'm washing off essential oils that (a) protect my skin from the sun; (b) protect my skin from drying out; (c) protect my skin from insects, etc.

The oils are produced for a reason, right? Don't they serve as a natural sunscreen?

Of course, I'm a greasy eye-talian, so maybe I need to bathe twice a day.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This brings up a question: do we bathe too much? I bathe twice a day (due to running in the evenings), but I always feel like I'm washing off essential oils that (a) protect my skin from the sun; (b) protect my skin from drying out; (c) protect my skin from insects, etc.

The oils are produced for a reason, right? Don't they serve as a natural sunscreen?

Of course, I'm a greasy eye-talian, so maybe I need to bathe twice a day.

"We" do not, but you do. unless you have some long hair issue that requires you to wash hair after sleep you should only wash once a day. if you run in the evening, showering thereafter should suffice.

And what you are is a self-hating I-tie. Perhaps that is why you choose to bath twice?

[SlaveNoMore]

Hank Chinaski
"We" do not, but you do. unless you have some long hair issue that requires you to wash hair after sleep you should only wash once a day. if you run in the evening, showering thereafter should suffice.

You go to work in the moring without showering?

That is absolutely fucking disgusting.