Fashion Board 6-9-04 to 7-13-04

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You should be ashamed of yourself.

Apropos of nothing, reading all of the Starbucks talk this morning has caused Squeeze's "Black Coffee In Bed" to begin playing on my mental soundtrack.

Which is good because I like that song, but bad because it reminds me that I am a (mostly) unconscious racist fuck.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Whaaa? The first record was a Run-DMC Raising Hell sound, then cam PB, which was the pinnacle of sampling at the time, then they popped out Check Your Head, which was a half punk rock record. Next came Ill Communication, which was all over the place - from east Asian sounding jams through jazz bits, into some punk and a few old school raps. Hello Nasty was an overhyped, overfilled attempt to best PB, but it was ok. Now there's TT5B, which sounds, so far, like HN, just a little calmer and less out to impress you with techincal wizardry.

Now I have "Paul Revere" going over in my mind in an endless loop "I'm Mike D. and I get respect..." They went through that punk rock phase, like IceT did.....but "hey Ladies" was a hoot. I heard the new album is pretty decent...

As for the wedding presents, that's what the registry is for, all others pay cash.

And we still use our Lenox China. Our Waterford broke a long time ago and I have one lone unbroken candlestick that is rendered useless...

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
"hey Ladies"

That track gets my vote for the "Saduharo Oh" rhyme all by itself.

On Paul's "High Plains Drifter" and "Shake Your Rump" also get high marks.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Why, because I am caving in to corporate greed?

No person with self respect would order that fucking thing you ordered.

"Hi, I'd like a Semi-Mocha Tangerine-Passion Fruit Soy Milk Godiva White Chocolate Venti, No Froth, Extra Precious, a splash of Vanilla-Infused Almond Syrup, with Ginseng and Faerie Dust supplements please."

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
No person with self respect would order that fucking thing you ordered.

"Hi, I'd like a Semi-Mocha Tangerine-Passion Fruit Soy Milk Godiva White Chocolate Venti, No Froth, Extra Precious, a splash of Vanilla-Infused Almond Syrup, with Ginseng and Faerie Dust supplements please."

This would be funnier if it didn't mimic a Jamba Juice order. I applaud Starbucks customers for their brevity after going to Jamba.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
No person with self respect would order that fucking thing you ordered.

"Hi, I'd like a Semi-Mocha Tangerine-Passion Fruit Soy Milk Godiva White Chocolate Venti, No Froth, Extra Precious, a splash of Vanilla-Infused Almond Syrup, with Ginseng and Faerie Dust supplements please."

Meh. You're so mean to me.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
It started somewhere around [I bought the velvet revolver CD and then went on from there]. You should have used the gift cert to buy a book.

He was at Borders. He could read the books for free in the restroom.

[Penske_Account]

OK, here's the situation, my S.O. went away on a week's vacation.....

So I am the temporary COO of my castle and FYI, in my fair city every other Friday is paper and glass recycling day, i.e. the trashman picks up your paper and glass.

As a rule, fwiw, fyi, I do not put out paper recycling the night before because what if it rains, iykwim. Anyhoo, the last two days have been sunshine as far as the eye can see and the majestic eagle can fly, so, last night around 10 as I swilled my second glass of a pleasant sangiovese, watching the sunset over the mountains from deck, I made the executive decision that it was safe to put the recycling out that night. In advance. IYKWIM.

Wouldn't you know it, torrential downstorms hit around 1 AM last night.

Oh the humanity.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
OK, here's the situation, my S.O. went away on a week's vacation.....

So I am the temporary COO of my castle and FYI, in my fair city every other Friday is paper and glass recycling day, i.e. the trashman picks up your paper and glass.

As a rule, fwiw, fyi, I do not put out paper recycling the night before because what if it rains, iykwim. Anyhoo, the last two days have been sunshine as far as the eye can see and the majestic eagle can fly, so, last night around 10 as I swilled my second glass of a pleasant sangiovese, watching the sunset over the mountains from deck, I made the executive decision that it was safe to put the recycling out that night. In advance. IYKWIM.

Wouldn't you know it, torrential downstorms hit around 1 AM last night.

Oh the humanity.

ps: In the aforegoing story, did I mention that a couple of MILFs from the hood joined me for a third glass of wine after the recycling was done but before the rain and that I nailed one from the back and hit the other upside her titties?

Well I did.

Vizzle la plizzle!

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
OK, here's the situation, my S.O. went away on a week's vacation.....

So I am the temporary COO of my castle and FYI, in my fair city every other Friday is paper and glass recycling day, i.e. the trashman picks up your paper and glass.

As a rule, fwiw, fyi, I do not put out paper recycling the night before because what if it rains, iykwim. Anyhoo, the last two days have been sunshine as far as the eye can see and the majestic eagle can fly, so, last night around 10 as I swilled my second glass of a pleasant sangiovese, watching the sunset over the mountains from deck, I made the executive decision that it was safe to put the recycling out that night. In advance. IYKWIM.

Wouldn't you know it, torrential downstorms hit around 1 AM last night.

Oh the humanity.

Too funny!!! LOL!

Of course, you know what would have happened if you had decided to not take the paper out last night . . . . Yup, that's right - clear skies all night long! AND, you would have overslept and missed the recycling. hahahahahaha Sometimes it seems like you just can't win! In fact, this rule has been codified in the statute books under the name of some Irish chap who, I believe, also has a beer to his name.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
In fact, this rule has been codified in the statute books under the name of some Irish chap who, I believe, also has a beer to his name.

Who? Bilmore?

Seriously, what is this?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
ps: In the aforegoing story, did I mention that a couple of MILFs from the hood joined me for a third glass of wine after the recycling was done but before the rain and that I nailed one from the back and hit the other upside her titties?

Well I did.

Vizzle la plizzle!

Too funny!!! LOL!

I guess there is something to that old saying, "When it rains, it pours." hahahahahaha

Pertaining to nothing, except those things to which its pertains, such as, for example and e.g., your rather clever "Vizzle la Plizzle" saying, as I was coming to work this morning I saw a bus with an advertisement for the Mall of America. The ad said. "Izzatizzle the Mallizzle."

Too funny!!! LOL!

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Oh hell, you can't say GnR was not an important band, and I happen to like big dumb music. I won't even call it a "guilty pleasure" like most music snobs tend to do. I think big bloated rock is good in small doses. I have enough "critics' darlings" in my collection. Sometimes, you just need the high test stuff.

I also happen to love old AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Lynrd Skynrd and even one a copy of ZZ Top's "Deguello" cd (got a killer version of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" on it, and Billy Gibbons could actually play a great guitar, back when they were actually a band for about three years in the mid 70s).

The only thing that stops Use Your Illusion I and II from being two of the greatest cds of the past 20 years is their overproduction and the sloppy overly-long ballads that clog them. Pull out the 3 min rock tracks, rip out the overdubs, and you've got some great tunes - on par with some of the Stones' stuff from 69-72. Appetite For Destruction and Back in Black are still the two best dumb hard rock records of all time.

What is up with this rash of poignant critiques? You seem to be the only person that speaks The Truth. Agree with all... Back in Black is more solid, but Appetite had better vibe.

Seeing Velvet Revolver tomorrow night... I also was pleasantly surprised.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Who? Bilmore?

Seriously, what is this?

PLF was talking about Seamus "Ironweed" Murphy, of course. The inventor of what is known as "Murphy's Law" (usually paraphrased as "anything that can go wrong will").

I am "using" too many "quote marks" these days.

[Replaced_Texan]

Say you were at a bar from approximately 8:00 PM to 1:30 AM, and you opened your tab shortly after getting there. You drink fairly heavily through the night and buy a few other people drinks, because you know that the people who reserved the bar for a private party have to generate a certain amount in drink sales during the first three hours or else they have to make up the difference.

So you're closing out at the end of the night, and your tab is somewhere in the the $30 range, which is at least $100 less than you thought it would be. It's possible that someone else picked up your tab, and the most likely candidate has already denied it. The other candidate is likely hungover as hell and probably incommunicado for another five or six hours (assuming he made it home last night). It's also possible that the bar fucked up and put your drinks on another person's tab who shares your last name. If that's the case, that person is the same person who will have to make up to the bar whatever the shortfall was.

Do you make further inquiries as to what happened to your tab, or do you rejoice that you drank a hell of a lot without having to pay a hell of a lot? Does it matter that you feel sort of guilty that the hosts are probably going to have to come up with several hundred dollars to make up the difference to the bar? Do you just kick what you thought your drink tab should have been to the hosts?