The Cat Slippery Slope
 

We have four. Three exclusively inside, one exclusively outside. A result of a Brady Bunch union - we each had two. They are very well behaved and the inside ones share one box - which gets cleaned every day. We have had no stink problems - I can assure you that if we had, my mother would have gleefully pointed it out by now.

If it helps, the crazy lady with 67 cats lives in Podunk, IL. And it's actually more like 120 cats. She is related to Mr. Lex and along with the cats, lets the raccoons in the house to feed. We are a far cry from that and you probably are too. Despite the flip flops.

-T(no cat snapshots at work or on the computer)L

Cape Cod Wedding Fashion
 

DIsagree. That post from the other day when I pointed out how you reminded me of Jimmy Connors circa 1992 was your worst post ever. This one was mildly amusing bc of the term "ankle flesh" but it wasnt up to your caliber. Maybe you have become that fat bloated fluffy white cat. Put down the oreos and get out of bed. We need you

Cape Cod Wedding Fashion
 

And yet, you felt compelled to respond. Imagine that.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

Okay, now I gotta be serious for a moment. Are they really selling flip flops for anything except wearing in the shower at the club or summer camp? Are people wearing them? I have seen a couple of teens with flippies on but I thought perhaps they were just rebelling against society. Flip flops? Really? Also, I did notice capris pants on my assistant and the executive secretary -- I explained, in a semi nice way, that capris pants are only for young girls (which they are not) and, in any event, not for women with stubby legs (which they both have) and not for the office (which we were all in at the time). Also, today, my assistant (who is a little bit older than I am) wore a pant and shirt combo that bared a wee little sliver of belly -- but her belly is neither wee nor little. Do I just leave the issue alone or do I tell her that pears should not expose belly skin?

I lurve you
 

I agree with everything that Paigow Princess so eloquently put forth in a far more articulate and entertaining manner than could I (except for her reference to "ankle flesh" as I found the term "calf flesh" to be more amusing than "ankle flesh", what with the inherent double entendre and all and I'm also not really sure that we "need" you, at least not as compared with the way I need, say, oxygen, as this board currently has 17990 posts of which only 135 are yours, so I feel "need" is a rather strong term, but on the other hand, for what its worth, you say to-may-to, I say to-mah-toe, and all that et al, etc. ymmv) and as such I will refrain from commenting further.

Cape Cod Wedding Fashion
 

I'm better now.

Child [those already bored with this harangue should now scroll on], there is no such thing on god's green earth as "semi formal." Sensible people only tolerated "black tie optional" so long as black tie was acknowledged to be informal

Very traditionally, there were two styles of recognized dress: formal and informal (obviously, people wore less formal things to actually work in, but they changed out of that for anything resembling a social occasion, be it dinner with the family, religious services or a coronation, so those working clothes didn't matter because social acquaintances didn't impose them on each other). For daytime (and we speak only of gentlemen, because, other than very vague guidelines, the distinctions between formal and less formal clothing for women has been and remains whatever she chooses to make of it), this meant morning suits or sack suits (basically, what we now call a business suit, but the trousers didn't necessarily match the jacket). For evening, that mean white tie or, interchangeably, dark business suits or black tie. Actually, I lie - for evening there was a third choice of formality, which was "we're not dressing," which meant whatever you wore in the morning (so long as it was a business suit) or, if you were in your own home, a dressing gown.

More recently (meaning middle to late 20th century), for daytime the business suit graduated to formal, while "informal" meant ... god only knows what, but usually what used to be considered the working clothes you wouldn't inflict on a friend, or worse. Sometimes a sack coat (often with darker or stripey trousers and a contrasting vest) occupied a level of formality between the "formal" business suit and the formerly-formal now uber-formal morning suit, which itself survived only in certain private schools and the diplomatic corps. For evening clothing, black tie graduated from informal to formal, white tie graduated upwards to the orchestra pit or "formal-no really formal we really mean it, white tie", informal came to mean the business suit, and a new category of "casual" was invented to cover everything else because after 1970 no one dared to say "we're not dressing."

Then everyone confused "informal" with "anything other than formal" and therefore with "casual," and anarchy ensued.

For weddings, everyone is supposed to dress with the same level of formality as the groom. The invitation is supposed to signal to the invitees what level of formality that will be: a third person, centered, formal invitation means "formal," and "informal" is signaled by a handwritten letter invitation, which can then get into the details of expected dress if that is deemed necessary.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

It does not make you borderline nuts per se but it does increase the chances that when the next group of stray kittens comes along you will decide you can't let them be killed either and so on and so on until you have 67 cats and the health department comes to take them away and commit you.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

I am not sure where you would wear these, but they would please several fetishists at once.

http://store.nordstrom.com/product/p...tyleID=2818123

(spree: scratch & sniff flip flops)

Mormon hypo
 

Wow. You are completely full of shit.

And I dare say I know more Mormons than you do.

tm

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

Flip-flops have replaced puffy white sneakers as the women's commuter shoe of choice here. Some women are wearing them at the office. This will all change with the first fall weather anyway, when women will switch to the equally scary LLBean boots with suits.

Calling your assistant a pear will lead to an intentional work disaster at a crucial deadline moment and intense hatred for all time. You might gently say that you're sure she didn't mean to do this at the office, but her shirt is exposing her belly.

SECRET MESSAGE
 

WTFIWWYP? GBTW.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

Those aren't Asian.

Mormon hypo
 

When you see most of the guys who are polygamists, it's no wonder their individual wives are grateful their husbands are too busy screwing several other women to get around to them too often.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

Yes, so you can report the reaction.

Mormon hypo
 

It seems likely that many, if not most, male Mormons would be opposed to polygamy, and that this has always been so.

Do the math. If every elder or big kahuna gets four wives, most men get none. Zero. Zilch. Combine that with a general rejection of premarital sex, and you're on the road to hell.

Combine that with lack of alcohol and living in Utah, and..... shudddddder.