Fashion Board 1-08-04 through 02-03-04

[fufu]

A viticulturalist.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
On the other hand, if you want to tutor me on the fine points of, well, just about anything...

Hmm. I'm Not Basking.

P.S. It was unclear, but the smooch was directed at TM. I was kissing up.

[robustpuppy]

This just in! Some women still seek rich husbands!

Apparently, I have navigated my life all wrong. From the venerable New York Post:

January 11, 2004 --
"The new breed of wife has learned from the 80s and 90s wives that 'having it all' is a myth - unless they're confident enough to call the shots," said Susan Shapiro Barash, author of "The New Wife: The Evolving Role of the American Wife," (Nonethless Press; $24.95) to be published Valentine's Day.
...

"There's a backlash to my mother's generation that says, "That wasn't so much fun,'" says Ashley Lathrop, 29, who quit her job as an advertising account director in Manhattan this year to move to Washington D.C. for her husband's six-figure job as a financial consultant.

In fact, while they were dating, Lathrop bluntly informed her future husband, "I don't want to work now. I want to raise children, and I want you to be the financial provider. If you're not in line with that, you need to say that now."

He was in line with that.

Lathrop expects her first baby this month - and considers it a late start for a couple that plans to have four to seven kids.

And the couple is working on her timetable - Lathrop set a deadline to have kids before turning 35 because she wants to be an energetic, "vibrant" mom.

Any guilt about not working? "No way - why?" she says, laughing.

"We've had it drilled into our heads that women are underpaid as housewives," she says. "But that's a more important job than one with a paycheck every two weeks."

As a girl, Lathrop attended the elite Nightingale-Bamford private school in Manhattan, where many classmates rarely saw their mothers - who worked as high-powered doctors, lawyers and executives.

Lathrop wants to raise her kids in a beautiful home and neighborhood, go on family vacations to France, and train for the next New York Marathon. She also wants to put ongoing energy into her marriage.

...

Lathrop said she and her girlfriends differ from traditional 50s or "Stepford Wives" because they have high self-esteem - and will tolerate no disrespect from their husbands.

"I would walk out the door," she says. "I still have education, brainpower and a mom's multifaceted attention to detail. That's a hot commodity in the business world."

I guess there's still time to come up with a bullshit idea for a book that I can pitch as a study of a so-called social revolution.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Apparently, I have navigated my life all wrong:



I guess there's still time to come up with a bullshit idea for a book that I can pitch as a study of a so-called social revolution.

You can counter her by having me stay home with the kids and write a book about it. I'm fine with that. I have no pride. Just bring home the bacon. As long as the shorties don't bother me during Regis and Kelly*, it sounds great.


*SOOOOOOOOOOO hot.

[SlaveNoMore]

robustpuppy
In fact, while they were dating, Lathrop bluntly informed her future husband, "I don't want to work now. I want to raise children, and I want you to be the financial provider. If you're not in line with that, you need to say that now." ....Lathrop expects her first baby this month - and considers it a late start for a couple that plans to have four to seven kids. ....Any guilt about not working? "No way - why?" she says, laughing...."We've had it drilled into our heads that women are underpaid as housewives," she says. "But that's a more important job than one with a paycheck every two weeks." As a girl, Lathrop attended the elite Nightingale-Bamford private school in Manhattan, where many classmates rarely saw their mothers - who worked as high-powered doctors, lawyers and executives.

If they make a movie out of this, would it be "Mona Lisa Frown"?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This just in! Some women still seek rich husbands!

"In fact, while they were dating, Lathrop bluntly informed her future husband, 'I don't want to work now. I want to raise children, and I want you to be the financial provider. If you're not in line with that, you need to say that now.'

He was in line with that.

Lathrop expects her first baby this month - and considers it a late start for a couple that plans to have four to seven kids."

I have met Lathrop's husband. I have met him dozens of times. You can always tell - the stooped shoulders, the glazed over look in his eyes, the empty smile, the nervous twitching . . . .

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I have met Lathrop's husband. I have met him dozens of times. You can always tell - the stooped shoulders, the glazed over look in his eyes, the empty smile, the nervous twitching . . . .

You forgot the mumbling. 7 kids. 7 KIDS? they'll never fit in the Mercedes - oh shit I'll have to drive a minivan. Just kill me now.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
He's sucking up to a Daisy Duke, with bee-stung lips. You're sucking up to a lesbian who isn't interested in you, who will film your every movement until she's sure you're okay.

That's why I asked if it was a reflex.

TM

Well it is true I am not interested, but I'm not likely to film him, unless he happens to be carrying a sign that reads something like "Got AIDS Yet?"

But really, except for Slave, are any of us really interested in each other in "that way?"


Edited to say imperious huh? That's a new one.

Normally people just come out and say arrogant.

[NotFromHere]

Because the peoples of the FB are always on the cutting edge of everything, the rest of the world now enjoys televised Poker.


Televised poker quickly becoming hottest craze. On Super Bowl Sunday, while CBS is into its fifteenth or sixteenth hour of pre-game features, NBC will air the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
In the past two years, poker — specifically Texas Hold’em poker — has literally exploded in popularity.

But then again, we knew that already.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
In the past two years, poker — specifically Texas Hold’em poker — has literally exploded in popularity.

How does that work, exactly? Sounds kind of like a game my kids play call 52 Pick Up.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Televised poker quickly becoming hottest craze. On Super Bowl Sunday, while CBS is into its fifteenth or sixteenth hour of pre-game features, NBC will air the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
In the past two years, poker — specifically Texas Hold’em poker — has literally exploded in popularity.

But then again, we knew that already.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear

Literally exploded in popularity?

Arrrrgggh! I'm sure at some point the OED will capitulate, and list "figuratively, metaphorically" as a secondary definition. Please tell me it hasn't already.

ETA: As I posted this, Willie Garson said on Celebrity Poker Showdown, "I literally played my game one hand at a time." As did everybody else, Willie! Not literally incorrect, just meaningless.

I blame the Internet. And reality television. And to be clear,this was MNSBC's error, not NFH's.

[idle acts]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Well it is true I am not interested, but I'm not likely to film him, unless he happens to be carrying a sign that reads something like "Got AIDS Yet?"

Funny, that's not why you said you wanted to film me.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Because the peoples of the FB are always on the cutting edge of everything, the rest of the world now enjoys televised Poker.


Televised poker quickly becoming hottest craze. On Super Bowl Sunday, while CBS is into its fifteenth or sixteenth hour of pre-game features, NBC will air the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
In the past two years, poker — specifically Texas Hold’em poker — has literally exploded in popularity.

But then again, we knew that already.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear

I've watched a couple of episodes of Celebrity Poker, and, while I find the banter and the personalities to be pretty compelling, the play itself is boring as hell. I mean come on, it's a fucking card game!!!

[SlaveNoMore]

Ted Nugent in Chainsaw Accident. EOM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
You forgot the mumbling. 7 kids. 7 KIDS? they'll never fit in the Mercedes - oh shit I'll have to drive a minivan. Just kill me now.

I heard a woman with seven kids call in to Car Talk one weekend. Their only reccomendation was the EconoLine Van from Ford. You know the one with three rows of seats in the back? The Car Talk guys thought even a Suburban would be too small.