What in the World Are You Wearing?

The other day in Wal-Mart we saw a guy who'd decided, for no reason I can imagine, to tie a colorful bandana around his leg, just below where his shorts ended. Unless he was recreating some war-time image, maybe the spirit of MaryJane in '67, I didn't get it.

I am all in favor of accessories, but I can't get into scarves. I have tried wearing them, and I always feel like I've got this extraneous piece that needs to be removed, like I'm wearing a coat in the house. Others I see wearing billowy, nubby, silky, or even fringed scarves look classy and sophisticated. When I try it, I just look uncomfortable. (This isn't just a feeling; the few times I've tried it, people tell me I look that way.)

Pyschological? Probably. But it doesn't change the fact that when a person feels odd, she is likely to act oddly. The end does not justify the effort.

So back to the guy at Wal-Mart. Yeah, it looked weird to me, but at least he isn't hung up on some image of himself that can't move forward with the times. He's out there, experimenting.

Or maybe he's just out there.