Camouflage entered American parlance after the The Great War (now known as WWI). Military folk used the art of camouflage to blend in with their surroundings so that they would not be detected, thus facilitating the process of killing without being killed. Hunters discovered that clothing that helped them to blend in with their surroundings made their avocation easier as well. Colleton County is largely wooded, which means there are woodland animals available to kill for sport. There will be hunters. There will be camo. Colleton County is also largely rural, which means there will be camo-culture (an oxymoron, to be sure, but bear with me). The Lads and I ventured into one of the local barbeque establishments yesterday. You want to see fat people in camo (and, really, who DOESN'T want to see fat people in camo?) a rural Southern barbeque joint on a Saturday during hunting season is an excellent place to look.
Talk about lack of function: this one dude was wearing knee-heighth boots with his camo shorts. At first I was puzzled: Camouflage is supposed to HIDE you; yet these yahoos are in a restaurant, not the woods. But as I looked around the restaurant and saw that many of the patrons- even those who had never been in the woods on purpose- were similarly dressed, it occurred to me: they were a lot less conspicuous than were the Lads and I. The camo-clad crowd became their surroundings; safe in their sameness.
Camouflage entered American parlance after the The Great War (now known as WWI). Military folk used the art of camouflage to blend in with their surroundings so that they would not be detected, thus facilitating the process of killing without being killed. Hunters discovered that clothing that helped them to blend in with their surroundings made their avocation easier as well. Colleton County is largely wooded, which means there are woodland animals available to kill for sport. There will be hunters. There will be camo. Colleton County is also largely rural, which means there will be camo-culture (an oxymoron, to be sure, but bear with me). The Lads and I ventured into one of the local barbeque establishments yesterday. You want to see fat people in camo (and, really, who DOESN'T want to see fat people in camo?) a rural Southern barbeque joint on a Saturday during hunting season is an excellent place to look.
Talk about lack of function: this one dude was wearing knee-heighth boots with his camo shorts. At first I was puzzled: Camouflage is supposed to HIDE you; yet these yahoos are in a restaurant, not the woods. But as I looked around the restaurant and saw that many of the patrons- even those who had never been in the woods on purpose- were similarly dressed, it occurred to me: they were a lot less conspicuous than were the Lads and I. The camo-clad crowd became their surroundings; safe in their sameness.
10 comments:
Why didn't they just call it WWI from the start? And another question, why did they ever stop calling it the War to End all Wars? I liked that one too!
I dunno. Some guys (and kittehs) can pull off the camo look.
Chicks don't look good in camo. Or overalls, but that's a topic for another day.
And apparently if you want more hits, comments and uproar on your blog, simply title your next post "Obama" and see what happens...
I liked the Wart to All Warts, too, Ange. What? Oh, that's very different.
John, I thought about posting pictures of both guys and gals in camo undies, but, well, that's really more your schtick (and the kitteh rocks!).
Star, the political thing is a rarity for me. Former political blogger QJ seems to have retired, but Kate is still in the bidness. I done said it once, I'll say it again: Henry or Nancy cartoons are more my speed. I'll leave Prince Valiant and Mary Worth to the folks with a longer attention span.
That's my schtory and I'm schticking (it) to it.
Cammo in the restaurant, sigh. Memories of Enoree, Woodruff, Greenwood, Inman ... oh, in short, South Carolina.
... and you know who does look good in overalls? That guy from Dexy's Midnight Runners ... yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
So true Chase. And don't forget these girls (who inspired me to buy my own pair of overalls).
What's worse than Grease on Olivia Newton John?
Um ... Iggy Pop on David Bowie? or something on Eileen? Or is it crabs on your organ?
:-)
(nice call, John, on the B-ram ladies, and I love the gas prices in the video ... $1.48, indeed, cruel summer)
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