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Title: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 03:46:19 pm
http://www.orange32.com/grabowski/  (embedded video w/ sound)



mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 03:51:30 pm

The 80's in America will forever be a total embarrassment to humankind. 



mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 03:57:16 pm

The 80's in America will forever be a total embarrassment to humankind. 



mrC

Go Wang Chung yerself, hippy ;D
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 03:59:17 pm

The 80's in America will forever be a total embarrassment to humankind. 



mrC

Go Wang Chung yerself, hippy ;D

Hey, I never said I wasn't an accomplice. I had a fedora, and a net shirt.


mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:10:34 pm

Hey, I never said I wasn't an accomplice. I had a fedora, and a net shirt.


mrC

You were THAT guy?  Oh MAN!  ;D  I'da borrowed you my trench coat to cover that shirt up
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Stingray on December 07, 2005, 04:12:16 pm
If Drew's trenchcoat is unavailable you can borrow my RATT satin jacket.

-S
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 04:14:05 pm
I'd just use my own (custom made in Graphics Arts class) silkscreened Iron Maiden Jean jacket.



mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:16:24 pm
If Drew's trenchcoat is unavailable you can borrow my RATT satin jacket.

-S

Dood, Eddie was....like.....ALL OVER the place!  Screw the silkscreening tho....get the big fat embroidered MUYA Metallica patch sewn on!
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Jabba on December 07, 2005, 04:20:40 pm
Erm, sorry, but who the F is this dude Grabowski???
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: JackTucky on December 07, 2005, 04:24:29 pm
Fedora and net shirt?  Did you get that at Chess King in the mall?

There was always one or two guys who would come in to my HS every Monday with the same outfit the Mannequin was wearing over the weekend  ;D

Art
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 04:25:33 pm
Ditka, when he coached Da' Bears, nick-named the entire team his "Grabowski's" which is (apparently) a Ditka-esque term for hard-worker.

"Mike Ditka has described the Bears affectionately as his Grabowskis because the Bears reflect the work ethic, the attitude of a city and a people who aren't afraid to work hard to get ahead and achieve a part of the American Dream for themselves and their families."

The term was then used in an attempted branding effort by the city of Chicago to burnish an image of Chicagoans as "hard working, boot straps, salt of the earth people."

This video, however, is an abomination.

mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 07, 2005, 04:31:42 pm
Fedora and net shirt?  Did you get that at Chess King in the mall?

Forgot...it was a net half-shirt.  I ain't afraid to admit it. I was a fashion victim at an early age. Where I got the idea that this was cool, I don't know. I lived in a pretty ghetto area, that at the time seemed pretty tough, so I decided to try and stand out to ward off attacks. (worked, actually)

Think back to rap videos at the time...tough seemed to mean looking gayer, thus the net half-shirt, I guess.


ie:  (http://photos1.blogger.com/img/195/932/640/00%20-%20Grandmaster%20Flash%20-%20Message%20-%201982%20-%20front.jpg)

mrC

Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Jabba on December 07, 2005, 04:32:09 pm
Ah Ditka.....THAT Grabowski... Doh!
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:33:29 pm

Fedora and net shirt?  Did you get that at Chess King in the mall?


My buddy worked there.  Looking back, I hate what he brought upon us.  And no one other than a woman or someone in the Navy should own a pair of white pants.  It was tough being dead sexy back when I didn't know how to channel it as effectively as I do now. ;D
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Stingray on December 07, 2005, 04:36:35 pm
Yes. I owned parachute pants.

-S
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:37:37 pm

Ahhh, what doies the NTTTAAWQ stand for anyway?

Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Stingray on December 07, 2005, 04:40:20 pm
That's a funny way to spell you're a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---.

-S
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 07, 2005, 04:44:02 pm
Ahhh, what doies the NTTTAAWQ stand for anyway?
Not That There Is Anything Wrong With That <sic>

Took me a while to figure it out also.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Stingray on December 07, 2005, 04:45:21 pm


Took me a while to figure it out also.

NTTIAWWT

-S
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:46:46 pm
That's a funny way to spell you're a ---auto-censored---.

-S

I can spell autocensor.  I hate "autocensor".  It gives less meaning than stuff like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- or ---uvula---
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: JackTucky on December 07, 2005, 04:47:15 pm
Half shirt.  Shudder.

The worst getup was the white fedora with pink stripe, and the pink  belt.  Black pants I think, and black/white checkered shirt.

heh heh.

Is that Mrc with the beer?

http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/2_25_02/wifebeaterarticle.html

Art
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:48:43 pm
It was hard at first figuring out what --Drew-- and --Stingray-- were, but --ChadTower-- and --MrC-- were pretty easy to figure out
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Stingray on December 07, 2005, 04:50:20 pm
--missioncontrol-- is a dead giveaway.

-S
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 04:53:09 pm
--missioncontrol-- is a dead giveaway.

-S

That one was a given.  I'm just surprised that wasn't the first one changed.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 07, 2005, 04:58:23 pm
At least you guys never tattoed Eddie on your arm, or anything crazy like that... :-\
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Jabba on December 07, 2005, 05:36:19 pm
At least you guys never tattoed Eddie on your arm, or anything crazy like that... :-\

How big did you get it Zakk ??  :D
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 05:42:08 pm

How big did you get it Zakk ??  :D


Save your homo-erotic chat for PM's or AIM you two bum hounds
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 07, 2005, 09:30:20 pm
Drew is jealous of the size of my eddie.

Which is pretty sad since it's only about 4" tall.

However it's 3" wide.

Nothing like an 80's metal band mascot on your arm to draw the ladies.  Ladies, line up on the left of me for make-outs.  Men, line up on the left for high-fives.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 08, 2005, 10:40:04 am


Aw, man! You have to post of picture of your Eddie tat....come on!



mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Jabba on December 08, 2005, 10:50:19 am
Drew is jealous of the size of my eddie.

Which is pretty sad since it's only about 4" tall.

However it's 3" wide.

Nothing like an 80's metal band mascot on your arm to draw the ladies.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Jabba on December 08, 2005, 10:55:46 am

How big did you get it Zakk ??
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 08, 2005, 10:47:14 pm


Aw, man! You have to post of picture of your Eddie tat....come on!



mrC

ZAKK CHEESECAKE FOR ALL!
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 08, 2005, 10:48:05 pm
Oh, and just in case you didn't notice the ultimate 80's nod in there, here's eddie up close
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: missioncontrol on December 09, 2005, 12:06:49 am
the video rocks
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 09, 2005, 01:24:19 am
Oh, and just in case you didn't notice the ultimate 80's nod in there, here's eddie up close


Now that's convergence!  Eddie and Atari!? 

(I was seriously scared for a bit...I mixed-up a couple of threads in my head and thought you had tattoos of "Eddie Van Halen"! How bad would that be?)



mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 09, 2005, 09:30:08 am
Oh, no, unless EVH was some kind of demon, then he wouldn't have made the tat cut :)

According to diamond dave Eddie is a demon, but that is only one opinion :)
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 09, 2005, 02:03:56 pm


(I was seriously scared for a bit...I mixed-up a couple of threads in my head and thought you had tattoos of "Eddie Van Halen"! How bad would that be?)

mrC

I was thinking the SAME THING!

I was gonna ask him if he spelled that with a CAPITAL "L" or was he just gonna go with small "l".  La-hoo-sa-her ;D
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 09, 2005, 02:13:15 pm

HA! At least it's not this bad:


(http://home.earthlink.net/~wolfgang/images/EDTATT.jpg)


mrC
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 09, 2005, 03:07:58 pm

HA! At least it's not this bad:


(http://home.earthlink.net/~wolfgang/images/EDTATT.jpg)


mrC

That might look cool through a net half-shirt.  To the Village People ;D
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 09, 2005, 06:27:24 pm
I think the guy could have done without the eddie-nipple in that tat. 
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: DrewKaree on December 09, 2005, 10:11:20 pm
I think the guy could have done without the eddie-nipple in that tat. 

Until you pointed that out, I hadn't noticed his moob.

Thanks.  Thanks fer nuthin'.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Zakk on December 10, 2005, 12:35:05 am
Yeah, I didn't even need to mention the zipper-crotch problem there
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Kremmit on December 10, 2005, 08:55:39 pm
I am definately NOT a Grabowski.  But I did own a set of Mork suspenders back in the day.

Hmm, wouldn't Grabowski make a good auto-censor replacement?
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Harry Potter on December 10, 2005, 11:28:03 pm
Just steering the topic back on track.

Simply gay. Makes Tommmy look macho.
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: missioncontrol on December 10, 2005, 11:53:27 pm
Just steering the topic back on track.

Simply gay. Makes Tommmy look macho.


Every man wants to be a macho macho man
to have the kind of body, always in demand
Jogging in the mornings, go man go
works out in the health spa, muscles glow
You can best believe that, he's a macho man
ready to get down with, anyone he can

Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man (macho man)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! Ow....

Macho, macho man
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man (yeah, yeah)
I've got to be a macho!

(http://www.harrahs.com/images/ATL/entertainment/HAC_VILLAGE_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: missioncontrol on December 10, 2005, 11:55:17 pm
(http://www.ybfree.com/30SAVAGE1.jpg)


oh yeah...........
Title: Re: Are you a Grabowski?
Post by: Kremmit on December 11, 2005, 06:19:11 pm
Just steering the topic back on track.

Simply gay. Makes Tommmy look macho.

If "on topic" = gay, then I'm pretty sure Mork suspenders are on topic:

(http://www.shagpro.com/golfwidow/mork.jpg)