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

Originally posted by Not Bob
So, unless we were in the Revolutionary War, we can't use "Benedict Arnold" as shorthand for a betrayal? Or, if we weren't around to see Nixon cry on television in 1952, we can't talk about a "Checkers speech"? Please. If you think it's stupid, fine. I feel the same way about "em" -- not because people who use it weren't around when it was first used, but because I think that it's stupid.

Paigow, you know I dig you in a way much much more than the stereotypical "married FB guy digs unmarried FB betty" way (am I allowed to say "FB betty"? oh, wait -- I may have been around for that one, so nevermind), but this whole board longevity thing is tiresome. As you occasionally point out when others engage in it.

I guess the distinctin is a little too subtle for some folks. You know the genesis of "benedcit arnold" . You understand it. that is the difference. That said, I dont use cliches except ironically bc I think they are trite, unoriginal, unexpresswive and, well, cliche. but many people do. fine. all I am saying is know the genesis of the saying. at a minimum you can appreciate how stupid it is and thus how stupid the term is without blindly uttering it like a member of some frat pledge class.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I'm glad I'm not old enough to have been posting here for eons. There is no way I could have made it through 80's music as an adult.

Yet you seek out bad 60's fiction.

Historical question: Whose sock was "go go wolf"?

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I didn't say you took credit for inventing it. I said you took credit for being around for the invention of it.

It's easy to understand how you would get confused. If someone else was getting this confused, it would be harder to understand.

I don't mean to detract from your accomplishments. You've been on this board a really, really long time. Which means you read the original Timmy post when it was originally posted. I can understand how you would be very, very proud of that and want to keep reminding people of it. Really. I mean that.

I also think highly of five-year-olds who say "he was my firiend before he was your friend so you can't play with him if I'm not playing with him."

You miss the point, counselor. Its not about whether I read it. Its about whether people who use it all the time know where it came from or whether they blindly mimic it like some kind of macaw with a law degree and time to kill. Its not about me in the slight. as i clarified in my discussion iwit plf who jumped to the same conclusion but understood the difference upon explanation. which i guess is the differencve between you and him.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
You know the genesis of "benedcit arnold" . You understand it. that is the difference.

See? That's where you're wrong.* None of us really know the genesis of "Benedict Arnold."** We heard about it in grammar school from teachers who heard about it in their grammar school, and so on and so on and so on...*** Undoubtedly some historians think ole' Ben gets a bad rap. And some people who were actually there might think it's getting misused.**** And listening to those people complain about it would be every bit as boring as reading your complaints about the use of "Timmy."*****


*Okay, one place where you're wrong. I've got limited time today.

** Go ahead, prove me wrong. Tell me exactly what Ben did, and when, and why. Without using Google.

*** Two points if you can tell me the genesis of "and so on, and so on, and so on." Because if you can't, and you weren't there, you don't get to use those words.

**** Bilmore?

***** Is it apropos to say that you are being a Timmy Timmy?

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
See? That's where you're wrong.* None of us really know the genesis of "Benedict Arnold."** We heard about it in grammar school from teachers who heard about it in their grammar school, and so on and so on and so on...*** Undoubtedly some historians think ole' Ben gets a bad rap. And some people who were actually there might think it's getting misused.**** And listening to those people complain about it would be every bit as boring as reading your complaints about the use of "Timmy."*****


*Okay, one place where you're wrong. I've got limited time today.

** Go ahead, prove me wrong. Tell me exactly what Ben did, and when, and why. Without using Google.

*** Two points if you can tell me the genesis of "and so on, and so on, and so on." Because if you can't, and you weren't there, you don't get to use those words.

**** Bilmore?


***** Is it apropos to say that you are being a Timmy Timmy?

I dont read asterisks bc they are anal lawyer nonsense. That said, I doubt you have the capacity to understand where I am right or wronb bc you are some kind of blustery litigator who tends to be overconfidence about his positions, whether in the court, on the board, or probably in life, if I know your type, and based ont he number of asterisks you ahve to rely on, I think I do.

[ABBAKiss]

This is so not entertaining.

[Sidd Finch]

Post edited because, well, Abba is right.

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This is so not entertaining.

You are not enjoying the monthly edition of paigow's point and how the unoriginal bluebook types miss it? But Less hasnt even arrived to pile on yet.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch


Did we start the weekend festivities a bit early today?

This should shock no one, but you're not the first person today to ask this question.*

*You are, however, the first person to do it publicly.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
There is no way I could have made it through 80's music as an adult.

Well, since everybody has made it an official Fryday:

You didn't make it through last week as an adult. Let's not set our sights too high.

(Sorry, but I'm trying to match Board Tone . . .)

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
get a room, will ya?

Don't think I haven't wished for it more than once.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This is so not entertaining.

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

.... It smells like ... victory.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Hey King of All Media, who the fuck is RJ? Are acronyms on nonobvious people really necessary? At what point will Scarlett J become SJ?

RJ was short for Randy Johnson, who was mentioned in the quoted post. Try reading the whole thing dearie.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by bilmore
Well, since everybody has made it an official Fryday:

You didn't make it through last week as an adult. Let's not set our sights too high.

(Sorry, but I'm trying to match Board Tone . . .)

You will need to be more self-indulgent and less entertaining.