oooh...
I am just,
green
with envy...
I am just,
green
with envy...
Return of the '70s
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moonvalleycacti
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OMG
I almost died last night on HGTV there tore out this beautiful kitchen in this 70's custom home that had gorgues orange cabinets and silestone countertops and stainless apllinace, because fu fu queen didnt like them... I was soo saddend..
I almost died last night on HGTV there tore out this beautiful kitchen in this 70's custom home that had gorgues orange cabinets and silestone countertops and stainless apllinace, because fu fu queen didnt like them... I was soo saddend..
jasonl
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The 70s never left
Appliances are coming in colors again, shag is back, and I have the console stereos to prove it. Even vinyl records are making a comeback
Avocado forever!
Appliances are coming in colors again, shag is back, and I have the console stereos to prove it. Even vinyl records are making a comeback
Avocado forever!
xraytech
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I love avacado appliances almost as the coppertone ones which are my favorite. You can keep that god-awful harvest gold though. I love shag carpet, my favorite being a seafoam green and white two tone 2.5" pile which was in a home I attended an estate sale in, would love to have that carpeting with dark wood paneling and flocked gold wallpaper with low back sofas in a brown floral pattern and massive table lamps with beige drum shades and wood pattern formica tables and heavy dark brown drapderies with gold fringes.Also a kitchen and laundryroom with burnt orange walls, red brick pattern congoleum flooring with brown shag throw rugs, coppertone appliances, gold and white formica and every countertop appliance under the sun in avacado. If only it could happen again
danemodsandy
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If...
...Avocado must come back, let's at least call it by its right name - Linda Blair Green.
Can you tell I was around when the Avocado Tsunami hit America and wiped out all the nice colours?
Sorry if this offends any avocado lovers, but I was there, and it wasn't pretty.
...Avocado must come back, let's at least call it by its right name - Linda Blair Green.
Can you tell I was around when the Avocado Tsunami hit America and wiped out all the nice colours?
Sorry if this offends any avocado lovers, but I was there, and it wasn't pretty.
Once upon a time, someone did a study comparing the paint used on the interior walls of prisons, and prison violence. The color most associated with violence, even riots, was... pink!
Was that Mamie pink or petal pink?
anything but.... Mauve & Teal
My bedroom at my late parents home was a color close to avocado in the mid 70's. The closet still is
Hopefully avocado comes back before..... mauve and teal, once at work our offices were moved and the whole place was late 80's early 90's mauve and teal, even the bathrooms.
My bedroom at my late parents home was a color close to avocado in the mid 70's. The closet still is
Hopefully avocado comes back before..... mauve and teal, once at work our offices were moved and the whole place was late 80's early 90's mauve and teal, even the bathrooms.
I wouldn't mind a few appliances in British Racing Green. But avocado is a bit unsettling.
For quite a while I didn't like the Martha Stewart off-jade green (chartreuse?) she promulgated on so many products. But now I think it's basically inoffensive, if not in excess. Still don't like it on stuff like towels and sheets, though. I used to refer to it as "puke green" which it still resembles when used on very cheap materials.
For quite a while I didn't like the Martha Stewart off-jade green (chartreuse?) she promulgated on so many products. But now I think it's basically inoffensive, if not in excess. Still don't like it on stuff like towels and sheets, though. I used to refer to it as "puke green" which it still resembles when used on very cheap materials.
beadsobleach
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Leisure Suits
Kim Jong-Il of North Korea seems to love his leisure suits.
Kim Jong-Il of North Korea seems to love his leisure suits.
pink is the very essence of gay
One of the many precise reasons why I don't want a d*mn thing to do with it. Just helps perpetuate the stereotype image along with the limp writsts and lisps. Everyone here knows if I found my dream 1958 Frigidaires in PINK!!! (that's right, spelle PINK), I'd be swappin the machines out with eitherr Robert or Greg's 1958 Frigidaires cuz I know they'd both love to have their hands on a pink set.
One of the many precise reasons why I don't want a d*mn thing to do with it. Just helps perpetuate the stereotype image along with the limp writsts and lisps. Everyone here knows if I found my dream 1958 Frigidaires in PINK!!! (that's right, spelle PINK), I'd be swappin the machines out with eitherr Robert or Greg's 1958 Frigidaires cuz I know they'd both love to have their hands on a pink set.
Goodness,
such passion, such drama, such, dare I say it?
Gayity...
Over colors.
O! my paws and whiskers, if someone offered me a Flair in Avocado, I'd take it. (Have to be the double-door oven, tho'.)
Ditto an 806 or Unimatic.
I just prefer the shades of the late '50s to the colors of the 1970's.
PANK! is a very gay color. Avocado is a fruit. Seems to me like they both fit us perfectly!
such passion, such drama, such, dare I say it?
Gayity...
Over colors.
O! my paws and whiskers, if someone offered me a Flair in Avocado, I'd take it. (Have to be the double-door oven, tho'.)
Ditto an 806 or Unimatic.
I just prefer the shades of the late '50s to the colors of the 1970's.
PANK! is a very gay color. Avocado is a fruit. Seems to me like they both fit us perfectly!
It's spelled like its spoken PANK
Kevin, my grandmother who was born and raised in rural North Carolina would be so proud of you if you were to succeed in getting me to say "PANK" !
The whole "pink, vs "pank" is a long standing family joke...
I'm talking about the same grandmother who gave me a powder blue leisure suit on my 17th birthday...of course I was very gracious and thankful...but I'll be damned if I ever wore the thing!
Kevin, my grandmother who was born and raised in rural North Carolina would be so proud of you if you were to succeed in getting me to say "PANK" !
The whole "pink, vs "pank" is a long standing family joke...
I'm talking about the same grandmother who gave me a powder blue leisure suit on my 17th birthday...of course I was very gracious and thankful...but I'll be damned if I ever wore the thing!
estatesale_gary
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Sucker for pastels...
Jay and I had a pink living room for quite a while. Yup...that's a pink shag rug, too. About 2 months ago, I painted it seafoam green (any excuse for new furniture, etc.) Also the kitchen is turquoise.
Jay and I had a pink living room for quite a while. Yup...that's a pink shag rug, too. About 2 months ago, I painted it seafoam green (any excuse for new furniture, etc.) Also the kitchen is turquoise.
Course some of us straight guys dig pastels, too! (Yes, my Razr is pink)
It never ceases to amaze how at the mere mention you're on the hunt for pink appliances, that the eyebrows raise questioningly. The whole color-gendrification thing is tiring; people, get a grip! : )
Both coppertone and avocado aren't so bad, but you can keep that harvest. Blechh.
It never ceases to amaze how at the mere mention you're on the hunt for pink appliances, that the eyebrows raise questioningly. The whole color-gendrification thing is tiring; people, get a grip! : )
Both coppertone and avocado aren't so bad, but you can keep that harvest. Blechh.
Ken,
my sympathies. My mother forced me to wear a double-knit robbin's egg blue leisure suit to Sunday School. I protested and showed up at breakfast in a nice, sane linen jacket.
To make sure I had no choice, my dearest brother "accidently" squeezed the maple syrup all the way across the table and all over my jacket...purely by accident, of course.
Your gramma would jus' die if she heard the way my honey pronounces Turquoise...
my sympathies. My mother forced me to wear a double-knit robbin's egg blue leisure suit to Sunday School. I protested and showed up at breakfast in a nice, sane linen jacket.
To make sure I had no choice, my dearest brother "accidently" squeezed the maple syrup all the way across the table and all over my jacket...purely by accident, of course.
Your gramma would jus' die if she heard the way my honey pronounces Turquoise...
danemodsandy
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Hmm...
"Your gramma would jus' die if she heard the way my honey pronounces Turquoise..."
Turr-koise or turr-kwahzz?
"Your gramma would jus' die if she heard the way my honey pronounces Turquoise..."
Turr-koise or turr-kwahzz?
Well,
Part of it is, he's very very butch and has a deeper voice than me...and mine is lower tenor register.
So out comes (swish)(flip of the hand) tüüüüürrrrhquaw' (rising lilt on the 'quaw') (flash of sparkly fingernail polish)
I just love it, cause it's also the way most folks in that area of the country say it, including the really butch ka'boys, who just ooze cow shit and beer out of every pore.
Me, I have enough trouble spelling the word, never mind pronouncing it.
Part of it is, he's very very butch and has a deeper voice than me...and mine is lower tenor register.
So out comes (swish)(flip of the hand) tüüüüürrrrhquaw' (rising lilt on the 'quaw') (flash of sparkly fingernail polish)
I just love it, cause it's also the way most folks in that area of the country say it, including the really butch ka'boys, who just ooze cow shit and beer out of every pore.
Me, I have enough trouble spelling the word, never mind pronouncing it.
danemodsandy
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My Brother...
...Says "turr-koise"; there's something about the "kwoy" sound in "turr-kwoyze" that he can't get his tongue around. He's no kid, either.
...Says "turr-koise"; there's something about the "kwoy" sound in "turr-kwoyze" that he can't get his tongue around. He's no kid, either.
