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Fugee 07-10-2009 02:17 PM

Re: So
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick (Post 394433)
Yeah. I mean, she even has ugly eyebrows. How can I compete with that?

I should note that I have an awesome boyfriend and am very happy with all the sex and the relationship and do not want this guy back. But still.

Ugly eyebrows are easy to come by
http://www.guzer.com/pictures/eyebrows-tattoo.jpg

Atticus Grinch 07-11-2009 01:26 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Philadelphia swim club president, take two: "Many of them couldn't swim."

Yeesh.

Hank Chinaski 07-11-2009 03:01 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 394443)
Philadelphia swim club president, take two: "Many of them couldn't swim."

Yeesh.

were they texting maybe?

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.ph...u=YSqIQ&ref=nf
  • Teen Girl Falls In Open Manhole While Texting
    Alexa Longueira Suffers Deep Cuts, Bruises After Landing In Raw Sewage, Blames DEP For Leaving Hole Unattended

    It was an accident waiting to happen -- an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked.

    Alexa Longueira, a high school sophomore, was walking along Victory Boulevard near Travis Avenue on Staten Island Wednesday evening when she felt the earth move and was plunged into smelly darkness.

    She said the manhole she fell in to was left open and unattended with no warning signs or orange cones. She said two workers with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection failed to secure the area as they prepared to flush the sewer.

    "It was just really gross and it was shocking and scary," she said. "Because of their careless mistake I got hurt."

    "Regardless of whether I'm texting or not if there was a cone there I'm gong to see a big orange cone," she said. "I walk that sidewalk every day, I don't expect a big hole there."

    Longueira said she was helped out of the five-foot deep sewer by an apologetic DEP worker.

    She went to the hospital and the city opened an investigation, issuing the following statement:

    "We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery."

    The Longueira family wants more than get well wishes. They may sue. Alexa's mother, Kim, said: "It could have been an elderly person, a mother pushing a stroller. It could have been anyone."

    Alexa lost one of her sneakers in the sewer. She does not want it back.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-11-2009 03:38 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 394443)
Philadelphia swim club president, take two: "Many of them couldn't swim."

Yeesh.

There's a "whitewater" joke in here somewhere but I'm way too hungover to find it.

Note: Do not eat chicken parm before bed. This increases the dyspeptic hangover effect of a handful of gin and tonics, Grand Marniers and the "Belgian beer sampler" threefold.

Hank Chinaski 07-12-2009 09:33 AM

whatever works
 
I wish someone had asked Michael Jordan to visit Woody Allen and explain the benefit of retiring before the skill all goes away, before one is clearly not able to compete anymore, I wish that had happened a year ago.

wiki says that the high school girl in Manhattan was based upon a real 17 year old he banged on the set of Annie Hall- nwtf?

Atticus Grinch 07-12-2009 01:36 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394448)
I wish someone had asked Michael Jordan to visit Woody Allen and explain the benefit of retiring before the skill all goes away, before one is clearly not able to compete anymore, I wish that had happened a year ago.

At this point the only people seeing Woody's movies are the ones who think they're supposed to see all of them. No one who saw the trailer could possibly have thought to themselves, "Hey, that looks like it's funny."

Hank Chinaski 07-12-2009 02:55 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 394451)
At this point the only people seeing Woody's movies are the ones who think they're supposed to see all of them. No one who saw the trailer could possibly have thought to themselves, "Hey, that looks like it's funny."

Translation: i have no jewish friends.

dtb 07-12-2009 07:47 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394452)
Translation: i have no jewish friends.

To.Tal.Burn.

Icky Thump 07-12-2009 08:48 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394452)
Translation: i have no jewish friends.

Translation: i have no jewish nebish friends

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-12-2009 08:49 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394452)
Translation: i have no jewish friends.

A life without Jewesses? Poor Atticus.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-12-2009 09:24 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 394458)
Translation: i have no jewish nebish friends

Wait... Is it nebbish or nebish? I've always gone with the former.

(My favorite Yiddish term remains "schnorrer." A classic.)

Fugee 07-13-2009 07:58 AM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 394443)
Philadelphia swim club president, take two: "Many of them couldn't swim."

Yeesh.

He's just digging the hole deeper.

Hank Chinaski 07-13-2009 09:32 AM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 394463)
He's just digging the hole deeper.

I've heard that all of michael Jackson work over the last decade was done in A minor.

Icky Thump 07-13-2009 10:10 AM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 394443)
Philadelphia swim club president, take two: "Many of them couldn't swim."

Yeesh.

Did anyone ask this guy how he knew that? Did he let the kids who could swim in?

Fugee 07-13-2009 10:35 AM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394464)
I've heard that all of michael Jackson work over the last decade was done in A minor.

That's too painful for a Monday morning. groan

Shape Shifter 07-13-2009 11:34 AM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 394469)
That's too painful for a Monday morning. groan


2. Besides, it was really Quincy Jones, anyway.

futbol fan 07-13-2009 03:18 PM

Re: whatever works
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 394462)
Wait... Is it nebbish or nebish? I've always gone with the former.

(My favorite Yiddish term remains "schnorrer." A classic.)

Hooray for Captain Spalding
The African Explorer!

Did someone call me schnorrer?
hooray hooray hooray!

Burned into my brain. No idea why. Takes up space that could be used for useful things, but them's the breaks.

ThurgreedMarshall 07-13-2009 05:03 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/...pg?w=500&h=479

TM

Shape Shifter 07-13-2009 05:25 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
What is it with the birds?

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/...1/failgull.jpg

ltl/fb 07-13-2009 06:19 PM

Sunless tanner
 
I got one SPF 15 for my face. Has anyone used these? Or should I post on experience? Or shut up?

Fugee 07-14-2009 10:13 AM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 394511)
I got one SPF 15 for my face. Has anyone used these? Or should I post on experience? Or shut up?

Post your experience for sure.

I used one on my legs last year that wasn't very impressive though maybe it takes more applications to get past the blinding white they get after a long Minnesota winter.

greatwhitenorthchick 07-14-2009 10:49 AM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 394511)
I got one SPF 15 for my face. Has anyone used these? Or should I post on experience? Or shut up?

I used to use sunless tanner. I used to get it on my hands and have orange palms. I remember being laughed at by Thurgreed about that. I think they have improved since then. I still don't like the smell. What kind did you get?

ThurgreedMarshall 07-14-2009 12:19 PM

I likes.
 
Awesome goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnj...layer_embedded

TM

ltl/fb 07-14-2009 01:11 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick (Post 394527)
I used to use sunless tanner. I used to get it on my hands and have orange palms. I remember being laughed at by Thurgreed about that. I think they have improved since then. I still don't like the smell. What kind did you get?

I got Neutrogena. It does say to wash hands after using. I will be careful to do that. So far no unpleasant smell or effects. Have used 3 times and will look in mirror soon. This is supposed to be a gradual one. Dunno.

Replaced_Texan 07-14-2009 01:15 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 394536)
I got Neutrogena. It does say to wash hands after using. I will be careful to do that. So far no unpleasant smell or effects. Have used 3 times and will look in mirror soon. This is supposed to be a gradual one. Dunno.

I went to an Indian wedding a week and a half ago. I still have henna on my hands from the Mehndi party, and the top of my hands look like a patterned suntan, while the palm pattern is very orange.

LessinSF 07-14-2009 02:06 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 394537)
I went to an Indian wedding a week and a half ago. I still have henna on my hands from the Mehndi party, and the top of my hands look like a patterned suntan, while the palm pattern is very orange.

I recently learned the dangers of henna. My bungalow in Boracay, Philippines had a prominently displayed sign stating how lovely henna tattoos can be unless one got the shit on their linens. It then proceeded to state how much one would be charged per sheet, pillowcase, etc. Be warned.

Hank Chinaski 07-14-2009 02:23 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 394538)
I recently learned the dangers of henna. My bungalow in Boracay, Philippines had a prominently displayed sign stating how lovely henna tattoos can be unless one got the shit on their linens. It then proceeded to state how much one would be charged per sheet, pillowcase, etc. Be warned.

you worry about ruining the sheets? on vacation? in the 3rd world? damn less. I think some fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, that a lot of the guys here have been carrying, just got smashed up.

greatwhitenorthchick 07-14-2009 03:06 PM

Hmm
 
It appears Sonia Sotomayor and I have the same red Tahari suit. I wonder if she too got it on sale at Loehmanns.

Fugee 07-14-2009 03:21 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394539)
you worry about ruining the sheets? on vacation? in the 3rd world? damn less. I think some fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, that a lot of the guys here have been carrying, just got smashed up.

It's all about priorities. If he had to pay for hennaed sheets, he'd have less money with which to ply women of easy virtue with alcohol.

Shape Shifter 07-14-2009 03:29 PM

The Old Man and the CCCP
 
Hemingway was a commie spy. Not a very good one, but still.

Quote:

Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy
Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show 'agent Argo' as a willing recruit in 1941


Up till now, this has been a notably cheerful year for admirers of Ernest Hemingway – a surprisingly diverse set of people who range from Michael Palin to Elmore Leonard. Almost every month has brought good news: a planned Hemingway biopic; a new, improved version of his memoir, A Moveable Feast; the opening of a digital archive of papers found in his Cuban home; progress on a movie of Islands in the Stream.


Last week, however, saw the publication of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press), which reveals the Nobel prize-winning novelist was for a while on the KGB's list of its agents in America. Co-written by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, the book is based on notes that Vassiliev, a former KGB officer, made when he was given access in the 90s to Stalin-era intelligence archives in Moscow.


Its section on the author's secret life as a "dilettante spy" draws on his KGB file in saying he was recruited in 1941 before making a trip to China, given the cover name "Argo", and "repeatedly expressed his desire and willingness to help us" when he met Soviet agents in Havana and London in the 40s. However, he failed to "give us any political information" and was never "verified in practical work", so contacts with Argo had ceased by the end of the decade. Was he only ever a pseudo-spook, possibly seeing his clandestine dealings as potential literary material, or a genuine but hopelessly ineffective one?


The latter reading would chime with his attempts to assist the US during the second world war in his fishing boat El Pilar, patrolling waters north of Cuba in search of U-Boats, making coded notes but only one sighting.


Revelations made in recent years have not been kind to some of the writers and artists who made their reputations in the Spanish civil war. George Orwell's list of public figures who were crypto-communists, prepared for a Foreign Office propaganda arm in 1949, sullied his saintly image when it was published six years ago. Research in Soviet archives led Antony Beevor to call Andre Malraux a "mythomaniac". Robert Capa has been accused of faking the best-known photo of that conflict. The virulent hatred of Arabs of Martha Gellhorn - Hemingway's third wife, who covered the civil war with him - has been exposed. And now it's the turn of Hemingway himself, the biggest name of all, to lose some of his lustre.

guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...-kgb-spy/print

Pretty Little Flower 07-14-2009 03:30 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 394539)
you worry about ruining the sheets? on vacation? in the 3rd world? damn less. I think some fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, that a lot of the guys here have been carrying, just got smashed up.

To the extent I have fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, I can assure you they do not involve ejaculating henna.

Fugee 07-14-2009 03:45 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 394544)
To the extent I have fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, I can assure you they do not involve ejaculating henna.

I don't think that's how it gets on the sheets.

LessinSF 07-14-2009 03:52 PM

Re: Hmm
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick (Post 394540)
It appears Sonia Sotomayor and I have the same red Tahari suit. I wonder if she too got it on sale at Loehmanns.

Post-Palin I would hope so.

Adder 07-14-2009 04:08 PM

Re: Hmm
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 394550)
Post-Palin I would hope so.

Why? You think there is a chance the RNC bought it for her?

LessinSF 07-14-2009 04:47 PM

Re: Hmm
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 394552)
Why? You think there is a chance the RNC bought it for her?

If they're smart, yeah. ;o)

Hank Chinaski 07-14-2009 06:10 PM

Re: Sunless tanner
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 394544)
To the extent I have fantasies about world travel as a loaded single guy, I can assure you they do not involve ejaculating henna.

you should be more hopeful. I've heard that foreign climates often cure impotence.

Pretty Little Flower 07-15-2009 10:32 AM

Hallelujah
 
Some time back, Manfred complained about the overplaying of the Cohen song Hallelujah. It turns out that Manfred was just part of a growing tide of people, including Cohen himself, who are complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah.

See http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenois...leonard_co.php

So here's a tip for all you lemmings. Complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah is completely passe. I would say that it had jumped the shark if that expression had not jumped the shark around the time that it first appeared on these boards. The new thing? Complaining about the overabundance of complaints about the overplaying of Hallelujah. I realize this may be a bit too meta for some of you to wrap your minds around (Hi Hank!), but it is time to move this board toward the future instead of anchoring it in the past.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 07-15-2009 10:34 AM

Re: Hallelujah
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 394580)
Some time back, Manfred complained about the overplaying of the Cohen song Hallelujah. It turns out that Manfred was just part of a growing tide of people, including Cohen himself, who are complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah.

See http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenois...leonard_co.php

So here's a tip for all you lemmings. Complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah is completely passe. I would say that it had jumped the shark if that expression had not jumped the shark around the time that it first appeared on these boards. The new thing? Complaining about the overabundance of complaints about the overplaying of Hallelujah. I realize this may be a bit too meta for some of you to wrap your minds around (Hi Hank!), but it is time to move this board toward the future instead of anchoring it in the past.


You suckers need to listen to more Jazz. Just call the thing a "standard" and play it in the second set, when everyone's a bit gone. Once that simple rule is followed, ya'all will enjoy hearing it again.

Hank Chinaski 07-15-2009 10:54 AM

Re: Hallelujah
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 394580)
Some time back, Manfred complained about the overplaying of the Cohen song Hallelujah. It turns out that Manfred was just part of a growing tide of people, including Cohen himself, who are complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah.

See http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenois...leonard_co.php

So here's a tip for all you lemmings. Complaining about the overplaying of Hallelujah is completely passe. I would say that it had jumped the shark if that expression had not jumped the shark around the time that it first appeared on these boards. The new thing? Complaining about the overabundance of complaints about the overplaying of Hallelujah. I realize this may be a bit too meta for some of you to wrap your minds around (Hi Hank!), but it is time to move this board toward the future instead of anchoring it in the past.

I wish you'd get on twitter so I got notice when you posted.

ThurgreedMarshall 07-15-2009 05:15 PM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 
I'm going to post, just so no one has to look at Hank's lame joke when they refresh anymore.

TM


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