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Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 09-09-2003, 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Yeah, some people can talk like they just walked off the set of an Aaron Sorkin production.

No, no, no, Aaron Sorkin is too pedantic. Not enough humor. Toasting is a Joycian sport.

And if you can't do it right, the best advice is to step aside entirely and make way for those who can. Take the floor once everyone is toasted.

Sidd Finch · 09-09-2003, 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
But even their toasts are better when structured with an efficient set-up and a crisp money shot.

I like Atticus, who I've known on the board and in person for awhile now.

But it seems he's too fusty, too uptight and too devoted to "rules" to understand that a brilliant ten-minute story that the entire reception enjoys cannot be compressed into three sentences -- as Coltrane said, "it just takes that long to get it all in."

Here's to Atticus.

Sidd(you may touch your drink now, AG)Finch

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 09-09-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I like Atticus, who I've known on the board and in person for awhile now.

But it seems he's too fusty, too uptight and too devoted to "rules" to understand that a brilliant ten-minute story that the entire reception enjoys cannot be compressed into three sentences -- as Coltrane said, "it just takes that long to get it all in."

Here's to Atticus.

Sidd(you may touch your drink now, AG)Finch

Here, here!

Jack Manfred · 09-09-2003, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Wasn't Banana Republic an old safari outfitter store before it went the way of the GAP?

I'm in total violation of the scroll first, post later convention, but yes. Banana Republic specialized in making people look like guests on Brian Fellow's Safari Planet before the Gap decided they needed a high-end store.

I believe BR still pays homage to its roots periodically by stocking a couple correspondent-style vests in its larger stores (maybe just so Stephen Colbert can switch to khaki from bone after Labor Day).

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 08:33 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I'm a former ovo-lacto-game meat veggie. THAT was a fun line to justify

I'm a former salami, corned beef, pastrami, prime rib, cigar-smoking, oh-okay-I'll-have-a-fucking-salad vegetarian.

Now, I give all my money to the cardiologist and can't afford to eat meat.

But I can fuck for hours because my meds render me half impotent. Take that, Sting!

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
is the stupidest expression I have heard in a long while. This may be an indication that either (a) I need to adjust my medications or (b) I really am an old fogey. Or both, I suppose.

Up the meds, Red.

ThurgreedMarshall · 09-09-2003, 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
I'm a former salami, corned beef, pastrami, prime rib, cigar-smoking, oh-okay-I'll-have-a-fucking-salad vegetarian.

Now, I give all my money to the cardiologist and can't afford to eat meat.

But I can fuck for hours because my meds render me half impotent. Take that, Sting!

Why don't you save yourself some time and money while simultaneously solving both your problems by shoving a salami up your ass?

TM

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
While I do not own a black leather jacket, this is the stupidest thing you've said since you argued about how everyone knew you were mainly right.

Leather jackets come in many different styles and not all of them look like they belong on some guido who can't get in to Cheetah.

It's tricky, but you be 'illin if you didn't agree that the right combo of black leather jacket, rope chain, Kangol, Lee on the leg and my Addidas on the feet (high top or low) still look cool. Throw in some gazelles and walk this way:

TM

Yep. That's exactly how I look in my black leather jacket.

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 08:50 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
BR(more of a sheared beaver fan myself, if you want to talk soft)C

Guess who just lept onto my bangable list?

Oh. wait. I thought she said shaved .

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 08:51 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This is too easy.

Yeah, but somebody had to do it.

Atticus Grinch · 09-09-2003, 08:53 PM

So you're moving a nearly completed $239 million weather satellite from a vertical position to a horizontal position.

And you drop it.

You drop it because, it turns out, some of your co-workers removed the bolts holding it to the cart because they needed them for another project.

Ooops. Schadenfreude!

taxwonk · 09-09-2003, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Why don't you save yourself some time and money while simultaneously solving both your problems by shoving a salami up your ass?

TM

You seem to have a real ass fetish going today, Skinny. Have you been helping out your mama again? Or has the move to Jersey finally succeeded in giving you a sorely-needed kick in your too tightly clenched sphincter?

Bitch.

NotFromHere · 09-09-2003, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
So you're moving a nearly completed $239 million weather satellite from a vertical position to a horizontal position.

And you drop it.

You drop it because, it turns out, some of your co-workers removed the bolts holding it to the cart because they needed them for another project.

Ooops. Schadenfreude!

this cracks me up..."NASA, Lockheed Martin and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have formed investigation teams to study the accident, NASA said in a statement."
We need 3 investigation teams to study the accident? I thought guys took the bolts. What's to study? This is so like to government to form 3 teams to investigate 1 thing.

leagleaze · 09-09-2003, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Not directly, anyway.

Precisely. Well that and I was just fucking with her, given the amusing nature of posts explaining things throughout the day.

That aside, I find it not all that surprising a satellite was dropped, but very amusing they are doing some major investigation, which will probably cost some money knowing how anything involved with the government operates, to conclude that someone fucked up and took something he shouldn't have.

And hey, I just used fuck twice, now three times in one post. Fuckin A!

NotFromHere · 09-09-2003, 09:30 PM

So Atticus was so busy reading about bolts that he totally missed this article...Things are getting hot north of the border. At this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Hollywood movies are going under the covers, candidly exploring sexuality.
Meg Ryan shatters her good-girl image by going topless in "In the Cut," and Denzel Washington finally unleashes his sexuality in "Out of Time." Nicole Kidman has a number of racy scenes in "The Human Stain," including one where she strips during foreplay. In fact, "Will you dance for me?" seems to be the most common piece of dialogue in this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which runs through Saturday.

There hasn't been this much sexuality portrayed in realistic and graphic ways in major studio fare since the freewheeling 1970s.

It's not just toned young bodies on display. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays Kidman's geriatric lover in "Stain," and William H. Macy turns up in "The Cooler" as a gambler who engages in marathon sex with a comely cocktail waitress.

Come on dude. Marathon sex. How could you miss that?

Toronto Film Fest with marathon sex