Olympic Madness Open Thread | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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I've been invited to a waltz-on-ice tomorrow evening and I'm not sure what to wear. I'm especially worried now to read that moss green (and possibly orange pink) are not the right kind of colours.

I've got a full-sleeved lime-green shirt and a pair of canary yellow velvet flares left over from the disco seventies, would they be OK for waltzing? I'm worried about this. Can you advise me?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 07:36:36 AM EST

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afew,

A goat with your style and panache has nothing to worry about. No doubt the sight of you waltzing in lime-green shirt and canary yellow flares will immediately communicate your very special character to all concerned.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 08:43:13 AM EST
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I agree. I think afew should have no problem, but he's also instinctively chosen the correct colors for the waltz.

Metatone -- you've confused everyone with your dislike of the orange-pink which is, as I'm sure you're aware, a perfectly acceptable waltzing color.

The rules for waltz are very simple -- the traditional black and white, or any color that would look delicious if it was a sorbet.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:27:49 PM EST
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Well, I'm not fond of pink-orange coloured sorbets either! :-P

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:45:50 PM EST
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Well, there you go. You've let personal preference affect your professional judgment. That is NOT what they're paying us for! Tsk, tsk.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:49:30 PM EST
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OMFG, journalistic integrity!

(see, Izzy, you got it out of me for the second time)

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:51:03 PM EST
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You just made my day. I live for these moments. It's always the small things in life, isn't it?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:52:46 PM EST
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I hope you will forgive me for completely ignoring the Olympics otherwise.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:53:37 PM EST
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Nothing to forgive, my friend. It's only in politics that the apathy of bystanders is considered a sin.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:58:38 PM EST
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I don't believe in sin.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 03:00:08 PM EST
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I knew there was a reason I liked you!

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 03:06:16 PM EST
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Apart from the fact that I know where Loma Linda is?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 03:57:03 PM EST
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That actually counts against you, although I try to bear in mind it's not your fault. The problem is entirely my own. But also on the plus side -- your Mad Math Skillz! :-)

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 04:10:13 PM EST
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Have you seen "Mad Math beyond Fullerdome"?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 05:03:28 PM EST
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If you've been invited to waltz-on-ice by Dick Cheney, make sure to wear something orange. In any case, don't dress like a 78 years old attorney...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:18:10 PM EST
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Oh, I'd stay away from anything in the Red spectrum including orange. It only seems to inflame him.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 02:51:12 PM EST
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Do you think he'd be able to control his itchy trigger-finger if he saw a goat in a Guantanamo jumpsuit?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Feb 18th, 2006 at 03:09:45 PM EST
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