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

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
This gal seems to think she is the fifth gal on Sex and the City but what she doesnt get is that there is no Sex and the Great Lakes.

Yeah, b/c god knows there aren't any big cities on the Great Lakes...On another note, whenever I've been in Europe/S. America/etc. and tell people where I live (Chicago), they frequently respond with "Oh Chicago! Michael Jordan and Al Capone! Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat" while doing the tommy gun gesture...it's a good thing we've changed our image of a mob town...

[SlaveNoMore]

ThurgreedMarshall
No, dumbass. I said, "When the verdict came down, white people were weeping in the fucking streets for Christsakes. Do these same people even pay attention when a black woman is murdered and someone gets away with it?"

Yeah, okay Johnny Cochran.

not7y(and you have the stones to call me a lunatic?)S

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Unless you want to shave your poodle yourself, it is sometimes very difficult to find a groomer that will not shave those hideous pompoms onto your poodle.
So are you going to shoot me? Don't let your mouth write a check your ass can't cash.

No, because you tried to find a humane groomer and couldn't. Having always had hairy dogs, I think summer heat problems can be a real threat and sometimes trimming is a necessary mercy.

But if you hadn't, I'd stand by my original assessment.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
No, because you tried to find a humane groomer and couldn't. Having always had hairy dogs, I think summer heat problems can be a real threat and sometimes trimming is a necessary mercy.

But if you hadn't, I'd stand by my original assessment.

Granted, the Displaced Dog, like every other sane Houstonian, spends the majority of his summer in air conditioning. I was told by several vets, though, that keeping his coat long works as insulation from both heat and cold. He's only been shaved once, and that was by a groomer who didn't have a clue as to what to do with him.

Currently, the Displaced Dog's hairdo is a little unusual. My mom's puppy has taken to grabbing onto his dreads and pulling, so there's a section on his back that is non-dreaded, while the rest of him is beautifully dreaded.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No, dumbass. I said, "When the verdict came down, white people were weeping in the fucking streets for Christsakes."

Perhaps an irrelevant aside, I was quite surprised when the verdict came down that this was true. However, the crying white people I knew of (personally - there were probably bunches shown on the evening news, but I sort of ignored the whole thing while it was happening) was a friend and her co-workers in Canada. (OK, in fairness I don't know how many of them were white or not, but my friend was, anyway.) She called me a couple days after to ask what we thought about it down here, and I basically said "if he couldn't afford bigshot lawyers to manipulate the courtroom, he'd be screwed, but he walked and people with much crapier cases against them fry because money talks, and yeah that sucks."

Anyhow, my Kanuk friend launched into along speech about how we Americans just didn't understand how our justice system was viewed in the rest of the world, as a great forum for ensuring fairness etc., and the manipulation of evidence & jurors racial sentiment was just a crushing blow to people who admired the model of free government the US represented, and they were crushed, just crushed at this failure, and it seemed to the rest of the world that the whole US legal system was entirely corrupted by money and race. And she and her whole office broke down in tears and wept when the verdict came down because it was such a failure that the court system couldn't withstand money and racial hatred.

I have to tell you, this whole thing really sort of freaked me out. First, she was Canadian, so why did she care anyway? Second, she was never a particularly pro-Yank Canadian, either, so why was she so surprised? Third, who out there really think money doesn't affect that stuff here? I mean, really? Fourth, who cries about something like that? And her whole office? I gotta say, I really thought that someone just obviously slippled LSD into the water cooler up there that day, 'cause nothing else could explain it.

But, anyhow, the "point" of this digression was yes, it is absolutely true that white people sobbed when the verdict came down.

Originally posted by purse junkie
I saw the promo for the dog show last night. Seeing some truly elegant breeds dressed up like idiots in Barbie fantasy outfits almost killed me (though I'd expect if of those useless toy dogs).

On behalf of canines everywhere, your near-death experience watching the dog show promo last night should have finished the job.

It is people like you that keep dogs naked and leashed to the bottom of civilzation's totem pole. You would promote the dressing of an inanimate doll named Barbie in any number of outfits but deny the same to another living creature, albeit a quadraped? Fie! Fie!

Moreover, these outfits that you think make us look like "idiots" are simply an expression of a more evolved and cultivated fashion sense that humans have yet to even fathom. Look at the appalling crap you people cover yourself in. You want to know why I just left a deposit of loose stool under the coffee table? It is because I just caught a glipse of that issue of Vogue you left open. When you see me convulsing in that pre-vomit full body convulsion that we dogs do before orally expunging our digestives, wonder to yourself: Is the dog sick because of something he ate or is it because I keep debating out loud whether pink is the new black? LET ME TELL YOU: WE DOGS KNOW THAT BLACK IS ALWAYS BLACK. YOUR HOMOSAPIEN TENDENCY TO KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT IS "IN" AND "FASHIONABLE" MAKES US SICK.

Finally, your comment about toy dogs being "useless" is clearly absurd. Granted, on a one-on-one basis, toy dogs are not so appealing, but if I told you my story about the night with a Pekingese, a Pomerianian and two nubile Affenpinschers, then you'd be on your hands and knees begging for a taste of toy tongue lapping.

Kindest regards,
Pushy the Puppy

[leagleaze]

Ok, you had me just fine, until you got here:

Originally posted by Pushy the Puppy
then you'd be on your hands and knees begging for a taste of toy tongue lapping.

Now I have this awful image in my head. Thank you so very much.

You bastard.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Hey, I didn't shave the pussy.

I'm sure chris will be disappointed.

Speaking of chris, here's a list of MIA FBers. Anyone know what these people could possibly be doing that's more important than posting here?

babe of pigs
cheval de frise
chief wiggum
chris
dc chef
devils advocate
hello kitty
ironweed
know won
lady greediva
multo madefactus (did slave get the FB as part of the seperation agreement?)
pony trekker
realitybites
tax hottie
toaster man

I'm sure there are many many more that I've forgotten to name. Those are just the ones that pop into my head.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck


I'm sure there are many many more that I've forgotten to name. Those are just the ones that pop into my head.

Alphabetized lists pop into your head? Wow. You are much less random than I am.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
How would you know? You have no basis for judging what anyone else gives a damn about other than by their behavior.

Is that so? You mean if I spit in your face, you have no idea how I really feel? If I buy you a gift for your birthday instead of showing up to your party, eating all the food and leaving, you can't see the difference in how I really feel? You're so focused on everyone conforming to the rules you've picked in your head that everyone needs to follow that you refuse to see that people's actions generally reflect how they feel about someone or something. Hell, the choice to be polite and well mannered reflects a fundamental internal respect for your fellow human beings. Of course I can hold the door open for you while secretly hating you. There are no absolutes. But I think what you just said is silly.

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
"Good" behavior doesn't occur in nature EVER - it is a social construct, not a natural one, and it can be learned only through social interaction with others, who reinforce "good" behavior and penalize "bad." A natural inclination to respect others (if it exists at all) doesn't somehow program you to express thanks for favors, or cause you to sit still and not yell at the opera.

Yes it does. The social construct was created because of the natural one. You can't have one without the other. If people didn't want to show their respect and care for others, there would be no "good behavior." The former creates the latter. Not the other way around. The look on someone's face when you've been rude to them plays on your inner feelings of guilt at doing the wrong thing or of being inconsiderate to that person. If you don't have those feelings, what good would societal pressure, manifested in a dirty look do?

TM

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
... long post about a silly white girl....

Your friend is an idiot.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Anyhow, my Kanuk friend launched into along speech about how we Americans just didn't understand how our justice system was viewed in the rest of the world, as a great forum for ensuring fairness etc., and the manipulation of evidence & jurors racial sentiment was just a crushing blow to people who admired the model of free government the US represented, and they were crushed, just crushed at this failure, and it seemed to the rest of the world that the whole US legal system was entirely corrupted by money and race. And she and her whole office broke down in tears and wept when the verdict came down because it was such a failure that the court system couldn't withstand money and racial hatred.

To me, this is the only MAJOR drawback of capitalism. In a capitalist society, you can never, ever have a pure (just?) legal system. Throwing money into the legal mix guarantees that the truth, if it's out there, will rarely, if ever, come to light.

That being said, it's a price I'm willing to pay. I would rather take my chances with an imperfect legal system than with an economy based on Marxism.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Yeah, okay Johnny Cochran.

not7y(and you have the stones to call me a lunatic?)S

This response is just stupid and beneath you.

TM

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Alphabetized lists pop into your head? Wow. You are much less random than I am.

No, I just jotted them down first and then alphabatized them. Didn't want to play favorites, you know.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
To me, this is the only MAJOR drawback of capitalism. In a capitalist society, you can never, ever have a pure (just?) legal system.

Yeah, the legal system under Stalin was soooooo much more pure. (Power runs systems. In some societies, money defines power. In others, influence defines power. You're not getting any less corruption by minimizing the money influence - you're just handing the power to a different group, distributed by a different measure.)