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

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Interesting. When what's-his-name jumped into the vortex with Baby Connor, Mrs. Grinch was all upset that they killed off a baby. I told her that the Laws of Television Plot required Connor to live, in some form or another. She put $100 on it. Sucker, I thought. Never got the dough, though. If he gets killed off, she'll probably argue that we have to restate the family balance sheet.

Rich comic book and television tradition states that babies, once born, cannot stick around for too long. They must be either kidnapped, killed off, growth accelorated, or end up in the custody of a parent that is not a regular cast member. Babies are boring after the fourth episode. On soap operas, they're born, are cute for a few episodes, get shipped off to boarding school and come back two years later fully formed. In supernatural shows, almost inevitably, the baby is taken to another dimension or time, raised by someone with different values, and then brought back to adapt to this crazy place we call earth. (See the life of Nathan Christopher Charles Dayspring-Summers aka Cable of the X-Men for a perfect example of this.) Then they're adults and they're fair game. It was obvious that this was going to happen to Conner the second Angel named him after the main character in Terminator.

[AngryMulletMan]

This weekend, I had an incredible urge to buy a new handbag. After wading through the usual assortment of Coach, D&B and Kate Spade bags and finding them all, well, not that interesting, I decided on a Brighton bag which I bought at a little boutique that carries Brighton bags exclusively.

What was odd was that Brighton actually names its bags and that the salesperson kept referring to the bag by name. After I had purchased the bag, em put "her" in a flannel "sleeper bag", inside a fancy box and, finally, in a shopping bag stuffed with fluffs of fancy tissue paper. I was quite self-conscious carrying the thing home and kept fearing that Mary Engelbreit would jump out and say boo. Has anyone else bought one of these bags? The whole personification thing has me a little creeped out. I just wanted a purse for goshsakes.

AM(afraid Gigi will refuse to go out with my prole shoes)M

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Gattigap
To say nothing of the enduring value of the box.

Stick with me, Felicity -- stick with me. First class, all the way.

Yours,
Peter

Handsome, I don't drink white wine, unless it's bubbly.

And of course, the red can't be too grapey.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
The whole personification thing has me a little creeped out. I just wanted a purse for goshsakes.

AM(afraid Gigi will refuse to go out with my prole shoes)M

I think you mean "pursonification". That is funny, although not a practice not totally unheard of - I have some items of clothing that I have named.

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I think you mean "pursonification". That is funny, although not a practice not totally unheard of - I have some items of clothing that I have named.

I'm spewing unintentional puns today. Sorry.

BTW, I think it's perfectly normal to name lucky undergarments but having someone else name my purse creeped me out.

[taxwonk]

My grandfather's birthday is coming up, and for me it is a time
to reminisce. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us to enjoy the
momentous anniversary.

The long walks we used to take. The long drives. The special
trips he would make to pick me up so I could spend weekends with
him, and the advice he used to give! Much was wasted because I
was young when he died.

If he were alive today and sharing his gems of wisdom, I'd be a
better man. Those gems were well and good, but the one I remember
most, the jewel in the crown of grandfatherly advice, came when
he paused, looked me in the eye and said, "Son, don't mess around
with a woman with big hands. It makes your dick look small."

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by dtb
Japanese T.V. and Jackass

We own Jackass. Mr. Kiss watches all or part of it at least once a week. I am ashamed to admit I sometimes watch it with him.

Yellow snow cone and the ass rockets still make me cringe. But my favorite part of the whole movie is when the Spanish speaking doctor tells Ryan Dunn (I think?) that he should not tell anyone about the "carro juguete." "I know, you know, that is too many people already."

[dtb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Yellow snow cone and the ass rockets still make me cringe.

I had to look away at yellow sno-cone (also the end of the scene in the bathroom fixtures store -- eeew), and the butt rockets was like a train wreck -- I just couldn't look away, despite the horror!

My favorite was the "puddle surfing" when the guy gets blind-sided by an errant shopping cart. OUCH!

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by dtb
I had to look away at yellow sno-cone (also the end of the scene in the bathroom fixtures store -- eeew), and the butt rockets was like a train wreck -- I just couldn't look away, despite the horror!

My favorite was the "puddle surfing" when the guy gets blind-sided by an errant shopping cart. OUCH!

I've heard from those in the know that the version they submitted to the studio had a much longer scene involving the car. A scene called "beer enema" was deleted, even from the DVD. Probably for the best.

str(yellow snow-cone also made me gag and look-away)8

[dtb]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I've heard from those in the know that the version they submitted to the studio had a much longer scene involving the car.

You mean the Rent-A-Car crash derby? Or the scene in the car before the trip to the bathroom fixtures supply store?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by dtb
You mean the Rent-A-Car crash derby? Or the scene in the car before the trip to the bathroom fixtures supply store?

I think he means the toy car I referenced.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I think he means the toy car I referenced.

Oooooooooooh. Yes. That would make sense.

(ew)

That the guy who would pole vault into a river of shit would not do that particular "stunt" is really saying something.

(I gagged and looked away from the river of shit as well -- that was off-the-charts disgusting.)

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by dtb
Oooooooooooh. Yes. That would make sense.

(ew)

That the guy who would pole vault into a river of shit would not do that particular "stunt" is really saying something.

(I gagged and looked away from the river of shit as well -- that was off-the-charts disgusting.)

I have a high tolerance for gross, so long as it does not involve vomit. I've thought about watching this but have been too worried about the vomit factor. Should I go ahead and see it?

AM(can't bear to watch The Meaning of Life much past the discussion of french ticklers)M

[dtb]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
I have a high tolerance for gross, so long as it does not involve vomit. I've thought about watching this but have been too worried about the vomit factor. Should I go ahead and see it?

AM(can't bear to watch The Meaning of Life much past the discussion of french ticklers)M

Depends what you mean by vomit. Actually, I take that back, no matter what you mean by vomit (meaning, vomit-inducing or actual vomit), there is plenty of it in this movie.

The ratio of vomit-inducing scenes to actual vomiting footage is probably about 1:1, I'd say, perhaps with a slight tilt towards vomit-inducing (but that's just me...)

[dtb]

The fact that the subject on which I've had the most input (or at least the longest string of posts) involves the movie Jackass just confirms my worst suspicions -- I have devolved into my husband!