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

Originally posted by dtb
This is a pet peeve of a friend of mine (I don't know if this is exactly on point, because I didn't see the show, but whatever.)

You know in the deli when the sandwich guy makes a big show of wiping off the area where he's going to make your sandwich? Does the guy think that wiping it off with that skank-ass rag (the one he's been using all day to wipe up God-knows-what -- his nose, perhaps) is going to make you feel like the conditions are really hygienic and sanitary? I thought not.



Edited to fix spelling error in critical word -- but many thanks to Atticus for memorializing my error forever.

Also, since when are we able to delete posts? Cool.

We can delete posts? I can get myself down to three digits forever?

We do not have the ability to delete posts.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
We can delete posts? I can get myself down to three digits forever?

We do not have the ability to delete posts.

Ack. You shouldn't be.

Help, someone with technical skills.

[dtb]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
We can delete posts? I can get myself down to three digits forever?

We do not have the ability to delete posts.

Huh. Well then, what was that big banner on the top of the screen when I went to edit my post that said, "Do you want to delete this post? If so, check here [box for checking]." for?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by dtb
You know in the deli when the sandwich guy makes a big show of wiping off the area where he's going to make your sandwich? Does the guy think that wiping it off with that skank-ass rag (the one he's been using all day to wipe up God-knows-what -- his nose, perhaps) is going to make you feel like the conditions are really hygienic and sanitary? I thought not.

Yeah, but if he doesn't wipe the counter off before creating your masterpiece, pieces of someone else's condiment could end up in your sandwich - LIKE ONIONS, for example - so for that reason alone, it's worth it.

[Atticus Grinch]

A church youth group seeking to perform "random acts of kindness" left hidden boxes of candy for strangers to discover and enjoy.

Unfortunately, those strangers were the bomb squad. {Spree: Yahoo.}

[bilmore]

Originally posted by dtb
Huh. Well then, what was that big banner on the top of the screen when I went to edit my post that said, "Do you want to delete this post? If so, check here [box for checking]." for?

Geeze, dtb, you're like a kid at the door of the store yelling "hey . . . HEY! . . . you gave me a free candy bar - I'm not supposed to get a free candy bar, am I? . . . . Shouldn't you charge me for this?! . . . Is this really mine??!"

You're spoiling all my fun. I had almost all of the Survivor posts deleted.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by evenodds
Ack. You shouldn't be.

Help, someone with technical skills.

I think it doesn't actually work if you try it. I think I tried it once.

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are you sure you're Jewish?

Just for the jokes. And I still dont get what it means. AM I to picture one of those claymation Davey & Goliath htings that represents some legendary Jew?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by dtb
Huh. Well then, what was that big banner on the top of the screen when I went to edit my post that said, "Do you want to delete this post? If so, check here [box for checking]." for?

I seem to have gained this ability as well. The banner also tells me that if my post is the first in a thread the entire thread will be deleted.

It seems that even if Paigow can't get her numbers down to three digits, I could do this for her relatively easily thanks to the thread deletion thing.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by dtb
Huh. Well then, what was that big banner on the top of the screen when I went to edit my post that said, "Do you want to delete this post? If so, check here [box for checking]." for?

So that those of us with The Power can delete your errant reality tv posts.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
And I still dont get what it means. AM I to picture one of those claymation Davey & Goliath htings that represents some legendary Jew?

I'm guessing your Hebrew school was unaccredited.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by evenodds
Ack. You shouldn't be.

Help, someone with technical skills.

It doesn't work if you actually click it.

It's like the IP logged button -- it works only for the admins who have the power (if even them).

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
On telemarketers:

Fuck them.

Concur wholeheartedly.

I am amazed at the reporting on this issue. NPR had a story on a recent telemarketers convention where the industry kvetched about the Do Not Call list and lamented the loss of jobs.

I lose no sleep for telemarketers. I want them to lose their jobs. I want them to lose their cars, their houses, their wives, their husbands, their girlfriends because they have no money. (In fact, I don't want anyone to fuck telemarketers.) I want all telemarketers to get caught in a spiral of debt and depression.

Why do I wish so much pain on so many people?

Because after they fall behind on their payments, they'll start getting calls from collection agencies.

And don't get me started about metermaids...

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by evenodds
So that those of us with The Power can delete your errant reality tv posts.

As if there is such a thing as an errant reality tv post. And thanks to all for pointing out to me that QE was new last night. I'll have to check out the Tivo soon.

Delete me, e/o?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
And I still dont get what it means. AM I to picture one of those claymation Davey & Goliath htings that represents some legendary Jew?

A golem is a kind of monster, which is created from earth using magic by an evil alchemist or wizard to carry out his will. They are usually humanoid, and occasionally are supposed to pass entirely for human. They cannot be reasoned with or deterred, since they exist solely to carry out the will of their creator. They are very scary because, being made of earth rather than flesh, they cannot be killed or destroyed. They were supposedly often used as unstoppable assassins.

See, also, homunculus, a related (smaller) monster.