“Do you wear the same shirt every day?” I asked John when I first met him.
To my surprise he said, “No, I have seven of the same shirt.” I didn’t get the joke but with John there was always so much to talk about, so we were off to something else.
Now it’s Christmas again at our house. Last week John had horse books for Amy, this week Bart will no longer have to fear wild boar! John and secrets can not exist in the same place at the same time so he called Bart when he discovered Duluth Trading Company is selling fire hose pants and decided Bart couldn’t live without them.
Both men talked to each other on the phone. In each home they they poured over the Duluth’s online advertizement, which told them that if Bart was attacked by a boar it’s tusks would not puncture his pants and he could wear them diving to prevent his wet suit from being torn and also protect him from mustard. They are also guaranteed for life.
I like the looks of those fire hose pants, and their longevity is interesting, but some of my favorite clothes are little more than tissue paper to be worn over a black shirt and stretch pants, which brings me back to the strangeness that is John’s wardrobe. The first time I opened John’s closet I found seven shirts all EXACTLY ALIKE, even in color! There were three such sets of duplicate shirts and sets of seven pairs of pants, their obvious prerequisite being as many pockets as possible and a construction that provided for kicking an attacker in the head if necessary. John told me that when he found something he liked he got seven of them. Now he can hardly breathe waiting for Bart’s pants to get here!  nancymauerman.com