Catz Bow
What happened to pride? Or the courtesy of dressing nice to look good in your gal or guy's company?
The old movie I watched tonight was set in the 1950s. The story line was corny and moralistic – almost boring, actually. But it was a powerful reminder of how people used to act, as compared to the gross barbarity going on today in much of the world.
I liked it that the characters in the movie dressed well – the women in their neat silk dresses, hats, nice shoes and bags, the men in good suits and fedora hats and shiny wing-tips – I think a return to similar standards would be wonderful. If a woman dressed now the way they did back then, people would wonder why she’s wearing go-to-formal-party attire during the day.
How I’d love it if there were no more torn jeans, dirty, stringy ropey hair that looks like you just emerged from the very depths of the most disgusting sewer.
I cringe when I see guys wearing their pants down around their thighs – how can they stand it? It must be so hard to constantly wonder if your trousers are going to just fall to the ground, leaving you exposed in your fancy-stylish underwear. Maybe they’d like that.
What happened to pride? Or the courtesy of dressing nice to look good in your gal or guy’s company?
Sometimes women dress to the nines and their accompanying guys look like they’re ready for a brawl – or have already been in one. Why don’t they dress well for their women?
And assbackward baseball caps – what is it with that, anyway? Why bother wearing a brimmed hat if you’re only going to turn it backward with its ugly plastic strip on your face?
In school we had to wear our skirts a specific measure of inches below the knee, or we’d get punished. Now women wear anything – so many of them wear barely-there tops – necklines just barely covering nipples, wide swaths of naked belly, and crotch-revealing wisps of ragged cloth posing as skirts. Makes me wonder how they don’t get accosted as they walk down the street. If I’d worn something like that I’d have been grounded for a month. Maybe a year.
And courtesy! Men stood up when a woman walked into a room. Tipped their hats upon greetings, and took their hats OFF inside! Women wore lovely hats, too, accentuating their outfits.
But it’s the manners that I miss the most.
Remember when cuss words weren’t allowed on the radio or tv? How we’ve fallen! Every other word now is fuck. Fuck fuck fuck! To the point where the word itself becomes meaningless, only holding a vibration of rudeness you feel but never say anything about. It’s normal to be so crass.
That’s what I find to be so sad. The normality of gross, crass, disgusting, rude.
So anyway, rant over –
Here are the Catz brothers, bowing to you as you enter their place. Little Catz watches and enjoys the moment. Big Catz bows and says, “Good evening!” or “Good morning, how are you today?”
And of course you reply with, “Fine, thank you! I hope you’re well, too. Thanks for holding the door for me!”
Manners, kindness, respect for others, and self-respect, are timeless. Bring ’em back. Please.
Yep, this was a rant. Been thinking about all this for a long time, and finally decided to say it. What do you think? Would you like to see more good manners and politeness in the world?
And here is the repeat design – I like the movement and the contrast of black against white. It would make a fabulous scarf, or tea towel, or pillow. These kitties make me laugh!
And here is the large, red, white, and black tote bag.
$49 with free shipping. Sales to USA only.
I’ll have a buy link you can use soon.
Or, you can just send a payment to me at
Lyon at AngelaTreatLyon dot com
(replace ‘at’ with @, dot com with .com).
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