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

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I no longer place all the blame on Cashman and Steinbrenner for losing Pettitte. It looks to me like his mind was made up long ago (as NotBob seemed to have known).

I no longer place all the blame on Ted Kaczynski for the Unabomber thing. After reading a long interview with him, it looks to me like these people all blew themselves up.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Um.... are you free for dinner tonight?

Sidd(very, very turned on)Finch

Back off, Shoeless Joe.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
[diamonds are awful]...I like the idea thatits a phycial manifestation of our marriage, but I think all those things could be accomplished much much more cheaply.

True, dear. But a topless tattoo of your wife with the scrolling words "she's mine" emblazoned on your hairy bicep simply doesn't have the same cachet.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Yeah, like by having a kid.

Seriously? Kids are way more expensive than diamonds.

On a related topic, did anyone else hear the news story about this teenager who killed both of his parents because they were hassling him about "partying"? I heard it on the news, but I cannot find a cite to it online. I will keep trying.

Note to Sebby - reason 402 not to have kids. If they don't get pregnant or get arrested, they may end up killing you. Having kids is a real crap shoot.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
And sorry, but the wine-pairing is for people incapable of making a decision on their own.

Must disagree, but it depends on the head chef and wine director and whether they just give you the cheaper stuff in the wine pairing. The same white won't be as good with all "white wine" courses and neither will the same red. It all depends on the ingredients. A good wine director can pick out a wine that best complements each course.

So unless you have a large enough group to order multiple bottles or you can order single glasses of the wine you want for each course, wine pairing isn't a bad idea.

That being said, I have a low tolerance for alcohol so the last time I went to a multi-course dinner with wine matched to each, I was feeling pretty tipsy by the time we got to the Chateau d'Yquem but how can you pass up the nectar of the gods? That was the best dinner ever -- Latour was the Bordeaux.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I want to dine with [Sidd]. Platonically, of course. NTTAWWT.

It's really not much fun. He dribbles his martinis, mumbles a lot about working too hard, falls asleep at the dinner table, then bolts after ordering but before the meal arrives.

If it wasn't for the great hand job he gave me in his sleep, the whole evening would have been a waste of time.

[purse junkie]

You Should Tell Your Dumb Bitch Mistress Not to Text-Message You:

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/artic...usbands_penis/

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
How many watches do you need? I have one dressy one and one sport, and no one sees either as I wear french cuffed shirts (go ahead, call me a fucking nancy boy). If I wasn't in dire need of the date, which I constantly forget, I'd probably have no reason to wear a watch at all.

I assume you're a collector.

Yes, I am a collector. I collet them because I like them, because I've been given several very nice ones, and because my son loves them and I intend to pass them along to him one day.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Not Me
Seriously? Kids are way more expensive than diamonds.

Long-time lurker, my ass.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
*I peed in your pool! I peed in your pool! Yay!

**ABBA, you listening?

I hear you, but being wise I already knew you peed in my pool because I have that magic stuff that makes pee look like blood in the water.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I no longer place all the blame on Cashman and Steinbrenner for losing Pettitte. It looks to me like his mind was made up long ago (as NotBob seemed to have known).

Here is a breakdown of the negotiations: [bunch of Cashman's comments deleted]

Interesting that no entries such as "George took him to Monday Night Football game" or "George visited him at his home" or "George took him to dinner" appear on the Yankees web site. I guess George didn't want to get personally invovled in what was allegedly the highest-priority contract to be signed for the Yankees this off-season.

Look, that guy they got from the Expos is good, and Brown is as well. The point is that Pettite has won around 150 games for the Yankees, and a lot of his playoff and World Series wins came after some other schmoe lost the previous game. Maybe his wife would never have let him re-up with New York, but how do you let him go with so little effort? I can't count the number of times that I've seen some reference in the press to George schmoozing Sheffield -- why on earth didn't he pick up the phone even once to call Petitte?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Fugee
A good wine director can pick out a wine that best complements each course.

Not always. God seems like a pretty smart guy, but he keeps pairing Manischewitz with lamb. After 4,000 years of this shit, even Elijah stopped showing up for dinner. And he was a total wingnut, for chrissake.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by purse junkie
You Should Tell Your Dumb Bitch Mistress Not to Text-Message You:

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/artic...usbands_penis/

Hmmm. That is kind of wierd, though, that she cut it off and then brought it to the hospital wrapped in cloth. Didn't Loraina Bobbet throw John's in a field or something?

I like the quote, though, "[i]t wasn't immediately clear if charges will be filed against the woman."

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Fugee
A good wine director can pick out a wine that best complements each course.

The operative word being "can". Call me a cynic but I'm betting that at most for-profit restaurants that have scores of bottles (or more) of wine on their wine lists and an inventory of each to back up the listing, I think there are other factors that go into the wine director's choice of the wine. Especially when they sense that their patron doesn't know too much.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by purse junkie
You Should Tell Your Dumb Bitch Mistress Not to Text-Message You:

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/artic...usbands_penis/

She cuts off his penis, and it's "not known if charges will be brought against her"?

Tough jurisdiction.