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

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I haven't gotten anything except calls from my own phone company and some political endorsements around election time since I got on the statewide do not call list. I didn't even bother to sign up for the national one.

There's a state list? You mean I can plug my phone back in? Off to google I go...

Originally posted by bilmore
Sounds more like he's way too young to be appetizing. The very best of the cougars are 40 or so.

The irony is that I felt kinda like a teenage boy about him. Bc he was hot, but he needed to shut the fuck up, and the most that would happen, (if I were drunk enough and took all leave of my senses) would be one night. talk about cute but stupid.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You see, that is just like you, bilmore. You go and say things like that and make it impossible for me to hate you.

Why would you want to?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Cougar- The older woman at the bar who is really gussied up and
on the prowl for a man, preferably a younger one. Her kids are probably at home wondering why it's taking two hours to get a pack of smokes.

That is correct. I didn't realize it was just a Canadian term. I use it frequently. There is even a "guide for cougars" on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
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You were in a club . Real men (young and old) go to bars.

Little dude, I have not been in a club since I was thirteen dancing to Shannon (or whoever sang "give me the night"). I was at the veyr bar I told you about earlier. The one with the two straights.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Mr. Man
There's a state list? You mean I can plug my phone back in? Off to google I go...

I think I'm on the state list and the federal one. I generally don't answer the phone unless I know who it is, but I have been getting these REALLY ANNOYING carpet cleaning calls where it's a recording but it pretends like it's really someone calling. And they don't leave a number -- they just have "press 8 if you are interested" or something. So I can't call back and yell (they have not called when I have been home).

I hate that.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) [and originally, bilmore]
or just make up a number and rent from that store.

Fuck that. It's a matter of principle. I want him to know he's losing business because he's an idiot.

TM

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bilmore
Why would you want to?

Oh, no reason.

Do you go to the movies?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Little dude, I have not been in a club since I was thirteen dancing to Shannon (or whoever sang "give me the night"). I was at the veyr bar I told you about earlier. The one with the two straights.

Then I think you ran into the guy with the fake ID.

Apropos of the latter, wasn't getting your first fake ID the absolute best thing in the world? It was like Christmas...EVERY DAY.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?


Apropos of the latter, wasn't getting your first fake ID the absolute best thing in the world? It was like Christmas...EVERY DAY.

Sure...if Christmas in your house means drinking jug bottles of cheap vodka nd then puking in the driveway.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think I'm on the state list and the federal one. I generally don't answer the phone unless I know who it is, but I have been getting these REALLY ANNOYING carpet cleaning calls where it's a recording but it pretends like it's really someone calling. And they don't leave a number -- they just have "press 8 if you are interested" or something. So I can't call back and yell (they have not called when I have been home).

I hate that.

The technique I've been seeing more lately is the stock broker cold-calling me at work, trying to get me to invest in some new thing. I've noticed that a few folks don't even mention the name of the firm anymore, they just say in a slightly exasperated voice, "This is Joan. Call me at 1-888-555-4325." As if I've got some preexisting relationship with this person (like they're a client, and I just don't recognize the contact person's name), have fucked something up, and better call them to figure out what it is.

I don't know why they think this "you've been a bad boy. Call now." technique is supposed to be effective. It hasn't been with me.

(Of course, I could be mistaken. Maybe it was just Penske calling again to complain about the typos in that latest Response and Counterclaim.)

Gattigap

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Sure...if Christmas in your house means drinking jug bottles of cheap vodka nd then puking in the driveway.

Wow . . . are we related?

Kinda like the way the family Thanksgiving always ended up at the golf course.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Sure...if Christmas in your house means drinking jug bottles of cheap vodka nd then puking in the driveway.

We'd usually puke in one of the cars on blocks in the front yard. Ahhhh Christmas.

Did you get your fake when you were 15? B/c you're describing 15 yr old drinking. I was thinking more like 19. Or 17 if you're Canadian. Or 11 if you're European. Or 6 if you're Irish.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
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.

Actually, the earliest golems were simply created to demonstrate that their rabbi creators had achieved the highest of contemplative states, thus allowing them to create a golem, then they were returned to the earth.

The most famous of golems did not do evil, but in fact saved the Jewish shtetl of Prague from being destroyed.

Also, the golem is a frequent mispronunciation of part of my name, giving rise to much hilarity amongst the more literate wags in my youth.

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Then I think you ran into the guy with the fake ID.

Dont be a playa hata