Re: Usain Bolt
 

I sense a "Lord of the Flies" moment coming up. Specifically, the one at the end.

CDF

Re: actual fashion post
 

See, I would hit that, but in the other photo I wouldn't. I think it's the bangs. I cannot abide bangs, or symmetrical hair of any sort. FBetties, adjust your 'dos accordingly.

Re: actual fashion post
 

Her watch is from Umbria? No one in their right mind would buy an Italian watch. Not even a fashion writer.

Re: Usain Bolt
 

Now, now. Because we are running out of subgroups who want respect (and to be able to claim victim status), the asexuals are standing up for themselves - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MNC6194GN4.DTL .

Re: actual fashion post
 

This has been a public service announcement. So to speak.

CDF

Where have all the Flowers gone?
 

No, no, no. I count on y'all to be the Roundup to my struggling green shoots of conscience. It's usually quite reliable.

CDF

America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Neither of my schools is on here - http://www.sportsinferno.com/forums/...ad.php?t=49894 .

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Apparently the douchegeois did not attend my colleges either.

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

MAD MEN Q.


spoiler- but really not necessary



Okay, Peggy is at the table when her new beau. His friend walks up and says, "Hey, we're leaving, you want to go or you need cab fare?"

The guy says, "I live right around the corner." the friend says, "Oh. yeah."

it seemed to me, at first, that the beau's friend was being honest, and the beau lied about where he lived for some reason. Then we find out he does live there.

The friend was giving the beau a way out of being "stuck" with Peggy, right?

Is she supposed to be a dog? I didn't get that part.

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

I think you're right that it was the modern day equivalent of the cell phone call to rescue you from a bad date. I don't think it necessarily means she's a dog (although frankly I find her amongst the least pretty women on the show, and that includes the switchboard girls). I think it was meant to show the relative immaturity of the college guys, and that particular individual's lack of guile (since he didn't seem to get it anyway).

Another question from that scene is why Peggy says her boss is a jerk. Was she really still pissed at Don over the Patio pitch? Or was she just trying to play along that she's a secretary because she was "trying on" a personality that was somewhere between Joan and Ann-Margret just to see if that was what men were really looking for? If it's the latter, she got her answer.

Re: Usain Bolt
 

You dodged the point I was making, presumably because you realize you fucked up. But, whatever.

I don't disagree with your point in the abstract. I suppose weight classifications in boxing are somewhat similar to gender classification. The problem is, it's absolutely true that competitors in weight classes below "heavyweight" are viewed as second class citizens, even if they never get the chance to prove otherwise. The reasons why there are weight classes are two-fold, right?

1. Fairness or, stated in a more realistic way, for the fighters' protection. A heavyweight would destroy a lightweight, so we don't put them in the ring together.

2. Money. The more divisions, the more championship fights.

One might argue that the skill sets of lighter fighters are so different than heavier fighters that, like the WNBA and the NBA, they are essentially playing different sports, but it's a hard argument to make.

The simple fact is, women do not compete with men because they cannot (or are deemed to be unable to) be successful, and in many cases, would just get hurt. Everyone knows what it means to be the best. If we play a certain sport, under standard rules and one person or team beats everyone else, that person is the best. By extension, if you compete with a group of athletes who are the best and you hold your own and succeed, you will be seen as one of the best.

So, I return to my original point. If a woman could successfully compete with and beat 30% of the men on the PGA Tour (for example), that is quite an accomplishment--one worthy of whatever accolades would be collected. And, just like in any other arena where a class of people is deemed to be too inferior to participate, the effect of such an accomplishment would not bring harm, in this case, to women's sports, it would encourage little girls to look at sports in a different way and would most likely increase participation.

TM

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Any list where Duke comes in second is fatally flawed.

TM

Re: Usain Bolt
 

This is the only story about Brett Favre that I could bring myself to read:

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/n...august_24_2009

Favre plays football in the male league.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Notre Dame is ranked way too low on that list. I liked their methodology.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

"They're probably number one. But we'd rather not rank Duke number one at anything." I don't think that's flawed.

Re: Usain Bolt
 

I don't get the cruelty angle. she shaved and painted a goat, but she planned on butchering it. You're allowed to butcher your livestock still aren't you? You're not allowed to play with it pre-butchering?

Re: Usain Bolt
 

My guess it's the "trunk of the car" part that caught the authorities' attention.

Re: Usain Bolt
 

I do not understand this article. Cite her for cruelty, but allow her to butcher the goat.

TM

Caption?
 

http://mtblog.glamour.com/health-fit...-miller_vg.jpg

TM

Re: Caption?
 

What Everyone But You Sees About Your Body

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

2. The only possible way it could have been redeemed is if Notre Dame had been number 1, but even so--seriously misguided.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

That's flawed logic. Are they such douches that they would proudly proclaim "#1 douchiest school"?

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

Dunno why, but this image reminds me of Flower:

http://www.presidiacreative.com/wp-c...2_image010.jpg

Re: Caption?
 

Using the actual caption from Glamour . . . nice.

For anyone interested, Jezebel had a good take on this last week.

Re: Caption?
 

She was also on the Today Show yesterday morning talking about it with the editor of Glamour. (link also via Jezebel)

Re: Caption?
 

Costanza never would have treated his body like an amusement park had this been in his issue of Glamour.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

I think most of you are focusing on sports, which does make Duke #1* for a certain type of douche, but that test misses the standard everyday douchiness- to me the "where do you go to college?"

"in Boston." type douche behavior goes a long way versus the Duke arrogance.


*only because ND has sucked so completely in all sports for a long while now.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

I have never met anyone from Duke (and I don't think anyone on this board went to Duke, in which case, if I met you and forgot, I could be wrong) that I liked. They all have this kind of special doucheaura they emit.

TM

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

A good friend of mine, and the husband of another good friend, both went to Duke and are doucheaura free.

That said, to a simple midwesterner like me, the combination of money and a strong greek culture, which is common in private schools in various parts of the country, inevitably leads to a presumption of doucheiness (that is probably unfair).

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

I've only met a handful, but one of that handful invited me to a party of duke alums in Arlington Va. I didn't like anyone there, and the douche factor there was strong. but the list does support each of its picks, and the reasons hold water.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

I have a lot of friends who are Dukies and yeah the doucheaura is high. Plus, as one who is Southern-adjacent, I acknowledge it has its own special Southern douche flavor, which increases the douchiness by a factor of 5.

It certainly should have been #1, but I also agree with the writer's reasoning.

That said, Texas at 24? Way too low.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

A couple of SF/SV old skoolers are Duke undergrad or law. I have not found them douchey. They generously pick up checks in wine bars and Chinese restaurants, and they do not prattle on about scotch, which IMHO is the sine qua non of douchiness. OTOH, my undergrad school is on the list, so perhaps I'm too douchey to notice.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Dude. You're hanging out in wine bars and you call scotch drinking douchey??

Ah, well, that explains it then. Doucheiness is in the eye of the beholder, after all.

Neither of my schools are on the list, but I could definitely make a strong case for the university associated with my law school.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Subtle dig at Sebby?

Re: Caption?
 

PPNYC only wishes she looked this good.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Domers aren't douches anyway. They're dorks.

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Totally. Both of my schools are on this fucking list. I feel so exposed.

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

Dude, she's old. Plus, she's not stylish. It is NYC, after all.

Re: Caption?
 

Who is it?

Re: America's Douchiest Colleges
 

Glenwhiffach!