Your scarf is fab...







True Story. I headed into Wegmans in the suburbs the other day on my way home from work. I was wearing TRMC leather, Clinch boots, Ooe jeans, and a very bright pink scarf from India. As I pull the cart, this lovely sorta' chubby MILFy with lots of eyelashes and nails walks in behind me, stops in her tracks and says, "WHO are you? Really. You can't be from around here. Are you a movie star?"
"Well, I was Harrison Ford's double. But that was a long time ago." "Your scarf is fab..." She scampered off, aiming next for the avocados.


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