Towards A Virtual Williamsburg! - Page 4

taxwonk · 11-14-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

Now I really want to know what he asked for from Mom and Dad. I wouldn't ask my brother for a subscription to Maxim magazine, let alone a sex toy. Jeez. I must be a prude.

I'm just guessing here, but it may have involved a trip to New Orelans and $40 cash.

Icky Thump · 11-14-2012, 03:54 PM

I always said one but no one cuts a line better than the French. But no one climbs over an aisle seat passenger to get to their window seat better either.

Sidd Finch · 11-14-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

I'm just guessing here, but it may have involved a trip to New Orelans and $40 cash.

$40? Are you trying to prove that you are old, or that you have really scary tastes?

Hank Chinaski · 11-14-2012, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I always said one but no one cuts a line better than the French. But no one climbs over an aisle seat passenger to get to their window seat better either.

how is the smell?

taxwonk · 11-14-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

$40? Are you trying to prove that you are old, or that you have really scary tastes?

It's a joke that goes back to Huey "the Kingfish" Long's day. The Kingfish was the subject of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. Someone refers to something off-color (like a fleshlight, for instance) and the response is "I saw something like that in New Orleans once. It cost me forty dollars."

Which, I guess, is a long way of saying, yes, I am old. And I lived in Texas for a spell.

Icky Thump · 11-14-2012, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

how is the smell?

Of course I moved my seat. I wouldn't sit next to a french person in a paid seat.

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I can't let the dog thing go, apparently.

I understand your secretary's desire not to stand by and let a dog die. I do not understand how that translates into a campaign to forbid people from running with their dog.

One of the things that befuddles me about our society right now is people's absolute belief that they know how others should live their lives, and the willingness to impose those beliefs on others.

I'm with you on the dog thing. Some people are fucking stupid. I can't possibly think this particular issue is a major problem that needs organization and awareness raising. And what is she going to do? Research each breed to see which should and shouldn't run long distances? Pass out literature to the really really in-shape people warning them not to run too long if they have _______ type of dog? How many dogs are passing out and dying from heat exhaustion? How many people run with their dog so far that this happens more than once? The whole thing sounds pretty fucking ridiculous and seems like a tremendous waste of time and energy.

But Bloomberg's huge soda ban, I'm all for. If you need 64 ounces of soda, buy multiple sodas.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Adder

Does that mean all the married ladies gotta start having nookie on the side while gulping wine, smoking weed and doing blow?

You are confusing Brooklyn neighborhoods. Williamsburg is home to hipsters. Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope are home to housewives bored with their lives who do drugs and drink too much wine.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by barely_legal

Remember before most of us had met each other and we talked mostly about sex and stuff on this board?

Well, in that vein, I would welcome advice from people here who I suspect have more knowledge of sex toys than I do. I kept bugging my baby brother to tell me what he wants for his upcoming birthday. Finally, he suggested a fleshlight. I'm pretty sure he only asked for one because he assumed I was too prudish to either know what it was or to buy it for him. He clearly doesn't know me as well as he thinks he does.

So, I don't know anything about these products, and I'm not going to google at work, so if anybody has any suggestions for me to keep in mind when I go shopping online tonight, please feel free to share. He did ask me if I could buy him an Asian model, and I have no idea what that means so I'm going to pretend it was a joke.

My advice is: Don't buy your brother a sex toy. That shit is just weird.

If you are going to buy him an Asian model, may I suggest this one?:

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Meanwhile, what a pleasure tonight is... our first chance to listen to Dick Vitale broadcast a Duke game!

I cannot watch an ACC game when he's announcing. I just can't listen to him take every possible opportunity to talk about how great Duke is. And to apologize for them when they do something shitty. And to praise them for great defense when they constantly flop. He's ruining college basketball--at least for me, he is.

Separately, I think Izzo has the weapons for another championship. Looks like he has the guard play and the size he needs. And he's sure to have them playing Izzo-style basketball by March. Look out.

TM

Hank Chinaski · 11-14-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

You are confusing Brooklyn neighborhoods. Williamsburg is home to hipsters. Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope are home to housewives bored with their lives who do drugs and drink too much wine.

TM

I hear more about Park Slope than Brooklyn Heights, and hear them equated. But other that the park (which is amazing) I don't see Park Slope being nearly as nice as B.H. Have I just not been on the right streets?

Hank Chinaski · 11-14-2012, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I cannot watch an ACC game when he's announcing. I just can't listen to him take every possible opportunity to talk about how great Duke is. And to apologize for them when they do something shitty. And to praise them for great defense when they constantly flop. He's ruining college basketball--at least for me, he is.

Separately, I think Izzo has the weapons for another championship. Looks like he has the guard play and the size he needs. And he's sure to have them playing Izzo-style basketball by March. Look out.

TM

Nix and Appling played together in High School, a year apart, and both won Mr. Basketball. But Nix has been very disappointing until this year, and Appling really sucked in that Conn game in Germany. Hopefully, they'll all keep going in the right direction.

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TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I hear more about Park Slope than Brooklyn Heights, and hear them equated. But other that the park (which is amazing) I don't see Park Slope being nearly as nice as B.H. Have I just not been on the right streets?

No. You are 100% correct.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-14-2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Nix and Appling played together in High School, a year apart, and both won Mr. Basketball. But Nix has been very disappointing until this year, and Appling really sucked in that Conn game in Germany. Hopefully, they'll all keep going in the right direction.

Once Izzo gets Appling's head on straight, he's going to be a serious guard. No fear, which is a great thing in the right coach's hands. That last move he made (even though he carried the ball to gain the step on Kansas' big man), taking the shot in all that tree traffic was impressive.

TM