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We were spies. We wore trenchcoats and hats and sunglasses and carried candy in our briefcases. When cars passed us on our street between doorsteps, we ducked down behind our black umbrellas until they passed by.
Galileo paused, pushed away his telescope, and rubbed his eyes. Stepping out onto the balcony, for the first time all night, he took in all the sky at once.
I had a high school history teacher who wore sweater vests a lot. They were always plaid, and they always clashed with his plaid tie and his plaid pants. Yes, plaid golf pants. In school. We all thought he was kind of cool at first, and then her turned out to be an idiot.
I stayed in the hotel once where they invented the teddy bear for Teddy Roosevelt
I wonder what Teddy Roosevelt looked like, standing there holding a teddy bear
Have you ever tried to fold a fitted sheet? I mean, what the hell.
All the hipsters on campus wear flannel shirts.
You see them walking around, the buttons open, revealing an artfully poor-looking undershirt and a carefully chosen clashing plaid scarf.
The ironic thing is how expensive most of those ratty flannel shirts are.