new fashion?

I was sitting on the couch last night

watching the only thing worth watching

trying to finish a second something

there are a zillion

HDTV channels

on our new cable line up

they've changed the channel numbers

provided us with

choose whatever you want

24/7/365

look how pretty this all is

push a button and you can buy stuff off the TV now

but

BUT...

there is still not one thing worth watching

why do they think that everyone goes out on Saturday night

in this economy especially

why don't they put some good movies on and just let us choose which one we want to watch

or a good

old fashioned variety show

(am I showing my age again!!!)

anyway

I was about to nod off from sheer boredom

when the phone rang

it was my friend

who I sent the watermelon hot pads to

she asked if she needed to

lower her ears

I asked her to repeat what she said

" I can't get my eats into it"

she replied

into what

I queried

the hat you sent

I sent you a hat

yes with the coasters

I started to laugh the laugh I had needed all day long

I was laughing so hard I couldn't tell her

it isn't a hat

it's a

...

 

basket

to put the coasters in when she isn't using them

or the hot pads maybe

then she described trying to get the thing to fit her head

how her husband looked at her when he saw it sitting slightly askew on top of her noggin like a misshapen beanie

she wondered what the holes were for

I said they aren't holes they're handles

but if you wear it as a hat maybe you can hang your earrings from them

and considering what some people wear nowadays

why not put a basket on your head

and wear it

 wear it

proudly

with attitude

and panache

total confidence

that no one will walk up to you and ask

er

excuse me madam

why doth thou sport

a basket upon your

noggin?

so shall we start a new fashion??

I asked that she take a photo of it on

but I doubt she will

then again

if we ask nicely

maybe she will

.....

L

thank you so much for calling and making me laugh til my sides hurt and I couldn't catch my breath

for being

 brave and bold

and asking

 why the hell

 I made you

a

watermelon

HAT

????

!!!!!!!