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On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 12:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I bet you'll never forget that experience, Joe. (tee hee) > > > In a message dated 1/8/2014 1:57:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > When I was in high school, my marching band initiation was to dress as the > sugar plum fairy from the Nutcracker Suite, and play the music in front of > the entire band class. (Others had similarly humiliating songs to play.) > I went to the thrift story and bought the tightest pair of white jeans, and > a tight white t-shirt and died them pink. I created wings, a tutu, and a > crown with bells in pink and silver, and carried a small pink pouch full of > fairy dust glitter. I was supposed to carry a sign designed to get 50 > signatures from other band members, at which point I could take my costume > off. I had all fifty signatures before class was out. For the rest of the > school day, I wore just the jeans, t-shirt, and my tennis shoes. I put up > with some good natured teasing (although not all was as good natured as it > should have been.) However, the comment I heard most throughout the day > was "I hate to say this, but pink really is your color. You look great in > it." Even today, if I put on pink anything, I hear that comment. One year > for Christmas, my partner/spouse bought me an electric pink ski sweater > which geometric patterns as a joke. When I put it on, he was amazed. > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Pink* is a pale red color, which takes its name from the flower of the >> same name. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink, >> especially when combined with white or pale blue, is the color most >> commonly associated with femininity, sensitivity, tenderness, childhood, >> and the romantic. However, when combined with violet or black, it is >> associated with eroticism and seduction. >> >> The color pink is named after the flowers called pinks, Dianthus, derived >> from the frilled edge of the flowers—the >> verb<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb>"to pink" dates from the 14th century >> and means "to decorate with a >> perforated or punched pattern" (possibly from German "pinken" = to peck). >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-6>As noted and referenced >> above, the word "pink" was first used as a noun to refer to the color known >> today as pink in the 17th century. The verb sense of the word "pink" >> continues to be used today in the name of the hand tool known as pinking >> shears. >> >> We just like it because of the way it shows off a bod, no? >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-4> >> >> As Always, Eric >> >> http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "omnisport" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > > Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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