Fringey's taut-abbed painter

[Not Bob]

Dear God, I broke the board. I am so sorry. Next time, I'll try to be more careful with it.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Dear God, I broke the board. I am so sorry. Next time, I'll try to be more careful with it.

You really suck.

On very rare occasion I stop by, when I am having a boring day - to see what you fine people are talking about. Now here I am, waiting for a conference call I bet you no-one else will show up for, hoping that the office will close early, seeking entertainment, and thanks to you Mr. Not Bob, what do I have besides a really long sentence? A big, fat nothing.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by leagleaze
A big, fat nothing.

Help me.

I'm just channel surfing and VH-1 is ending a video by John Mellencamp. In the video some old mean guys are burning a trailer home. A girl in a wheelchair is screaming (okay I can see its her home). Then a midget rides up on a motorcycle with sidecar. The girl starts smiling- she's happy. Midget picks her out of the chair and puts her in the sidecar. One of the old men sees them and starts running after them. Midget floors it and they get away.

What the heck was that about? A dad wants his crippled daughter to leave her midget boyfriend? Mean townfolk just hate the handicapped?
Does anyone here listen to his music (nfh?), and would you tell me how this wasn't some bad nightmare?

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Help me.

I'm just channel surfing and VH-1 is ending a video by John Mellencamp. In the video some old mean guys are burning a trailer home. A girl in a wheelchair is screaming (okay I can see its her home). Then a midget rides up on a motorcycle with sidecar. The girl starts smiling- she's happy. Midget picks her out of the chair and puts her in the sidecar. One of the old men sees them and starts running after them. Midget floors it and they get away.

What the heck was that about? A dad wants his crippled daughter to leave her midget boyfriend? Mean townfolk just hate the handicapped?
Does anyone here listen to his music (nfh?), and would you tell me how this wasn't some bad nightmare?

Pretty much the only message that description gives me is "smell the milk before you make eggnog".

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Nice.

You do realize my mother was born in Calabria, and had to learn English however she could. And before you drop onto my father, he was working class.

I'm thankful to both for what they did give me, for one thing consideration of other's feeling, and good manners.

I'm also thankful to even be in the position I'm in. For me to ask for the grammar and logic skills that you received from your mainline upbringing would seem to me greedy.

Genius! You must be an insurgent. If only you'd used a prop.

[Anne Elk]

So I'm doing some last minute shopping on my way to work this morning this morning. The 25% holiday decorations have all been piled near the registers. In addition to the bad Santa oven mitts, red and gold flecked placemats and other holiday cheer, there was a collection of festive tree skirts on hangers. Some were clearly labeled "Tree Skirt".

I had a wonderful morning chuckle when I saw a woman trying one on as a poncho. She was modeling and conversing with her friend, wondering if it would be OK to wear said 'poncho' to Biff and June's party next Friday. If only I had a camera phone.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Someone in Texas has vastly overestimated the sense of humor of the federal courts and Akin Gump.

http://members.cox.net/jbays1/Filed%20Christmas1.pdf {Spree: doggerel.}

Someone sent that to me yesterday to post on the Texas board. It's been up in the Jenkins thread for about 24 hours now.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
So I'm doing some last minute shopping on my way to work this morning this morning. The 25% holiday decorations have all been piled near the registers. In addition to the bad Santa oven mitts, red and gold flecked placemats and other holiday cheer, there was a collection of festive tree skirts on hangers. Some were clearly labeled "Tree Skirt".

I had a wonderful morning chuckle when I saw a woman trying one on as a poncho. She was modeling and conversing with her friend, wondering if it would be OK to wear said 'poncho' to Biff and June's party next Friday. If only I had a camera phone.

While wandering through the galleria a couple of evenings ago, I was pondering the notion that the various stores sell their image as much as (if not more than) their merchandise. Hot Topics sells the image of the LA goth metal scene to suburban teens, PacSun sells the image of the SoCal surf set, America Eagle Outfitters sells the image of freshly scrubbed outdoorsy white youths from the Pacific Northwest, and so on up to the higher end places like Fendi and YSL. Why is there a Dress Barn?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
While wandering through the galleria a couple of evenings ago, I was pondering the notion that the various stores sell their image as much as (if not more than) their merchandise. Hot Topics sells the image of the LA goth metal scene to suburban teens, PacSun sells the image of the SoCal surf set, America Eagle Outfitters sells the image of freshly scrubbed outdoorsy white youths from the Pacific Northwest, and so on up to the higher end places like Fendi and YSL. Why is there a Dress Barn?

Nice try, but Atticus only posts in the evenings now. As much as you may bait him, I doubt that he'll return during daylight hours to respond to this one.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Someone sent that to me yesterday to post on the Texas board. It's been up in the Jenkins thread for about 24 hours now.

(a) nice spelling and (b) anyone know what the court did?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Someone in Texas has vastly overestimated the sense of humor of the federal courts and Akin Gump.

http://members.cox.net/jbays1/Filed%20Christmas1.pdf {Spree: doggerel.}

Coastal assjack:

(a) Ever heard of Judge Kent? A federal judge in Galveston. Appears to have sense of humor. Please look up some of his opinions, probably easily found by using "crayons" as a search term.

(b) Regardless of the fact that there are federal judges with senses of humor, not that I'd claim to be personally acquainted wtih any, that particular motion appears to have been filed in a state court. So the senses of humor of the feds would seem to me to be completely irrelevant.

Fucking blue staters, and their total inattention to detail.

[Replaced_Texan]

Aside from the orders from on high, I can't think of a single reason that I'm in my office right now instead of braving the shops for last minute presents. I had stupidly reserved shopping for tomorrow, but I know the city will shut down entirely upon the arrival of the first snowflake tonight. I'm screwed.

Also, snow? In Houston? We don't know how to deal with it.

True story. December 29, 2001, my sister and I were driving late at night back to California after the Christmas holiday. Somewhere in New Mexico, before the Arizona border, we kept on noticing these bugs flying to our windshield as we were zooming along I-40. All of the other cars were going at pussy speeds, but we wanted to hit Flagstaff before too late, so we kept speeding through. It took us a full hour to realize we were driving through a snowstorm.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Aside from the orders from on high, I can't think of a single reason that I'm in my office right now instead of braving the shops for last minute presents. I had stupidly reserved shopping for tomorrow, but I know the city will shut down entirely upon the arrival of the first snowflake tonight. I'm screwed.

Also, snow? In Houston? We don't know how to deal with it.

True story. December 29, 2001, my sister and I were driving late at night back to California after the Christmas holiday. Somewhere in New Mexico, before the Arizona border, we kept on noticing these bugs flying to our windshield as we were zooming along I-40. All of the other cars were going at pussy speeds, but we wanted to hit Flagstaff before too late, so we kept speeding through. It took us a full hour to realize we were driving through a snowstorm.

Fucking red staters, and their total inattention to detail.

P.S. I think the Cassadines are playing with the Ice Princess again. It's rainy and in the 50's here.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Fucking red staters, and their total inattention to detail.

P.S. I think the Cassadines are playing with the Ice Princess again. It's rainy and in the 50's here.

Hey! I was a blue stater at the time.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Coastal assjack:

(a) Ever heard of Judge Kent? A federal judge in Galveston. Appears to have sense of humor. Please look up some of his opinions, probably easily found by using "crayons" as a search term.

(b) Regardless of the fact that there are federal judges with senses of humor, not that I'd claim to be personally acquainted wtih any, that particular motion appears to have been filed in a state court. So the senses of humor of the feds would seem to me to be completely irrelevant.

Fucking blue staters, and their total inattention to detail.

Indeed.

Anyway, if I were the judge, I'd be pissed at both lawyers. I'd be more pissed at the one who did the Grinch filing. I thought that it was incredibly unprofessional and offensive. The dude who objected to the "vacation letter" was a prick (absent some emergency reason as to why the hearing couldn't wait until later -- like a discovery cut-off, or previously scheduled depo that the docs were needed for), but didn't deserve to have his face superimposed onto a pleading.