Redhead74

Has anyone directly said to a female face to face..You're a C word? There's just something about that word..

Yes, it really doesn't have the shock value in some countries as it does in the US. And it depends greatly on how it's used. Used in a jovial manner it's totally fine. Most people don't blink an eye.

I don't really understand the overreaction to the word 'cunt' that the Americans have. Some of you guys won't even spell it out when you're not aiming it at anyone in particular. How come?

"The lady said she wasn't allowed to do that but if I got there shortly after, I could knock on the door and someone would come give me the package. "

That's your problem right there. It was not allowed, she shouldn't have told you to still come and collect it. She also didn't say she would be there to give it to you, but "someone". I personally wouldn't have bothered going after getting a response like that because of what ended up happening to you. My advice, don't get worked up and have a bit less faith in the human race (and postal workers).

Hmmm....yeah well it's not 1954 anymore. The world has kinda changed since then to the best of my knowledge. I think in this day and age if you actually WANT to have a job you kinda have to go over and above the call of duty. If that means leaving at 6:03 instead of 6:00 I don't think that's too much sacrifice to make. I started work at 8:30 this morning. My normal finishing time on a Tuesday evening is 7pm. I was stuck in a fitting with a customer until 7:28pm. I didn't turn around to my customer at 7:01pm and say "I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to do this anymore" and then walk out and leave. I stayed until my responsibilities were fulfilled and I even waited 10 minutes for the sole remaining colleague to finish so that she didn't have to be on her own and leave on her own. We left together. Personally, I'd rather go to sleep tonight knowing that I did the right thing by my customers and by my colleagues.

No KK, I don't think you overreacted. Let me say it for you, she was a cunt.

What makes you so sceptical Dies'?

I think it just fits in with the general milieu of, taking an elderly male celebrity and accusing them of paedophilia. It has become the new British pastime, as frequent as going to the pub or walking the dog. ''Watch out Bruce Forsyth! Watch out, basically any male Coronation Street actor - watch out Roy Cropper! We will get you.''

Listen, why are all these allegations just coming out now? The prosecution said he had committed the offences in full view of 'people'. Why then did these 'people' not say something? He apparently had sexual relations with his daughters friend, yet, there is his daughter accompanying him (alongside his wife) to court everyday. If a 9 year old had been molested, surely the parents would have detected signs of anxiety - changes in behaviour?

2. He had opportunity and his family OBVIOUSLY didn't want there to be any repercussions. Family often do what they have to do maintain the family unit, not to mention the fact that its very difficult to accept that someone you love could possibly have committed such acts. I believe there would be a lot of denial on their behalf.

3. A general lack of belief that authorities would carry out any persecution against an international celebrity, when you are just a juvenile, female nobody.

It is complete bollocks if you ask me. I think Rolf is, at worse, guilty of a bit of hanky panky with a few teens in the '70s, at best, totally innocent, These vile and disgusting women are just fabricating stuff to get 'compen', meanwhile dragging a poor old man through the courts and into prison! Disgusting. Why did they wait 40 years? We need that law the United States has, whereby a lawsuit is invalidated if it is not pursued within 'x' amount of time. I do not think any media personality over 50 is safe from money grabbing 'compen' obsessed witches - it truly is a witchhunt.

Sorry, but my sister personally knows of someone who was a receptionist at British Paints and she said it was known that he had made gestures towards female staff members and when they objected he became really nasty and threatened to have them fired, he was such a revered figure and so valuable to their advertising campaign.

'Making gestures' is not an offence. We are talking about rape and paedophillia here. Should we lock up builders when they wolf whistle?

No, but the odds are seriously stacked against him here. My post merely revealed that there is a very nasty streak in that man. When you are an icon in Australian history and being paid by a company to be their figurehead, then I imagine that there is a responsibility to uphold your reputation as a respectable figure. Instead he chose to intimidate the most vulnerable people working for the company that he represented. The company that paid him a lot of money to represent their brand. It's not just 'wrong', it's FUCKING DISGRACEFUL. It's one thing to uphold position with company officials, but to intimidate young women in no position of responsibility is quite another. I personally would feel very uncomfortable being in the same room with this man based purely on the comments made by my sisters acquaintance, regardless of the recent trial and news reports.

I watched an interview with a friend of his for over 40 years that testified against him tonight...I don't think this is a beat up.

Uuuugh, despicable.

It is complete bollocks if you ask me. I think Rolf is, at worse, guilty of a bit of hanky panky with a few teens in the '70s, at best, totally innocent, These vile and disgusting women are just fabricating stuff to get 'compen', meanwhile dragging a poor old man through the courts and into prison! Disgusting. Why did they wait 40 years? We need that law the United States has, whereby a lawsuit is invalidated if it is not pursued within 'x' amount of time.

I do not think any media personality over 50 is safe from money grabbing 'compen' obsessed witches - it truly is a witchhunt.

Sorry, but my sister personally knows of someone who was a receptionist at British Paints and she said it was known that he had made gestures towards female staff members and when they objected he became really nasty and threatened to have them fired, he was such a revered figure and so valuable to their advertising campaign.

Kim jumped the shark. White Vans FTW.

No way!!!!! I will NEVER go white for the reasons aforementioned. Namely lack of suntanned legs.

I'm a ginger and in summer I like to wear short skirts and shorts. It's generally unhelpful when your foot blends into your leg and your foot looks double the size of a normal human caucasian foot because its wearing a white sneaker.

Got myself some clean classics.

Are they meant to be like that? I want to do something to them, or put something on them. I'm so not used to the ultra simplicity of them. Sneakers are getting so out of control lately, I'm struck by the stark simplicity. I like it. But I think I would like them to be offered in a variety of colours. But that's kind of contradicting the point isn't it? Just don't wear them with a hospital uniform, otherwise they'll look like nurse shoes.

J/K.

Yeah they are meant to be like that. You've never seen a pair of Stan Smith's before? The classic model has a green heel, but mine are navy blue - I've never been a fan of green... I used to love colorful sneakers and have had a lot of Nike models in different colors, but I wanted something simple now. I Iike the simple look, especially for the summer. You just have to wear them with the right clothes...

I generally don't wear anything that's all white (and I know there's like a slither of 'colour' there, but that doesn't count to me ) and given the profusion of colour that has been everywhere lately, not just in trainers/sneakers, an ALL WHITE shoe is kind of weird for me right now. I would never wear them myself but I am enjoying the stark simplicity. If I was required to wear them I'd wear them with something completely contradictory. Like a gorgeous, short, flowy, silk printed dress. But unfortunately they will always look better on a pair of suntanned legs, which I don't have..........oh well........ *sigh*

Yeah but specified India and the surrounding countries Red.

That's why here in Oz we call you guys 'Middle Eastern'.

It must be the lactose tolerance thingie that defines the two.

Well i fuckin' don't, especially when you are specifying that a massive portion of countries whoose national dishes are centred around dairy products are intolerant to it, it's absolutely ridiculous.

No one has specified that the populations in any countries where the national dishes are centred around dairy products, are lactose intolerant. This is just you not understanding that even if some countries in Asia may have traditional foods based on dairy that doesn't contradict the fact that the majority of Asians may still be lactose intolerant.

Sorry, still doesn't make any sense Look, lemme explain this shit to you, guy wakes up in Kashmir, for breakfast he has an egg and a paratha (a kinda bread thing) covered in butter...he drinks milk thats right out of the cow that lives in the barn yard adjacent to his house, he eats milk based curry with chapatti's, he has like, cream and....fuck knows what it's called over here but it's called Makkan over there and it's butterey as fuck, it's eaten with literally everything.

Now how in the fuck are these people lactose intolerant?!? Forget about some fuckin' graph that you got off the internet, look at the fuckin' reality here, I mean just cuz 'a study' says shit is a certain are you gonna start denying the nose on your face?

If you can't understand that a kid in Kashmir isn't representative to every Asian person then I give up. If you don't grasp that the Kashmiri boy could be one out of millions of lactose tolerant people in Asia which still allows for the majority of Asians being lactose intolerant, then there's nothing I can do for you.

It's funny though. I guess in your world every Asian dresses in Kashmir clothes, are Muslims and speak Hindi, too, just like that kid of yours in Kashmir.

Uh, they dont speak hindi in kashmir. I tell you what they do do though, they eat pretty much the same food as they do in India, in Bangladesh, in Sri Lanka, in Pakistan and them...thats a pretty big chunk of Asia and moreover specifically the part of Asia that you specified as being lactose intolerant...now if you cant understand that then i dunno what to say to ya.

I never said a part of Asia was lactose intolerant. I said that the majority of people in various areas are lactose intolerant. That's a big difference. As for India, the percentage of people being lactose intolerant has been measured to between 70 and 80 %. This might be confusing to you since you insist on extrapolating from your Kashmir experience, or because India has dairy products, but it still remains a fact. It might be less confusing to you if you consider that lactose intolerance gradually develops as we mature, meaning that most kids and any adolescents may consume dairy products, and that a large minority (20-30 %) may eat dairy products without any ill effects, and that even people with lactose intolerance may consume dairy products occasionally -- enough to preserve certain dairy food traditions.

India also has two very different types of cuisines from the north to the south. I imagine that would explain why some people are able to digest it and some not.

Well i fuckin' don't, especially when you are specifying that a massive portion of countries whoose national dishes are centred around dairy products are intolerant to it, it's absolutely ridiculous.

No one has specified that the populations in any countries where the national dishes are centred around dairy products, are lactose intolerant. This is just you not understanding that even if some countries in Asia may have traditional foods based on dairy that doesn't contradict the fact that the majority of Asians may still be lactose intolerant.

Sorry, still doesn't make any sense Look, lemme explain this shit to you, guy wakes up in Kashmir, for breakfast he has an egg and a paratha (a kinda bread thing) covered in butter...he drinks milk thats right out of the cow that lives in the barn yard adjacent to his house, he eats milk based curry with chapatti's, he has like, cream and....fuck knows what it's called over here but it's called Makkan over there and it's butterey as fuck, it's eaten with literally everything.

Now how in the fuck are these people lactose intolerant?!? Forget about some fuckin' graph that you got off the internet, look at the fuckin' reality here, I mean just cuz 'a study' says shit is a certain are you gonna start denying the nose on your face?

FFS Len! Asia comprises 50 counteies! You're talking a few countries here at best. You can't apply the logic of Pakistan and a couple of neighbouring countries as being the 'norm' for ALL of Asia. Basically the 'Asians' that I know personally, with the exception of one Afghani woman and her family and one Indian girl I work with, they are all basically lactose intolerant. Japanese, Malaysians, Indonesians, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese.........

£50 though, which is like $9999 Australian dollars?

No! That's A$90. The other half bought a standard pair of Vans last week and they were A$100, so think yourself lucky.

Your other half's a silly bugger. I can get Vans for 60 bucks for two pairs. Yikes a hundy!

We don't want seconds or fakes, thanks very much.

Got myself some clean classics.

Are they meant to be like that? I want to do something to them, or put something on them. I'm so not used to the ultra simplicity of them. Sneakers are getting so out of control lately, I'm struck by the stark simplicity. I like it. But I think I would like them to be offered in a variety of colours. But that's kind of contradicting the point isn't it? Just don't wear them with a hospital uniform, otherwise they'll look like nurse shoes.

J/K.

Seen that Vans are doing some Star Wars ones... I may be tempted.

OMG! I love them! I'm not a Star Wars fan but if I was I would totally HAVE to have them. I love that each shoe is different. They're awesome!

I'd buy a pair if they had Luke Skywalker on one shoe and Princess Leah on the other.

Who are you and what have you done with Kim? Those are fucking dreadful!

Yeah, they're actually pretty awesome. I like the colour. They'd look great with jeans.

Get them. They're one of those things that are not available all the time and if you don't get them you might regret it. Well I know I would, but that's me.

Got myself some clean classics.

Are they meant to be like that? I want to do something to them, or put something on them. I'm so not used to the ultra simplicity of them. Sneakers are getting so out of control lately, I'm struck by the stark simplicity. I like it. But I think I would like them to be offered in a variety of colours. But that's kind of contradicting the point isn't it? Just don't wear them with a hospital uniform, otherwise they'll look like nurse shoes.

J/K.

Seen that Vans are doing some Star Wars ones... I may be tempted.

OMG! I love them! I'm not a Star Wars fan but if I was I would totally HAVE to have them. I love that each shoe is different. They're awesome!

I'd buy a pair if they had Luke Skywalker on one shoe and Princess Leah on the other.

I tend to rock these with my assless chaps

As long as you wax your chest, go shirtless, tease your hair and can sing like an angel that's smoked too many cigarettes. Kinda like this:

And if they don't think you're a cunt by then they never will

Oi, a sexy cunt that is.

By the way, that slim-fat-Axl guy who is modelling is the guy who owns the brand and designs most of the clothes too.

What a dude!

No wonder he looks good in everything.

I think we need this dude to give Axl a makeover.

I don't believe that vulgar can ever be boring. I think vulgar is a variable that is ever changing and is relevant to the time we live in. What was considered vulgar in the 50s is now commonplace. That doesn't mean it's still the definition of vulgar.

Loving the accessories I just spotted from ByTheR:

And I don't mind this suit either:

There's a little bit of Axl in that suit look.

Plus the gold skirt and sequin top are Australian designers and Australian made so I probably just did a really good deed and helped the Australian fashion design industry AND the economy.

Most of them yes.

There are a few shops in Paris that sell the same clothes ( ByTheR is basically a South Korean brand that is also a distributor for designer brands from around the world in Korea ) but I'd rather order online every once in a while.

Interesting. I know absolutely nothing about Korean fashion. My curiosity is now piqued........

My next buy, probably next month :

Already have four ByTheR leather jackets and I love them.

They use great soft hides by the looks of things and the colour of the leather is always to die for. Great design details too. I don't blame you, I'd probably buy their entire range if I was a guy.

But then again I have no self control whatsoever. In the last 2 weeks I bought 3 pairs of shoes, a playsuit, a pair of earrings and a t shirt. I said to myself "right! That's it! No more for a few weeks!"

Tonight on my way home from work I drove past one of my favourite shops and they had a '25% off storewide!' sign in the window. So I stopped. I looked. I bought a gold brocade skirt and a sequinned top (multi colour sequins, it's fucking awesome!). I didn't get 25% off, I got 45% off! Not quite sure how that happened, but I wasn't about to point out the error and I bought a good skirt and a sequin top that I don't need but which look fabulous. Aah, who cares, I get paid on Wednesday. Life is to be lived and I'm fucking living it! Gonna rock the gold skirt tomorrow. *happydance*

Gia? Is that you?

Nah, just bored of him going into the soccer/football thread and calling it gay, then the World Cup, then the workout thread, then the dress thread... He hates life, great, stop trying to drag us down with you. I quite like this whole life business.

Anyway, we're getting off topic so let's return to the original thread:

If Red posts it'll be something I find horrific that's apparently fashionable from the catwalk, or we'll see Gracii's talented handywork, or maybe ARQ will show off a hairdo for us to dissect and tear apart... Ladies, take it from here!

The objective of fashion is to garner a reaction. If you find something horrific that's equally complimentary as fantastic. Nothing spells the death knell in fashion quicker than boredom or indifference. As the magnificent Diana Vreeland (editor of Vogue and Harpers Bazaar from 1936-1971) once said:

Never fear being vulgar, just boring

LOVE that quote.

My wife is lactose intolerant, too. She is from the Sami indigenous people where lactose intolerance is quite prevalent. It threw a spanner in the works when I started dating her because one part of my wooing strategy was my cooking and it was bloody hard to get lactose-reduced dairy products in Norway and how the hell was I supposed to make great sauces without proper cream?

It's also been suggested that women can but shouldn't ingest cow's milk or any other form of milk due to the fact that they are able to produce their own milk. Any race that is able to produce milk are apparently better off if they don't ingest the milk from another species.

Sounds dubious to me. I can't see any biochemical reason why ingesting milk from other mammals would interfere with human women's ability to produce their own milk. As an analogy, we eat the flesh of other animals but still have no problems produce our own flesh.

India and neighbouring countries makes up the majority of Asians and they tend to be lactose intolerant.

And I'm telling you they swear by it Particularly in India and the surrounding countries.

I was under the impression that because of the weather conditions dairy didn't become a major part of most Asian countries due to the need for refrigeration. Nowadays that's not an issue, but before the days of electricity, which is also when all cuisines were established, it wasn't a reality. I figured that's why things like coconut milk and cream were used in lots of Indian curries because of the fact that it was available without refrigeration.

It's also been suggested that women can but shouldn't ingest cow's milk or any other form of milk due to the fact that they are able to produce their own milk. Any race that is able to produce milk are apparently better off if they don't ingest the milk from another species.

Asians don't consume dairy at all. They are generally intolerant to it.

How do you work that one out, they fuckin' live off it back where my lot come from Shit, they have dairy products you ain't even heard of over here. In fact, they laugh at western dairy products, they consider them impure.

Because "your lot" isn't representative for most Asians who happen to be lactose intolerant. So Asians being "generally intolerant to [dairy products]" is accurate.

im generally lactose intolerant. that said, i might be Asian

3 % of Norwegians are lactose intolerant, 3 % of Sri Lankans are lactose tolerant.

Being able to digest lactose as adults is a fairly recent evolutionary trait and distinguishes humans from our relatives.

My partner is lactose intolerant. He had a severe bout of food poisoning in Thailand some years ago which completely fucked up some of the enzymes in his digestive system. Since then he has not been able to properly digest dairy. We use lactose free milk, which is fine.