This reminds me of the time Ronnie DeVoe placed an inflatable rat in front of an Atlanta area CVS to protest the use of non-union plumbers. 

I think you answered your own question (i.e., in which social class do you think a snobby public intellectual like Fussell believed real estate agents belong?).

I think you answered your own question (i.e., in which social class do you think a snobby public intellectual like Fussell believed real estate agents belong?).

"I may be a broke-ass but I won't be mistaken for a vulgar striver!"  You, sir, just captured my post-Class life-mission-statement.  A few of my affectations:  nylon watch band, very plain automobile, tweed blazer, clothes layering (despite the fact that I'm a sweaty fella), never saying "yacht" or "limo" or "tuxedo"…

"I may be a broke-ass but I won't be mistaken for a vulgar striver!"  You, sir, just captured my post-Class life-mission-statement.  A few of my affectations:  nylon watch band, very plain automobile, tweed blazer, clothes layering (despite the fact that I'm a sweaty fella), never saying "yacht" or "limo" or "tuxedo"…

The book Class, while clever and funny, was terribly uncomfortable for me to read, what with all my middle class angst.  For example, when he pointed out that a foolproof way to tell a lower- from an upper-middle class person is to determine whether he says "home" or "house" when referring to his dwelling (e.g., "I…

The book Class, while clever and funny, was terribly uncomfortable for me to read, what with all my middle class angst.  For example, when he pointed out that a foolproof way to tell a lower- from an upper-middle class person is to determine whether he says "home" or "house" when referring to his dwelling (e.g., "I…

Why does he still go by "Dante Basco"?  He's not undercover anymore.  Be yourself, Joe Pistone.

Why does he still go by "Dante Basco"?  He's not undercover anymore.  Be yourself, Joe Pistone.

"[T]he Internet has grown into a place where personae are fluid and sometimes false."

I'm so pleased that we now live in a world in which one can make fun of Scientology without any negative ramific

Is starring in what will be known as the "other Steve Jobs movie" better or worse than being the Coy and Vance Duke of an abominable sitcom? 

With all due respect, you're stewed, buttwad.

Sorry, Biff, but the line "you two donkey dicks couldn't get laid in a morgue" will forever keep you out of the #1 spot in my '80s bullies list.

Did Turbo steal the broom moves from Poppin' Pete?

"Greedo is good." - Jabba the Commodities Trader

They'll just follow the plot of book #26, "Clifford and the Expressing of the Big Red Anal Glands."

As an adult, Emily Elizabeth's "big red dog" only comes around once a month, but hijinks always ensue (if by "hijinks" you mean "emotionally charged arguments with her husband about his lack of emotional support and seeming indifference to her life plan before the fucking kids, Tom!").

How do you say "Rocky Dennis" in British?

"Laura Jane Grace"?  Leave some first names for the rest of the gals!  Typical broad.