Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03 - Page 327

sebastian_dangerfield · 12-09-2003, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Being a cat freak drops you two places on the looks scale.

TM

Well, that depends on how hot she is and how she carries herself. If she's dowdy and lives for her pets, yes. If she's an airheaded hottie who says pussy a lot, well...

People with tiny yip yip dogs are worse than cat freaks.

bilmore · 12-09-2003, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by andViolins
I thought this was covered a few days ago??

The basic subject, yes, but not her exciting new drink recipe.

Not Bob · 12-09-2003, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
Respectfully dissent. I watched only part of it last night, and the only actor I thought did a good job was the brown-haired young one (blanking on her name now, but she was in Fried Green Tomatoes, and I think her name is a 3-parter). However, I didn't see Emma Thompson or Meryl Streep, so can't comment. It's just that it was so obvious that it was a play and the dialogue was so "pat" that it distracted from the suspension-of-reality effect (I mean to say that you forget you're watching a Performance -- capital "P" -- and that you're just a silent witness observing other people interacting).

Decidedly (and almost embarrassingly) mediocre.

Mary Louise Parker. Her husband (the "Full Monty" Broadway guy who dated Jennifer Love Hewitt) did an okay job, too.

SPOILER ALERT edited to add this spoiler space -- sorry about that.

And, if you watched the first episode (though I think that they have actually chopped up the "first episode" into one hour blocks for repeats this week, so I may be wrong), you saw Meryl Streep as the rabbi at the Jewish funeral, and Emma Thompson as the nurse. That's part of what annoyed me -- the whole "see, it's a play, and you have the actors play multiple small roles, and they don't talk like real people, and it's a very complicated allegory" attitude.

Other than the scene where Al Pacino as Roy Cohn is told that he has AIDS ("no, I have *liver cancer*"), I hated it. Well, hate is too strong a word.

dtb · 12-09-2003, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by andViolins
I thought this was covered a few days ago??

You bastard. You actually made me scroll back up, saying to myself, "I was sure I put 'hydrogen peroxide' in there...."

Loser.

purse junkie · 12-09-2003, 11:21 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And here's a question, why are women so crazy for chocolate? TM

It it's excellent chocolate, it's a simple, no-strings-attached, no-potential-for-disappointment, no-wasting-your-time-on-a-dead-end-date mild sensual pleasure. Buy it, savor it, done.

sebastian_dangerfield · 12-09-2003, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
It it's excellent chocolate, it's a simple, no-strings-attached, no-potential-for-disappointment, no-wasting-your-time-on-a-dead-end-date mild sensual pleasure. Buy it, savor it, done.

I like chocolate, but I wouldn't go out of my way to find it and I've never craved it. If you offer me filet mignon rare or the best chocoalte in the world, the chocolate will lose every time. Hell, I'd rather eat good shrimp than chocolate. Where does this "sensual pleasure" of chocolate come from? How is it different than any other dessert food? Is there some kick you get from chocolate that you can't get from cheesecake, butter pecan frozen yogurt, ice cream, etc?

I read somewhere that chocolate hits the same neurons that create a marijuana high. I call utter bullshit on that.

ThrashersFan · 12-09-2003, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
It it's excellent chocolate, it's a simple, no-strings-attached, no-potential-for-disappointment, no-wasting-your-time-on-a-dead-end-date mild sensual pleasure. Buy it, savor it, done.

You make it sound so good. Alas, I cannot actually experience what you describe. Chocolate, as well as anything with caffeine in it like coffee or soda, gives me near-death headaches. Next time you eat some excellent chocolate please have a tiny bit of the experience in my name and perhaps a mind-meld will occur and permit me to share in it. It sounds like what happens in those orgasmic shampoo commercials.

robustpuppy · 12-09-2003, 11:30 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
Respectfully dissent. I watched only part of it last night, and the only actor I thought did a good job was the brown-haired young one (blanking on her name now, but she was in Fried Green Tomatoes, and I think her name is a 3-parter). However, I didn't see Emma Thompson or Meryl Streep, so can't comment. It's just that it was so obvious that it was a play and the dialogue was so "pat" that it distracted from the suspension-of-reality effect (I mean to say that you forget you're watching a Performance -- capital "P" -- and that you're just a silent witness observing other people interacting).

Decidedly (and almost embarrassingly) mediocre.

You know it sucks if the only good thing about it is Mary Kate Ashley Elizabeth Louise MastranderParkertonioson.

I gave up after an hour or so; it wasn't well acted or directed enough to deal with the gross parts, Al Pacino was intolerable (I was looking for Keanu Reeves to be an associate in Roy's law office), the dialogue was terribly stilted -- was it word for word from the play? -- and ...
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... the gimmicky casting of the Rabbi was a bit much. Pssst! We get it, we know that [this actor] is good at [this thing].

Connect_the_Dots · 12-09-2003, 11:32 AM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
According to Carson on QE, you tie them rakishly around your waist for a cute belt.

I saw that episode. I think it jumped the shark right there. Who, besides Carson, would wear a tie as a belt? I can see that going over well in the office.

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Or, in my town, you could just wear a pink flowered dress to work (NTTAWWT) and get the crap beaten out of you for that instead.

Why would a man wear a pink-flowered dress to work, unless they work as a tranny prostitute (NTTAWWT)?

ThurgreedMarshall · 12-09-2003, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
It it's excellent chocolate, it's a simple, no-strings-attached, no-potential-for-disappointment, no-wasting-your-time-on-a-dead-end-date mild sensual pleasure. Buy it, savor it, done.

Two things: (1) You're not answering the question. Chocolate, excellent or not, appeals to both men and women. I want to know why it is so much more appealing to women.

(2) "No-strings-attached?" Really? Don't those strings come in the form of cellulite to your thighs?

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I like chocolate, but I wouldn't go out of my way to find it and I've never craved it. If you offer me filet mignon rare or the best chocoalte in the world, the chocolate will lose every time. Hell, I'd rather eat good shrimp than chocolate. Where does this "sensual pleasure" of chocolate come from? How is it different than any other dessert food? Is there some kick you get from chocolate that you can't get from cheesecake, butter pecan frozen yogurt, ice cream, etc?

This is the difference that I'm talking about. Give me a piece of chocolate and I'll eat it. But women go fucking nuts over it. There is a real difference and I want to know why that is.

TM

bilmore · 12-09-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I read somewhere that chocolate hits the same neurons that create a marijuana high. I call utter bullshit on that.

This is true, but it's very hard to keep it lit.

Sparklehorse · 12-09-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I dont like brownies. Unless there is real choclate melted in, it is pseudo chocolate. This is disappointing. THe clarification I need is whether the truffle is on the inside or the top of the thing. and what flavor is the truffle?

Which reminds me. Sees. Anyone familiar with how well their truffles ship? Rum truffles, key lime truffles, nothing better.

If you like truffles, Teuscher champagne truffles are the best I've ever had:

They are not inexpensive and I imagine they know how to ship them so they won't melt.

bilmore · 12-09-2003, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Two things: (1) You're not answering the question. Chocolate, excellent or not, appeals to both men and women. I want to know why it is so much more appealing to women.

My wife has an explanation for this.

Men can compare chocolate to women, and chocolate comes out a distant second.

Women can compare chocolate to men, and of course chocolate wins.

It's all merely relative ranking.

leagleaze · 12-09-2003, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This is the difference that I'm talking about. Give me a piece of chocolate and I'll eat it. But women go fucking nuts over it. There is a real difference and I want to know why that is.

TM

I don't think that many women actually go nuts over it. I think it is just a lot of hyperbole.

But for those that do, I imagine for some women it is a bit like cigarettes. Haven't they found all sorts of chemicals in chocolate? Those probably cause a reaction in some people.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 12-09-2003, 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
So anyways, a poll.

1. Trent or Mikey?
2. Aside from the answering machine, favorite painful scene.
3. Favorite famous line.
4. Favorite throw-away line.

1. Trent. Wanna be him, but more like Mikey.
2. Old school casino -- Trent offers waitress 50 cent piece tip
3. This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.
4. The place is dead anyway.
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