That's the headline of the morning for me — over at InStyle.
Don't get me started on the present-day inanity of calling a shirt a "button-down" — in my day, a "button-down" was a shirt with a button-down collar, not a shirt that you button up (up, not down) — because I've already spent an hour down a rathole with Grok, exploring the origins of that usage — is it a retronym necessitated by the prevalence of T-shirts? — and wondering the how kids these days could understand the meaning of the album title "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart." And that veered off into a discussion of the comic genius of Lucille Ball in this 1965 episode of "Password," and how, in Episode 4 of Season 1 of "Joe Pera Talks With You," Joe, dancing, says "Do you think AI will dance like this?," and Sarah says "No, because they don’t have genitals." How does that make Grok feel?
But back to Meghan Markle. I'm not going to ask why it's a story that she wore a shirt while doing something and why the headline doesn't prioritize what she did, which was to arrange flowers, which would only make us wonder why it's a story that she arranged flowers. What I want is to clarify is what was meant by "Flower Arranging With Dog Guy." I assumed, the entire time I was down the rathole with Grok, that Markle had a guy who helped her with her dogs, that a "Dog Guy" was like a "Pool Guy," and for some reason, the Dog Guy got involved in the effort to arrange flowers. But no. Here's the Instagram InStyle wrote the headline about:
So Guy was the name of her dog. And the dog was not participating in the flower arranging. He was just running around the general area. I don't know much about flower arranging, but I do have some confidence in my word arranging, and that headline needs work. But I'm not doing the work. I'm writing this post to say that I find my misreading delightful and enjoy thinking about this phantom character, the dog guy. I kind of am married to a dog guy. If we ever get a dog, I want to name him Whisperer so I can go around referring to my "Dog Whisperer." Or do you prefer Whiskerer? I can tell you Grok thought both names were brilliant.
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I'm sorry, but I'm in the button down crowd that thinks of an LL Bean shirt. It also has a button collar -- maybe that's where the definition skewed.
In other "button" usage: While gaming with friends from the UK I said, "Let's button up that open door." They had no idea what I meant.
Thank God "Guy" is a good looking dog. One of my Pet peeves is the number of people who get weird/ugly looking dogs. And thanks for the link to the password with Lucy.
“I kind of am married to a dog guy.”
Is Meade kind of a dog guy (what I assume you meant) or are you kind of married to him? Meade, this is your chit to finally get a dog.
I clicked through to the Instagram video of the flower arranging, and realized that I helped to monetize Meghan's quotidian vapidity. I feel used, and a bit dirty.
Cute as a button!
I don't know about you guys, but, I just can't get enough Meghan Markle in MY life.
If I had a dog I would be tempted to name him Style.
I'm gonna button up my room so I can buckle down and get some work done in private.
"I'm not going to ask why it's a story that she wore a shirt while doing something ...
"Influencers" pay for these "stories" to be written about them. The "news" site InStyle of course will print these because it's free content for them that they can sell advertising around.
This particular site is run virtually 100% by women and they only hire women or gay men (in defiance of our discrimination laws.) IAC (the owner of InStyle, also owns People, The Daily Beast and about 12 other digital properties.) Barry Diller, who just came out as gay at 85, is one of the principal owners.
You are the product, of course, Ann.
FormerLawClerk said...
"This particular site is run virtually 100% by women and they only hire women or gay men (in defiance of our discrimination laws.) IAC (the owner of InStyle, also owns People, The Daily Beast and about 12 other digital properties.) Barry Diller, who just came out as gay at 85, is one of the principal owners."
To be fair, only women and gay men have style.
If it said “Guy dog”, it would be misconstrued.
"Is Meade kind of a dog guy (what I assume you meant) or are you kind of married to him?"
No, I meant I kind of am married to a dog guy.
You could instead cash the chit for a trip to Paris, or Boston if you prefer. A Rolex? Or a nice bolo tie.
For someone with such a lofty title, fame, and wealth, she seems to live a rather sad little life. She seems like the kind of person who repeatedly alienates friends and relatives, and finds herself inexplicably lonely, except for cowering employees and ass kissing sycophants who tolerate her for their own agenda. I hope she finds fulfillment in her family life.
button down collars.. what is the purpose of these?
I've got several fishing shirts with these, and i Do NOT see the point
anyone want to explain?
You're getting pretty cozy with Grok. Does Meade know about Grok?
I have a somewhat regular guest at my Airbnb who lives locally in a halfway house. He brings his dog and spends three days sitting on the patio with his big dog drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. We call him Dog Guy.
Does she pronounce Guy like "Gee" like the French do (and Guy Fawkes likely did)?
MM is trying so, so hard to become the next Martha Stewart. I'm sure there is a detailed business plan on this.
Everything I know about flower arranging I learned from Monty Python
Flower Arranging
Meghan Markle is the Lena Dunham of the Royal Family.
"And the dog was not participating in the flower arranging. "
The quick brown princess jumped over the lazy dog.
A St. Bernard?
I'm going to name my next dog Spur. So when I take him for walks, I can say, "Heel, Spur."
“button down collars.. what is the purpose of these?
I've got several fishing shirts with these, and i Do NOT see the point
anyone want to explain?”
So’s you can button down your hatches, mate.
"I'm not going to ask why it's a story that she wore a shirt while doing something ...".
If the story were that she did something while not wearing a shirt, I might be interested enough to click the link. Might.
Her Dog, Guy.
Was this the blog that called attention last month to the photo of Meghan doing her gardening all dressed in spotless white?
Of course it was.
In school, we learned that commas were necessary for apposition, but InStyle started out as part of the Time Inc. empire, and Time was always known for usages like "Tycoon Chrysler," "Dictator Mussolini," and probably "Dog Snoopy."
This is InStyle's attempt to show "the best people the best people".
“- in my day, a “button-down” was a shirt with a button-down collar…”
That is the correct definition. Period.
“I can tell you Grok thought both names were brilliant. ”
Grok is a brown-noser.
It's shells within shells. Meredith owns People and InStyle, and IAC owns Meredith. I was familiar with Meredith's women's magazines, so I wondered which came first, Meredith as a woman's name or Meredith as a publisher of women's magazines.
Meredith's first magazine was Successful Farming. Successful Farming is still going strong, though Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, and Money are no longer published. Yet Money is still sending me emails. It persists as an online publication.
Looking at the video, I am pretty sure the "arrangement expert" influencer ... is holding the pruning shears upside down!
We should all go to non-experts to get our "expert" advice.
Ignorant but woke.
Frankly, Meade doesn't need a dog. He already gets to take you out for a walk every morning at sunrise.
Harry and Meghan are the only celebs I pay any attention to. The discrete charm of the bourgeiosie....
The problem with the headline is that it takes the focus off Meghan. Someone from InStyle needs to be a head shorter.
Almost tricked me into reading about Meghan Markle.
Well at least she had some clothes on. Thank fortune for small favors.
Could be worse. It could have been her big dog Dick.
JSM
People you really need to keep up! Catherine, Princess of Wales, just had a new rose named after her. She’s been all the over the press because with the sale of every rose bush the proceeds go to the cancer hospital where she was treated. Meghan has to get HER rose story out there, too! We really should be talking about Harry, ringing random doorbells in London looking for “his mate”! And he had no security which of course we have all been told numerous times it is not safe for him to in England without security paid for by the government!
Imam said..
"So’s you can button down your hatches, mate."
nope, there's a Velcro patch above the left breast pocket for that
I vote for Whiskerer. It will be inevitably shortened. Then you can come home and shout, so all the neighbors can hear you, “Where’s my Whiskey.”
Love how these USA Pols and Royals pretend they can't afford their own private security and need their Governments to provide it. Of course, if you're a POTUS or a Candidate for POTUS, you need secret service - too many nuts and its too complicated - you need the pros from Dover.
Prince Harry can afford his own security. He's not the King, he's a two-bit royal.
Mitt Romney not only paid a security firm 5000 dollars/day to protect him after J6, he spend another $5,000 to protect his family in Utah. He was hysterical over the idea that "Trump crazed mobs" would attack his wife.
Imagine Mormons attacking Mitt Romney's wife - LOL. But then Mittens is a self-proclaimed scaredy-cat. He's a coward - and proud of it!
Meghan Markle won't be the next Martha Stewart since pictures of her doing anything resemble those pictures captioned, "what is wrong with this picture?" I clicked over to the article on Meghan making her signature jam since I expect to be making non-signature Wild Swan jam as soon as Wisconsin warms up enough for things to grow - say, July. Anyhow, I noted: Wooden breadboard directly behind a stove burner; salad spoon hanging on stove hook; a kitchen implement (not pot or pan) on a hook above and behind the burners; no mise en place; no raspberry juice splashed about ... Oh, why pick on her? She isn't going to replace Martha Stewart or the Queen or anybody who does anything; she's Hollywood. She seems to be happily filling a bowl with ice cubes, seemingly getting ready for drinks and doing it well. "Seeming" is what she does well. (Bowl too small for the large ice cube tray under her hand).
Guy with bitch.
Ahh, sweet, Meghan is virtue signaling that she adopted one of the beagles that were rescued from the life of being part of Fauci clinical trials at NIH.
I don't understand how this lady is still in the news. She was married to a royal, but now she's not. What is there to report on? Apparently that she wore a shirt while arranging flowers...
Meghan is a GINORMOUS bore.
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