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Oct 07, 2006 22:00

Once again I ventured forth into Oxford in search of jeans. After a long and arduous quest upon which I tried on what seemed like every pair of appropriately sized jeans in the centre of town, I finally settled on something "good enough". That goal achieved, I did potter around the shops a little more, but in the end I decided that I really wasn't ( Read more... )

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zorac October 7 2006, 22:44:25 UTC

Shucks, and other comments. It would indeed never have stopped amusing me (and bemusing everyone else).

:D :D :D

Is it ... pink?

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zorac October 8 2006, 11:33:59 UTC

What more could a Freya want?

ashkitty October 7 2006, 21:08:29 UTC

Shopping for jeans is one of the most frustrating parts of existing. Generally, no sooner have I found a brand and a size and a fit that all agree with me, than the company that makes them decides to change everything around, and suddenly they don't work anymore and I have to start all over again!

Have a nice bath. :)

zorac October 7 2006, 22:48:29 UTC

Seriously. How many different ways are there to make a pair of jeans which really doesn't fit comfortably? I couldn't even replace what I have because Levi's don't do 560s on this side of the pond (and in any case they're stupidly expensive). I ended up in Gap, and the one pair I got will be on probation for a while before I decide to get another pair or two...

ashkitty October 8 2006, 08:56:32 UTC

Levi's and the Gap are both culprits of this! I used to have a Levi's type I especially liked, but then they changed the fit (of basic bloody 501s, no less) so I switched to a kind from the Gap, which, well, guess what, they changed the fit AND raised the price. Haven't had a perfect pair of jeans since, though the last pair I got for $11 on a clearance rack at Target, so for that amount of money, they'll do!

zorac October 8 2006, 11:33:13 UTC

It seems to be an inviolable rule of business - as soon as you are producing exactly what your customers want, it's time to "improve" the product. New Coke, anyone? I also wonder exactly what the difference is between a £65 pair of Levi's and a £4 pair of jeans form Primark (other than that red tab, of course).

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hermorrine October 7 2006, 21:51:18 UTC

That's brilliant. They're coming to get us all...

And it won't be Calista Flockhart - she's on a different show this season. Sorry?

zorac October 7 2006, 22:59:58 UTC

They're everywhere, for your convenience. I'm rather surprised that this has hardly ever been spotted before (Googling turned up one reference on alt.tv.babylon-5 and that's it), especially as the company pre-dates the TV show by some time.

Never mine. It was just that after Hayden Panetierre played Ally McBeal's unexpected daughter, it would have amused me for Calista to play Claire Bennet's birth mother (see! I know character names after only two episodes. If I look them up on IMDb. They just need to get their superhero names already, I bet I'll have no trouble remembering those...)

hermorrine October 7 2006, 23:29:45 UTC

JMS might've been inspired by them, then...

I have no idea, honestly, HOW I come to know these things. I watch ONE TV show which is half an hour every week, and as I don't own a TV, I have to beg my dad or brother to watch it on theirs. *shrugs* I blame the crap magazines I was reading in the salon earlier... I'm sure that's where I'm picking up these odd facts, yes.

zorac October 8 2006, 11:36:10 UTC

'Tis possible.

I do keep meaning to watch less TV, but people will keep reccing me stuff...