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Reader Ideas

Suppose you were a reader of the Chet and Bernie series -like Laura R – for example – and therefore knew that C&B have a whole self-storage crammed with Hawaiian pants that didn’t sell, and then on a trip to Hawaii you saw these pillows. Would you say aha! And pass on this very useful idea to a writer who loves useful ideas? I hope so!

Hawaiian Pants (More)

The subject of Hawaiian pants (important plot element in the Chet and Bernie series) and male rompers came up yesterday. Many thanks to Hobbit for sending this image. She quotes the advertising: “Be the life of the party. Have the girls flock to you!”

 

Hawaiian Pants

As readers of the Chet and Bernie series know, Hawaiian pants play a highly negative role in the fortunes of C&B. Here’s a pertinent email from Ellen, a very entertaining reader. (If anyone has relevant photo evidence, please send.)

Hello. I’m a big fan of your Chet and Bernie books. As a sharp eyed reader, I just wanted to alert you to the fact that there is a fashion trend out there that is alarmingly like Bernie’s beloved Hawaiian pants. It is the male romper. I just saw a young man, seemingly normal, in a pink floral romper at a waterfront restaurant on the Chesapeake Bay. Every older woman dining on the deck followed him with their eyes. Men averted their eyes and mumbled things like, “Did he lose a bet to have to wear that?”. His party walked to a pavilion bar at the end of the pier. I didn’t get a great look at his outfit, not having my glasses on, so I walked down the pier to take a look at the bar & the onesie wearer. The romper wearer was with a group of 20-somethings, part of a pre wedding get together. His friend was leaning into him and I heard this snatch of a conversation. “…attention. You just had to wear that f***ing…..”. Very close to those Hawaiian pants, very close.

Now In Paperback!

Have I mentioned that Of Mutts And Men, the most recent Chet and Bernie (a-series-that-can-be-read-in-any-order™), is now available in paperback? A convenient format for beach reading. Also hammock reading. Meanwhile Kim H.M. sends the following photo and this note:

“So, I’m a high school teacher , guess what one of my students wore to school today?!? HAWAIIAN PANTS!”

As C&B readers know, of course, Hawaiian pants spell financial ruin.