Trading Spaces Scandal!
 

In today's Washington Post.

[spree: Atrticle mentioning allegations that the producers on Trading Spaces want "two bad reveals for every 10 shows."]



edited because I hit "Enter" too damn quickly

edited again because I obviously went through this morning's posts too damn quickly. apologies.

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

I would never ignore you. Remember, I want to be just like you.

SecondKiss:kisscheek

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

Memories
 

oops.

"bun,seed, sesame, a, on, onions, pickles, cheese, lettuce, sauce, special patties, beef, all, 2.

I'm a big geek."

Was my post, don't know how it got into str8's.

Memories
 

I do not recall this jingle. The one I know (along with a hand-slap routine) is:

Big Mac, Fillet of Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries, Icy Coke, Thick Shakes, Sundaes, and Apple Pies. You deserve a break today, at McDonalds! Yeah!

Also this (along with joke):

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickled onions on a sesame seed bun.

Joke version: Two all beef Patties, Special Ross, Larry Sleaze picking bunions on a Sesame Street bus.

Trading Spaces Scandal!
 

I sure hope that you proof-read the pleadings that you are filing in my cases better than this. I'm going to have to request that my bills be reduced. Again. Please email me your supervising partner's name.

Penske

ps; I'm going out for a veggie burrito, can I get anyone anything?

Evolution of language
 

A PM exchange has reminded me that when I was a kid,
thongs were things you wore on your feet.

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

I have no recollection of the Happy Fun Ball. Did it have anything to do with Super-elastic-bubble-plastic (and those fumes)?

Just Googled.

"Never mind."

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce
Special orders don't upset us...

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

Hm, it's possible. Have you ever noticed that guys (but rarely girls) say with alarming frequency that taking a dump is one of the best feelings in the world? Is this because of prostate stimulation? I've been wondering that one for a while, but don't think I've ever asked anyone.

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

Has anyone mentioned "Operation"? What a great game. Although it's a gateway game to strip poker.

Rubiks cubes? I was the first one in my class to solve it. (I also had thick glasses, a bad haircut and sucked my thumb until Grade 5, so little things like solving rubiks cubes ahead of the other nerds in my class meant a lot to me)

(I have not read many of the posts, so these things might already be mentioned - if so, forgive me)

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

Guys who say this aren't getting blown often enough.

Trading Spaces Scandal!
 

There's a stage at which the legal position is so dire that the returns on wordsmithing drop significantly. I'm sure you remember the Austin case, no? I could've written that thing in crayon and still won in the closing argument, had you not shown up to court in a fucking racing suit.

And we've come to the conclusion that $10,000 PenskeBucks buys just as much as $1million PenskeBucks.

(OK -- a threesome on the FB, perhaps, but not much more than that.)

Gattigap
Gatti, Gap, and Associates PLLC

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

A guy who says this is a gay, although he may not know it yet.

Evolution of language
 

And to think that the phrase "thong around your feet" triggered that.

Evolution of language
 

You think I PM exclusively with you?

Mehhhhhmories...of the way we were
 

It seems like a good time to mention that the first time I remember hearing this was from a guy I was dating in college.

But I think I've read people saying this on the FB as well (old board? new board? don't remember)

Evolution of language
 

Not at all. Actually, Wonk was just trying to impress me by passing along some of his better lines, and I thought I saw the connection here.

Evolution of language
 

If that's true, I hope the Board will remind me not to invite either you or Wonk to my wedding to Jack.

Kid stuff
 

Wasn't there a board game that involved a plastic door that had different guys behind it? Something about dating. I coveted it, but my out-of-town cousins had it, we didn't -- hence the fuzzy memory on the name of the game.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

Tony Parker is sick and missed the shoot-around. So, Speedy Claxton may be starting at point.

Quote from Pop: "I hope he just ate something bad," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of Parker. "He probably ate some American food instead of French food and it screwed up his system."

And, the kid from Dallas (an 8th grader at St. Mark's) won the spelling bee.

Even(temperature will hit 100 tomorrow)Odds

Edited to add detail.

Kid stuff
 

Kind of sounds like the reality series "Guy Meets Guy", the home game... Plastic closet door, perchance?? NTTAWWT.

Kid stuff
 

Ha, no, but that would be a good recreation -- we were the girls dating the guys. There was a jock-type, a nerd, a rich guy, etc. etc.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

We had a record high 109 yesterday, but it reached 115 in our neighborhood. Well into the "fucking hot" range (>107). 100 isn't even "damn hot" (>102). Just hot.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

But it's a dry heat. ;)

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

It's not the heat, it's the humidity, desert girl.

Edited to say, Dammit! Not fast enough.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

Congrats goes out to Sai R. Gunturi, who went from 32d in 2000, to 16th in 2001, to 7th in 2002, to #1 in 2003. Goes to show that there's a lot of value in having been there before -- the old "bet on the team that lost in the semi-finals or finals last year" theory that's made me a lot of money over the years (Ahem, New Jersey Nets, I'm talking to you now). Sai plays violin and studies Indian classical music. And he's quite easy on the eyes as well. Here's the link cause I'm feeling dumb.
http://www.spellingbee.com/03bios/090.shtml

I was rooting for the girl from Kingston, Jamaica who would shout "Thank you sir" after receiving a response to each inquiry. She tied for 3d.

Kid stuff
 

Since so many of you seem to have forgotten your suburban roots, allow me to bring you up to speed. Kids still have Lite-Brite, spirograph, and Operation, not to mention Easy Bake Ovens. Sinclair gas stations are around, but I never go to the one near my house because it costs 10 cents more than Sam’s Club and 3 cents more than Shell. Lots and lots of people have trampolines, including almost every one of my Mormon friends. I think it must be a church requirement of some kind. Kids still do Miss Mary Mack.

I wonder what our kids will reminisce about. SpongeBob Squarepants, Bratz, PlayStation 2, and Apple Jacks that come in orange and green only?

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

Trudy rocked, but I was pulling for the 9 year old.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

I was rooting for him too. I was crushed that he was a Texan and didn't know how to spell boudin. Maybe they don't have cajun food in Ft. Worth.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

Apropos of nothing, but this spelling bee/math competition on ESPN thing is yet another sign of the impending Apocolypse. Back in the day, ESPN used to show Australian rules football. Now we get to watch geek kids spelling words that exist only in dictionaries? Jesus!

Evolution of language
 

You, my dear, are in danger of being branded a socktease.

I feel so old
 

So I get home to see some young thing chasing a dog. I had just opened my door and the dog came running over to me. He tried to get into my apartment so I closed it. Turned around and met my apparently new neighbor. She tells me it is her best friend's dog. Her best friend, she tells me, might be moving in with her, cause, well, it is scary living alone. Remember that kid from Blossom, six was it? It was kind of like talking to six.

Anyway, I said it is? She says, well I am only 22 and this is my first apartment. I am thinking damn, I lived on my own from the time I was 18, and had my first apartment, alone, when I was 20. What's the big deal? Instead I nodded knowingly and said, yes that is young, and this is kind of the middle of nowhere.

Anyway, she asks me my name. And then she wants to know, would I like to hang out sometime.

Hang out?

My god, I felt like saying, my mom won't let me play after work.

Instead I just said, um, sure.

Next she says, wow you live all alone? I said, well, um, I'm 30.

I couldn't think of anything else to say. I felt like saying except for the occasional woman I like to fuck who spends the night....wanna come over? We can hang out ;)

Is it such a big deal to live alone?

Oh well, a somewhat amusing anecdote for the day.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

I suspect places from up and down I 35 are currently preparing boxes of boudin for his family.

I feel so old
 

Amazing. The BBC recently told that same story. Only they stretched it to three agonizing hours by repeatedly finding new artless neighbor girls to turn into jaded lesbians.

"Tipping the Velvet" was hardly worth the recockulous effort to remake "Moulin Rouge" with a couple of tame girl-on-girl sex scenes. I'm giving the BBC the finger (this week).

I feel so old
 

Was a good book, but it dragged on. I saw only a moment or two of the movie. It was the part with the strap on.

Which, I believe, we consider to not be vanilla in the Fashion rules.

Damn. Now not only am I old, I am jaded.

Good News for NCS (and other people from Big D)
 

And sometimes, not even in dictionaries!! (I had to look up more words than I'd like to admit from that list -- and several of them weren't in any of the on-line dictionaries I know about; I had to google them.)

I guess I am dum.

Evolution of language
 

Wonk doesn't use "lines." If I can't charm you with my wit and joie de vivre, then I'd probably just fall asleep on you anyway.

Tax(fuck me, I'm gonna die soon)wonk

Kid stuff
 

I would hope this has been answered already, but you're thinking of Mystery Date

"will he be a dream? Or a dud?"

Kid stuff
 

Yes! That's it! We had it, too, but I think we may have been missing some pieces or something, or maybe the rules, because we never did figure out how to play it and have any fun. I loved the cardboard gal playing pieces with the little plastic base.

tm
who's saving the Easy-Bake Oven in her basement for when Magnus is a little older (the new ones don't work as well, probably because of new CPSC rules or something)