Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
So you think we should let the geezers* drive and place the rest of us at risk?

Where did I say that?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Where did I say that?

You didn't. But you said that people are loathe to take away driving privileges from old people because of guilt and fear and because of the slippery slope into a nursing home.

I was just pointing out that I am much more fearful of the damage a poor driver could do to emself and others by being allowed to remain on the road.

[Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago]

I think a righteous tiara would suit you well as an avatar as it would be an example of your use of another's idea to make yourself look clever and original. The irony is that your very use of such an image would prove the opposite. However the avatar is your chance to have a picture be worth a thousand words in describing yourself, so it would work, though perhaps not as well as a photo of a locker with Justin Timberlake's topless bod posted to it.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This one has matching slippers.



This one is pretty standard.


This is the truly righteous one, IMHO. How do you look in a wonder woman outfit? Edited to add: I am not trying to pick you up.

Damn, you're fast. Leagl is going to resize the truly righteous one for me. I will miss Clay's dorky elfin possibly-gay countenance, but he's a big fat loser now, so he can't be my avatar.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
While any reasonably coordinated moron with a short temper can blow someone's head off without being close enough to face the consequences, I imagine that it would be more of a psychological deterrent for some people to really have to look someone in the eye close-up to kill them, as with stabbing or other methods. And aside from the second amendment 'you survivalist gun-nut/you-damn-lefty-wussbag' debate, isn't cutting the number of completely stupid deaths over trivial crap the point?

Christ, buy a Rottweiler or even a pathetic little toy dog with a big voice--it scared off an intruder at my friend's recently, sight unseen.

Actually, I would prefer a crossbow to either the gun or the dog. Everyone is right when they say guns are too easy - both for the shooter and the target. I have visions of shooting the arrow down the hallway and hearing the THUMP as the bastard who broke into MY home and is threatening the safety of MY family is impaled and stuck to the wall where I can casually torment him until he dies.

The husband will not allow me to indulge in the crossbow fantasy. He is a cop so we have more than one gun in the house (apparently meeting definition of nutty that some people here hold). He protests the crossbow because while his vest would protect him if I shot him with a gun, the arrow would go through the vest and kill him (although it might be deflected by the center-mass knife plate if I struck him dead-on). Apparently, he fears that I may mistake him for an intruder someday --- hehehehehe.

Our son occasionally helps daddy clean his guns. The guns are supposed to be locked up but hubby regularly forgets and just leaves them on a high shelf in our dressing closet. Son has never been knwn to play with the guns. I have shot guns and it is kinda cool but not something I would do regularly. I like the smell of gunpowder -- kinda sexy.

On a final note, I am told by those who know that being shot sucks ass. Doing the shooting is apparently not all that pleasurable either unless you are a criminal who is not later caught and brought to justice.

edited to add that having a live-in bodyguard is one of the many plusses of marrying a cop -- don't forget handcuffs and being able to drive however the hell you please without fear of a ticket.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago
I think a righteous tiara would suit you well as an avatar as it would be an example of your use of another's idea to make yourself look clever and original. The irony is that your very use of such an image would prove the opposite. However the avatar is your chance to have a picture be worth a thousand words in describing yourself, so it would work, though perhaps not as well as a photo of a locker with Justin Timberlake's topless bod posted to it.

I thought you were done with me? You must really be in love with me to shower me with all this attention. I'm sorry, but it's just not going to work out for us. I don't date cranky old geezers.

I'm glad you approve of my proposed new avatar. I hope Justin likes it too. Justin, if you're reading this, call me!

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was just pointing out that I am much more fearful of the damage a poor driver could do to emself and others by being allowed to remain on the road.

Why not institute a mandatory driving or vision/reflex test every year or two after age 65 or 70 or whenever the Association of Eye Care Bigshots tell us our sight and response times start to suck?

Of course, I will get that age and whack the stupid young'un behind the DMV counter with my bag in rage at the presumption that I'm incompetent, but at least I won't plow into him in the parking lot if he grabs my keys from me first.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Why not institute a mandatory driving or vision/reflex test every year or two after age 65 or 70 or whenever the Association of Eye Care Bigshots tell us our sight and response times start to suck?

Of course, I will get that age and whack the stupid young'un behind the DMV counter with my bag in rage at the presumption that I'm incompetent, but at least I won't plow into him in the parking lot if he grabs my keys from me first.

I believe that a number of states have tried to pass such legislation but it was always shot down by the AARP-set as descriminatory against old people. I was run over by an old lady who claimed to never have seen me. Because of this wacky old bitch who should not have been driving I live with constant pain and had to give up certain sporting-type activities. These old fuckers are becoming a majority and they refuse to sit in the corner and decompose so watch out.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Actually, I would prefer a crossbow to either the gun or the dog. Everyone is right when they say guns are too easy - both for the shooter and the target. I have visions of shooting the arrow down the hallway and hearing the THUMP as the bastard who broke into MY home and is threatening the safety of MY family is impaled and stuck to the wall where I can casually torment him until he dies.

I am a fan of the crossbow too. We have one hanging on our living room wall. Unfortunately it is purely ornamental (although looks somewhat scary).

[Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago]

Originally posted by barely_legal
I thought you were done with me? You must really be in love with me to shower me with all this attention. I'm sorry, but it's just not going to work out for us. I don't date cranky old geezers.

I'm glad you approve of my proposed new avatar. I hope Justin likes it too. Justin, if you're reading this, call me!

You are very humorous. Do you constantly make people laugh in real life as well? Enjoy the avatar and let me know if I can help you be original and creative again. I understand that it is difficult to throw childish tantrums and be clever and funny at the same time as I have children. You have the PM address.

P.S. Is Lawyer Princess your mother?

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I am a fan of the crossbow too. We have one hanging on our living room wall. Unfortunately it is purely ornamental (although looks somewhat scary).

I would like to celebrate the umpteenth thing that GWNC and I have agreed upon. :cheers:

Hell, I disagree with myself more than I do with GWNC. Either we were separated at birth or were lovers in a past life. :bow: I take back everything bad that I have ever said about the people of Canada, their air force (and its one plane), their army (who has the bullets and who has the gun), and that joke about storming over the Peace Bridge and taking over the place with a slingshot (like we want to inherit their socialistic problems).

I :love: GWNC.

edited to note that I have finally hit 100 posts. :mr:

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
But it seems like he's too pleased with himself, and that he does the same dreck over and over again. He kinda reminds me of a federal judge, in that he makes so much money that it seems like his personality has been spoiled by it.

I don't think he's all that pleased with himself. He made it big by having a pliable face and an over-the-top personality (following Jerry Lewis' footsteps, I guess). There really was no one like him when he hit Hollywood.

I think the comment you just made is the reason why he tried to do different things. These types of comments and the fact that I think Hollywood went to his head and he wanted to be taken seriously are behind our having to shun movies like The Majestic. The question is why the need for the fundamnetal change? Is it because he's now around serious actors at the parties and awards shows that make him feel like he's less talented because he doesn't do drama? I've never understood this. Not everyone can be Tom Hanks. Why is being able to make people cry such a rewarded and highly regarded ability, while making people laugh is not? Are you any less of an actor because you have the ability to act silly? I think everyone in Hollywood takes themselves too seriously, though. Shit, why should I kiss your ass because you're good at dressing up and playing pretend? But, I digress.

I'm actually glad he's going back to what people want from him. He should act the fool. They're paying him $20 mil a flick for it. He shouldn't care that he never gets nominated.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
No, it's a prequel --- Harry and Lloyd when they met in high school. It has neither Carrey nor (thank God) Daniels. Here's the IMDB entry.

I always thought the Daniels' character should have been played by Farley. Now THAT would have been something.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago
I am certain that Soup feels relieved to once again have your valued praise instead of your inflammoratory, yet childish, insults. Your insipid name calling along with your brand of I-am-right-even-when-I-am-wrong-because-I-am-always-right banter surely must have been the inspiration for your moniker. Barely_legal, indeed.

My hands are beginning to feel unclean as I begin my journey down the slippery slope along that one way road to Lowest Common Denominatorville. I only meant to point out the hypocrisy of calling someone "stupid" for being "ignorant' while crying that the community had become too judgmental.

Lastly, Jesus has not "wept" "for god's sakes".

You're stupid.

TM

[evenodds]

Cranky people of the FB, rise up against the tyranny of the positive!

Defending the Right Not to Have a Nice Day
By WARREN ST. JOHN

. . .

Indeed, these are tough times for America's cranks, complainers and curmudgeons. Maybe because there's so much that is genuinely wrong — with threats of terrorism and a rotten economy — Americans just aren't in the mood for pessimism. And anyway, in a culture dominated by the relentlessly cheery ethos of the self-help movement, grumps and contrarians are frequently dismissed as mildly delusional, or worse, viewed as malignancies that must be isolated and cut out.

If there were any doubt that cranks are under siege, consider that on Wednesday a group calling itself Smile Mania is putting on a national event called the Great American Grump Out, which aims to do for cantankerousness what the Great American Smoke-Out did for tobacco addiction. Janice Hathy, a 55-year-old stress management consultant from Venice, Fla., has been promoting the Grump Out with a series of happiness exercises; she recently headed a "drive-by smiling" in which she and some local students stood at an intersection and flashed cardboard smiley-faces at passing motorists. On the big day, she said, she and a "grump patrol" will don clown-noses, blow bubbles and hand out bananas. ("When you look at them sideways, they look like smiles," she explained.) They plan to establish "no grumping zones" in her hometown and to urge their fellow citizens toward positivity and optimism.

Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/fashion/25GRUM.html