To The Manolo.

{...}Formerly, the Manolo he had regarded the poncho as merely the benign if ridiculous fashion trend.

Now, the Manolo he realizes that the poncho it is the evil incarnate.

It is the loathsome seducer of the womens. It calls in the sweet voice, “I am the poncho, if you wear me I will help you conceal your flaws. I promise, your hips, they will disappear under my protective cover of man-made fibers. Look, darling, you can even make me yourself for $1.49 in the material. Choose the aqua yarn. It is pretty no?”{...}

Ahem.

The Manolo No-Poncho Pledge

“I, Kath The Cake Eater, swear on the head and/or the grave of my sainted granny to never wear, buy, knit, crochet, or fashion from the old throw rug, the poncho. And if the poncho it is given to me as the gift, I will graciously thank the giver and then, when she has left, put the poncho into the dog’s bed and/or the trash as the case she may be. Only by doing these things faithfully can I help end for the good of the humanity the scourge that is the poncho. So help me Manolo.”

{Hat tip: Fausta}

Posted by: Kathy at 11:43 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 Ugh. Yesterday at the pet store I saw some middle-aged lady wearing what I can only describe as a pink, circular version of the rag-rugs (the ones made from shredded old clothes) that we use on our kitchen floor. This has to stop.

Posted by: Steve Gigl at April 04, 2005 12:04 PM (LZ2fB)

2 A dissenting point of view: my kids love the ones my mom knit for them. Maybe ponchos are ok for kids.

Posted by: RP at April 04, 2005 02:26 PM (LlPKh)

3 Ponchos for kids are fine. They are not fine for grown women who should know better

Posted by: Kathy at April 04, 2005 04:11 PM (0X/9E)

4 I even hated the ponchos the first time around, in the 70s, the "what was I thinking" decade.

Posted by: Fausta at April 04, 2005 06:26 PM (G3tVf)

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