Comments on: Plush

By: macaquerman

macaquerman — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:18:23 +0000

Get one with a cowl and snazzy rope belt, Bro.

By: Darkwater

Darkwater — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:10:30 +0000

I don’t really see what more this accomplishes beyond what a blanket would do (at a considerable cost savings). Your arms don’t have to be all that exposed to do things if you’re using a blanket. I don’t think Slankets are a sign of declining propriety, rather, it’s a sign of people thinking that they need to buy a specific tool for a specific “problem”, from monopurpose kitchen tools to Ex Officio travel underwear to the Slanket.

On overdressing for travel: The most wrinkle-free way to ship a jacket/blazer is to wear it. (Since I also don’t own pajamas – throwing another comforter on in the winter works for me – Sommer won’t have to worry about seeing me in them in the airport.)

By: Jkat

Jkat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:23:52 +0000

now .. if he’d just zip up that fly .. eh ??

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:56:25 +0000

Spencer, I am so proud of you for wearing the vests! Really. Words can’t even describe how much.

By: Kilo

Kilo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:44:39 +0000

…staying warm while having your hands free is…

Not exactly hard to achieve already.

By: Jkat

Jkat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:02:15 +0000

my beloved wife had a friend who made clothing for folk who attended middle-ages festivals .. her friend’s business went flat and lady kat came home one day came home earlier this fall with a full cloak including a hood for me .. burgundy crushed-velvet on the outside and lined with plush white faux-fur .. i swear it weighs almost 20 pounds ..

now .. i’d never wear it out to dinner .. but on a cold morning while the house is warming up the damn thing is super-warm ..

it had to have been made for a giant .. i’m 6′-1″ and about 195 and it drags the floor .. and who knows .. i may get to stage the sir walter raleigh bit some fine snowy mornin’

i think the poster who said her hubby wanted a camo one for his deer-stand has the right idea .. someone should make one with an oversized right sleeve with a slit to clear the scope and there ya go .. bambi’d never have a chance .. sort of arboreal ghilly suit ..

but i gotta admit .. the “cloak” is more “manly” .. eh ??

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:23:52 +0000

Of course, the slightly tailored version of this was what was known as the “dressing gown” in Victorian England. Men were never supposed to be seen in their shirt sleeves, so when they were at home and visitors came calling, they threw this on rather than a full set of morning or evening clothes.

By: Jkat

Jkat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:18:27 +0000

chuck .. i beg to differ .. if you’ll watch the news you’ll see all the guys in in the al Qaeda videos wear one ..

By: ChuckWood

ChuckWood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:57:44 +0000

I mean, yeah it’s good to be warm and comfy…but I wouldn’t start a bonfire in my living room either. It isn’t reasonable! There’s no reason anyone should be wearing these things…it just seams like that’s the right answer to me.

By: Jkat

Jkat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:45:41 +0000

as you well know from reading your history spence .. all good and true wordsmiths think more clearly when they are a little chilled and a little hungry ..

even van gogh suffered while alive .. and we all know eugene o’neill and dickens scarcely fed themselves while they wrote and lived ..

and then a’coure there was poe and blake .. who did barely well enough to feed their cocaine addictions ..

hence blake’s:

my candle burns at both ends..
and it won’t last the night..
but oh my enemies and Oh my friends ..
it makes such a beautiful light …