tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7089286536481953297..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: For The Umpteenth Time, I'm Sorry Your Mommy, Your Holy Mother, And Some "Celibate" Pervert In A Dress Forbid You To Have Sex, Even With YourselfJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-6121545871481839972009-04-20T10:27:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:27:00.000-04:00As soon as fedoras fell out of favor, we were all ...As soon as fedoras fell out of favor, we were all screwed anyway.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16014101411620597502009-04-19T16:34:00.000-04:002009-04-19T16:34:00.000-04:00re: Dungaree Doll:
And the second (arguably, the ...re: Dungaree Doll:<br /><br />And the second (arguably, the knockout) punch delivered by the Serious Cowboy, Marty Robbins, who made "A White Sportcoat And A Pink Carnation" the basic ensemble for clueless losers. 'Course, by that time, everyone from sad-sack pink carnation wearers on up, knew what bowties signified as a sartorial indicator -- a merde-de-la-merde creepiness, which hovered like a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-40224528988829365422009-04-19T16:00:00.000-04:002009-04-19T16:00:00.000-04:00Taking the long view, as Will is wont to do, one c...Taking the long view, as Will is wont to do, one can trace the decimation of our national slacks to a mésalliance with the jungle music that issued from America's corncribs and shantytowns in the post-war years. Specifically, to Christmas Eve, 1955, and the release of Eddie Fisher's smash hit, "Dungaree Doll."Scott C.http://www.world-o-crap.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-77591103650229678472009-04-18T16:45:00.000-04:002009-04-18T16:45:00.000-04:00When I first read the Will piece I was relieved in...When I first read the Will piece I was relieved in way I couldn't explain. I think I have it now: the denim piece is actually a retraction.<br /><br />Will is apologizing for his two recent climate change pieces, the one in which he quoted scientists as saying things they didn't realize they'd said, and the other one in which he refuted the criticisms of the first piece by repeating it more davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181509082535808464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-13242755013829944222009-04-18T16:38:00.000-04:002009-04-18T16:38:00.000-04:00This George F. Will denim thing is a little over-h...This George F. Will denim thing is a little over-hyped, Dog. Glib, high I.Q. academics at Edge of the American West have been deconstructing granpa's dungarees. But sometimes you got to just let George be George. <br /><br />Nevertheless, here is how it all came down, unbeknowest to George F. Will:<br /><br />I don't know what kids in Indiana did, but in California, in the '50's, we wore Levi'sBlistère de Sisteronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79916447536371900232009-04-18T16:15:00.000-04:002009-04-18T16:15:00.000-04:00If Will would grant me $100/week in dry-cleaning a...If Will would grant me $100/week in dry-cleaning allowances, I'd think of upgrading from denim.<br /><br />For those of us without that spare cash or spare hours to spend at the ironing board, the alternative is pastel polyester, which Will has apparently never seen.Joyful Alternativehttp://www.badattitudes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-38084440295260282332009-04-18T15:00:00.000-04:002009-04-18T15:00:00.000-04:00I try to wear my pajamas around town as often as p...I try to wear my pajamas around town as often as possible. I sleep naked, so it's the only chance I get to wear them.<br /><br />Do they make denim pajamas?zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67225220852505909902009-04-17T23:25:00.000-04:002009-04-17T23:25:00.000-04:00Just wonderful.
I feel some mature response is w...Just wonderful. <br /><br />I feel some mature response is warranted, but I'm just giggling that George Will (of all people!) wants to bring back lookism (as if it left).Keifushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287358319899471490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-28971708468371459722009-04-17T22:51:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:51:00.000-04:00You know what? Your grasp of everything just astou...You know what? Your grasp of everything just astounds me. And I'm just a year younger than you and have the temerity to consider myself relatively intelligent. <br /><br />After reading your entry several times just to figure out what you were saying, I spent at least half an hour on Wikipedia (go ahead and laugh) researching the progression of white-tie, morning coat, tuxedo ad infinitum. Funny map106https://www.blogger.com/profile/04613387280188680760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-9822261105097592462009-04-17T22:26:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:26:00.000-04:00Wait, I do have something to add: I wonder if, whe...Wait, I do have something to add: I wonder if, when he wore his jeans that one and only time, if he still wore a bow-tie? I bet he looked like Howdy DoodyTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-2162147862146478202009-04-17T22:23:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:23:00.000-04:00One more thing--Fred Astaire would take his neckti...One more thing--Fred Astaire would take his neckties and wear them as belts. What would George Effin' Will say about that?Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-34643099679723652792009-04-17T22:21:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:21:00.000-04:00A man in a bow-tie denounces the childish dress of...A man in a bow-tie denounces the childish dress of others... well, I got nothing to add to that.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47823776334315473342009-04-17T22:12:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:12:00.000-04:00Grace is wearing jeans and penny loafers at the en...Grace is wearing jeans and penny loafers at the end of Rear Window. And George would never have made it on a Navy destroyer or sub because they wore jeans in the Navy. He can go George Effin' himself.Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27041511072084473912009-04-17T15:38:00.000-04:002009-04-17T15:38:00.000-04:00I'm sorry, but you're wrong. George Bush stared d...I'm sorry, but you're wrong. George Bush stared down the communist/fascist/Walmartist menace by making sure he and his staff dressed nattily every freakin' day.<br /><br />You never saw him riding his bike in those spandex monstrosities; his Kim Jong-Il jackets always had the CiC logo elegantly brocaded into them; his flight suits were ever so tastefully padded; his blue power ties could soothe arghousnoreply@blogger.com