Ok, as someone who has written a whole novella, Dandy Delivers, about newsies in 1880 San Francisco, I am going to simply say that now that you've made fun of this costume, karma sometime in the future will ensure that either your son or daughter will watch the excellent 1992 musical, Newsies and then demand that you find them a costume so they can be a newsie for Halloween...and you will not be able to find one anywhere! So be warned! And because I am a shamelessly promoting indie author, I am going to leave the url on how you can find that novella and learn what life really was like for these boys...and even a few girls. https://mlouisalocke.com/books/dandy-delivers/
I bought my son a Golden State Warriors jersey from Amazon with matching shorts—cozy. Cute. It says LACIFORNIA across the front. Took me six months of him wearing it every day to notice.
And what is the paperboy wearing on his feet? Are they ballet slippers, Chinese knock-offs of Italian loafers? You won't make ten blocks in those with a load of papers over your shoulder. Yours sincerely, former longtime paperboy.
One Halloween long ago three boys needed costumes. Their Dad was all in on creating unique, eye catching, "best in the school parade" costumes. In early October, TIME magazine, a paper, full color, news influencer, sent us a thankyou gift! A tan canvas crossbody bag with faux leather trim and buckled flap pockets joined the pile of eclectic junk in their home. The thoughtful third grade middle brother wanted to use the bag, a hat with a snap brim and knee pants to be a newsboy(!...?)
Father said, "That's not a costume!" Mother said "But he thought it up himself, let it be." Halloween happened. Too much sugar was consumed by all. No tragedies. No mentions from anyone praising the cleverness of the costume. The boy was discovering his vibe. Priceless ❤️
That is such a good story! My favorite when I was about 9 or 10 was a Zorro costume (this would have been in late 1950s when this was a tv show), She made me a black cape, I wore black pants, tucked into my winter boots, and she sewed bobbles on a black hat for me, but the best was the long thin TV rabbit ear (with tin foil as the hand guard) as a sword...It was fabulous!!!
Ok, as someone who has written a whole novella, Dandy Delivers, about newsies in 1880 San Francisco, I am going to simply say that now that you've made fun of this costume, karma sometime in the future will ensure that either your son or daughter will watch the excellent 1992 musical, Newsies and then demand that you find them a costume so they can be a newsie for Halloween...and you will not be able to find one anywhere! So be warned! And because I am a shamelessly promoting indie author, I am going to leave the url on how you can find that novella and learn what life really was like for these boys...and even a few girls. https://mlouisalocke.com/books/dandy-delivers/
Hell ya
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I bought my son a Golden State Warriors jersey from Amazon with matching shorts—cozy. Cute. It says LACIFORNIA across the front. Took me six months of him wearing it every day to notice.
Love the lacifonia warriors tho
And what is the paperboy wearing on his feet? Are they ballet slippers, Chinese knock-offs of Italian loafers? You won't make ten blocks in those with a load of papers over your shoulder. Yours sincerely, former longtime paperboy.
wait for real?? what was it like did you have a 'best newsboy' satchel?
Large, heavy canvas bag. Rural Alberta, the Edmonton Journal.
Those fish have seen some shit.
Your* best work.
lol wut?
I have extreme brain fog from Lyme. I'm like a drunk aunt at Thanksgiving right now. Expect chaotic typos.
I original wrote you're. But also, you're your best work.
One Halloween long ago three boys needed costumes. Their Dad was all in on creating unique, eye catching, "best in the school parade" costumes. In early October, TIME magazine, a paper, full color, news influencer, sent us a thankyou gift! A tan canvas crossbody bag with faux leather trim and buckled flap pockets joined the pile of eclectic junk in their home. The thoughtful third grade middle brother wanted to use the bag, a hat with a snap brim and knee pants to be a newsboy(!...?)
Father said, "That's not a costume!" Mother said "But he thought it up himself, let it be." Halloween happened. Too much sugar was consumed by all. No tragedies. No mentions from anyone praising the cleverness of the costume. The boy was discovering his vibe. Priceless ❤️
That is such a good story! My favorite when I was about 9 or 10 was a Zorro costume (this would have been in late 1950s when this was a tv show), She made me a black cape, I wore black pants, tucked into my winter boots, and she sewed bobbles on a black hat for me, but the best was the long thin TV rabbit ear (with tin foil as the hand guard) as a sword...It was fabulous!!!
"The bowtie is stupidly big and makes him look like an idiot"
'nuff said