With six boys they develop their own guidelines to “Uncool”. You don’t try to outrun the bull in the neighbors yard, you don’t tie the neighbors daughter to a tree, you don’t relieve yourself on an electric fence.
And then there was Frank …………….. his car door locked every time he shut the door, usually with the motor running. In the dark. In sub-zero weather. Then after fixing up a van to put in a van show he opened the side door to show off the interior to the judges and the door fell off. So uncool.
The chicken socks ……. 7 year old Merle had socks with checken feet printed on them, and one morning while dressing for work in the dark Frank grabbed those socks. When he took off his boots at the factory he got a big surprise, much to the amusement of all the other guys in the locker room. Public uncool.
A few other uncool things: You should always wear something under your graduation gown … Terry. You shouldn’t shoot out the security light twice in one week, electric company didn’t approve …. Adam. You don’t go back to school after setting up at the fair with beer cans in the truck …. Merle. You don’t sled down a hill with a creek at the bottom ….. uh, that was me.
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