Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Of course, the article is clear that the kid didn't make his own decision about his hair. His parents let him do it as a reward, so the principal was undoing the parents' parenting decision.

Either we're saying the same thing, or we're miles apart. He was allowed to make his own decision about his hair ("Dad, I've been good; I want a mohawk."). That is more discretion that most kindergarteners are given. Everything a six-year-old does, he does at the sufferance of his parents. I don't put it beyond the realm of "his decision" merely because his parents could have said "no" but instead said "okay."

I'm more concerned about either the father or the principal lying here than I am about some blue hair.

Fair enough. If the principal is lying, someone should put the hurt on him, like his boss. I'm a freakin' plaintiff's lawyer, and even I think that a lawsuit would be a waste of society's resources here.

I think they're just teaching the kids to be vain at that place.

You've never been to Auburn. That place is home of the Tonya Harding white-trash hairdo. So if it's vanity, it's misplaced. Not all parts of California are style central. Trust me on this.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
One of the best beards ever before he trimmed. I can't find any pics where he has the Jesus beard, although I bet he could grow it back in about a week.

I think this is what you're looking for

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Cowboys fans are assholes.

Braves fans don't give a shit.

Duke fans are just fucking dorks.

There are some guys that you don't like, but you at least somewhat respect. Often, you call that guy a "dick" or an "asshole". However, there are others who aren't cool enough to be either of those insults. We call those guys "dorks". Duke fans are dorks.

Heck, ND fans are dorks too, and I love Notre Dame. But I'm frequently embarrassed by my fellow fans. I'm equally embarrassed by White Sox fans, who aren't dorks but are completely insane, run on the field and attack coaches and umpires...

Edited to add that my dislike for Duke fans doesn't come from jealousy, as they would like to believe. I like Sheshefsky and think he runs a great program. His fans are just dorks. Contrastingly, I also hate the Yankees, but I respect Yankee fans. I have little respect for the organization but plenty for Torre. Yankees fans aren't dorks.

Actually, the most rabid Duke fans I know are tools who wanted to go there but couldn't get in. I just dislike the whitebread Davd Matthews-listening J. Crew uniform wearing motherfuckers who get a hard on for Duke basketball, and I can't root for a perennial winner. What fun is that?

ND? Good luck with that... Then again, I'm a Penn St fan, so I should prpbably shut the fuck up.

The White Sox still exist? I haven't watched them since Greg Luzinsky was hitting the ball out of Comiskey.

I grew up a Yankees fan, so I can't hate them now, even though I feel I should. They're just an example of a league gone wrong. If I were Steinbrenner, I'd tried to buy it every year. Why not if there's nothing stopping you?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Either we're saying the same thing, or we're miles apart. He was allowed to make his own decision about his hair ("Dad, I've been good; I want a mohawk."). That is more discretion that most kindergarteners are given. Everything a six-year-old does, he does at the sufferance of his parents. I don't put it beyond the realm of "his decision" merely because his parents could have said "no" but instead said "okay."

Oh, come on. You wouldn't let your kid do something silly on a whim, just because they think it's fun and you're feeling a little offbeat/ want to reward them/ just had incredible sex?

The parents let the kid put a little food die in his mohawk. So what?

Fair enough. If the principal is lying, someone should put the hurt on him, like his boss. I'm a freakin' plaintiff's lawyer, and even I think that a lawsuit would be a waste of society's resources here.

Lying principals can be a real problem. And it can be very tough to do anything about them, because their boss is often a superintendent a couple towns away. I've been ready to throttle a lying principal on at least one occassion. If this is parent with disposable cash who decided to teach the guy a lesson when he did it once too often, I sympathize.

It also wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing left the kid, who, let's remember, is six, embarrassed, in tears, feeling bullied, and if I were the parent, I'd want the damn principal to feel the same way.

You've never been to Auburn. That place is home of the Tonya Harding white-trash hairdo. So if it's vanity, it's misplaced. Not all parts of California are style central. Trust me on this.

Read this again. Think how it sounds to someone like me, who has relatives who live in trailers.

Then remember, Man, we were always the cool ones, not those slick preppy bastards. You never saw Marlon Brando or James Dean play some stylin' little twerp, did you?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Of course not. Why would you assume this? I was just trying to amuse myself because I do not have any good CDs to listen to and there is no one hot near my office to make out with.

Well, how else would you think of it?

Maybe you should go make out with RP. She's bored, too.

[sunnybunny]

Originally posted by dtb
Word.

I went to see LOTR III and there was a guy talking on his stinking cell phone. What an a-hole. I found, though, that when I said something to him, the rest of the audience backed me up. I mean, I live in TCOTU, and I've never seen that happen (the LOTR incident was not in TCOTU).

Talk about the entitlement attitude. It makes me want to vomit. Or kill someone. Or both.

Agreed. When the Mr. Bunny and I went to see Starsky & Hutch there was a broken English-speaking Eastern European mail-order bride and her date sitting behind us...she not only talked really loud, but talked like a 1-900 phone sex operator (not that I know what they sound like) to her "date" the whole time....and she had flesh and cleavage and spittel just aobut everywhere. She was so bad that I was praying she'd turn into a guy talking on his cell phone...would have been an improvement.

Sunny(put some duck tape over it)Bunny

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Well, how else would you think of it?

Maybe you should go make out with RP. She's bored, too.

I am bored too. Not only that, I am officially sick of everyone who has an office anywhere near mine. I am sick of their microwaved lunches and 300 popcorn snacks, their little hallway chitchat. Whats the official sellby date for a job? Three years?

[sunnybunny]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...rb_survey_dc_1

Originally posted by sunnybunny
Agreed. When the Mr. Bunny and I went to see Starsky & Hutch there was a broken English-speaking Eastern European mail-order bride and her date sitting behind us...she not only talked really loud, but talked like a 1-900 phone sex operator (not that I know what they sound like) to her "date" the whole time....and she had flesh and cleavage and spittel just aobut everywhere. She was so bad that I was praying she'd turn into a guy talking on his cell phone...would have been an improvement.

Sunny(put some duck tape over it)Bunny

(channeling Shape Shifter) If she is a bride why is she on a date?

(channeling TM)- if you had a television, you would not have to be subjected to the prole world. movies go to dvd in no time.

me: did you check to see if Mister Bunny had a hardon? He seems to dig those 1900 types doesnt he?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am bored too. Not only that, I am officially sick of everyone who has an office anywhere near mine. I am sick of their microwaved lunches and 300 popcorn snacks, their little hallway chitchat. Whats the official sellby date for a job? Three years?

Yes. Shorter by six months if men in your workplace wear too much cologne.

[Been There, Done That]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am bored too. Not only that, I am officially sick of everyone who has an office anywhere near mine. I am sick of their microwaved lunches and 300 popcorn snacks, their little hallway chitchat. Whats the official sellby date for a job? Three years?

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[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
(channeling Shape Shifter) If she is a bride why is she on a date?

(channeling TM)- if you had a television, you would not have to be subjected to the prole world. movies go to dvd in no time.

me: did you check to see if Mister Bunny had a hardon? He seems to dig those 1900 types doesnt he?

You could do this to someone post-its gone amuck

And I heard someone say "sell-by date" on Tv last night and it strikes me that TV writers must be reading here. Almost every Leno monologue contains items discussed here that same day.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Read this again. Think how it sounds to someone like me, who has relatives who live in trailers.

Until I get the official E/O disclosure from leagl, or a properly formatted "My sister has the Tonya Harding hairdo, you insensitive clod!", I'm gonna continue to rail against white trashiness. Or we'd better start focus grouping a new name for the FB, ASAP.

[Atticus Grinch]

A compendium of this year's April Fool jokes/hoaxes.

Favorites:

USPS announces "Go Postal," a number portability scheme for ZIP Codes (thanks, NPR).

Duke University purchases public domain

and, of course, Homestarrunner.com loses its domain name. {Spree: contains sound, if you wait long enough.}

[Hank Chinaski]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,116194,00.html

its the last season, so its not like she's walking away from a long term gig, but another NYPD Blue character is walking.

Actress Charlotte Ross is leaving "NYPD Blue." She has been on maternity leave since giving birth to her son last month.
Her husband and manager Michael Goldman told TV Guide Online that the actress, who has played Det. Connie McDowell on the hit show since 1993, won't be back in the fall for the final season.

Goldman said "she's burnt on the character and burnt on drama and really also wanted to be a mom."

That could leave Det. Andy Sipowicz, played by Dennis Franz, without a wife. Another option would be that Sipowicz would still be married to Connie but we won't see her.

if they kill her off, Sipowitz becomes one of the most toxic guys in TV history. Lost 2 wives (or was it 3?), 1 son shot to death, 2nd son almost dies. Not to mention how hard it to live through a few seasons as his partner.