January 28, 2010
Turkey Hill Pajama Party
I can now officially confirm that the mysterious pajama-wearing craze in Shamokin and the greater coal region has now hit Turkey Hill.
First Wal-Mart, and now a store just a fraction of it’s size. If I see somebody in pajamas at Puff’s, the Shamokin retail market will pretty much be packed with pajamas. Overflowing with pajama people. Some folks do look snuggly, though, I must admit.
I can’t help writing the word pajamas over and over again. I just like how it sounds.
But not how it looks. Not on a 200 pound fatty just in to play the numbers.
Please!
Put your clothes on.
There was also a curmudgeonly fellow buying milk in his pajamas during my recent trip, and he didn’t seem happy that he was relatively more comfortable than anyone else in the store.
He just looked plain mean.
You’d think somebody wearing their pajamas would look relaxed. Comfortable. Not this guy. He looked like he just got done watching an A-Team marathon and he wanted to kick it with Mr. T.
I’m serious. That mean.
So, then, what is the great allure of wearing pajamas if not for outright comfort? Please someone tell me why this pajama chic exists.
I remain clueless, but love my small town and Mellancamp 8^)
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Written by: William S.
Filed Under: Coal Dirt, Featured, Pajamas
Tags: coal region, Pajamas, Shamokin, small town chic, turkey hill cow, turkey hill pajamas
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jjspook
January 28, 2010 at 10:20 am
I was thinking …
Pajamas could be the answer to one of the great mysteries of life. Sort of like knowing where your towel is when you “Hitchhike across the galaxy”.
It reminds me of a scene in “The City of Angels” where an angel asks a dying girl what she liked best, her response was, “Pajamas, Flannel, with feet.” Could it be that simple? Could we reign in a new age of harmony and understanding by just simply divesting our normal clothing in exchange for “sponge-bob footie’s”? However, there is one problem.
This new “pajama revelation” sounds all well and good, but how do you explain the curmudgeoness of “BA Baracas” at the Turkey Hill buying milk? If he was wearing pajamas, shouldn’t he be skipping through the aisles eating skittles?
Perhaps pajamas are not the be-all, end-all answer to everything and are merely something to keep us warm at night when we sleep.
William S.
January 28, 2010 at 12:15 pm
And maybe if I had some kind of sartorial Babel Fish, I could figure this whole thing out, Spook. Excellent D. Adams reference. Brings this blog to a higher level 8^)
If you see anyone wandering around Shamokin with a great big button that says, “Don’t Panic,” that’s me.
Feety pajamas were among my favorite things, too, when I was younger. That is a great memory.
Maybe it is that simple, Spook. We just have to learn how to be a child again.
Thumb sucking could be the next big craze…
KG
January 28, 2010 at 11:04 am
There was a New Jersey guy in my dorm at who used to wear boxer shorts to class. Dude was straight from the Jersey Shore, tangerine skin and all. He was “The Situation” of his generation.
GTL. Gym, Tan, Laundry.
William S.
January 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm
That is one ugly visual, man.
New Jerseyites at my school did the boxer thing, too, but it was usually the girls wearing boxers, apparently to tease every guy in class. Damn.
There’s just something special about a hot, big-haired girl’s beautiful round boxered butt. That is, if baby got back.
KG
January 28, 2010 at 1:17 pm
I love Jersey. Have you seen the show “Jersey Shore” yet? Most of my comment are in reference to that show.
While I usually enjoy more highbrow fare on TV I made an exception for this show and was handsomely rewarded.
I don’t exaggerate when I say this: BEST SHOW EVEH!!!
A.K.A.
January 28, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I love when “The Situation” said that he either had to teach Snooki “how to punch or else DUCK!” after the sucker-punch she received to her face in a bar (by-the-by, that man was from Deer Park, NY on Long Island, coincidentally the same town where I work). That was hilarious.
KG
January 29, 2010 at 12:10 pm
The first 15 minutes of the pilot episode are hilarious. You can stream it for free at Hulu.com.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/jersey-shore-ep-1-a-new-family/1627105/playlist.jhtml
My favorite “Situation” quote: “You can hate on me all you want dude, but what can you possibly say to somebody who looks like Rambo, pretty much, with his shirt off”.
Classic.
KG
February 2, 2010 at 9:52 am
If you post a picture of Turkey Hill Ice Cream quart and we can’t see it’s shadow, does that mean 6 more weeks of winter?
jjspook
February 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Wow…didn’t notice that before. That’s kind of freaky.
But not as freaky as a giant cow with blue eyes.