Story 1

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

After eating their pathetic spam meal they went off in search of appropriate clothing. They found a shop that... sold women's clothing and accessories.

"What in the hell are we doing in a women's clothing store and how did we end up in Texas?" said John.

Darryl replied, "We're mythical, remember? We can pretty much go anywhere. Besides, I think I am onto something with this store. Excuse me, ma'am. Is that Peruvian 'people' sweater made of real Peruvian people?"  



 "Ah, yes, the sweater," replied the Accessory Lady who had a thick Eastern European accent. "I will tell you and how it relates to the Spam worms and to the perfumed woman. But first, my darlings, let me pour you a drink or offer you something to eat. Which do you prefer?" 

Comments

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Miss Tia, if there's one in the queue that responds to your post, let me know and I will remove this one.

[misstia]

nope, nothing in the queue!

[ms-hissyfit.livejournal.com]

This installment is very Neil Gaimanesque. That is a sweater that many a hipster would sell his or her grandma for.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Cute sweater. I'd lose that hat, though.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I kind of miss those wild 80s sweaters. I thought they were fun, but I never had very many. I always get too hot in sweaters. I do fine in sweatshirts, but I burn up in sweaters.

But, yeah, that hat. When I posted this one before, someone mentioned she looked like Q from Star Trek: TNG.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

I do, too. Plain sweaters are great, but sometimes it's fun to have some extra pizzazz. :)

:D I can see that. The Q wear red and black outfits with huge black hats when they're acting as judges. She also reminds me of Guinan, another Star Trek: TNG character. She often wore odd hats.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

The 80s vision of fashions of the future looks as silly now as what people in the 60s thought people in the future would be wearing. To compensate for the sexist notions of fashions in TOS, TNG briefly had men in minidresses. Thank goodness they dropped that quickly, but I think it might have been the inspiration for Futurama's DOOP uniforms like Zapp Brannigan's.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

...but I think it might have been the inspiration for Futurama's DOOP uniforms like Zapp Brannigan's.

It very well could be. :D

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I never saw an ad for it, but Accessory Lady was a national chain in the early 90s. I used to frequent one in New Jersey, where the clerk had an unerring eye for just the right knock-off of whatever was the jewelry trend of the month. I probably still have some (gigantic) earrings from there.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I still have some of those garish earrings, too! Somewhere.

I lived in Texas in the 80s, but I don't remember this store at all. Obviously, it wasn't at the malls this 80s mall rat used to frequent. I didn't know it was a national chain.