Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Has this become socially acceptable?

TM

Gift certificates or velvet shirts?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Gift certificates or velvet shirts?

Velvet shirts? In, baby, in! I'm not disagreeing with your assessment that the particular velvet shirts selected by the maternal parental unit may not be all you, you, you. But you need to get out, work the plastic, and get yourself decked head-to-toe in velvet. It will be sssssssmokin'! You'll thank me.

Again.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Velvet shirts? In, baby, in! I'm not disagreeing with your assessment that the particular velvet shirts selected by the maternal parental unit may not be all you, you, you. But you need to get out, work the plastic, and get yourself decked head-to-toe in velvet. It will be sssssssmokin'! You'll thank me.

Again.

ncs' mom- xmas gifts- too much bother. I finally told Ironweed's mom to just give me oral sex and that way I stopped getting things I couldn't use. maybe ncs' mom isn't okay with the incest aspects, but ncs could maybe get a "voucher" for Mr. Man from mom?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
One real weakness in the Harvard legal education flows from the uniformally top notch abilities of one's peers. At school we never learned to argue against those unable to construct or analyze logical arguments. I am emailing Dean Kagan to suggest a seminar class where they bus in the top 1 or 2 % of the students from your school so that future classes have that practice.

Hank Chinaski
'89 Law '92

That's right, Hank. You're real smart. Such a smart boy.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by taxwonk
That's right, Hank. You're real smart. Such a smart boy.

your "creative" way to fuck with me is to copy a GGG sock?

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
After years of thinking that I had my mom trained to just buy me gift certificates, I must have done something wrong, as this year she inexplicably bought me velvet tops (multiple! in different colors!) from a store I would never shop at. So I think I'm going to have some sort of store credit at this place when I exchange them. My questions:

1. Should I tell mom that I am exchanging them or let her think that I wanted these things? I've already done my best to leave her with the impression that gift certificates are a good idea if she isn't sure what I might want in the future.

2. What can I buy with this store credit to a place I don't want anything from? Or should I see if they'll just send my mom a refund? I guess that would necessarily entail telling her that I don't want the things.

I hate being scrooge, but I also hate the idea of her wasting money on things that I really don't want. I wish she would just stop buying me stuff altogether, as I pretty much can cover all my own wants and she scrapes by for every penny.

Crap.

Perfect for the recycled gift routine.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
-A six hour car trip, not necessarily pleasant under the best of circumstances, is not at all fun when one's wife is in an advanced state of pregnancy;

-"The Island" was a surprisingly entertaining movie, far less sucky than I expected. Scarlet Johansen is way hot;

-"Cinderella Man" also sucked less than I expected, but I still can't stand Renee Zelweger;

-Watching your father-in-law whip out a bottle Jagermeister and try to pass it off (out of ignorance) as a classy after-dinner-drink to one's parents of Germanic extraction can be highly amusing;

-3 days is both too long and too brief of a time with family.

Jagermeister may or may not be classy, but it is ALWAYS delicious. And gives a great buzz.

Oh, and it took you this long to realize that SJ is hotter than hot? The panty shot in Lost In Translation didn't do it?

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by LessinSF
You can join me. I'm giving notice, selling my place, and going to Europe for four months starting April 27. The theme is the Biggest Parties of Europe tour. Queen's Day in Amsterdam. Running of the Bulls in Spain. World Cup in Germany. Tomatina festival in Spain. Ibiza. Dalmatian Coast in Croatia. Maybe the Cheese Rolling Festival in England or the Wife Carrying Festival in Finland. I'm still playing with the itinerary.

Come home August 31, go to Burning Man, throw myself a big turning 40 party, work a couple months, and then go to Chile and Argentina next winter (their summer) for a few months.

This sounds so awesome that I think I'll kill myself.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
1. Should I tell mom that I am exchanging them or let her think that I wanted these things? I've already done my best to leave her with the impression that gift certificates are a good idea if she isn't sure what I might want in the future.

BRC's idea of exchanging the tops for a gift card you can give to your Mom on her birthday is pretty good.

The Fugee Mom gave me a hideous blazer one Christmas (she persists in thinking I am an Autumn and should wear rusts despite my telling her that I am a Winter and look dead in rust). I told her I was returning it but fudged a little by saying it was because the corporate parent of the store she bought it from had bought then liquidated one of my biggest clients so I wouldn't wear anything from their in protest. Although this was true, I think she knew deep down that I hated the blazer and I felt bad.

So I think you should not tell your Mom that you hate the velvet tops or that you returned them.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I don't get it. Why would you think that?

Many of your stories about the GF involve people hitting on her when you two are out (e.g., the recent Cabo story).

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
After years of thinking that I had my mom trained to just buy me gift certificates, I must have done something wrong, as this year she inexplicably bought me velvet tops (multiple! in different colors!) from a store I would never shop at. So I think I'm going to have some sort of store credit at this place when I exchange them. My questions:

1. Should I tell mom that I am exchanging them or let her think that I wanted these things? I've already done my best to leave her with the impression that gift certificates are a good idea if she isn't sure what I might want in the future.

2. What can I buy with this store credit to a place I don't want anything from? Or should I see if they'll just send my mom a refund? I guess that would necessarily entail telling her that I don't want the things.

I hate being scrooge, but I also hate the idea of her wasting money on things that I really don't want. I wish she would just stop buying me stuff altogether, as I pretty much can cover all my own wants and she scrapes by for every penny.

Crap.

Keep just one of the multiple velvet shirts and next time you see her, wear it and when she notices, say "Mom, thanks for this but really, I don't want you to spend a lot of money on me; why don't we do X instead" and then for "X", mention something less costly, like her getting you a cookbook she thinks is good, or baking you something yummy you can enjoy during the holidays (or soup in your case) and insist you'd really prefer that and be more comfortable with that. Return the rest of the stuff for store credit and then, for her b'day or Christmas buy her something from there - she probably likes the place herself.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
ncs' mom- xmas gifts- too much bother. I finally told Ironweed's mom to just give me oral sex and that way I stopped getting things I couldn't use. maybe ncs' mom isn't okay with the incest aspects, but ncs could maybe get a "voucher" for Mr. Man from mom?

I killed the ya momma thing like 5 years ago. Why won't you let it die?

TM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I pity the foo unable to argue with retards.
Literally, 80% of my day is spent arguing with retards. The other 20% of my day is spent here.

I had one genius, no doubt middle third Seton Hall, tell me that I couldn't trigger an insurance policy for a latent disease because the policy had "expired."

But as any street smart cop will tell you, it is really hard to fight a retard.

I think my retard tolerance meter finally maxed out last nite... I shouted and growled myself hoarse. I won’t be talking to any family anymore for a while.

I have now fallen into a crevace somewhere below the attitudinal basement I thought I’d reached in 2000. I feel like Spacey in American Beauty.

The question, again, is “now?”

I feel like King Midas in reverse.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Fugee
Many of your stories about the GF involve people hitting on her when you two are out (e.g., the recent Cabo story).

Ah. I knew, in your little passive-aggressive way, that it was a dig. "Many." Ha. Nice work! I think the total is now 2? One about the soap opera guy who, it would seem from the story hits on everyone and one about Cabo Wabo. At least you're paying attention, though.

What you don't seem to understand is that there is a big difference between some fat, balding, ugly loser from the midwest who is in Cabo and has the courage only tequila and the anonymity of another country can provide and good looking guys or millionaires who drop $1,000 for an introduction. Explaining how the first group tries to hit on my gf in a cheesy bar in Mexico is illustrative of how pathetic they are and not how desirable I think she is. Therefore, look to the context of the story to determine why I am giving you the information. If you think it's because I'm bragging about my gf, you're wrong in this case. I do that with photos and descriptions of the ratio.

Hey! Maybe you can share a story about your boyfriend with us?

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

............a big difference between some fat, balding, ugly loser from the midwest........

TM

Are these traits listed in a hierarchy of undesirability? Two apply to me and I would really like to know which I should work on first.