Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by evenodds
Something about red stuff.
http://www.gawker.com/archives/bette...day_012722.php

Yep. That one slipped right by. But any article that starts with "and Laura Bush says you need to wear this" and my eyes begin to wander to articles about cows with hairpieces.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I thought it was a borough, not a town. And on all the maps I've seen it on, it just says "Bronx". So I thought, being an unsophisticated Canadian, that "the bronx" was just what people called it, but it wasn't official. Please enlighten me.

Unless they passed a law recently to change it, it is just Bronx. And yes, it is a borough. Since Bronx sounds funny people say The Bronx, much as we don't call Harrisburg The Harrisburg but we do call it The Burg.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I was kicked off the debate team for having a very public, very loud, very, very angry argument with the debate coach over whether it was appropriate for him to mandate to other team members that they wear the little feet pins that are the symbol of some anti-abortion group (Operation Rescue?).

Interestingly, at my HS, one of the debate coaches was kicked off the team by the admin. for attending the abortion rights march in DC (and letting the students become aware of that fact). Leaving the debate team in the hands of the other coach, who was fucking a couple of the 11th graders, but at least wasn't publicly advocating for abortion rights. (But he also smoked weed with us after class, so I guess he wasn't all bad.)

I grew up in a red state, if you didn't guess.

I once got suspended for missing a choir concert. Really, for like a week. Conductor told us about it in September, forgot to remind anyone or put it on the schedule, and only about 6 people (whom he'd called in a panic when he realized he had forgotten) showed up at the concert in March. Rest of us got "in house suspension," which meant we sat in the disciplinary dean's office all day. But, although it was stupid, it was so stupid I can't really count that as "getting in trouble;" certainly the dean didn't.

I did get a lecture on rejecting Jesus when my 3rd grade teacher caught me reading a book about witchcraft during some health movie. They'd probably expell me for it, now, because the book mentioned ceremonies involving knives and open flames, and you know where that leads.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
there was also suspicion that Danny the Pekinese, who won best in show last year, had some plastic surgery. The owners claim that the surgery was to correct some sinus trouble, but do we all buy that in this day and age?

Didn't Michael Jackson say that he had 1 nose job to assist with his breathing?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Intersting. I have never met, nor did I ever think I would meet, so many people who never used drugs unti l I became a lawyer. I dont think I knew a single person in college who hadnt smoked pot at least once. I am certain the stability of a legal career is very appealing to the risk averse, but I also thought it appealed to the greedy who often tend to have at least tried pot once in my experience. I can remember being in college and the issue of pot came up during a presidential campaign and I was certain that in not so long an amouint of time, it would be impossible to elect a president who hadnt once at least smoked pot (this would happen once all the old codgers died out). Now I am not so sure. THis is very strange . I am having a sebby moment of alienation. I work in a field of sunny bunnys and robust puppies. maybe i dont belong in this profession.

Maybe Merrill Lynch has a position for you.

Robert Morvillo, Martha Stewart’s lead lawyer, was expected to begin his own cross-examination of Faneuil later Thursday or Monday. Faneuil admitted on the stand Wednesday that he has repeatedly used Ecstasy and marijuana, and that he has experimented with the party drug ketamine, or “Special K,” and cocaine.



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[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Unless they passed a law recently to change it, it is just Bronx. And yes, it is a borough. Since Bronx sounds funny people say The Bronx, much as we don't call Harrisburg The Harrisburg but we do call it The Burg.

Now that Google has thoroughly confused me on the matter, go to this website for more info -- http://www.ilovethebronx.com/ (if you click on the "map" link, it has a little historical description). They call him Swedish, despite the description at the Albany museum of those Broncks as Dutch. It is a borrough, not a town, but the folks in Albany (Greene County, actually) told me something about it being the only US place that goes by "The"... and the description on the map page of The Bronx website seems to bear that out.

If any of you want more info on the Albany (Greene County) Broncks, it is here - http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/stories/0925961.htm

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive

Still not as good of a name as Gun Barrel City, Texas, but what can you do?

I've always preferred to spend my tourist dollars in Cut N' Shoot, Texas. If you call yourself "City" it sounds kinda high falutin'.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

http://www.waste.uk.com/Announcement...ent.html?ID=18

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
My bet is that your debate coach would not have kicked you off the team for arguing with him on the merits (recockulous!) if you hadn't actually been correct. What a jerk.

He may well have decided that if I couldn't persuade him to drop such an asinine policy, I probably didn't have a place as captain of the team, so it may have been on the merits. I never really thought of it that way. Hmmmm.

At any rate, I think the whole thing was probably great for my college applications. Except for the Bible colleges.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I've always preferred to spend my tourist dollars in Cut N' Shoot, Texas.

Ain't got nuthin' on Toad Suck, Arkansas. Or Dog Patch, for that matter.

But what happened to the OC, the NYC, or even The Dalles, OR?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by dtb
[Insert sophomoric joke here about how he plays the meat flute -- my husband has a horrible influence on me -- I'm so ashamed...]

Forgive me if I'm conflating FB hubbies, but didn't Mr. dtb grow up abroad and never become familiar with American native slang? If so, where's he hearing about meat flute playing?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Now that Google has thoroughly confused me on the matter, go to this website for more info -- http://www.ilovethebronx.com/ (if you click on the "map" link, it has a little historical description). They call him Swedish, despite the description at the Albany museum of those Broncks as Dutch. It is a borrough, not a town, but the folks in Albany (Greene County, actually) told me something about it being the only US place that goes by "The"... and the description on the map page of The Bronx website seems to bear that out.

If any of you want more info on the Albany (Greene County) Broncks, it is here - http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/stories/0925961.htm

Actually, the proper name for Massachusetts is "THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS" (Mass. Const., Part II)

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
They'd probably expell me for it, now, because the book mentioned ceremonies involving knives and open flames, and you know where that leads.

Taxwonk's basement?

TM

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Any of you have any stories of silly things that got you in trouble or almost got you in trouble in school?

The only occasion in which I was reprimanded in any way, shape, or form, was in kindergarten: During recess, I was caught attempting to punch a classmate in the jaw (after she had scratched my face). I tried to justify my actions using the time-honored "She Started It First" and "Eye For An Eye" principles. The teacher wasn't convinced and I served detention. From that incident, I learned that if I wanted to beat someone up, I should have done it after school on the way home (which I did later, much to my delight). Stupid bitch never came near me again.

[SlaveNoMore]

paigowprincess
You can tell Slave that part of the film was in Longuyland. He married the yenta from Five Towns. remember? he doubledated with joe pesci who wanted to bang the jew broad? and then henry came home drunk to the mom and dad's house after being out all night and the mom started lecturing him? and the scene at Karen's club. ALl longuyland but thanks for playing

All those scenes were shot in Howard Beach - as was their beach club. For that matter, the real Karen Hill came from Massapequa. Therefore, the one-time reference to the 5 Towns is irrelevant.

If anyone cares, I can tell you pretty much where every single scene in that film was shot.

Ergo, it ain't a film about Long Island. Does your fiance realize you are such a clown?