and fresh from one of polly's stories.
when polly first got married in 1968, her husband decided she needed a sewing machine. she told him - i don't like to sew! the only reason i can sew at all is because home ec was a required course in high school, waaaay back then, and i can't do it. but he insisted, and he bought carol's sewing machine, which was conveniently for sale, for miss polly to use. she would make all the children's clothing, do all the mending, etc - no matter that she didn't like to do it and wasn't good at it.
one day, on the way to the beach, her brother dropped off a pair of $20 pants for polly to cut off and hem for him. back then, 20 bucks was like 100. and so polly proceeded to cut them, hem them, and on his way back home, he picked them up. an hour later, polly's husband got a phone call.
"your wife owes me $20."
"excuse me?"
"your wife owes me $20."
"who IS this?"
it was the brother. polly had indeed done the required work. unfortunately, she cut off the same leg of the pants twice.
but you never know - had he worn them in THIS day and age, he might have started a new trend.
shortly after that, polly mended her husband's pants. all looked great - he put them on, tried to stick his hands in his pockets and lo and behold, she had sewn all the pockets closed. "the sewing machine," said polly's husband, "has GOT TO GO!"
it's not like she didn't warn him!
lunch was great - i can't remember laughing so much, or having such good company. the carols and roberta picked me up at the prison - you haven't lived until you've ridden in carol's back seat because the woman is a maniac behind the wheel. she threw on brakes, my butt slid forward three inches on the seat. no, you haven't lived until you've ridden with carol - and you've never believed you were so close to death at the same time. roberta and i hung on to the handles in the back, and breathed a sigh of relief upon arrival at the restaurant.
what i wouldn't give to have gone back to the office with them. maybe one day!
8 comments:
Glad you had fun....everyone needs to get out like that once in a while. The girls sound like a hand full..LOL...Sandi
You would think she would have to be somewhat good at sewing to mange to sew the pockets shut. That was very funny though.
Dianne
LOL!
when I started reading it, I was jumping into conclusions that she'd gotten into Alteration business because of that sewing machine. Then I got to the hemmed part..I gasped out loud lol!
That's is one funny story....do they listen to her now everytime she warns them? ha!ha! :-D
Glad you had a wonderful time with your friends. What you all did today was a priceless memories. Friends like that are treasures.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Gem :-)
I would say Polly doesn't need to be messing with a sewing machine. Maybe she could try baking, but then again--- Glad you all had so much fun. Paula
Love that story! Sounds like you had a great time.
Lori
love the sewing machine story which only goes to prove the old adage (or is it the new work ideal) that if u dont WANT to do a job, just do it REALLY BAD and they'll take it away from you sooner or later
LOLOL
too cute
liza
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Great story!! Thanks for stopping by my journal!! I will be back to yours!
Terra
mara, when i got my sewing machine from my grandmothers brother, i had no idea how to use it. i pulled the bobbin up thru the little hole and tried to put it in the needle. i think it took me 3 hours. i was maybe 23 at the time. duh. duh.roberta, ladybug.....
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