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leagleaze 08-25-2003 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I also refuse to take a position because the FB seems particularly sensitive these days, and I am concerned that if I took a position, Taxwonk would call me a shmuck again. And that really hurt.
Indecisive shlemiel.

MisterEbola 08-25-2003 03:48 PM

Dollar Dance
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Who is that chick? I like your moniker and your avatar, but am not sure about the woman in the signature line.
Waaaaay to fucking cheery looking. Must kill.

Shape Shifter 08-25-2003 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
By contrast, I have attended what seems like three hundred, but what is probably closer to twenty weddings in the past five years. Approximately fifteen of these were in the Midwest. Not one had a dollar dance. In fact, I have never been to a wedding with a dollar dance. Having said that, I am not going to take a position on the great class wars that are wracking the FB today. I do not side with the Bilmorian camp because I do not know whether dollar dances are, in fact, as common as he states, and also I am not against the high falutin', mileu-using, cake-eaters who believe the dollar dance is an appallingly tacky poor, white, trailer trash cracker sort of thing. But nor am I in the Debt-Slavian camp, for I am not against those salt-of-the-earth, regular joe, good Midwestern real people folk who not only think dollar dances are perfectly acceptable, but also recognize that they are similar to many time-honored ethinic traditions, and that they may be just the thing to lessen the debt of the upcoming honeymoon. I also refuse to take a position because the FB seems particularly sensitive these days, and I am concerned that if I took a position, Taxwonk would call me a shmuck again. And that really hurt.
Can you blame Wonk for calling you a schmuck? Can you blame FBers for being sensitive? For what is fashionable in a world where Johnny Knoxville appears on the cover of GQ? Where society at large turns its collective back on True Art and High Fashion such as Gigli, yet simultaneously embraces reality tv? Fashion is no longer fashionable. Bull, cow. Dispense wisdom if you will, but filthy mammals will return to their ways like Morna to her hoodies and headbands.

With all fashionable respect to ethnic traditions, if I pay a dollar for a dance, I wanna see boob. If I pay more, my clothes better be dusted with stripperglitter.

Bad_Rich_Chic 08-25-2003 03:52 PM

Dollar Dance
 
Quote:

Originally posted by MisterEbola
Waaaaay to fucking cheery looking. Must kill.
She's in the online ads for Sprint or something, isn't she? Or some bank?

SlaveNoMore 08-25-2003 03:57 PM

Must See Television
 
The documentary on the making of Warren Zevon's "The Wind" broadcast last night on VH-1 was one of the most poignant things I've ever watched.

For those unfamiliar with Zevon - a truly underappreciated American songwriter - he was diagnosed last autumn with terminal lung cancer and told he had 3 months to live. Rather than mope, he gathered a number of close friends to record a final album, "The Wind", which is released tomorrow. Parts of the album had to be recorded from his home, as he became too weak to get to the studio.

Zevon has outlived his doctor's predictions, strengthened by the determination to see the birth of his twin grandchildren.

not7yS

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 03:59 PM

Dollar Dance
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
She's in the online ads for Sprint or something, isn't she? Or some bank?
she's apparently on everything.

happy smile lady

bridge of love 08-25-2003 04:12 PM

Dance partners
 
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...3623936084.jpg

I would give a dollar to dance with either of these 2, I might give slightly more to see either dance, and I won't mention other contributions to them, as that would be a Politics Board matter

ABBAKiss 08-25-2003 04:18 PM

Dance partners
 
Quote:

Originally posted by bridge of love
horrible photo
What happened to her face? Who the hell is that? Also, is she a good example of white trash? So confused. But first things first. What the hell happened to her face?

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 04:18 PM

Must See Television
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The documentary on the making of Warren Zevon's "The Wind" broadcast last night on VH-1 was one of the most poignant things I've ever watched.

For those unfamiliar with Zevon - a truly underappreciated American songwriter - he was diagnosed last autumn with terminal lung cancer and told he had 3 months to live. Rather than mope, he gathered a number of close friends to record a final album, "The Wind", which is released tomorrow. Parts of the album had to be recorded from his home, as he became too weak to get to the studio.

Zevon has outlived his doctor's predictions, strengthened by the determination to see the birth of his twin grandchildren.

not7yS
Yeah, that was excellent. You could see Letterman actually start to get misty. It was weird having Billy Bob narrate though.

It was on right after Aerosmith - behind the music. Also really good. Who knew they had their own Yoko?

bilmore 08-25-2003 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
By contrast, I have attended what seems like three hundred, but what is probably closer to twenty weddings in the past five years. Approximately fifteen of these were in the Midwest. Not one had a dollar dance. In fact, I have never been to a wedding with a dollar dance. Having said that, I am not going to take a position on the great class wars that are wracking the FB today. I do not side with the Bilmorian camp because I do not know whether dollar dances are, in fact, as common as he states, and also I am not against the high falutin', mileu-using, cake-eaters who believe the dollar dance is an appallingly tacky poor, white, trailer trash cracker sort of thing. But nor am I in the Debt-Slavian camp, for I am not against those salt-of-the-earth, regular joe, good Midwestern real people folk who not only think dollar dances are perfectly acceptable, but also recognize that they are similar to many time-honored ethinic traditions, and that they may be just the thing to lessen the debt of the upcoming honeymoon. I also refuse to take a position because the FB seems particularly sensitive these days, and I am concerned that if I took a position, Taxwonk would call me a shmuck again. And that really hurt.
Well, THAT's certainly a fuckin' slap in the face for you-know-who.

ltl/fb 08-25-2003 04:20 PM

Dance partners
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
What happened to her face? Who the hell is that? Also, is she a good example of white trash? So confused. But first things first. What the hell happened to her face?
Too many applications of trace minerals?

bridge of love 08-25-2003 04:21 PM

Dance partners
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
What happened to her face?
dunno, maybe starred in several movies featuring anal sex?
Quote:

Who the hell is that? Also, is she a good example of white trash? So confused.
Mary Cary- porn star candidate for California Govenor
Quote:

But first things first. What the hell happened to her face?
see above-

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 08-25-2003 04:23 PM

Dollar Dance
 
Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere
she's apparently on everything.
like that little kid with glasses flexing his 4-year-old biceps, used by bank of american and bingham mccutcheon, and who knows who else.

Shape Shifter 08-25-2003 04:24 PM

Dance partners
 
Quote:

Originally posted by bridge of love
photo
Where does he buy his suits?

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 04:27 PM

More Cracker
 
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — More large U.S. companies prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and adopted other gay- and lesbian-friendly policies during the past year, according to a gay rights’ group survey released Monday. Corporations scoring 100 included Aetna Inc., Bank One Corp., Intel Corp., Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. and Nike Inc.
Among the five lowest-ranked companies, with a score of 14, were Exxon Mobil Corp., whose shareholders repeatedly have voted down proposals calling for the company to explicitly oppose discrimination against gays and lesbians, and Domino’s Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., known for its conservative values, improved its rating to 43 after broadening its non-discrimination policy to cover sexual orientation and instituting diversity training.
The Cracker Barrel restaurant chain, part of CBRL Group , jumped from zero last year to 29 after it dropped opposition to a shareholder proposal asking the company to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy and later adopted the policy.

Better question...how do you score a 0?

Cracker Barrel

mmm3587 08-25-2003 04:28 PM

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Fortunately, I come from a long line of elopers. ... I'm under orders to carry on the tradition should anyone be crazy enough to want to marry me.
I am sure that I speak for some of the other men here when I say "oooohhh, yeah, that is so hot." I have fantasies about women who want to elope. They usually involve eloping and spending all that money and time doing stuff or buying stuff that we want. If you're actually marryable, all the better.

Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?

ltl/fb 08-25-2003 04:34 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere
[discrimination based on sexual orientation story]
What's funny is that Mobil had a non-discrimination policy before the merger and now *poof*, it's gone.

Mostly just wanted to say "*poof*" in relation to something about sexual orientation.

ThurgreedMarshall 08-25-2003 04:38 PM

White trash
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Gattigap
Concur. IMHO, I think "Cracker" is also one of those terms being lost to the fog of history, as those generations who actually used it in spoken conversation die off. Good riddance.
Chris Rock's take:

"Who are the most racist people in the world? Who? I'll tell ya who, OLD, BLACK MEN.

Now I hear all the white people in the audience saying, "What? But we have Fred at work. He's awesome." Fred HATES YOUR GUTS.

When an old white man meets and old black man, the old black man is like (bowing head, shaking hands) "How you doin' sir? You need anything, you just let me know!" Then, when the old white man goes away, the old black man starts in with, "Cracker! CRACKA-ASS-CRACKA! Motherfucking-saltine-motherfucka! Cracka!! I wish that cracka woulda started some shit so I coulda whupped his ass, damn cracka-ass cracka!!"

And then when the old white man comes back, the old black is like (starts dancing a jig, starts dancing like a rockette).

My uncle married a white woman. He says, "I love her and she loves me, and that's all that matters... But if the revolution was tomorrow, I'D KILL HER FIRST! Just to show the crackas I mean business!! Cracka-ass cracker!!!"

TM

Bad_Rich_Chic 08-25-2003 04:40 PM

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 
Quote:

Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?
You are just fucking with me, aren't you.

BR(will ... not ... take ... bait)C

purse junkie 08-25-2003 04:40 PM

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 
Quote:

Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding? Especially since I've had the scratch to do so, I always try to at least get close to covering my costs, and I usually err on the generous side if I know the people well. Is the trend of increasingly expensive weddings at least offset a little by a trend of increasing value of gifts?
The proper ratio is nuthin'. People will get you what they can afford, and most people, like you, give as generously as they can. So give the wedding you want to give and don't sweat it. Unless you host the reception at Taco Bell (anttwatt), no-one'll stiff you on the gift. (Come to think of it, they can't--either they'll have bought it beforehand, or they'll buy a really expensive one after, thinking that if you're apparently condemned to eating fast food the rest of your life, you might as well have nice stuff.)

Edited to add, I am so gullible.

ThurgreedMarshall 08-25-2003 04:43 PM

White trash
 
Quote:

Originally posted by MisterEbola
Perhaps the etymology is more clearly understood when you consider that "white trash" is a shortened version of "poor, white trash" which is clearly a double hit on a person.
If that's so, how come Michael Jackson dedicated a whole song to them on Thriller? I remember all those girls with the P-White-T buttons in junior high.

Thurgreed(I want to love you...P White T)Marshall

ltl/fb 08-25-2003 04:44 PM

White trash
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If that's so, how come Michael Jackson dedicated a whole song to them on Thriller? I remember all those girls with the P-White-T buttons in junior high.

Thurgreed(I want to love you...P White T)Marshall
Duh, you already answered this -- he's an old black man.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 08-25-2003 04:45 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere


Better question...how do you score a 0?
You are talking about Cracker Barrel.

They make Denny's appear Rainbow Coalition approved.

Atticus Grinch 08-25-2003 04:45 PM

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 
Quote:

Originally posted by mmm3587
Also, I have a wedding related question: what is the proper ratio between average cost of items in registry, number of guests to a wedding and approximate cost of wedding?
I see no reason why the law of diminishing marginal return shouldn't apply to the bride's investment in this Ponzi scheme. Once you get past a certain break-even point, the additional people on the fringes of the guest list start bringing down the average anyway. The real-world application if this principle is played out when you open the invitation and shout to your SO, "Honey, do we know . . . .?"

baltassoc 08-25-2003 04:52 PM

Must See Television
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The documentary on the making of Warren Zevon's "The Wind" broadcast last night on VH-1 was one of the most poignant things I've ever watched.
I cried in the middle. There was just so much emotion on the screen. Plus maybe I had one too many glasses of wine and I'm a sappy drunk.

The saddest thing I thought was his girlfriend, who lives in NY while he lives in LA. Every segment that had her in it was introduced by a journal entry that mentioned she was in town. And he obviously adores her.

So if your cult-famous singer boyfriend is diagnosed with cancer and has three months to live (although admittedly outlives that by at least 9 months), what exactly keeps you in NY for the duration, to only come out to visit when you can fit it in? They never really explored that, which is unfortunate if there really was a good reason (I can't think of one), because they inadvertently made her look like a big bitch.

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 04:55 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You are talking about Cracker Barrel.

They make Denny's appear Rainbow Coalition approved.
Yeah, but 0? That's not even trying to fake it.

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 04:57 PM

Must See Television
 
Quote:

Originally posted by baltassoc
I cried in the middle. There was just so much emotion on the screen. Plus maybe I had one too many glasses of wine and I'm a sappy drunk.

The saddest thing I thought was his girlfriend, who lives in NY while he lives in LA. Every segment that had her in it was introduced by a journal entry that mentioned she was in town. And he obviously adores her.

So if your cult-famous singer boyfriend is diagnosed with cancer and has three months to live (although admittedly outlives that by at least 9 months), what exactly keeps you in NY for the duration, to only come out to visit when you can fit it in? They never really explored that, which is unfortunate if there really was a good reason (I can't think of one), because they inadvertently made her look like a big bitch.
That's exactly what I was thinking! And she wasn't really affectionate. I think I saw a brisk kiss on the cheek and that was about it. Maybe it's just that she's a big bitch and it doesn't matter to her.

ABBAKiss 08-25-2003 04:57 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Yeah, but 0? That's not even trying to fake it.
Cracker Barrell isn't into diet food.

ThurgreedMarshall 08-25-2003 05:00 PM

Dollar Dance
 
Quote:

Originally posted by bilmore
That's the one day of the year he gets to see breasts again.

He's quite excited.
What about all those pictures you sent me over the internet of you topless? Those bro/manzier tan lines aren't sexy, you know.

Thurgreed(but the hair is another story)Marshall

Shape Shifter 08-25-2003 05:00 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Cracker Barrell isn't into diet food.
They serve many varieties of corn.

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 05:02 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Cracker Barrell isn't into diet food.
What?

NotFromHere 08-25-2003 05:02 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
They serve many varieties of corn.
And what? Did I miss something?

LessinSF 08-25-2003 05:06 PM

Jesus Kills but SUVs Crush Better
 
First, a bunch of cultists from the Faith Temple Church of Apostolic Faith in Milwaukee (read evangelical Christians) kill an 8-year old autistic boy while trying to "faith heal" him - http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug03/164521.asp - and then a 60-year old woman kills one and injures four others trying to parallel park her Ford Explorer in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey - http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/082...woodcrest.html .

Violent crime is at its lowest level in 30 years according to the FBI, but I'm not sure they are considering the correct statistics. They should be investigating these cracker-ass-crackers who believe in God and drive SUVs.

purse junkie 08-25-2003 05:11 PM

Bobby Brown Arrested, Again
 
This time while having a pleasant meal with innocent wife Whit:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/23/bo....ap/index.html

Doesn't *anybody* else think this guy should be cut a little slack for giving us the great "My Prerogative"?

P(seriously)J

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 08-25-2003 05:14 PM

Bobby Brown Arrested, Again
 
Quote:

Originally posted by purse junkie

Doesn't *anybody* else think this guy should be cut a little slack for giving us the great "My Prerogative"?

P(seriously)J
It's no Bust a Move.

Although the newscasters should have to pay the slack themselves, since it allows them always to report "it was not Bobby Brown's prerogative to [fill in the crime he most recently was charged with]"

Bad_Rich_Chic 08-25-2003 05:15 PM

Jesus Kills but SUVs Crush Better
 
Quote:

Originally posted by LessinSF
and then a 60-year old woman kills one and injures four others trying to parallel park her Ford Explorer in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey - http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/082...woodcrest.html .
Jesus christ in a sidecar - I'm a bad parallel parker, but I can't even imagine how you can be so bad at it as to KILL PEOPLE.

BR(I don't run people over unless I have the right of way)C

LessinSF 08-25-2003 05:17 PM

Jesus Kills but SUVs Crush Better
 
BRC: "Jesus christ in a sidecar"

Me: She was tutored by Lizzie Grubman with a sidecar.

ABBAKiss 08-25-2003 05:20 PM

More Cracker
 
Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere
What?
The original line was "Yeah, but 0? That's not even trying to fake it."

In my head, I read, "Yeah, but an orgasm? That's not even trying to fake it." A few weeks (months?) ago someone posted about how you burn 600 calories (or something like that) in faking an orgasm, and there were conversations about how you could really get into great shape by faking orgasms and/or making fun of fat people, which was also rumored to burn fat.

Anyway, just a dumb comment that Cracker Barrell wouldn't fake it because it is not concerned with keeping in shape.

I need a vacation. Obviously.

former gov't 08-25-2003 05:21 PM

The Restaurant
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
like that little kid with glasses flexing his 4-year-old biceps, used by bank of american and bingham mccutcheon, and who knows who else.
Speaking of which -did anyone watch The Restaurant last night? (I don't think spoiler space is nec for this). The camera kept going to this obnoxious kid surrounded by his not too attractive family - with the kid spouting obnoxious come-on lines to the waitresses and bad jokes (while goofy parents looked on adoringly). They must have connections with either NBC or Rocco the owner and staged this unbelievably forced debut thinking this was the kid's ticket to sit-com heaven.
Please club this kid like a baby seal and put him out of my misery!

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 08-25-2003 05:22 PM

Jesus Kills but SUVs Crush Better
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Jesus christ in a sidecar - I'm a bad parallel parker, but I can't even imagine how you can be so bad at it as to KILL PEOPLE.

RT moved to NJ?

I'm sure she'll blame it on a faulty accelerator that made it go when she was stepping on the brakes.


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