View From The Porch: Given my impeccable fashion sense...

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Given my impeccable fashion sense...

...the next time I go to the mall, I'm wearing a bag over my head. Just in case.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: To my way of thinking clothes only serve two purposes.

1) Protection from the elements.
2) To keep me from getting arrested.

Strictly speaking 2) is a specialized case of 1) but most people don't realize the implications of 1) unless I spell it out for them.

I haven't yet figured out how some people ended up with brains capable of wasting so much processing power on such drivel.; 12:11 PM, July 13, 2008
Anonymous said...: I'm having an awfully hard time working up a neuron's worth of give-a-damn what Nancy there, or whatever "his" name is thinks of my jeans and t-shirt.; 2:32 PM, July 13, 2008
Jenny said...: Wow... I haven't seen that kind of snotty fuss and bother over nothing since junior high.

Of course, the snotty girls in junior high had a excuse - everyone was just a few years away from Barbies and there wasn't much else to do at that age but play dress up and try on different act-like-an-adult personas.

Oh well. Bless his heart. :); 3:44 PM, July 13, 2008
Anonymous said...: Open Carry in the mall.

He won't be staring at your clothing.; 5:42 PM, July 13, 2008
phlegmfatale said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9:52 PM, July 13, 2008
phlegmfatale said...: [is something weird going on with the comments these days? My typing got all discombobulated, somewhow. I'll try again.]

Not that I'm ha'in' on William Sledd or anything, but to the list of sartorial fox paws he pointed out, I would add "boys shouldn't wear frosted pink lipstick."

I'm just sayin'.; 9:53 PM, July 13, 2008
Tam said...: Heh.

All day long I've been checking the comments to see if Phlegmmie had shown up yet.

And it was worth it. :D; 9:59 PM, July 13, 2008
Rabbit said...: Kilt?
Check.
Boots?
Check.
Upper torso protected from the elements and to not frighten the white women?
Check.

Next biggest choice- black AR or green park'ed FAL fashionably slung over a shoulder?

Will I be out after 6? Hmm...formal just cries out for black.

Regards,
Rabbit.; 11:47 PM, July 13, 2008
et45 said...: Carpenter jeans and shorts have handy thigh pockets for your Spyderco.; 4:44 AM, July 14, 2008
staghounds said...: William makes, in a funny way, a genuine social point about respect for our fellow citizens, and for ourselves. Thoughtful people- certainly thoughtful second amendment people- ought to think about how public politeness and virtue are a continuum.

The good people lost this one somewhere between 1939 and 1974. I am just barely old enough to remember the world of oughts, and they were important.; 8:19 AM, July 14, 2008
Anonymous said...: Pretty sure that I'm in the "clothes keepme from being arrested" camp. And it takes a lot- if I were to switch to short sleeves, for instance, I would be likely to be at least indicted.

On the other hand, ripped jeans- especially if they are ripped in good places... can be very nice.

No, not the knees.; 10:24 AM, July 14, 2008
Anonymous said...: How narcissistic does one have to be to surreptitiously film people at the mall for no other reason than to make fun of them?

"To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves."
-- Will Durant; 11:35 AM, July 14, 2008