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

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I can't believe I am both thinking this and admitting this, but I saw Billy Bob on Inside the Actors Stuido, and for the frst time ever, I could see his appeal. I was shocked myself.

And I hear he is hung.

I think I find even Jack Klugman a little less disturbing.

He just seems a little too....Deliverance.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I can't believe I am both thinking this and admitting this, but I saw Billy Bob on Inside the Actors Stuido, and for the frst time ever, I could see his appeal. I was shocked myself.

And I hear he is hung.

I have heard that too. The other person who is/was surprisingly hung (from what I've heard, not first hand experience) is Uncle Milty. He apparently whipped it out for one of the SNL writers b/c it had taken on mythological proportions. The writer was standing in the dressing room with Milton Berle with his (as he called it ) snake pulled out when Gilda Radner walked in...

(still enjoying the SNL book)

[Edited to fix typo]

[NotFromHere]

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And if you're in the mood - a very disturbing video about beavers and brocolli.


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[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That would depend on whatever lie the woman is intending to tell you. For example, if she plans to tell you she's been with 10, then 15 would be about right.

Once you're past a certain point, especially by comparison to the other person, does it really matter? If your potential is at 10, is there a difference between 25 and 100?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That would depend on whatever lie the woman is intending to tell you. For example, if she plans to tell you she's been with 10, then 15 would be about right.

No, no, no. I understand the concept of matching your lie to someone else's lie, but the best response is, "Sweetheart, in my mind it's just you. It's always been just you. You're the only one I've ever been with because you're the only one I have ever been able to give my heart to." Of course the person won't buy it, but they'll give you points for trying.

And PP: I don't know what my number is either, although I have a general idea. It is not something I would ever tell someone I wanted to not think about it every time we deposed each other. I tried to count it up a few years ago but then it got all confusing with what counts and what doesn't and with not recalling names, evenings, etc. Also, I'm not sure what's worse--knowing that your current SO has only been with one person but loved (or still loves, in some way shape or form) that person, or knowing that your SO was (is?) a slut who did not have emotional attachments pre-you.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Once you're past a certain point, especially by comparison to the other person, does it really matter? If your potential is at 10, is there a difference between 25 and 100?

Guess that depends on the potential. Personally I think if the person goes crazy (or if he or she feels you have been with too many or too few people to be comfortable) then it is just as well to find out before it goes too far. Move on to someone else then.

[Not Bob]

I think that the standard rule is Don't Ask/Don't Tell -- and this applies both to issues of quantity (numbers of partners) and quality (non-traditional positions, locales, props, etc.).

I mean, does one really want to know that The Love Of One's Life had 64 partners and used to play Partner and Associate ("I said to use Times Roman font for the draft prospectus! Now, drop your pants" WHACK "Owwww! I'm sorry, Ms. Rainmaker") with his ex-girlfriend?

[dtb]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
FWIW, summers, on women appropriateness = covered skin. Rules on covering skin:

cover your shoulders entirely.
cover your back entirely.
cover your middle entirely.
no visible cleavage (yes, that means if you are flat chested you can get away with lower cut tops; no one ever said life was fair).
wear a bra.
skirts should end not more than 2 inches above the top of your knee cap, and less if your legs are short.
slits in skirts should end no higher than mid-thigh while sitting down with your legs crossed at the knee.
do not wear anything you HAVE to wear a thong under.

Concur. Isn't it incredible that this needs to be spelled out?!? The last summer I was at a firm, it was abuzz with the sartorial missteps of one particular female summer associate. On more than one occasion, there was bare stomach involved and there was much hand-wringing over who was going to tell her that she was working as a summer associate, not a lifeguard. I can't remember how it was resolved, but I think someone did end up "speaking" with her (can't remember if it was a female partner, or her "summer buddy" -- also a female.)

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
On shoes:
If you are wearing a shoe with a heel over 2 inches, it really should cover your toes and, preferably, have at least a strap over your heel. Slut potential for strappy heels varies on the height and width of the heel, the width of strappiness and on the rest of the costume (you can get away with flimsier shoes with trousers than with a skirt).
If you do not cover your toes, do not wear hose and do get a pedicure.

Concur.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

Do not wear anything that wraps around your ankle, it is too bondage.
Do not wear anything that could be called a "flip-flop," either based on style or sound.

Must dissent. I have seen shoes (particularly this season) that have ankle straps and they are quite fetching and not at all suggestive of bondage (NTTAWWT, of course). Of course, it's kind of like pornography -- in that I know it [inappropriate footwear] when I see it -- but I cannot agree that "ankle strap" is an automatic deal killer.

Partial dissent on the flip-flop thing. Mules (which sometimes make a flip-flop sound, especially when stepping down a flight of stairs) can be a very professional summer look, and the occasional slapping sound should not disqualify an otherwise tasteful shoe from one's summer shoe wardrobe. In fact, I'm wearing a pair today, and must say, I look smashing, she said modestly. Then again, I'm not a summer associate, but still...

If I had to come up with a golden rule for summer associate wardrobe selection, it would have to be, "If you're questioning whether it's appropriate, it probably isn't." (This, of course, is useless for that apparently broad spectrum of [mostly] gals who seem to have no clue as to what is and is not appropriate, but then again, adages are a real bear to impart for that very reason -- one size never really fits all.)

[idle acts]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Once you're past a certain point, especially by comparison to the other person, does it really matter? If your potential is at 10, is there a difference between 25 and 100?

I think most people would say there is a huge difference between 25 and 100, just in terms of the self-respect/respect for others factor. (I mean, unless you are over a 100 yourself, you can't have had any sort of actual relationship with any one of the 100 partners, can you?) Unless you are a gay man, of course, and then all bets are off.

FWIW - I hate the numbers game, and I have absolutely no idea what mine is (The college years were a slutty prelude to my current staid serial monagamy). Therefore, when asked, my number is always 9. Not so few that the other person thinks you are too new at the game, and not likely to be significantly higher or lower than the person asking the question.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I have heard that too. The other person who is/was surprisingly hung (from what I've heard, not first hand experience) is Uncle Milty. He apparently whipped it out for one of the SNL writers b/c it had taken on mythological proportions. The writer was standing in the dressing room with Milton Berle with his (as he called it ) snake pulled out when Gilda Radner walked in...

(still enjoying the SNL book)

[Edited to fix typo]

I believe he refers to it as "The Boy" and, when asked about it, said, "oh you haven't seen The Boy?" and whipped it out.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Once you're past a certain point, especially by comparison to the other person, does it really matter? If your potential is at 10, is there a difference between 25 and 100?

This number thing is so stupid.

I'm not even sure why someone would care how many people you have slept with, so long as you're not going to give them something. Do you need the number because you are going to say - oh no, this girl has slept with 126* men, therefore she (i) has real self-esteem problems and probably really high-maintenance, (ii) has AIDS or something like that** (iii) may know more than I do about the art of love, (iv) may cheat on me - and therefore she's history. Or are you looking to say (v) woo hoo, I got me a nympho!!

Reason number (v) is the only acceptable reason for asking for someone's numbers.



*number pulled randomly out of hat
** If this is the answer you want, just ask the question more directly - i.e. do you have AIDS or something similar?

[Austintatious]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss And PP: I don't know what my number is either, although I have a general idea. It is not something I would ever tell someone I wanted to not think about it every time we deposed each other. I tried to count it up a few years ago but then it got all confusing with what counts and what doesn't and with not recalling names, evenings, etc.

I have a general idea, but I haven't really stopped to count.

From conversations I have had with female friends, most of us lie anyway. I think the general rule has been "it doesn't count if he didn't buy you dinner."

Austin(only intercourse counts)tatious

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by bilmore
None on my list are like that. Icky.

Here's an old joke for bilmore who's still not talking to me.

A man and a woman who have never met before find themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train. After the initial embarrassment and uneasiness, they both go to sleep.

The man in the upper berth, and the woman in the lower berth. In the middle of the night the man leans over, wakes the woman and says, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm awfully cold and I was wondering if you could possibly reach over and get me another blanket?

The woman leans out and, with a glint in her eye says, "I have a better idea, just for tonight let's pretend that we are married." The man happily says, "OK. AWESOME!"

The woman says "GOOD..... Get your own fucking blanket."

Thurgreed(oh, bilmore. i miss you. where has the love gone?)Marshall

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Austintatious
I think the general rule has been "it doesn't count if he didn't buy you dinner."

Christ. Insert comment about Bush made (and retracted) by Dixie Chick.

[dtb]

Originally posted by idle acts
Oh my. Actual offenses observed in my office:

1) Pants that "used to fit" and are now worn UNDER the belly that can no longer be contained inside the waistband;

2) Shirt with too many buttons open and disco medallions peeping through the exposed chest hair (actually seen on both a GA and and an SA);

Let me add to your most excellent list:

Dudes who wear shirts that don't fit properly, so there is "gapping" of the buttons, and, if that's not bad enough, no undershirt underneath -- eeew! Like what I want to see is some dude's pasty flabby gut in the flesh -- nast-o-rama.


(Seeing as I am without flaw and above reproach, I'm sure you will all agree that I am categorically qualified to point out the icky things others do...)