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Woohoo! We just got the Blizzard Watch! -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:56 1
- Activision is really branching out, aren't they? -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 21, 07:57
Philly PD getting the word out -- (link) - znufrii Jan 21, 07:39 1
- This is pretty hysterical. -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:00
So, do you have any fashion absolutes? For me: no short sleeves and ties. I know Sipowicz does it, but it looks too schoolboy to me. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:38 55
- not a fan of polo shirts (rugby is ok) hate button down collars and wide spread collar wings -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 21, 10:38
- No white socks with black shoes, no tie-dye, no short sleeved dress shirts. - The Death Sceire Jan 21, 08:14
- No men's boot cut jeans, no cargo pants, and no short sleeve dress shirts (short sleeve button downs that are stylish and not dress shirts are okay) -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:01 14
  - I'm ok with boot cut, only because my calves are fairly large and straight leg they're...tight. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:10
  - What's wrong with boot cut jeans?! -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 08:03 11
    - No one needs that much room in the leg. Straight fit are fine, boot cut looks awful. -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:04 7
      - Straight fits might as well be jeggings for me. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 08:06
      - Hell, in high school I had a couple pairs of jeans I had peg-legged. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 08:05 5
        
        I don't know what that means. -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:06 4
        
        he made his jeans gemtastic -- nm - Remlik Jan 21, 08:09
        
        Had the leg bottom and opening made smaller. - Spawn Jan 21, 08:07
        
        gay pirate lingo -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 08:07 1
        
        Duran Duran maybe, so close. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 08:08
    - he's a skinny jeans kind of guy -- nm - decline Jan 21, 08:04 1
      - If you've seen me in person you know that isn't the case :-) -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:04
    - He prefers bell bottoms. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 08:03
  - Oh I meant those for the general population. For me specifically, no tank tops (sorry gays get it together, they look awful) -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 08:02
- My two unbreakable rules for my clothes: No raglan sleeves. Pants must always have pockets. -- nm - mara Jan 21, 08:00
- No polo shirts for me, I just can't pull it off. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:54 7
  - I tried for a season. Not my thing, either. They are a Remlik thing. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 08:04
  - how is that possible? - groiny Jan 21, 07:57 5
    - No, he means his arms literally can't pull it off after he puts one on. -- nm - Max Jan 21, 08:00 1
      - Znu is a Trex? -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 08:00
    - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:59 2
      - Homer Simpson can pull off a polo shirt! -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 08:00
      - have you tried woman's polo shirts? - groiny Jan 21, 08:00
- Never is not even strong enough of a term for it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:42
- I was forced to wear short sleeve dress shirts and a tie after I broke my wrist last fall. I felt like an extra from Apollo 13. -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:40 4
  - "I'm here to look at the reel to reel machine..." -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:45
  - that's funny, because this is how I have always pictured you -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 21, 07:41 [Image] 2
    - Nope. - Spawn Jan 21, 07:46
    - that CHOWA starbond was dope -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:42
- For years, friends swore to me that short sleeve button downs were not allowed at all. - ty97 Jan 21, 07:39 16
  - This is correct. Do not wear short sleeve button downs. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:05 1
    - I wear one at work on casual Fridays during the summer and get compliments, probably because I have awesome forearms. -- nm - Max Jan 21, 08:10
  - my dad used to wear short sleeve dress shirts. - znufrii Jan 21, 07:43 7
    - When it is 90-100F and you have to work, what else are you supposed to wear? -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:44 3
      - A suit. -- nm - Japan Jan 21, 07:46 1
        
        I kind of love that this is how Victorians were. Sure it's monsoon season in India, but nothing except proper British wool will suffice. -- nm* - mafic Jan 21, 07:49
      - a bikini -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:44
    - or, in, say, Bermuda. - Andie Jan 21, 07:43 1
      - right, I've got a few linen ones for beach days. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:45
    - my dad still does... -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:43
  - I don't mind short sleeves, they're nice when it hits 40C here, I just can't wear a tie with one. - mafic Jan 21, 07:42 1
    - I agree with all of this -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:43
  - Only white shirts, I have other colors that work well. -- nm - Bacon Jan 21, 07:40 3
    - You people are weird. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:42 2
      - I wear long sleeves and roll up the sleeves. -- nm - Bacon Jan 21, 07:43 1
        
        You people are weird. -- nm -- Spawn Jan 21 '16, 10:42 -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:51
- My one fashion mistake is owning and wearing at times jean shorts. -- nm* - Bacon Jan 21, 07:39 4
  - the greatest jorts -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 07:41 [Image] 3
    - The makeup on the lady in the center, hoo boy -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:43 1
      - "Homer, you've got it set on 'whore'" -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:44
    - I still wear them on occasion -- nm - Bacon Jan 21, 07:42
- heh. I use "but Sipowitz does it" all the time :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 07:39
speaking of tucking/untucking shirts, I hate these. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 21, 07:38 17
- What am I missing here? They are button down shirts. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:43 3
  - the bottom edge is cut short -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:44
  - the straight line cut of the bottom of the shirt -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:44 1
    - Ugh, I see it now. Awful. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:45
- 98 dollars for a plaid shirt? they must be crazy -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:43
- I 100% guarantee these are too short in the torso for me. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:40 7
  - Would it kill you to show a little skin? -- nm - Reagen's creepy boss Jan 21, 07:44 6
    - bringin the half shirt back! -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:45 5
      - Business on the top, party on the middle! -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:47 4
        
        gotta show off the treasure trail -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:50 3
        
        makin' chemistry with the students. -- nm - Max Jan 21, 07:52 2
        
        Tangent: Twice today already the DC 5 hour car ordeal has been mentioned and I have been able to say, "Yeah, a friend of mine outsmarted it." - Spawn Jan 21, 08:12
        
        he gets older, they stay the same age -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:52
- Damn dirty hippies. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:39
- you hate button-down shirts? Doesn't that limit your wardrobe? -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:39 2
  - I hate those particular button-down shirts. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:40 1
    - if you're going to wear a shirt untucked, just f*cking own it and let it hang out. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 21, 07:40
This Frozen Pants Prank is Taking Minneapolis by Storm -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 07:33 2
- SOmethign tells me... there is not much entertainment in Minneapolis. -- nm - Spawn Jan 21, 07:40 1
  - you've seen The Shining, right? -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:41
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- Señor Spielbergo -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 07:32
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! -- (link) - decline Jan 21, 07:22 14
- Jonas? Great, now i have an DNCE earworm. -- nm* - Andie Jan 21, 07:36
- I always suspected the Jonas Brothers would be the death of us all. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 21, 07:28 1
  - I'm okay with a likely impact from Nick Jonas. -- nm - MDH Jan 21, 07:32
- TWC Fear Maps are always the funniest -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:23 10
  - Because they look like a penis and scrotum? -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 07:52
  - those folks south of Nashville are lucky as f*ck -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:25
  - they are BOUND and DETERMINED to sell us on this storm-naming schtick -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:24 7
    - It cracked me up when weather.com had a front page 'Breaking' story: Winter Storm Named. - ty97 Jan 21, 07:33
    - Winter Storm Hiltler poised to hit DC with a Blitzkrieg -- nm - The Weather Channel Jan 21, 07:28
    - They are currently advising us to "come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea". -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:26 4
      - + -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:34
      - Netflix and Chill weekend. -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 07:30 2
        
        i sort of wish we were getting blizzarded. We are not. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 07:35 1
        
        I don't think we'll get blizzarded hard enough up here. I truly love doing my show, but I wouldn't mind taking a weekend off from it just this once. - Diva Jan 21, 07:46
pre-schoolers on field trip get coralled into Carly Fiorina anti-abortion rally. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 21, 07:20 1
- Everything in this article is capital-P Pathetic. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:37
So apparently this is a big question in my profession. Dress in jeans for work. Do you tuck your shirt in? - spamlet Jan 21, 07:19 34
- Polos: No. Long sleeve button down shirts/flannel: Yes. Short sleeve button down: Don't wear those. Ever. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 08:03
- Depends on the shirt and the jeans. I have some combinations that look better tucked. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:31
- Jeans at work? How old are you? -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 21, 07:29
- no. don't tuck into jeans. -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 07:28
- I tuck my inner shirt in, but often not my outer shirt -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 07:27 3
  - But, I also rarely button up the outer shirt, owing to how it would cover up my awesome graphic tees -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 07:28 2
    - and Berry's a 12 yo apparently -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:32 1
      - Well duh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 07:32
- My suggestion - tuck it in, but wear a sweater over the shirt -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 07:27 4
  - Sweater-vest right? Man those are so cool -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:29
  - Then pull up a rocking chair and get out your whittling stick. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:27 2
    - And I was expecting jokes about looking too preppy -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 08:09
    - *snort* -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:28
- So you are just talking about a Polo shirt? Because a button up shirt not tucked in would look lame -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 07:26 1
  - ok grandpa -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:27
- tuck it in hippie (per Ty's explanation below. Untucked is unprofessional regardless of pants imo) -- nm* - Beaker Jan 21, 07:24 1
  - you're old too -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:26
- I don't like shirts tucked into jeans, but if it's the workplace (and not like some tech startup) I think you have to tuck in - ty97 Jan 21, 07:23 7
  - you're old -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:24 6
    - truth -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:35
    - so would likely be most of the clients an accountant would be meeting -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 07:25 1
      - You have to assume no client meetings because you would dress up for those. -- nm - spamlet Jan 21, 07:30
    - and horrible at fashion -- nm - Bacon Jan 21, 07:25 2
      - untruth. - ty97 Jan 21, 07:35 1
        
        We need to give you a makeover -- nm - Bacon Jan 21, 07:37
- god no -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 07:22
- Nope. I'm with you and I never tuck anything into jeans. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 07:22
- depends on the shirt... -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:20 4
  - znufriis are weird -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:21 3
    - it's actually a question that's relevant to my interests, as my new job is casual attire. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:25 1
      - We're jeans at least for this year so relevant to me as well. - spamlet Jan 21, 07:31
    - But correct in this instance. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:24
- accountants are weird -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:20 1
  - They're accountants, not fashionistas, don't confuse them. -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:22
25 years ago today, US battleships pulled off the biggest ruse of Operation: Desert Storm -- (link) - ML Jan 21, 07:18 2
- we had battleships in the desert? -- nm - decline Jan 21, 07:19 1
  - The rusiest of all possible ruses -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 07:27
did we discuss today's New York Post cover? -- (link) - Andie Jan 21, 07:12 1
- Snap! -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:25
Booze, toilet paper, bread, storm chips, bullets -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 07:11
Never give sushi to David Tennant -- (link) - LMS Jan 21, 07:11 [youtube]
Disney is resurrecting Darkwing Duck? I am in favor of this development. -- nm - ML Jan 21, 07:11 6
- Nice! -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 21, 07:37
- I am the terror that languishes in development! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 07:29
- Blathering Blatherskite! - Reagen Jan 21, 07:22 2
  - wrong duck. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:32 1
    - Gizmoduck is part of the darkwing universe, I think - Beryllium Jan 21, 08:07
- Let's get dangerous -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 07:12
come on thunder, come on thunder. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 21, 07:10 4
- ~Sound of the drums, beating in my heart. The thunder of guns, tore me apart.~ - Spawn Jan 21, 07:35
- /~ Sometimes I wonder why I even bring the thunder ~/ -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 07:26
- Hey, remember your friend, Mr. Thunder? How 'bout his buddy, Mr. Lightning? Ooh, I know you know him. You know him real well, don't ya? -- nm - Travis Jan 21, 07:12 1
  - they really need to do a sequel for this. -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 07:12

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