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The Bad Taste Offs

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
It's really not Christmas without that song, especially the live SNL rendition.

- B


I agree. As the whinging in this thread is starting to get boring, I think it should be about Christmas songs, instead.

One of my favorites: Merry F&*#ing Christmas To You.
 

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Originally Posted by mishon
How anyone voted for KB is ******* beyond me. Granted, most of his clothes don't fit and the cowboy boots have got to go, but this is not a fitting thread, but a bad taste thread. Since when owning a shitload of Kiton, a bad taste?

Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.
 

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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.

The rational behind my vote is nearly identical to this.
 

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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.


Foof, what's with these random, on-topic posts?

Get with the program.
 

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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular name brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.

Exactly, I raise this issue all the time, and it's one of the biggest pitfalls of SF in my opinion.
 

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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.

But buying shitloads of one shoe is , of course, the height of good taste FFS
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Originally Posted by mafoofan
Well, doesn't insisting on wearing things from particular brands, without respect to fit, demonstrate a form of bad taste? In my book, buying loads of Kiton for the sake of buying Kiton (not that that's what KB is necessarily dong) is pretty tasteless.

Bingo.
 

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Originally Posted by kev777
But buying shitloads of one shoe is , of course, the height of good taste FFS
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1. The OneShoe fits.

2. The OneShoe is relatively affordable and has very little snob appeal.

3. Nobody likes the OneShoe but me.
 

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On the topic of T&A, I returned from my morning run to find a completely naked woman (late 20s/early 30s) standing in front of the elevator in the lobby. She made no attempt to cover herself up and did not appear at all bothered by my presence. The guy at the front desk was apparently doing something in the back and didn't notice anything.

Too many possibilities to try to explain this one, so I decided to just accept it. Sorry, no pic. You will have to trust the honesty of my 1,000+ posts--that is how it works, right?
 

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keep in mind that KB had health/weight issues. Also, while fit is a segment of taste, it is probably the most subjective of such a subjective topic. I like short pants, short jackets, short/fat ties. I would dislike someone's style that wore pants stacked at the hem, jackets that went a few inches past the "acceptable" level, skinny ties etc but that does not mean that person has bad taste. If the clothing worn is something that I would wear, if maybe in a different incarnation, then I do not consider the person to have bad taste. there is stuff that KB has worn that I would wear, there are others that wear items that I would rather go naked than to wear.
 

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Originally Posted by mafoofan
1. The OneShoe fits.

2. The OneShoe is relatively affordable and has very little snob appeal.

3. Nobody likes the OneShoe but me.


1 Agreed
2 But 5 pairs is expensive and very snobby
3 Agreed
 

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Originally Posted by RJman
You are one whnay. tall?

Is a Foo slightly more or slightly less than a whnay.?

Originally Posted by voxsartoria
Interesting. I can envisage the three of them...Foo, whnay., and ZB...coming together and forming and off, off, off Rocky Center traveling mini-Rockettes.

Next time there is a bigtimer's shoe circle in NYC, someone let me know. I'll train up there. I'll stand to the side during the circle, because I'm not fancy enough and have no interest in eating the soggy biscuit when the group is finished. I also promise I won't reveal the big secret of what went on. When whnay. and Foo are finished, we can start rehearsing.
 

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