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

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by evenodds
A sign I have been working too late:

I read your entire post waiting for some reference to jewelry.

I figured the sign you have been working too late is that you read the entire post.

[evenodds]

I know this is an issue of particular interest to some of our members. Though it sounds very weird, they are going to be able to begin administering the treatment to terminal patients very quickly.

Catch a cold, cure your skin cancer, Aussie scientists say

SYDNEY, (AFP) - The common cold virus most people try their hardest to avoid is very likely to be the cure for malignant melanoma, Australian scientists have discovered in a major breakthrough announced here.

A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle believe they have made an exciting discovery in the treatment of the usually deadly skin cancer of which Australia, with its hot sun, has the highest rate in the world for its fair-skinned populace.

"We have established that melanoma cells can be destroyed by infecting them with a common cold virus," the lead researcher, associate professor Darren Shafren said.

"We believe this is a significant break-through in the development of the treatment of melanoma. We are very excited about it."

"The results we have had using human cells and also in animal studies have been very exciting. If we can replicate this success in human trials then it could be available within a year or two."

Full text: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._health_cancer

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Watchtower
I'll be driving the car with NY license plate 666. So we should be able to find each other!

Actually, they won't issue it. I know this only because "6" is my mother's favorite number and when they first started offering personalized plates in NY my dad wanted some combination of sixes on a plate for her. Wellllll, with neither the DMV person nor my father thinking about it he took "666" because it was the only strictly sixes combo left.

Long story short, my mother had an all blacked out car and was getting Jesus pamphlets on her car and my dad was going to take the plate back until a call from a high-ranking DMV person came in stating that "we never should have issued that plate." My dad, being the rebel he is (yeah, right), refused to turn it in and he kept it until they fled the state for warmer climes a few years back.

[Anne Elk]

The woman in Ohio who says she lost the winning ticket has filed a lawsuit.

That took about as long as Britney's marriage.

[Watchtower]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Actually, they won't issue it. I know this only because "6" is my mother's favorite number and when they first started offering personalized plates in NY my dad wanted some combination of sixes on a plate for her. Wellllll, with neither the DMV person nor my father thinking about it he took "666" because it was the only strictly sixes combo left.

Long story short, my mother had an all blacked out car and was getting Jesus pamphlets on her car and my dad was going to take the plate back until a call from a high-ranking DMV person came in stating that "we never should have issued that plate." My dad, being the rebel he is (yeah, right), refused to turn it in and he kept it until they fled the state for warmer climes a few years back.

And I thought I'd have to fight Donald Trump for it!

Ok, Leagl, tell me where you are having those tats put, since I am going to have to find you.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
The woman in Ohio who says she lost the winning ticket has filed a lawsuit.

That took about as long as Britney's marriage.

I am soooo ignored.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I am soooo ignored.

My bad.

Scroll then post.

[Watchtower]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I am soooo ignored.

Should we have a cup of coffee and talk about it?

[dtb]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
This may already have been posted, but I couldn't find it in a cursory search. From a review of a book that may have been written by Atticus and dtb:

'There are many possible reasons for the tremendous success of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," a spritely volume that leads the reader through the valley of the shadow of comma splice; refers to the apostrophe as "our long-suffering little friend"; makes a rousing case for the semicolon's usefulness in, among other things, "calling a bunch of brawling commas to attention"; and describes Woodrow Wilson's inexplicable visceral hatred of the hyphen, which he called — spectacularly undermining his own argument — "the most un-American thing in the world."'

'Pedants may be born, or they may be made, but Ms. Truss [the author] — who prefers "stickler," if pressed — has been one for a long time.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/bo...=all&position=

I could have sworn I posted about this prior to leaving for vacation. My husband has been scouring book stores looking for this very tome. Apparently, it's a really hot item! (Not that I'm surprised, of course.)

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Actually, they won't issue it. I know this only because "6" is my mother's favorite number and when they first started offering personalized plates in NY my dad wanted some combination of sixes on a plate for her. Wellllll, with neither the DMV person nor my father thinking about it he took "666" because it was the only strictly sixes combo left.

Long story short, my mother had an all blacked out car and was getting Jesus pamphlets on her car and my dad was going to take the plate back until a call from a high-ranking DMV person came in stating that "we never should have issued that plate." My dad, being the rebel he is (yeah, right), refused to turn it in and he kept it until they fled the state for warmer climes a few years back.

My roommate from college was issued a license plate that had three letters and then 666 (or maybe 666 and then 3 letters). Not a vanity plate - it is just what they gave him. He was going to ask to get another plate instead, but then thought that it would be bad luck to give that much credence to his license plate number. To my knowledge, he never got Jesus pamphlets or any other special treament because of his license plate.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Are four of those young perkies, probably attached to some supermodel who loves midwest lawyers no doubt, the equivalent of two hanging from a PP or an RP since we are about twice as old?

Speak for yourself, sister.

(They are definitely not hanging.)

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Speak for yourself, sister.

(They are definitely not hanging.)

Remember the audience, dear. To Coltrane, you are nothing but a bag, or two, of mothballs.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Remember the audience, dear. To Coltrane, you are nothing but a bag, or two, of mothballs.

That's silly. I'm only a year older than he, and at his next birthday we'll be even.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Concur:
burger king and bell's are the main problems for addictive personalities in K-zoo

I can understand an addiction to Bells...

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Are four of those young perkies, probably attached to some supermodel who loves midwest lawyers no doubt, the equivalent of two hanging from a PP or an RP since we are about twice as old?

No, your tits are nice too.

Shall I read you my poetry?