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

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Riiight. Be sure the tape player is on loop all night. Good luck with that.

My gastronomic rapacity knows no satiety.

[evenodds]

Chinese Police Detain Man Over T-Shirt

BEIJING - Police in eastern China briefly detained a foreign man after local residents complained they were offended by his T-shirt listing staring, overcharging and other common gripes of foreigners in China, a newspaper reported Friday.

Police were called following an altercation between the man and diners in a restaurant in the eastern city of Nanjing, the Beijing Today weekly reported. The man, whose name and nationality weren't given, was taken to a precinct station and allowed to leave after about an hour after promising not to wear the shirt again, it said.

The paper said the back of the man's T-shirt was printed in Chinese with a list entitled "Ten Warnings for Chinese," that included "don't stare at foreigners," and "charge foreigners the same prices as Chinese," the paper said. It said the man told police he bought the t-shirt from a vendor in China.

full text: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...t_shirt_tussle

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Good luck with that.

Wrong tense. After years of fast loss, fast re-gain, on many different theories, this outlook is giving me sustained slow loss without deprivation. 21 pounds as of this morning, over approx. four months.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by evenodds
Chinese Police Detain Man Over T-Shirt

BEIJING - Police in eastern China briefly detained a foreign man after local residents complained they were offended by his T-shirt listing staring, overcharging and other common gripes of foreigners in China, a newspaper reported Friday.

Yeah, well, you could get kicked out of school for wearing a "Barbie is a Lesbian" t-shirt: CNN Article

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by evenodds
The Hulk opens this weekend to mostly tepid reviews. We're still going to see it, but I have recalibrated my expectations.

Next weekend is a movie I have been waiting to see: 28 Days Later. The concept sounds like every scifi book the OddMan has read in the past year (killer virus knocks out most of humanity), and EW gave it a great review.

What are you looking forward to seeing?

I'm looking forward to seeing two documentaries:

Spellbound
Gigantic, a tale of two Johns

As for the real movie world, I'm looking forward to seeing Nemo, Legally Blonde 2, and your 2003 Best Picture, Seabiscuit.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by bilmore
Wrong tense. After years of fast loss, fast re-gain, on many different theories, this outlook is giving me sustained slow loss without deprivation. 21 pounds as of this morning, over approx. four months.

And it's how I lost 5 and put on 10.

Only thing that ever worked for me was the "basic civilization" diet, which consisted of eating nothing unless I was sitting at a table with non-disposable plates, metal utensils and glasswear that breaks if dropped. (Otherwise known as the "no snacking between meals" diet.) Close runner ups were the "eat something, anything, before 9 am" diet and the "no take out" diet.

Edited to say that I recognize the common theme we both have: it has to be a fundamental lifestyle choice, not a "don't eat that it's bad" thing, to work.

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
And it's how I lost 5 and put on 10.

Only thing that ever worked for me was the "basic civilization" diet, which consisted of eating nothing unless I was sitting at a table with non-disposable plates, metal utensils and glasswear that breaks if dropped. (Otherwise known as the "no snacking between meals" diet.) Close runner ups were the "eat something, anything, before 9 am" diet and the "no take out" diet.

One of our paralegals lives nearby the Krispy Kreme factory. She brought in three dozen this morning.

I ate two - and loved it.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
One of our paralegals lives nearby the Krispy Kreme factory. She brought in three dozen this morning.

I ate two - and loved it.

They were giving them away this morning on the streets of Boston to celebrate the opening of the new store in Medford.

I might have to move so I can work Wellington into my morning commute.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Only thing that ever worked for me was the "basic civilization" diet, which consisted of eating nothing unless I was sitting at a table with non-disposable plates, metal utensils and glasswear that breaks if dropped.

When I get home tonight, this being a typical sunny, hot, schools-out day, there will be at least ten kids in my house or on my deck or in my yard, and probably seven of them will eat dinner there. Were I to follow that diet, I would rapidly lose weight, culminating in my thin, svelte death by starvation.

(Sitting? Glassware? Civilized? All equally attainable.)

[tmdiva]

I pre-ordered from Amazon and got an e-mail stating that it shipped this morning.

tm

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
I say the same thing in defense of smokers and drinkers. Why the fuck are people so pissed about our "bad" habits when statistically we are doomed to take a dirt nap before we can even dream of collecting social security? I think, however that fatties are different because most smokers and drinkers tend to get sick and die quick while fatties just have years of related expensive health problems. I realize that some smokers may linger with health problems but those are probably the ones who quit smoking before the full effect could be realized.

Maybe because no one ever died from secondary fatness or being run over by someone who had consumed too many ho-hos and got behind the wheel.
Jeez, this Board is obsessed with fat people!

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by bilmore
When I get home tonight, this being a typical sunny, hot, schools-out day, there will be at least ten kids in my house or on my deck or in my yard, and probably seven of them will eat dinner there. Were I to follow that diet, I would rapidly lose weight, culminating in my thin, svelte death by starvation.

I wouldn't care how the kids eat (OK, unless they were mine, in which case they would be at your backyard patio door holding a plate of your nice lean grilled just-as-good-as-steak-no-really fish asking for a second fork, please, if it's not too much trouble, so they could attack the thing correctly). What, you always eat with the kids, and the same thing, and with the same table manners? Exile them to the kiddie table, by god, before it's too late!!

Anyway, to heck with having kids, try eating lunch at your desk during a conference call under those strictures.

(Sitting? Glassware? Civilized? All equally attainable.)

Heh hehe.

[zakoh02]

Originally posted by MisterEbola
One of our paralegals lives nearby the Krispy Kreme factory. She brought in three dozen this morning.

I ate two - and loved it.

The way to work in KK according to Weight Watchers...

Each "hot now" original KK is 5 points.
Daily number of points allowed on WW is about 15-20 (depending on your weight).
Thus, you can eat 3-4 KK's per day and still lose weight (of course you get water for your appetizer and dessert).

Zak ("hot now")

Edited to say that I hear Spellbound was fantastic. I am also really looking forward to Seabiscuit.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by former gov't
Maybe because no one ever died from secondary fatness or being run over by someone who had consumed too many ho-hos and got behind the wheel.

Having had my foot run over by a morbidly obese gentleman in his little motorized wheely-cart, I beg to differ. However, I acknowledge that fatness is, on casual encounter, often a less obtrusive personal vice than smoking; until it runs over your foot, breaks your furniture or spills over onto your subway seat, at least. (And re: second hand smoke ... nevermind, don't get me started. Suffice it to say that the apparent health risks of living with an obese parent or partner appear to be vastly higher than the health risks associated with living with a smoker or working in a smoky environment.)

But, I would argue that fatness itself cannot be held to be offensive. Thus I am troubled by the "outa my way fattie" and "I don't want to see it" stuff. One may claim that some people make unwise choices about their physical presentation given their individual physical characteristics, but that can really be held no more "offensive" than, say, someone my (stubby) height who stupidly wear capris and flats. One might claim that people have dressed or otherwise presented themselves improperly, but, if a skinny person would be "allowed" to wear it or get away with it, so is a fat person - one can only point to a lack of wisdom or strategy on the matter. The obese have just as much place wearing a bikini at the beach as anyone else, walking down the street as anyone else, shopping, whatever.

But I'm a little weird in my insistance on the huge difference between "good idea/bad idea" and "should/shouldn't - correct/incorrect."

Jeez, this Board is obsessed with fat people!

Well, you know the official topic, you can't be terribly surprised.

[MisterEbola]

Have noticed the volume of posts is off by about 30% today - then noticed that PP is not posting. Coincidence?

She must be out trying new burritos. Or getting the HBI from some paralegal/mailroom clerk in an attempt to burn additional calories after yesterday's revealing discussion about orgasms.