Comments on: The Most Eligible Ladies Hangout

The Most Eligible Ladies Hangout

hoboynow — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:15:53 -0800

Sure, we've all seen bad web design, but sometimes one finds a site that's really worth a second look, and this is certainly one. It's not so much bad web design as a veritable county fair of bad web design, complete with a ring-toss (try to click that link!), a booth extolling the modern wonder of air conditioning, another exhibit about the wonderful world of the future, and, of course, misguided hero worship. But wait, there's more, including a visit from famous basketballer Michel Jordan. Really, one could spend hours and hours exploring the many nooks and crannies of The Retreat's website, and still not find all of the many, many gems that it contains. Don't forget to ask about the monogamous weddings!

By: hoboynow

hoboynow — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:17:49 -0800

I was directed to this site by a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune that looked much like this and was at once mystified and much amused by the contents. I'm still not certain exactly what's going down at The Retreat, and even clicking here doesn't seem to help much. Perhaps a mefi meetup is in order?

By: stonerose

stonerose — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:29:14 -0800

Heh. Looks like Timecube guy opened a banquet facility. Nice find, hoboynow - welcome!

By: cnx

cnx — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:33:58 -0800

"Royalty Prepared Gourmet AMERICAN CUISINE" Is that like Burger King?

By: damnitkage

damnitkage — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:36:16 -0800

I'm just curious about the monogamous wedding deal. Too bad as I was thinking of starting up a harem. Damn the luck! Hmmm....I wonder if that's an antigay kind of deal...nah...couldn't be...

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:47:50 -0800

If we allow monogamous weddings, what's next? Weddings between Protestants and other, slightly different Protestants?

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:07:29 -0800

Those mile-long urls are (I suspect) a function of the pages being built in (ouch!) Netscape Composer.

By: geeknik

geeknik — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:11:02 -0800

Please tell me this is just a cruel, cruel joke.. Nobody is that bad.. WYSIWYG page builders do all the work for you nowadays and even output 100% standards compliant code...

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:13:29 -0800

What's the connection?:

By: etc.

etc. — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:21:31 -0800

6 Professional Chessboards? I'm there!

By: i_cola

i_cola — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:35:03 -0800

And you can't go wrong with $3 Margaritas. Actually, you probably can.

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:26:20 -0800

Wow. I mean, ow.

By: Juicylicious

Juicylicious — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:29:33 -0800

I think the connection is that Princess Di and the Pope both visited Chicago at some point in time, perhaps for their secret rendezvous at .... The Chicago West? The Retreat? I can't even figure out what the name of the place is.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:34:27 -0800

You think that's bad? Try this. No, I will not explain how I found it.

By: anathema

anathema — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:05:29 -0800

Now I've got a serious afterimage thing going on. THANKS, CRASH!

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:08:48 -0800

mr_crash_davis: Why do you hate America?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:32:42 -0800

I will not explain how I found it. found it? you were there!

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:34:11 -0800

Thanks crash, I am again reminded of how much this Internet thingy truely used to suck. Remember the days when that kind of crazy design was the norm? *shudder*

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:35:10 -0800

Funnest quonsar one-liner EVER!

By: bendybendy

bendybendy — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:35:35 -0800

Pope and Di connection: the owner owns cars that once transported their earthly vessels. I think they're on display. If I'm reading things correctly, the place grew out of his car collection. Thus, the romantic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang lounge. After a little chitty chitty, it's on to bang bang, and then a monogamous marriage, if it all works out.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:06:27 -0800

habitual bad-page-source-viewer here. that horrible garbled mess brought to you courtesy of "VCOM Technology V4.0". from the fine web professionals at www.v-com.com. their web design package is so amazing and powerful that their own site is designed using GoLive CyberStudio 3. gotta love a company that sells a web design program that they won't even use on their own site. (anyone besides me think the web wasn't so bad back in the day when you actually had to know some code to build a site? all these authoring tools, in the wrong hands... dear god, what have we done?)

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:37:38 -0800

This is like the death valley of WTF quotes. To wit: "...symbolizing Eleven as the highest single numeral rank to reflect one another with out change...", "...humble people reflecting their self motivated & unobstructed personal goals & dreams." Metafilter: a Classless Firstclass.