Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03 - Page 155

str8outavannuys · 11-20-2003, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I just said the same thing at lunch, when someone pointed out the CNN coverage on the TV. I was reminded of sitting in a sports bar with 200 other Rockets fans in the middle of Game 5 of the championship and suddenly seeing a fucking white bronco going twenty miles an hour. And damnit all, we were ahead when the fucking white bronco showed up and losing when the people at NBC finally figured out their picture in a picture technology. It got ugly in that sports bar for a few minutes. Fuck OJ. Fuck NBC. I'd say Fuck the Knicks, but we won game seven, the series and the championship, so I'll allow them to win that particular game without a fuck off.

I'm ad rock and I shock and I tick and I tock
And I can't stop with the body rock
See i've got heart like john starks
Hitting mad sparks
Pass me the mic
And i'll be rocking the whole park

Yeah, fuck the Knicks, fuck the Rangers. That aspect of the Summer of 94 (Str8 does DC) was muy triste. But the rest of that summer was muy allegre.

Hank Chinaski · 11-20-2003, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Michael is ........the talented kid down the block who was always hanging out at our house,

Did this help you out making choir? We had Hannity and Combs hanging at my house, but I still got cut from debate team.

Hank Chinaski · 11-20-2003, 09:20 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter

how would you like to be the booking officer requesting race.

"b" is for "both" right? between?

Gattigap · 11-20-2003, 09:41 PM

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Originally posted by mmm3587
I actually do think it's a pretty evil reflection on our society that Polanski is nowhere near as hated as Jackson is, when it seems what they did is pretty similar.

Fruits and vegetables.

Few people in the teeming masses know (or care) who the hell Roman Polanski even is.

Most do know The Gloved One, and therefore his supremely bizarre behavior attracts the moths to this particular flame.

And, FWIW, I don't know if he's "hated." I don't hate him, I just think he's evolved into one weird fucker for about 20 different reasons. He's become so removed from the reality that we know that it's difficult to relate to him at all. It's like he's a space alien or something.

str8outavannuys · 11-20-2003, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk

*For example, how much ocean footage have we had to watch over the years whenever there is a plane crash at sea - JFK, Jr., Egypt Air, TWA. Can't speak to OJ's bronco, I was on a bus to Montreal and missed it. Darn.

Off the main topic here. I flew from JFK to Paris on July 17, 1996 -- the night of the infamous TWA flight. I looked at that flight, and decided to save money by going Air France. At first I was going to go Air Pakistan to save even more money, but my mom thought that sounded like a sketchy operation, and they'd be happy to chip in if it meant I could fly a safer airline.

When I landed at de Gaulle, I was so excited to be there (I was doing a 6 week-type hostel trip, and the first two weeks I was on my own) that I didn't really think anything of the news I heard about the crash. A few days later though, I started thinking about how my survival was pre-ordained and that I was invincible, and destined for great things (I was starting law school that fall).

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 11-20-2003, 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
...destined for great things (I was starting law school that fall).

Well, it sounded good at the time, didn't it str8??

Sounded good for me too then.

Gattigap · 11-20-2003, 10:01 PM

Driving to a client meeting today, I was listening to this interview* in which Terri Gross interviews Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Had to stop and was late to the meeting. For Triumph's fans, enjoy.

Gattigap

*Link to the audio replay of the interview.

tmdiva · 11-20-2003, 10:07 PM

Am I the only one here who's done the camel riding at the pyramids? Heck, I've even done camel racing. I went back later on a friend's recommendation to ride a horse around the pyramids, but the camels were way more fun.

tm

Atticus Grinch · 11-20-2003, 10:10 PM

I do believe I might have mixed feelings about being held captive in a posh hotel by a very pissed Naomi Campbell. I mean, I'm sure she's very day-to-day, but, then again, aren't we all? At the end of the day, I'd still stab her in the back.

Tying this in with MJ, I think we should establish a civil fraud claim against the FUCKING WHORES who work as spokespeople for perpetually embattled celebrities. Not only is your job redundant, but every single goddamn time someone says something about your client, you have to say the same thing: "These allegations are baseless." No, they're fucking not. They're based on the statements of the other party. It's em said/em said. You're entitled to deny them, but saying they're baseless is either a lie or intellectual dishonesty. Call them false, if you must. But save "baseless" for when it actually applies. Plus, over half the time it turns out you're the one who's lying. Let's have a Sarbannes-Oxley for star flaks, and see how many of them really believe the shit they're peddling.

str8outavannuys · 11-20-2003, 10:14 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...=&targetRule=0

Scroll down and click on "50 things to do before you die." It's a slideshow.

And a 2 part poll: how many have you done, and if you could only do 5 more, what would they be?

I'm sure many responses to part 1 will induce envy.

This is so, so sad -- I've done 8. Some more than once, but still. (Swum with dolphins, whale watched, escaped to a paradise island, route 66, waterfall, roller coaster, disneyworld, gambled in vegas.)

If I could only do another 5, it would have to be Safari, Galapagos, Husky Sled, Great Barrier Reef, and, um, riding a motorcycle from the Great Wall of China to the Cresta Run in Switzerland with a stop to see tigers and polar bears along the way.

But I plan to do at least another 5 (if not those 5) within the next year.

I've done 13, if you play a little fast and loose with what it means to be a "cowboy." (I've worn the hat).

It's a good list, with great pictures. I note as an aside that the "rainforest" girl looks a bit like Jerri from Survivor.

My next five would be
1. Go into Space
2. Galapagos Islands
3. See a sunset at Uluru
4. Play golf at Augusta
5. See gorillas/tigers/orangutans/polar bears in the wild.

Funnily enough, it doesn't make my "next 5," but since I was about 16 and read about it, I've always talked about wanting to shoot the Cresta at St. Moritz. Perhaps next winter.

str8outavannuys · 11-20-2003, 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Not to mention the eyeball-licking.

What's the deal with climbing to the top of the bridge in Sidney? I've been to the bottom of the bridge, but I didn't realize you were allowed to climb up it.

edited to add: My count is 8, conservatively speaking, but it's a tad outable.

You clearly don't watch THE AMAZING RACE.
Edited to add: On TAR, it seems that every year there's a roadblock where one teammate has to climb to the top of the famous bridge. Happy now, bizznatch?

Of course, that's not conclusive proof that the public-at-large is so allowed to climb it. But it's good enough for me.

Tyrone Slothrop · 11-20-2003, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
You clearly don't watch THE AMAZING RACE.

Clearly, but even if I weren't a lawyer I might feel obliged to note, for the record, that you didn't answer my question.

str8outavannuys · 11-20-2003, 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Driving to a client meeting today, I was listening to this interview* in which Terri Gross interviews Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Had to stop and was late to the meeting. For Triumph's fans, enjoy.

Gattigap

*Link to the audio replay of the interview.

He did Loveline last week. Hilarious stuff.
And Aloha - amen bro, amen. But at least I got to hang out with my bro for 3 years and play a hell of a lot of golf at an amazing course for a bargain price (not taking into account the $28,000/year tuition).

SlaveNoMore · 11-20-2003, 10:31 PM

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Atticus Grinch
"These allegations are baseless." No, they're fucking not. They're based on the statements of the other party. It's em said/em said. You're entitled to deny them, but saying they're baseless is either a lie or intellectual dishonesty. Call them false, if you must. But save "baseless" for when it actually applies.

Base?

How low can you go?

Hank Chinaski · 11-20-2003, 10:53 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Tying this in with MJ,

Michael jackson was very talented. he is known as Jacko, the gloved one, etc; But he is NOT MJ. That moniker belongs to the best at something else. Let's not sully it.