Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
So you'd listen to the BMI chart, but not to simple aesthetics?



That's only because she doesn't walk around with a martini bucket and a pack of unfiltered cigarettes stapled to either hand.


None of the above is to suggest that I don't love you for what you are.

I see you're still a mean drunk. But it's easy to stay slim if you fall asleep at the table.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Fugee
And then there's the Old Testament -- think of "The Ten Commandments" with modern special effects (although it wouldn't be the same without Yul Brynner, Lily Munster and Charlton "Mr. NRA" Heston). The Christian community would totally support more well made Jesus movies. Nevertheless, I doubt Mel will follow up with another one.

I'd stick with new testament. You need a villian for box-office bank. Unless you think Mel can make the Jews the bad guy re. Pharoah in 10 Commandments.*

*Infirm Politics had a post last Passover that might give you a framework for this angle.

[God]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
That didn't happen yet and isn't history. He'd be predicting the future.

Are you sure?

[Adder]

Originally posted by taxwonk
TMDBII?

edited to say: Nevermind

Your consistency is reassuring.

[ABBAKiss]

Mr. Kiss and I went out with a couple we know last night. (I have spoken of this couple before, or at least the male part of the couple. He and his ex-wife used to swing and wanted Mr. Kiss and me to but we didn't with them. He is now divorced and engaged to new chick who is a total nut job.)

So we are having drinks at our house before we head out and she pulls out some pot her 22 year old son sold to her (she had him when she was like 15 -- this is the same woman who kissed her son's girlfriend and got into bed with her -- nice). Many cocktails are had. I am relatively sober because I think pot is not-hot and have not had nearly as much to drink as every one else.

Pretty soon Nut Job asks me whether I want my ankle bracelet back because she has it in her purse. I must have looked confused, and I was because I don't wear ankle bracelets. So Swinger guy shoots me this look and says something like "Yeah, ABBA, remember that night I took you out for drinks and your ankle bracelet fell off and I forgot to ever give it back to you? Remember?" (Desperate look).

So I play along with it but call him on it later when Nut Job is in bathroom later on while we were out. WTF? He told Mr. Kiss and me that he is up to his old womanizing ways but Nut Job doesn't know. All fine and good, but don't involve me in it.

This story basically is going no where. Not sure why I shared.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Mr. Kiss and I went out with a couple we know last night. (I have spoken of this couple before, or at least the male part of the couple. He and his ex-wife used to swing and wanted Mr. Kiss and me to but we didn't with them. He is now divorced and engaged to new chick who is a total nut job.)

So we are having drinks at our house before we head out and she pulls out some pot her 22 year old son sold to her (she had him when she was like 15 -- this is the same woman who kissed her son's girlfriend and got into bed with her -- nice). Many cocktails are had. I am relatively sober because I think pot is not-hot and have not had nearly as much to drink as every one else.

Pretty soon Nut Job asks me whether I want my ankle bracelet back because she has it in her purse. I must have looked confused, and I was because I don't wear ankle bracelets. So Swinger guy shoots me this look and says something like "Yeah, ABBA, remember that night I took you out for drinks and your ankle bracelet fell off and I forgot to ever give it back to you? Remember?" (Desperate look).

So I play along with it but call him on it later when Nut Job is in bathroom later on while we were out. WTF? He told Mr. Kiss and me that he is up to his old womanizing ways but Nut Job doesn't know. All fine and good, but don't involve me in it.

This story basically is going no where. Not sure why I shared.

Alright, alright, you made me feel badly enough that night. I'm sorry already. You should be flattered that I find you so non-sexual that I used you as my excuse, and Nut Job gladly accepted it without getting jealous or anything. Thanks again!

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

Wonk:According to the BMI chart, to hit the border between normal and overweight, I would have to lose 70 pounds. Now, I don't claim to be thin; I never have. But enough of you have met me to know that I'm not anywhere near 70 pounds overweight.

The Mr., too. (Well, not 70 pounds, but several times 10.) The Mr., incidentally, has the same general measurements as Arnold Schwarzenegger (height, weight, chest, waist - come to think of it, I should call his agent and ask where he gets his suits).

BMI is just a proxy for body fat percentage, and it's a decent one. Very few people with a BMI high enough to rate obese (30.0 or over) have a low body fat percentage. In Arnold's Mr. Olympia days, he had a BMI of over 30, but it's very unusual for a person with a BMI of over 30.0 to have a low body fat percentage. Not many people with a BMI high enough to rate overweight (25.0 or over) have a low body fat percentage either. Plenty of elite athletes have a BMI under 25. Competitive collegiate oarsment average a bmi of 23.9 -- last time I checked, oarsmen aren't built like Calista Flockhart.

Generally, male athletes have body fat percentages between 5 and 12%. Female athletes have body fat have body fat percentages between 12 and 20%. The most accurate way to measure body fat is hydrostatic weighing. That's expensive and inconvenenient though. There are devices that estimate body fat percentage by measuring your bioelectrical impedence (how well your body conducts electricity).

Body fat percentage isn't a bad indicator of life expectancy either. Men with a BMI of 22 have the lowest mortality rate; women with the lowest mortality rate have a BMI that's even lower.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Alright, alright, you made me feel badly enough that night. I'm sorry already. You should be flattered that I find you so non-sexual that I used you as my excuse, and Nut Job gladly accepted it without getting jealous or anything. Thanks again!

Yes, that IS flattering.

What were you feeling so badly? What was so poor about your execution of the feeling?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss This story basically is going no where. Not sure why I shared.

It had promise at the beginning.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

About to see Mel Gibson's Passion? Then you'll want this handy translation of useful Aramaic phrases.

Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw!
Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous.

Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa?
Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging?

Demketh! Udamaa lemath mtaynan b-tash'eetha d-khashey?
I fell asleep! What station of the cross are we up to?

Ma'hed lee qalleel d-Khayey d-Breeyaan, ellaa dlaa gukhkaa.
It sort of reminds me of Life of Brian, but it's nowhere near as funny.

[SlaveNoMore]

ABBAKiss
Mr. Kiss and I went out with a couple we know last night. (I have spoken of this couple before, or at least the male part of the couple. He and his ex-wife used to swing and wanted Mr. Kiss and me to but we didn't with them. He is now divorced and engaged to new chick who is a total nut job.)

So we are having drinks at our house before we head out and she pulls out some pot her 22 year old son sold to her (she had him when she was like 15 -- this is the same woman who kissed her son's girlfriend and got into bed with her -- nice). Many cocktails are had. I am relatively sober because I think pot is not-hot and have not had nearly as much to drink as every one else.

Pretty soon Nut Job asks me whether I want my ankle bracelet back because she has it in her purse. I must have looked confused, and I was because I don't wear ankle bracelets. So Swinger guy shoots me this look and says something like "Yeah, ABBA, remember that night I took you out for drinks and your ankle bracelet fell off and I forgot to ever give it back to you? Remember?" (Desperate look).

So I play along with it but call him on it later when Nut Job is in bathroom later on while we were out. WTF? He told Mr. Kiss and me that he is up to his old womanizing ways but Nut Job doesn't know. All fine and good, but don't involve me in it.

This story basically is going no where. Not sure why I shared.

You're settling down, Muffin. It's okay to grow up.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
About to see Mel Gibson's Passion? Then you'll want this handy translation of useful Aramaic phrases.

Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw!
Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous.

Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa?
Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging?

Demketh! Udamaa lemath mtaynan b-tash'eetha d-khashey?
I fell asleep! What station of the cross are we up to?

Ma'hed lee qalleel d-Khayey d-Breeyaan, ellaa dlaa gukhkaa.
It sort of reminds me of Life of Brian, but it's nowhere near as funny.

I had thought that a surefire way to win the acclaim and respect of others on the board would be rip off funny material from other people's old posts. I still think it might work, but I probably should go more than two weeks back. Oh well. Color my face red.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
. . . used to swing and wanted Mr. Kiss and me to . . . she pulls out some pot her 22 year old son sold to her (she had him when she was like 15 -- this is the same woman who kissed her son's girlfriend and got into bed with her -- nice). . . .
He told Mr. Kiss and me that he is up to his old womanizing ways but Nut Job doesn't know.

Why do you hang out with these people?

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
He and his ex-wife used to swing and wanted Mr. Kiss and me to but we didn't with them. He is now divorced and engaged to new chick who is a total nut job.)

So who did you and the Mr. swing with?

[pretermitted_child]

This allows you to convert the first 10,000 digits of "Pi" into a musical sequence. [spree: synthesized piano noise]