The GUILD 9-20-2002 The softness of women

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have been reading threads outside of The Guild, and frankly I am appalled at the meanness that some people show to others. I will gladly report that I have never seen any of this truly vile behavior express by any of my friends on the Guild.

I am so glad that I can come here for a breath of fresh air. You are all true ladies and gentlemen. Bless your hearts.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Ping

[mountaineer]

Why, thank you. We are indeed ladies and gentlemen, well-bred, demure and the epitome of good behaiovr (I hope that doesn't mean we can't appreciate this, from NY Daily News):

House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) impressed fellow congressmen Tuesday after a pesky fly had been landing on top Republicans for about 45 minutes during a private GOP meeting on Iraq. DeLay - a former exterminator - "kind of squinted and reached slowly, slowly and caught the fly in midair," writes Roll Call's Ed Henry. DeLay then stomped "all over it," crowing, "The Democrats are next" over the applause ...

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

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To: lodwick; Iowa Granny; BigWaveBetty; Teacup; All

A WEEK before she announced she was quitting her magazine, former "Queen of Nice" Rosie O'Donnell shocked patrons at the Cafe Carlyle with her not-so-nice behavior.

O'Donnell was underdressed and overly loud on Sept. 9 when she sat with her pregnant girlfriend, Kelly, in the front row at her pal Christine Ebersole's debut cabaret performance. O'Donnell repeatedly yelled out between songs, "She's great! Christine is wonderful! Christine deserves an Emmy!" It prompted one audience member to shout back: "She's already got one - shut up!"

Rosie said she didn't mean to annoy anyone, explaining she was just being Ebersole's cheerleader. And she denied being drunk, as some eyewitnesses claimed she was. "I love Christine Ebersole," O'Donnell told PAGE SIX. "I had four glasses of wine, no dinner, and weigh 200 pounds."

If members of the audience were annoyed at O'Donnell's exuberance, Ebersole certainly wasn't. "Christine wishes me the best and she called me the Sunday after and was quite happy I was having a good time," O'Donnell said. As for her boisterous cheering, O'Donnell noted: "Every time Christine sings, I cry. She is my best friend in show business. She helped me adopt my son, and is the godmother to my children. When her husband was in the hospital, I was there and was the first person he saw when he woke up." [That must have done wonders for his recovery]

Ebersole enjoyed her pal's enthusiasm so much that she introduced O'Donnell to the crowd with, "Ladies and gentlemen, Rosie O'Donnell!" - drawing applause around the room. .... O'Donnell has been under scrutiny ever since she came out of the closet, quit her TV chat show, and cut her hair. Her untimely exit from her Rosie magazine this week prompted one editor to tell the new York Times that she'd "snapped."

But the chubby chatterbox sounded positively cheerful yesterday when we asked what she plans to be up to next. "I am going to produce Boy George's new musical, 'Taboo,' on Broadway. In London it had the best musical debut since Andrew Lloyd Webber."

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134 posted on 9/20/02 9:26 AM Eastern by mountaineer
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'I DON'T mind the lines because when I was younger, I just looked so blank!" says actress Susan Sarandon, talking to Biography magazine about the inevitability of aging. Liz Smith

Someone should tell Susan Sarandon she's pretty darn blank now, as in "completely lacking in active brain cells."

135 posted on 9/20/02 9:28 AM Eastern by mountaineer
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Just bringing this over for you.

And of course ladies and gentlemen can enjoy Page Six.

[mountaineer]

Oh, shoot. "behavior"

[Iowa Granny]

Oh, HLL, you devil, you. The opening to today's Guild thread will simply melt our buddy across the pond.

Hey Mad Ivan: It's "melt down time",,,, Sugar Pie!

And on the topic of your post, HLL. I, too, enjoy the fact that the nastys seldom frequent this thread. There are so many nice people here. I have very dear friends here,,,, some I have met in person and other's I've only met in cyberspace.

[lodwick]

Thanks for the nice clean fresh thread. My apologies to any and all for whatever algore did to his internet and Hyacinth's offspring yesterday.

A tremendous Friday is wished for everyone passing by today.

[MadIvan]

Hey Mad Ivan: It's "melt down time",,,, Sugar Pie!

Pardon me if I simply become a puddle on the floor. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[ohioWfan]

Here's to our beautiful, soft, southern First Lady.....

.....who, though lovely and gentile is, in the words of her husband, "no shrinking violet".....

......who loves to laugh......

.....and who knows a good thing when she sees it! :o)

[mountaineer]

Speaking of things Southern, someone's just bumped an old thread on sweet tea, the quintessential beverage of the South.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!!

[MadIvan]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!!

Good afternoon. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[lodwick]

True Loves Way

[mountaineer]

I probably shouldn't ruin a nice, gentle thread with this, but am lacking in self-control today:

Chelsea Clinton and her companion Ian Klaus, right, pose with Hairspray cast member Harvey Fierstein, who plays Edna, after a performance of the Broadway musical in New York, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

Chelsea Clinton receives an "I Love Link" button from Hairspray cast members Matthew Morrison, who plays Link Larkin, and Marissa Jaret Winokur, who plays Tracy, after a performance of the Broadway musical in New York, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

[lodwick]

Damm - that is brutal. Thanks for giving me something to submit to Yablonski.

Yesterday was my off-day; you can go for it today. ;-)

[mountaineer]

Behind the scenes at the Miss America pageant, an excerpt:

Miss Missouri, Shandi Finnessey, seems genuinely concerned because pageant officials have decided not to allow me to change in the contestants' dressing room, ostensibly because of privacy issues. Where else would I learn how to tape up my breasts? Finnessey kindly demonstrates: You cross your arms, grab the sides and hoist while someone else stretches surgical or, ouch, duct tape across the bottom, two or three strips' worth. story here

[Pippin]

That's a sweet picture!

[Pippin]

What a handsome couple!

[mountaineer]

Quien es mas macho, Ian Klaus o Harvey Fierstein? Es un toss-up, yo creo.

[Aggie Mama]

That's bizzare. I thought I posted on the Guild, but it ended up on the tea thread instead. How strange. Oh well, I'll say what I said over there -- Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm sweet tea.