I described a scene where the geeky guys were sent to buy clothing for the women. One geek came back with a dress that was way too big. His partner said, "I'm not a size 8! I'm a size 0!" and he was very indignant, "How can you be a size 0? 0 means it doesn't exist!"
Alipe: There's a size 0?
Me: Yes.
Alipe: [to Darrell] Did you know this?
Darrell: [shakes his head no]
Alipe: The show is saying this guy is a geek because he doesn't know about women's clothing? So ... cool guys buy women's clothing?
me and Darrell: [laughing]
me: Well, there didn't used to be a size 0, but sizes have inflated over the years. Stores discovered that they sold more clothes if their sizes ran big. If a woman wears size 4 at Banana Republic and size 6 everywhere else, she'll like Banana Republic more. This caused an arms race. Today's size 0 is actually still bigger than a lot of people. So now there's also 00.
Alipe: I wonder if sizes will go negative.
Darrell: Well, if there's already 00, then it'll probably just go to 000, etc.
Me: Can you imagine how easy it would be to offend women at that point? "I'm not a size 000, I'm a size 00000!"
2 comments:
That reminds me of Spinal Tap, the parody rock docu (mockumentary) about an English rock band. Their guitarist insisted they had the best amp ever because the volume dial would go all the way to 11 and all the others only go to 10.
It perplexed the interview who spent several minutes fruitlessly convincing him that it sounds just as loud as other amps.
Brilliant classic comedy.
This blog is the proof you can be both
;)
Do I mean a beauty and a geek or a 0 and a 000 ? Your call.
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