Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for September 10, 2009
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Irving: Where are the normal jeans? Salesman: "Straight leg normal" or "tapered leg normal"? Irving: REGULAR normal! Regular BASIC normal! Salesman: "Regular basic normal" stretch fit or "regular basic normal" relaxed fit? Irving: The normal jeans that fit ME!!...That are always here waiting to make me happy even if I only stop in once every ten years! Salesman: Ah. "Egocentric normal". Irving: Whatever. Do you have those?? Salesman: "Egocentric normal" gravel washed? "Egocentric normal" frayed? "Egocentric normal" button fly flare?
ChosanW about 15 years ago
wasn’t there a similar joke they used to do with water?
alondra about 15 years ago
I thought he was gonna buy the geezer pants yesterday.
kaymargogo about 15 years ago
I’m totally sympathetic. Finding jeans that fit, look good, don’t look already worn out, have the right stretch, AND have the pockets I need is really, really hard. Factor in leg length, shrinkage, and only hopefully color—the search is exhausting.
gobblingup Premium Member about 15 years ago
We think we want more choices, but sometimes it just makes the decision harder.
Deezlebird about 15 years ago
I totally agree–I hate buying jeans. I bought the exact same kind for years and then some genius changed them–I haven’t bought a new pair since.
And don’t even get me started on cell phones! I want to talk–I don’t want to text, surf the Internet, play games, or download music. They look at me as though I’m a cavewoman.
bogeydog about 15 years ago
PhoebeDog said…
And don’t even get me started on cell phones! I want to talk–I don’t want to text, surf the Internet, play games, or download music. They look at me as though I’m a cavewoman
I agree totally!!! I was talked into a phone that has some “super-chip” in it that can hold a few hundred pictures or songs. I have never put a song on it!! But I do have a bunch of pictures that I wonder why I took them.
mergendeiler about 15 years ago
That’s what people get for making fashion items out of blue jeans, which were never meant to be anything but cheap, durable, and comfortable.
newworldmozart about 15 years ago
finding jeans is a nightmare. But have you ever tired to find jeans at a Walmart. The one in my town doesn’t have any for Tall skinny men. Only short fat men. I have to go to the Ranch supply store for my husbands jeans and pay twice as much. This makes me even more mad because I work for the Walmart and could get a discount if they just had my husband size!!