A frolic in Cambodia

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I'd at least use caution.

Moore, Demi. "Not very bright or talented." "Nicer than her reputation." Very nasty separation from Bruce Willis, although they may be back together. Never graduated from high school. Former high-priced Las Vegas callgirl. Achieved her breathy voice by permanently and deliberately damaging her vocal cords. Ego roughly the size of the Kingdome. Difficult to work with. Cheapskate. Former (and if reports are true current) drug user & abuser. More than one breast implant operation. $cientologist, but was forced to leave the cult by Willis when she tried to "convert" the kids. Bisexual, if not practising. Linked with Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Douglas, Emilio Estevez, Colin Farrell, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher (he's, what, a third her age? sheesh!), Rob Lowe, Tobey Maguire, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Ally Sheedy, and John Stamos.

http://www.geocities.com/mnussitch/gossip.html

I don't know what's worse, that she's a cheapskate, or that she's linked with Ally Sheedy. Bleccccch.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Ha! You don't even know who the old Thurgreed is anymore.
it you don't agree?

TM

The old Thurgreed would have never typed Ha! in a post.

(I miss him. *sniff*)

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Okay, so I was really behind you all during the Ponchos Suck discussion a few days ago, and I recall with horror (Horror!) the brown and white patterned poncho that my mom put me in as a kid (even worse, my sister had the same one, so we were matching goofballs), BUT I was shopping last night and I saw something I think qualifies as a poncho, but smaller - sort of a cross between a shrug and a poncho - in black cashmere, and I almost bought it.

So my questions are: will I incur the wrath of the FB if I buy this thing? Does the answer change at all if I spend a lot of time in a part of the country that is a little cool at night and warm during the day and the proposed Ponchoette (tm) would be a handy nighttime accessory? Am I just rationalizing here?

Talk me off the ledge or I'm going back to buy it this weekend.

Mrs. Not Bob has one like that (except it isn't cashmere) -- she bought it several months ago when she was in TCOTU, and is quite happy to wear it.

Granted, we live in Podunkville, so YMM, as they say, V. For context, she dislikes Ugg boots, never wears hose with open-toed shoes, likes those ugly designer purses, and thinks that SJP looks cute in the Gap ads.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by spookyfish
The old Thurgreed would have never typed Ha! in a post.

(I miss him. *sniff*)

Speaking of missing posters, where did str8 go? I miss hearing about who was dissing who at the Ivy, and the latest news from the Debbie Gibson fan club.

Memories, of the way we used to be.....

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I don't know what's worse, that she's a cheapskate, or that she's linked with Ally Sheedy. Bleccccch.

She was hot in St. Elmo's Fire.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think you're missing the point. I thought the Wheaties box was reserved for the cream of the crop. A special honor for those who have achieved unbelievable athletic success. If they put Randy Johnson on, it would be to acknowledge not only his great post season performance that year, but his stellar career (and that is why I noted Torre's and Smith's Hall credentials). Ortiz has two and a half good seasons and one great post season and he gets put on the cover? I don't think that's it. If it were, the box would be just his and wouldn't honor the Sox as team.

They are honoring the Sox for overcoming decades of futility. That's fine, but it seems out of place with what they usually do. Maybe they changed their approach when they decided to put the Diamondbacks on (that still makes no sense to me). That's fine. But then if winning the championship was the accomplishment that gets you on, where is Anaheim's box cover?

Is it regional now or something?

And I love that if I say anything about Boston, I'm bitter. I can't put their accomplishment into perspective without being bitter? The comeback against the Yankees was amazing. But, Jesus. If they had won the Series in 1995 do you honestly think they'd get the cover of the Wheaties box this year?

TM

Since we only have brief internet conversations, I don't know if you are bitter or not. I only mentioned it because the two instances that you brought up as being 'bones' both involved teams that beat the Yankees. Granted, there aren't a lot of current baseball examples on the list.

It's all marketing. They are expecting 5 million people for the parade tomorrow (yes, clearly the members of Red Sox nation need a life). How many of those people will be buying the Wheaties box to display in their basement Rec Rooms along with the photographs that boston.com and the Boston Herald are hawking. It will give them something to look at until the inevitable DVD of the season comes out around Christmas.

Even if they had won the WS last year, any team that comes back from 3-0 against any other team deserves recognition. This year David Ortiz happened to be one of the faces associated with that event. Damon is just odd looking, nobody would know who Mark Bellhorn was and even up here we're sick of the Schilling bloody sock stuff.

Which reminds me of question I've had - does baseball have a higher percentage of born again Christians than other sports or is it just the Red Sox?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Right.

Demi Topless: http://www.cool-celebs.com/galleries/demi_moore2.jpg





She's hideous. Wouldn't touch her.

TM

I remember when she was doing promotion work for GI Jane, she went on Letterman and did a running front flip coming onto the set. Her tits did not move. That's right; her tits did not move.

A man could get hurt. That's all I'm saying.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
The slogan for Wheaties is "The Breakfast of Champions" after all, and they are champions. I'm not sure I understand your criticism. Even if they don't do it every year, I'm not sure that matters. My guess is that they figured they'd sell a bunch of boxes of Wheaties (and, as a result, make bunches of cash) if they put a Red Sox player on the box. But maybe I lack the requisite deference to the inherent value of the space on the front of the Wheaties box.

Good point. Maybe I'm the only one who wonders why they don't do it every year. I don't really give a shit that Wheaties has some strange reasons behind their assignment of box covers -- hell, maybe it's all market-based. It just seems strange to me. And if I were a Boston fan, I wouldn't like it.

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
(actually I think it is a little bit weird that they always put the Super Bowl champs on the box, but they don't automatically do so for other sports. or I would find it weird if I wasn't convinced that the NFL is the best professional sports league in the US.)

What's weird is that they seem to consistently do it for Super Bowl Champs but pick and choose for baseball. What makes one year's champs better than another?

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by spookyfish
The old Thurgreed would have never typed Ha! in a post.

(I miss him. *sniff*)

Good one! Lol.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Since we only have brief internet conversations, I don't know if you are bitter or not. I only mentioned it because the two instances that you brought up as being 'bones' both involved teams that beat the Yankees. Granted, there aren't a lot of current baseball examples on the list.

I used the examples you gave me. But, who am I going to pick out of the recent years that you wouldn't think I was bitter about? Anaheim? Florida? They all beat us.

Originally posted by Anne Elk
It's all marketing. They are expecting 5 million people for the parade tomorrow (yes, clearly the members of Red Sox nation need a life). How many of those people will be buying the Wheaties box to display in their basement Rec Rooms along with the photographs that boston.com and the Boston Herald are hawking. It will give them something to look at until the inevitable DVD of the season comes out around Christmas.

Instant collector's item. I agree. That answers why it was done. I just wondered if Boston fans felt the way I did about whether it should have been done, but you seem to have addressed that already and do so again in your next paragraph.

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Even if they had won the WS last year, any team that comes back from 3-0 against any other team deserves recognition. This year David Ortiz happened to be one of the faces associated with that event. Damon is just odd looking, nobody would know who Mark Bellhorn was and even up here we're sick of the Schilling bloody sock stuff.

Okay. I see your point. I disagree, but that makes sense.

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Which reminds me of question I've had - does baseball have a higher percentage of born again Christians than other sports or is it just the Red Sox?

I don't know about being born again. But sooo many players are deeply religious.

TM

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
She was hot in St. Elmo's Fire.

Talk about suspension of disbelief.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I remember when she was doing promotion work for GI Jane, she went on Letterman and did a running front flip coming onto the set. Her tits did not move. That's right; her tits did not move.

A man could get hurt. That's all I'm saying.

Well since she's already had a couple of breast augmentations, maybe one more won't hurt.

LONDON - British biotechnology firm AorTech is moving towards clinical trials of what it says are “next generation” breast implants that are less prone to leaking and rupturing and feel more natural.

Elast-Eon implants could take 10 percent of the $600-million-a-year global market, Chief Executive Frank Maguire told Reuters on Friday following a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Breast implants have been around since the 1960s but have been dogged by controversy since the 1990s. Critics say silicones often leak from the gel-filled devices, causing cancer and neurological diseases.

As a result, some 90 percent of the U.S. market uses saline-filled implants. Scientists have been working on cross-linking the molecules in silicone-gel implants to prevent leaching, but their texture has become increasingly firm.

“Now they’re too firm,” said Maguire. “And saline implants are like bags of water.”

Trials of implants filled with peanut oil and soy-bean oil have come to nothing, he said.
“Elast-Eon is a very clean material that is free of the silicone oil that has been leaching out of gel-filled devices for the past 20 to 30 years,” said Maguire. “And we can move back into the softer range that more naturally simulates breast tissue.”

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
In my opinion, the Diamondbacks and the Sox were thrown a bone.

I guess there's something about their business model I don't understand -- I thought Wheaties was selling cereal. I saw that box and thought, "we are many, we are happy, and we eat breakfast!"

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What's weird is that they seem to consistently do it for Super Bowl Champs but pick and choose for baseball. What makes one year's champs better than another?

At the risk of yet again failing to stp about BoSox-related stuff, in most of the country, I think people care more about football than baseball. More fans in most places, I think, would rather their team won the Super Bowl than the World Series. New England is an exception to this, though.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Okay, so I was really behind you all during the Ponchos Suck discussion a few days ago, and I recall with horror (Horror!) the brown and white patterned poncho that my mom put me in as a kid (even worse, my sister had the same one, so we were matching goofballs), BUT I was shopping last night and I saw something I think qualifies as a poncho, but smaller - sort of a cross between a shrug and a poncho - in black cashmere, and I almost bought it.

So my questions are: will I incur the wrath of the FB if I buy this thing?

Yes. Absolutely. Call it what you want, but a poncho is a poncho. Makes people wonder what you're covering up.

Matching goofballs. That's funny. My mom made matching outfits for us once - I hated it. What is it with moms and the matching outfits anyway?