Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Apropos of nothing, George lives in Tampa, which makes the Opening Day Sponsored by Ricoh (tm) loss to the friggen Devil Rays (home of Yanks in Exile Lou Pinella and Don Zimmer) all the more schadenfreudish.

But I digress. A rebuttal to Mister No More:

Pedro hates the cold
Yet came back from crappy start
to keep the Sox close.

Pedro in Boston...
this year, just like last year, no?
Velocity gone?

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Do people really wear over-the-calf socks? I tried a pair once and they make you feel like a dork even though you're the only one who knows you have them on. Plus they make your leg all itchy.

TM

I feel like I should be 80, wearing shorts and mowing my lawn in sandals when I don them.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I'm usually too busy buying...Rolex cock rings to notice.

Perpetual motion?

TM

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
I remember being dragged to see this when visiting friends in Brussels....why is this a tourist attraction? I still don't get it.

You're an American. We're not allowed to take Renaissance works in stride until we've had one of our own.

It's a remarkable piece not because it's technically groundbreaking, but because it's stunning that someone had the temerity to put it in a public square in 1619. A person doing so today would be prosecuted by Ashcroft. It proves that the past wasn't what people like Ashcroft say it was. As long as it does so, people will drag their philistine American friends to see it.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch


It's a remarkable piece not because it's technically groundbreaking, but because it's stunning that someone had the temerity to put it in a public square in 1619. A person doing so today would be prosecuted by Ashcroft.

At the risk of repeating myself, Kozlowski's party planners would have also proven themselves prescient had they chosen this statute for their vodka fountain.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Get over yourself. It was not a taunt at the fact that he doesn't wear name-brand socks - which he obviously has tried, but the fact that who the hell doesn't know where the fuck their socks came from? If you bought them, you'd know. It was the only explanation.

You're hopeless. Do you actually live with a man? I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own; and even if they did, since most of the socks probably look alike, who the hell would remember which pair came from what store and which brand it was after it's been worn, laundered, and mixed in with all the other socks in the drawer? Mens' socks are largely fungible (unless the man is a dandy) and only deserve attention when they are falling down and annoying the crap out of him.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Do people really wear over-the-calf socks? I tried a pair once and they make you feel like a dork even though you're the only one who knows you have them on. Plus they make your leg all itchy.

TM

They're better than old man garters. Or maybe you prefer garters? They'd at least give you a place to tuck your gambling winnings. Oh..... I'm sorry.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You're hopeless. Do you actually live with a man? I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own; and even if they did, since most of the socks probably look alike, who the hell would remember which pair came from what store and which brand it was after it's been worn, laundered, and mixed in with all the other socks in the drawer? Mens' socks are largely fungible and only deserve attention when they are falling down and annoying the crap out of you, unless the men are dandies.

You pick the oddest topics to get all opinionated and judgmental about.

My knightette in shining ardor...

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You're hopeless. Do you actually live with a man? I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own; and even if they did, since most of the socks probably look alike, who the hell would remember which pair came from what store and which brand it was after it's been worn, laundered, and mixed in with all the other socks in the drawer? Mens' socks are largely fungible (unless the man is a dandy) and only deserve attention when they are falling down and annoying the crap out of him.

Honey? Is that you?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Do people really wear over-the-calf socks? I tried a pair once and they make you feel like a dork even though you're the only one who knows you have them on. Plus they make your leg all itchy.

TM

Actually, some pretty bad-assed guys do.

[Effete Liberal Snob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You're hopeless. Do you actually live with a man? I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own; and even if they did, since most of the socks probably look alike, who the hell would remember which pair came from what store

Do socks come from a store?

All this time, I just assumed the chauffeur knitted them.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own

Who gives socks as a gift, other than Penske?

The only way I remember the brand is that it's essentially the only choice offered . . I go to the same damn counter in the same corner of the dingy downtown hecht's and load up once a year.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Effete Liberal Snob
Do socks come from a store?

All this time, I just assumed the chauffeur knitted them.

Like I said, most socks look alike.

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You're hopeless. Do you actually live with a man? I bet half the men on this board haven't bought the majority of the socks they own; and even if they did, since most of the socks probably look alike, who the hell would remember which pair came from what store and which brand it was after it's been worn, laundered, and mixed in with all the other socks in the drawer? Mens' socks are largely fungible (unless the man is a dandy) and only deserve attention when they are falling down and annoying the crap out of him.

Must be true, because I borrowed someone's socks and got fungible that was really hard to get rid of. Other than actually buying socks myself, the rest of what you speak is true.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Who gives socks as a gift, other than Penske?

The only way I remember the brand is that it's essentially the only choice offered . . I go to the same damn counter in the same corner of the dingy downtown hecht's and load up once a year.

They're not gifts in the special occasion sense. They're essentials that magically appear after the woman has been out shopping. In that sense, they're just like the manly-scented shaving cream and deodorant that also appear before the supply is completely gone.