Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

After 5 minutes, the child stopped (in front of McDonalds), folded her arms, sat down and said, "I WANT MCDONALDS. AND I WANT IT NOW!"

Brings to mind Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, "I want a Golden Goose NOW Daddy!" Too bad there wasn't a trap door in the sidewalk in frontof McDonalds.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
While standing on line at the supermarket the other day , I saw that Star has the "exclusive" first photos of the little zeta douglas. What is with these people that they are selling pics of this (and their wedding)? Arent they worth like a half billion or something? Is nothing sacred?

Are you sure that Ms. T-Mobile sold them to the Star, and that they weren't all taken with a telephoto lens by the family gardener's cousin's sister's friend during the latest Douglas/Zeta-Jones hookah party?

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You are reading the wrong thing into the comment. They are actually saying, "in relation to my current life experience, life before having kids was meaningless." They are only trying to stress to you how meaningful their kids are to them. It's called hyperbole.

Here, let's use an analogy to help you understand: "Once I found that perfect little handbag, I realized my entire life without it had been meaningless."

TM

I've heard of hyperbole actually. These people are often serious.

[dtb]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
IAnd dtb, I'm toying with buying the Pride & Prejudice set. Only 39.95 for Colin Firth in a wet shirt, as many times as you want to see it. And if you get a DVD player, you'll be able to zoom.

Oh, not to worry RP, I've had the boxed set (of tapes -- not DVD) for years now. A worthy purchase if I've ever made one.

That was a nice adaptation too -- but believe you me -- the Austen crowd is divided (rancorously) about the propriety of Andrew Davies's inclusion of the wet-shirt scene. I like it -- it's shorthand for Darcy's transformation, and Mr. Darcy in a state of dripping deshabille -- who could quarrel with that?!?

Of course the Davies P&P adaptation had the advantage of being 6 hours long -- you can include a lot more detail with that amount of time. Another reason I admire the S&S adaptation -- she really captured the spirit/mood of the story in only 2 hours. Sure, there were departures from the novel -- when aren't there? But all in all, a great adaptation.

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Are you sure that Ms. T-Mobile sold them to the Star, and that they weren't all taken with a telephoto lens by the family gardener's cousin's sister's friend during the latest Douglas/Zeta-Jones hookah party?

Most of the stars now sell the pics of their kids or wedding or what have you to the tabloids to avoid the horrendous paparazzi pics. They know how cutthroat the tabloids could be, and this way they have some control over what appears in the papers.

C(yet another reason I'm glad I live in solid obscurity)deuced

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Edited - double post.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Actually, I was thinking on another (lower) level.

Name the absolute worst behavior you've witnessed of (your own or) someone's else's kids that made you want to smack those little fuckers. I've found that when I want to smack the kids I want to smack the parents 10 times harder.

Thurgreed(my mother would have left my ass there -- not kidding)Marshall

Cherry Blossom weekend, saw a demon child picking tulips and then tearing them apart at the tulip library* in D.C. The parents were oblivious. I was livid and had to be restrained.

They probably took the little darling to the Portrait Gallery later that afternoon so that he could touch the paintings.

*The tulip library is a garden near the Jefferson Memorial that has about 60-80 beds, each with a different variety of tulip. The flowers were in perfect form that day, making the parent's unconcern that much harder to bear. Edited to add that the kid was about 8 - old enough to know better.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
TM,

That's an awfully general reply. How exactly is that stupid? For that matter, how is it even generally incorrect? Have you ever had a lengthy conversation with a woman who does not work and is "all about her kids" and nothing else? I have, and they don't make drinks strong enough to make the conversation bearable.

I was brought up by a mother who worked whether she needed to or not and indulged in her own interests - and she imprinted upon me that women who didn't work and lulled about the golf course or spat out children and did nothjing more than "keep the home" were wasting their lives. I still believe she was right and respect her for having an identity beyond being my father's wife or my mother. Hence, when I see soccer moms and hear their dull conversations I think about all the women who are more than breeding machines, and how these myopically minded pro-mommies really drag women as a whole down.

I'm attracted to strong women with opinions, interest and goals - pro-mommies repulse me.

S(Its not stupid for me to deride what I can't respect)D

[bilmore]

Originally posted by purse junkie
I've heard of hyperbole actually. These people are often serious.

Look, we've spoken to your friends and family, and, frankly, we're tired of helping you in this continued self-deception.

Your life DOES suck. Now get over it and move on. :smash:

(Just tell those people "no, really, it's okay, I have cable, and that's cheaper than kids and not as messy!")

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Who is hotter in hockey quiz.
Your answers aren't critical. I'm just squirrelly.

I never used to think that I would view sports figures as hot or not, esp hockey, but I changed my mind when I saw Darcy Hordichuk and Brad Tapper -- all the rest are just players to me. :blush:


Thrashers(woo-hoo season ticket renewal time)Fan

[c2ed]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Name the absolute worst behavior you've witnessed of (your own or) someone's else's kids that made you want to smack those little fuckers. I've found that when I want to smack the kids I want to smack the parents 10 times harder.

Not sure if it's the absolute worst I've seen, but it's up there:

When I was 6 and my brother was 3, a couple of his little friends were over at our house with their moms. One of his friends (a total brat growing up - he now teaches 3rd grade in Montana) pulled one of our young apple trees out of our yard. Just walked right up to it (it was only 4 or 5 feet high), said "I hate trees" and pulled it out of the ground and tossed it aside. As his mother sat on the front porch and just clucked "now now, that's not nice."

C(I thought Mom Deuced was gonna toss her on the ground)deuced

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'm attracted to strong women with opinions, interest and goals - pro-mommies repulse me.

It is stupid to think that a stay-at-home mother doesn't have opinions, interests and goals. It is stupid to think that goals can only be as you define them.

My wife was a teacher and will most likely go back to being one at some point, but right now she is at home with the kid. She is intelligent, opinionated, interesting and goal oriented. One of her goals is to raise our children the way we would like them to be raised. Not to hire someone to raise them their way.

I know you're probably over-generalizing (and you'll say you're doing it to make a point) and have carved out an exception for certain women who stay at home, but it sure doesn't seem that way. It seems like you're taking the shallowest of views on this topic.

TM

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
There would be, but just because they call yo' mama "Gateway" doesn't mean she has access to a computer.

TM

That's the funniest, most original comeback you've had in a long, long, long time. Way to inject some new life into an old joke.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
While standing on line at the supermarket the other day , I saw that Star has the "exclusive" first photos of the little zeta douglas. What is with these people that they are selling pics of this (and their wedding)? Arent they worth like a half billion or something? Is nothing sacred?

If you know some fucking paparazzi is going to stalk you for three weeks to get "exclusive" shots of your kid, and make all the money themselves, you might as well whore yourself out by eliminating the middleman and collect the dough yourself. That's why they sued over the wedding pics -- because otherwise their own market was ruined.

Pathetic for billionaires, buy they've been driven to it by the insatiable appetite of soccer moms bored in teh checkout line for such crap.

Icing apparently is the only penalty many purported hockey fans know. Every time I'm at a game, I'm seated in front of or next to some geek (not the same geek each time) who screams icing every 5 min. If you feel the need to comment during a game at least look up the basics -hooking or offsides.

former (5 for fighting) gov't