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Got $1,000? Why Not Try a Golden Opulence Sundae? (drizzled with Amedei Porceleana chocolate)
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| February 10, 2006
Posted on 02/24/2006 5:45:40 PM PST by Liz
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To: durasell
Well, look at it this way ...Right again...
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:26:01 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
("Who is it, really, making up your mind?")
To: goodnesswins
That's not Beluga caviar that comes in a can from the Black Sea----it's passion fruit that looks like caviar.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:26:21 PM PST
by
Liz
(Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
To: the invisib1e hand
Behind disdain for extravagance is always envy. They may not envy the thing, but the ability to buy the thing on a lark.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:26:43 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: jpl
And I don't even want to know what he has to do to Theresa in order to get the allowance for them, either. Yeah, good point. For sanity's sake, let's not discuss this further and mention to no one that we had this brief interchange. :D
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:27:00 PM PST
by
Fruitbat
To: 76834
65
posted on
02/24/2006 6:28:29 PM PST
by
Liz
(Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
To: Liz
I guess dating you means a plate of chicken wings and celery sticks and a 2 buck bottle of domestic brew during happy hour? Gotta order the celery sticks TOO?!?! What, the pretzels aren't good enough for ya?
Actually, two things occur to me:
1) If I spend $1,000 on a dessert to impress you, it must be because you can do something worth $1,000 to impress me;
2) If it costs me $1,000 to find out what that is, it can't possibly be worth it.
I'm just an incurable romantic.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:29:08 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Liz
Too....I dunno...too something!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:29:37 PM PST
by
don-o
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To: Liz
drink designer....oy...my disdain meter is red lining...
68
posted on
02/24/2006 6:30:22 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
("Who is it, really, making up your mind?")
To: durasell; IronJack
......look at it this way -- you're a young hedge fund guy with 5 mil in the bank and dating a b-actress to impress your friends. You've already put down the money for the $100,000 summer rental out in the Hamptons and bought all the toys you want. You take Ms. B-actress out to a nice dinner and on the way home say, "let's stop in here" and the fancy ass dessert is waiting for her. It's a gesture..... And the B-actress' response?
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:31:26 PM PST
by
Liz
(Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
To: Xenalyte
70
posted on
02/24/2006 6:32:34 PM PST
by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: Liz
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:33:56 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: durasell
Behind disdain for extravagance is always envy. They may not envy the thing, but the ability to buy the thing on a lark.Well, Johnny Damon, that one went right into Jeter's mit, just before he tagged the runner at third and turned and tossed out out the guy going to second (last season).
Were we having this discussion in person, I'd ask you outside to settle it like a man.
But the pen is mightier than the sword, to wit: disdain for arrogance is wisdom.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:34:46 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
("Who is it, really, making up your mind?")
To: durasell
You take Ms. B-actress out to a nice dinner and on the way home say, "let's stop in here" and the fancy ass dessert is waiting for her. It's a gesture. So you stop in and dazzle her with the ice cream. While you're there, some equally phony douche comes by with an A-actress arm ornament, and he buys her the sundae and a bottle of Dom. Next thing you know, you're hailing a taxi in the rain all by yourself, the High Roller is copping a feel off your erstwhile date in the coat room, and his date is sucking up to Donald Trump in the VIP lounge.
73
posted on
02/24/2006 6:36:19 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: the invisib1e hand
I don't follow baseball and don't understand baseball analogies...but I like this discussion because living amongst extravagance in NYC unsettles a lot of people. It drives some of them crazy...
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:37:33 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: IronJack
All because of a ice cream sundae?
(Heck, I'd be just as happy with a Blizzard from Dairy Queen)
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:38:13 PM PST
by
najida
(Me arguing for logic and against emotion is like Mother Teresa becoming a pole dancer.)
To: IronJack
So you stop in and dazzle her with the ice cream. While you're there, some equally phony douche comes by with an A-actress arm ornament, and he buys her the sundae and a bottle of Dom. Next thing you know, you're hailing a taxi in the rain all by yourself, the High Roller is copping a feel off your erstwhile date in the coat room, and his date is sucking up to Donald Trump in the VIP lounge.
Welcome to NYC!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:00 PM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: Doohickey
Heavy metal poisoning, anyone? Do they have mercury sauce for that? Gold is one heavy metal that's unreactive enough not to poison you. But metal foil doesn't have much going for it in the way of taste and texture. You don't eat the gold.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:04 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: Liz
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:14 PM PST
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: IronJack
One of your recent dates?
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:25 PM PST
by
Liz
(Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
To: Liz
Hahahahahaha cheatchusucka hahahaha thats excellent!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:31 PM PST
by
ketelone
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