New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003 - Page 295

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 10-28-2003, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop

Mark Leyner describing I-80 in Iowa (as I recall):

corn
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Stuckey's
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Speaking of Stuckey's, do they still have those things? When I was a kid on family road trips, those were the places to stop for a bathroom break, one of those travel bingo games, a hand dipped ice cream cone and a pecan log roll (NTTAWWT)...

Edited to add: Apparently they still exist, but IL has only one left.

All of the trademark blue pointy roofed buildings I see along IL interstates now are other gas stations or establishments selling porn to truckers (NTTAWWT either)...

LessinSF · 10-28-2003, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You fucking idiots are ruining this board. If you're going to waste space with socks and one-on-one back and forth idiotic conversations that you think are funny, this place will become barren.

I believe I invented this rant, but I have little hope that anything will change. The whomever's who are behind the Dat Phans, Daves, New Jerseys, Bil Mo's, Carol Merrills, etc. are no different from the people behind the old Lactation Lovers, Bilmore's Inner Cynics, or dozens of other forgetable wastes of photoresins.

The problem is, like 2nd Lieutenant Steven Hauk in Good Morning Vietnam (or that loser junior partner down the hall), they think they are funny and nothing you or anyone else says to the contrary will convince them otherwise.

10-28-2003, 02:03 PM

I have not found the post yet. BUt I am in the ballpark. And I Found this classic from SD (prefaces a bunch of bullets on point)

"Everyone knows the real reasons the sorts of chicks who rail against women with plastic surgery do so:"

purse junkie · 10-28-2003, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Just about every supermodel has taken off your clothes for Helmut Newton and nobody calls them whores or sell outs for it.

Wrong. I do.

I just think that since Brit apparently isn't much good for anything else, she might as well take it to the bank before she wrinkles.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-28-2003, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
While Kirsten's breasts are phenomenal, I see 15 girls on the street everyday who are better looking than her. Not that she's ugly. Just above-average and plain.

No argument here. And yez, she has fantastic breasts. That's why she was in the post. I never realized how beautiful they were until that scene in Spiderman. They're almost as nice as Jennifer Love Hewitt's.

TM

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-28-2003, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
Wrong. I do.

I just think that since Brit apparently isn't much good for anything else, she might as well take it to the bank before she wrinkles.

I wish I could buy stock in 'J.Lo getting naked within the next 2 years'...

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-28-2003, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Speaking of Stuckey's, do they still have those things?

Press on to Stuckey's

(with convenient interstate-locator service)

Flinty_McFlint · 10-28-2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No argument here. And yez, she has fantastic breasts. That's why she was in the post. I never realized how beautiful they were until that scene in Spiderman. They're almost as nice as Jennifer Love Hewitt's.

TM

I hope that wasn't sarcasm, because J. Love really does have some nice ones--and I think they're real. Too bad about the face, though. I always get the urge to yell "Giddy up!" and put on a cowboy hat when I see her. Perhaps those are just my issues.

Edited to add picture. Okay, not as horsey-face here. Maybe I'm wrong.

robustpuppy · 10-28-2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
I believe I invented this rant

Whine about subject line deleted.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-28-2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
And the truck traffic is a drag.

Do any of the major east-west interstates not have sucky truck traffic, other than perhaps I-94 in the winter?

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-28-2003, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
They're almost as nice as Jennifer Love Hewitt's.

TM

She doesn't drink, gamble, party or whore herself around. She is utterly boring. She has dated someone as boring as herself (Carson Daly). Yet I am fascinated by her.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-28-2003, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I hope that wasn't sarcasm, because J. Love really does have some nice ones--and I think they're real. Too bad about the face, though. I always get the urge to yell "Giddy up!" and put on a cowboy hat when I see her. Perhaps those are just my issues.

No sarcasm. They're real and they're fantastic.

TM

Hank Chinaski · 10-28-2003, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Why did she do it in Swordfish? $500,000. Did she need that extra $500,000? No. It was stupid. She should have waited for Monster's Ball where there was a reason for it. In Swordfish, she looked uncomfortable the whole time she was topless and it added nothing to the plot. TM

the press that someone would pay her 500K to take her top off gave her much more.........

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-28-2003, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Surprise, surprise, you don't get my point.

I'm not saying no one should take off their clothes. I'm not saying that the naked body isn't to be appreciated. It's like you can only hear your broken record (and yes, it's you with the broken record and the same cued-up response to any post with certain SD triggers in it) that keeps playing in your head.

What I'm saying is if you DO have certain principles, you don't have to sell them to the highest bidder. If your child was kidnapped and brainwashed and you live a comfortable life (financially speaking), it actually might not be a good idea to cash in on her story. She may be too young to make that decision for herself. You should be protecting her, not exploiting her. If she has a negative reaction to all of this (and her interview with Katie Couric is not the best example of what's going on in her head) down the road, you're a piece of shit, greedy motherfucker who took advantage of a horrible time in your family for some cash. That's an example of not necessarily having to take the money, take the money, take the money! Can you see it?

And Britney Spears may not be the best example because I think she's a whore for attention and money. (I also think that she's been made that way when she was very young and didn't have the sense to make her own decisions and let everyone make them for her -- now that she's older and is in a position to make some decisions, she thinks, like you, that the ones that bring her the most cash are the right ones.) But I also think she didn't have to take her clothes off. And the extra cash it gets her doesn't make a fucking difference. In fact, she expressed some regret after doing it. So, maybe it wasn't such a great idea, especially since she didn't have to to be one of the wealthiest people in the world.

And I'm glad you brought up Halle Berry -- perfect example. She sold out. She didn't want to take her clothes off. She hasn't her whole career. Why did she do it in Swordfish? $500,000. Did she need that extra $500,000? No. It was stupid. She should have waited for Monster's Ball where there was a reason for it. In Swordfish, she looked uncomfortable the whole time she was topless and it added nothing to the plot. And while I love looking at her naked breasts, I would not think she was any less attractive if she didn't show them to the world.

So, the point is, you don't have to sell out just because it will get you a bunch of cash. Cash doesn't necessarily equal happiness. Especially when you're already flush with it. Your principles don't always have to be for sale.

TM

I got your point. Its very old. I think Joe Strummer made a fortune singing about it...

My point is that opportunity knocks very infrequently, and those who answer the door frequently have to bend a principle or two in doing so. I'm buyable to a degree. I won't lie, cheat or steal from a friend or an innocent, but if the cash is right, I'll make the most unbelieveable and equitably offensive arguments under the sun for a client. So will any other lawyer worth his salt because that's what we do. And it translates to business. I have yet to meet a businessman of exceptional success who didn't have to walk afoul of his conscience once or twice to get where he is. Its a fact of life that we all sell out a little bit to survive and succeed, and I think selling out by doing a nude shoot is rather minor. Of course, this is an uncomfortable truth that most of the myopic absolutists on the board can't stomach. I loathe moral absolutism because I find it offensive to rational intelligence. Even Atticus Grinch probably ran a stop sign from time to time... Britney's sin is hardly worth such vehement disgust and noxious self-righteous judgment. Her kids will never work because of her sacrifice, so I have a hard time believeing they'll be mentally scarred by her photos. In the pantheon of the foul things people do every day to get what they want, the moral shortcomings of a pop singer seem an utterly ludicrous target for ire. But maybe that's just because I can't seem anymore because I'm not as perfectly moral as the rest of the laudable idealists on this board. I say "God be with you" to all of those who can live in such black and white terms. I'd love to take a pedestal for myself, if only it were possible.

Hank Chinaski · 10-28-2003, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Do any of the major east-west interstates not have sucky truck traffic, other than perhaps I-94 in the winter?

through Pa take I-80 (or is it 90?) instead of the turnpike. it is much less crowded, and scenic, for an interstate