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Linda: So there's a guy on The Apprentice who wears wingtips and red pants and bow ties and carries an unnecessary cane. What's up with those guys?
PoolBoy: Ooo, a cane. Is it a nice one?
Linda: IT'S A CANE. And he has two good legs. He looks like Mr. Peanut.
PoolBoy: Canes are okay. I know a guy who carries a cane.
Linda: Just . . . because?
PoolBoy: Yeah. Canes!
Linda: What's the intended effect? "Look at me, I seem to be impaired, but I'm not!"
PoolBoy: I mean, do you really need a watch? There's fucking clocks everywhere and cell phones and what not. Yet watches are a fashion piece.
Linda: Well, does that guy's cane have a watch in it?
PoolBoy: ...
Linda: HA! Point.
PoolBoy: That's not a point. It's completely not a point. I made a good point, you responded with a non sequitur.
Linda: POINT!
Canes and watches can both be fashion accessories. Watches can have actual, non-fanciful uses, however, such as knowing the time when there is no handy clock. A cane will only come in useful if you (a) randomly decide to climb a mountain; (b) suddenly sprain your ankle.
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at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ](I'm having problems commenting, but I'm trying again.)
I think you both made good points, BUT I have to admit that I like Raj. The bow ties? After all, came in handy. And who knows, maybe the cane (canes?) will, too. You just never know when a cane might help you in business.
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]I think PoolBoy won this one (and I think Linda kinda knew it and gave him credit in the way she reported it). A cane is a visual accessory, like a watch, or a tie, or a jacket, or jewelry, or hairstyling. I find it a silly-looking and affected one in this day and age but that doesn't make it inherently awful.
[If few are posting of late, it may be because others are having the same problems I have. I sign in; I compose my reply; I am chastised and told I need to sign in; I click another screen and am now allowed to re-create my post. We'll see if it works from Screen 3 of The Process.]
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]Yeah, the TypeKey comment system is definitely not perfect. I don't think it's coding, because it works most of the time for me, but it definitely goes through buggy periods.
Either that, or it doesn't want to let you comment because you erroneously suggest that PoolBoy won that argument.
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]Yeah, there's that too. My erroneosity is a great tribulation for me.
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]I have a cane, but it's from the days when I was recovering from a serious leg injury and subsequent knee surgery. When I had to buy one, though, I made sure it was the old black wooden kind, with the curled top that you can pull people offstage with. When people around the office saw it, I was often asked if I was going to "do a little soft shoe."
Carrying a cane as a style statement sort of reminds me of people who wear glasses purely for fashion. I need my glasses so as not to injure myself so I can't imagine wearing them to look... I don't know... more distinguished?
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]I was simply naive and assumed there was an injury of some sort that caused him to need the walking cane. I was obviously wrong and he should indeed be ridiculed.
at 08:32 PM on 09.26.04
[ link ]Anyway, what I was saying was, I know the comment system is screwy, and it seems to be a problem across several TypeKey sites I frequent. I'm watching it to see, but until then, I've enabled unregistered posting, but you'll have to wait for me to approve your post. (This is, again, to foil Bob the Comment Spammer.)
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