So I have this coat...a coat that looks a lot like the one on the left. My grandfather gave it to me a couple of years ago..."Bogart, I am not going out in the rain anytime soon, plus I am in a wheelchair, so maybe you can use it."It looked like a very nice coat. It fit perfectly. It was warm. It IS a nice coat.
So I took it. It has traveled all over the US with me. Of course, I never had to wear it in San Diego...it Never Rains in Southern California!
But then I move to VA. I get to wear this coat even more. How happy am I? SOOO HAPPY!
I mean, c'mon, it is my gramps coat. I even found some sermon notes that he left in the pocket from an Easter Sunrise service. How cool is that?! I am happy wearing that coat. I look goooood wearing that coat. Oh yea!
Enter Claire. My beautiful lady love. The girl that gives me pause when I see her each day, no matter what she is wearing. She is smoke'n!
Claire: "What are you wearing?"
Me: "The coat my gramps gave me. Isn't it great?"
Claire: "1987 called...they want their coat back. You look like you are an extra from that movie Wall Street."
Me: "I love my coat. It is a great coat. Are you saying my grandfather did not know how to dress?"
Claire: "Honey, I think my grandma is very stylish, but if I started wearing her clothes, I would look like a moron."
Me: "Did you just call me a moron."
Claire: "I am just saying that if I wore my maw-maw's stuff, I would look like a moron. That's all I'm saying."
6 comments:
I LOVE the word Moron... it is all encompassing and seems to some up people perfectly. I say, embrace your moronness!!
I think AIRMAN SHMOOPY has a very formal sound to it, don't you?
Hallie
I say it's your coat, you can wear it if you want to wear it. Especially if it has sentimental value like that.
I would say wear it. Unless you are also wearing a fedora...than I would say no.
I also think that maybe if Claires Grandma gave her jewerly she would probably waer it.
WWofW - it is a well used word...and I think he hated that Airman Shmoopy thing the last couple of weeks! Pretty much can guarantee it!
Thanks VA...I like it and will wear it. Claire says I still look cute, even when I wear it!
I think you are right William...I am sure she would wear it. And since gramps was from the old school, I don't have any jewelery of his, so the coat will have to suffice!
She's calling you a moron, and you have to admit you'de be willing to be an extra in wallstreet tomorrow if they called. Turn off the chicago cd and closet the cloak (grin)...
KP -- Thanks...I think? And Chicago is so yesterday...I have moved on and grown up, I mean, it is all about Depeche Mode and Soft Cell...jeeze.
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