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Originally Posted by gmku
You know what, though? Pookie is absolutely right. Men over 35 should not wear jeans. And since I have always, always been happiest when I have gone against the grain, I will therefore wear jeans in spite of the best advice not to.
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i'm sorry-- i like pookie, but pookie is english-- and the english are a people who are subjugated by innumerable unspoken rules, regulations, ancient customs, social class codes, irrational conventions, a fear of rocking the boat, groupthink, and spankings of the bottom.
of course there is a long tradition of english eccentrics-- whatever civilization they have is thanks to those people who
dared to defy the group.
whereas in america, people are free as a general rule. there are no eccentrics-- or everyone is. yeah, it might be a mess, and you need lawyers to sort any kind of dispute, because there is no common ground, and women will walk around in muumuus, and there is little social cohesion, but people are free to scratch their crotch.
when i came to new mexico i saw some dude selling mace and i asked if it was legal (in dc you can only use pepper spray). he answered "everything is legal in new mexico. if you wanna carry a chicken in your arm, you can". i would have bought the mace from him but the container was in a bit of a shitty shape. of course this was before they outlawed cockfights last year (nothing is perfect).
anyway-- that's why america kicked england's ass back to their island, and that's why you'll wear whatever you want, my gringo friend.
that's also why i came here-- so people would get their fucking noses out of my business.
just saying.
but you deserve what you got, for asking for advice on the internet.
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