Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
In other news, Friendship Long Island area stores are requesting supplemental shipments of butter and garlic.

TM

I would have never guessed you were Jimmy Fallon.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
We don't fail to realize this we just think it was a lot more than that. A lot more.

I wasn't speaking to Christians in general, Pony. I was talking about those who will go see the film to reinforce their anti-semitism based upon the theory that it was the Jews who killed Jesus.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Sorry. My mind was elsewhere. (Selma Hayek and I have traveled back in time to 1971. Ann-Margret and Sean Connery have invited us along on a weekend trip to Cuba.)

Edited to remove ellipses, just because.

You really need to set your way back machine to the 50's for that fantasy.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by barely_legal
I think it's obvious that the judges want either a minority female or a teenage female to win this Idol b/c that's the only demographic they don't have yet (they have twentysomething white Kelly, minority male Ruben, and white bread male Clay).

Not trying to start something here, but why would they want a minority female? Who is sitting there waiting to buy a record from a minority? Are minorities considered part of the same demographic and therefore interchangeable? If the person is hispanic, will other minorities rush out to by their album? Are the white people who watch sick of white girls and big, fat black guys already?

I understand that they can diversify their Idol portfolio to increase their market share. But it's weird to think that signing a minority (as opposed to a black or asian or hispanic) female fills some type of void.

TM

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Not trying to start something here, but why would they want a minority female? Who is sitting there waiting to buy a record from a minority? Are minorities considered part of the same demographic and therefore interchangeable? If the person is hispanic, will other minorities rush out to by their album? Are the white people who watch sick of white girls and big, fat black guys already?

I understand that they can diversify their Idol portfolio to increase their market share. But it's weird to think that signing a minority (as opposed to a black or asian or hispanic) female fills some type of void.

TM

Well, if you're gonna get all pc about it.....

[Fugee]

Originally posted by dtb
(My 8th grade English teacher gave us this handy hint: think of the hot dog song -- I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner -- when conveying something that is other than the actual state of things/conditional.)

This reminded me that I've been sitting on a rant about public education. As a background, we Minnesotans justify our ultra-high state taxes with the better quality of our public schools.

Last month I proofread a term paper for my niece and pointed out sentences with grammar problems (I didn't correct them for her, just told her they were wrong). She got upset and told me it wouldn't matter because it wasn't a paper for English so the teacher wouldn't grade the writing. According to her, the only teacher other than the English teacher who cares about the writing in a paper is her Chemistry teacher who told them it is part of their grade. What the heck?!? Shouldn't that be a part of all school papers? With computer spellcheck, spelling shouldn't be an issue so why not focus the students on grammar?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Fugee
This reminded me that I've been sitting on a rant about public education. As a background, we Minnesotans justify our ultra-high state taxes with the better quality of our public schools.

Last month I proofread a term paper for my niece and pointed out sentences with grammar problems (I didn't correct them for her, just told her they were wrong). She got upset and told me it wouldn't matter because it wasn't a paper for English so the teacher wouldn't grade the writing. According to her, the only teacher other than the English teacher who cares about the writing in a paper is her Chemistry teacher who told them it is part of their grade. What the heck?!? Shouldn't that be a part of all school papers? With computer spellcheck, spelling shouldn't be an issue so why not focus the students on grammar?

does she have fat fingers?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I wasn't speaking to Christians in general, Pony. I was talking about those who will go see the film to reinforce their anti-semitism based upon the theory that it was the Jews who killed Jesus.

Okay, this has always bothered me, and I've always wanted to pose this question to someone who had an actual anti-Jewish bias sincerely based upon this theory.

Seems to me that Christians believe that there can be no salvation without the Christ as the vessel of that salvation.

If you have enough bible drilled in your head, even if it's just New Testament, Jesus' actions were referred to numerous times in numerous ways as the fulfillment of prophecy or God's will.

Bottom line is, Christians believe that he had to die, and die a painful and horrible death for the sake of all who believe.

If a Christian actually believes that the Jews were solely responsible for the death of Jesus, shouldn't they be thanking them?

Someday I'm going to ask this question at the risk of completely pissing someone off.

Of course, they would deserve to be put in their place.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by bilmore
I'm too old. A pocket wetty is but a fond mammary.

Your man breasts are that saggy?

[notcasesensitive]

Anyone who wants to play, read the rules in the separate FB thread and send me your picks by this Sunday. It costs nothing to play and you could win a gift certificate from lawtalkers for your troubles. Along with the more important prize - the chance to gloat about your picks to the entire FB community ad nauseum until we all put you on ignore.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I think it behooves us to learn that its awkward to bring kids to Vegas for strategic reasons and its educational, not to mention fascinating, to know that all little girls under five wear disney licensed crap. now we know what to buy our young friends in their twenties who will avoid our fate who we are now forced to hang out with since all of our friends our age are married with children , for their baby showers.

Would a spinster rather buy a CD from a minority girl singer or a teenage girl singer?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You get our hopes up with this:

And then, you post this:

If you're going to tease us, at least put your pointless comment in a different post next time. You didn't even give me a few seconds of happiness.

TM

I live to disappoint.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Okay, this has always bothered me, and I've always wanted to pose this question to someone who had an actual anti-Jewish bias sincerely based upon this theory.

Seems to me that Christians believe that there can be no salvation without the Christ as the vessel of that salvation.

If you have enough bible drilled in your head, even if it's just New Testament, Jesus' actions were referred to numerous times in numerous ways as the fulfillment of prophecy or God's will.

Bottom line is, Christians believe that he had to die, and die a painful and horrible death for the sake of all who believe.

If a Christian actually believes that the Jews were solely responsible for the death of Jesus, shouldn't they be thanking them?

Someday I'm going to ask this question at the risk of completely pissing someone off.

Of course, they would deserve to be put in their place.

Of course. An anti-Semitic Christian is an oxymoron of sorts, but try telling that to one of them...

[notcasesensitive]

I just ordered these in two colors:



They aren't as pricey or noteworthy as rp's sandal lust objects, but I'm pretty excited (I wanted to say "pumped" but couldn't bring myself to do it) to get them just the same. Plus it will be sandal season here in a month or less.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Well, if you're gonna get all pc about it.....

I realize you're joking, but I'm not being pc. I'm trying to figure out if this is an actual business approach. Like, is "minority" a demographic to be marketed to? Even if all the demo has in common is the fact that they aren't white. Seems like a strange way to think.

TM