Drive fast, live hard, no regrets... Sorry Penske

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have no gripe with Harpo.

Kathy Griffin does a funny little Oprah riff on her surprisingly amusing "My Life on the D List."

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."

Jesus, I just realized I’m wearing a racist tie. Typical hillbilly construction - doesn’t hold a knot for shit.*

* I guess those'd be French rednecks... La cou rouge?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But if I were homeless and poor and sleeping in the Astrodome, the very last thing I’d want to hear is a pep talk from a woman who probably flew in on private jet bigger than my house.

Unless she followed up with: "I have 3 extra monster houses plus 15 spare bedrooms in my main house and I want to put up 40 homeless families in them until they can return to or replace their permanent housing - my maid will get your kids enrolled in the local rich-people public school immediately."

Hell, I'm half seriously looking at the sofa-bed in our one non-bedroom room and thinking "well, two adults and one child, or one adult and two children, could probably manage on that for a while, since they won't be bringing nearly as much shit with them as my mother in law does when she comes ..."

Anyone considering actually putting up some people? (Other than Penske.)

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.

Well, there was that domestic violence song I liked.


He's drunk again, it's time to fight
Same old shit, just on a different night
She grabs the gun, she's had enough
Tonight she'll find out how fucking
Tough is this man
Pulls the trigger just as fast as she can
Never Again

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.

I always feel like I have to stick up for Canadian musicians (Celine Dion excepted) - some kind of loyalty thing. But you are right - they suck.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have no gripe with Harpo. I like and respect her (a whole more more than I do Spicoli). She seems like as decent a celebrity as you can find, and she has worked her ass off to get where she is. But if I were homeless and poor and sleeping in the Astrodome, the very last thing I’d want to hear is a pep talk from a woman who probably flew in on private jet bigger than my house.*

*Actually, the worst possible thing I could imagine would be the couple on the cot next to me asking me if my wife and I were “into soft swinging.”

Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.

So the bitch wasted all that jet fuel?

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.

Nonetheless, reunions are happening, albeit slowly.*

*Link to a story that answers the question "What Kind of Monster abandons her six-year old in charge of six children ranging in age from 5 months to three years?"**

**Answer: Someone told by the helicopter pilot that there is only enough room for the children, and he will come back.***

*** The coming back part turned out not to be true.****

****The parents got rescued eventually, too.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So the bitch wasted all that jet fuel?

Shouldn't you be in labor now?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Shouldn't you be in labor now?

That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.

What can I say? I'm just sweet like that.

Surely you are close.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.

I think fb is in the mistaken belief, like many of us, that you are actually in your 11th month. It's just we're so breathless with anticipation we can't wait.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb

Surely you are close.

So is Brittney.

[sunnybunny]

someone just changed my highly publicized to highly-publicized. What's the rule on hyphenating again? I've forgotten it.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."

Of course, I'm sure Oprah's speech paled in comparison to these words of comfort from Babs Bush:

Barbara Bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the Astrodome complex Monday, said the relocation to Houston is "working very well" for some of the poor people forced out of New Orleans.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality," she said during a radio interview with the American Public Media program "Marketplace." "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."