Paigow poker
 

Actually, the term pai gow means "flush it" in Chinese. I know this bc I am really a rice daddy. No offense, atticus.

So, how about those Mets?
 

I had no idea you and Wanker worked together. My condolences, and I'd really caution against eating anything if that's your fear.

Sad news for Thrasher
 

:doh3:

Now I get the name change.

My God, I am a dumbass.

The real Bilmore of the day
 

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys


The term "Paigow" is synonymous with "Really Shitty." If you've got no ace, no pair, no straight, no flush, you've got paigow. Everyone always roots for the dealer to have paigow, so the whole table wins.


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So, how about those Mets?
 

I don't like to go down this (overweight v. thin) road, but I am reasonably thin and I love good food. Especially good cheese (and cake). I think I appreciate it just as much as anyone. Taste buds are taste buds, right?

Hush, hush -- voices carry
 

Item Number 3,753 on the list entitled "Why Not Bob Wishes That He Lived In The Center Of The Universe Instead Of Podunkville." I mean, going to Joe Bob's BBQ Dinner Theater after one sees the "Kato Kaelin IS 'The Man of La Mancha'!" ad on TV just isn't the same.

So, how about those Mets?
 

Larry David has the defiinitive answer to this, Jeff.

Purses
 

I have nothing to ass. Just wanted to get Thurgreed's manpanties in a twist.

Sad news for Thrasher
 

Because there is a lot of stuff to do with kids in Vegas. Or did you think the jugglers and knight show at the Excalibur are for adults?

Because people want to go to Vegas and you can't leave your kids in storage.

Because persistent cigarette smoke is a fact of life in many places, so being in Vegas doesn't make much difference to people. Also, the smokiest places in Vegas -- casinos and bars -- are technically off-limits to kids anyway.

Because, in my case, we are going to meet up with his grandparents there. They like to go there, and I'd rather meet up with them there than visit them in the godforsaken part of the Patch where they live.

Hope that helps.

Sidd(and then I'll confront the ethical question: Can I leave wife and child with the grandparents and go off to see Velvet?)Finch

So, how about those Mets?
 

Bilmore is wrong on this one. Fat people will eat anything. Just look at any Old Country Buffet. Thin people are more selective about what they eat.

For Shame
 

The RIAA announced it had settled with the family of a 12 year old girl who lives in a city housing project in TCOTU for $2000.

http://www.statesman.com/business/co...ading-Mus.html

Purses
 

I thought David and Liza separated. Are they back together?

Sad news for Thrasher
 

Acutally, I meant babies. There is tons of stuff for kids to do. Babies, not so much. They don't seem to like the heat - it was over 100, and they don't seem to like the smoke. And yes, there are kids in the casinos. I can't explain it. Maybe they've relaxed the rules, but there were women at the slot machines with strollers.

Purses
 

Not unless you see one you really like, and that suits some kind of need. I don't like huge honkin' hardware on handbags generally (maybe with a really clean-lined, simple outfit), but I do like the longish, slender shape. If you're going to buy purely for trendy, instead of actual love for the bag, buy cheap, 'cause you'll only donate it to Goodwill next season.

My current bags of choice are at www.elainearsenault.com. And thank God it's finally the season to retire those hideous pastelly LV bags and their cheap vinyl spawn!

So, how about those Mets?
 

There will always be exceptions, but I still think that, overall, someone whose passion is good food will likely have a higher chance of being overweight than will someone who is apathetic about the subject. Taste buds are taste buds, yes, but different people have different appreciations for, say, an expensive wine.

And, I can relate to what you're talking about - I love food, and I'm thin as a rail.

Well, a thick rail.

Okay, several very thick rails.

Purses
 

NO. David would never lust after a hotdog purse. He needs more of a tote for all of Liza's "medications."

Hush, hush -- voices carry
 

It wasn't a party -- in fact it was on a playground in Scarsdale*. I took my son there to see his best friend, whose family just moved there from TCOTU. When we got to the train station, his first comment on seeing Scarsdale was, "I didn't know Scarsdale was prettier than New York City!" [He's young; give him a break!] So, it's not as glamorous as it may have first appeared, don't worry. (I hope this makes you feel better, N_B.)

*which, by the way, paigow, is only 1/3 Jewish. I was enlightened on this particular bit of trivia when I expressed dismay, nay, ALARM! when I saw that there was a Baptist church in Scarsdale. The conversation went as follows:

dtb: HUH?!? A Baptist Church? In Scarsdale?!?

new Scarsdale resident (and friend to dtb): Yup. It's only 1/3 Jewish.

dtb: No WAY!!

nSr: Way. I guess it's just that the Jews are all so loud and obnoxious, we're the only ones you ever hear about.

So, how about those Mets?
 

Well, uh, why did you tell them when your birthday is? The day I cam to work here I told HR in no uncertain terms that my date of birth is my own private business. They announce birthdays at the monthly staff meeting and have cakes and all that shit and I am always happy when February passes and my birthday is not broadcast to the entire fucking office.

Purses
 

Maybe not yet. Marshalls or TJ Maxx (I can't remember which) has them in black vinyl. Just in time for fall!:D

Sad news for Thrasher
 

Oh, in that case, you're right. Once a woman has a baby, she really shouldn't leave the house for a few years. And definitely no going on vacation.

We took Sidd Jr. to Vegas twice before his first birthday. We also took him to Paris (the real one, not the hotel/casino). And a few other places too. We like taking vacations, we like being with him, and realizing we could combine the two was sorta like the old Reese's commercial.

Vegas is not the only hot or smoky place in the US, so, again, it doesn't make much difference for most people -- except that Vegas probably provides most visitors with better air conditioning and access to pools than they are used to.

As to kids in casinos, that one I can't explain. Except that it falls under the "some people are stupid" rule. Incidentally, I would not be at all surprised if casinos are legally entitled to deny you a jackpot that you win because you were violating casino rules by having a child with you at the slot machines.

So, how about those Mets?
 

sick, but funny

Purses
 

MMmmm. Not hotdoggy enough. In fact I didn't really think I wanted that Gucci one until I found out that it's sold out practically everywhere. Chanel and Prada had similar styles (hotdog shaped). I guess I'll have to keep looking.

Sad news for Thrasher
 

Just because people bitch about hearing it over and over again doesn't change how he looks at it. But, for the record, I'm sick of this conversation too. It's an exaggeration to say that your life is incomplete without kids. If there was a way to say "it's a different kind of completeness with kids," that everyone could understand (especially those who don't have kids), we wouldn't have these arguments. But the ncs or nfh or whatever (I can't tell those two apart) overreaction is just plain stupid. Unless your insides are a rocky place where your man's seed can find no purchase, comments like TripleGreed's, are not particularly harmful.

TM

People who need to share stuff coming out of their nether regions
 

The Mr. and I have a bargain: if and when we have kids, he not only doesn't look but stays in the waiting room with cigars like a civilized person. After I'm finished and have myself attractively rearranged, he may bring me Clos de Tart, oysters and camembert (more jewelry?), in exchange for which he gets to retain his fantasy of me as a somewhat attractive and dignified human.

BR(Some of life's mysteries should remain that way. What those are is a matter of personal taste)C

BBC2USA
 

Now that BBC America is equally guilty of producing a crappy American knockoff that crams 30 minutes' worth of show into 60 minutes (see "Ground Force America" --- come back, Alan Titschmarsh!), I'm thoroughly depressed at the thought of what American producers will do to "Coupling" and everything else in the BBC lineup.

What's next? A 60-minute knockoff of the execrable "Are You Being Served?" "Monarch of the Glen" re-set in a Mississippi plantation?

Moved out to Scarsdale/where the hell am I?
 

As if. Now I can add Westchester envy to the list -- after all, it's just a train ride from TCOTU. Thanks a bunch.

BBC2USA
 

Since Coupling is a British knockoff of Friends, and is as poorly acted, contrived, and unfunny, being thorougly depressed seems a bit extreme.

Just as fat looks better tan, pap sounds better with a British accent.

Purses
 

I hate those hotdog shaped purses. But then I also hate super pointy shoes/boots. Turns out that I am just not cutting-edge stylish. Saves me bunches of money not having to purchase new purses every season though. Money I promptly spend on trips and such.

Happiness and Bankruptcy
 

I have got to get to NYC and check out your jewelry box. And then take you with me when jewelry shopping. 10% of appraisal price? Daaaaammmn that's good.

Nearly all of my jewelry purchases give me pleasure years later. Wearing them confirms the wisdom of spending the money to purchase them. And I bought several pieces to commemorate "life moments" so that helps too. But I'm very sentimental about family so I wouldn't put the pleasure in that category.

I think this is the key to the pleasure you get from things you've purchased. I suspect that a lot of people who buy things and then are disappointed in the pleasure they get from them just go with the urgency of the initial "I want it" feeling and don't think hard about it. I know that is the case with me -- rash purchases more often disappoint than ones I plan for and carefully consider.

But modern technology has an answer for a lot of buyer's regret -- eBay! You may take a hit on the price but the item won't be sitting in your house making you feel bad. I'm fixing to list several pieces of collectibles/tschotkes that I either purchased in haste and decided later weren't what I wanted or really enjoyed at the time but have acquired things I like better and need to pare down my possessions. With any luck, I could break even on some things and make money on others.

Sad news for Thrasher
 

If you had any idea how many times I have heard it, you would understand the reaction. I especially enjoy getting that from wives of clients at work functions. Well, that and my freaking sister. I, for once, agree with TF. I don't tell you how much better my life is than yours, please extend the same courtesy my way. And the truth is there are a lot of people out there who are not cut out to be parents (unfortunately many of them do it anyway). Forcing some societal view that your life is incomplete without them on these people is not any good for them or for their prospective spawn.

BBC2USA
 

I was just thinking about this this morning -- that fat looks better tan, but in general, large people cover more of their bodies with clothes.* If the body is all covered up, it can't get tan.** An exacerbating factor is that the paler and more fish-belly-like your fat is, the more you want to cover it up.

Quite the conundrum.

*I do not need to hear about the latest trip to Kmart and how everyone saw a large person in a miniskirt and midriff-baring shirt. Everyone on here bitches that people who are too large to wear such thing shouldn't wear them, so for the sake of argument we are only considering larger people who abide by that rule.

**No, I don't want to hear about self-tanner either. Using self-tanner is a pain in the ass even if you aren't large, and it would seem much harder to get to body parts if they were larger.

Edited to put in slightly more colorful language.

Nosy questions.
 

:)
Maybe not, but they are still offensive, and people who aren't personally hurt should still, on public decency grounds, try to deter the person from ever doing it again before they get to the person it will hurt.

BR(the question "do you have kids" is of course not offensive, but just about any follow up other than "How many? How old? Names? Has your's started asking for the [insert new toy] yet?" asked in the search for an actual conversation topic is offensive)C

Sad news for Thrasher
 

But they are when they are. That's the point.

Paigow poker
 

Too...many...jokes. Can't...compute.

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photofile...xplosion-1.jpg

(I was going to go for a fiery [why is that word not spelled "firey"?] explosion, but I thought the extra caffeine in this explosion fit better.)

TM

Baby showers (etiquette warning)
 

See, now this is why Sidd is so cool.

Nosy questions.
 

You are a very decent human being. My respect for you has risen enormously today (which quite frankly is no big feat given how I felt about the verbal abuse in the past). You should give a class called decency, civility and how not to be fucking rude to people.

Baby showers (etiquette warning)
 

Sometimes a sig line can impact the message in unintended ways.

People who need to share stuff coming out of their nether regions
 

I was recently asked by a woman I was deposing (actually deposing, get your minds out of the gutter) the following string of questions, while in the bathroom during a break:

1) How old are you anyway? You look like a teenager.
2) Are you married?
3) Do you have kids? Well, that's a silly question. Your husband would not let you work if you had kids.

My actual responses (followed by what I wished I would have said) are below:

1) I'll be 30 next week. (16. Can you believe they let me pretend like this? I haven't even graduated from high school yet.)
2) Yes. (Are you kidding? I haven't even been to prom yet).
3) No, no kids. (You freaking idiot.)

Vegan poll
 

I was going easy. I feel your pain, brother.

People who need to share stuff coming out of their nether regions
 

Some asshole opposing counsel once asked me the "you look just about my little daughter's age!" variant on this to try to intimidate me with his greater age, wisdom, experience, and enormous martini gut. It was deeply satisfying to kick his ass in court.