Fashion Board 1-08-04 through 02-03-04

[dc_chef]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Problems I had were the whole "group of lesbian friends running a test on the chef" thing,

Just another day at the office for me.

the one blonde regular with the annoying voice (I think she was in some yogurt commercial which drove me nuts)...

I hope not the friggin' "huggin' the curves good" series of commercials. If I had a gun, I would shoot the tv when those came on.

Uh, I have an issue with commercials, if you hadn't noticed.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Which is the one with the annoying voice? There were two blondes right? The bisexual one (who is played by a lesbian (and the partnered one.

Alice, the bisexual one. And I was right, she is the woman with the annoying voice in the Yoplait commercials...

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
All this is compelling. Really.

But WTF happened to the avatar of our love-child?

Hey now. Mock my lesbianism. My sense of humor. My imperious nature. But don't be making nasty comments about my nephew

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Alice, the bisexual one. And I was right, she is the woman with the annoying voice in the Yoplait commercials...

Yes, Chef, the "favorite song on the radio go--ooood" woman. Her voice makes me want to claw my face off...

And the really ironic part is that she's in a band.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by leagleaze
No matter how permissive society might be getting, you can't really walk up to your average woman and ask her if she is a lesbian.

You obviously have not been to SF. Um, yes you can. And yes it happens.

Plus you can say things that will sound like you're fishing (I have only been hit on by lesbians - or suspected lesbians only a couple of times) things like, well you know my ex used to have a purse just like that (or hat or skirt or shoes or whatever). Or, "so, what are you doing tonight?" works for men and women. I'll stop now before it sounds like I hang out in lesbian bars.

[dc_chef]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Yes, Chef, the "favorite song on the radio go--ooood" woman. Her voice makes me want to claw my face off...

And the really ironic part is that she's in a band.

Ok, now for the big question: who has a more annoying voice? That Yoplait chick? Or the chick who does the Aveeno-with-soy commercials? I vote for the Aveeno woman; the Yoplait woman is forced only to read some of the world's most annoying copy.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Can we get a verdict on this? My guess is a Less and Thurgreed combo, with Bilmore watching from a closet and Sidd across the street with binoculars.

And with Chef filming and SD watching, looking disinterested, jerking off with one hand while sipping Makers Mark with the other.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

For Bands Reunited on VH1...

I've seen them all so far (some better than others, but an interesting show), but the show USUALLY runs an hour...

Not tonight.

Tonight's episode with the early 90's hair band Extreme only runs a half hour. Obviously they didn't reunite and it must be a gigantic fucking disaster (like their career, oddly enough)...

Preview clip had a quote from one of the two main guys in the band that they broke up because the other guy was sleeping with his wife, and is now married to her. Sounds like they might kill each other. Good stuff.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by dc_chef
Ok, now for the big question: who has a more annoying voice? That Yoplait chick? Or the chick who does the Aveeno-with-soy commercials? I vote for the Aveeno woman; the Yoplait woman is forced only to read some of the world's most annoying copy.

the funny thing is that the Yoplait chick also does BMW Certified Pre-owned ads, but she thankfully doesn't talk.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
WTF happened to the avatar of our love-child?

Wake up to the new world order.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Can we get a verdict on this? My guess is a Less and Thurgreed combo, with Bilmore watching from a closet and Sidd across the street with binoculars.

Can you put a few synapses into this please. RP is cuttting edge, her imaginary lover would be someone new, not someone
paigowcan ridicule. Think NWN GGG or DAVE!

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
All sorts of stuff

I have been to many places, including San Francisco. I have been to San Francisco many times. I am uncertain what that has to do with anything.

I do not doubt your word that you have seen or been asked out by women who are aggressive and unafraid to make their intentions known, regardless of being certain of someone's sexuality. I have no problem believing this is more common in certain parts of the country. It is much less risky to ask a person out in San Francisco, if they aren't gay, they still aren't likely to be offended.

However, most of the country is not San Francisco, and most people are not quite so confident, even in San Francisco. You know how a lot of people are too shy to ask someone of the opposite sex out? Gay people are shy of asking each other out for the same reasons. They are even more concerned about mistakenly asking out a straight person.

Sometimes straight people can react very very strongly. By strongly I mean they can get offended. They can yell. They can hit you. They can get their boyfriends to try to rape you. They can shoot you. Common? Well offense is common, at least around here, so is yelling. The rest, not so much, but it is a real risk you have to keep in the back of your mind.

Of course, if you are closeted (which was the issue on the L Word as it would happen,) you don't dare ask anything that will suggest that you are gay. The ramifications of being outed for some people are much too great. Say for example you are in the military. It would be incredibly stupid to ask some random woman out or to hint that you are gay to her.

As far as my friend, it is actually pretty straight forward (pardon the pun.) She is afraid if she just asks her friend if she is gay or if she just asks her out, that the friend will turn out not to be gay and will be upset at being asked if she is. She is afraid this will cause an awkwardness to develop between them, costing her her friend. She doesn't want to lose her friend. So she wants to be sure she is gay first.

I wish it was as simple as you suggest. But your experience, dare I say, is limited, and it is not coloured from a lesbian's point of view. A point of view that is much more aware of the risks of asking the wrong person the wrong question. Some of this is paranoia that comes from years of internal and external homophobia. Some is painful realism.

[NW Native]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
her imaginary lover would be someone new, not someone
paigowcan ridicule. Think NWN GGG or DAVE!

Oh, sure, the only way I get into the conversation is on a thread called 'lying liars'.


Anyway, paigow has no problem ridiculing this direction (assuming she takes me off ignore). It can't be me.

[Dave]

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Indians minor leaguer Kazuhito Tadano is asking for forgiveness for what he called a one-time mistake -- his appearance in a gay porn video in which he engaged in a homosexual act.

Apparently, he has met Darryl Strawberry:

Tadano knows he may face fan abuse in major league parks such as Yankee Stadium, where heckling the visitors is part of the pageantry.

He joked that he's ready for it.

"I don't understand English, so it doesn't really matter," he said

[Dave]

Speaking of sports, there is something that's just wrong about He Hate Me being in the Super Bowl.

Bill Simmons on Houston:

Still, I can't shake something. When we landed in Houston on Saturday -- and you'll be getting the complete story of that flight in the next SuperBlog entry -- my buddy Sal asked an interesting question.

"Do you think anyone has ever spent nine straight days in Houston without actually living there?"

He was serious.

And I couldn't answer him.

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Edited to add quote because it's Houston and it's the Super Bowl and I felt like it.