Agnes by Tony Cochran for August 28, 2012

Little does Agnes realize that grandma is making fun of her rhino size honker of a nose.

I’m not sure I want to see the coordinating shoes.

Hahahahaaaaaa: Sixties Nun Chic! Love you, Tonly.

Anyway you look at it, it’s a fashion statement.

How can the principal not like rhinos? Tthey’re so delicate, so whimsical, so rhino-ish.

Poor Agnes. If ever there was an argument for school uniforms, that dress is it!

I have seen family members make fun of each other, including such gems as “Roy looks like a VW beetle with the doors open.” (big ears, shaved head)“David was so homely as a child we had to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him.)“You should be able to hear well.” (ear swollen to 3 times normal size after bee sting)-Nonetheless, I don’t think the Grandmother is making fun of her looks this time but rather trying to make her feel bbetter about what she’s stuck with. -MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATIONBy: Dick Feller -Now, I know a manHe’s a hard workin’ manHe gets up real early, and he goes down townAnd about fifteen minutes after he’s been goneThere’s a big milk truck pulls up on the lawnAnd that milkman rushes up to the doorWhere that man’s wife is waitin’ in a kimonaAnd she plants a big ol’ kiss on his cheek and they go insideAnd that truck never moves for an hour or twoWell it’s none of my businessOne day I called him aside and told him what was goin’ onWhile he was goneAnd he said, “Well I guess that’s so, but do you knowWe’re never outta’ milk or cottage cheese or yogurt, ice cream, or none of them other cowy things”-I guess he’s makin’ the best of a bad situationDon’t wanta make waves, can’t you seeHe’s just makin’ the best of a bad situationReckon I’d do the same if it was me-Now I know a man, he’s an educated man, he’s an alligator wrestlerHe jumps right in there and grabs them long green boogers by whatever youGrab them long green boogers by… Well, one day he’s got a full Nelson on this big alligatorWhen this other alligator sneaks up and bites his right ear plumb off… Didn’t bat an eye just crawled off in the shade and went to sleepThe alligator not the manWell, it’s none of my businessOne day I said, “Well, it’s sure too bad about that little accident that you had‘Cause now your hat’s gonna fall down over your eyesAnd you can’t ever be gypsy ‘cause you don’t have no place to wear a gold earring”He just looked me right straight in the eye and said, “Huh?”-I guess he’s makin’ the best of a bad situationDon’t wanna make waves, can’t you seeHe’s just makin’ the best of a bad situationReckon I’d do the same if it was me-Now I know a lady, she’s a mighty fine ladyGot a heart of gold, she wouldn’t harm a flyShe’s just tryin’ to get by and keep her house in orderBut you know that her husband, he worked so hard that he come ungluedHe come unwrapped, he just snapped, thinks he’s a chicken… That’s right, one of them cackling Colonel Sanders’ typesHe roosts in the bush by the side of the houseWell it’s none of my business but one day I said“Have you ever thought about findin’ him a doctor who could make him well”And she said “Well, I have now and then, but then againHe don’t eat much just chickenfeed and all that peckin’ in the ground don’t hurt nothin’… Heaven knows, we can use the eggs”-I guess she’s makin’ the best of a bad situationDon’t wanna make waves, can’t you seeShe’s just makin’ the best of a bad situationReckon I’d do the same if it was me-We’re all just makin’ the best of a bad situationWe’re all in this together you and me-(the classics never die, dhg)

I could be wrong, but my take on this one is that it’s not a real dress….it’s a nightie.

Have you been ti Walmart lately? Who can tell the pjs from the day wear?

cooooollllll. a dress that’s not black. with animals and kites and stuff. a purple dress..its a pretty dress Agnes. and best of all, its not black.

Sounds like someone discovered the Vested Gentress label. Seriously, take a look on eBay. It’s sort of like Lily Pulitzer but with more animals. Horses with tail bows, geese with strawberries, lions lounging in tall grass, hippos standing on mushrooms—all in bright 60s colors, all in cotton-poly blends, mostly tent dresses. I own several and get compliments whenever I wear them. Agnes just needs to save this for her teen years—she’ll look darling! Or Trout will.