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Goodbye Summer Clothes

Goodbye Summer Clothes

Date: Oct 16 2007

Themes: Fashion, Weather

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What’s your favorite thing about summer? All the warmth and sun? The swimming you get to do?

Or is it your summer clothes and all the skin you get to show off?

Up here in the Northern Hemisphere, summer is officially over. We’ve hung up our sandals and tank tops and brought out the boots and jackets. Amanda and Mason aren’t happy about it either.

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Mason

Mason

Amanda

Amanda

Mason:  Remember back in, like, two months ago when we actually got to wear our warm weather clothes?

Amanda:  Yeah, when it was in the triple digits?

Mason:  As opposed to this gloom.

Amanda:  I know.

Mason:  I tell ya. Those were the days.

Amanda:  I’m wearing socks. Closed-toed shoes. Trousers.

Mason:  I hate, hate wearing socks. It’s like the worst possible thing ever.

Amanda:  I agree. What’s the point of getting a pedicure if I can’t even flash off my toe cleavages. Right?

Mason:  Toe cleavages? I don’t know. Quite frankly, the funny thing, as much as I hate wearing the socks, I can’t stand wearing shorts. It’s like something about that, my chicken legs show and I just don’t even want anyone to see that.

Amanda:  You know the benefit of not having to wear summer clothes, is you don’t really have to care about hygiene. You can be pale. You can be hairy. You don’t even have to put on deodorant because you’re all covered up.

Mason:  I completely disagree.

Amanda:  Really?

 

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Discussion

Amanda and Mason fondly remember when it was over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 38 degrees Celsius).

Mason is bummed because he has to wear socks now. Amanda has on pants and shoes instead of sandals and a skirt. She wishes she could show her well-kept feet.

Mason says that one thing he doesn’t miss about summer is shorts. He thinks his legs look funny coming out of them. That reminds Amanda of her favorite thing about winter clothes: they cover you up. You don’t have to be tan or even clean because no one can tell what you look or smell like under all those clothes!

Mason is appalled.

Do you prefer summer or winter clothes?

 

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Flying Fish

China

So I like Spring

12:53 AM Oct 16 2007 |

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