A sad, constant bid for attention

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
"Hook up" as in "hook up"? No.

"Hook up" as in "let's disengage ourselves from our current relationships and start dating in a couple months"? Yep.

That's very cute. I never had a boyfriend in high school, so I think I'll be safe from any rekindled romances at my upcoming 15th reunion at the end of next month.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
2. And congratulations! We get to share the Forer prize - with everybody!



I LOVE Wikipedia. I was led to Forer by this:

I was thinking it describes nearly everyone.

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I was not implying that anything improper occurred.

Wink wink, you dirty, downlow, girlfriend-stealing, cheating son-of-a-bitch.*


(*I DO NOT MEAN THIS.)

It saddens me that you felt the need to post this (the asterix part). I'm not Sidd, for crying out loud.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by andViolins

As for why they kept the relationship secret, wasn't Anna his client? At least that is how they portrayed themselves to the world, through the fat Anna days. Didn't he have an ethical obligation not to be banging her and not have a relationship with her, other than an atty-client one?

aV

can someone check out if this is true? Fringey can you hold off sending me that first pension project until I get an answer here?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
that's a little disturbing.

No it's not. It merely takes about 40 different common personality elements and emotions, then suggests a personality alternating between the poles of those elements/emotions, i.e., everybody.

Is it a joke?

ETA: Damn you, RP. Well played, well played...

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
That's very cute. I never had a boyfriend in high school, so I think I'll be safe from any rekindled romances at my upcoming 15th reunion at the end of next month.

You could always find out there was someone who you didn't know had a huge crush on you.

At my 10th, I found tut about a very cute varsity basketball player had an excruciating unrequited crush on me all through high school. He was dumb as a box of rocks, but very popular, and did I mention cute? I think my whole HS experience would have been different had I known about this unrequited crush.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
It saddens me that you felt the need to post this (the asterix part). I'm not Sidd, for crying out loud.

You know, it saddened me, too, until I saw the opportunity to say ...

It's ASTERISK!!!!

(Was that a birthday present?)

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
That's very cute. I never had a boyfriend in high school, so I think I'll be safe from any rekindled romances at my upcoming 15th reunion at the end of next month.

No crushes? You can always seek them out. And if it doesn't work, you probably won't see them for 5 years anyway.

ETA: Or what RP said.

[Hank Chinaski]

I've been thinking about subtle advertising lately.

What first set me thinking was my firm got one of those coffee makers where you put in a pod and the water is forced through it. Little packets of coffee wrapped up and differents origins. Of course the wrappers display the alleged origins: Costa Rican, Sumatra Mandeeling, more variety than even the biggest pot dealer ever offered!!

Now my firm buys 2 brands- 1 comes wrapped in a matte wrapper, the other in glossy foil wrappers. I cannot force myself to give the matte wrapped any chance as being the equivalent. I am obviously too Neanderthal to notice any taste difference, yet I will not brew a matte brand unless we are out of glossy.

Or my friend who works for an elevator company got a patent on this idea- elevators are starting to play ads. this is especialy big in Asia. You get on an elevator and the whole ride its trying to sell you something- problem was the commercial is too long for those taking a 2 floors trip. So his invention was for the computer control to determine how long the ride will be and select a commercial of approprita lenght. 40 floors? you learn all about Coca Cola. Just going up 2? "DRINK COKE!!!"

So I now know you cannot beat or avoid advertising and I want in on the gravey train.

Watching Tivo, fast forwarding through commercials I wonder if there isn't a possible subliminal effect from the images seen briefly and rapid fire. Instead of 30 second pitches for why you should buy a BigMac you see flashes of images- maybe I can work on using the flashes to sell my clients' products?

But then I get the real brainstorm, and it is fully on the same flash of genius level as when I first recognized GreedyX3 was a lot like Gilligan-

Sit down for this. I will develop a digital technique where when one fast forwards through a commercial, a second level of image is diplayed quite clearly. You may avoid the Dodge truch commercial, but you will clearly see an image of the truck, maybe with a beautiful model, maybe as a hologram, for the entire FF time. I have to work out some details, like how to do it and not ruin the commercial when played at normal speed, but I have a photoshop expert at my beck and call.

Oh, I filed for a patent application just today. So if you're planning on stealing the idea forget it.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I think my whole HS experience would have been different had I known about this unrequited crush.

Was it requited at the reunion?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I don't find it disturbing: I find it proof of why no one should believe in astrology, cold readings, psychics, etc.

Any economist for the next 50 years...

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I've been thinking about subtle advertising lately.

What first set me thinking was my firm got one of those coffee makers where you put in a pod and the water is forced through it. Little packets of coffee wrapped up and differents origins. Of course the wrappers display the alleged origins: Costa Rican, Sumatra Mandeeling, more variety than even the biggest pot dealer ever offered!!

Now my firm buys 2 brands- 1 comes wrapped in a matte wrapper, the other in glossy foil wrappers. I cannot force myself to give the matte wrapped any chance as being the equivalent. I am obviously too Neanderthal to notice any taste difference, yet I will not brew a matte brand unless we are out of glossy.

Or my friend who works for an elevator company got a patent on this idea- elevators are starting to play ads. this is especialy big in Asia. You get on an elevator and the whole ride its trying to sell you something- problem was the commercial is too long for those taking a 2 floors trip. So his invention was for the computer control to determine how long the ride will be and select a commercial of approprita lenght. 40 floors? you learn all about Coca Cola. Just going up 2? "DRINK COKE!!!"

So I now know you cannot beat or avoid advertising and I want in on the gravey train.

Watching Tivo, fast forwarding through commercials I wonder if there isn't a possible subliminal effect from the images seen briefly and rapid fire. Instead of 30 second pitches for why you should buy a BigMac you see flashes of images- maybe I can work on using the flashes to sell my clients' products?

But then I get the real brainstorm, and it is fully on the same flash of genius level as when I first recognized GreedyX3 was a lot like Gilligan-

Sit down for this. I will develop a digital technique where when one fast forwards through a commercial, a second level of image is diplayed quite clearly. You may avoid the Dodge truch commercial, but you will clearly see an image of the truck, maybe with a beautiful model, maybe as a hologram, for the entire FF time. I have to work out some details, like how to do it and not ruin the commercial when played at normal speed, but I have a photoshop expert at my beck and call.

Oh, I filed for a patent application just today. So if you're planning on stealing the idea forget it.

You gave up on the Rural Monorail?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by andViolins
Yes, actually I would be surprised if this turns out to be true. Other than the fact that he sounded incredibly high during his Larry King interview, he dodged the questions about any dna testing on the kid. Plus the photographer out there who is claiming that the kid is his and not howie k's. Then of course, there is the whole issue of him selling some photos of Daniel that were taken right before he died. I guess I don't find the guy all that credible.

As for why they kept the relationship secret, wasn't Anna his client? At least that is how they portrayed themselves to the world, through the fat Anna days. Didn't he have an ethical obligation not to be banging her and not have a relationship with her, other than an atty-client one?

aV

Believe it or not, and I'm sure you believe it, it is not unethical, in California, to be banging a client unless you have coerced it or forced it.
Shocking, I know.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Was it requited at the reunion?

God, no. By then I had figured out that I was a bag of chips (at the very least, my hair looked fantastic that night), so I could actually have hooked up with someone on whom I'd had an unrequited crush. But I didn't do that either, because I was already involved in a love triangle, and because my crush turned out to be a loser after high school.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You could always find out there was someone who you didn't know had a huge crush on you.

At my 10th, I found tut about a very cute varsity basketball player had an excruciating unrequited crush on me all through high school. He was dumb as a box of rocks, but very popular, and did I mention cute? I think my whole HS experience would have been different had I known about this unrequited crush.

You'd have fucked one more guy?