Comments on: The semiotics of skull-and-crossbones preppy shorts http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/ the tao that can be blogged is not the eternal tao Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rob http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908883575 Rob Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:26:15 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908883575 nice shorts, anyone know who makes them? nice shorts, anyone know who makes them?

]]> By: Ezra http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871841 Ezra Thu, 17 May 2007 04:02:14 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871841 Like when you think, "is Helmecki wearing a kilt? Or is that just his red flannel tied around his waist with a jaunty knot?" Like when you think, “is Helmecki wearing a kilt? Or is that just his red flannel tied around his waist with a jaunty knot?”

]]> By: Tim http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871818 Tim Wed, 16 May 2007 22:28:18 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871818 It also seems to dovetail nicely into your discussion of what is or isn't original below. So the Early Show scooped you, still new to you. Preppy or anti preppy, does it matter? If you're of the ilk to wear pink shorts with skulls and crossbones, by all means do it for the fun and/or the fashion. Of course, it still leaves me scratching my head when the women at work wear the new "dress shorts" or whatever they're called, where you think for a second they're wearing a skirt, but then you notice that's not the case. Not that I'm sure it matters. It also seems to dovetail nicely into your discussion of what is or isn’t original below. So the Early Show scooped you, still new to you. Preppy or anti preppy, does it matter? If you’re of the ilk to wear pink shorts with skulls and crossbones, by all means do it for the fun and/or the fashion. Of course, it still leaves me scratching my head when the women at work wear the new “dress shorts” or whatever they’re called, where you think for a second they’re wearing a skirt, but then you notice that’s not the case. Not that I’m sure it matters.

]]> By: Ezra http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871213 Ezra Fri, 11 May 2007 20:44:02 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871213 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Menard_(fictional_character)" rel="nofollow">A Frenchman re-writing Don Quixote word for word</a> in the 19th Century means something different than Cervantes writing the original in the early 17th. Someone in Beacon Hill wearing preppy pants in 2007 means something different than someone in Beacon hill wearing preppy pants in 1985. In this case, that something different is retro. A Frenchman re-writing Don Quixote word for word in the 19th Century means something different than Cervantes writing the original in the early 17th.

Someone in Beacon Hill wearing preppy pants in 2007 means something different than someone in Beacon hill wearing preppy pants in 1985. In this case, that something different is retro.

]]> By: Hooks http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871182 Hooks Fri, 11 May 2007 15:59:39 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871182 The official pant of Yale's own "Skull and Bones". The official pant of Yale’s own “Skull and Bones”.

]]> By: Terri http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871178 Terri Fri, 11 May 2007 15:04:50 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871178 Retro? Ez, some people never left. Retro? Ez, some people never left.

]]> By: Jeremy http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871174 Jeremy Fri, 11 May 2007 14:32:21 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/10/814/#comment-13647034969908871174 Holy crap!! My brother has those pants. When I first saw the shorts, my first thought was, "why is he wearing pink shorts?!" Then, my next thought was "and they have whales on them?!" But no...they weren't whales...they were skull and crossbones!!! Wow...I knew he was preppy but I never thought he would shoot so high with his preppiness. Very nice! Holy crap!! My brother has those pants. When I first saw the shorts, my first thought was, “why is he wearing pink shorts?!” Then, my next thought was “and they have whales on them?!” But no…they weren’t whales…they were skull and crossbones!!! Wow…I knew he was preppy but I never thought he would shoot so high with his preppiness. Very nice!

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