Fashion Board--Penske . . . forever!

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

Question. Is "No Worries" played out?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

This isn't really fair. You don't think deliverables are major social contributions?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Hey! Lay off those who buy clothes at Target. I like their underwear. I'm wearing their Xhileration brand microfiber bikini (lime green) right now, and they're the only ones who carry the cami tops that I like. Everyone else puts a stupid shelf bra in cami tops. Shelf bras are thoroughly and completely inadequate to hold these puppies up, and shelf bras are stupid if you're wearing a regular bra. I probably wear cami tops purchased at Target three or four days a week under whatever other blouse I'm wearing.

And I love their jewelry section. I end up wearing great stuff that none of my friends have because it doesn't occur to them to troll Target for funky jewlery. I'd name drop the people who've complimented me on Target purchased jewelry, but that'd be gauche.

Two points:

(1) I love, love, love their tee shirts and exercise clothes.

(2) I am a big fan of the shelf bras. They seem to be falling out of favor (remember a couple of years ago they were in, like, every brand's tanks and in a variety of types? sigh.). They are perfect for us b-cup types.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches [sic]like Pony.

and after we're done with Merck, doctors will be prescribing leeches for blood pressure ills.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, that and that's she's from Canada.

I'd say that she has a right to be smug and elitist about that, too. But I don't hate America, like most of the posters here, so I won't.

The representatives on this board notwithstanding, Toronto is a freaking Benneton commercial. I'm glad that our entry in the north american professional basketball league is finally going to reflect this (two Spaniards, one Italian, two Texans, two Slovenians, a Delawarian, and two from Big 10 country).

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
They are perfect for us b-cup types.

What if you are not a b-cup type? I'm an E-cup type.

[SlaveNoMore]

taxwonk
Actually, Precious, she is wealthy. And if you're making what some associates are, that makes you wealthy too. Her income puts her in the top 3 or 4 percent of American households. That's right, Princess. Households. If you don't think she's wealthy, or you don't think between you and your husband you're wealthy, then I suggest you turn your Thomas Pink shirts and your Bergdorf bras and your fucking handbags over to the Salvation Army or some prgram set up to help homeless or poor people dress well enough to get a job paying $7 bucks an hour, shag your pampered little ass to Wal-Mart, and try survivng for 30 days on what most people in this country of ours make.

You want to go getting snide on anybody on this board because they don't make a few million a year? Fuck you. Get over yourself, your inane little shopping habit, your faked sense of superiority and stop feeling sorry for yourself because you weren't able to go to law school.

You work in a nice, clean office that's cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and let's you buy your clothes someplace other than Target. So you rub elbows with people who could buy and sell you all day long. Do you really think anybody here is impressed? We all spend a lot of time around people who are far wealthier than us. The rest of us just don't feel that we're entitled to claim some sort of special status based upon the reflected glory of their money.

You want people to lay off you. Fine. Learn to stand up on your own two legs. Make some jokes. Slam a few insults that don't involve your knowledge of what the rich folk do with their money. Learn to laugh at yourself. And most important, get it through your thick fucking skull, that WE DON'T CARE IF YOU're A PARALEGAL OR A LAWYER. The only asshole making a big deal of it is you.

My fucking God, girl. Lose the attitude and grow a fucking spine.

Translation: Wonk is a socialist

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

At this juncture I'd like to us get down to brass tacks and make sure the agreement is fully-baked. You have to walk before you can run, you know.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
At this juncture I'd like to us get down to brass tacks and make sure the agreement is fully-baked. You have to walk before you can run, you know.

At the end of the day, it is what it is.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
What if you are not a b-cup type?

Then I've been buying bras that shouldn't fit me. But wait. They do fit me. I think I am a b-cup type. Thanks for making me reason it through though.

I'm an E-cup type.

Have I ever led you to believe that I care what your bra size is?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
It is the Yale Club or Harvard Club.

and squab is so 80s

I love squab. I also loved the 80's.

And there's a Penn Club too, y'know.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by dtb
You know, Placido Domingo recorded a very moving interpretation of that ol' chestnut. You should check it out.

Is he the dude in Penske's avatar?*


*Actually, for some reason, every time I see that picture, all I can think is "The lobster and the cracked crab! Extra primo good, Mr. Coleman, sir!"

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I love squab. I also loved the 80's.

And there's a Penn Club too, y'know.

And a columbia/cornell club...close by

I know I know. next you'll tell me your face is painted in on the mural in the Palm.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.

It's just baked in to some thought metrices. When you get down to the short strokes, it's all gravy.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
A Delawarian.

Reminding me of the great debate among the Delaware legislature as to whether they would call themselves Delawarians or Delawarites.

Of course, the Delaweenians didn't stand a chance.