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sebastian_dangerfield · 11-10-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Aaaaaah the women's gym shower. Is it the most wonderful place in world? Let's put that image in Sebby's head while his wife is away.

She's home today. I'm going to paint the town red, then paint my wife white.

Gattigap · 11-10-2006, 11:15 AM

It's just occurred to me that odds are the Vietnamese kid isn't Christian. I wonder how odd it would be to receive holiday gifts some someone in a far off land for a holiday you don't really recognize or participate in. I imagine it would feel something like me receiving a Yom Kippur gift from a pen pal in Tel Aviv. Or a 365 Days Sober! gift from Hank.

(Not, of course, that I don't think your sponsoring this kid is cool, GWNC.)

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-10-2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
It's just occurred to me that odds are the Vietnamese kid isn't Christian. I wonder how odd it would be to receive holiday gifts some someone in a far off land for a holiday you don't really recognize or participate in. I imagine it would feel something like me receiving a Yom Kippur gift from a pen pal in Tel Aviv. Or a 365 Days Sober! gift from Hank.

(Not, of course, that I don't think your sponsoring this kid is cool, GWNC.)

Yes, I wondered that when the program first started and contacted the organization. I was assured that a Christmas gift would be welcomed by him and that although Buddhism is the main religion in his area, there is a big Christian influence and so he wouldn't think the gift was something unusual. They don't really characterize it as a "Christmas" gift -- it's more like just a gift that you give at this time of year.

taxwonk · 11-10-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Again, my platform as a candidate for mayor of Chicago:

The Quiet Mayor

(1) Ban car alarms. Their benefits (they are completely ineffective as deterrents) are grossly outweighed by their costs (annoying the shit out of everybody).

(2) Issue citations for excessive horn honking.* This applies to you, cabbies.

(3) Lower the volume on emergency vehicles. Yeah, we can fucking hear you. In fact, lawsuits have been filed on behalf of fireman for loss of hearing. Lower it a bit.

*yes, I know the subjectivity of this renders enforcement virtually impossible, but I'm not actually running for mayor, so fuck off.

Excessive car honking is easily determined by an objective formula: if you are warning someone that your brakes are nonfunctional and you are about to plow into them, one long honk is allowed. Any other horn use is excessive.

What's hard about enforcing that?

bold_n_brazen · 11-10-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
Huh? what? I am talking about the posters who wish to NOW migrate to some password protected board. Not this original migration.

For the record, my desire to move to a password protected board has nothing to do with my desire to be clique-ish. It has to do with my desire to not spend my day at the FB weeding through your posts, posts about your posts, posts about the Burger button, posts about why the Burger button must never be posted about, and so on and so on.

patentparanyc · 11-10-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
For the record, my desire to move to a password protected board has nothing to do with my desire to be clique-ish. It has to do with my desire to not spend my day at the FB weeding through your posts, posts about your posts, posts about the Burger button, posts about why the Burger button must never be posted about, and so on and so on.

I call bs. At least have the guts to say what you intend.

You want a board where is you, TM, GWINC, dtb et al. and that is it. Know it. Love it. own it.

Flinty_McFlint · 11-10-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
For the record, my desire to move to a password protected board has nothing to do with my desire to be clique-ish. It has to do with my desire to not spend my day at the FB weeding through your posts, posts about your posts, posts about the Burger button, posts about why the Burger button must never be posted about, and so on and so on.

I vote to take over some other unrelated board out there in them internets. Just show up on the Peruvian Cat Fancy boards and meet up again. They'll be happy for the page hits, and we can move on to a new place every few weeks. Everyone will be passed the information by secret decoder ring, except ppnyc and NotBob. Sorry NotBob, but at least you still have your White Knight thing going. Have fun talking forever about shoes and purses.

Watchtower · 11-10-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
Which cheeks? **okay now I am going to hell in a handbasket.

I thank you for showing that you understood that reference, but I do indeed think going to Hell is an option - I have set up a board named "Hell" where we can encounter each other directly and discuss issues about you and the board in the manner of Christians.

May I suggest that meta-discusssions about your presence on the Board be moved to Hell, and that you feel free to post freely there? Perhpas those posts that are out of order here and belong in Hell can simply be moved or deleted for a while.

Bless you.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-10-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
It's probably more realistic to fantasize about women in states of undress near the lockers than in the showers.

Done.

Watchtower · 11-10-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I call bs. At least have the guts to say what you intend.

You want a board where is you, TM, GWINC, dtb et al. and that is it. Know it. Love it. own it.

Please, and I mean this in the most Christian way, go to Hell. You will find it in the Active Topics tab.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-10-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
The girl with the Best Body I've Ever Seen Naked (tm) showers at my gym. It's quite disconcerting.

What's so perfect about it?

patentparanyc · 11-10-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Watchtower
I thank you for showing that you understood that reference, but I do indeed think going to Hell is an option - I have set up a board named "Hell" where we can encounter each other directly and discuss issues about you and the board in the manner of Christians.

May I suggest that meta-discusssions about your presence on the Board be moved to Hell, and that you feel free to post freely there? Perhpas those posts that are out of order here and belong in Hell can simply be moved or deleted for a while.

Bless you.

I surely hope you are someone's wingnut alter-ego sock. Because, you are starting to creep me out a little.

I am already saved. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing under the word of the Lord.

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-10-2006, 11:55 AM

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Oh, I have no doubt about it. I was using the article as a jumping off point -- it was a topic I've been meaning to post about (I've had an off-line debate with a few people about it), and the article just reminded me about it.

I just have real issues with this sort of humor. I don't like Crank Yankers, for example, for the same reason. I am appalled about what those frat boys said, and about the remarks of the rodeo guy about "stringing up" gay men during one of the HBO episodes.

But to what purpose? Profit for the comedian and the studios. And how much of his movie or HBO show is spent on exposing racists/homophobes/anti-Semites/sexists versus simply making ordinary people look stupid or foolish by handing them a bad of feces or by letting chickens loose on the subway or by talking about kissing your sister?

Give me a break. Why does everything always have to be a big hug?

Let's start with your plaintiffs. They're upset because they thought their quotes would appear in a legitimate documentary and those quotes ended up getting made fun of instead? Fuck them. I'm sure they would have come off much better if they appeared in an actual documentary about dumbasses..

Secondly, the purpose is comedy. So he called the guy's wife ugly. So what? He's supposed to be a rube and it's clearly a joke. I'm not losing any sleep over their feelings. Nor am I upset about chickens set free in the subway or poop jokes.

I think what makes Borat brilliant is the fact that sometimes he forces people out of their comfort zones and sometimes he expands them. Both approaches are revealing in that they tend to show a person's true nature, whether they are taken aback by his primitive ways or whether they embrace them. Either way, it is an interesting look at people we don't generally get and it's almost always funny.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but based on what I've seen on HBO, your criticism rings hollow to me.

TM

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-10-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I had occasion recently on a vacation to take a sauna with two new acquaintances from the West Coast. I was more than a little shocked at the disco mitts they were sporting. One of them, who is around 50, was reminiscing about participating in the great nationwide "Outdoor Music and Sex" day. She also brought great aromatics for the sauna.

You had me...and then you lost me.

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-10-2006, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
What's so perfect about it?

She is skinny, but not skin-and-bones skinny -- she has muscle and no flab anywhere and yet she has these spectacular boobs that seem to be all 100% real. She also seems to be in perfect proportion -- long legs and tall but not giraffe-like. She's really something.