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

[ias_39]

Originally posted by TM

Saying, "I'm going to call that guy a Chinaman because Asian-American is just way too PC," is nuts.

Originally posted by SS

This comment is insensitive to those who are psychologically/emotionally challenged. Are you fucking crazy?

Even if TM were slumming, he wouldn't touch paigow.

[Adder]

Originally posted by Fugee
Would you feel as excited if they had elected a bishop who was married but having an affair? It really isn't any different because each would be living a lifestyle that is contrary to their church teaching.

... It seems to me that before the vote on this guy's nomination, they should have had a debate and vote on whether the gay lifestyle is consistent with being a good Episcopal Christian.

Now, I haven't read ahead, but still, I am a little surprised. I mean I know you are a self-professed wing-nut, but still. You are trying, on this board, to argue that this is an issue of "lifestyle" rather than identity? As I said, I'm surprised.

[ias_39]

Originally posted by leagleaze

This feels a bit like a popularity contest

I doubt anyone cares that disappointed. The only time the cliquish-ness is a bother is when posts make no sense without the back-channel info from IM, PM, or whatever.

If you plan on participating, i.e. sending in a picture, could you let me know so I can get a sense of how many we will have and figure out how best to set the board up?

If you're saying you'll let anyone submit photos but not just anyone view them, your point was about as clear as mud.

If you say you are thinking about doing it, but end up not doing it that is ok.

At least someone has learned from the Kobe coverage.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
In case it wasn't clear from the nevermind, this is the last nail in the coffin of my recent ill-advised crush.

Sorry to have burst your fantasies. If you like, feel free to still imagine that I am a vibrator-buying, not-joking-about-being-scared-of-women stud while you beantweak.[1]

I just see fundamental problems in buying a vibrator for someone who isn't a particularly sexual person. I am far past the age where I want to be teaching someone about how her body works and how she gets off. If I wanted, say, a fake vagina flashlight or an assplug of some sort, I would want to pick out my own. Picking out sexual toys for others is like brushing their teeth for them; it's a nice thing to do, but it can be done far better by that person for himself or herself.

And, if the woman were a fundamentally sexual person, I think she would either not desire a vibrator, have her own already or want to pick out her own. See poor analogy above.

Anyway, it's not that she doesn't masturbate; she does occasionally. I just don't think that she likes it very much, and I think it takes her a very long time and is a lot of work. She's just not adept in that area, and I don't think that she cares to learn.

So, anyway, I guess we can put this thread to bed, unless you guys want to keep talking about it or littlefb wants to keep insulting me (which is cool, it's kind of hot). I had already been pretty much sure of my decision based on the whole "not that sexually attracted anymore" issue. Also, I'm much more comfortable in relationships where my partner, even if she doesn't want sex quite as often as I do, is really enjoying it and getting her rocks off. My current partner is more concerned with quantity than quality, and the sex bores me. And, in this relationship, I think that is dispositive.

[1] My personal favorite term for female masturbation, to join threads. Derived from "tweaking the bean," a reference to the appearance of the clitoris. British in origin.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Adder
Now, I haven't read ahead, but still, I am a little surprised. I mean I know you are a self-professed wing-nut, but still. You are trying, on this board, to argue that this is an issue of "lifestyle" rather than identity? As I said, I'm surprised.

Grasshopper, next time read ahead before you jump on me. I used "lifestyle" because there would have been no issue if he was gay and celibate,** hence the reference to lifestyle not identity.

**Even in fairly conservative wingnut churches there isn't a problem with a church leader being openly gay if he or she chooses celibacy.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
compellingly phrased proposal. I'm sure it took all your willpower to resist.

was he figuring the odds were better than the "you. lap. here" guy?

On the topic of guys who actually say stuff like that, a friend who works in a court building with several criminal courts was telling me a story about riding in the elevator with a guy who was probably a defendant (got off on the criminal courts floor, had a loud, bad suit on, kind of a sleazy looking guy, etc.).

She (a reasonably attractive woman who has clerked in the building for years, and is reasonably comfortable interacting with random criminal defendants) and another young woman were on the elevator when this guy got on. My friend said that the guy looked them up and down, and then said, "We could have fun, the three of us." My friend just rolled her eyes, but the other woman, after the guy got off, asked my friend what he meant, because she was so naive that she just didn't get it.

My friend saw this guy again later in the day, and asked him if lines like that ever worked. He said that the success rate was low, but that it was worth it to him to get rejected dozens of times a day for the times that it worked.

I guess if you don't mind rejection and don't have any moral reservations about propositioning women in a way that many would consider offensive, it might be the way to go.[1] At least it's less disrespectful than "You. Here."

[1] After all, this is basically the life of a salesman, except replace women with people.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
EDITED TO ADD SOME SPOILERS - L



IF NOT INTERESTED IN KNOWING ARNOLD'S DECISION YET PLEASE SKIP THIS POST

My god, leagl.

This ain't reality TV. Nobody's voting Arnold onto the Island. This is real life. Spoilers? 'Cuz someone might want to WAIT to hear actual honest-to-goodness NEWS?!

Let 'em wait until somebody makes it all into a TV movie, if they want infotainment.

Damn junkies.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I guess if you don't mind rejection and don't have any moral reservations about propositioning women in a way that many would consider offensive, it might be the way to go.

Out of curiosity, why would it be offensive to merely ask, point-blank and without guile, if someone wanted to have sex with you? I don't see any insult in the question - actually, it's a compliment.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
That is a non-story. At least in the athlete-fucking world,* girls will generally do anything to be with an athlete. That is the norm.



*At least in the athlete-fucking world that I have been in (which mostly revolves around hockey, although I was offered the chance to give a Mariner (don't know his name, but friend of Jay Beuller or whatever his name is) a blowjob once. I passed). Other's mileage may vary (sorry paigow). I have become too fond of the asterisk. I will knock it off shortly.

1. Oh no, a puck bunny.

2. Was it Ken Phelps?

[str8outavannuys]

Let's say one was holding a dinner party for say, 200 of one's friends and relatives. The question is, what soup, Tomato Basil or Mushroom Asparagus, would go better with the following menu:

Endive and frisee salad with a honey/red wine vinagrette and a goat cheese crostini

Surf n' turf deally: Filet mignon with roquefort and halibut filet with beure blanc

Red velvet cake.

FYI: The Mushroom Asparagus soup was subtle, the Tomato Basil was less so.

Help me out here gang, which one would you go with?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Let's say one was holding a dinner party for say, 200 of one's friends and relatives. The question is, what soup, Tomato Basil or Mushroom Asparagus, would go better with the following menu:

Endive and frisee salad with a honey/red wine vinagrette and a goat cheese crostini

Surf n' turf deally: Filet mignon with roquefort and halibut filet with beure blanc

Red velvet cake.

FYI: The Mushroom Asparagus soup was subtle, the Tomato Basil was less so.

Help me out here gang, which one would you go with?

Mushroom Asparagus. I don't like basil. Can I sit close to the door? I like to sneak out for a cigar after a meal that big.

(Edited to add) - Tomato basil is going to be a safer bet for 200 people. Few people actively dislike that, while a significant percentage of people dislike mushroom. Plus, it's a lighter soup, and the following menu seems to call for lightness to begin. Finally, the non-subtlety will be a plus as it competes/interacts with some fairly distinct flavors to come. Subtlety might get lost.

(Edited again to add) - OK, I edited this while Fugee was posting, and wasn't just copying her. Honest.

(Edited one last time - really, I promise - to add) - Keep in mind, you now have advice from two people who come from a land where people dry dead cod into a board-like hardness, soak it in hot lye in order to burn it into fish jello, and eat it with butter. This may not be your best source.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Let's say one was holding a dinner party for say, 200 of one's friends and relatives. The question is, what soup, Tomato Basil or Mushroom Asparagus, would go better with the following menu:

I'm partial to mushroom soup (hadn't thought about asparagus with it) and don't like tomato soup so I'd be an easy call for me. But (1) I've heard more people complain about not liking mushrooms than tomato soup and (2) tomatoes are acidic and so is the viniagrette so you might be able to keep the same wine for both courses and the mushroom might need a different wine (is it a cream based soup or are the mushrooms and asparagus in a broth? -- that might make a difference). Check with a sommelier on the wine dealie.

Will the party be at a time when asparagus is in season? You can get it year round but it always seems better in the spring.

Edited to say that Bilmore is right about it being a big meal. Maybe the soup should be something lighter like a consomme.
What are the veg/starch accompaniments to the surf & turf?

Originally posted by ltl/fb
How does this work? Does he say to you "hey, you can blow me if you want" or "please blow me, but we will not be having intercourse" or does a friend (mutual?) intervene?

In yet another weird coincidence, I spent last night dreaming I was in this fabulous apartment in Paris, where they have no AC, but triplexes are $1800 a month. Carlos Moya was there. With his daughter whose mother was 13 (this is the dream,not reality). Having just had a series of Mark Phillipoussis dreams where I do not do hiim bc I think all he wants is sex, I send Moya vibes. He tells me he would like to fuck me and we do, over and over again.

I guess all this means is that if Kobe wantd me to open up slot C, I would say yes.

Originally posted by ias_39
Even if TM were slumming, he wouldn't touch paigow.

Um, and you are .. . . ? (besides clearly not going to be viewing FB tits I mean)

edited by Not Bob to fix (I think) the quote codes -- paigow, let me know if I got it wrong.

Originally posted by ias_39
Originally posted by leagleaze



I doubt anyone cares that disappointed. The only time the cliquish-ness is a bother is when posts make no sense without the back-channel info from IM, PM, or whatever.



If you're saying you'll let anyone submit photos but not just anyone view them, your point was about as clear as mud.




At least someone has learned from the Kobe coverage.

oh, nevermind, it is the misogynistic and unfunny coup d skek in anothe one of his no life late night posting series. ignore list time.