19 Apr 2009
Life is expensive ,well duh
I have two groups of friends,one gay, one straight. The gays are primarily guys. Aussie bums, gaydar, fag hags all the usual stereotyping going to affect here. The straights ...not so much. Scott loves cream for his face while Debs will happily spoon into the wee hours of the night, hello I'm awesome like, but anyways where was I, ah yes Aussie bums.
The story all started when Scott recently started talking about new underwear he bought. He picked up a bunch of Calvin Kleins for a bargain price and they didn't even come off the back of a truck. He was showing off his waist band with the pants riding high and the jeans fairly low and truth be told he wouldn't stop making it obvious, so to put him out of his misery I complemented his choice of purchase to which a lengthy discussion ensued.
He said his favourite pair of boxers of all time was one's his mammy bought him when he was 15 (he's not gay I swear, girlfriend and all). They were the union jacks and he felt like the shit. But Debs raised the point about Irish boxers, would they have the same patriotic effects if you wore them? On your left arse cheek, the green fields of Ireland. On the right arse, the orange men of Ulster. And right down the peace treaty,skid marks. Not really patriotic at all at all.
But then we got to talking about Aussie bums and Scott had never heard of them. I tried to tell him as best as I could (having never worn a pair) that they were like a bra for your arse, but he didn't see the charm. Why spend so much on something that not as many people would see as say a pair of shoes, and I thought well eh...cause...well.....eh...they're pretty looking? Its about as solid as my argument got.
But we all do things like this. I have dvds still in the box, collectors edition, shoes worn once, pretty at the time, albums I'll never listen to again, Shaggy "it wasn't me", its human nature. And I would consider myself good with money, good at spending it like.
We hoard things, over pay and then complain.As soon as you start doing that, welcome to the world Grandpa, population two.