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[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Oui. Il blesse comme l'enfer.

You shared a magnum?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You shared a magnum?

Sounds good to me. No wonder it's FREEtranslation.com.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Sounds good to me. No wonder it's FREEtranslation.com.

If you translate "you get what you pay for" from English to French, you get "obtenez vous ce que vous payez;" turn it back, and you'll get "obtain what you pay."

Maybe Yoda's in there.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Their time wasting is Darwinian predestination. It keeps them from meeting with receptive potential mates and passing on their George Costanza-esque genes.

Hmm, excellent point, I wouldn't have thought of that.

I, for one, have no clue what league I am in. I think it varies hugely by audience - get me out among the uselessly overeducated/science types and they all adore me, hot or ragingly wealthy or not; get me out with stockbrokers and I'm generally dogmeat. I think it may be that I'm OK looking and rate well on many of the basic scales (low-maintenance, niceness, humor, money/sucess), but anyone looking for models with gravity defying tits ain't gonna look twice at a boring brown midget like me. I've been dissed by guys who can only inspire the reaction: "you ... are dissing ME? Ha, ha, hahahahah!" And I've had guys I thought were exceedingly cool (i.e.: out of my league) tell me they never though someone like me would deign to be interested in someone like them. So I've basically given up trying to sort it out.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
If you translate "you get what you pay for" from English to French, you get "obtenez vous ce que vous payez;" turn it back, and you'll get "obtain what you pay."

Maybe Yoda's in there.

Making my headache worse you are.

[Snidely Condescending]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I've had champagne in Champagne. Actually, the mayor of Reims got me very drunk.

Charlene said it first (and better):

Oh, I've been to Nice and the Isles of Greece
while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed 'em what I've got.
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things
that a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I have been to those type of restaurants. Ugh is right.

There was great article in the NYT a couple of months back about the transformation of grappa from low end to high end. (It was not just marketing - they actually changed the process.) I have always associated it with paint thinner, but this article made a compelling case that there is good stuff out there. Anyone a grappa fan? Any recs?

Grappa has replaced Cognac and other brandies (Pisco!) in my alcohol world. A decent grappa is at least $40 a bottle, but there seems to be a lot of change in the brands available. Local liqor stores will always carry a few, but they change so its tough to get a favorite. Don't get the flavored!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I've had champagne in Champagne. Actually, the mayor of Reims got me very drunk.

Once, at a summer job in Grosse Pointe cutting lawns, Peter Stroh thought i was his new neighbor.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

You know how, if you've been working somewhere for a while, there are these weird little office-life milestones as you go along? Obvious ones like changing pages in your desk calendar for the new year, and more mundane stuff like your chron file expanding into a new binder, changing the battery in your calculator, the post-its in your desk running out, using the last mechanical pencil lead in the pack, every-day little office time-markers like that?

Well, today my stapler ran out of staples AND my tape dispenser ran out of tape.

I found this remarkable.

That is all.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Once, at a summer job in Grosse Pointe cutting lawns, Peter Stroh thought i was his new neighbor.

I've had Milwaukee's Best in Milwaukee.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
You know how, if you've been working somewhere for a while, there are these weird little office-life milestones as you go along? Obvious ones like changing pages in your desk calendar for the new year, and more mundane stuff like your chron file expanding into a new binder, changing the battery in your calculator, the post-its in your desk running out, using the last mechanical pencil lead in the pack, every-day little office time-markers like that?

Well, today my stapler ran out of staples AND my tape dispenser ran out of tape.

I found this remarkable.

That is all.

You really must get out more.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I found this remarkable.

That is remarkable.

And to continue on with slice-of-life stuff, two days ago my friend and I were in Hermes and witnessed the purchase of a $9,500 ostrich Birkin. The stuff of urban legend, I am told.

They tried to charge her $10,000 but she said in a loud voice that the negotiated price was $9,500. Way to negotiate a bargain for your Birkin, lady. Excelsior to you.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
That is remarkable.

And to continue on with slice-of-life stuff, two days ago my friend and I were in Hermes and witnessed the purchase of a $9,500 ostrich Birkin. The stuff of urban legend, I am told.

They tried to charge her $10,000 but she said in a loud voice that the negotiated price was $9,500. Way to negotiate a bargain for your Birkin, lady. Excelsior to you.

What is an ostrick birkin? has feathers? I just bought an ostrich boa and its the coolest thing. was it on the shelf or did she finallyh make it off the waitlist?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Hmm, excellent point, I wouldn't have thought of that.

I think it may be that I'm OK looking and rate well on many of the basic scales (low-maintenance, niceness, humor, money/sucess), but anyone looking for models with gravity defying tits ain't gonna look twice at a boring brown midget like me.

Ah, but never understimate the power of the anal fetish.

Anyway, "boring midget" is an oxymoron. By definition, a midget is anything but boring.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
What is an ostrick birkin? has feathers? I just bought an ostrich boa and its the coolest thing. was it on the shelf or did she finallyh make it off the waitlist?

it was a waitlist thing. I am not sure how long she waited. It was made of ostrich skin. It looks like this but hers was darker brown.