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About the only kind of fight I can think of where there are no losers.

Elevator Pet Peeve
 

Since I work on one of the upper floors on my elevator bank I usually end up in the back of the elevator for the 5:01 local to the lobby. My peeve is that all teh gentlemen, dont' get off right away. They step aside so that I can get off for them. Very nice and all and I appreciate the gesture, but it's a pain in the ass to negotiate my way around all the bodies and bags. Sometimes men should not be chivalrous, they should just get off the damn elevator!

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apropos of nothing- when bored, I would sometimes try to put my nipple in to the "eye" of my bfs penis. It hurt. And not in a pinching way. Why?

Elevator pet peeve
 

Geez - you should work here. If a partner from "that other law firm in the building" is getting on or off the elevator - they always go first - no matter who is waiting. It's quite rude. But yeah, in a crowded elevator - the hell with etiquette - if I'm going home just get off the elevator already. And you get to go home at 5:01? Can I work there?:cool:

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Ok, that definitely isn't an argument. That is either (a) foreplay or (b) sex.

Elevator Pet Peeve
 

That's the problem with the "ladies first" rule - everyone adheres to the letter blindly and no one understands the nuances and exceptions, which are almost as numerous as the cases in which it literally applies. He what is closest to the door gets off first, regardless of time of entry, gender or anything else.

Re: Mom's 3rd floor rule, it didn't apply in the sorority house (where they had a "one foot on the floor at all times" rule for when boys were around), it was a general edict of behavior wherever one went.

I grew up with the leg-crossing rule, but it only applied to crossing one's legs at the knees, which is not ladylike. I was still allowed to cross my legs at the ankle, which is ladylike.

Whoever had the "leg check" rules should have objected on the grounds that one never, ever wears hose with couture (that's a longstanding fashionista style rule, not an etiquette rule, but cite Jackie Kennedy if necessary).

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Both of which are fine for sorority girl fantasy purposes...

Elevator pet peeve
 

You wouldn't want to work here. I rarely get the local, its usually the 9:07 express. Maybe that's why I get so cranky on the 5:01. I just want to go home you bastards, now move!!!

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You or your bf? It hurt him b/c there are a whole heck of a lot of nerves down there and things just are not supposed to go in that out door. Don't know why it hurt you. I would guess that you're not into the clothespins on the nipples thing, are you?

aV

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You'd be surprised (or not) at the amount of nude frolicking that goes on in sororities. Which stops entirely when you find out that the perv across the street has binoculars.
:eek:

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Go figure.

I simply never thought about it.

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When I was at boarding school we had this crazed teacher who liked to enforce "bloomer check". We were supposed to wear these horrible cotton bloomer like things under our tunics or kilts - over our underwear. Of course no one did - but because we wore our outfits so short we usually wore something more than just underwear - usually boxer shorts (if you were cool you wore your boyfriend's shorts - or at least pretended you were wearing his). So this woman would stop you in the middle of the hall and say "bloomer check" and you had to lift your skirt in the middle of the hall. If you were wearing contraband you got detention. Needless to say, I am sure that practice does not go on any more.

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Lewis: "How could you ever get tired of that ass?"

Takashi: "Oh I see what you mean!"

FB Book/CD/DVD Club
 

I've opened a separate thread because I'd like to ask for your help. Someone suggested we become an Amazon.com affiliate. Given the number of book, movie and music recs we get through the Fashionista Board, I figured that might be a good idea.

Would you folks suggest here some books/movies/cds we might list as affiliates?

Thanks

L

kayak, Ground Force etc.
 

I wish Brit were here to verify this, but it seems to me that the UK has some kind of rustic wholesomeness kink thing going on. Shag-the-milkmaid-behind-the-barn type stuff.

I'm not turned on by Charlie in particular, but the girl brushing the hay off her skirt after a roll therein can be sexy. Personally, I use a young Teri Garr in that particular fantasy.

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Ixnay on the ipping-flay. You can't simply turn a chip around. What, is there a worldwide chip shortage I didn't hear about? You may break a chip in two to accomplish the desired chip-to-dip ratio, but the bite-and-turn is vulgar.

When spooning into the broiled cheese on the top of a bowl of French onion soup, the far edge of the spoon should enter the cheese first, and the "cut" be made against the far lip of the bowl or cup.

Other than its specificity, perhaps that doesn't qualify as weird, because spooning soup away from you really makes sense when you're wearing white tie.

East coast Mexican
 

Hola, I have a friend that just moved to the East Coast (Brooklyn!), anyways, he's Jonesing for Mexican Food, what is the name of the places you have gone to (especially the place that has pupusas).

Gracias!

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I totally agree. Also vulgar is when the person dipping, in order to get the proper chip-to-dip ratio, drags their fingers in the dip. Eww.
I will remember that the next time someone holds a gun to my head and forces me to eat French Onion soup.

Next bizarre etiquette rule: Never pass the salt and pepper to the left of you - no matter if the person asking for it is sitting to your left. Salt and pepper always go counterclockwise. Or is it clockwise? Damn, I've forgotten. But salt and pepper is always a one-way deal.

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Another important S&P rule is to always pass them togther, even if someone just asks for one, or as we said at the house, "Don't divorce the salt and pepper."

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Stupidest fucking rule I've ever heard of and I refuse to ever follow something that assinine. That and the "eat asparagus with your fingers" rule. Fucking retarded.

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Posting "LOL" is never okay when it's the only thing in the post. Posting "POTY" is okay when you actually believe it. And posting "TUAOM" is always okay since it is a critique of LOL-type posts.

TM

Elevator Pet Peeve
 

You could be my sock puppet. I have been quite vocal in my disdain for men who trap me on the elevator. In Dallas the custom is for men to wait and get on last (thus putting them in the front of the elevator) then wait to get out until all ladies (who have been squeezed into the back of the elevator by the late entering men) have made it out. Completely illogical. I am a fan of the LIFO method of elevator entry/exit. Call me a yankee.

n(all it is doing is keeping me from getting to my destination)cs

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

I just looked at the Globe comparison re: Clay and Ruben and got to thinking. Okay, the Clay/Opie thing I can see, but do you think the Ruben/Fat Albert comparison is the best one they could come up with? I was thinking Fred "Rerun" Berry because of the hat thing.

http://jennyjones.warnerbros.com/img...oom/rerun1.jpg http://idolonfox.com/contestants/rub.../photo-v-9.jpg

You be the judge.

sf

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Yeah, I think that's just a specific description of the general "soup is spooned away from you" rule, though why that should rule out eating around the cheese is beyond me. Your white tie parties sound more fun than mine (or your host has a more messy sense of humor) if they are giving you french onion soup.

I think the flip-and-dip is gross, too (just makes me think "fatty!"), but I cite Judith Martin as my authority.

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

Ahhh, Rerun. That brings back bad tv memories. What was that dance troupe he was in? I remember seeing them on Mike and Merv and other bad '70's TV variety shows. Striped socks, knickers, suspenders, floppy berets. So stylish.

The segment of the population that knows who Rerun is, is probably much smaller than the segment that knows who Fat Albert is.

"Hi-hi-hi-hi!"


Edited to answer to my question: The Lockers.

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Name one time you have been O.K. with someone putting LOL in a post, regardless of whether it was the only thing in the post.

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Incidentally, I'm still futzing around with my avatar - anyone with an opinion on this one vs. the bouffant chick I had last, please speak up.

And thanks leagaleze for fixing the size for me so I could try it on.

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

I'm sure that you meant to say the segment of the population born after 1980 that knows who Rerun is is much smaller than the segment that knows who Fat Albert is. Anyone born before 1980 who is not familiar with Rerun has my disdain.

n(wasn't everyone raised in front of the tv?)cs

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I like the other one better. Much more original.

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

When somebody gives me a hug and I'm ready to be released, I say "Mama, I can't breathe."

And on another topic, I can't decide if I'm more squicked out by this picture or by NotFromHere's fingers-in-the-dip acquaintances:

http://a799.g.akamai.net/3/799/388/8...ws/1902977.jpg

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I thought the other one was a little creepy, but that's just me.

-T(note the originality of my own avatar)L ;)

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I think the first one was better because it's a little creepy.

Just my $.02

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

No. I think we've been through this before, some of us were very sheltered.

-T(but I do know who Rerun is, FWIW.)L

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Actually - I love both movies, but if you could get one of Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein - that would rock!
:bounce:

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

There's something very "Buffalo Bill"-like about that picture.

Bizarre Etiquette Rules Poll
 

Folks, we're losing focus here. Don't let the sorority girls prancing in their undies thread die!:dance:

Bizarre Etiquette Rules Poll
 

Why don't you just go out and get yourself a new set of binoculars?
:waggle:

Kindred Classic TV Spirit?
 

TimeLife has put out all the Fat Albert episodes on VHS and DVD. Hours of fun sitting home and imitating Mush Mouth - http://www.timelife.com/is-bin/INTER...CategoryName=1

Here's your cat fight
 

OK Coltrane, here's your catfight - Eminem and Mariah
Dissin
Where Eminem says "the Em squad squeezed out gaseous emissions that implied he saved incriminating answering machine messages from a certain amorous, baby-voiced songbird, and might even sample them in a song in retaliation for “Clown,” which in turn was in retaliation for “Superman”
and Mariah says " she accuses him of being a frail crybaby, and intimates that she holds a special SECRET in reserve if things get REALLY HOSTILE. I don’t know what the hell he’s doing. It’s a little excessive. Doesn’t it seem a little bit girly? Like we’re in a cat fight?”

Bizarre etiquette rules poll
 

Sense of humor has something to do with it. I once attended a dinner seminar put on by my college's Career Services office designed to prepare us uncouth future graduates for the demanding world of luncheon job interviews. Thus, the menu was a parade of etiquette horribles. French onion soup, followed by oversized endive salad, then fish course, followed by roast chicken on the bone, asparagus in hollandaise, highly crusted rolls, whole baked potato, followed by a poached pear (served, of course, with fork and spoon).

It was supposed to be like a ropes course for the extremely delicate. If they had thrown in corn on the cob, I probably would have started weeping at the metaphorical foot of the climbing wall, like that chick from "An Officer and a Gentleman." Or for that matter every movie about basic training. They all have the Chick Who Cries Because She Can't Climb the Wall.