Oprah Winfrey- Spoiled rotten or right on target?

[hardnox71]

For those of you who haven't heard about this whole fiasco, here's the deal.....

Oprah was in Paris last week and she ran out to some upscale, ultra expensive store called Hermes to buy a watch. The store had just closed and they refused to let her in the door. It broke her heart and she's been bitching about it every chance she's gotten for the last week. She's chalking this up to the fact that she is black. She's even going to do a show about next month. :rolleyes:

Now, here's my take on this.....

I understand that she has plugged Hermes on her show and has become their unofficial spokeswoman and she, as well as her friends, spends a great deal of money in this store. That's all fine and good. What I'm having a hard time with is the fact that she is so out of touch with reality that she automatically attributes this to racism. I'm really getting sick of everyone saying "It's because I'm black." I've fucking had it with that. She is so arrogant and pompous and self centered that it never crossed her mind that maybe the door wasn't opened for her because THEY WERE CLOSED.

The girl behind the counter works for her money just like Oprah does and I'm sure she wants to go home at the end of the day just like Oprah does. The store has been open all fucking day and she waits until ten minutes after closing to decide she wants to buy a fucking watch.

Fuck you, Oprah. Buy it tomorrow during normal business hours.

Opinions?

[HEIRESS]

I miss watching oprah, stupid job

[RobMoney]

RIGHT FUCKING ON (y)

[cookiepuss]

I don't think it's just about being black, it's about being wealthy and expecting privileges because of money.

In hollywood stores will close down just to let a celeb shop in private. and in hollywood I'm sure if Oprah showed up 10 minutes after closing they'd kiss her ass and let her in. But she wasn't in hollywood la la la land this time and she's frosted that she wasn't given celeb status.

turning this occurance into a racial issue is kind of dispicable. I think this was really about not being afforded the privleges of being a celebrity.

[enree erzweglle]

Was she seriously saying that it was because she was black?

I never got that attitude from her before. But I'm not a huge fan of the show.

[zorra_chiflada]

I never got that attitude from her before. But I'm not a huge fan of the show.

oh, i did. she is a right bitch.

[enree erzweglle]

oh, i did. she is a right bitch.
I heard your accent when I read that.

I think she must be like that to get where she's at, but I've never seen her do anything that made me think twice about her motives.

Granted, I don't explode my head all over the place to watch that show and get her prizes...if I watched more regularly I might see that...?

A friend of mine is all hot to take one of the $29 airfares to Chicago to see Oprah being filmed in September. I'd rather explode my head all over the place than to do that. But I owe her. Fuck. She hasn't mentioned it in 4 weeks so maybe it was a whim. Just a really bad, bad whim.

[QweenOfBoggle]

She is so arrogant and pompous and self centered that it never crossed her mind that maybe the door wasn't opened for her because THEY WERE CLOSED.

The girl behind the counter works for her money just like Oprah does and I'm sure she wants to go home at the end of the day just like Oprah does. The store has been open all fucking day and she waits until ten minutes after closing to decide she wants to buy a fucking watch.

Fuck you, Oprah. Buy it tomorrow during normal business hours.



I agree. I don't really have a problem with her or her show, but that's just stupid to assume it was racism instead of the simple facts.

[zorra_chiflada]

I think she must be like that to get where she's at,.

yes.
sadly, i think most people who possess that kind of power have a major attitude. they would lose it all if they didn't.

[yeahwho]

What would the world be like if we all self indulged ourselves like Oprah?

She is the opposite of my spiritual beliefs. She always has to put her mug next to every cause she is involved in. If I want to find a good book I'll read the NYTimes book review or have it passed on by an actual human in my presence.

She is a self-indulgent bitch, she could at least become active in current events, make a political statement and a call for true peace on this planet. That would be way cooler than giving away cars.

[enree erzweglle]

I know someone who wants to see her run for president.

[marsdaddy]

A little of both. I mean, it's Hermes, for goodness sake. They don't operate a store for the non-spoiled rotten/rich.

I bought mrs. marsdaddy a scarf there once. The box it came in is suede.

[enree erzweglle]

I love it when board members refer to their spouses as mr/s. <screen name>. It makes me smile every time.

I never heard of Hermes before this thread.

[Tzar]

i hope she looses all her money and kills herself. like marlon brando except he was fat.

[ms.peachy]

I never heard of Hermes before this thread.

*gasps* shocking!

Anyway, on topic-
The reports I had read about this said that she was told by a store employee that she wasn't being allowed in "because we've been having a problem with North Africans in here recently". If that isn't racism, then what is?

[enree erzweglle]

*gasps* shocking!

Anyway, on topic-
The reports I had read about this said that she was told by a store employee that she wasn't being allowed in "because we've been having a problem with North Africans in here recently". If that isn't racism, then what is?
Well, if that's true--if that employee said that--then Oprah should be pissed and should draw this out.

Is Hermes like Macys or Lord & Taylors?

[ms.peachy]

Well, if that's true--if that employee said that--then Oprah should be pissed and should draw this out.

Is Hermes like Macys or Lord & Taylors?
Hermes wipes its ass with Macy's or Lord & Taylor. (And just so you know, it's pronounced air-mezz, dahling.)

Re: the employee quote - that's something I'd heard when the story was first reported , a few days back, but after I posted earlier I went and looked up a few more recent articles. It seems there is some debate as to whether it was said or not. Originally in a gossip column item on this matter, it was alleged that this is what had been said by the employee to someone who was in Ms Winfrey's entourage that day. The store disputes this and says its security video recordings do not bear this out, although as yet it would seem that Hermes has not made these security recordings available to the press in support of their claim that no such thing happened. So, who knows.

[enree erzweglle]

Hermes wipes its ass with Macy's or Lord & Taylor. (And just so you know, it's pronounced air-mezz, dahling.)

Re: the employee quote - that's something I'd heard when the story was first reported , a few days back, but after I posted earlier I went and looked up a few more recent articles. It seems there is some debate as to whether it was said or not. Originally in a gossip column item on this matter, it was alleged that this is what had been said by the employee to someone who was in Ms Winfrey's entourage that day. The store disputes this and says its security video recordings do not bear this out, although as yet it would seem that Hermes has not made these security recordings available to the press in support of their claim that no such thing happened. So, who knows.

I suspect we won't ever know for sure.

I've never heard Oprah making claims like this before, so I think I believe her if it was said to her directly and she made the claim. I don't know anyone in her crew, so I don't know to trust them. But I sort of trust her. I'd like to think that she's an okay person--she seems to care, genuinely, about kids and women's issues (a little biased on that latter bit). It's hard to tell from where I sit.

And about Hermes, a classed up store like that should use that as their new tag line on their shopping bags. Shop Hermes. We wipe our ass with Macy's and Lord & Taylor.

Maybe put a little asterisk after that and credit you for it. We got culcha.

[ms.peachy]

And about Hermes, a classed up store like that should use that as their new tag line on their shopping bags. Shop Hermes. We wipe our ass with Macy's and Lord & Taylor.


Damn, you know? I think that's gonna be my new sig line.

[Mcmac]

im pretty sure it didnt happen like that i remeber seeing it on the news.
she didnt just automatically jump to the conclusion that it was because shes black

it went along the lines of her trying to get in and them saying no because they thought she was just "some crazy black woman" and she was like "do you know who i am!!!" but they didnt bieleve that it was opera and she got real angry blablalblalblaba

[enree erzweglle]

Damn, you know? I think that's gonna be my new sig line.
I quoted something from here once in my sig file and then took it out. I should put that back in because it was funny. About the pope wearing purple Hammer pants.

[ms.peachy]

I can't seem to make it be a sig. :( I dunno what I'm doing wrong, it's pretty straightforward, isn't it? I went into user cp, edit signature, pasted it in, pressed save, but nada. I've never had a sig here bofore, so is there some magic hokey pokey step I'm missing or something?

[ms.peachy]

oh wait never mind, there it is. :)

[Documad]

Whatever was said, Oprah was pissed because she's Oprah god damnit and she wasn't given special permission to break the rules re closing time. She's used to getting special treatment everywhere she goes and some lowly French person had the nerve to say the one thing Oprah never hears -- "no."

I can't stand her show because everything is through the eyes of Oprah. Nothing exists unless Oprah is affected by it. This is where she perfectly represents American culture though because we don't give a shit about anything that doesn't affect us personally.

[enree erzweglle]

oh wait never mind, there it is. :)
But wait. That makes it look like I said that bit about the ass wiping.
Those were your words. I just quoted you.
You give me credit for your witty eloquence. The BBMB world will see through it.

[ms.peachy]

But wait. That makes it look like I said that bit about the ass wiping.
Those were your words. I just quoted you.
You give me credit for your witty eloquence. The BBMB world will see through it.

I know, but the putting it on the bags thing? Brilliant! And that's all YOU, babe.

[enree erzweglle]

I know, but the putting it on the bags thing? Brilliant! And that's all YOU, babe.
I don't know what to do with this moment. :o

[adam_f]

In my humble opinion, Oprah is a dirty, filthy whore.

[ms.peachy]

I don't know what to do with this moment. :o
If only Hallmark made a card, just for this. It could have a picture of two anthropomorphicized computers smiling at eachother and holding hands (like the mice could be kinda like paws, you know?) and it would say "To my special message board friend" on the front, and then inside it would have this really crap poem like "You say the nicest things/You really make my day/Even though you're a total stranger/And really far away." Wouldn't that be just super?

[enree erzweglle]

If only Hallmark made a card, just for this. It could have a picture of two anthropomorphicized computers smiling at eachother and holding hands (like the mice could be kinda like paws, you know?) and it would say "To my special message board friend" on the front, and then inside it would have this really crap poem like "You say the nicest things/You really make my day/Even though you're a total stranger/And really far away." Wouldn't that be just super?
I'd buy that card, ms.peachy. I buy a lot of cards. It's a problem I have. I never/rarely send them. I just buy them. I'd buy that card.

[Parkey]

She was in France for fucks sake; they probably had no idea who she was and (most importantly) she was American! The French fucking loathe Americans as much as they do the British.

[Nuzzolese]

She was in France for fucks sake; they probably had no idea who she was and (most importantly) she was American! The French fucking loathe Americans as much as they do the British.

We've made it to Brit-loathing status over there?! Yessss, thank you Mister President. First I was imagining Oprah by herself until the mention of someone in her entourage and it occurred to me that she never goes anywhere alone but is instead constantly surrounded by an entourage of people, of assistants who would no doubt cause a ruckus and take up all kinds of time and the store would have to unscure all the security devices.

I went into a Gucci store in Italy one time, and you could tell I was not welcome. I was dressed casually and even though I had my entourage with me and the store was open, I still got icey stares that drilled into the back of my skull until I shamefully shuffed out after accidentally elbowing a handbag and tipping it over.

[Documad]

But EVERYONE knows who Oprah is! You can't escape her. The only time I watched TV in New Zealand was when I was trapped in my room in a rainstorm and Oprah was on in prime time!!! :rolleyes:

[ms.peachy]

She was in France for fucks sake; they probably had no idea who she was and (most importantly) she was American! The French fucking loathe Americans as much as they do the British.
The thing is though... it is totally entirely possible to believe that someone there might have made a comment like that 'north African' thing, you know? It's not like Parisians are particularly known for their sensitivity in such matters, is it.

[Loppfessor]

I was dressed casually and even though I had my entourage with me and the store was open, I still got icey stares that drilled into the back of my skull until I shamefully shuffed out after accidentally elbowing a handbag and tipping it over.


I thought I was the only one on this board who travelled with an entourage??!!

[Nuzzolese]

She's a monopolizing tyrant. You know how people deal with tyrants? They overthrow them. But she's also a preacher. The church of Oprah, full of dedicated followers who literally and emotionally buy her as a product, as a lifestyle, as a philosphy. But then again, is this anything new? Haven't there always been leaders like this in the social and political worlds? Haven't there always been this mass public desire and demand for a figure who is larger than life, to tell us what to believe and where to put our money and how to think, like a great grown up parent for all of us?

[zorra_chiflada]

She's a monopolizing tyrant. You know how people deal with tyrants? They overthrow them. But she's also a preacher. The church of Oprah, full of dedicated followers who literally and emotionally buy her as a product, as a lifestyle, as a philosphy. But then again, is this anything new? Haven't there always been leaders like this in the social and political worlds? Haven't there always been this mass public desire and demand for a figure who is larger than life, to tell us what to believe and where to put our money and how to think, like a great grown up parent for all of us?

if oprah made her own country, it would be called "ugogirlfriend!"

[enree erzweglle]

I don't know much about Oprah other than the fact that I pretty much hated every book she ever put in her book club.

In a thread from a few months back, I said about some movie that I felt like I was watching an Oprah book. Mae responded, quoted that, and said, "I'm pretty sure you were."

I always think of that when I see those Oprah books in the bookstore.

I was glad when they started labelling them as "O"prah books and giving them a dedicated table. Nice of them to do that so that I know to avoid those books.

And now that I think of it, I think it was the whole Oprah's book club thing that put me off reading fiction. I can't remember the last fiction book I read...but I suspect that it was one of her books that I bought unknowingly or that a friend tricked me into reading.

[Nuzzolese]

I thought I was the only one on this board who travelled with an entourage??!!

Mine is a group of 6 children, I get paid to take them around places, I mean I call them my "entourage", or my "assistants", whatever, my "little performers". They put on a good show. They sing and dance and do cute little tumbling acts and juggling. Every once in a while one of them will get out of line during our 4-hour practice sessions or maybe one will develop a bad rash or rickets and they have to be replaced. I mean it's tough for me too but we have to think of the group and when one weak link is bringing down the whole show I've got to think of our finances and it's just too bad when they get into an awkward phase and they can't draw in the crowds anymore and have to be transferred to "police-lookout" or "bartender" or "crowd dipper" which is really just a sweet name for pickpocket, anyway it's great to keep them off the streets and they learn things and contribute to the community and get off their lazy homeless asses and it's a good time for everyone

[ms.peachy]

Oh I dunno. I have read books that I've really enjoyed, that later on I've found out were "o" books. The Corrections was one, I think, and it would be a shame to have missed out on a book that excellent just because it happened to be on that list. There was another one I picked up that was I think called "What Looks Like Crazy on a Normal Day" (or something like that anyway) that i found very interesting, that I later learned was an "o" book as well.

All's I'm saying is, don't deny yourself the possibility of a good read, just to spite Oprah - cuz I'm sure she doesn't suffer any as a result, it's only you that loses.

[Nuzzolese]

Oprah doesn't read these books or pick them out. She has PEOPLE to do that for her and then she puts her name on it. And what about the classics she's promoting? I suppose it is good to encourage people to read these, but I guess I have snobby ideals or something because I feel like she cheapens their value. Also, I don't think some people know what they're getting into when the blindly follow Oprah's book club. As I Lay Dying is a difficult book to read, even by Faulkner standards and people are unquestioningly buying a collection with As I Lay Dying, Absalom Absalom and The Sound and The Fury. You wouldn't think it would be so hard to find a list of good classics that you'd have to read what Oprah suggests.

[enree erzweglle]

It seemed that for a good while, all of her books had this pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps theme. I got so tired of that. Granted, there were some good ones in there (especially at the beginning). I seem to remember having read a couple of books that later on went on to become Oprah books. I can't remember which ones, though. From maybe 10 years ago.

I just wanted her to branch out a little bit more and get away from those woe-is-me books. I think she might have started doing that--branching out into more traditional literature--by introducing The Grapes of Wrath and some Tolstoy. I fell off by then, though.

But my friend who wants Oprah to run for president...she reads every book on Oprah's list.

[Nuzzolese]

It seemed that for a good while, all of her books had this pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps theme.

That is sort of the Oprah theme though, in general, or it was. Everyone loved her because she was born in poverty and worked her way up. Americans love an underdog who triumphs, our culture was founded on it from the very beginning, when the United States was being formed. Abraham Lincoln the poor farm boy studying by candlelight in a log cabin, Frederick Douglas the slave who taught himself to read, Benjamen Franklin who was a poor merchant's assistant and through hard work and study and will yadda yadda. It's the definition of the modern ideal as expressed in literature, abandoning the notion of nobility and land-owndership as titles, and um, I forgot where I was going with this.

[Loppfessor]

Mine is a group of 6 children, I get paid to take them around places, I mean I call them my "entourage", or my "assistants", whatever, my "little performers". They put on a good show. They sing and dance and do cute little tumbling acts and juggling. Every once in a while one of them will get out of line during our 4-hour practice sessions or maybe one will develop a bad rash or rickets and they have to be replaced. I mean it's tough for me too but we have to think of the group and when one weak link is bringing down the whole show I've got to think of our finances and it's just too bad when they get into an awkward phase and they can't draw in the crowds anymore and have to be transferred to "police-lookout" or "bartender" or "crowd dipper" which is really just a sweet name for pickpocket, anyway it's great to keep them off the streets and they learn things and contribute to the community and get off their lazy homeless asses and it's a good time for everyone

Mine usually consists of my sidekick or my #1. His job is pretty much as my best friend to eat drink be merry with me and scan for women. I also have no less than two big dudes for crowd control/security. Next there are at least three semi-hot to smoking-hot plutonic female friends. Their job is to hang around me initially and dance the first few songs with me. This helps to spark the interest of all the other hot girls in the place by either making them jealous; “What’s he doing with her? He could do better, like me”; or by befriending them and hooking me up “Oh! You have to meet my friend Rich you two are perfect for each other!”. Also there’s usually a driver who stays sober and makes sure we all get home safe.

[ms.peachy]

... Also, I don't think some people know what they're getting into when the blindly follow Oprah's book club. As I Lay Dying is a difficult book to read...
Yeah, Addie Bundren and clan do take a bit of perseverence. However, isn't there something fairly commendable in giving your audience some credit for having some intelligence and recommending a book like that that will push them, rather than just presuming that 'Oh that's just too hard, people don't like anything that's going to stretch them a bit'? I mean, if everything that was being recommended was cotton candy, your criticism would be "The books she recommends are brainless", you know? You can't have it both ways. If a bunch of people who otherwise would never pick up As I Lay Dying get a copy and have a go at it, even if 90% of them get frustrated and give up, at least they had a go at it and I feel that that has value. Plus it means 10% do get through it, and that has to be a good thing, no?

Personally, I feel that just about anything that gets people reading, borrowing, buying, writing or talking about books is worthwhile.

[Nuzzolese]

You mean PLATONIC, as in Plato, who concieved of the greatest form of love capable my humans as the friendship between two men because it transcends lowly lust.

[Loppfessor]

You mean PLATONIC, as in Plato, who concieved of the greatest form of love capable my humans as the friendship between two men because it transcends lowly lust.


of course you're right....if I make the necessary changes can I still turn in my paper late and maybe get a B???

[ms.peachy]

You mean PLATONIC, as in Plato, who concieved of the greatest form of love capable my humans as the friendship between two men because it transcends lowly lust.
I find it more fun to imagine that he does actually mean they are from Pluto.

Or, that they look like Pluto.

[Documad]

I am very much a pick-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps person but I still don't like Oprah's approach. Because you still have to care about others and not just yourself.

I have read books before Oprah picked them out and then I don't want to admit that I read them because people will think Oprah turned me on to them. Like the one about a black guy on death row (I think she made it into a movie too?). How sick is it that I want to deny having read a good book just because Oprah later put her stamp on it?

[Nuzzolese]

Personally, I feel that just about anything that gets people reading, borrowing, buying, writing or talking about books is worthwhile.

I know, I know, and I agree with you, with everything you said. I mostly think it's best to just get people reading and she's using her power towards something of value. Ideally people would read Faulkner because they just knew about it somehow and woudln't need to be told, but that's unrealistic and there's nothing wrong with where you get your directions as long as they are towards the right place. Like I said I don't know why it bothers me, I guess I feel like all I see are the ones who will give up and who are just buying it for Oprah and not for Faulkner.

[ms.peachy]

How sick is it that I want to deny having read a good book just because Oprah later put her stamp on it?
You do get that that is all about you and not about Oprah, right?

[Nuzzolese]

of course you're right....if I make the necessary changes can I still turn in my paper late and maybe get a B???

Attach some photos of the big hot security dudes and I might find my way to writing a B + and we won't call your parents.

[Nuzzolese]

I am very much a pick-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps person but I still don't like Oprah's approach. Because you still have to care about others and not just yourself.

I have read books before Oprah picked them out and then I don't want to admit that I read them because people will think Oprah turned me on to them. Like the one about a black guy on death row (I think she made it into a movie too?). How sick is it that I want to deny having read a good book just because Oprah later put her stamp on it?

A lesson before Dying? Say you read it ages ago and pretend that you barely remember it.

[Documad]

You do get that that is all about you and not about Oprah, right?
Yes, and it's a big flaw. As much as I hate to admit it, I have a tendency to abandon an actor or band who I loved once they get popular. Sometimes there is a rational reason -- they started doing shit work to get popular. But sometimes it's that deep down inside I like being separate from the unwashed masses. I'm a fucking snob. Okay? :D

[ms.peachy]

I'm a fucking snob. Okay? :D

Yeah hello, you're talking to the five star hotel princess over here, I get it ;)

[Documad]

A lesson before Dying? Say you read it ages ago and pretend that you barely remember it.
Yes! Thanks. I was thinking a Kiss Before Dying, but that's a movie and I knew it was wrong (the original was great by the way and the remake sucked).

I have my paperback copy to prove that I read it before Oprah put her mark on it!!!

Did Oprah read Anna Karenina? I bought that when the New Yorker recommended the new translation but I think I didn't read it because I saw it at B&N with Oprah's mark on it. God, I need help! :o

[Documad]

Yeah hello, you're talking to the five star hotel princess over here, I get it ;)
But that's just about good value. I won't pay for an expensive hotel just because it's expensive. I pay because it's in a fabulous location and it's comfortable. There's nothing wrong with that!

[ms.peachy]

But that's just about good value. I won't pay for an expensive hotel just because it's expensive. I pay because it's in a fabulous location and it's comfortable. There's nothing wrong with that!
Hey, you don't have to convince me.

[Loppfessor]

Attach some photos of the big hot security dudes and I might find my way to writing a B + and we won't call your parents.


I thought you were thinking of becoming a lesbian though?

[Nuzzolese]

I thought you were thinking of becoming a lesbian though?

You're just saying that because I won't go out with you.

[Loppfessor]

You're just saying that because I won't go out with you.


No really you kept posting about being replused by men yadda yadda yadda....but now that you mention it if you did shoot me down then c'mon you must be gay! It's cool though I'll buy you and Indigo Girls Cd and some Birkenstocks

[Parkey]

The thing is though... it is totally entirely possible to believe that someone there might have made a comment like that 'north African' thing, you know? It's not like Parisians are particularly known for their sensitivity in such matters, is it.
Very true, Paris is one of the most overty racist cities I've ever visited. Some of the graffiti on the Metro was truely appaling.

But I daresay that they wouldn't have had a clue who she was. Her show is barely shown in the UK (Sky One I think!) so in France she'll be a proper nonentity.

[Nuzzolese]

No really you kept posting about being replused by men yadda yadda yadda....but now that you mention it if you did shoot me down then c'mon you must be gay! It's cool though I'll buy you and Indigo Girls Cd and some Birkenstocks

I AM repulsed by men, almost as much as I am by Birkenstocks. See I thought it was my problem, but I've come to decide that it's the men who just aren't attractive enough. Good in theory, lousy in practice.

[kll]

I AM repulsed by men, almost as much as I am by Birkenstocks. See I thought it was my problem, but I've come to decide that it's the men who just aren't attractive enough. Good in theory, lousy in practice.
repulsed is such a strong word though... i mean, it would be one thing if you stated that you just haven't found the right guy, but to say you are repulsed by men in general is different...

[Documad]

I am repulsed by men in sandals no matter what brand.

[Nuzzolese]

repulsed is such a strong word though... i mean, it would be one thing if you stated that you just haven't found the right guy, but to say you are repulsed by men in general is different...

I'm a cold, cruel woman with strong sentiments I can't help it.

[kll]

I am repulsed by men in sandals no matter what brand.


see, to me, a guy with loose-fit jeans and a pair of flip-flops is super cute...

[kll]

I'm a cold, cruel woman with strong sentiments I can't help it.

you are!!!!

[Documad]

see, to me, a guy with loose-fit jeans and a pair of flip-flops is super cute...
I'm guessing you're talking about cute guys in their 20s? If so, I see your point.

Guys my age should never be permitted to show their feet in public. Many have gruesome toes. It's even worse when they wear white cotton socks with their sandals though. That's probably a Minnesota thing. :)

[yeahwho]

This thread has become an Oprah Show.

[marsdaddy]

This thread has become an Oprah Show.I thought it went more like "The View" there, for a moment.

Documad, I don't have gnarly feet.

[Auton]

see, to me, a guy with loose-fit jeans and a pair of flip-flops is super cute...

go to idaho, you'll love all the fucking idiots who go to college there.

[enree erzweglle]

I thought it went more like "The View" there, for a moment.

Documad, I don't have gnarly feet.
There's a guy who sits outside of the coffee shop down the street from me and he's always got a book going. I want to stop and talk with him about those books but the deal-breaker is that he takes his sandals off (ewww) and puts his feet up on the empty chair (ewww) and he has nasty feet. The feet aren't so bad. It's the nails. They're scary bad. His scary ass toenails are preventing us from having scintillating conversations about those books. I don't know his name. In my head, I call him toenail.

[like2_drink]

opera doesn't work for her money

[Bitchamachacha]

I'm still pissed at Tiffany's for not giving me my ten percent Cherokee Indian discount for the platnium, diamond studded axe I bought last week. Fucking bitches!

*Waves axe*

[marsdaddy]

His scary ass toenails are preventing us from having scintillating conversations about those books. I don't know his name. In my head, I call him toenail.Ha. His loss.

[Dr. Phil]

Alright now doggone it, I've read every word of this here thread and I can't sit here and listen to all these things y'all are sayin' without thowin' my two cents in! She's the one that got my career started and.....well........alright I admit, she is a sorry bitch...

[hardnox71]

I don't know much about Oprah other than the fact that I pretty much hated every book she ever put in her book club.

The Pilots Wife and The Bluest Eye were both pretty books from her book club.

But I still can't stand the bitch.

edit-Ditchdigger's Daughters was a damned good book, also.

[adam_f]

Originally posted by faithbanks
We never will know the whole story being that we weren't there. But let's say it was David Bowe or Gweneth Paltrow at the door...would they have opened it then I wonder? Hmm......

David Bowie- Probably because he's David Bowie and he's married to an ugly supermodel.

Gwyneth Paltrow- She named her daughter Apple. So no.

[Happyrunr]

One of the most humiliating moments of her life…Oprah a poor overweight, sexually abused, troubled black female child from a broken home -that Oprah sufferred ONE of the most HUMILIATING momemts of HER life at Hermes in Paris?!
hmmmmm..........what is wrong with this picture?

[Loppfessor]

One of the most humiliating moments of her life…Oprah a poor overweight, sexually abused, troubled black female child from a broken home -that Oprah sufferred ONE of the most HUMILIATING momemts of HER life at Hermes in Paris?!
hmmmmm..........what is wrong with this picture?


lol excellent point

[miss soul fire]

Was she educated? I don't know anything about her life, except that she was fat. It only takes an ignorant, non-educated, immature kind of person to claim that. I'm not saying that it couldn't be since I'm not entirely sure of how it was, but...hardly.

As someone said it's because if they were closing the store, they were closing for everyone and it also includes superior races as celebrities too. :rolleyes:

It could be racism if the store opened for her. Because it would be giving privilegde to a black person considering their ancestors had suffered with slavery and all. It wouldn't be racism for the fact that black or white we all should be treated like the same, as human beings, of course, "duh" (I hate that word...eew). Anyway, it's amazing to see that racism increases each day, not just by white people, but many times, but black people themselves. I gotta say that she made a racist comment. If the owner (or the person who was closing the store) a black person, would she say something? I don't think so. Therefore, Oprah could be a racist.

[SobaViolence]

i heard the store had been having problems with 'north africans'.


:confused:

[BangkokB]

Didn't the thread

CAn't comment on the oPrah story of the week. But I got to give her a big thumbs up on that rainbow party story. My extracricular life has never seen this much fun. Thanx Ocra for your propagada~ next make up a story up about 18 yr olds virgin cheerleaders that live to have unprotected sex with married 33 year olds males that have a "go get my beer" fetish