Comments | fileg: memory bomb

fileg

memory bomb

Feb 19, 2006 19:00

some time back in the 70's, my mother and I were watching the Academy Awards and someone's dress inspired my mother to say: "She looks like the cocktail hostess on the live bait barge."

this came back to me while looking at the Ice Dancing costumes...

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yelling at the olympics, family speak

Comments 13

leemoyer February 20 2006, 00:06:24 UTC

My mother once declared that a much younger (but no less ruthless and evil) John Madden "looks like an unmade bed!" It could not be argued...

These Ice Dancing costumes are simply appalling.

fileg_ February 20 2006, 00:30:32 UTC

I quite like some of them, but I can't deny, the word "trashy" still copmes to mind.

Perhaps it's my age? Then again, I lived through the 60's....

persephonesbear February 21 2006, 00:26:05 UTC

To me it's not a matter of how much skin is showing, it's a matter of does it make the dance more beautiful, and if it distracts you from the dance, then the answer is no.

fileg February 21 2006, 01:07:58 UTC

It's not skimpy/skin that bothers me either - it's questionable taste

telesilla February 20 2006, 03:34:28 UTC

I think the skaters are quite brave to use their sport to bring the world fabric shortage to the public's attention.

fileg February 21 2006, 01:15:07 UTC

I need an icon to express my appreciation for good snark...

notarysojac February 20 2006, 07:08:32 UTC

Oh, what a frightening typo I see.

The Love Bait Barge is now accepting applications for trollops.

fileg February 21 2006, 01:15:33 UTC

that works, too

redfiona99 February 20 2006, 13:28:50 UTC

I didn't get to see it so how bad where they on a scale of 1 through to what the Italians were wearing in the compulsary dance.

fileg February 21 2006, 01:18:11 UTC

to tell the truth, we gave up right after I wrote this and spent jim's free day together watching anime. I can barely ever remember switching during a winter games unless it was hockey night. They were just so... blah.

I remember when there use to be some real routine to the dancers -- hell, I remember Torville and Dean...

persephonesbear February 21 2006, 00:23:56 UTC

LOL

The one dance I saw, the costume was so distracting that I kept forgetting to watch the dance - I kept looking to see what held it up and was it going to fall off.

fileg February 21 2006, 01:19:41 UTC

Wouldn't I look splendid if I had a giant daisy for a left breast? Oh, I KNOW-- I;ll dress as a powder puff! Honestly, I thought one of them was wearing Bjork's Swan dress