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

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
"when asshole known as Partner "

Can we find a better descriptor, here, please?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Another tip: When using the old "caught in a circus train" excuse for being late, make sure the circus is actually in town. As the saying goes, good judgment comes from experience, which comes from bad judgment.

I just want to say that you have been so funny lately that I have almost forgotten whatever you did that made me publicly disavow you.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So I get it out of my system by telling it to myself. If asked, I just say "female problems" and am never pressed for details.

You didn't start using that excuse at, say, age 12?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Mr. Anderson, I am mainly sure the IRS knows I am mostly corret when I say you won't get audited.

Okay, I am sure it's the meds, but could I get a translation here, please?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Wait for the asshole to ask you, then say "personal issue, won't happen again" politely and click your pen or adjust your glasses to give body language that says "I'm not discussing it and lets move on to the business at hand."

I plan to use this next time Mr. Kiss asks me where I've been.

[pony_trekker]

Best thing to say:

"Sorry I'm late." If that. No explanation necessary.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You didn't start using that excuse at, say, age 12?

I wasted much of my youth believing that such a thing would be anti-feminist and demonstrate a lack of integrity.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Even if you are some academic tax lawyer, appearance is, if not everything, a hugely disproportional factor (though the most effective "image" to project may vary from area to area).

Not knowing your audience can kill you. When I used to show up in court in any of the various Bumfuck, Northern Minnesota courtrooms, I had my "special" suit on (think "Salvation Army") and my "special" shoes (think "ditchdigging".) If I wasn't getting homied, and instead faced some other Cities lawyer who spiffed up, I'd end up having a casual conversation with the judge while prettyboy-or-girl shuffled their papers, or getting jurors to talk to me instead of doing the reticent act that they did with pretty-whatever.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Red shirt, no pants or underwear, something sticking out of my ass:

I needed to see this again.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by bilmore
. . . or getting jurors to talk to me instead of doing the reticent act that they did with pretty-whatever.

The way you "accidentally" dropped C- notes on the floor certainly helped.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'm generally against lying in interviews anymore. My dress is who I am. If you don't dig the threads, you won't like me, so we shouldn't work together.

Fantastic. I am wearing my paint-covered ass-ripped jeans and ancient buttersoft holey t-shirt to my next meeting.

If I'm forced into lawyer drag, though, I did just pick up a drop-dead sexy charcoal grey pant suit on massive sale. I don't do skirts.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
If asked, I just say "female problems" and am never pressed for details.

Note that this qualifies for the Costanza Rule for those of us with female bosses and/or wives. Just don't tell her that the "female problem" is her.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Hey Pot-Calling-the-Kettle-Black known as Paigow, I'll stop inventing stuff first said by someone else when you do. Until then, ____________known as __________ was invented by man-pleaser extraordinaire known as me.

You DID invent it. She was pointing out (using Sebbyspeak as part of the joke - hence the "cat" and "chick" lines) that she didn't buy the navy suit.

You, on the other hand, are using it not specifically as Sebbyspeak, but rather as a I'm-being-condescending-to-mom/dad/etc-by-referring-to-mom/dad/etc-as-a-name-other-than-what-you'd-normally-call-them-but-just-to-sarcastically-clarify-I-mean-mom/dad/etc.

Congratulations, man-pleaser known as bnb.

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
You DID invent it. She was pointing out (using Sebbyspeak as part of the joke - hence the "cat" and "chick" lines) that she didn't buy the navy suit.

You, on the other hand, are using it not specifically as Sebbyspeak, but rather as a I'm-being-condescending-to-mom/dad/etc-by-referring-to-mom/dad/etc-as-a-name-other-than-what-you'd-normally-call-them-but-just-to-sarcastically-clarify-I-mean-mom/dad/etc.

Thank you Immature Misogynististic Whiffer known as Coltrane

[bilmore]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
The way you "accidentally" dropped C- notes on the floor certainly helped.

Yeah, but up there, you drop crumpled notes. Here in the city, they need to be fresh and crisp.