Batman had one to let him know when Gotham was in trouble. The three wise men saw one in the sky when the Big J arrived.Something always went wrong every time Harry met Sally.
It was a sign. One that we choose to ignore.
We first started seeing it in the last week of September.Every woman on the street (and quite a few men) were wearing boots. Short ones, long ones, stiff ones and slouchy ones. It was like the autumn fashion fairy had come in and gobbled up all summer footwear from the city of Geneva.
In fact we even laughed about it as we walked to dinner this weekend. " Trust the Swiss do everything like clockwork." October has begun. Must change footwear. It didn't really matter that there was no snow. In fact it wasn't even that cold. There we were, ambling through the streets of Paquis in our denim jackets. Inside the restaurant, it was positively toasty.
That is until we got out. The chill seemed to have seeped in through the strong denim of my jacket. "Brr, its really cooled down," I said. "Nah, its nothing." P said. If P had a superpower, it would be a body temperature ten degrees higher than normal human beings."Lets get a gelato and walk down to the car."
I was shivering by the time we got to the gelateria. " I'll have hazelnut," P looked at me expectantly. " Unn nnnnoissette, s'il vous plait." I'm the official translator.
"Nothing for you?" P normally looks forward to finishing my ice cream cone in addition to his. " No, I'll pass. I can't feel my ears. It's gotta have dropped down to 5 degrees"
" Nah, it's not that cold," he said. "I'll give you 500 bucks if its lesser than 15 degrees. We'll check it once we get to the car."
By the time we were in the car, I had lost all sensation in my face. We turned the ignition on. 26 degrees. "It's because we're dddown in the pparking lot." I cut P off before the inevitable "I told you so"
"Bet's still on. 500 bucks if it goes below 15 by the time we get home"
It hit 21 by the time we drove out of the parking lot, dropped another five in the seven minutes it took to drive home.
I'm going to use the 500 to buy a thick overcoat. And boots.
3 comments:
Funny post. I was never a boot person myself, but then I moved here and felt the obligation...around my town, I even saw people wearing their boots in August. They obviously just couldn't wait...
Yes, its almost like this is what theyve been waiting for for the last six months..
you really need a reason to buy footwear??!!! who are you kidding? This blog is just an excuse to go and buy shoes...and I can bet my own 500 on this one...P...here is me standing up against this common oppression we share!
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