No, not THOSE thumb holes, you pervs!

I just bought a new long-sleeved shirt and it has THUMB-HOLES at the ends of the sleeves! I look totally anime!!

What are you guilty of buying yourself recently?

Autra 10,560 11
12/11/2008 01:37 PM

Hookers and blow.

Not really a guilty pleasure, but whatever.

Under a Crazed Wal-Mart Crowd 101,398 77
12/11/2008 01:41 PM

I just bought my 10-year old two long-sleeve shirts with thumbholes. 

Just saying.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/11/2008 01:45 PM

Then your 10-yr-old and I are both uber-anime cool!

Deck the halls with balls of Ravos 63,472 21
12/11/2008 01:58 PM

I have a hoodie with thumb holes.

Actually, they are called suicide sleeves.

Gonzo 20,522 17
12/11/2008 02:33 PM

I am guilty of purchasing shelter, sustainence, gasoline, and 487 lbs of cheese.

That's all I need.

reindeerfart 4,871 6
12/11/2008 02:53 PM

a metric Shakespeare ton of beer every other day or so.

Anh a sleigh. 11,158 14
12/11/2008 04:10 PM

I bought those mittens that have a flap so that they can turn into fingerless gloves. There's even a flap on the thumbs so that I can use my phone!

Dropkick Brody 43,090 12
12/11/2008 04:42 PM

I love those mittens! 

McPants thinks they make me look like a child, (and unlike most of GAB, he's not really into that) but they're so handy!

Jingleblock 27,578 25
12/11/2008 04:57 PM

 I've been eating reduced-fat peanut spread for years, and I had done a great job of convincing myself that it tastes exactly the same as the original. The other day, I got some regular creamy peanut butter because it was on sale.

HOLY GOD. I forgot how delicious this stuff is. It's a medley of nuts in my mouth. It's smooth and flavorful, not like that dull, grainy crap I used to eat. With all the low fat/ reduced fat/ fat-free foods I buy, I keep forgetting that fat is put in foods to make them taste delicious.

Inspector 71 278 6
12/11/2008 05:11 PM

 It's a medley of nuts in my mouth

So you're into that then...

Chit 178,781 15
12/11/2008 05:12 PM

Would someone like to tell the old guy why we even need shirts with thumb holes?





Were long sleeves creeping up past the lack of forearm muscles on today's children?



And what the hell do bad Japanese cartoons have to do with it?

 

Dropkick Brody 43,090 12
12/11/2008 05:38 PM

Chit, they help hide the scars of the emo children.

Because sometimes listening to My Chemical Romance just makes them want to cut themselves because no one understands them.

Chit 178,781 15
12/11/2008 05:47 PM

And for KChiki...to hide the track marks?



I get it now... Thanks, Brody.

 

Gonzo 20,522 17
12/11/2008 07:07 PM

"Thumb-hole"...  Heh.  That's a good, all-purpose, non-profane insult.  I'm going to start calling people that when they piss me off. 

"Hey, man... I was just doing what I HAD to, alright?"

"Thumb-hole!"

...

There's always that split second of confused indecision while they figure out if they heard you right or not, and then finally decide that they've been insulted in some way.  I cherish those are perhaps the most precious of moments.

Gonzo 20,522 17
12/11/2008 07:10 PM

I cherish those are perhaps the most precious of moments.

Arrgh!  Phrase-collision!  What interesing word usements I structure.

The Twelve Days of manhole 21,656 29
12/11/2008 08:21 PM

If somebody called me a thumb-hole, I wouldn't feel insulted at all. I would just think that they were a little off or something.

Gonzo 20,522 17
12/11/2008 08:40 PM

I just assume that if someone is talking to me, that they know I'm a little off.  Or, if they don't know yet, they soon will.

Under a Crazed Wal-Mart Crowd 101,398 77
12/11/2008 09:40 PM

I bought those mittens that have a flap so that they can turn into fingerless gloves. There's even a flap on the thumbs so that I can use my phone!

These too, have been purchased for my 10-year-old.  Do you want her number so you and Kchicka and her can play Candy Land together later?

Dianasaurus Rex 57,835 109
12/11/2008 09:49 PM

I love all that crap. I have the fingerless gloves (2 pairs) with the mitten flip-over dealie, and I also have 2 pairs of arm warmers with thumb holes. They make me feel young! .....until the little 15 year olds with their Kanye West fluorescent sunglasses with the blinds on the eyes look at me funny.

I also have legwarmers somewhere.

Dogs Akimbo 211,594 32
12/11/2008 10:19 PM

I have a pair of trousers with a fly. It may jump around some but it never leaves the ground.

Chit 178,781 15
12/11/2008 10:27 PM

I also have 2 pairs of arm warmers with thumb holes.





That comment reminded me of this Demetri Martin line:



"I saw a guy at a party wearing a leather jacket and I thought, 'That is cool.' But then I saw another guy wearing a leather vest and I thought, 'That is not cool'. Then I figured it out: 'Cool' is all about leather sleeves."

 

Thud 68,506 19
12/11/2008 10:52 PM

That's why I added leather sleeves to all of my wifebeaters.

Straw la la la la la la la la 98,019 37
12/11/2008 11:23 PM

They make me feel young! .....until the little 15 year olds with their Kanye West fluorescent sunglasses with the blinds on the eyes look at me funny.

 I also have legwarmers somewhere.

Considering that those "Kanye West" sunglasses were popular when their daddies were getting drunk in college, I'd say they would have no business getting picky about fashion generation gaps.

Chit 178,781 15
12/11/2008 11:41 PM

.....until the little 15 year olds with their Kanye West fluorescent sunglasses with the blinds on the eyes look at me funny.





At some point you have to protect your street cred, and just shoot them right in the face.

 

Phla: 3 out of 7 dwarves 131,068 34
12/12/2008 01:51 AM

My pants have foot-holes.  I feel like such a poseur.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/12/2008 09:28 AM

 Would someone like to tell the old guy why we even need shirts with thumb holes? Were long sleeves creeping up past the lack of forearm muscles on today's children?

Thumb holes keep the sleeves over the majority of your hand, thus keeping it warm but still allowing you to use your fingers without fumbling through gloves. They also protect the palms of skaters/skateboarders.



And what the hell do bad Japanese cartoons have to do with it?

They just look to me like something an anime character would wear. Kind of like this.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/12/2008 09:30 AM

 Also, now I want a pair of these!

Chit 178,781 15
12/12/2008 09:32 AM

The old guy thanks you!



I'm sure you look adorable in yours.





Pictures?

 

Chit 178,781 15
12/12/2008 09:36 AM

Also, now I want a pair of these!





To protect and warm your hands, while not overheating your upper arms, right?

 

Or cause they're kind of sexy?

 

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/12/2008 09:38 AM

 Cause they're 'hella sexy!

Lady Jade 14,453 11
12/12/2008 09:44 AM

I have some of those! Only mine are black and white.

KChi, do they not sell arm-warmers in America?

The Mailman 176,464 56
12/12/2008 09:51 AM

Also, now I want a pair of these!



If they're emo fashion, the stripes are in the wrong direction. They should go up the avenue, not across the street.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/12/2008 10:03 AM

 Jade, they do sell them here, but I only recently discovered shirts and jackets with the thumb-holes. Also, I'm not emo enough to go to Hot Topic and buy them. 

Ditdah 123,110 14
12/12/2008 10:08 AM

I went into Hot Topic recently to buy a Princess Bride t-shirt.... I felt like a total idiot in there. The teenage emo kids all looked at me like I had just tried to make them smile or wear a pastel polo shirt or something. It was creepy.

Autra 10,560 11
12/12/2008 10:20 AM

Next time you go in there, take some of those "Jesus loves you and so do I" buttons in with you, and start throwing them at the emo kids.

I hear they're allergic and might spontaneously combust or something, and that would be pretty sweet.

Shell Belle 77,143 25
12/12/2008 11:57 AM

 Do you want her number so you and Kchicka and her can play Candy Land together later?

Ooooh, why don't you all come over to my house? I have a DVD Candy Land game, and I just bought a whole bag of Pixie Sticks. We could braid each other's hair!

Chit 178,781 15
12/12/2008 12:10 PM

You got any thumb-holes?

Catbus Ravos 63,472 21
12/12/2008 12:24 PM

She will after they finish with Candy-land.

Nachos 57,521 23
12/12/2008 01:56 PM

I've obviously slipped in my knowledge of pre-teen fads, but this Candy Land sounds very much as if there should be a Ranch in it somewhere.

Les Manturd 283,028 53
12/12/2008 02:03 PM

I have the fingerless gloves (2 pairs) with the mitten flip-over dealie

I have pants that do the same thing.

Catbus Ravos 63,472 21
12/12/2008 02:53 PM

I don't know if your footed bunny PJs count as pants.

Gonzo 20,522 17
12/12/2008 03:38 PM

I've got a bowling-ball with finger-holes AND a thumb-hole!

Strangely Cromulent Bikini 62,262 18
12/13/2008 07:21 AM

Back in my day, we had to cut our own thumbholes in our sleeves and we liked it dammit! While that was to protect our palms from skating (didn't really work that well, to be honest), we also made our own arm warmers, leg warmers, stripy leggings (they didn't really sell things like that in my town; my friend and I used to stitch them from stripy shirts bought at thrift shops) and would cut the crotch out of fishnet stockings and put finger-holes in the foot area so we could wear them on our arms. Oh, and we put studs & Black Flag patches on everything so you'd know we were extra different.

I was so not cool as a teen.

Millie 116,988 28
12/14/2008 09:37 PM

I have the fingerless gloves (2 pairs) with the mitten flip-over dealie.

I buy those too.  So I can smoke when it's cold out.  Why would a 10 year old kid be smoking?

Thud 68,506 19
12/14/2008 09:44 PM

Why would a 10 year old kid be smoking?

Good genes?

Phla: 4 out of 9 reindeer 131,068 34
12/14/2008 09:47 PM

I joined the club yesterday, but it was a fleece from Columbia sportswear, so I don't think it counts. 

Jesus Hussein Whistler Christ 186,130 44
12/14/2008 09:54 PM

Carmen, my bi-polar lesbian niece, has a pair of those arm warmers in green and black check.  She's a little bit emo and a little bit anime geek.  Green and black check is her favorite color.  And yes, we get all her gear at Hot Topic.

Jesus Hussein Whistler Christ 186,130 44
12/14/2008 09:56 PM

And Millie, the child might not be smoking.  Those flippety mittengloves are also good for musicians working outdoors in cold weather.

Millie 116,988 28
12/14/2008 09:57 PM

And picking your nose outside when it's cold.

Test Tube Baby 828 5
12/14/2008 11:17 PM

We had knee high rainbow socks with individual toes  Boy did we think that was the bomb  Of course back in those days there was a never ending supply of hallucinogenic drugs so I suppose we thought a whole bumch of stuff was cool

Dogs Akimbo 211,594 32
12/15/2008 12:38 AM

My family was so poor, all four kids had to wear the same pair of underwear. It sucked when it was your turn on the brown side.

Ravos the red-nosed GABber 63,472 21
12/15/2008 06:32 AM

Green and black check is her favorite color

I believe that is 2 colours, not one.

Jingle Squirrel 53,270 54
12/15/2008 08:34 AM

I believe that is 2 colours, not one.

Oh you Canadians and your weird way of spelling colors.

Ravos the red-nosed GABber 63,472 21
12/15/2008 09:55 AM

If by weird you mean correct, then you are correct.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/15/2008 10:09 AM

 <i>If by weird you mean correct, then you are correct.</i>

Did you just call him weird?

Ravos the red-nosed GABber 63,472 21
12/15/2008 01:28 PM

I...don't know.

Anh a sleigh. 11,158 14
12/15/2008 01:46 PM

Is your nose red because you've been snorting "colours" all day?

Ravos the red-nosed GABber 63,472 21
12/15/2008 02:06 PM

I can stop whenever I feel like it.

Have a Sarah Merry Christmas! 30,601 8
12/15/2008 04:09 PM

NOT FAIR!

Why are all the holes pre made now? I had to spend all that time in study hall cutting thumbs holes in my cardigans and wearing out the knees in my jeans. Now I could go buy holey pants at A&F for $160.

You kids and your laziness!

Wait, isn't Kchiki my age?

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/15/2008 04:56 PM

 I think I am your age, Sarah. I'm just thrilled that I don't have to worry about fraying edges anymore! Weee!

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/15/2008 04:57 PM

 AND I got the holey shirt at Tar-jay for $10! Teh bargain shopper is me!!!

Under a Crazed Wal-Mart Crowd 101,398 77
12/15/2008 05:04 PM

I bought the two my daughter has at JCPenney's, and they were $10 each as well! 

Dogs Akimbo 211,594 32
12/16/2008 12:39 AM

You three are such rebels. They can't stop you.

Ravos the red-nosed GABber 63,472 21
12/16/2008 08:18 AM

You're all non-conforming, just like all the cool kids.

Nachos 57,521 23
12/16/2008 01:14 PM

Oh, and we put studs & Black Flag patches on everything so you'd know we were extra different.

I'm betting 'everything' didn't include the CDs because you probably didn't own any.

</Music Nazi>

Millie 116,988 28
12/16/2008 11:01 PM

Meh.  My ex-husband likes Black Flag.  And he's fifty.



Ergo:  Black Flag is for old people.

I'm Danielle... Bitch! 82 6
12/17/2008 03:12 PM

My winter coat has thumb holes... I didn't realize it though until I started freaking out that my new coat has a rip in the seam. Then I randomly called people to tell them about it.

KChiki is a Christmas Monkey 128,387 98
12/17/2008 03:37 PM

Because this thread got bumped, I'll add that I bought an additional thumb-hole shirt today.

Robin® 14,626 10
12/17/2008 05:02 PM

I bought myself an olive green fedora. It was either that or the chicken hat. I figured that I'd be able to wear the fedora more places. The chicken hat would attract the wrong type of guys.

Thud 68,506 19
12/17/2008 05:15 PM

Does it have a thumbhole?

Millie 116,988 28
12/17/2008 05:48 PM

The chicken hat would attract the wrong type of guys.



Ah Robin, Robin, Robin!  I SO wanted to make a joke about the type of guys you've attracted, but I'm really not that mean and I would feel bad.



But be warned, I've seen BIG around on the board today!

Jingle Squirrel 53,270 54
12/17/2008 07:19 PM

Ah Robin, Robin, Robin! I SO wanted to make a joke about the type of guys you've attracted, but I'm really not that mean and I would feel bad.

Speaking of the type of guys she has attracted, has anyone heard from SR?

Dogs Akimbo 211,594 32
12/18/2008 12:25 AM

Could we please get a picture of one of you wearing your thumbholes? I'm pretty much convinced that this is just an elaborate hoax.

Dianasaurus Rex 57,835 109
12/18/2008 03:17 PM

1

2

rock

reindeerfart 4,871 6
12/18/2008 03:21 PM

I had to spend all that time in study hall cutting thumbs holes in my cardigans and wearing out the knees in my jeans

oh come on, don't pretend it took you a long time to do that!

Dogs Akimbo 211,594 32
12/20/2008 09:39 AM

1 2 rock

Wow. Who knew?