Fashion Board 5-7-04 to 6-9-04

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I just got some feedback re my behavior at a firm-related wedding. I am sooooo getting fired. Or promoted. The jury is still out. I just really envy people who consistently are normal and fly beneath the radar. No one ever says, "ABBA? Was she even there?" or "it was really nice to chat with ABBA last night. She has some interesting views on politics and I bet she would make a fantastic wife and mother." It's always, "Holy shit -- ABBA was wayyy outrageous last night." Sigh. I blame John Stamos.

My favorite is "You really like the hard stuff" or "I used to be able to drink like you until I had kids" or "You have a hollow leg..." I always just smile and walk away. Those folks are usually looking for ammo.

There's always an old partner somewhere who'll drink and smoke with you. Find him.

NEVER discuss religion while drunk. Lord, has that one cost me in the past... I made some crack years ago about how you'd have to be shit for brains to be pro-life, only to have a guy tell me his wife had endometriosis and couldn't have children, and that people like me took the easy way out and deprived he and his wife of available adoptable children. He then hit me with a screed about the decline of western civilization, and I had to eat every syllable.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
There's always an old partner somewhere who'll drink and smoke with you. Find him.

This was part of the problem.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Not so fast. Halle is only blackish (half black) and this flick is set in Greece, is it not? A country full of dark complected white people so it would be just as much of a stretch to cast that Alician Silverstone looking chick as it would Halle.

That said, I think Karina Lombard could have pulled it off. She is exquisite, and dark. Assuming strong acting isnt a requirement.

Now I've been informed that Helen was often described as blonde and fair-skinned, which may have been why the Greeks found her so fascinating.

So maybe she was cast correctly...

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This was part of the problem.

You're about to be promoted.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Now I've been informed that Helen was often described as blonde and fair-skinned, which may have been why the Greeks found her so fascinating.

So maybe she was cast correctly...

When I lived in Spain I found it interesting what passed for "blonde" and "fair-skinned." I would imagine it is the same in Greece.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This was part of the problem.

Ultimately, people like the drinking/gregarious types. The folks who might give you shit are just jealous. Some people can't let loose.

That you entertain people is a good thing... shows you've got the people skills that separate mid management from executives.

There is, of course, a line not to be crossed*... I once saw a chick pull her pants down and show off a thong at an Xmas party. She got a visit from HR the next day. You could discretely tweak a nipple or two if it was part of a joke, but its always all in the delivery.**

* Of course, nothing beats the 50ish female partner who, during a dance at a firm function, asked a young associate if she could suck him off. And she wasn't bad looking for a 50ish mother of three...

** She might have pulled it off had it been a black thong, but it was a cheesy shocking pink.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
My favorite is "You really like the hard stuff" or "I used to be able to drink like you until I had kids" or "You have a hollow leg..." I always just smile and walk away. Those folks are usually looking for ammo.

There's always an old partner somewhere who'll drink and smoke with you. Find him.

NEVER discuss religion while drunk. Lord, has that one cost me in the past... I made some crack years ago about how you'd have to be shit for brains to be pro-life, only to have a guy tell me his wife had endometriosis and couldn't have children, and that people like me took the easy way out and deprived he and his wife of available adoptable children. He then hit me with a screed about the decline of western civilization, and I had to eat every syllable.

There is no safe way to drink normally at a firm function. The only intelligent approach (at least until you get the keys to the firm- ) is to sip a few scotches, make your way around the room showing face, then you and friends can leave for a bar somewhere. There is too much back room evaluation based upon unfair impressions anal old people may form.

We had one party where they hire a Kareoke. This one young litigation guy, had a few and he's doing "I Write the Songs" totally lounge lizard, but spot on perfect- substitutting lines to make it personal "When I look in your eyes, Hank Chinaski,"
he was a hit by any definition.

I was standing by his group leader and over hear him say "Hear that? That's the sound of a career going down the tubes."
Fuck. They provide free drinks- and hire Kareoke- but if you use both well- you are out?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
There is no safe way to drink normally at a firm function. The only intelligent approach (at least until you get the keys to the firm- ) is to sip a few scotches, make your way around the room showing face, then you and friends can leave for a bar somewhere. There is too much back room evaluation based upon unfair impressions anal old people may form.

We had one party where they hire a Kareoke. This one young litigation guy, had a few and he's doing "I Write the Songs" totally lounge lizard, but spot on perfect- substitutting lines to make it personal "When I look in your eyes, Hank Chinaski,"
he was a hit by any definition.

I was standing by his group leader and over hear him say "Hear that? That's the sound of a career going down the tubes."
Fuck. They provide free drinks- and hire Kareoke- but if you use both well- you are out?

I always enjoyed my friend's story of one of his co-workers who, at the X-Mas party, stripped off his shirt, jumped up on a table, started dancing, jumped down and decked his boss. Nothing will get you fired like a punch to your boss's face. Apparently at least one person each of the last three years has been fired due to incidents at the X-Mas party.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Totally egregrious behavior

Thank goodness I only flirt and dance seductively. You guys are making me feel better.

other than a greek god? Why the midget blonde american when you can have the real deal?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

just died. Didn't he just have a kid or something?

[Berry Hunter]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
other than a greek god? Why the midget blonde american when you can have the real deal?

Who is that, Mike Piazza?

[Shape Shifter]

Drunken 'Stripper' Sparks Probe

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._nm/airport_dc

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
just died. Didn't he just have a kid or something?

Two I think. I don't know about just, sometime in the past 5-10 years I'd say.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

He's finally ending his reign as the person who destroyed the most skits by not being able to control his giggling. Good riddance to one of the worst improv/comedy skit actors to ever grace our televisions.

Although I always enjoyed his Weekend Updates.



Won't he take Horatio with him?