Prom Pics
 

U T 's IMOD today about the middle school kids being overdressed makes me wonder what Ms Jung would do here.
The following are 5 actual pictures from the 2003 Simon Gratz HS prom in Philly.

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Pic 3

pic 4

pic 5

I'm guessing run screaming at them snatchin them up and carrying them off to some undisclosed location to be wrapped in sack cloth. and then flogged......

I'm a "basic black tuxedo" kind of guy when it comes to dressing myself up. But I have to say, I like the stuff shown here a lot better than the icky "powder puff blue" tuxedos that were the rage at the time of my high school years in the mid 80s. (Just think of the Ben Stiller character in "There's Something About Mary" in his taupe tux.)

Except for that red suit, I suspect that'll be in the museum right next to the powder blue of our youth. had me a powder blue leisure suit once, thankfully I also went basic to the prom

There seems to be a lot of LEOs in these pics. Leos or cruisers.

Now the red suit is fucking cool. I want to get a suit like that for my 10-year HS reunion next year. Except I want a bright yellow one. We have a store in South Philadelphia, Torre's, that sells wild ass shit like that. I am so there come next spring.

I like the tan hat. Reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on. Something out of Tin-Tin or the like...

Quzah.

Given the number of shootings that regularly occur at Simon Gratz, I'm not surprised by the obvious police presence at a school event.

Or perhaps they are there to issue citations for fasion violations?

Some of those dresses ... oooh my.

Would have gotten a few girls sent home in my day.

(for the record, I avoided the ritual known as the "Junior/Senior Prom." Went to the movies with people I actually liked, didn't have to buy an overpriced dress I would only wear once.)

Wutz that on the ground? Looks like a gym mat.

And what's with those breasts? (Sorry, not trying to offend.) But at my school, not even the fat girls were that plump. 'Course, they were all white. Is that a black thing?

/me wonders if Ron sells Nigger in a Can ..

I think it's a roll of plastic. Actual red carpet can get expensive.

Quite a thing to say on Juneteenth. :)

I used to ride past Gratz every day when I worked at Pep Boys. Some of the kids rode the bus I took...typical high-schoolers: Some were obnoxious; others well-behaved.

Bitman, what exactly do you mean? I believe what you are trying to say is, "What's up with those fat gals wearing next to nothing?" If this is the case, kindly confirm, and Rho and I will be more than happy to explain it.

I understand the clothes in general ('tis America, after all.) And I'm reluctant to call these kids "fat". They actually look relatively healthy, but they look a little too healthy for being 17 years old. Admittedly, my eyes are highly "uncalibrated", so I don't know if I'm out of sync with teen physiology in general, or just black physiology.

Not that I mind "calibrating" against scantily clad teens. :eek: :D :3eye:

What he's trying to say is, "I never knew 17-year olds had such huge tits. What gives?"

Yeah. That second one there, in the black... Jesus Christ on a crutch. I'd nail the holy hell out of her.

Well how about this Prom dress.:eek:

Oh man, that's too much. Everything up to now is like, pimpy or tasteless, but harmless, but this seems somehow just too wrong.

Ah, okay Bitman. Well, as far as the girls being "too healthy," I'd say that is due to our nation growing fatter with every potato chip and pizza eaten. We're becoming a bunch of cows. And that's not really limited to one group of folks per se. Shit, they look healthier than the gals I went to high school with...and that's only been 9 years.

I thought you were referring to something else, though I didn't think you were being offensive.

What does it mean for someone to look too healthy?

It's a nice term for "being a bit fat."

I think you're still mistaking what he was trying to say, due to his vague choice of words. He was referring only to breasts in the "plump" comment. "Not even the fat girls were that plump", meaning "not even the fat girls had such huge tits."

As to whether that's a black thing, I would daresay conventional wisdom holds that black girls, on average, have bigger breasts that white girls, weight notwithstanding. I wonder if there's ever been any research done on this?

Of course, they could be fake too. Probably not an unheard-of thing in girls that age these days.

The dress alone is frightening enough, but that hair has JUST got to go.

(It just now occurred to me, although certainly it should have earlier, that prom maternity wear is a largely untapped market. Must be for a young (and I use the term loosely) lady to wear such a thing as this. Wonder if she gave birth before or after the fruit cup was served?)

ghetto-fab prom dresses
 

I wouldn't be surprised if I got it wrong. :)

But still, it does seem that breasts have gotten bigger over the years, cosmetic surgery aside. Sorta like how people have grown taller. Probably a byproduct of better health and nutrition over the past 100 years.

Hmmm...that would be some interesting research. I've seen lots of black gals that are flat as a board. But the biggest natural breasts I've ever seen have probably been on a black woman.

And I've seen a lot of breasts. ;)

Eh, I would say no in this case. Most of them look home-grown. And as a whole, blacks don't seem to go for cosmetic surgery as much as whites. (Of course, the girls in these pics are 17 and 18 year olds, mostly from North Philadelphia, which is rather poor. They may go and get the fake-ass hair and ridiculously expensive clothing, but cosmetic surgery? Not likely.)

On the news recently, they said the average had gone from 34B to 36C in less than 50 years.
When I was in HS, they wore loose blouses with buttoned up Peter Pan collars. And lots of underwear. :(

I'm too tired to think but maybe hormone laced food and drink are having an impact. If you guys think this is bad you should see what passes for a middle-schooler these days.

BLOND- Mom, I have the biggest boobs in the 6th grade.
MOM- That's because you're 23, dear.
:rolleyes:

For what it's worth, I thought it was to say buxom.

Isn't the polite term for "being a bit fat" is "zaftig?"

Or is that out of usage these days?

Yiddish was so 10 years ago.

Zaftig is the same in meaning as German's saftig. Neat.

If you pay really REALLY close attention, you can follow a conversation between Yiddish speakers. You have to be creative about your interpretation of meaning of words. For example "Schmuck" means "jewelry" in German ... ;)

How about Rubinesque.
Or maybe just pre Hugh Hefner feminine.:D

Hey Kids, what time is it?
Prom time Buffalo Bob.

Enough to make a mother proud. :biggrin:

36C average? holy hell.
xoxoxoBruce wins. Last two are beyond compare. White people with cornrows cracks me up every time.

:lol: there was only one normal prom dress, and that was being worn by the guy in the upper right.

One dude is carrying the powder blue tux torch into the next century. :beer:

To the young lady in post #37, pic#1, um, does your daddy let you go out looking like that? coz mine didn't. Just sayin'...uh-huh, whatever.

I went back to the first pic and noticed that not only is there two police units, but there is an ambulance as well.

And here I thought my niece's prom dress was a little outrageous. I must be getting old. :(

She's adorable. She looks like Glinda, the Good Witch!

The boy, however, has got to go.

Thanks, Bri! And yeah, UT, the boy is a dolt but you can't tell her that. :crazy:

Daddy?

Yeah, her Daddy. NOT her :apimp:

Sorry...I am making a poor joke. Something along the lines of "if this girl *had* a daddy, she wouldn't *be* out dressed like that."

Unless he's her pimp. :(

Senior Prom circa 1981 -

and to think, I thought MY prom dress was daring because of the bare shoulders....

My son is a junior this year and my daughter will be a junior next year - My guess is that they'll both go the more traditional prom attire route.

C'mon guys - break out the old yearbooks let see what YOU did on your prom.

By the way, the boy in the pic was just a friend who hung in my group of friends - he was kind enough to take me to the prom after my boyfriend dumped me the week before. The boy (Matt) took me despite the fact that a few weeks prior, I had run his car into a telephone pole while he was teaching me to drive (it was a banner month!)

I did not attend my prom. My friends and my anti-prom was to go to the local drive in movie. I believe I spent around $10, and didn't puke.

My God. I thought it was a big wedding. They have so wonderful dress.

That comes shortly after the prom for the ones that aren't married already. :)

I went to my junior prom in my date's auntie's pink dress that didn't fit. He wore a brown courderoy suit. I think I still have the pic somewhere...I'll post it if I find it...

I went with a good friend who was actually dating my best friend at the time. The guy I was dating was older and not interested in that kind of crap, but hosted a killer after-party that lasted thru the weekend. I had a great time, spent most of it hanging out with Jim... :love:

Let's see: he hangs out with you(r group), teaches you how to drive, is cool when you wreck his car and doesn't ask anyone to the prom till he finds out you're bf moved on and you thought he was just a friend? We need to have a loooooooooooooooong chat, Miss Jacquelita, a loooooooooooooong chat.

Not that it matters now, of course. :)

Oh, and nice dress, btw.

(THANKS!)

No he really was just a friend - he graduated the year before and had no intent on going to the prom. He had a thing for my friend, and I think was trying to win her approval by showing me kindness during a bad patch.

The guy who dumped me in such a timely fashion just before the prom would eventually became my husband and then my ex (some lessons it seems must be learned the hard, painful way)

No regrets though. With lessons learned and priorities in order, my path has led me now to a man whose kindness gives my soul room to breathe.

A man who looks at me (me - a 41-year-old mother of grown children!) like this...

Lecherously? :love:

He's just looking down your dress.