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The Northeast

slimceagirl — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:39:10 EDT

Well, I thought you meant that they hired people to dress themselves so that they could spend more time drinking.

Now I know what the old ladies really mean. WOW!

slimceagirl

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SybilDisobedience — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:46:06 EDT

@MisterHippity: I've read many a funny comment on here today, but that one made me laugh hardest. Thanks!

SybilDisobedience

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the supergoddess — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:25 EDT

oh dear. richard, I really wish you'd consult with me before you post items of this sort. I've spotted two glaring breaches of prepiquette that I can't bring myself to point out publicly. (I'm such an asshole, sorry fluffyshine!)(um, fluffyshine is the greatest term for you ever, ps.)

the supergoddess

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FracturedAcetabulum — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:16:39 EDT

@fiveinchtaint: ha! Awesome. Though I like to hang out on Trendy-third. I'm not sure where Trendy-thrid is.

FracturedAcetabulum

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fiveinchtaint — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:49:09 EDT

@FracturedAcetabulum: The title of the post is "Northeast" not "Northwest" man. Shouldn't you be on "Trendy-thrid" ave. sipping a microbrew and lesbian watching?

fiveinchtaint

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MisterHippity — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:45:32 EDT

I don't go to the hamptons.

But I do like to drink.

Sometimes, I like to take a bottle of bourbon into the bathroom with me, and I recite: "I'm a sot who sips a shot as I sit on the pot for a shit." Then I repeat that phrase as I have another, and another, until I can't pronounce it any more.

Just felt like sharing that.

MisterHippity

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FracturedAcetabulum — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:42:47 EDT

@MisterHippity: You're so fucking vain, Hippity.

FracturedAcetabulum

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FracturedAcetabulum — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:42:09 EDT

@lawyergay: sounds like a Jessica Simpson song.

FracturedAcetabulum

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MisterHippity — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:39:39 EDT

If you're Carly Simon, living in Martha's Vineyard is all about listening to James Taylor while you fight back bitter tears and drinking a swimming pool's worth of gin.

MisterHippity

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BadUncle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:36:06 EDT

@lawyergay: That's a very complicated mixer. Maybe you should just have a simple "stiff one."

BadUncle

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lawyergay — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:08:39 EDT

@BadUncle: I've been known to enjoy a stare-out-the-rain-streaked-window-the-day-after-your-thirty-sixth-birthday-while-wondering-whether-you-should-have-broken-up-with-Brian-because-you-probably-could-have-worked-things-out-but-now-he's-living-with-a-dentist-and-doing-community-theatre-in-Richmond-Virginia-er

lawyergay

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Rumpelstilskin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:29:10 EDT

@Clare: My UNC, UVA and U.Arkansas (with the panting razorback galloping around) were nipped by houseguests at the beach one summer. Never spoke to them again although they did have killer weed.

Rumpelstilskin

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:26:10 EDT

@ExecutiveIntern: hee hee, nicely played.
Just watch out for the NYPD now, aren't they carrying AK-47s or M-16s with a Homeland Security Domestic Clean-up Shoot On Sight order?

MyCubeHas3Sides

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ExecutiveIntern — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:21:40 EDT

When I bring one on the subway I call it a "Shelia".

ExecutiveIntern

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What it is — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:13:01 EDT

my father used to take his hands off the wheel when sipping his "roadie" and say "see? no drinking and driving"....ahhh.....I should give my beloved alchy 'rents a call.

What it is

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Clare — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:11 EDT

@Rumpelstilskin: I'm in. When are you coming by my office to pick me up? I have my Clearwater Threshers souvenir beer cup at the ready. (I drink my daily packet of Emergen-C out of it.)

Clare

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Muzzy van Hossmere — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:04:13 EDT

@Rumpelstilskin: I think Billy Joel is still keeping the "traveler" alive in the Hamptons.

Also, does it take people in the Hamptons an unbelieveably long time to get dressed? Or are "dressers" all Buttery Nipples and Jaegerbombs?

Muzzy van Hossmere

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VirusWithShoes — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:59:59 EDT

I call my first joint of the day a "pulley" - it's usually in my mouth as I pull my socks on.

I also call my socks "joint-enablers". Pavlov was right.

VirusWithShoes

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Itsjustcatnip — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:59:20 EDT

@ Richard: But is there a desker?

Itsjustcatnip

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flipper baby — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:56:55 EDT

This reminds me, looking forward to seeing my parents this summer.

flipper baby

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Nard — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:55:51 EDT

@Sarcastro: Ha! Friends of mine shout "Nurse!" at all bartenders, regardless of gender.

Nard

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mathnet — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:52:18 EDT

Another great pleasure of mine is driving around on a chilly spring or fall evening with the windows down and the heat on. It comes right off the engine!

mathnet

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idratherbesailing — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:52:02 EDT

@CaptainFantastic: Yes! On a related note, I really dislike open container laws.

idratherbesailing

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Sarcastro — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:51:33 EDT

@TipsyRussell: I took three beers with me every time I showered in college.

So, I only did it twice.

Sarcastro

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Sarcastro — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:50:47 EDT

I call all drinks "Daddy's Medicine."

Sarcastro

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flipper baby — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:49:27 EDT

Not committed enough, we'll talk when you get to the "sleeper."

flipper baby

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TipsyRussell — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:49:15 EDT

@mathnet: A cold beer in a hot shower is definitely one of the great pleasures in life.

TipsyRussell

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CaptainFantastic — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:48:36 EDT

@MyCubeHas3Sides: Road soda.

CaptainFantastic

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Rumpelstilskin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:48:23 EDT

@Clare:

And the big plastic cups with your school's name on it were called "go-cups". Road trip anyone? Let's blow work!

Rumpelstilskin

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:48:16 EDT

@NeverEnough: HA!
I like that :-)

MyCubeHas3Sides

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NeverEnough — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:37 EDT

I desperately need a "Worker".

NeverEnough

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:34 EDT

@Clare: I always make sure I squeeze that bottle tightly, like it was the last bottle of medicine staving off a horrible death left in my cabinet!

And, second on the name "Roadies" though sometimes we'd call them "A Roader."

MyCubeHas3Sides

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Rumpelstilskin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:20 EDT

@Clare:

Older folk would put them on top of the dash board (there were feafully sharp ones then, pre-Ralph Nader and seat belts - dating myself here) as they drove slowly and it was easier to reach. No fear of the law there!

Also, true, roadie was one name. You heard traveler in Virginia probably as hommage to Robt. E. Lee's horse.

Old times there were under the influence, look away! Look away!

Rumpelstilskin

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:40:52 EDT

@mathnet: Nice!
Yeah, best way to fend off the Chicago summer heat!

MyCubeHas3Sides

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iplaudius — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:36:50 EDT

@mathnet: Ach, ja! Spritz mich! Auf die Tütten!

iplaudius

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BadUncle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:36:35 EDT

When I'm having alone time, I have a "self-abuser."

BadUncle

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Clare — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:36:23 EDT

@MyCubeHas3Sides: Agreed. I have to put mine in a plastic keg cup before I get in, though, because I have a habit of dropping things in the shower.

@Rumpelstilskin: We called them roadies in college. Not that we ever drove anywhere with open containers...

Clare

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Chaim Gnadelstein — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:33:15 EDT

No comment, other than that first sentence is a banger.

Chaim Gnadelstein

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Rumpelstilskin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:32:57 EDT

I'm from the south and knew "dresser" well. The drink you took in the car on your way to dinner was a "traveler" back when genteel people could drive drunk.

Rumpelstilskin

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mathnet — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:30:30 EDT

@MyCubeHas3Sides: I was just telling Richard that the other day!

mathnet

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mathnet — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:30:12 EDT

When you have your dresser in the shower, it's a spritzer.

mathnet

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:30:09 EDT

One of my favorite things is a cold beer during a hot shower.
Mmmmmm.

MyCubeHas3Sides