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

[zakoh02]

Originally posted by NotFromHere PCOS almost 3 times more prevalent in homosexual women

This is probably too serious a post for the FB, but I will risk it. PCOS affects approximately 10% of reproductive aged women and is the most common cause of infertility among women (it is highly treatable with meds, BTW). An interesting thing to note is that one of the characteristics of PCOS is excess testosterone. The excess testosterone does not cause PCOS--it is a symptom of it. I am curious, however, whether the excess testosterone has any correlation with lesbianism. Something along these lines...one develops PCOS (which is made worse by the low fat, high carb diets all of us--until recently--have been told to eat; not surprisingly, diagnoses of PCOS have soared in recent years), which leads to higher testosterone levels...which makes women somehow more attractive??

Maybe an idiotic line of reasoning, induced by excessive bar study issue spotting, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Zak (edited to add: maybe carbs made me bisexual?)

Originally posted by zakoh02
one develops PCOS (which is made worse by the low fat, high carb diets all of us--until recently--have been told to eat; not surprisingly, diagnoses of PCOS have soared in recent years), which leads to higher testosterone levels...which makes women somehow more attractive??

Which part did you find attractive? The obesity, the acne, or the facial hair?

[tmdiva]

I have a friend with PCOS. She suspected she had it several years ago, and asked her doctor about it. He ordered the test, she got back negative results from the lab, so she started looking into other possibilities. A couple of years later, having found no other explanation that covered all her symptoms, she checked back and found that the doctor had mistakenly ordered a PSA test. Of course it came back negative--she doesn't have a prostate, let alone prostate cancer! So they ran the right test, she got the diagnosis she had suspected all along, got on the right meds, and now she's lost tons of weight and makes many fewer visits to the aesthetician.

Moral of the story: nothing wrong with checking the lab order form before they run the wrong test.

tm

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
So if you were interrogating enemy prisoners, what would get heavy rotation? Why do you feel it would be effective?

the boredoms - if you have ever heard them, the reason why is self explanatory.

naked city - especially the torture garden album featuring vocals from the boredoms frontman

throbbing gristle - one of their albums was subtitled "entertainment through pain"

and if you want to be really cruel and tortious (but this would undoubtably violate some sort of human rights laws) - the dave matthews band.

ms. naughty diplomat

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" stuck in my memory, which was right for a change.

http://slate.msn.com/id/90312/
(spree: story about Noriega's musical torture and a link to the complete playlist)

what were they doing playing "don't fear the reaper" by the blue oyster cult? that sounds like they wnated noriega to kill himself

oh to add to the music to interrogate the enemy by list, i'll add reign in blood by slayer.

ms. naughty diplomat

[Socking_Up]

The possibilities are endless:

Gangsta rap
Celine Dion
Yoko Ono
Sammy Hagar-era Van Halen (this ain't no Panama)

Or the ever popular rotation of USA-related tunes such as God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood, Born in the USA by Springsteen and Anywhere USA by PYT (from the movie Miss Congeniality)

What I want to know is why we haven't sent Snoop Dogg over yet to teach these cats how to live???

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by zakoh02
I am curious, however, whether the excess testosterone has any correlation with lesbianism.

I don't believe there is any correlation between excess testosterone and lesbianism. Nor is there any correlation between lack of testosterone in men and homosexuality.

I would not be surprised if some differences were found biologically speaking however, though at the moment when something is found it is normally just amongst a small percentage of the population. Lesbians, as a whole are one of the least studied groups, medically speaking.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
More importantly, does anyone have musical recommendations for playing outside Frist's office until he concedes?

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax -- "Hit me (Hit me) Hit me (Hit me) Hit me with those laser beams . . . ."

The 5th Dimension, Wedding Bell Blues --- "Please marry me Bill . . . ."

Robert Palmer, Bad Case of Loving You --- "Doctor, doctor, gimme the news . . . ."

Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut --- "Wow, stray cat, you're a real gone guy . . . ."*

*Warning: Very subtle joke directed to Bilmore.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I would not be surprised if some differences were found biologically speaking however, though at the moment when something is found it is normally just amongst a small percentage of the population.

Any graduate of an American middle school can easily tell you there are deeply rooted biological differences. Just ask the subject to look at em's fingernails. Bingo. Em's sexual destiny is foretold.

As I recall, the backup plan was to ask "Are you a fag in a cage?", a test which also boasted 100% accuracy.

However, the test for cancer, while non-invasive, had less conclusive results, as it tended to be interrupted by a non-sequitur.

[Sparklehorse]

Let the Eagles Soar composed and sung by John Ashcroft

At least I felt like I was being tortured when I heard this.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Any graduate of an American middle school can easily tell you there are deeply rooted biological differences. Just ask the subject to look at em's fingernails. Bingo. Em's sexual destiny is foretold.

As I recall, the backup plan was to ask "Are you a fag in a cage?", a test which also boasted 100% accuracy.

I am intrigued by these gay tests, I'd not heard of them before. How did you know lesbians in middle school? Is this like some hetdar or something? Cool! Do you have something that is the equivalent of the rainbow flag you put discretely on the back of your cars causing you to wave and honk at each other? When you are walking down the street, do you look each other in the eyes and sort of connect for a second and nod knowingly at one another? Or is that like when men burp or fart and laugh really hard when their womenfolk look all irritated? I don't think gay men do that...of course, I am sure none of the men here do that either. In fact, I think you ALL are gay.

It has all become clear to me, this board is Sodom and the old board is Gomorrah. You bunch of sodomites who don't know how to show hospitality you.

The entire board is going to hell. HELL I TELL YOU.



Hey, it could happen.


And I listened to the Ashcroft thing, and I think that is cruel and unusual punishment. But then, I think Ashcroft is cruel and unusual punishment without the singing.

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Anything by Queen.
Edited to add...and the Village People.

I kinda agree with your direction of thinking. Perhaps four weeks worth of Michael Bolton or Stevie Wonder would do the trick. Maybe they could do the theme song from Titanic on continuous replay.

I remember some of the psychological analysis of this as it was happening. The "experts" were making much of the fact that Noriega was supposedly a big fan of both classical and opera. As such, it was argued that he could easily appreciate most any genres of music and could possibly withstand the PsyOps for any number of weeks.

Personally, I got a bigger kick out of the PsyOps stuff they pulled at the Waco compound - complete with animal sounds (cows, elephants, chickens) at all hours of the night.

[MisterEbola]

Hadn't seen it posted on this board....perhaps on the Ohio board.....but....

"Arter & Hadden LLP
Winding up of Arter & Hadden LLP and Notice of Termination of Employment

TO: All Personnel - All Offices
DATE: June 27, 2003
RE: Winding up of Arter & Hadden LLP and Notice of Termination of Employment

Unfortunately, we must now report that efforts to obtain the additional financing and required concessions from Arter & Hadden's landlords to continue the law firm have been unsuccessful. As a result, we are planning for the winding up of the affairs of Arter & Hadden.

We will need to permanently terminate the employment of substantially all employees of Arter & Hadden at the end of the business day on July 15, 2003. This will result in the permanent closing of our offices in their entirety. No bumping rights exist.

As many of you know, we had been negotiating with our lenders in an effort to obtain additional capital as well as with our landlords. We believed that we had a realistic opportunity to obtain rent concessions and the additional funding that would have been sufficient to permit Arter & Hadden to continue to operate going forward. However, due to the sensitivity of the negotiations, we believed that giving notice sooner may have put the discussions at risk, and eliminated any chance to restructure our debt and continue operations. Accordingly, we are giving you as much notice as is practicable under the circumstances.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience during these difficult times. We will keep you apprised if any changes take place. If you have any questions please contact the Cleveland Office Administrator, [name and number removed] or the local Office Administrator assigned to your particular office."

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Any graduate of an American middle school can easily tell you there are deeply rooted biological differences. Just ask the subject to look at em's fingernails. Bingo. Em's sexual destiny is foretold.

As I recall, the backup plan was to ask "Are you a fag in a cage?", a test which also boasted 100% accuracy.

However, the test for cancer, while non-invasive, had less conclusive results, as it tended to be interrupted by a non-sequitur.

Atticus, sometimes you are too oblique for me. Should you perhaps qualify your intro. by saying "any male graduate of an American middle school" ? What are you talking about in your second and third paragraphs?

As for the fingernail thing, which is the NTTAWWT way to look at them -- hand spread out flat with the fingers pointing up, or hand closed, in sort of a claw position, with the fingers pointing down?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax -- "Hit me (Hit me) Hit me (Hit me) Hit me with those laser beams . . . ."

The 5th Dimension, Wedding Bell Blues --- "Please marry me Bill . . . ."

Robert Palmer, Bad Case of Loving You --- "Doctor, doctor, gimme the news . . . ."

Stray Cats, Stray Cat Strut --- "Wow, stray cat, you're a real gone guy . . . ."*

*Warning: Very subtle joke directed to Bilmore.

B-52s - "Love Shack." Actually, anything that contains over two seconds of Fred Schneider's voice becomes automatically flamin South Beach gay. If Fred Schnieder had a bit part in "the Good the Bad and the Ugly" the movie would automatically become a gay epic.

Elton John - "Im Still Standing." I first saw this video when I was maybe 12, and even in that naive state, I recall thinking "This guy ain't bisexual at all."

The ulitmate gay male anthem is course Pete Townsend's "Rough Boys".* That record execs and agents let Townsend release this tune on an album, let alone make a video for it and release it as a single, shows just how coked out everyone in the record biz was during the 80s.

* Also works as the theme music for the Catholic Bishops' Conference.