November 18, 2003
DO THEY EVEN REALIZE PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT IN 10 WEEKS?:
As the most hirsute soccer mom in America, it is my sad fate to get plunked down in the midst of gaggles of mothers awaiting our kids and overhear conversations that often seem to occur in an alien tongue. Today's topic of conversation was a series of clandestine fake Kate Spade bag parties that are sweeping through Hanover, NH. Apparently, they're like Tupperware parties used to be, but you gather in someone's living room to buy counterfeit handbags or something. Bizarre.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 18, 2003 7:40 PMMaybe the decision to make NH the site of the Free State Project was a mistake!
Posted by: John J. Coupal at November 18, 2003 11:29 PMKate Spade bags are a counterfeiter's dream.
I could knock one off in about an hour.
I have NO idea why they don't cost $10.
Be careful, OJ, be very careful. Next stop is botox parties. BTW, my Mother refused to attend Tupperware parties . . . thought they were a bait-and-switch ploy (come on over for some tea . . . oh . . . and how many of these would you like?) Tell the truth, my Mother loved Tupperware, but she thought it ill-mannered to pitch your friends.
Fred Jacobsen
San Francisco
Orrin:
Don't be so passive. Invite them all over for beer, pizza and poker. Complain loudly about sexism when they decline.
Posted by: Peter B at November 19, 2003 5:53 AMMr. Judd: Do you mean you are that rare breed of soccer dad that doesn't spend the whole practise (never mind the games) yelling at the kids and coach about what they should be doing?
Posted by: Buttercup at November 19, 2003 9:24 AMFor Orrin to yell something at a soccer game would be to admit (at least implicitly) that he knows, or cares, something about the game. This will never happen. The only time he ever became emotionally engaged in a soccer game was as a spectator when he was a student in jr. high school and a riot almost broke out between the 2 teams (a suburban school v. an inner city school; given the racial mix of the suburban team, it would be more accurate to call it a class-based riot than a race riot).
Posted by: Foos at November 19, 2003 9:51 AM