O Canada

As promised in a prior blog entry, I will now write about another of fashion's recent victims. I use the term "fashion" liberally here. Driving back from Buffalo yesterday, I saw a man in a rest stop wearing a sweatsuit outfit. The shirt was gray with CANADA written in red across the center. I think there was a Canadian flag involved. Pants: red stripe down the side, gray with a small Canadian flag and the word CANADA written in, you guessed it, red letters below the flag on the right hip, in the front. Enter the white Nikes with a red swoosh and we have a complete Canada outfit. There was a short discussion over whether this man was a proud Canadian or simply returning from his most likely first visit to our neighbors to the north. We decided he was not Canadian. I like Canada and Canadians - shoot, my maternal grandmother IS Canadian, but I must actively veto this ensemble. It is not acceptable for any country on this planet unless you are a professional soccer player, showing up for practice at the World Cup. Only then, with all of your other teammates is this an appropriate place for an entire sweat suit outfit with your country of choices colors, flag and matching shoes.