So, we (in this case the “we” was the boys at work) were
standing around drinking our morning coffee, & mulling over the
implications of whatit was that the particular boof heads of whatever popular
sport had done over the weekend & Complaining about how sport wasn’t like
it was when we were kids… Nostalgia, it ain’t what it used to be!
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| Usually I do silly things after alcohol, not a sensible coffee... |
Thus we decided that we wanted a clean sport that was sporty
in all the appropriate sprortyness… thus, after my watching of the Doco “This
is Roller Derby” on a flight to a friend’s wedding, we decided that Roller Deby
it was!
Thus "we" decided to Google this fantastic sport. After or
extensive research, we decided on the following:
1.
Our respective home towns had Roller Derby
leagues (Tick)
2.
There were a rather lot of attractive female participants
(Tick)
3.
The Sport had a rather Alt-SteamPunk – burlesque
cool vibe going on (Tick)
4.
It was fast (Tick)
5.
It was contact (Tick)
6.
A lot of the participants were tattooed (Tick
for Mike the Kiwi Geo, although, I am not too sure on this point)
7.
Fishnets seemed to be very popular (Tick)
8. It was REAL sport!!!! (TIK, TIK TEKETTY TIK!)
We were sold! Instantly
So now what? We promptly forgot about our stupidity
& went back to work!
At home, a casual comment from the Child Bride about needing
some active wear (meaning running clothes etc) was also immediately forgotten…
until, when again we were gossiping over another coffee talking important manly things at work
The penny dropped: I will buy some Roller wear for the Child
Bride!
It was a perfect fit; Retro yet modern, comfortable yet wearable
to the beach or to snooze in at night… How good is this idea? Well, most of my ideas ARE terrible to be entirely honest…
well the truth hurts doesn’t it!
Warning, This is where I am bordering on some un-paid
product placement/product endorsement…
Anyway, after a rather inspired session on the internet I Googled
something like “Roller Derby Wear” & I ended up at the following:
AND
Thus lead to the weirdest series of e-mails I think I’ve
ever sent … fortunately, the rather unusually named “GoGo Fiasco” (or Helen to
her friends) was rather patient & helpful with me. From a male point of view, Ordering
clothes for your wife is quite confronting (I am sure the guys out there will
sympathise with me on this!) That being said, GoGo was rather helpful to e-mail
size suggestions that made sense!
Just so you know how worried I was, I actually said that I’d
rather not sneak around & take measure the child bride when she was asleep,
which, despite the creepiness of that suggestion, GoGo was still able to
provide a good size suggestion for my purchase.
So after a bit of “over the web payment options” I had
ordered some Alternative Cool Active Wear for the loverly Child Bride… now I conveniently
left the Home for work & awaited the results of my silliness,
unfortunately, I would be away when the present popped up…
Thus the laugh was set in motion!
So, Wednesday night when I rang home, the silly boys where
cackling away at this surprise package for mum; the red star & the lucky
clover designs caused much hilarity. Instant hit!
The Child Bride was suffering from much consternation as to
the origins of the package – then when I burst out laughing about the situation
& explained that I thought it would be good active wear & I purchased
it as a surprise for her she was much relieved! YAY, I will live to blog another day!
So would I buy from Hellcat
again; Heck Yeah, any time & great service, BUT, it seems that they do tend to cater for attractive women,
not for men who (to be blunt) resemble giant pinkish advocados
Anyway, that was a rather long & winding story that had
not very much to do with scooting; but, I have decided to attend the next bout
of the Orange Roller Derby (work & other commitments aside) as I think it
fits with the Vibe of the Scootin’ I like Doin’… hopefully I can take the Silly
boys & Alissa the sensible to this event; if not, I’ll Vespa there!
Watch this space!
So Mote it Be
Leigh
Sorry to disapoint, but there was no way the Child Bride was going to allow me
to post a pick of her in the Spiffy roller pants!
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