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Did you just call me Coltrane? 09-06-2005 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Borat from Kzakhstan?
He actually reminded me of DeNunzio from Caddyshack.

Penske_Account 09-06-2005 11:57 AM

Confidential to Sebby (FHEO)
 
Clean out your PM box.

Penske_Account 09-06-2005 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I saw a guy at the beach yesterday in a real banana hammock. Not a speedo, but one of those male stripper hammocks. I actually think it was a Candid Camera type of thing. He picked a spot to lay out right in the middle of this big group of people...and then got up ten minutes later. He was also carrying a briefcase.
Did he look to be German or French?

Did you just call me Coltrane? 09-06-2005 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Did he look to be German or French?
It had to be a joke. This was a string bikini with a pouch for his junk.

Pretty Little Flower 09-06-2005 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
It had to be a joke. This was a string bikini with a pouch for his junk.
You have apparently never been to beaches frequented by German or French gentlemen.

Did you just call me Coltrane? 09-06-2005 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You have apparently never been to beaches frequented by German or French gentlemen.
I have been to beaches in France. I did not see anything like this.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 09-06-2005 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I have been to beaches in France. I did not see anything like this.
You were distracted by the nipple fights, apparently.

I can't say I blame you for where you focused your attention.

Did you just call me Coltrane? 09-06-2005 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You were distracted by the nipple fights, apparently.

I can't say I blame you for where you focused your attention.
Great point. There were many topless 18-yr old girls frolicking in the surf.

NotFromHere 09-06-2005 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Did anyone see Richard Simmons- New Orleans native- interviewed this weekend? He was wearing a pastel tank top. For a network interview about an enormous diaster in your hometown, is that appropriate? I believe it was Sunday, so pre-labor day, if that matters.
I saw Oprah this morning giving a "motivational speech" to the homeless currently living in the Astrodome. She called their former housing (the Superdome) a disgusting place. She was wearing a very very snug top to show off her recent weight loss/gain (I cannot keep up anymore) and did not have her hair done - which I thought was a nice touch considering the audience. I am surprised she did not give them all cars. Or t-shirts. Or something.

Hank Chinaski 09-06-2005 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
You have apparently never been to beaches frequented by German or French gentlemen.
I believe coltrane has made clear this was an Italian-American person. A "guido" if you will.

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I saw Oprah this morning giving a "motivational speech" to the homeless currently living in the Astrodome. She called their former housing (the Superdome) a disgusting place. She was wearing a very very snug top to show off her recent weight loss/gain (I cannot keep up anymore) and did not have her hair done - which I thought was a nice touch considering the audience. I am surprised she did not give them all cars. Or t-shirts. Or something.
I'm actually surprised she didn't give them all tourmaline-charged face mask from Aveda and a set of melamine mixing bowls from the Nigella Lawson collection.

Penske_Account 09-06-2005 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I saw Oprah this morning giving a "motivational speech" to the homeless currently living in the Astrodome. She called their former housing (the Superdome) a disgusting place. She was wearing a very very snug top to show off her recent weight loss/gain (I cannot keep up anymore) and did not have her hair done - which I thought was a nice touch considering the audience. I am surprised she did not give them all cars. Or t-shirts. Or something.
She gave them a glimpse of her boobs showcased in a snug top, that's something, no?

sebastian_dangerfield 09-06-2005 01:01 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
She gave them a glimpse of her boobs showcased in a snug top, that's something, no?
These people have suffered enough, haven't they?

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:04 PM

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Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.

sebastian_dangerfield 09-06-2005 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'm actually surprised she didn't give them all tourmaline-charged face mask from Aveda and a set of melamine mixing bowls from the Nigella Lawson collection.
“I am wildly, absurdly, insanely rich. Just think of how rich I am, cause I’m crazy... I mean, Bill Gates level... kooky rich... I haven’t wiped my ass since 1994 rich... I could hire Bobby, Whitney, JLo, Jessica and Nick to clean my pool and wax my lower back hair rich. And you don’t have houses. Its inspiring, isn’t it?”

ltl/fb 09-06-2005 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.
Are they related at all to that new group "Green Day" I recently heard about?

sebastian_dangerfield 09-06-2005 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.
I've got one word for you - Creed.

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
“I am wildly, absurdly, insanely rich. Just think of how rich I am, cause I’m crazy... I mean, Bill Gates level... kooky rich... I haven’t wiped my ass since 1994 rich... I could hire Bobby, Whitney, JLo, Jessica and Nick to clean my pool and wax my lower back hair rich. And you don’t have houses. Its inspiring, isn’t it?”
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."

Shape Shifter 09-06-2005 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.

In the heat with a blue jean girl, burnin' love comes once in a lifetime.

Thanks, RP.

ltl/fb 09-06-2005 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
“I am wildly, absurdly, insanely rich. Just think of how rich I am, cause I’m crazy... I mean, Bill Gates level... kooky rich... I haven’t wiped my ass since 1994 rich... I could hire Bobby, Whitney, JLo, Jessica and Nick to clean my pool and wax my lower back hair rich. And you don’t have houses. Its inspiring, isn’t it?”
I'm sure she is being as helpful as Sean Penn, and has no doubt given boatloads of money. OK, maybe not as helpful as Sean Penn in the search and rescue way, but you know what I mean.

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I'm sure she is being as helpful as Sean Penn, and has no doubt given boatloads of money. OK, maybe not as helpful as Sean Penn in the search and rescue way, but you know what I mean.
I don't think kissing Oprah's ass on an anonymous chat board for lawyers is going to get you a free gift bag from Godiva, missy.

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
In the heat with a blue jean girl, burnin' love comes once in a lifetime.

Thanks, RP.
Some will win
Some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues

ltl/fb 09-06-2005 01:19 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I don't think kissing Oprah's ass on an anonymous chat board for lawyers is going to get you a free gift bag from Godiva, missy.
Apparently in California we eat See's.

Hmmm. Maybe I should go to the mall at lunch.

sebastian_dangerfield 09-06-2005 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I'm sure she is being as helpful as Sean Penn, and has no doubt given boatloads of money. OK, maybe not as helpful as Sean Penn in the search and rescue way, but you know what I mean.
I have no gripe with Harpo. I like and respect her (a whole more more than I do Spicoli). She seems like as decent a celebrity as you can find, and she has worked her ass off to get where she is. But if I were homeless and poor and sleeping in the Astrodome, the very last thing I’d want to hear is a pep talk from a woman who probably flew in on private jet bigger than my house.*

*Actually, the worst possible thing I could imagine would be the couple on the cot next to me asking me if my wife and I were “into soft swinging.”

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 09-06-2005 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Some will win
Some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:31 PM

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I have no gripe with Harpo.
Kathy Griffin does a funny little Oprah riff on her surprisingly amusing "My Life on the D List."

sebastian_dangerfield 09-06-2005 01:33 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."
Jesus, I just realized I’m wearing a racist tie. Typical hillbilly construction - doesn’t hold a knot for shit.*

* I guess those'd be French rednecks... La cou rouge?

Bad_Rich_Chic 09-06-2005 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But if I were homeless and poor and sleeping in the Astrodome, the very last thing I’d want to hear is a pep talk from a woman who probably flew in on private jet bigger than my house.
Unless she followed up with: "I have 3 extra monster houses plus 15 spare bedrooms in my main house and I want to put up 40 homeless families in them until they can return to or replace their permanent housing - my maid will get your kids enrolled in the local rich-people public school immediately."

Hell, I'm half seriously looking at the sofa-bed in our one non-bedroom room and thinking "well, two adults and one child, or one adult and two children, could probably manage on that for a while, since they won't be bringing nearly as much shit with them as my mother in law does when she comes ..."

Anyone considering actually putting up some people? (Other than Penske.)

NotFromHere 09-06-2005 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.
Well, there was that domestic violence song I liked.


He's drunk again, it's time to fight
Same old shit, just on a different night
She grabs the gun, she's had enough
Tonight she'll find out how fucking
Tough is this man
Pulls the trigger just as fast as she can
Never Again

greatwhitenorthchick 09-06-2005 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Can anyone give me a reason that Nickelback should not be named worst band ever? The lead singer sounds like he's straining on the toilet, and the lyrics are more trite than a Dawson's Creek script. What the fuck do you mean, she's like your favorite disease? Please, Nickelback, drop off the face of the earth. I'd rather listen to Journey.
I always feel like I have to stick up for Canadian musicians (Celine Dion excepted) - some kind of loyalty thing. But you are right - they suck.

NotFromHere 09-06-2005 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have no gripe with Harpo. I like and respect her (a whole more more than I do Spicoli). She seems like as decent a celebrity as you can find, and she has worked her ass off to get where she is. But if I were homeless and poor and sleeping in the Astrodome, the very last thing I’d want to hear is a pep talk from a woman who probably flew in on private jet bigger than my house.*

*Actually, the worst possible thing I could imagine would be the couple on the cot next to me asking me if my wife and I were “into soft swinging.”
Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.
So the bitch wasted all that jet fuel?

baltassoc 09-06-2005 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Well, she did bring 3 private jets with her, hoping to reunite some families. Her only problem (well, one of many) is that she didn't stop to think that these people don't have cell phones or e-mail and don't know where the hell their famililes are. Otherwise, you know, nice thought.
Nonetheless, reunions are happening, albeit slowly.*

*Link to a story that answers the question "What Kind of Monster abandons her six-year old in charge of six children ranging in age from 5 months to three years?"**

**Answer: Someone told by the helicopter pilot that there is only enough room for the children, and he will come back.***

*** The coming back part turned out not to be true.****

****The parents got rescued eventually, too.

ltl/fb 09-06-2005 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
So the bitch wasted all that jet fuel?
Shouldn't you be in labor now?

robustpuppy 09-06-2005 02:04 PM

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Shouldn't you be in labor now?
That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.

ltl/fb 09-06-2005 02:06 PM

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That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.
What can I say? I'm just sweet like that.

Surely you are close.

baltassoc 09-06-2005 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
That's nice, wish a premature delivery on my innocent child just because you think I'm being too hard on the wealthiest and most apparently self-satisfied woman in the universe.

Verrry verrry nice.
I think fb is in the mistaken belief, like many of us, that you are actually in your 11th month. It's just we're so breathless with anticipation we can't wait.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 09-06-2005 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb

Surely you are close.
So is Brittney.

sunnybunny 09-06-2005 02:11 PM

DTB or anyone else--what is the rule on hyphens?
 
someone just changed my highly publicized to highly-publicized. What's the rule on hyphenating again? I've forgotten it.

taxwonk 09-06-2005 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."
Of course, I'm sure Oprah's speech paled in comparison to these words of comfort from Babs Bush:

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Barbara Bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the Astrodome complex Monday, said the relocation to Houston is "working very well" for some of the poor people forced out of New Orleans.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality," she said during a radio interview with the American Public Media program "Marketplace." "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."


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