So we are in Florida and we went to see the town team play because our granddaughter is on the cheerleader squad. She really wanted us to see her cheer and we really wanted to see it. But we have no experience with small town football on a Saturday morning. It seems the teams play in weight classes and games go on all day. There is a big danger of lighting and if the horn sounds you have to run to your car. They warned us if it was really hot we would suffer but it was an overcast day with a nice wind so it was pleasant.
Of course the wife wasn't ready when it was time to go so my daughter took the kid to the game and then came back to get us. The wife dressed in a snappy sundress with a big sun hat and her fancy sunglasses and her fancy Tory Burch sandals. With her Louie bag. So when we waiting outside and my daughter pulled up in the car with one of the other moms they burst out laughing because we looked like we were going to the Kentucky Derby.
I understood why when we got to the game. Everyone was in dirty shorts and flip flops with fanny packs. It seems you didn't have to dress up for pee wee football.
I just introduced us to everyone as Mr and Mrs. Howell.
Lovey was not amused.
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Let's see: small town; daylight; high school football. And your wife dressed up for it? Sadistic of you, Troop, not to have told her in advance she'd be a fish out of water. Or would that have been futile? Some women dress up to grocery shop.
You actually think I can tell my wife how to dress.
Obviously you have never been married Ricpic?
I can't even tell her how I should be dressed for crying out loud.
ricpic: Let's see: small town; daylight; high school football.
Also, it's Florida and outside. You see people wearing shorts and flip-flops all over the place, they'd sweat through anything else.
You do sound like Jim Bacus.
LOL. Cute story. Of course, Lisa would blend right in at the U.S. Open. Everything from dirty shorts to tennis skirts to fancy attire with spiky heels.
(I don't get the heels, but they do look nice.)
Hey, they were wearing clothes, at least.
I can show you small town football. The announcer here pleads with the crowd for someone to work the chain gang during the game. Everybody knows everybody here. Games go all day Saturday afternoon into the night. If anyone showed up dressed up, we'd figure their church was having revival and they got to the game as soon as they could. That, or they're running for something.
"When in Rome, do as the alligators do!"
Yeah, matching Izod shirts may have been a better pick.
Dude I know the criminal justice thing is tough in Florida but I don't think they recruit guards fot the chain gang from pee wee football crowds.
At least that's not how they did it on Cool Hand Luke.
You oughtta see the crowds here for the community league sports. Parents are evicted on a regular basis. Some get arrested for assault when their precious snowflake gets called for a foul.
Lots of material to work with in our little corner of the world.
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