The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

18 February 2007

Pattern analysis

It was almost 50 degrees yesterday when I hit the supermarket, historically a below-average temperature for this date, but a veritable heat wave compared to what February has been dealing us so far, so I wasn't too surprised to catch a glimpse of a woman in fishnets over by — well, it wasn't the seafood counter, so I suppose it doesn't matter where she was.

More than once I've mentioned that I just don't get fishnets:

I have been fortunate enough over the years to have met a small number of women with incredible legs, and not once have I found myself thinking, "Gee, I wonder what she'd look like if you overlaid a pattern of polygons upon her."

And I was perhaps unduly pleased to hear a similar sentiment from someone who actually has worn them:

What do you think it is about fishnets that made someone decide that they are sexy in the first place? Is it the fact that you can see skin through them? Because surely men weren't thinking, "You know, I'm tired of running my hands over sleek, smooth, unblemished thighs. I sure would prefer some that have some texture — almost like cellulite, but more ordered, like graph paper but in 3-D, or like the weave of a wicker chair. Is there some way that we could create this effect temporarily?" Because right now the back of my thighs makes me look like I've been hanging out on a lanai, and in less of a Spring-Break-Cancun kind of way than a Golden Girls kind of way.

Well, that Blanche Devereaux, she could ... um, never mind.

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