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

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
That term is usually shortened to "trailer trash."

Or how about any person that appears as the subject on "Cops."

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by bilmore
One who uses the word "milieu" in casual conversation is unlikely to ever see, much less hear of, a dollar dance. They wouldn't know who else to put at your table.

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Damn. Too slow.

Or where to send the invitation - P.O. Box or RFD route.

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Most of the weddings I go to are Catholic, and most of those are latino, and I've never seen dollar dances there.

Ditto the Irish Catholic ones. Never out of hundreds.

But I was at one this weekend in the Port Huron, MI area where after the traditional processional, a singer sang a song from Fiddler on the Roof (something about how did my daughter grow up this quickly?).

There were two other musical numbers thrown into the ceremony too. I'm a big fan of Church's ceremonial music and all, but I had to admit, the showtunes Catholic church wedding was the coolest ceremony I've seen in awhile.

OTOH, even without dollar dances or five dollar fellatio, some of the Irish Catholic receptions are a bit closer to the scene from "the Deer Hunter" than I'd like to admit. Especially if there is an italian family involved NTTAWWT.

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[MisterEbola]

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[baltassoc]

Was there just a 20K?

I thought it was odd when I first saw it at my sister in law's wedding (actually, my wife's sister's husband's sister's wedding - what is that?). She had a small silk pouch. I just chalked it up to being a way to help out a starting family though, rather than an opportunity to look down on others. And while most of the people just gave a dollar, I noticed afterward when we were helping clean up that several people had made much larger contributions - there were several $100 bills in the bag.

Edited to add something passing as substantive. And then again because I'm an idiot.

Originally posted by bilmore
Just dropping by to say that the dollar-dance comments are truly exposing the snobs amongst us.

Last I read, this tradition exists over about 75% of the country. Only wedding I've been to in the last four years - and this counts MN (several), CA, AR, MIA, and Balt - WTF state is that in, anyway?) that didn't have one was the wedding where virtually everyone who knew the B&G considered them "too snobby by half".

It's not the dollar. It's the point in the evening where everybody gets their three minutes alone with the B or G to say congrats.

Sheesh. Give people a little money and it goes right to their egos . . .

Maybe its regional - I've been to numerous weddings -albeit most on east coast - and have never heard of or witnessed this custom. Of course I'm also a snob - one should never serve keg beer at a party once out of college/grad/law school - certainly not at a wedding - buy decent beer for your friends. (And asking guests to pay for and haul the keg sounds like a bad ep of the Dukes of Hazzard).

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by baltassoc
Was there just a 20K?

Yeah, Kafka's timing is a bit off, apparently.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by former gov't
one should never serve keg beer at a party once out of college/grad/law school

Eh? What if it's good beer, that happens to come in a keg?

Although I'll leave it to TF to define "good," kegs aren't limited to Bud, Bud Light, and MGD.

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yeah, Kafka's timing is a bit off, apparently.

Nah. I was going for the much more prestigious K-5. :-)

Actually, I stepped out for a few moments. Bastards!

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
According to Leagl, if you click through here and make a purchase, lawtalkers gets a bit of $$ from amazon. no money for just clicking the link. and no money if you buy withou clicking the link first.

Groovey. I have just done that. I will encourage the Mr. to do the same, and he buys lots more books than I do.

BR(couldn't get up the nerve to spend $140 on the directors cut verision of Dawn of the Dead, tho, sorry - WTFIUWT, $140 on a DVD? My completely fabulous limited edition Evil Dead DVD with the cool squishy-face-cover didn't cost nearly that!)C

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by former gov't
buy decent beer for your friends. (And asking guests to pay for and haul the keg sounds like a bad ep of the Dukes of Hazzard).

Actually, keg beer is fresher than bottled beer b/c it hasn't been pasteurized to kill the yeast. This is why most heavier (and better) beers are served by the pint, and not via bottle.

Which leads me to a point I've tried to make many times to my friends. Wedding receptions SHOULD serve good keg beer. It tastes better, and everyone walks around with a GLASS instead of a bottle. Even at receptions where the bartenders insist on putting the bottled beer in a glass, people always seem to be walking around with bottles, which I can't stand. Everyone should be drinking from a GLASS. Good, fresh keg beer guarantees this. Unfortunately, people don't understand the freshness aspect and get Heinekin instead. And as I've said before, I'd rather drink my own urine than Heinekin.

No one ever agrees with me on this point, though.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by former gov't
Of course I'm also a snob - one should never serve keg beer at a party once out of college/grad/law school - certainly not at a wedding - buy decent beer for your friends. (And asking guests to pay for and haul the keg sounds like a bad ep of the Dukes of Hazzard).

Agree on the asking guests to buy and haul kegs, but years of personal research in the area has shown that "good" beers come in kegs, and from a purely practical point of view, it's a lot easy to handle the disposal of cups than bottles/cans.

Of course, some of the best weddings I've been to have been barbeque or Mexican buffets, served on paper plates, in parish halls or gyms or someone's back yard or the fireman's hall, with enough beer to last all night long, so I might not be snobby enough.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by kafka_esquire
As an aside, what's the reference to 9/5/03 for Thgurgreed

That's the one day of the year he gets to see breasts again.

He's quite excited.

(How's things?)

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I cannot believe I am saying this, but you're right. Although there may be a mean-spirited few who enjoy my patronizing barbs and cooler-than-thou schtick, the majority of posters on this board are here for affirmation, not bitter snipes. We share a community here and, though we may not know each others real names, we know each other's purity scores, whether an online algorithm thinks us male or female, and all sorts of other things thanks to infinite e-mode polls. Also, many of us have slept with others.

We post here when we are tired, or lonely, or need advice for a loved one or friend or even for ourselves. We post here because, deep down, we all seek the approval of our little virtual community. Indeed, even my cranky rants and condescending cut-downs are really nothing more than an attempt to be liked. Not too far below the surface of any of my posts, it is pretty clear that I want you to think I'm funny and I want you think I'm interesting. But I realize that I have been going about it the wrong way. I am like the kid on the playground who keeps going up to the girl on whom he has a crush and punching her in the arm, because he is too socially awkward to actually flirt. Well, after years of my self-idolization posts and impatient cut-downs, I think I am beginning to realize that I may have delivered a few too many cyber-punches to a few too many cyber-arms. And, although this may be a day late and a dollar short in a way that is both too little and too late, let me start to try to make things right by saying I'm sorry.

Awww. Poor misguided Flower. Here. Have a cookie.


Schmuck.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
And as I've said before, I'd rather drink my own urine than Heinekin.

If you start with a really good keg beer, your urine probably IS better than the Heinekin, as the brewing process is quite similar, but Heinie uses cheaper ingredients.