All Posts Tagged With: "Etiquette"

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I’m Being Honest with You Here: Your Cologne Can Gag a Maggot

Back in the old days, before bathtubs were common, people were awfully stenchy, and to hide that stenchiness, they attempted to cover it up with perfume. (Can you imagine? Rose water and lavender oil on top of weeks of body odor and greasy skin? Gag!) These days, we not only have showers and tubs, but [...]

1Nov2008 | Lola | 1 comment | Continued
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Leave the Bitchiness to the Paris Hiltons of the World

This afternoon, I was sitting eating a salad in a deli and at the next table, there sat a couple of raucous young girls who seemed to model themselves after Paris Hilton if Paris Hilton wore knockoff fashions and accessories. Tentatively circling them was a young fellow whose manner and appearance was a lot like [...]

13Oct2008 | Lola | 1 comment | Continued
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No, I DON’T Want a “Booty Call”!

I’m getting sick to death of getting vulgar and disgusting messages from strangers on MySpace, Friendster, and so on. The latest one said simply “Booty call?” Yeah, right: I’m gonna drop what I’m doing to run right out to meet some creep in the middle of the night for anonymous sex. Think about it, douchebrain: [...]

27Sep2008 | Lola | 0 comments | Continued
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Operator! Disconnect Me from My Date!

I had a date the other night with a man who seemed sooo perfect, I thought I’d hit the dating jackpot: an architect, he was funny, charming, handsome, a sharp dresser, clever, and he smelled so good I could eat him. I was so excited getting ready for our date, I walked out the door [...]

21Sep2008 | Lola | 1 comment | Continued
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Phone numbers are so last century!

If you’re still knocking yourself out to get phone numbers, stop and think: what would you do with one if you got it anyway? What good would it do you? You’d call from your cellphone, and a bad connection would mean one or both of you would have to repeat what you’d said, or shout; [...]

9Aug2008 | Lola | 0 comments | Continued