Consider kilts:
Photographed right here in Madison, Wisconsin, where I also saw this three foot high ceramic sculpture of a finger.
No, there's no relationship between the two photographs... except in your mind.
ADDED: What I'm leaving out is a lo-fi video I took of the Prince Myshkins singing about how the Founding Fathers were girlie men. If they email me and tell me to go ahead and upload the video to YouTube and post it, you can be sure I will. "Check out the pleated knee stockings on John Jay... Up jumps John Blair in a puff of powdered hair..." Seriously, email me, guys. That was amusing, but I don't want to violate your copyright.
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4-year-old Little Mr. Apricot got fired for showing just such a finger.
Two corrections: Those are not kilts, they are dresses. Second, that isn't a finger, it's a thumb.
Aliens: Those aren't dresses. They are clearly two-piece outfits. If there's some special meaning to the word "kilt" that I'm missing, then they are skirts. And look at your thumb. Can you get it into that position? No. That is an index finger. Though it does resemble the lower half of a fat woman's body.
Internet Ronin: I say it's an index finger. Whether an index finger in that position is an obscene gesture is a question I leave to be resolved by Justice Scalia.
I'm curious what the difference between kilts and shorts are, to your way of thinking, Ann.
Why are kilts more acceptable to you than shorts? Or do you mention it as an equally fug alternative?
I mean, I know how I percieve them differently. But, shorts are acceptable to me. Real shorts. Not manpris.
BTW, I can get my index finger into that position far more easily than my middle finger. So, I say its an index finger as well.
Those are Utilikilts, of course. Originally crafted in the Seattle area, and spreading all about the place. They're very well-made and comfortable.
And Little Mr. Apricot thought he was just letting everyone know that he was #1!
As you saw it up close and personal, I must defer to your better judgment. Besides, I can't do that very convincingly with my middle finger, but I can with the index finger.
I definitely agree that it is NOT a thumb, and no, I can't do that with my thumb, although both of my thumbs are double-jointed, an admittedly useless attribute, save for frightening drunks and small children.
Ack! Don't encourage them to wear kilts.
"Manpris." LOL.
Hey, I don't see too well. I think that's "allens" not "aliens." Would that all my mistakes amused me that much!
I can't 'see' the finger/thumb--but I DO see an elephant walking away, a straight rear-on shot (albeit with a highly swollen tail).
Gee that reminds me I have to make a doctor's appt.
Manpris:
"Gay slang. Men's pants cropped between ankle and mid-calf, after capri pants, or "capris""
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=manpris
Dear Lord, some guys actually wear those?
(*shudders*)
Yes, Tibore, unfortunately they do. And here in New York, it's not just gay men that wear them. Worse yet, they are often paired with flip flops, which is an even worse crime than the shorts. As much as I can appreciate a man's feet (in the proper context) I DO NOT want to look at your hairy, dirty toes while riding the subway. Imagine the mentality of a person who would willingly wear flip flops to walk the hot, filthy streets of New York.
As for Ann's picture, I have several comments.
1. Because of the presence of Birkenstocks and what looks to be organic arugula peeking out of the backpack, I question whether these aren't actually really butch lesbians.
2. Even looking at the large version of the photograph, I cannot tell what the buttons on the backpack say, except that one of them says NO. NO pants? NO, I'm not wearing underwear? NO, this is not a frat initiation? Any ideas?
3. Is that a rosary bead eyeglasses chain being sported by the individual to dexter?
4. The worst aesthetic mistake, by far, exhibited in this photograph is those late-70s-early-80s sidewalk lamps. Lamp poles with illuminated polyps! Brilliant!
Palladian: Above 'NO' is 'VOTE' in smaller font. The button concerns the gay marriage/civil union ban Wisconsin will vote on this November.
Palladian: What I rush to assure you of is that we are in the middle of an expensive remodelling of the street and those lamps, which were once quite fashionable, are being replaced.
As for the fresh greens in the backpack. That's a great Madison detail. They are walking west on State Street, that is, away from the farmers market. Even macho guys need their veggies!
And no, they are not women. They were very hefty, football-type guys.
Ann sez:What I rush to assure you of is that we are in the middle of an expensive remodelling of the street and those lamps, which were once quite fashionable, are being replaced.
Well, belted velour tunic tops were once quite fashionable...
And no, they are not women. They were very hefty, football-type guys.
Oh good, now I can admit to finding them hot. I do admit to being slightly disappointed that there aren't hefty, football-type, be-kilted, Birkenstock-wearing lesbians wandering around Madison with organic vegetables.
Danny sez: Above 'NO' is 'VOTE' in smaller font. The button concerns the gay marriage/civil union ban Wisconsin will vote on this November.
I knew Madison was pretty liberal, but I didn't imagine that even the football jocks would be pro-gay marriage. Maybe they're gay football jocks. In Birkenstocks.
"I knew Madison was pretty liberal, but I didn't imagine that even the football jocks would be pro-gay marriage. Maybe they're gay football jocks."
That'd never happen in Ohio. ;)
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Word verif: preaky. I kid you not; I have a screenshot to prove it. That's fretty preaky, man.
preaky: proud and freaky ?
Big, roomy country, room for all boats to float--worth preserving--
Palladian, I share your disappointment; linebacker dykes with organic veggies sound like fun. Here's a hint that can save you some embarrasment in a "drag queen or big-haired Texas gal?" situation: check out the calf muscles. You can see on these two that they're placed high, slightly above the middle of the lower leg, and especially on the one on the left, they're defined and prominent. Biological women's calves are a bit lower, and generally not so cut. It's not a hard and fast rule, but it's a good clue.
I love men in kilts. I think it's a savage, macho look, and for some reason, I like that.
As for "manpris," I've been hating them for awhile. Some guys, straight guys, I suspect, try to get away with calling them "pirate pants." Righto, Captain Jack. It's the Seinfeld Poofy Shirt episode all over again.
Elizabeth: LOL. Oh, ok, as long as they're pirate pants...you don't look like a prissy, jackass at all! :)
...or clashing with Edward Longshanks, King of England, on the bloody field of Falkirk?
Ann: It's pronounced AllenS, not allens. I hope that's not too alien. It's a man's thumb on the leg of a elephant. Why can't you people see that?
AllenS: I agree that there's an elephant leg attached, but it's still not a thumb. There's a second joint at the top that simply isn't a thumb joint.
Kilts have come to be pretty much de rigeur among bear-type gays in the past few years. Definitely beats leather short-shorts in terms of dignified farmers-market shopping.
What I rush to assure you of is that we are in the middle of an expensive remodelling of the street and those lamps, which were once quite fashionable, are being replaced.
What a damn waste. Especially since they're just a couple of years from being charmingly retro.
I love men in kilts. I think it's a savage, macho look, and for some reason, I like that.
It only seems savage and macho to me if the guy just stepped out of a time machine. It seems pretty cool if the guy is in a traditional kilt and playing bagpipes.
But a regular guy striding around in a modern kilt? "Dorky" is the word that most readily comes to my mind.
But then, I prefer that men look like they don't give much thought to their clothes. Nothing weird, yet nothing too refined for day-to-day wear. Just blah. For men's clothing I like blah. To me that is the most savage, macho look.
Catherine- Did you say: Under Rove's Thumb?
Under Rove's thumb
The polls that once had Bush down
Under Rove's thumb
Truth Out! that once pushed him around
He's svengali
Kevin Barrett? - fast food clothes he wears
Svengali, the change has come,
He's under Rove's thumb
Aint it the truth babe?
Under Rove's thumb
Helen Thomas has just had her day
Under Rove's thumb
Tony Snow has just changed her ways
He's svengali, yes he is
The way she does just what shes told
Svengali, the change has come
Shes under Rove's thumb
Ah, ah, say its alright
Take it easy babe
Take it easy babe
LOL, Freeman Hunt. Yes, kilts are savage and macho on Braveheart. Not so much on someone out shopping.
I will admit that these gentlemen manage to pull it off way better than Ashton Kutcher does. Perhaps, we should have a weight limit on the kilts? You must outweight the kilt to wear it?
Kilt = Skirt.
The world kilt is a from a Germanic word for skirt. It was coined when the British isles were invaded from the north. I've seen those guys btw. (I think) They're definitely distinctive.
Garble - do they wear kilts often? I was wondering that. I was wondering also if they had to coordinate with each other to make sure they didn't match.
I have to point out this as well, at http://mariam.elnaggar.googlepages.com/home8a
Oh, my finger hurts just looking at that sculpture.
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