More Signs of The Apocalypse: Snuggies Make NY Fashion Week

"The blankets you wear, made popular on TV infomercials, went high fashion with a runway show during Fashion Week Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 in New York."

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[Rich]

Sorry, but those animal prints are ... you know.

[John Tagliaferro]

Sorry, but those animal prints are ... you know.

So New Jersey.

[Rich]

So New Jersey.

Shh, don't let Nipplemancer hear you!

[Jon Stewart]

Your pimp costume appears to be a fur coat over your Andover uniform.

[ben tej]

Both of those women look like they've been drugged--especially the one on the right.

[domoarrigato]

Both of those women look like they've been drugged--especially the one on the right.

How else do yu think they got them to wear that? As this picture was being taken, the midget off screen is being fluffed for the follow up shoot...

[Naga Sadow]

Aren't those the women from Absolutely Fabulous?

[domoarrigato]

only in Cincinnati: Fashion Capital of the midwest

[Chnny Chin Chin]

I'm waiting until Snuggies are made out of the Shamwow material. Add a digital clock to one of those suckers and you'd have the Worlds Most Perfect Product, Ever.

[John Tagliaferro]

Both of those women look like they've been drugged--especially the one on the right.

So that is what's making her the most appealing one to me. I see another book cover there.

[Naga Sadow]

How did Ohio end up in the midwest anyway? There should be some sort of cutoff. Illinois, your in. Indiana? Your out. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where the hell do you think you're going Ohio?

[Pro Libertate]

Since the division between East and West in the U.S. is generally considered to be the Mississippi, many of the states that call themselves "Midwest" aren't at all "West."

[John Tagliaferro]

Since the division between East and West in the U.S. is generally considered to be the Mississippi, many of the states that call themselves "Midwest" aren't at all "West."

IIRC, it was when the States did not extand all that far west. Do the New Yorkers still call Ohio "the fronteer" on occasion, or is it always flyover country?

[plutosdad]

That's not fasion, that's furry porn.

[John Thacker]

IIRC, it was when the States did not extand all that far west.

Well, yeah. It used to be called the "Northwest" or "Northwest Territory," but that got silly.

[GILMORE]

John Tagliaferro | September 17, 2009, 9:43am | #
Do the New Yorkers still call Ohio "the fronteer" on occasion, or is it always flyover country?

Oh, no.

Most people call it "lame".

Except for the football of course.

If someone says they're from Ohio, everyone will nod politely and then quickly change the subject.

[Citizen Nothing]

I'm from Ohio.

Yep. It worked.

[Citizen Nothing]

We also say "yep."

[Adderall Apocalypse]

What? Did somebody say "apocalypse"? My ears were ringing.

*pst*! Nick! "Apocalypse" doesn't *really* mean "the end of the world." You knew that, right?

[Rhywun]

How did Ohio end up in the midwest anyway?

Dude, western NY is midwest--in food, culture, rust belty-ness, and language, at least.

Do the New Yorkers still call Ohio "the fronteer" on occasion, or is it always flyover country?

We call it "Ohio".

[jtuf]

I went to Bryant Park this week to look at the NYC Fashion Week tent. Here are some thoughts.

1) I'm glad that New York State allows women to be topless outside. However I think Fashion Week organizers should of kept the toppless models in the tent instead of applying body paint on them right in front of the carrousel.

2)There were some anti-fur protestors outside the tent. Apparently, cows still are not cute enough to inspire an anti-leather protest.

3)Speaking of leather, I've read that 3.1 Phillip Lim launched his first menswear show this year. It features leather. One of his dress shirts has metal studs on the collar. I guess nothing says loyal employee better than showing up to the office with a studded collar. It's great to see bondage gear break out of Chelsea and into SoHo.

[Warren]

The Midwest are all states East of or bordering the Mississippi without saltwater coastline, except Vermont.

[Timon19]

Ohio is simultaneously part of three broad regions: the Midwest (from the post-NW Territory days), the Northeast, and the Great Lakes.

Culturally, the Northeastern part of the state is at least as much a part of the Northeast as the Midwest.

It's why Ohio is test market heaven. It's sort of a microcosm of most of the country.

[Naga Sadow]

Whoa. What have I started?

[Citizen Nothing]

I think you accidentally summoned the ghost of Rand McNally.
Or something.

(Isn't he the guy running for Senate in Ky.?(Which ISN'T in the midwest, by the way.))

[Timon19]

Whoa. What have I started?

Nothing good, man.

[Timon19]

Considering that most Northeasterners' grasp of geography leads them to believe there is no difference between Ohio, Idaho and Iowa, and that they're all within a few hours' drive of one another, I'd like to think I'm providing a service.

[bookworm]

Men look so silly in those blankets. They look like monks.

[Naga Sadow]

Good question, CN. I propose that Kentucky be considered the south. That way if anyone starts getting lippy about the south, we can shut off bourbon supplies to that state. That'll make em' tow the lion.

[Episiarch]

I'm from Ohio.

CN went back to Ohio, but his city was gone.

[Citizen Nothing]

Hey, ho, way to go, Epi.

[Naga Sadow]

Epi,

Ohio? Fictional.

[EJM]

More Signs of The Apocalypse: Snuggies Make NY Fashion Week

And, in a complete coincidence, Pavement announces a reunion "world tour" starting in Central Park next September.

[Episiarch]

Don't forget, boners: Always Sunny premiere tonight.

[Citizen Nothing]

True, Naga.
James Thurber invented Ohio for a New Yorker short story back in '42.

[Timon19]

Muzak is filling the air.

[Naga Sadow]

Epi,

Fuck yeah! I can't wait for it to begin.

CN,

Yep. Sorta how Wyoming was created. Damn cartographers couldn't get their shit drawn right. Just named the empty space "Wyoming" on their maps. Now we got gypsies and other road people running around claiming to be from "Wyoming". It's a sad state of affairs.

[Pro Libertate]

Wouldn't Ohio be more properly categorized as a Mid-Atlantic state? Or as a Non-Football state?

[Chris]

Too bad my oven isn't gas-powered. Because if it was I would stick my head in it...

[Pro Libertate]

Chris,

I understand. When I worked at Ohio State, many of my co-workers felt the same, even confessing to me that their more recent national title was of questionable validity. I simply nodded and said, "Good thing there's no playoff system, huh?"

[Ravac]

Considering that most Northeasterners' grasp of geography leads them to believe there is no difference between Ohio, Idaho and Iowa, and that they're all within a few hours' drive of one another, I'd like to think I'm providing a service.

Thank you for the effort, but it still doesn't help. They're still all 'those square states out there somewhere' to me Timon.

[Timon19]

I understand. When I worked at Ohio State, many of my co-workers felt the same, even confessing to me that their more recent national title was of questionable validity.

It's impolite to dump the contents of your mental fantasies into a public message board (unless you're SugarFree).

[Pro Libertate]

Timon19,

I feel your pain. I mock it a little, but I feel it.

I work with an FSU alum who is really suffering after almost losing to a 1-AA team (!?) and dreading, yes, dreading an encounter with BYU this weekend. It's no fun being down.

[Timon19]

Considering I (and if they're honest, a whole lot of other Buckeye fans) thought we'd be run off the field Saturday, I'm OK with losing to #3 in the country.

I'd love to hear the (completely fictional) co-workers' arguments as to how our National Championship was questionably valid.

[Pro Libertate]

I think it was more about the school's frequent suicide attempts on the field, coupled with losing, well, always to SEC teams that caused the angst.

Wish we had one of those playoff thingees. They have it in every other division of college football, after all.

[John Tagliaferro]

James Thurber invented Ohio for a New Yorker short story back in '42.

Didn't I read right here in my lurker days that Ohio was invented to prosicute people for income tax fraud, or something? And then they put fringe on the flag.

[T]

I work with an FSU alum who is really suffering after almost losing to a 1-AA team (!?) and dreading, yes, dreading an encounter with BYU this weekend. It's no fun being down.

No, but it's fun to mock. I'm surrounded (and married to) giddy Houston alumni who are ecstatic about the possibility of having a good team this year. If they crater spectacularly, I will probably end up on the couch for the foreseeable future since I can't always contain my mockery.

[T]

Insert the word "by" in there somewhere appropriate.

[John Tagliaferro]

If they crater spectacularly, I will probably end up on the couch for the foreseeable future since I can't always contain my mockery.

I hear a babysitter can make that experience more comfortable. Just check the divorced celebrity files.

[Flying Monkey]

O - HI - O.

[Citizen Nothing]

No. Ohio's flag is pennant-shaped. That's the tip-off that the state is fictional.

[Citizen Nothing]

Thurber and Mencken also invented Warren G. Harding during a drunken evening at the Saturday Night Club in Baltimore.

[Federal Dog]

"Men look so silly in those blankets. They look like monks."

Quit hating on the snuggies.

That being said, what's with the chick in the snuggie and sunglasses?

[T]

That being said, what's with the chick in the snuggie and sunglasses?

She still has the brightness of incandescent bulbs and they burn so.

[JB]

Just wow.

This is fucking scary. And racist.

[JB]

Maybe we can turn 'racist' into the new 'gay'.

Highschooler: 'Did you see Obama's mom jeans? Those were so gay!!1!'

New hipper highschooler: 'Did you see Obama's mom jeans? Those were so racist!!1!'

[Tonio]

That'll make em' tow the lion.

Naga, buddy, I believe the phrase is "toe the line," figuratively to come to order after the literal meaning of lining up with the toes just touching a (possibly imaginary) line.

[Pro Libertate]

The phrase is actually, "Smell the glove."

[Citizen Nothing]

I believe the phrase is "toe the line,"

Don't we have some kind of Wiki for newbies somewhere?

[Mike Laursen]

Yes, my toddler wears one of these when he sleeps at night. It's called a sleep sack.

[Pro Libertate]

A Sleestak?

[Jonas]

According to the US Census Bureau, the Midwestern United States are:
Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

For those who were wondering.