Fashion Board 4-6-04 to 5-7-04

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yikes. I hope this doesn't mean you've eaten at his house? Without being aware of all the ingredients in the special sauce?

If you don't think you can make it to the bathroom in time, stay put and aim for the trashcan when you start vomiting uncontrollably.

I'll use bnb's vomitorium.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Well, they are sol on replacing that baby with a shiny new Olds Cutlass.

RIP. My favorite car ever was a 1970 Cutlass convertible. Fewer things were nicer than cruising an open highway with the top down on a sunny day with the hippie girlfriend (who also like the car despite gallons per mile fuel efficiency). The car came to an untimely end when the water pump went out, leading to a cracked block and me being stranded in Buffalo, TX for a weekend.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
You're not suggesting my comma was misplaced, are you?

Not at all! I was ever-so-gently suggesting that if only readers would pay attention to the punctuation guidance offered by the prudent writer and his judicious comma usage, many of these misunderstandings would never arise.


But I suppose that wouldn't be much fun. Never mind.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
RIP. My favorite car ever was a 1970 Cutlass convertible. Fewer things were nicer than cruising an open highway with the top down on a sunny day with the hippie girlfriend (who also like the car despite gallons per mile fuel efficiency). The car came to an untimely end when the water pump went out, leading to a cracked block and me being stranded in Buffalo, TX for a weekend.

How I long for the seafoam Supreme of my youth with the sunroof that also let the snow and rain in until I accented it with 90 yards of duct tape... Unfortunately, my ex-cousin left the right half of it along a quarter-mile stretch of dark winding road on a happy weaving binge.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by dtb
Not at all! I was ever-so-gently suggesting that if only readers would pay attention to the punctuation guidance offered by the prudent writer and his judicious comma usage, many of these misunderstandings would never arise.


But I suppose that wouldn't be much fun. Never mind.

That's what I thought. I was just making sure.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Hey Thurgreed.
Remember back in October when I wrote on here that Contreras was done?

Contreras is done.

I do. And he certainly looks like shit. But I'm not willing to give up on him already. He pitched very well for a decent stretch last season. He's not focusing and apparently has absolutely zero concentration when runners are on base.

This is from a Neyer article on ESPN:

"Contreras, on the other hand, doesn't have Mussina's track record so we can't just assume he'll be a Cy Young candidate. If you weren't paying attention last season, though, it was easy to miss how well Contreras actually pitched. In 71 innings with the big club, Contreras allowed only 52 hits (four home runs) and struck out 72 batters.

Ron Shandler wrote, 'From a skills perspective, this debut justified last winter's bidding war. ... Assuming good health, he will emerge as an elite-level SP.'

Baseball Prospectus wasn't quite so enthusiastic. Here's the entire comment from this year's book:

'Contreras showed electric stuff at times, but also had some trouble commanding it, a flaw that caused him to struggle against the more patient teams he faced. Fortunately for him, six of his nine starts were against the Devil Rays, Tigers, Orioles, and Reds, and he had a 1.48 ERA against those teams. He misses bats, which is a big plus in front of a defense that misses balls. Contreras will likely settle in as a mid-rotation starter, but an inconsistent one, mixing game scores of 91 and 19 with frustrating frequency.'

Well, Contreras hasn't pitched against the Devil Rays, Tigers, Orioles, or Reds this season (not that all those teams are pushovers this season, anyway). Instead he's pitched against the White Sox and the Red Sox (twice). All those Sox are patient, and Contreras has walked nine batters in 11 innings. More damaging, though, have been the 17 hits, including four home runs."

If he can get ahold of his control and stop tipping his pitches, things may change. Although, it may be hard to concentrate on baseball when your family is in Cuba and there seems to be no hope of getting them out any time soon.

It's still only April, man. I'll give him another five starts before I pee on him.

TM

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
It's still only April, man. I'll give him another five starts before I pee on him.

TM

How long until you give him back his stool?

[Monstrosity]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
It's still only April, man. I'll give him another five starts before I pee on him.

IRL, I might too, but the panel deadline for my rotisserie team loomed, so he's gone.

[SEC_Chick]

This kept me busy during a mind numbing conference call. Maybe bl could make this her new avatar.

http://veepers01.budlight.com/servic...5-E3635E514682

(work appropriate, bud light will let you screw with pictures, make them talk and email them to your friends)

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Fugee
Diana had one of the best performances, along with LaToya, but considering that no one gave a great one, that isn't saying much. And she wore the ugliest dress; it made her look like a sausage.

Ah, the important stuff. Simon gave her dress a zero. I disagree. Call me a perv., but she looked the best she's looked last night. Yeah, she's 16 and chubby, but I would have rubbed one off if I wasn't storing up for a "date" tonight.

Originally posted by dtb
Not at all! I was ever-so-gently suggesting that if only readers would pay attention to the punctuation guidance offered by the prudent writer and his judicious comma usage, many of these misunderstandings would never arise.


But I suppose that wouldn't be much fun. Never mind.

You are like the Debtslave of punctuation

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I would have rubbed one off if I wasn't storing up for a "date" tonight.

Is that the patented Make It Last Like Less strategy I've heard so much about?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Is that the patented Make It Last Like Less strategy I've heard so much about?

Because not jerking off yesterday is going to make him more able to delay orgasm today? That does not make sense to me. It might be Get It Up Like Less.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I would have rubbed one off if I wasn't storing up for a "date" tonight.

Interesting. I'm wondering if other guys do this. I'll admit I've done it before.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Because not jerking off yesterday is going to make him more able to delay orgasm today? That does not make sense to me. It might be Get It Up Like Less.

No, I think he's talking about putting on a better show when he pulls out.

Is that gross?