Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Not Bob

Apropos of nothing, I suggest that volleyball players are to guys what lacrosse players are to the lay-dees. Uh, or so I hear.

Are you implying that a disproportionate number of lax players are lesbians, or am I misconstruing your statement?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I suggest that volleyball players are to guys what lacrosse players are to the lay-dees.

Huh? They're curiously tall, and wear those weird panties during games. Swimmers and/or divers hold much more appeal.

Unless you're talking about beach volleyballers, in which case you're talking about a stripper-athlete hybrid, which isn't bad at all. BUt you don't find many of them in college, just on the beach.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Wow. I own 118 of those albums.

Albums are so 20th century.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
beach volleyballers, in which case you're talking about a stripper-athlete hybrid, which isn't bad at all. BUt you don't find many of them in college, just on the beach.

for those trying to guess Burger's real identify, here's another factoid- he did not attend UC Santa Cruz.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
for those trying to guess Burger's real identify, here's another factoid- he did not attend UC Santa Cruz.

You don't find many students at UC Santa Cruz. You find them on the beach.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by evenodds
Edited to add: this is my favorite entry:
422. The Best of the Girl Groups, Volumes 1 and 2 , Various Artists

That is really funny. I noticed that there was some sort of various artists compilation (I think in the top 100). In light of the fact it was eligible, I'm surprised that the Ronco disco compilition that I telephone ordered in 1979 didn't make the list. Ronco knows music.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Perhaps I wasn't clear. It's not whether you bothered to match the shoes and the belt, it's whether you cared enough to pay $100 for one or not in the first place.

You are absolutely right about paying up front for a nice pair of shoes being thrifty, but be honest - did you have a pair of Ferragamos when you were 21? Or did the thought of paying $400 for shoes instead of drugs strike you as stupid? I'm willing to bet that you didn't buy your first pair of $400 shoes until you stopped drinking beer for breakfast. It's not all about the $$ per se, but a man who wears nice shoes (and has them polished and doesn't walk the heels off and doesn't have tattered laces) will typically have come to a realization that money spent properly isn't stupid. I'm still not being clear - just think about yourself. If I saw you in a bar with your Guccis, I wouldn't necessarily say anything, but I would give you the time of day waay before I would waste my time talking to a guy who wore some ratty old adidas.

I'm just saying - this is how the girls talk (the ones I know anyway). If you don't think a girl notices when a guy has walked the heels off his shoes, or walked the hem off his pants, think again.

Actually, I always wore good shoes. My old man turned me on to Aldens when I was a kid and I've worn them as a staple since. The damn things never give up. I've had hiking boots that died quicker. The Alden loafer is also one of the few loafers you can wear with a suit, and I hate wearing lace-ups.

I have only a few pairs of the Ferragamo/Gucci stuff and only purchased it because my wife said the Aldens are too stuffy and conservative. I don't care too much for the Ferragamos and rarely wear them, but the Gucci loafers are pretty comfortable.

Who gives a shit what "the girls" talk about. Most of the chicks you're referring to have shit for brains anyway, and are only worth fucking and chucking. Those you'd really want to meet are open-minded enough not to judge a man solely by his shoes.

You should reconsider your approach to men. If you talked to me in my expensive shoes you'd be flirting with a high maintenance pain in the ass who's probably more trouble than he's worth. If you talked to my buddy who owns his own company but is wearing a ski parka and a pair of jeans you'd probably meet a much more centered cat who'll probably retire just about the time I'm losing my ass again in the market...

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Don't forget Long Island. CW Post always seems to field a powerful team of homegrown kids.

There was a great piece by John Seabrook in The New Yorker about the game a few years back. Link to article here.

[Grape_Ape]

Wow, a Dead tribute song. I am truly honored.

And thank you for changing that wretched moving, blinking, Times Square before Giuliani avatar. But I have to say the cartoon avatar is only a mild improvement. While it isnt annoying, it should be avoided. Why? Look at the posters who have them. They are highly unoriginal, convey nothing about the poster, and generally indicate in my mind, a modicum of laziness (ie you downloaded it from here or some other avatar website). I note that yours matches your moniker perfectly, but I suspect that you probably stumbled across an avatar, decided to make a sock, and then named it after the avatar. Sort of a reverse genesis of the sock identity, but who could resist that flshy, purple moving ape thing you had?

In any event, thank you.

Take it, take it Paigow P., just don't tell them that you love me.

You're welcome for the tribute. But know that I didn't stumble across an avatar, the identity came first. (Could it possibly have to do with the fact that I drink lots of grape juice post work outs? Or that in this blizzardy weather, the jizzcicles I spew might be grape infused? Or that my natural hirsute propensity, now nicely manscaped, combined with my affinity and radiation of the unfermented fruit of the vine, might have garnered me a nickname?)

Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me,
Please change your views on cartoons, my darling Paigow P.

[DFH's_Shit_Shoveler]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Actually, I always wore good shoes. My old man turned me on to Aldens when I was a kid and I've worn them as a staple since. The damn things never give up. I've had hiking boots that died quicker. The Alden loafer is also one of the few loafers you can wear with a suit, and I hate wearing lace-ups.

I have only a few pairs of the Ferragamo/Gucci stuff and only purchased it because my wife said the Aldens are too stuffy and conservative. I don't care too much for the Ferragamos and rarely wear them, but the Gucci loafers are pretty comfortable.

Who gives a shit what "the girls" talk about. Most of the chicks you're referring to have shit for brains anyway, and are only worth fucking and chucking. Those you'd really want to meet are open-minded enough not to judge a man solely by his shoes.

You should reconsider your approach to men. If you talked to me in my expensive shoes you'd be flirting with a high maintenance pain in the ass who's probably more trouble than he's worth. If you talked to my buddy who owns his own company but is wearing a ski parka and a pair of jeans you'd probably meet a much more centered cat who'll probably retire just about the time I'm losing my ass again in the market...

I am late for work so the shoveling is delayed. Look where you step as I hate to see a nice pair of Ferragamos wasted.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by DFH's_Shit_Shoveler
I am late for work so the shoveling is delayed. Look where you step as I hate to see a nice pair of Ferragamos wasted.

Now this is a worthy sock. (hi e/o!)

[AngryMulletMan]

We may have been over all this before, but the Canadians are all over lacrosse:

Even worse than Mercedes-Benz naming their new crossover concept the GST (Grand Sport Tourer), not a particularly positive association with the much hated Goods & Services Tax (GST) in our country, General Motors has named a car the 'masturbation'.

Although to most Canadians lacrosse is the name of a sport, it has a far different meaning in Quebec. Buick's LaCrosse (concept shown) will be renamed for Canada. (Photo: General Motors)
Its Buick LaCrosse concept that has just been announced for production, lacrosse a name most Canadians know as an indigenous peoples' sport, is slang for masturbation in Quebec, embarrassing GM officials according to the domestic automaker.

http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/...py?artid=18027

[purse junkie]

Where the hell can I find good *dark* chocolate gelt? The artificial 'milk chocolate' crap from CVS is not going to cut it. Sweet tooths of the FB, please help!

Also, Sebby's just wrong on shoes. Nice ones are not a dealbreaker. But most guys set the fashion/grooming bar so low with the same pair of half-poly Dockers and dead-dot-com polo shirt that it's an easy way to show you're not a tasteless blockhead. Why not give yourself an edge?

And if you have nice shoes but are still an ass, the women will figure it out fast anyway. So don't worry about well-shod losers getting quality play.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie


Also, Sebby's just wrong on shoes. Nice ones are not a dealbreaker. . . .

And if you have nice shoes but are still an ass, the women will figure it out fast anyway. So don't worry about well-shod losers getting quality play.

Well, that and pairing loafers, no matter how nice, with a suit.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Where the hell can I find good *dark* chocolate gelt? The artificial 'milk chocolate' crap from CVS is not going to cut it.

And isn't gelt like passover wine: doomed to be horrible tasting for eternity through over-sweetness?