Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04 - Page 28

Gattigap · 12-10-2003, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by Penske Account
I invented that when Thurgreed was still in diapers, no offence, although the correct quote is: "People are fucking stupid".

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think Calvin invented it. The one with the tiger, not the religious cat.

If that's where you read it, then it was probably accompanied by a doctored graphic of Calvin pissing on [your chosen symbol to denigrate here].

My avatar, of course, is an unauthorized homage to Hobbes and to Maxwell audio products. Like Calvin's activities on the back of pickup trucks across America, this image is not licensed by Bill Watterson either. However, it is an indicia of taste and of good breeding, like nice shoes.

ltl/fb · 12-10-2003, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
If that's where you read it, then it was probably accompanied by a doctored graphic of Calvin pissing on [your chosen symbol to denigrate here].

My avatar, of course, is an unauthorized homage to Hobbes and to Maxwell audio products. Like Calvin's activities on the back of pickup trucks across America, this image is not licensed by Bill Watterson either. However, it is an indicia of taste and of good breeding, like nice shoes.

No. It was a Sunday strip that involved Calvin and Hobbes walking through a forest in the autumn.

I may be misremembering what nasty thing he had to say about people, though. It may have been "I hate people."

Dualit · 12-10-2003, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
The proverbial "lasting longer"? Nope.

I find that getting older helps in the "lasting longer" department.

So what if it isn't necessarily pretty.

Anne Elk · 12-10-2003, 06:42 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
You are absolutely right about paying up front for a nice pair of shoes being thrifty, but be honest - did you have a pair of Ferragamos when you were 21? Or did the thought of paying $400 for shoes instead of drugs strike you as stupid? I'm willing to bet that you didn't buy your first pair of $400 shoes until you stopped drinking beer for breakfast. It's not all about the $$ per se, but a man who wears nice shoes (and has them polished and doesn't walk the heels off and doesn't have tattered laces) will typically have come to a realization that money spent properly isn't stupid. I'm still not being clear - just think about yourself. If I saw you in a bar with your Guccis, I wouldn't necessarily say anything, but I would give you the time of day waay before I would waste my time talking to a guy who wore some ratty old adidas.

In other words - if you want to get lucky don't buy shoes at Payless (or at whatever chain of discount shoe stores happens to be in your area).

notcasesensitive · 12-10-2003, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
The proverbial "lasting longer"? Nope.

"Able to do a whole lot more, for a longer time, with more energy and enthusiasm, and strength, and agility, and look physically good while doing it?" Yep.

Concur.

ThurgreedMarshall · 12-10-2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
The proverbial "lasting longer"? Nope.

"Able to do a whole lot more, for a longer time, with more energy and enthusiasm, and strength, and agility, and look physically good while doing it?" Yep.

No doubt. But if you're going to look at it that way, lacrosse players will probably check you with their stick, soccer players will spend their time using nothing but their feet and basketball players will waste your time dribbling before dunking it into the hole. Maybe they should stick to swimmers who are all about the breast stroke and lapping.

TM

ltl/fb · 12-10-2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
In other words - if you want to get lucky don't buy shoes at Payless (or at whatever chain of discount shoe stores happens to be in your area).

I think you need to insert "with NFH, [name of other poster with money obsession], [name of another person with money obession], [name of still another person with money obsession], [repeat as necessary] or [name of a person with money obsession]" between "get lucky" and "don't buy."

Sparklehorse · 12-10-2003, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
People who buy bumper stickers are stupid.

I bet if I sold bumper stickers saying that I'd make millions.

TM

Maybe this is your perfect escape from the law, Mr. Happy.

ThurgreedMarshall · 12-10-2003, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Perhaps I wasn't clear. It's not whether you bothered to match the shoes and the belt, it's whether you cared enough to pay $100 for one or not in the first place.

You are absolutely right about paying up front for a nice pair of shoes being thrifty, but be honest - did you have a pair of Ferragamos when you were 21? Or did the thought of paying $400 for shoes instead of drugs strike you as stupid? I'm willing to bet that you didn't buy your first pair of $400 shoes until you stopped drinking beer for breakfast. It's not all about the $$ per se, but a man who wears nice shoes (and has them polished and doesn't walk the heels off and doesn't have tattered laces) will typically have come to a realization that money spent properly isn't stupid. I'm still not being clear - just think about yourself. If I saw you in a bar with your Guccis, I wouldn't necessarily say anything, but I would give you the time of day waay before I would waste my time talking to a guy who wore some ratty old adidas.

I'm just saying - this is how the girls talk (the ones I know anyway). If you don't think a girl notices when a guy has walked the heels off his shoes, or walked the hem off his pants, think again.

I didn't think I'd ever say this, but you should go back to just quoting other people's work.

TM

robustpuppy · 12-10-2003, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Maybe they should stick to swimmers who are all about the breast stroke and lapping.

TM

You are a cheeky punster, but in my experience you are quite right about swimmers.

I could have married a lax player, but he had an unbelievably hairy back and I didn't want to do that to my future sons. (It's a foul truth I speak.)

Penske_Account · 12-10-2003, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
The proverbial "lasting longer"? Nope.

"Able to do a whole lot more, for a longer time, with more energy and enthusiasm, and strength, and agility, and look physically good while doing it?" Yep.

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Concur.

Dissent. No offence. Except for the looking physically good part.

Anne Elk · 12-10-2003, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Maybe they should stick to swimmers who are all about the breast stroke and lapping.

TM

Oddly enough, almost all the male swimmers I knew were either gay or socially stunted. Very few were people I'd want to hang out with outside of practice and meets. I stopped swimming competitively in college. At my school swimming was the true social geek sport.

Anne
Butterfly a speciality.

Anne Elk · 12-10-2003, 07:00 PM

Anyone in Boston this weekend? Any of the FB Boys care to run?

Saturday, December 13 the 4th Annual Santa Speedo run on Newbury St. Interview here.

Proof that very few men should wear Speedos. Heck, even the swimmers aren't wearing them anymore.

ltl/fb · 12-10-2003, 07:00 PM

Can the name of this thread be changed to "Fashion Board Needing a Tittle"? That's how I keep reading it and then I have to do a double-take and it's annoying me.

bilmore · 12-10-2003, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
. . . lacrosse players will probably check you with their stick, soccer players will spend their time using nothing but their feet and basketball players will waste your time dribbling before dunking it into the hole. Maybe they should stick to swimmers who are all about the breast stroke and lapping.

I simply cannot keep up with you East Coasties and your euphemisms for sex acts.