Conversation: Knickers.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 2 comments link this post
This morning, as my parents and I got ready to go eat breakfast at the restaurant near the motel, I took notice of dad's pants.
They were too short.
I wasn't going to say anything. I had no intention of mentioning that his dark gray dress pants floated high above the tops of his shoes and that his brilliant white socks almost blinded me. Surely mention of such would get the day off to a foul start. So I turned my head and laughed uproariously inside.
I mean, floods. White socks. So cute and hilarious.
He continued to busily pack his duffel bag, and then walked out of the room to put it in the vehicle parked in front of the door. He was back just moments later, with the duffel bag in hand.
"These pants are too short," he grumped.
Mom began apologizing, for she had shortened them and evidently gotten really medieval about it.
"If only you had dark socks," I said, trying to make the best of it, "the pants would be fine."
No. Not really. They were too short.
I began to envision ways to lengthen them, such as sewing a ruffle on the bottom.
"You know," I said, adding further insult to injury, "when I was in elementary school, knickers were really popular. That's what you have going on here. You have knickers."
I thought it was funny.
Dad put on a different pair of pants.
Labels: conversations, family, fashion
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 7/10/2008 11:23:00 PM
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2 Comments:
I always thought knickers refered to underwear?
By 
robbiewobbles, at
11/7/08 09:07
It depends on where you are hailing from.
I don't think, for example, that the New York Knicks (Knickerbockers) are referring to underwear.
I think of them as a kind of cropped pant reminiscent of something from Charles Dickens.
By 
Julie R. Neidlinger, at
11/7/08 13:33
