When Life Hands You Lululemons...

When the sales clerk introduces himself as "Dover. Ben Dover." you know you're in the midst of a Bad Moment.

One more for the ASCII file.

Comments

[Threadkiller]

I hope there isn't a condom recall.

[henry]

Hmmm, will NK repost his comment to a third thread? ;)

[NK]

TomM-- great minds.. I laughed out loud reading that on the train last night. I read it to my wife while she drove us home from the station... her take? she's glad she doesn't have any overpriced Lululemon yoga pants, cause people may have been able to see her foundation garment... uh...I don't know if that was the exact 'issue' to which CEO Day referred to.

[NK]

henry-- yes indeedy!
C'mon it's worth it. The NYPOST reporting on this is the peak of the craft.

[Annoying Old Guy]

Maybe they should have customers take pictures, put them on the Lululemon website, and have people vote on the level of sheerness.

Seriously, though, I wonder what effect this will have on sales. The people who buy such things tend to lean collectivist and we have numerous other examples of such people actively liking being treated this way (e.g., the Obama Administration and the White House Press corps).

[hit and run]

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[Threadkiller]

"Maybe they should have customers take pictures, put them on the Lululemon website, and have people vote on the level of sheerness."

Have you seen the People of Walmart websites?

[peter]

I see the God within you.....

[Thomas Collins]

I thought that was the POINT of yoga pants.

I guess I'm visiting the wrong websites!

[Annoying Old Guy]

H&R;

Haha. She Who Is Perfect In All Ways has bugged me to go to Yoga now and then and her main argument has always been "women in stretchy spandex!". But TK's thought haunts me too much...

[AliceH]

--Earlier this month, Lululemon recalled about 17 percent of its yoga pants — which run anywhere from $82 to $128 a pair--

Sometimes I feel like Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson, seeing all the stuff in Department Stores and such.

$128??? For yoga pants?!!!

What a country.

[Danube of Thought]

How come no pictures in the Post?

[Thomas Collins]

AliceH, I wouldn't pay $128 for any type of pants that I couldn't wear to work. To work out, cheap swim trunks and sweats are just fine for me. But then again, I also wouldn't pay $50 for a cup of "specially processed" coffee. See LUN.

[Danube of Thought]

My wish is my command:

[Rick Ballard]

I don't believe that pic fully addresses the issue.

[Danube of Thought]

But wait! There's more!

[AliceH]

Poor CentralCal.

Hey, CC: It might be best if you just skip this entire post until you're off work.

[MarkO]

That's not yoga and it's not the First Lady.

[NK]

RickB's empirical mind immediately focuses on "the issue".

[NK]

"The issue"-- second pic is getting warmer....

[MarkO]

Why would anyone recall that?

Or maybe I should say, I wish I could recall that.

[rse]

Butt I hate to interrupt such a fun discussion but I do have a new post up. And we continue to get closer to what is really going on.

http://www.invisibleserfscollar.com/specifying-new-education-economic-and-social-models-as-the-final-act-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

I actually wrote it this AM and then literally started following some leads that turned into the real eco policy the ARRA financed and how it relates to state and locals and ed and eco devt. Turns out bo is so proud of his industrial policy from the bottom up as he calls it he has named it after himself. Stunning to me. Anyway that detour took out the morning.

Did I miss anything this AM? Can't get the cats to talk politics.

[hit and run]

If DoT keeps this up, I'm putting Orly's face on every pic he posts.

Wait. What?

His pics conspicuously avoid showing faces.

Sneaky. Very sneaky.

[lyle]

I'm delurking for a TK sobriety test.

Please stand on one leg, tilt your head back and touch your nose, recite the alphabet backwards, and tell me why a woman would pay $128 for yoga pants.

[maryrose]

lyle: I haven't done all suggested activities but this woman would not pay that much.My daughter definitely would. Why would anyone wear something -the second picture- that emphasizes how fat your bum is?

[NK]

Lyle-- if you have ask the question --YOU JUST DON'T GET IT-- DO YOU! :)

[Thomas Collins]

I wonder whether Lululemon sells outfits for those high intensity Zumba dance workouts in Maine.

[maryrose]

lyle: See how much fun it is when you continue to post?

[peter]

Lululemon has been quite successful these past five years LUN.

[Threadkiller]

"Please stand on one leg, tilt your head back and touch your nose, recite the alphabet backwards, and tell me why a woman would pay $128 for yoga pants."

The $120 Spanx were to tight.

[Threadkiller]

...too...

[matt]

it's not a bug. It's a feature!

[narciso]

I'm not going anywhere this thread.

[lyle]

Oh, I GET it, NK. FTR, I'm all for sheer girly things on...shapely girlies. But, um...isn't there usually some sort of...undergarment worn 'neath these pricey tights? If so, what's the big deal?

[I R A Darth Aggie]

Whatever did we do before yoga pants?

[Thomas Collins]

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That's the problem, narciso. Not enough threads on the yoga pants.

[lyle]

The $120 Spanx were to tight.

Question: I've always been curious about the pronuciation of this product. "Spanks"?

[matt]

"We have to have the customer try the pants on to see if a refund is due" cracked the president of the company.

[lyle]

Whatever did we do before yoga pants?

Chauses?

[NK]

Lyle-- sorry to confuse you with my lame snark--the "You Just Don't get It' refers to the response I get from the Grand Dames of Coastal Ct when I naively inquire about their need for $400 tennis outfits, or $469 Thinsulate sking vests, or YET ANOTHER remodelling of their Kitchen and Theater rooms. As to 'the Issue'-- hey I'm not at fault there, the Lululemon CEO brought that up at her press conference. I'm just spreading the NYPost tabloid reportage there.

[lyle]

I got your drift, NK. Believe it or not, we have the equivalent of your "Grand Dames of Coastal Ct" here in Idaho, without the coast, obviously. Come to Sun Valley sometime. Hell, they're probably the same dames!

[Threadkiller]

It is pronounced: "fool the stupid drunk guy"

[NK]

Lyle@3:52-- no doubt. BTW the $469 ski vest is a true story-- my wife saw it on the 'give away'rack at the local shop last week 'on clearance sale' for $200. It weighed about 1.5 oz... how much vest is that per pound?

[narciso]

Well this tangentially deals with the subject;

http://www.michellesmirror.com/2013/03/hump-day-noows-roundup.html

[Janet]

Chauses?

Hahahahaaahahah! Too funny, lyle!

[rse]

I think this internet connections for less than $10 a month for qualifying households will go well with the obamaphone.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/03/27/26fcc.h32.html?tkn=SNDCx37LdWMeHClTbBJUMxJ5J0lU225RaD7j&cmp=clp-sb-edtech

Of course taxpayers paying for connections at schools for all those laptops do not get comparable rates but no one is trying to gain their gratitude.

[NK]

You people are way to literate for me, I had to look up 'Chauses': http://www.revivalclothing.com/silkmedievalchauses.aspx

[centralcal]

Thanks AliceH for the warning. Luckily I am using the FF #comment delete trick, so I won't have to worry when I refresh the page that the bums will show up again! lol.

[GUS]

Ignatz will certainly liven up this thread.

[centralcal]

I bet Mitch McConnell is a little sad right now - Ashley Judd has decided not to run for Kentucky Senator. Spoils all his fun.

[Porchlight]

Oh, what a shock, Ashley's trial balloon popped. Trying to come up with a cosmetic surgery joke here...

[maryrose]

cc:
The powers that be got to Ashley and said "Move over girlfriend, there's no way we are letting McConnell get re-elected that easily."

[Steve]

Sarah Palin's PAC releases new video "Loaded For Bear":

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/03/sarahpac-video-loaded-for-bear.html

[narciso]

It makes me think, it was a crosspromotion with 'Olympus has Fallen,' just like Joyce Carol Oates
slightly more crazy rants, before the roll out of her new book.

[centralcal]

Well, maryrose, according to someone on Twitter there are still quite a few clueless celebrities that might go for it:

Kentuckians still available to run: George Clooney, Billy Ray Cyrus, Johnny Depp, Patty Loveless, Loretta Lynn, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd.

[Porchlight]

George Clooney and Johnny Depp are Kentuckians?

[Stephanie]

Is Kentucky Johnny Depp the name of a horse, cause I'd ride him. ;)

[MarkO]

You are a naughty boy, lyle.

[Frau Zauberlehrling]

lzle made me smile for the first time todaz- Bz the waz, mz kezboard has been taken over bz some German gremlin. I donät know where the punctuation is except for commas and periods. Anzhoo, Iäll enjoz the umlauts, ßßßßßßßßß and other fun thingies.ÜÜÜ
§§§ ooh ahahh Paragraphenzeichen!
Now how to get rid of the stuff.
arghhh, I cannot find the at sign. Cut and past it is.

[MaryD]

I have a request of my more technical JOMers. In recent days,using Firefox, a number of sites I look at have appeared with just blue links, and no formatting 0r the usual visuals. These include hot air, powerline, and instapundit. I just fired up Internet explorer,and the sites all look fine. Could anyone here enlighten me as to what's happened? Incidentally this site presents properly, as do most of the sites I visit.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

[NK]

George Clooney Kentuckian? well kinda-- his dad was a Cinncinatti TV anchor -- yep real big MSM Lefty-- and the family Clooney lived in suburban No. Kentucky, and young George grew up there. Sooo, there is that history... Depp, is I think real redneck kentucky, but you'll have to look that up. Didn't Depp leave France for nashville, Tn? No income tax in tennessee-- right?

[Thomas Collins]

That's pretty bad. You're an entertainer who is a Dem, MSM will be in the tank for you, and the Dem party honchos and moneyfolk still conclude you don't have a chance. I wonder whether the expressed intent to run her campaign for Kentucky Senator from Tennessee was the low note that ended the concert prematurely.

Oh darn, that's how little I know about Ashley and Naomi. I just did some online checking, and I guess Naomi is the singer and Ashley is the actress and "humanitarian activist" or something or other.

[lyle]

It weighed about 1.5 oz... how much vest is that per pound?

I understood there would be no math.

[NK]

TC-- the only particular I know about AJudd, is that she's married to race driver Dario Franchitti. He's Scottish, and races IndySeries and Nascar. He's a 2 time Indy 500 winner. I've seen him interviewed on Speed TV and heard him on Sport radio-- in interviews he seems like a nice guy, not an F-1 Diva.

[gmax]

Don't you guess the discussion was something like: "OK Ashley tell us everything you have done that would be even mildly embarrassing AND that anyone who even casually knows you would be able to tell the local press ( who might not be in the tank for you )." And after making six sailors blush, SHE FINALLY QUIT. Excales and low whistles followed by a very pregnant pause and one brave soul finally said, "maybe you should stick to the crowds on the sidelines at NIT games with your beloved U of K team?"

[gmax]

how much vest is that per pound?

Well how about per Euro also?

[Rob Crawford]

George Clooney and Johnny Depp are Kentuckians?

Clooney's family has its roots in Maysville, KY. I believe he grew up in the Cincinnati area, as his father was a local news anchor.

I dunno how long it's been since George darkened the state with his presence, though.

[narciso]

This may have been the last straw, when they brought the hook;

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2013/03/27/judd-raped-twice-can-handle-mcconnell

[Rob Crawford]

She Who Is Perfect In All Ways has bugged me to go to Yoga now and then and her main argument has always been "women in stretchy spandex!".

Much like the reports from nude beaches, the reports from yoga classes have all been "they're populated by people you wouldn't want to see in that state".

[Neo]

A shocking [MA] state audit released today revealed 119 cases where addresses for registered sex offenders matched those of child care providers licensed by the beleaguered state Department of Early Education and Care.

“No parent who drops their child off at day care should have to worry about the safety of their son or daughter,” state Auditor Suzanne M. Bump said in a statement. “The presence of registered sex offenders in such proximity to groups of children is information parents, providers, and the EEC must have and act upon.”

In mid-audit, Bump said she took her findings — which included both Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders — to EEC, which began an investigation. EEC revoked providers’ licenses in four cases where their operators had full knowledge of the sex offender’s status but never reported the information to EEC.

[Captain Hate]

I dunno how long it's been since George darkened the state with his presence, though.

I've seen some hilarious Wonder Year pictures of George C. Looney online. Body perms FTL

[Rob Crawford]

I've seen some hilarious Wonder Year pictures of George C. Looney online. Body perms FTL

Well, you can take the family out of the hills, but you may not be able to take the hills out of the family, IYKWIM.

[Captain Hate]

I went to the Plain Dealer's wood burning web site to try and get some info on former county commissioner and fat POS (the guy is 400 easy) Jimmy Dimora's hefty (what else) appeal of his innocence. I wanted to have a good laugh at to what that maudlin lowlife crook is claiming caused a miscarriage of justice. Needless to say there was nothing there as those union humps can't be bothered to do anything after hours, but I did find this bit of positive news: http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2013/03/dont_bank_on_sen_sherrod_brown.html#incart_flyout_news

[gmax]

Is there a worse job than being security guard at a closed for over a week bank? I bet the abuse tomorrow in Cypress of the poor security folks will make the security jobs at Hard Core Pawn looks like a walk in the park!

[Neo]

Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok!

[narciso]

I think when his father, ran for Congress, in 2004 or 2006, Clooney campaigned for him,

[NK]

Yes georgie did campaign for his Daddy-- but as I recall his Daddy campaigned on his own celebrity being a Cinn anchor, and his daddy lost big time on his own celebrity (not George the Hollywooder), because Daddy was a hippie/doper back in the day.

[Danube of Thought on iPad]

"Whatever did we do before yoga pants?"

I always thought the merry widow was quite alluring, but I don't encounter them much anymore except by appointment.

[Captain Hate]

because Daddy was a hippie/doper back in the day.

Judging from his brainless son, I'm sure his common law wife was hitting the alk/pot/blow(both kinds)/acid hard when Georgie Boy was in utero. Plus I'm sure his family tree looks like a telephone pole.

[Danube of Thought on iPad]

I think Rosemary Clooney was his aunt.

[narciso]

btw, pixy has become 'selfaware;

http://minx.cc/?post=338680

[Frau Teufelstastatur]

Oy, gevalt. I've had to relocate to my laptop because of the demonic, er, teutonic possession of my pc. I have no idea what happened but before long it will probably be demanding brats, rye bread and lager. Tonight, I'll let my son exorcise--long distance-- whatever took over. It has, however, taken my mind off the domestic carp spreading throughout the land.

I am so thankful that Herschel Schacter's family came to America to be part of our/my family.

[Captain Hate]

btw, pixy has become 'selfaware

I think it's just trying to screw with ace's fundraiser. Considering all the functionality it's been losing, this might be beyond duct tape.

[matt]

isn't there some kind of formula for these pants? If your posterior is in a certain proportion to the rest of your body, move one size up, perhaps?

Then again, some of the Walmartian photos show stretchy pants with an amazing ability to stretch.

[Ignatz Ratzkywatzky]

--Ignatz will certainly liven up this thread.--

I only have one comment actually;

[Ignatz Ratzkywatzky]

The stranger thing to me is not that they asked people to bend over for an intimate inspection, but that people submitted to the degradation rather than marching down to the store manger with blood in their eye and flame on their tongue.

[Ignatz Ratzkywatzky]

OK one more comment, just for Gus;
This is a pair from Lululemon's new line, which actually are made from pairs of lemons.
Some squeezing may be necessary.

[Janet]

You people are way to literate for me, I had to look up 'Chauses':

NK, I have to confess that the only reason I know the word chauses is from a Harlequin Romance novel - Unicorn Vengeance

[daddy]

Iggy,

I think that's 2 Homer Simpson clones photographed from the back.

[GUS]

Ignatz, that is sublime. Can you imagine wearing that!!! On your hands that is.

[GUS]

Daddy, I'm pretty sure that Ignatz' picture has nothing to do with Homer Simpson.