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June 11, 2004
Probably Too Expensive For Jim
Walking around the Avenues of Park and 5th tonite, i discovered some common patterns of extravagance. Let me define them in terms of Jim, a hypothetical, middle-income guy who makes enough cash to have a good life but also can't just go out and buy that Porsche he's been desiring since he was 16. So...
-- if a hotel has a name, especially a stuffy European name like Worchester or Dorchester or Morchester, it is probably too expensive for Jim;
-- if a jewelry store's shiny rings and necklaces magically disappear from their display cases every night after closing, the jewelry is probably too expensive for Jim;
-- if a building's lobby is bigger than any house you've ever seen, and has an American flag on the wall that is big enough to cover the biggest house you've ever seen, whatever is inside is probably too expensive for Jim;
-- if a furniture store seems to have nothing in it except an old kitchen sink with a spotlight shining on it, that old kitchen sink is probably for sale, and it is probably too expensive for Jim;
-- if a clothing store has nothing in its display windows except billions of pieces of popcorn piled two feet deep, the clothing is probably too expensive for Jim;
-- if a restaurant serves ice cream sundaes with peanuts in separate little bags that you must put on yourself, then it is a McDonald's, and... well, Jim can probably afford this (because that's what i bought on my way home...)
Posted by MaTT at June 11, 2004 12:04 AM
Comments
For some reason, I never think of McDonalds as a "Restaurant"
Yeah, those clothing stores (thinking of them, I hadn't seen the show but for one episode when I was there) remind me of the SATC girls and Cari's love affair with $400 shoes. I got my cute black flats at payless for $5 and I love them, I couldn't imagine paying that kind of money for something as temporary or unimportant as shoes
They are playing the Reagan funeral on CNN in the grad and I can hear the organ music and its starting to really get to me. I mean really get to me
Posted by: at June 11, 2004 12:50 PM
JUST as I was waiting for that comment to post, some woman said "I'm ready for it to end," priceless
PS: that was me above
Posted by: Urs at June 11, 2004 12:52 PM
Shoes are very important!
I like Jim. :)
Posted by: srah at June 11, 2004 05:06 PM
Speaking of a "Restaurant", i should go look for "The Restaurant", as in Rocco's!
Women and their shoes, or purses for that matter... i saw chic shops dedicated to both of them... %)
and were you posting at 3am, srah? or maybe TypePad translates the timezone?
Posted by: MaTT at June 12, 2004 09:39 PM
Hmmm... I think Typepad must have been converting because, while I've been up late, I don't think I've been up THAT late!
Go to Rocco's! Beat him up!
Posted by: srah at June 13, 2004 08:08 AM
Yes, please beat him up, him and the entire waitstaff
Posted by: Urs at June 13, 2004 11:26 AM
I just realized that I wrote Cari as in our friend when I really meant Carrie Bradshaw, the main character and Narrator of SATC...... very, very strange
Posted by: Urs at June 14, 2004 03:31 PM
I was wondering if it was our Cari who liked $400 shoes -- i guessed it could be, but that would be pretty ridiculous, even for her ;)
Posted by: MaTT at June 15, 2004 11:19 PM
i find it amusing that the way to spell cari/carrie is c-a-r-i because thats a not normal spelling
Posted by: Urs at June 16, 2004 02:57 PM