New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[dtb]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Percent of capacity is not an unreasonable way to measure fan interest/devotion within a sport*. Otherwise, the default will almost always go to the biggest freakin' venue in the largest city. "Leading in attendance," without more, tells you nothing.

But no one has addressed the point about the Yankees filling their OPPONENTS stadiums when the Yankees are in town. (At least, I don't think anyone has addressed that.)

If the Royals (or whoever) get 55% average attendance for any given game, but 90% attendance when the Yankees are in town, doesn't that say something?

(I'm must be missing something here.)

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Nonsense. Even if I accept the rather unsupported view that the Judeo-Christian god is modeled on the ancient Sun/Ivy god, where is the Goddess's place in the Judeo-christian god?

God is neither male nor female. To presume otherwise is to engage in sexism.

Or, to compare apples to pears, at least, it is not unusual (or necessarily doctrinally inconsistent) to find Christians who believe that Jews and Muslims, in rejecting the tripartite nature of God, are not in fact worshipping the true God, but have chosen to worship a false non-deity instead (through confusion if not actual evil intent).

Dogmatist poltroons who will no doubt be most embarassed upon their attainment of enlightenment. Fortunately, God has a sense of humor.

You are a damned Universalist Unitarian, aren't you?

No, I am a secular monotheist. Mrs. Wonk is a Unitarian Universalist. There isn't a lot of difference, except that I get to eat scrambled eggs withlox on Sunday mornings, while she sits with a bunch of other ritualists.

Originally posted by leagleaze
I think you should date less quirky men.

I think she should date Less. They would be perfect for eachother. And he probably isnt a sheet splooger or anti movies.



*just bc he watches a lot of porn and probably wouldnt want to waste his money shot on linens.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
No one ever writes about the predatory stepmothers... why is that?

Because boys don't cry.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by dtb
If the Royals (or whoever) get 55% average attendance for any given game, but 90% attendance when the Yankees are in town, doesn't that say something?

(I'm must be missing something here.)

It says the fans really, really hate the Yankees more than anyone else.

Common phenomenon, apparently.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Shitty SF Giants fans fill tiny PacBell park to the rafters to eat Garlic Fries and yet barely know their own players.

43,000 routinely pack the "The House that Ruth Built" even when we put the smackdown on the Tigers.

This all measures exactly what?

This sort of thing is why it's best for everyone when Yankees fans stay in NYC.

Originally posted by Theres and Thats
Look, Sister, off my Corner. If everyone is going to get an assinine and immature sock, there may not be any room left here for me, and I may need to go the way of the Flower.

Look, Petulant, no one voted Rahbirt off until the last episode. And they all LOVE my poetry. So, Sista, move along.

This is so derivative on so many level. Off my corner- mine. Using ass in a word instead of as, probably Lady G's though I recently brought it back maybe two months ago. the font thing. Pushy.

I think the board would mostly agree that I am mainly correct when I say you add nothing new to the board. You are like a K Tel album putting together hits that arent necessarily the greatest of other people, and trying to make a little industry for yourself. Not buying it. As Steve Winwood said, make us laugh or leave us alone.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by barely_legal
If he just preferred to watch movies at home, that would be one thing. It's his complete refusal to go to a theater that is creepy. I mean, I don't like Indian food all that much, but I'll go to an Indian restaurant every now and then if my friends/date want to go. I might prefer Thai or Japanese or Mexican, but if it makes other people happy, I'll suck it up and eat some damn naan.

I wanna see Intolerable Cruelty, dammit, not some Netflix movie that if I wanted to see, I would have seen four months ago in the theater.

But you're right, movie theater popcorn used to be much better.

Just my opinion, but if this guy had an objection to sticky floors, bad popcorn, talking patrons - he would have said so. Like, "you know I really don't like to go to movies because...blah" But by absolutely refusing ever to go to a movie puts him squarely in the "cheap" column or he's agoraphobic. Either way - if he's hot AND available, this is probably why.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by taxwonk
No, I am a secular monotheist. Mrs. Wonk is a Unitarian Universalist. There isn't a lot of difference, except that I get to eat scrambled eggs withlox on Sunday mornings, while she sits with a bunch of other ritualists.

I hope you are using Egg Beaters (or whites, of course). Keep that ticker working or you might be finding out who is right about all the religion debates sooner than you would like.

Originally posted by spookyfish
There might be a DVD for this show? How many episodes did it last before it was pulled?

Note: I am asking this realizing that there were likely episodes produced, but not shown.

Edited to add: I checked Amazon. There's apparently a bit of caveat emptor related to a movie of the same name starring Denis Leary.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd

Spree: Customer Reviews talking about how they were misled into thinking the DVD was of the series.

I thought the show was on a full year, or at least thirteen episodes. I was also hoping to find Comedy Searchlight on DVD. What I would like to gift this person with is a Denis Leary basket of laughter and joy. I cant even find the Cure for Cancer and Lock and Load on DVD though its on video. Fuck,. has Denis Leary become so passe he hsant been upgraded to DVD?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I thought the show was on a full year, or at least thirteen episodes. I was also hoping to find Comedy Searchlight on DVD. What I would like to gift this person with is a Denis Leary basket of laughter and joy. I cant even find the Cure for Cancer and Lock and Load on DVD though its on video. Fuck,. has Denis Leary become so passe he hsant been upgraded to DVD?

This I don't know. BUt I do know that you can purchase both Dress to Kill and Circle by Eddie Izzard on dvd. Just in case Leary lets you down.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

Originally posted by barely_legal
If he just preferred to watch movies at home, that would be one thing. It's his complete refusal to go to a theater that is creepy. I mean, I don't like Indian food all that much, but I'll go to an Indian restaurant every now and then if my friends/date want to go. I might prefer Thai or Japanese or Mexican, but if it makes other people happy, I'll suck it up and eat some damn naan.

I wanna see Intolerable Cruelty, dammit, not some Netflix movie that if I wanted to see, I would have seen four months ago in the theater.

But you're right, movie theater popcorn used to be much better.

I dont see how what I said differes from refusing to go to a theater. I also dont get your analogy, though I am mostly sure you are mainly right bc you always are.

A theater. You are sitting thisclose to any scumbag prole with ten bucks and a couple of hours. THey are breathign their prole germs on you. Your ass is itching from the nasty material ion the seat that some prole sat in before you and probalby laid some gas into, from the popcorn drowned in orangey-its-not-butter-jizz. Some asshole is always talking. You gotta stand in a crowd of these people to push your way out of the theater and then you have to go to your bullshit suburban SUV corral to get your car andthen wait on another line to turn in your validated ticket. What a pain in the ass. Theaters are just gross.

Perhaps you should suggest something at Visions (not a gay bar) which I understand is a fine upscale theater showing only the best.

[Dualit]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I thought the show was on a full year, or at least thirteen episodes. I was also hoping to find Comedy Searchlight on DVD. What I would like to gift this person with is a Denis Leary basket of laughter and joy. I cant even find the Cure for Cancer and Lock and Load on DVD though its on video. Fuck,. has Denis Leary become so passe he hsant been upgraded to DVD?

The only DVDs for THE JOB that I could find are being auctioned on eBay. They are not in wide release.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I hope you are using Egg Beaters (or whites, of course). Keep that ticker working or you might be finding out who is right about all the religion debates sooner than you would like.

That's why I only eat them with lox. The Omega-3s cancel out the cholesterol. Which, incidentally, is one of the bigger food myths out there. Two eggs on a Sunday morning present less dietary risk than a soy chai latte. Unless you get a bit of eggshell. That shit will kill you.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I think she should date Less. They would be perfect for eachother. And he probably isnt a sheet splooger or anti movies.

Problem is I hate going to the movie theaters in DC too. It's an awful long way to go and an expensive trip just so Barely can reject my offer to Blow Me For America in a DC theater.