I dare you to eat that!

[ocnblu]

In the new GQ magazine (with Heath Ledger on the cover and the awesomest Dolce & Gabanna (sp?) ad ever) has a really sick article about weird foods from around the world. I almost choked when I saw the little skinned guinea pig packaged in cellophane. You guys gotta check it out! Edited January 29, 2006 by ocnblu

[Guest YellowJacket894]

A guinea pig? Oh dear god.

[ocnblu]

Yup, and little ducks... cooked INSIDE the egg.

[Croc]

In the new GQ magazine (with Heath Ledger on the cover and the awesomest Dolce & Gabanna (sp?) ad ever)  has a really sick article about weird foods from around the world.  I almost choked when I saw the little skinned guinea pig packaged in cellophane.  You guys gotta check it out!

Are you talking of that ad on, oh, about page 4 or 6 that has like 6 guys in various states of undress with their crotches in each others' faces? I thought that was in extremely poor taste and is part of the reason I'm not renewing my GQ subscription.

I didn't read through the entire mag, just at the "new looks" and was very pleased to see skinny ties back this year (I totally called it, too).

[ocnblu]

The ad is about pushing the envelope. It's outrageous, sure. And they're not "in each other's faces", either. You could have laughed it off ya know. Instead, you had to be a prude.

And don't hijack my thread with your drivel! This is about "shock food". Those chittlins are nasssty!

[Croc]

The ad is about pushing the envelope.  It's outrageous, sure.  And they're not "in each other's faces", either.  You could have laughed it off ya know.  Instead, you had to be a prude.

And don't hijack my thread with your drivel!

Not being a prude at all. I just subscribed to the magazine that had been promoting itself as THE magazine for the fashion-concious gentleman. Well, it met and exceeded expectations up until about 5 months ago, when it just started to get (sorry, no better way to put this) "gayer." I'm not placing a value judgment on that at all, but it just isn't what I think should be in a magazine like GQ given their target demographic: young, affluent, professional, heterosexual males. If they want to change their targeting, fine. I just don't think the ad was tasteful, nor do I think it was appropriate for GQ. That ad would be far more appropriate in The Advocate.

And why would I have laughed it off? The realistic reaction is more like "$h!, I hope no one saw me looking at that!"

Edited January 29, 2006 by Croc

[Croc]

So...which country had the shrink-wrapped guinea pig? Phillipines?

Aren't chittlins the Southern delicacy of pig intestines filled with blood?

Edited January 29, 2006 by Croc

[ocnblu]

Croc, why are you so dense? All men's fashion magazines have been "gay" for years. GQ is certainly no exception. Perhaps you've chosen to overlook this fact while you look at all those pretty boys wearing the latest from Fifth Avenue.

Now... back on topic if it's not too late thanks to you. Who here has tried boiled monkey brain, cooked, then served right in the head? I saw that in a movie once... *vomit*

Edited January 29, 2006 by ocnblu

[Croc]

Croc, why are you so dense?  All men's fashion magazines have been "gay" for years.  GQ is certainly no exception.  Perhaps you've chosen to overlook this fact while you look at all those pretty boys wearing the latest from Fifth Avenue.

Um, so GQ doesn't have the reputation of being a gay-interest magazine, especially with their features on beautiful women, girlfriend advice, etc., though continuing their current direction they soon will.

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Haven't tried any of those, though I wouldn't be against it.

Question: were the ducks like little fetus-things? Cuz my Asian friend had a picture of these duck fetus delicacies she had at Thanksgiving and they looked gross and sound eerily similar to what you're describing.

Edited January 29, 2006 by Croc

[ocnblu]

Yes, the little embryo ducklings, all brown and slimy, cooked inside the egg... first thing ya gotta do when you crack it open is drink the fluid, then slurp up the tiny duck!

I'm surprised you haven't considered men's fashion magazines to be soft gay porn... for years and years.

Edited January 29, 2006 by ocnblu

[Croc]

Liane says they're good...maybe I'll try them one day...

[ocnblu]

Ewwwww.... that's disgusting!

[Cory Wolfe]

Fashion... for guys... not gay? Well, I wouldn't know... I'm not interested in fashion. Or anything else associated with it... Ugh... fashion. Interests me about as much as reading about tampons. And no, that is not an exaggeration.

Anyways, all of that sounds absolutely disgusting. I think I threw up in my mouth just reading about it. I'm glad that I'm a super picky eater, now... Really glad.

[Croc]

I'm surprised you haven't considered men's fashion magazines to be soft gay porn... for years and years.

Bits of A&F Quarterly could be viewed as soft core gay porn as well. It's really what you want to read into it.

There was some photo used in I think a Calvin Klein ad of two shirtless guys on a boat sailing (and trying very hard not to fall off)...and a lot of people thought it was really gay and much ado was made over it.........when it turned out to be a real-life father and son in an action shot as they were about to capsize.

It's really what you choose to read into it, and in the case of GQ, most of their models are pretty masculine-looking, and the amount of space devoted to (non-ad) fashion is much less than is devoted to Lifestyle and Tech-Gadgets. So, no, I never really considered GQ to be a gay-themed publication.

[ocnblu]

OK, I don't know about you boys, but I'm gonna fry me up some beef tongue and some haysh brown portaytas this mornin'. YUM!

ew... or maybe not. :AH-HA_wink:

[Sixty8panther]

Yup, and little ducks... cooked INSIDE the egg.

That $h! was on Fear factor and it looked NASTY. I'd rather go bobbing fpr plastic rings in pig's blood, climb some rotating tower and flip a '79 Camaro then hae to do just that one stunt.

The Duck is still all Fetal position and it's eyes are all swollen. Grrrrrrrros!

[Robert Hall]

Ewwww...$h! like that is enough for me to become vegetabletarian.

Hmm...I had BBQ ribs tonight for dinner..tasty. I just have to keep telling myself that beef, pork and chicken are vegetables.

[Sixty8panther]

Ewwww...$h! like that is enough for me to become vegetabletarian.

Hmm...I had BBQ ribs tonight for dinner..tasty. I just have to keep telling myself that beef, pork and chicken are vegetables.

Red meat is never going to be absent from my diet. Last time me and my buddy Robin went camping we consumed nothing but steak tips, potatoe-and-beef-sew, beef-jerkey, water and beer for three days. Well on one beer run I had a bar of chocolate.

[trinacriabob]

Dolce & Gabanna (sp?)

Dolce and Gabbana...close.

[ocnblu]

Cool. I knew you were a fan. Thanks, CB! B)

[Enzora]

Fashion... for guys... not gay?

I take offense to the implication that there's something gay about being fashionable. C'mon, Croc, let's go have some nice heterosexual fun and try on some cute outfits!

[PONTIAC06]

Fashion, bah. As long as I can go out in public without anyone confusing me with a homeless person I'm good to go. B)

Fo Sho...as long as i'm comfy i don't really give a damn...

[trinacriabob]

Cool.  I knew you were a fan.  Thanks, CB! B)

Not a fan at all. Wouldn't touch their overpriced $h! with a 10 foot pole. Have never paid retail for nice threads. Can you spell o-u-t-l-e-t?

Just taking any opportunity to catch a grammatical/spelling faux pas executed by my good buddy PB, especially when it butchers my native tongue.

[Croc]

Not a fan at all.  Wouldn't touch their overpriced $h! with a 10 foot pole.  Have never paid retail for nice threads.  Can you spell o-u-t-l-e-t? 

Just taking any opportunity to catch a grammatical/spelling faux pas executed by my good buddy PB, especially when it butchers my native tongue. 

heh...Bluefly.com is a godsend. I've gotten great deals on sunglasses from D&G, Diesel and Diesel's sport brand 55DSL.

[ocnblu]

Bob! Fair enough. :AH-HA_wink:

[Sixty8panther]

Fashion, bah. As long as I can go out in public without anyone confusing me with a homeless person I'm good to go. B)

Well spoken. I think Fashion is ridiculous. To spend the eqivelant of a used car on clothing in a year is silly when you can spend 1/4 of that on decent clothes and be just as comfortable if not more. But hey, to each his own.

[the_yellow_dart]

Sixty8 - it's all about perception. Think about the person who buys a Metro, thinking, 'why would i spend all that money on <insert muscle or luxury car here> and all the gas when I can get by for 1/4 the price??'

We value cars the way some people value clothing.

[Black and Blue Landscaper]

^ sad but true....about the cars, its all about what is important, you know where you wanna throw your money, but you know what it balances our economy, cept all those silly people buying toyotas...<i dont wanna hear crap about me saying that im joking and not, so just leave me alone! ha!

[Croc]

Gonna be honest: If you could convince me that the shirts at Wal*Mart were of the same soft, high-quality cotten and every bit as fashionable as the stuff on bluefly.com you could convince me to spend less. That said, I have yet to see a cheap Tshirt feel anywhere near as nice and soft as my Camp Beverly Hills Tshirt. That shirt is the most comfortable T I own and is therefore worth every cent of the $25-$30 it cost me (retail: $65)

Edited January 31, 2006 by Croc

[trinacriabob]

Gonna be honest: If you could convince me that the shirts at Wal*Mart were of the same soft, high-quality cotten and every bit as fashionable as the stuff on bluefly.com you could convince me to spend less.  That said, I have yet to see a cheap Tshirt feel anywhere near as nice and soft as my Camp Beverly Hills Tshirt.  That shirt is the most comfortable T I own and is therefore worth every cent of the $25-$30 it cost me (retail: $65)

There's a happy medium. I will buy nice things...but only on sale. To put around after work or on weekends, a college t-shirt, some $22 CK jeans from Costco and some tennis shoes from Big 5 or thongs are sufficient. To go to work, I will get some Bill Blass stuff or whatever Macy's has that is fairly timeless and do it through a sale or the outlets. I believe in buying stuff that will hold up for a while in terms of applicability. I have neither the time nor the interest in following fashion. I have never bought a GQ or similar magazine... I don't need to be told what to wear. I think that when we start giving these magazines the clout to give us a list of "shoulds" (you should look like this, dress like this), then there will little to blur us from women (who seem to buy into that stuff and give reason to a whole parade of useless magazines to exist).

By the way, Croc, you spelled cotton incorrectly. Get with the program. :AH-HA_wink:

[Croc]

By the way, Croc, you spelled cotton incorrectly.  Get with the program. :AH-HA_wink:

My typing's gone to &#036;h&#33; recently. Too many late nights...busy semester but I love it!

BTW--I don't buy GQ to tell me what to wear...mainly just to get some ideas and such. I think half of what they are selling is ridiculous, plus their fashion is all New York and mine is way more Californian. Plus, I think my sense of style is pretty keen...I knew skinny ties were gonna make a come back this year before I read it in GQ.

[ocnblu]

[Croc]

[z28luvr01]

[z28luvr01]

This is why I'm not into fashion. Clothes serve me one purpose: so I can go outside without getting arrested. Therefore, I buy clothes that fit nice, last a long time, and cost as little as possible. Aside from a twice a year trip to an outlet store, I rely on Christmas and brthdays to acquire new clothing.

[Croc]

This is why I'm not into fashion. Clothes serve me one purpose: so I can go outside without getting arrested. Therefore, I buy clothes that fit nice, last a long time, and cost as little as possible. Aside from a twice a year trip to an outlet store, I rely on Christmas and brthdays to acquire new clothing.

Yea, I saw that on Bluefly and wondered why they had women's apparel in the men's section...

[ocnblu]

Uh... *knock knock*... dudes, "to exist" is one of the most popular overpriced brands for the gays. Check it out next time you're around Dupont Circle.

[mustang84]

I buy clothes from American Eagle and Aeropostle, but only a couple times a year and usually when there's a sale. I don't see a need to spend $50 on only one pair of jeans. I've always avoided $$+ places like the Buckle, Abercrombie & Fitch, etc. because sales are rare and it's almost guaranteed that you will spend $80 for one T-shirt and jeans. There's a place down in Omaha called Gordman's that sells brand name stuff for almost half the price. I've picked up a few $25 pair of nice jeans there that have lasted me over a year.

There definitely is a difference in quality in proportion to price. I used to get jeans that were usually $20 or less from a store in the mall called Rue 21 (now gone), but they were still pretty nice looking. The thing was, the material was so coarse and cheap that I either outgrew them or they got holes within 3-4 months. Meanwhile, my American Eagle jeans that I bought for $29 on sale have lasted me a year and a half without shrinkage or holes forming.

[trinacriabob]

This is why I'm not into fashion. Clothes serve me one purpose: so I can go outside without getting arrested. Therefore, I buy clothes that fit nice, last a long time, and cost as little as possible. Aside from a twice a year trip to an outlet store, I rely on Christmas and brthdays to acquire new clothing.

Hey, Z, look at your sig. A "Lawn Guylander" has been westernized. But, don't lose that accent. :AH-HA_wink: But you are right, that is my rationale in acquiring clothing, though I do have to dress reasonably well 2 to 3 days of the week.

Edited February 2, 2006 by trinacriabob

[z28luvr01]

Yep, I'm a Westerner trapped on the East Coast. I absolutely love it out there. The dry air, the openness of the roads (once you get out of city limits)...it's all for me. I hate like hell to leave my entire family behind early, but I might just do it anyway.

[Croc]

Yep, I'm a Westerner trapped on the East Coast. I absolutely love it out there. The dry air, the openness of the roads (once you get out of city limits)...it's all for me. I hate like hell to leave my entire family behind early, but I might just do it anyway.

The West is where it's at, man...

:cue Phantom Planet: