The New And Improved Fashion Board

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I will always stand if the only open seat is next to a fat person.

I wasn't exactly thrilled to be squashed next to bleached blonde mullett girl on the left of me and 6'4 talking to myself Power Point boy either.

[dtb]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
AoN, some asshole on the stop 1/2 hour before the city wanted the third seat, woke both of us up to get it, folded his 6"4 ass into the seat, whipped out his CD player, and started flipping through printouts of a power point presentation whilst muttering to himself. elbowing me with each flip. and OCD changing his cd over and over. I almost punched him. Dude. you are 1/2 hour on the train. Is it necessary to be that disruptive for 1/2 hour?

So the farther out from the city you live, the more space you are entitled to? Interesting theory. Why is he an asshole if he wants an available seat?

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Next Sunday will be the last episode of Dexter. I'm sure they will show the entire season the few days before. If you haven't been watching it is really really good.

I'm a fan of the book and really liked the first episode. How has the rest of the season compared?

[Cletus Miller]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Small segway
Gattigap

I didn't realize they came in different sizes.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
I'm a fan of the book and really liked the first episode. How has the rest of the season compared?

I would only recommend something that is really good. AND I would never say something is great, unless it is.

I'm not Sebastian.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I would only recommend something that is really good. AND I would never say something is great, unless it is.

I'm not Sebastian.

Cool. I really like the casting decisions, so I will definitely check this out.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by dtb
So the farther out from the city you live, the more space you are entitled to? Interesting theory. Why is he an asshole if he wants an available seat?

He is an asshole not because he wants an available seat [although his 6"4ness is kind of uncomfortable but I digress]

he is in asshole because it is only a half an hour and if you are obviously in limited space, it is not necessary to "amuse" yourself for only a half an hour by elbowing me each time you flip the power point slides muttering to yourself. These 1/2 hour types often open up the NY Times on your head [not the nice train fold] amuse yourself all you want as long as it does not infringe upon others.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
So the farther out from the city you live, the more space you are entitled to? Interesting theory. Why is he an asshole if he wants an available seat?

The closer in you live, or the shorter your ride, the less benefit there is to disrupting people. Do you really need me to get up to let you sit down just so I can get up again to let you off at the next stop? Grab a pole with your butt, buddy.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The closer in you live, or the shorter your ride, the less benefit there is to disrupting people. Do you really need me to get up to let you sit down just so I can get up again to let you off at the next stop? Grab a pole with your butt, buddy.

I always want a seat, no matter how short the ride. (hmmm - is there a perverse way of reading that? probably.)

What I hate are those people who take the outside seat on the bus (in the two-seater configuration) and then act all pissy if you want the inside seat. I make it a point of asking for the inside seat when someone is doing that. Even if there are outer seats available.

Ha! Take that!

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
I make it a point of asking for the inside seat when someone is doing that. Even if there are outer seats available.

Ha! Take that!

So you cut off your nose to spite your face?

I make it a point of getting up and letting someone take the inner seat. The inner seat sucks, at least on the Metro here, because the HVAC constrains the legroom. The outer seat allows me to stretch my legs across the aisle and trip people.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Fascinating interview in Rolling Stone with Sacha Baron Cohen -- apparently he almost never talks to the press out of character. A few snippets from the interview -- The Man Behind The Mustache

• There are two things Baron Cohen doesn't like talking about: his background and his creative process -- how he creates his characters, how he procures interviews with highly inaccessible figures like Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump, and how he gets them to take seriously his preposterous questions . . .
  
  For the Borat film and TV segments, on the other hand, subjects are told that the crew is shooting a documentary intended for Kazakhstan television. Much to the surprise of producers, celebrities and politicians are willing to do such an obscure interview and, once on camera, are eager to please.
  
  Because Da Ali G Show had run already for two seasons on HBO, most of the Borat movie had to be shot in areas of the Deep South with minimal cable penetration. As an extra precaution, during the pre-interview, researchers made sure subjects hadn't heard of Baron Cohen. For a final safety measure, a lawyer was kept on retainer. Before each scene, producers would tell her what they planned to do, and she'd let them know where the boundary between comedy and criminality lies.
  
  Once on site, the first order of business is to get subjects to sign releases, which are worded vaguely and omit the actual name of the media outlet where the show will air. In the case of scenes shot in public, passers-by are given releases before entering the area. "We'd have someone in the lobby of a hotel with release forms," Borat director Larry Charles, who previously directed Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, recalls of one scene. (Full disclosure: Charles is slated to direct the film version of a book I wrote, The Dirt.) "We'd tell people we were shooting today and they may be in the background of a shot. Then they'd get in the elevator and, boom, two naked guys would come running in." (emphasis supplied)

These must be the conventioneers TM mentioned.

Anyway, very interesting article, even for a Borat Disliker like me.

Someone I know knows a guy who was accosted by Borat, refused to sign a release but wound up being in the movie. Since this guy prolly is worth 12X what SBC is, he chuckled.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Cletus Miller
I didn't realize they came in different sizes.

Timmy of the Day!!

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
He is an asshole not because he wants an available seat [although his 6"4ness is kind of uncomfortable but I digress]

he is in asshole because it is only a half an hour and if you are obviously in limited space, it is not necessary to "amuse" yourself for only a half an hour by elbowing me each time you flip the power point slides muttering to yourself. These 1/2 hour types often open up the NY Times on your head [not the nice train fold] amuse yourself all you want as long as it does not infringe upon others.

Half an hour seems a long time to stand, especially if one has some work to do.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by dtb
I always want a seat, no matter how short the ride. (hmmm - is there a perverse way of reading that? probably.)

What I hate are those people who take the outside seat on the bus (in the two-seater configuration) and then act all pissy if you want the inside seat. I make it a point of asking for the inside seat when someone is doing that. Even if there are outer seats available.

Ha! Take that!

What's the rule on giving up a train seat where you have the outside seat in a 3 person seat and there's an open seat between you and the guy with the window seat? I always get up and offer the person the middle seat. Most people are happy to take that, recognizing that one of the downsides of living closer to the city than the people who got on the train before you is that you get lousy train seats. Some others seem to think they're entitled to move me to the middle seat. They give me stares when I get up to give them the seat.

What is the polite behavior in this circumstance (for both parties)?

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I know, I factored all that into my musings and analysis of what I want to buy. If you go on battery alone I'd buy the shuffle, right?

Or the nano. Which i almost did but I think I want video.

AoN, some asshole on the stop 1/2 hour before the city wanted the third seat, woke both of us up to get it, folded his 6"4 ass into the seat, whipped out his CD player, and started flipping through printouts of a power point presentation whilst muttering to himself. elbowing me with each flip. and OCD changing his cd over and over. I almost punched him. Dude. you are 1/2 hour on the train. Is it necessary to be that disruptive for 1/2 hour?

Don't like it? Get your firm to pay for a full-time driver. Otherwise, get in there with the rest of us.