Lately I have noticed some really bad band names. Instead of trying to help bands come up with better names, I’ve decided to make up a bunch of ridiculous band names. At least these names have some comical merit. Andrew Wade helped me with a few of these.
I was 9 years old then. The film, Dick Tracy, had been out for about a year, but it was fresh on my mind. I visited Montgomery Ward with my father one Saturday afternoon. Something there would allow me to actualize any fantasies I had of becoming a great detective, just like Dick. In the boy’s section, amid the Bugle Boy pants and silk shirts, I found it. It was a beige London Fog trench coat.
Now, I don’t claim to know the origin of this phrase. Growing up Latino, I’ve just been exposed to this phrase so much by family and friends, that it was just filed away into the lexicon of my subconscious. I just accept it without giving it a second thought. But when I actively think about and evaluate the phrase, it turns out to be funny.
All you have to do to understand certain words and phrases is to hear them used in context once or twice, then you get it. So, rather than try to explain what this phrase means, I’ll just show you a few examples of it’s use. Okay? The phrase:
Everyone’s heard that their past has shaped them into who they are today. The trials and tribulations of life make you a better person. The following story is of a tribulation that has done nothing for me except arm me with another embarrassing memory. Read On