Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[Paig's Sock]

Originally posted by LessinSF
and Paigow invented it with her sock not_ivy, which was so 1998, and did it so well we made her a flounder, but paigs could never cash those checks writtent o not_ivy.

LOoks like we have a new winner! NIce job Lester, The Not So Inside Inside Joke of the Day That Isn't Really Funny is now yours. Treat yourself and your FB Lurkette of the moment to an extra Lestertini. Better make that a double LEstertini for the lurketet.

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
The good news: I have my own cocktail.
The better news: It's not a Pisco Sour.
The bad news: It's a chick drink.



The Grinch
½ oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp sugar syrup
2 oz Midori liqueur
Frozen maraschino cherry

INSTRUCTIONS: Pour lemon juice, sugar syrup and Midori over ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake it like a Polaroid picture, then strain into a chilled martini or cordial glass. Garnish with cherry.

Worse news: it's a chick drink with a frozen cherry.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Keith's right. Getting knighted is the sort of thing McCartney and Phil Collins do. Its not selling out - its tacky.

the Stones license their music to commercials.....getting knighted isn't Mick selling out, he's sold.
Plus, I think their are benefits to being knighted that are good. Its not just a photo-op of the queen hitting you with a sword.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Not Me
Thin women are thin for a reason. We don't eat like that.

Come on. Who do you think you're kidding?

TM

[SlaveNoMore]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Translation: I've got limbs like one of the aliens from Close Encounters, but unfortunately my height is more E.T.

Want to arm wrestle to settle this? Then we'll split a bordeaux... and pick out curtains for your loft.

Something to contrast the sofa? I'm thinking Loden.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Fugee
I have had more bistro style French food than the 4 star variety, but not all French food is that fatty or difficult to make. Rich desserts? A special meal out isn't complete without the kind of dessert (preferably chocolate) you wouldn't make at home. And as for fat, there is nothing like butter for cooking and baking. Don't waste your calories on margarine. Odd thing about French food, French people aren't the ones who are fat and have heart disease -- unless they spend their time at McD's eating Le Big Mac or a Royale with cheese.

Fu(it's cold here; must go on a weekend baking spree)gee

Actually, the legend that French people don't die of heart disease is exactly that. Its the result of the fact that for years French coroners and medical examiners did not bother to determine the cause of death for mid-to-older aged people who died suddenly. They'd just list "natural causes."

I never order dessert anywhere. I'm an appetizer junkie. I sometimes order four or five appetizers instead of a meal. Its kinda like doing a tapas joint. I'm terribly indecisive and this ensures I get a little bit of everything I want.

I don't think I've eaten a baked good other than bread in years. I don't know why, but I just don't like pastiry or cookies of any sort.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
The operative word being "can". Call me a cynic but I'm betting that at most for-profit restaurants that have scores of bottles (or more) of wine on their wine lists and an inventory of each to back up the listing, I think there are other factors that go into the wine director's choice of the wine. Especially when they sense that their patron doesn't know too much.

That's why I qualified it by saying it depends on the wine director and chef. You have to know if your restaurant is about making good pairings or pushing crappy wine. A restaurant that builds it's reputation on this (i.e. the late Windows on the World's Cellar in the Sky, RIP) may not serve the most expensive wines, but they'll be good ones that fit the food.

Also, if you have a planned pairing, you don't know whether your customers are going to be wine savvy or not. It's different than a waiter who can push schlock on unknowledgeable customers.

That being said, I don't know the restaurant Sidd mentioned so maybe he's right about that one.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
Can I be on your ignore list, too?

It is quite nice there. I've been enjoying it ever since I pleaded with people to just ignore the fucker and hopefully she'll go away. Hasn't worked yet.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Something to contrast the sofa? I'm thinking Loden.

Just so long as it blends with the paisley border. The sofa's so gaudy... I just don't know how you can deal with being bent over the arm and have that horrible flowered fabric facing you in the eye all the time.

I got a bunch of ceramic angels. Gotta have those.

Did you get the amyl nitrates?

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
It is quite nice there. I've been enjoying it ever since I pleaded with people to just ignore the fucker and hopefully she'll go away. Hasn't worked yet.

Where's Seven when we need her?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I never order dessert anywhere. I'm an appetizer junkie. I sometimes order four or five appetizers instead of a meal. Its kinda like doing a tapas joint. I'm terribly indecisive and this ensures I get a little bit of everything I want.

Mr Man and I do this a lot. Changes any restaurant into a tapas joint. Works well with many kinds of food.

And I typically don't overeat this way, so after-dinner (and -drink) activities are not hampered.

[Shape Shifter]

A secretary is wearing earings that are big dangling jingle bells, with functional bells. I hope that she has done so in the holiday spirit and that this is not (a) a fashion trend or (b) something her boss makes her wear so he knows where she is. While I was chatting with her, I could not help but think of what the bells would sound like if she was providing oral sex.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Gattigap
No worries, monkey. Stainless steel *is* the best choice when in the cage. Holds up better.

I agree Gatti. I may be a monkey, but I'm still a CLASSY tm monkey.

AMM: How did you know what I'm wearing? That's so weird. I guess I will have to visit the local Abercrombie and "spice" up my wardrobe with some plaid and perhaps an offensive t-shirt or two.

Edited to add: Sebby, thanks for not making me feel like the prole I am.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Actually, the legend that French people don't die of heart disease is exactly that. Its the result of the fact that for years French coroners and medical examiners did not bother to determine the cause of death for mid-to-older aged people who died suddenly. They'd just list "natural causes

Oh, damn. Is this going to call into question the whole "drink two bottles of red wine every day for your heart" too? 'Cuz that's going to drastically change my lifestyle.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I no longer place all the blame on Ted Kaczynski for the Unabomber thing. After reading a long interview with him, it looks to me like these people all blew themselves up.

I love it. You too. Amazing how if it's anti-Yankees, you eat that shit up. If it's pro-Yankees, it is evil and not to be trusted, full of lies and mostly made up.

You had no problem when I blamed Steinbrenner and Cashman for losing Pettitte. But when I read something about what Cashman said he did and I no longer place all the blame on Cashman and George, you come up with this.

Yankee fans may be arrogant, but you Sox fans are like rabid, brain-washed freaks.

TM