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

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Translation [of Less's blind chick story]: she wouldn't bang me either.

Strong. TM can't complain too much about you borrowing his schtick for this one.

[ThrashersFan]

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...tugmcgraw.html

"Tug McGraw, the colorful left-handed relief pitcher who helped the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies capture World Series championships, died at the Nashville home of his son, country singer Tim McGraw. He was 59."



I have nothing to add.

[notcasesensitive]

I watched part of Average Joe last night (never caught the first one) and it seems like an awfully cruel thing to do to these nerdy guys.

For whoever asked, The Apprentice (The Donald's show) starts on Thursday night on NBC.

Finally, Colonial House is coming up on PBS this spring. Here's the description from realityblurred:

>>>Colonial House will air over four nights, May 10 to 14, from 8 to 10 p.m. The colonists are separated into four houses, two of which contain "indentured servants," and one of which is designated for three "Freemen." They lived as if it was 1628, facing "the rigid class and gender roles, mandatory religious observance, and the puritanical civil laws of the era, particularly those pertaining to profanity."<<<

Wouldn't it be fun if Paris Hilton had signed up for that one?!

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I watched part of Average Joe last night (never caught the first one) and it seems like an awfully cruel thing to do to these nerdy guys.

Why is it cruel? These guy s are shopping out of their league and are acting like she is some object they might win in a contest (from the ten minutes I saw) . Did I miss something? I didnt see the voteoff.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I watched part of Average Joe last night (never caught the first one) and it seems like an awfully cruel thing to do to these nerdy guys.

These guys are well below the average joe. At least I hope so. I couldn't watch all of it. I felt sorry for those guys. I thought all dorks became rich and successful to compensate for their dorkiness...which ties this thread back to law school...

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Why is it cruel? These guy s are shopping out of their league and are acting like she is some object they might win in a contest (from the ten minutes I saw) . Did I miss something? I didnt see the voteoff.

I basically only saw the voteoff (well and the 10 minutes before the voteoff). And it felt cruel. One guy said something along the lines of how big a loser he must be to be voted out in the first round of this show. I think if you turned it around and did the same show with a bunch of loser women and one hot guy there is a fairly high likelihood that one of the women voted out in the first round would kill herself.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I watched part of Average Joe last night (never caught the first one) and it seems like an awfully cruel thing to do to these nerdy guys.

I saw it, too.

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She started bitchy but cooled out pretty quickly - I hope that isn't a harbinger of tolerance to come. I did think it was sort of funny when she dismissed the rockabilly dude saying "the whole '50s thing was just ... distracting." I probably wouldn't have dismissed him, simply because that was just the sort of geeky thing I'd have done some years ago, but whatever.

I nearly choked to death when Boston guy asserted that "women from all over the country find the accent attractive." I was just thinking "dude, you had better be a dazzling wit, polished and erudite or I would kick you out of there SO fast." God damn there are some horrible accents in this country, but that is one of the worst. Everyone has their shallow little deal killers, and I just cannot get past a bad accent.

Or really, really bad teeth, I guess. I felt badly for the guy Matt, but then I got a good look at his teeth. Damn, I thought you only saw that stuff in the UK. He seemed sweet but, my skin just crawled at the very idea of kissing that mouth. Braces, OK, crooked, OK - but the dark, slimey rot thing? Nope, no way in hell, can't do it.

I was vaguely suprised she kicked off the rather professional looking guy (Robert or something?). He was one of the most presentable guys there, stammering notwithstanding.

Oh, and, guys - reading your own poetry to woo a woman? Never good, unless you are Yeats. I note that it rarely got him laid, either, and the chick he was wooing married a dashing type.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Why is it cruel? These guy s are shopping out of their league and are acting like she is some object they might win in a contest (from the ten minutes I saw) . Did I miss something? I didnt see the voteoff.

I must note for the record that this is basically a game show competition and therefore she is, in fact, some object they might win in a contest.

Though the whole "Yesss! She's hot!" thing many of them did as they were introduced was, well, not slick, I didn't think they were particularly treating her like a potential posession - at least less so than many guys (hot and not) of my acquaintance or observation tend to. They seemed well aware that they were "out of their league" and all the power of choice was in her hands. They seemed more aware than usual that, while they were competing against the other guys, they were competing against them for her approval, not just against the other guys for a largely inanimate prize. The focus was on impressing her rather than just on the "competition." It's a slight difference, but one I found significant.

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I basically only saw the voteoff (well and the 10 minutes before the voteoff). And it felt cruel. One guy said something along the lines of how big a loser he must be to be voted out in the first round of this show. I think if you turned it around and did the same show with a bunch of loser women and one hot guy there is a fairly high likelihood that one of the women voted out in the first round would kill herself.

no doubt the pity factor would be higher for Plain Jane than Average Joe but women dont usually shop out of their leauge and probably didnt think they were gonna compete for a hottie and then be made to feel worse bc they were plainer than the other janes. they probalby wouldnt objectify the guy as much either and women are already subjected to much more rigid standards by society than men.

That's my Purse Junkie diatribe of the year.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I saw it, too.

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She started bitchy but cooled out pretty quickly - I hope that isn't a harbinger of tolerance to come. I did think it was sort of funny when she dismissed the rockabilly dude saying "the whole '50s thing was just ... distracting." I probably wouldn't have dismissed him, simply because that was just the sort of geeky thing I'd have done some years ago, but whatever.

I nearly choked to death when Boston guy asserted that "women from all over the country find the accent attractive." I was just thinking "dude, you had better be a dazzling wit, polished and erudite or I would kick you out of there SO fast." God damn there are some horrible accents in this country, but that is one of the worst. Everyone has their shallow little deal killers, and I just cannot get past a bad accent.

Or really, really bad teeth, I guess. I felt badly for the guy Matt, but then I got a good look at his teeth. Damn, I thought you only saw that stuff in the UK. He seemed sweet but, my skin just crawled at the very idea of kissing that mouth. Braces, OK, crooked, OK - but the dark, slimey rot thing? Nope, no way in hell, can't do it.

I was vaguely suprised she kicked off the rather professional looking guy (Robert or something?). He was one of the most presentable guys there, stammering notwithstanding.

Oh, and, guys - reading your own poetry to woo a woman? Never good, unless you are Yeats. I note that it rarely got him laid, either, and the chick he was wooing married a dashing type.

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is the rockabilly guy the longhaired guy who was first to meet her? that guy must be an actor.

and I think Ryan Sutter might disagree with your position on poetry

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
In my law school class there was a former race car driver, a former bodybuilder, a couple of models, a former orderly at a psych ward, and a close, personal friend of a legendary rock band. A former Miss California was a year or two ahead of me. She wore deal-killing sweaters like the girl in The Brothers McMullen, so I wasn't upset about having no shot whatsoever.

Not nearly as exciting at Midwest U, but in my class we did have the wife of a well-known Olympic medalist heavyweight boxer and a guy who was the inspiration for and shares a name with one of the characters in the American Pie movies (friends from his HS wrote them).

More interesting than both was the fact that the Dean's son was a writer/producer for The Simpsons and King of the Hill.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
women dont usually shop out of their leauge

I think women often "shop out of their league," they just do it in different ways than men do. When women do it, they tend to go after men who are more educated then they are, men who are better established then they are, and men who are richer than they are. That's the gender politic in our country: ugly men can get pretty women; poor women can get rich men. Generally, it's not the other way around. You might counter that that fact that women can "get" these men means that those guys aren't really out of their league, but ugly men also end up with hot chicks all the time.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Not nearly as exciting at Midwest U, but in my class we did have the wife of a well-known Olympic medalist heavyweight boxer and a guy who was the inspiration for and shares a name with one of the characters in the American Pie movies (friends from his HS wrote them).

More interesting than both was the fact that the Dean's son was a writer/producer for The Simpsons and King of the Hill.

We had a stripper that no one knew was a stripper. Until someone found out and 20 guys showed up at the club. She started bawling and ran off the stage.

2 things about the stripper:

1. Very intelligent

2. She looked just like a stripper would look. Stripper hair, stripper tan, stripper smell. How did people not know (it took them a while)? I knew the entire time (through one of her friends albeit). I also got to know her somewhat. Really sweet and almost innocent -- when I heard the story about her crying it was the first time I felt sorry for a stripper. And then I remembered that she was paying for law school in cash...

Originally posted by mmm3587
might counter that that fact that women can "get" these men means that those guys aren't really out of their league, but ugly men also end up with hot chicks all the time.

Which is exactly why they arent out of their league.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
a guy who was the inspiration for and shares a name with one of the characters in the American Pie movies.

Was his mom hot?