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

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
armrest over center console replaced because the Displaced Dog thinks of it as a throne, wheel replaced because backed into a curb and dented it).

I had the exact same issue with my dog. He would park his paws in the center-console cup-holders for a secure ride and stick his head forward so that his hair neatly covered my glasses while I drove. Must be the "I am Lord of the Universe" thing.

He was also known to simply kick the front-seat passenger into the back of the car so he could have that seat, to improve his view.

edited to remove breed identifiers, as my dog's unruly behavior is well-known

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Because I cannot say it any way without sounding like a cold-hearted bitch, I will simply say "natural selection" and no more.

I call it "evolution in action." It applies equally to 13 year olds who shoot themselves with Daddy's gun, and to the spate of kids killing themselves emulating "Jackass." Unfortunately, most donorcyclists have already procreated and passed their deficient genes on to future generations of taxpayers.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
I had the misfortune of seeing Punch Drunk Love in the theater. . Discussions afterward revealed that everyone there thought it was one of the crappiest films we had ever seen...which also had no point, I have sworn off Adam Sandler movies.
.

I thought, that the point of Punch Drunk Love is that there is someone for everyone---a proverbial lid for every metaphorical pot (or vice versa). I also thought that it was some kind of allegory about the healing power of love (the repair of the organ) and inspiration strength (fight with 4 hoods) and sacrifice (trip to Utah) that one goes through for the right person. Buy maybe I am just a romantic simp. A teary-eyed little nancy boy who believes that two people can make it in this crazy mixed up world of ours--even if one of them uses phone sex. I am sorry to see that you are so jaded that you didn't appreciate Mr. Sandler's caring sensitive side. Maybe he should keep playing silly clown-like caricatures for your amusement. He should be like the crown that cries on the inside b/c you and your SO won't let him act outside the box that his early roles placed him in. Let him be free, SEC. Maslow would want him to self-actualize--if he were still alive--and I think should want that for him too. Be a humanist just this once

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I call it "evolution in action."

So did Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. (Someone here says it was around before that, though.)

[LessinSF]

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[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Ouch, babe. I wouldn't go that far, but I do remember the episode you're talking about. Don't think it was Monopoly in particular, but the punch line was "Lawyers are the ones who write/read the rules on the inside of the box."

Either way, I don't feel that bad about it, if I have co-opted part of his bit because they did the same to me (I'd like to believe).

I used to work out at the Health and Raquet club here in New York (midtown) during the show's run. Mr. Costanza (Jerry Stiller) also worked out at the club. I was always telling everyone my idea for a character on the show and how it would be funny. The Sentence Finisher. The idea being that Elaine would date a guy who would anticipate the end of everyone's sentences and finish them perfectly (even better than the person who started the sentence). Everyone would always be impressed, except George or Jerry (makes no difference), because he would always finish that character's sentences incorrectly. No one would believe that he was wrong and that character's frustration would increase and hilarity would ensue.

I told Mr. Costanza my idea for that character and he thanked me and went back to working out. Then, in the last season, lo and behold, they had a sentence finisher. It was a minor plot line, but I still take credit for it (even though, I'm sure I had nothing to do with it).

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Kobe Bryant -- guilty or not?

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Either way, I don't feel that bad about it, if I have co-opted part of his bit because they did the same to me (I'd like to believe).

I used to work out at the Health and Raquet club here in New York (midtown) during the show's run. Mr. Costanza (Jerry Stiller) also worked out at the club. I was always telling everyone my idea for a character on the show and how it would be funny. The Sentence Finisher. The idea being that Elaine would date a guy who would anticipate the end of everyone's sentences and finish them perfectly (even better than the person who started the sentence). Everyone would always be impressed, except George or Jerry (makes no difference), because he would always finish that character's sentences incorrectly. No one would believe that he was wrong and that character's frustration would increase and hilarity would ensue.

I told Mr. Costanza my idea for that character and he thanked me and went back to working out. Then, in the last season, lo and behold, they had a sentence finisher. It was a minor plot line, but I still take credit for it (even though, I'm sure I had nothing to do with it).

TM

And I spose that Jackie Childs, the only black man on must see tv, was your idea as well?

Did you go to the NYHRC on Lex and like 45th? cuz I was there too!!!

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
OK, here's today's extreme survival quiz (sorry, no Kayaks). It's pretty clear that if attacked by an animal that I will surely die. However, I will be OK in a hostage situation.

Extreme survival quiz

edited to add, that I'm alive but badly injured or maimed for life, with a little effort I can be a survivor.

Apparently, I will die of a snakebite or be sucked out from under an overpass in a tornado. Otherwise, bring on the shark attacks and waterless desert adventures baby!

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Kobe Bryant -- guilty or not?

what exactly is he alleged to have done? Given his image, it sounds like a possible shakedown. But if it's more than an untoward grope, there'll either be evidence or not. He's already gone for DNA testing.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Apparently, I will die of a snakebite or be sucked out from under an overpass in a tornado. Otherwise, bring on the shark attacks and waterless desert adventures baby!

OMG, I picked overpass too! I will also die of a snakebite and will be killed by a shark.

Speaking of animals...those of you who let your dogs tear apart the inside of your cars need to get them an appropriate place to sit - like an Hermes dog bed
pampered pets

July 10 — Once, the dog house was a familiar fixture in cartoons such as “Peanuts” and “Tom & Jerry.” As recently as 2000, one popped up in an episode of “The Simpsons,” occupied by a vicious badger that shredded Homer Simpson’s entrails. But it is a long time since the kennel was seen in real life. Gradually, dogs have progressed from the back yard or garden to increasing levels of comfort in the home: from an old blanket on a cold kitchen floor to the coziness of a padded Hermès bed in a corner of the master or mistress’s bedroom.
to a recent Euromonitor report, the number of pets in the U.S. rose by 29 million, or 9 percent, to 366 million in the four years to 2002, more than twice the rate of increase in the human population over the same period.
They are dressed in fashionable clothing and accessorised by design houses such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chanel; they are provided with homeopathy, acupuncture, special grooming products and cosmetics; and when they travel, they get car booster seats, frequent flyer points on Virgin Atlantic Airways and groveling service in some of the world’s most luxurious hotels.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
So I can get rid of the proof that I am an alcoholic? If Tip O'Neill had only known.

I am so fuckin lucky I don't get the capillary problem. I have a bunch of friends with it, and it looks like hell.

Of course, its probably nature's signal that the liver is being destroyed and you should stop, so maybe I'm genetically defective in that my warning lights aren't working.

Oh well, as long as its an easy death... I can't be expected to stop drinking. That just umpossible.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
OK, here's today's extreme survival quiz (sorry, no Kayaks). It's pretty clear that if attacked by an animal that I will surely die. However, I will be OK in a hostage situation.

Extreme survival quiz

edited to add, that I'm alive but badly injured or maimed for life, with a little effort I can be a survivor.

Likewise. 11/17. I think I'm just going to hole up in my office for the rest of the day.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

So how do these people pull it off? Are they really fooling the undesirables? And arent these fake chuckles more rude than polite?

Just laugh like you never heard something so funny. And yes it works. Daily.

Penske (phoney baloney) Account

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
what exactly is he alleged to have done? Given his image, it sounds like a possible shakedown. But if it's more than an untoward grope, there'll either be evidence or not. He's already gone for DNA testing.

EAGLE, Colo., July 10 — Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant flirted with a 19-year-old Colorado woman hours before she accused him of sexual assault, according to sources at the hotel where the incident is alleged to have occurred, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/935503.asp?0dm=C14VS

Apparently not enough evidence to arrest him yet.