I arose this morning feeling quite pleased with myself for no particular reason. The sun was out, the first cup of coffee was all that I had hoped for and Angus the Scottie had made it through another night with no surprises. After the shave and shower I dressed in my favorite ensemble.
Plain front khakis, blue button down, and cordovan leather belt for starters. Then pulled weejuns over argyle socks. Man I was styling. Put on the aviator shades and drove down to the local shopping emporium to run a few errands. As I swung my leg out of the car, I felt a rush of cool air in my knickers! I had failed to zip up after my last visit to the head. Thank you Lord I got the message. I was suitably humble the rest of the day.
Happens to the best of us...just happened to me in a Courtroom last week. Thank God for buttoned suit coat that camoflaged the open apeture. I remedied the problem before there was an nasty incident or I became the subject of ridicule.Humbling indeed.
ReplyDeleteOOOPS!
ReplyDeleteAn aquaintance was in a play in town here recently and during the opening night performance I noticed his zipper was down for a good long while - as they came back on for act 2 it was back up where it belongs...thankfully someone thought to tell him!
James!
ReplyDeleteOh, those pesky details. . .
Bisou (on the cheek of course),
Tish
Oh James,
ReplyDeleteIt takes a little incident like that to put us in our place ! Many a time I have been walking down the road thinking I'm looking pretty good when I realise my skirt's tucked in my knickers !!!! Those glances were not admiring ones !! XXXX
Humble BUT decent!
ReplyDeleteWas once pestered by a man with both his pants and knickers on his knees. Don't think he was bothered by the rush of fresh air, and don't think it was an accident though... More like an exhibitionist!
Ha ha! Happens to me all the time, whenever I'm feeling a little too pleased with myself, I end up with tp stuck to the bottom of my shoe, or a button pops open on my blouse or something. I usually feel like an idiot for the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteOh how funny....!! Was it a case of 'Pride comes before a (zipper) fall!!'
ReplyDelete(but I do like the sound of your ensemble though and I hope you enjoyed the rest of the day...)x
A small consolation, though, is that it's not an 'old guy' thing - youngsters do it too. I bet you did look very nice, too...once you got everything taken care of. I've had a skirt caught in a box purse when walking past a construction site; I wondered when I got so attractive. Some woman inside my office building explained it to me. I worked late that evening to make sure all the whistlers had gone home!
ReplyDeleteThe question is James, should a lady say something to a Gentleman if she notices that he is getting too much fresh air in the trouser department and if Yes, what exactly should we say?
ReplyDeleteGlad that your normal sartorial elegance was returned to you.
much love
Lia
xx
Aloha
ReplyDeletea good breeze is always welcoming somehow!
glad to hear your in tune and taking it in stride;)
Humility is one of your gifts...
Aloha
Brandi
When truly pleased with myself I do this sort of thing on purpose.
ReplyDeleteYou were just showing off.
ReplyDeleteCan you hear me chuckling from Houston? Oh James you are so brutally honest and we've all been there done that haven't we. It certainly takes us down a notch. No matter what, you were still appearing suave. (still laughing..)
ReplyDeleteThank you all for sharing your experiences and ADG ...... was not!
ReplyDeleteI have seen you commenting on many different blogs and I love that we have a male opinion among us women. So glad to finally check out your blog! At least you had a quick fix to what could have been a complete blow out! I'll visit your blog again. Great job!
ReplyDeleteJames,
ReplyDeleteYou make me laugh! I was afraid it was going to be that you realized you had a smudge or dirty spot on the leg of your slacks as you stepped out of the car - that would have really upset my husband. Rita
Great story!
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