A frolic in Cambodia

[Anne Elk]

I had a friend who used to refer to me as his future ex-wife. No, we were not dating at the time. Weird guy.

Fashion question - what is up with all the Uggs and Ugg clones on the streets of midtown NYC? All I see when I step out of the firm's NYC office building are women wearing Uggs. Why? It's not cold, it's 50 degrees out. If I had known it was the hip thing to wear I would have brought mine down from Beantown.

Anne
FWIW - ponchos seem to be more popular in Boston than NYC.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Most people find it pretty funny.* It's all in the delivery.

*and most of these people aren't lawyers. Which is why I only hang out with us on the internet.

The wives included?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The wives included?

Yeah, both of these guys are extremely funny.* I'm good friends with both wives and they're very laid back. I don't think they care if someone doesn't understand that it's a joke.

*one is so ridiculously tactless it's beyond comprehension. But most people apparently find him charming. And not b/c he's a good-looking guy, b/c he's not.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Who here has a work spouse?

I don't have one presently. Next question. No, I'm not being evasive, why do you ask?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The wives included?

There are two kinds of people who tell these kind of jokes -- the ones who say it in a clearly self-deprecating way, and those who think that they are kidding, but come across as condescending pricks. You know the type -- like the partner receiving an award at a firm fuction who makes comments about how he wouldn't have been able to bill 3500 hours to close the Acme-Amalgamated merger if he didn't have "the boss" running the show at the house in Scarsdale.

If the remark bothered the wife, type number one would never say it again.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
FWIW - ponchos seem to be more popular in Boston than NYC.

By the way, I went back and purchased the cashmere poncho. And on further inspection, it is not a capelet. Definitely a poncho. I haven't worn it yet, but I did ask Mr Man while we were in the store if he would be willing to be seen in public with me if I wear it, and he said yes.

[robustpuppy]

The CNN Meteorologist is TOTALLY FREAKING OUT:

"People need to get on the road now," CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said. "By noon, much of the country is going to be a mess."

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"This is going to be like the movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles.' There's going to be no way to get from here to there," Myers said.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
By the way, I went back and purchased the cashmere poncho. And on further inspection, it is not a capelet. Definitely a poncho. I haven't worn it yet, but I did ask Mr Man while we were in the store if he would be willing to be seen in public with me if I wear it, and he said yes.

Will you be wearing anything underneath?

ET ask whether I have become taxwonk.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The CNN Meteorologist is TOTALLY FREAKING OUT:

I would be on the road now, damnit, if I didn't have to be here.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The CNN Meteorologist is TOTALLY FREAKING OUT:

[mental image] Kevin Bacon from Animal House "All is well, remain calm!![/mental image]

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The CNN Meteorologist is TOTALLY FREAKING OUT:

Ahhhh, I am going nowhere. How delightful. My plans involve all of a two minute drive.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Will you be wearing anything underneath?

ET ask whether I have become taxwonk.

Almost. You've got the lecherous comment part down, but not the timing. A wonk response usually shows up 5 to 7 hours after the original post.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
By the way, I went back and purchased the cashmere poncho. And on further inspection, it is not a capelet. Definitely a poncho. I haven't worn it yet, but I did ask Mr Man while we were in the store if he would be willing to be seen in public with me if I wear it, and he said yes.

Mmmmm, cashmere. I just bought alpaca yarn to make my sister one for the December gwfgwf. She's a fashionista so they must be in style.

Anne
(Note to self - before next visit to TCOTU, knit a poncho to wear with Uggs.)

[Anne Elk]

$28,000. WTF is wrong with people.

Hopefully she'll use some of that for a makeover. [shudder]

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Ouch. And my usual response to tough questions -- "ask your mother" -- would seem to be counterproductive.

Possible answers:

"I don't know ask your dad's work wife"
"I don't know and I don't wanna know"
"I don't know but I can tell you about a 4 second erection"