OK, either the xkcd guy is a lurker here or else Skynet is....
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Apr 23, 2012 9:57:37 am PDT #2061 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 9:59:30 am PDT #2062 of 30001
Because books.
Ugh, sumi. That's a nasty way to start the week.
I'm sorry about the offer, Nora.
I'm checking things off my list today very methodically. Whee.
Jesse - Apr 23, 2012 10:09:17 am PDT #2063 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is it weird that I appreciate the diversity in the terribly-drawn green figures used to illustrate the stretches on this page? [link]
le nubian - Apr 23, 2012 10:28:42 am PDT #2064 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi,
hasn't this happened to you before? What's up with your bank? Are they issuing bad numbers? the university here had to pull all the pcards because they issued them in number order and, as you can imagine, it was pretty easy to use the credit card numbers for nefarious purposes.
DavidS - Apr 23, 2012 10:32:18 am PDT #2065 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I hope somebody's buying you lunch, sumi!
meara - Apr 23, 2012 10:33:03 am PDT #2066 of 30001
Geez, sumi, that sucks a lot. I hope you aren't in desperate need of buying things or paying bills today!!
Jesse, I think the diverse green figures (with little hair drawn on!) are adorable.
sumi - Apr 23, 2012 10:34:16 am PDT #2067 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Nope, hasn't happened to me before.
What happened before is that I went to a con and used my CC w/o letting my bank know and they thought something hinky was going on and stopped the cc.
Now - something actually hinky is going on.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 23, 2012 10:43:29 am PDT #2068 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Nora, I'm sorry about the lower offer. Is the bank taking what they can get or are you going to owe them the remainder after the sale?
They will get their money back through PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) so I don't think they'll be needing to get any money directly from us. And if they do, um, good luck with that, bank guys.
tommyrot - Apr 23, 2012 10:52:26 am PDT #2069 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sexist humor from 1959....
Girl Watcher, A Creepy Men’s Humor Magazine From 1959
Jordan Smith of What Makes The Pie Shops Tick? has posted the entire June 1959 issue of Girl Watcher magazine which, at first glance, seems to be a typical fifties pinup rag. Upon closer inspection, its creepiness and downright misogynism is revealed with articles like “Some Advanced Field Notes on Stalking The Girl” and “More About Collecting Pretty Girls”. The latter seems to be a primer for serial killers as it says that “more ambitious Girl Watchers find it intriguing to bring home a specimen or two”. The magazine also encourages taking secret (and spiteful) photos of neighborhood ladies in the article, “The Girl Next Door”. And not for one second do I believe any of the “Letters to Girl Watcher” were actually written by women, like Anne Bolton of Boston who supposedly enjoys “panty raids”.
Update: A reader has pointed out that it was intended to be a humor magazine (like an adult MAD magazine). Even done in jest, the articles about stalking and “collecting girls” still read as super creepy, no matter the original intent.
DavidS - Apr 23, 2012 11:06:26 am PDT #2070 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Update: A reader has pointed out that it was intended to be a humor magazine (like an adult MAD magazine). Even done in jest, the articles about stalking and “collecting girls” still read as super creepy, no matter the original intent.
Related to something I just posted on Mad Men in the Cable thread, I remember finding cartoons in girlie mags from the era where a buxom, disheveled secretary would come out of her boss' office and the caption would say, "Is it rape if I enjoyed it?"
Mind boggling shit like that was so common before those buzzkill feminists came along insisting "That's not funny!"