Monocles

gordonfrohman: there's a monocle magazine?
gordonfrohman: I must have a copy
ralph: monocle is visually interesting and terminally precious
gordonfrohman: the magazine purports to provide a globalist perspective on international affairs, culture and design to wealthy, cosmopolitan readers.
gordonfrohman: oh
gordonfrohman: nemmind
Niteowl: what does that even MEAN fireinthedisco!?
gordonfrohman: I thought it was, like, ratings of all the new monocles and stuff
Niteowl: what stuff?
Niteowl: riding crops?
Niteowl: manservants?
ralph: $75 an issue, printed on ultrathin flexible glass, and has many articles about green architectural cooperatives in Amersterdam
Niteowl: manservants with riding crops?
Niteowl: ok, ralph, sold
ralph: ultra-euro-hipster socially conscious
Niteowl: GIMME
Niteowl: BUT YOU REPEAT YOURSELF
cpa-one: hahaha! i would so buy a magazine that was ratings of new monocles, riding crops, and manservants
Niteowl: MANservants, cpa-one
Niteowl: as in, all grown up
ralph: I think if you couldn't persuade Emmanuelle Beart to let you do anal in the lobby of a boutique hotel you don't qualifty as a reader
cpa-one: oh.
spruce: A person who brags about being in MENSA is definitely a warning flag for something.
ralph: Following the success of The Monocle Shop in London, Monocle has opened new shops in Los Angeles and Palma de Mallorca. Located in the Brentwood Country Mart, the LA shop is a cosy 115 sq ft in size and stocks the full range of Monocle design collaborations with the likes of Porter, Comme des Garçons, Orlebar Brown and Valextra - plus a handful of exclusive products for the LA store, including a limited-edition Monocle candle from Le Labo. In Palma our shop is in the Santa Catalina district and carries a host of special products including the Monocle x Havaianas flip-flop. It also has a selection of music, DVDs and magazines for days in the sun. Come in and see us.
ralph: Okay, I've travelled a bit, where the FUCK is palma/
cpa-one: someplace only richies know about
gordonfrohman: couple miles from Nutley, NJ
cpa-one: as my dad ran a bank, I qualify. but i can't tell you.
ralph: one more: Tyler Brûlé is editor-in-chief of Monocle
Katya: also collapsible hats
Niteowl: collapsible, stovetop hats?
spruce: I'm so sophisticated that I wear bi-monocles when I drive.
gordonfrohman: I have a collapsable flat cap
gordonfrohman: it's not really that impressive
ralph: bi-curious monocles. They make everybody look like Lori Petty.
gordonfrohman: gyah
cpa-one: my jimmy hat is collapsible
bigjimslade: heh one of the guys at the wedding this past weekend had a monocle
cpa-one: hahaha, i just wanted to say jimmy hat
ralph: heh
bigjimslade: it was only partly a joke, too
cpa-one: i don't think i've ever seen a real-life monocle
gordonfrohman: I have a flip-up monocle
Katya: i used to wear a single contact lens
cpa-one: has anyone invented a monocle sunglass?
cpa-one: sunglasses monocle?
Katya: because of my amblyopia.
bigjimslade: perhaps they should
spruce: jim, did you contrive a farcical stunt so outrageous to make it pop from his very eye with astonishment?
cpa-one: hahahhahahaha
bigjimslade: heh
Katya: ha
bigjimslade: I was at a lesbian wedding on Fire Island attended by a sizable population of the homosexual florist community of New York City
bigjimslade: I could not possibly come up with anything more farcical than them
cpa-one: "A once-standard comedic device exploits this: an upper-class gentleman makes a shocked expression in response to some event, and his monocle falls into his drink, smashes into pieces on the floor, etc." -wikipedia
cpa-one: yes, i am currently researching monocles
Niteowl: if you don't already KNOW abotu monocles
Niteowl: well
cpa-one: wikipedia always has new information!
cpa-one: to surprise and startle
Niteowl: i like new, it's better than 'correct'
cpa-one: tru
cpa-one: all right, it's been spending my five-minutes-a-week-on-chat with you all. off to a meeting
ralph: FOL
Katya: i have a whole set of monocles to wear just when perusing wikipedia
cpa-one: it's been great, i meant to say
cheesoning: you know, a monocle could really enhance a jimmy hat
gordonfrohman: "That was my third monocle this week. I simply MUST stop being so horrified.:
Katya: so i may pop them with abandon as I learn one startling fact after another
cpa-one: hahaha
gordonfrohman: Startling Monocle Facts is the name of my new band
cheesoning: Mine is the Jimmy Hat Monocles
Katya: mine is Monocle's Jimmy Hat
cheesoning: Jimmy Eat Monocle Hat