Removing the feeding tube from our aging hipster plaid pants - Page 45

04-01-2005, 08:25 PM

This guy was pretty funny.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/01/arts/01hedberg.html

ltl/fb · 04-02-2005, 12:18 AM

(1) my best friend, who teaches english as a second language, or something like that, had her students fill out Venn diagrams with things that she and I do and do not have in common, entitled "Ms. Fringey's-Best-Friend & Her Best Friend" with the diagrams labeled "Facts about Ms. Fringey's-Best-Friend Only" "Facts that are the same for both" and "Facts about Fringe only." Conspicuously missing was anything about our feelings on Venn diagrams.

(2) Christ, they are from philly -- Terri Schaivo's sister:

Atticus Grinch · 04-02-2005, 01:20 AM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Uh, Suzanne Vega was singing as Luka, I do believe. Well, if you ask that's what I'll say, and it's not your business anyway.

Okay, now I'm crying.

I was on the fence about spanking, but then I remembered that I do The Opposite of childless hippie folksingers.

taxwonk · 04-02-2005, 03:05 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Sure. I'll never appear in front of him. As the new kid in the courthouse, he was assigned to family law cases. Besides, he's sued all of my big clients, so he'll have to recuse himself for a long time.

Uh, at least I think it's ok to get him a bottle of booze or gavel or "Here Come De Judge" t-shirt.

I'd go with a teenage asian hooker. For all you know, in 10 years he's going to be an appellate court judge and the tapes will be virtually [cue stupid Master Card commercial parody] priceless [/cue stupid Master Card commercial parody].

taxwonk · 04-02-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are we going to have to stop this board and spank y'all? Jesus fucking christ. This is aimed more at Less than at you. I mean, shit, it's one thing to hate each other and carp about perceivedly stupid posts, but the public announcements of off-board activities that ostentatiously exclude one person are just fucking ludicrous, not to mention rude and tacky.

I agree. BTW, just so you know, you are not invited to my flyover city tonight and I will assiduously avoid your edge of the country.

Atticus Grinch · 04-02-2005, 10:17 PM

How Slave/Paigow worked out in an alternate universe.

Hint: Better than in this one.

Atticus Grinch · 04-03-2005, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by Thurgood Marshall
From what I can see, she's not very good at it.

I've finally seen the Brown Bunny clip now, and while as a non-practitioner of the art in question, I don't feel qualified to comment on the oral technique, I've got to say this: Who wrote the fucking dialog?!? I've ad-libbed more profound stuff under similar circumstances. Imagine what I could do with a guy with an SGA card backing me up. I'd have Dalton Trumbo write all my dirty talk. "I'M SPARTACUS!"

Hank Chinaski · 04-03-2005, 07:50 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
(1) my best friend, who teaches english as a second language, or something like that, had her students fill out Venn diagrams with things that she and I do and do not have in common, entitled "Ms. Fringey's-Best-Friend & Her Best Friend" with the diagrams labeled "Facts about Ms. Fringey's-Best-Friend Only" "Facts that are the same for both" and "Facts about Fringe only." Conspicuously missing was anything about our feelings on Venn diagrams.

your friend sounds sad. First, she shouldn't let all that rabble know about her private life- it makes her sound desparate- but worse- she's such a devoted friend she's making lesson plans about you, and you aren't even sure what she teaches? When you guys go out together you get the first choice of which guy-don't you?

No offense, but sometimes you can seem a little self-absorbed and uncaring.

ltl/fb · 04-04-2005, 03:29 AM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
your friend sounds sad. First, she shouldn't let all that rabble know about her private life- it makes her sound desparate- but worse- she's such a devoted friend she's making lesson plans about you, and you aren't even sure what she teaches? When you guys go out together you get the first choice of which guy-don't you?

No offense, but sometimes you can seem a little self-absorbed and uncaring.

sigh. I would give you more detail about my and her private life, but it would make me sound desperate.

Anne Elk · 04-04-2005, 12:00 PM

With March Madness coming to an end, anyone interested in betting on who the next Pope will be?

Pope Pool

mmm3587 · 04-04-2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
With March Madness coming to an end, anyone interested in betting on who the next Pope will be?

Pope Pool

translation: Let's set up another pool for me to win.

Anne Elk · 04-04-2005, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
translation: Let's set up another pool for me to win.

ADL still has a chance. With my luck, Illinois will lose in some spectacular way.

mmm3587 · 04-04-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
ADL still has a chance. With my luck, Illinois will lose in some spectacular way.

BURN AT THE STAKE, BLASPHEMER!

Who won the Ivy League this year?

Alex_de_Large · 04-04-2005, 01:00 PM

TiVo'd it on friday and watched it yesterday. Holy CRAP! I wonder if they'll stick with the planned resumption in July?

Bad_Rich_Chic · 04-04-2005, 01:04 PM

Quick question re: dead Pope - did anyone else catch Paula Zahn on CNN's Friday Night Death Watch? The Mr. and I were flipping channels and happened upon Ms. Zahn, who usually annoys me only mildly, and spent the rest of the night debating whether she was (i) tweaking or (ii) just on a SHITLOAD of coke. 'Cause, damn, she was on something. It was actually disturbing watching her, with her eyes bugging out of her head and a Joker-style chicklet-teeth grin talking cheerfully about "this Pope's legacy - why don't you just give us a few items on that?" etc. Just ... frighteningly inappropriate in about every way. And weird weird weird.

Item 2 in funny dead-Pope news media moments: someone's Vatican correspondent being asked to explain the Blacks vs. the Whites as they relate to the papacy (they asked him to tell them who got to pay respects to the body before the public viewing, and one of the groups he listed was the Blacks). I mean, they did ask, but he actually started to TELL them. And they really, really didn't want to know. (He actually was doing a pretty good and surprisingly concise job of it when he noted the horror on the regular correspondents' faces and cut it off.)

Also amusing (well, to me; I thought of DTB) but unrelated to teh Pope was catching a bit of "10.5" (earthquakes make CA fall into the ocean) on the SciFi channel. One news report featured the caption "President Declares Marshal Law."