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

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Originally posted by TexLex
Texas has concealed carry laws, but not in courtrooms. Judges traditionally arm themselves, but now I believe it is on the books - they may have to have a conceal/carry permit to take a gun into the courtroom, however.

I don't know a crim defense lawyer who doesn't keep a loaded gun in em's desk. They have not as much faith in their own clients as they want us to have.

-T(not packing)L

I wasn't thinking in courtrooms (and wouldn't have thought judges could have guns in courtrooms; that kind of scares me and makes me glad I'm not ever in courtrooms) because it sounded like they were out on the street.

f(not telling)b

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by TexLex
several tales of friendliness, murderous bugs, roaming humongous wild kittens, and salsa

Well, for excellent Mexican food and exceeding friendliness, I suppose a few fire ants and killer scorpions are worth it. Does this hospitality extend to my jumping into the arms of the nearest hapless Texan the minute I am stalked by a poisonous critter?

edited to add, I don't mind snakes at all, as the local copperheads never worried me. It's the damned scorpions that freak me out

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Originally posted by purse junkie
I once received a lovely catalog in the mail containing stylish and ladylike holsters/handbags for your gun (pink leather armpit holster, anyone?). I believe because I once ordered a cop I know a cheerful "old-fashioned corner policeman helping a kiddie" type Christmas ornament.

Anyway, tempted as I was from an accessories standpoint, alas I do not own firearms.

The pink leather holster would look nice with a mother-of-pearl handled ladylike handgun.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
The pink leather holster would look nice with a mother-of-pearl handled ladylike handgun.

So true! If you're going to blow the head off some bastard, you might as well look pretty doing it.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by purse junkie
So true! If you're going to blow the head off some bastard, you might as well look pretty doing it.

This sounds strangely erotic.

Originally posted by purse junkie
Does this hospitality extend to my jumping into the arms of the nearest hapless Texan the minute I am stalked by a poisonous critter?

Yes - so long as it's not a judge, in which case, I could not guarantee your safety.

Originally posted by purse junkie I don't mind snakes at all, as the local copperheads never worried me.

My cat brings copperheads to me for breakfast. They don't bother either of us. However, the cottonmouths are much more ornery and I stay out of their way unless I have a shovel in hand.

People are suprisingly friendly here (and the wildlife has every reason not to be). I know very few people that have actually been shot and those that did were victims of darwinism.

Come visit, the weather is lovely this time of year!

-T(I should work for the tourism board)L

[dtb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
[Stories about creative beggars.]

Some classics from the Big City Streets:

"You don't have to be a Rockafella... to help a fella..."

"What's the greatest nation in the world? DO[UGH]-nation!"

And then there's the guy with no legs on a little scooter who propels himself through the subway cars with the flat part of his knuckles on the floor. He uses the simple line, "Help." That dude's can is always STUFFED with bills!

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie
So true! If you're going to blow the head off some bastard, you might as well look pretty doing it.

A propos of that, (the recently divorced) Sharon Stone will be on The Practice this Fall.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

First I learn that my consumption of red wine will keep me from having a heart attack. Now it seems that masturbation will keep me free of prostate cancer.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=3102498

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a good pinot and the latest Vivid dvd...

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
[Long ass post that amounts to anecdote]

Great story. I can name half a dozen times where a street person followed and harrassed someone who refused to acknowledge their existence. Some psychos are looking for attention. Some psychos can't stand being ignored.

I guess, in certain cases it just comes down to a matter of how you treat people.

TM

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
First I learn that my consumption of red wine will keep me from having a heart attack. Now it seems that masturbation will keep me free of prostate cancer.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=3102498

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a good pinot and the latest Vivid dvd...

Take it to the Fitness Board.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by TexLex
Texas has concealed carry laws, but not in courtrooms. Judges traditionally arm themselves, but now I believe it is on the books - they may have to have a conceal/carry permit to take a gun into the courtroom, however.

Typically, permits are the key in almost all states - the level of gun-carryingness is determined by the threshold you have to meet to get a permit. (In my state, the new test is "are you breathing?") Judges are usually just automatically granted one, all over the country, no matter the threshold. Here in MN, in two of our biggest counties, the judges get a permit app when they go to baby judges' school, and they usually sign up.

But the smart ones leave them outside the courtroom.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
{re: the John 3:16 dude}

Cecil Adams did a Straight Dope column on him a few years ago as a follow-up to a 1987 column before his telegenic downward spiral.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
A propos of that, (the recently divorced) Sharon Stone will be on The Practice this Fall.

Ah geez, not only do they fire the only good looking guy on the show, now they hire a skank? Excuse me, another skank?

She's got to play the 1st year (straight from Harvard) blonde's mother. I'll bet.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
First I learn that my consumption of red wine will keep me from having a heart attack. Now it seems that masturbation will keep me free of prostate cancer.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=3102498

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a good pinot and the latest Vivid dvd...

While on the subject of porno noir, you'll be happy to know that a check of my e-mail reveals that "The Fashionistas" is still holding at #9 on the Adult DVD Empire Top Ten Bestseller List...