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Another Perspective
Tripping Down
A triple take, up in the air between Philadelphia and Miami.
Ben Stein, eat your heart out. Even you cannot top this tale of life on the road, taking a breath of fresh midair.
Coming off a lecture in New York City and heading back to Miami, I did a brief commuter leg from LaGuardia to Philly before connecting to my Florida flight. The young lady seated next to me was pleasant from the outset and I was happy to be spared from one of those tense rides alongside someone with a hostile aura. She mentioned early that she traveled frequently on business because she was a specialty seamstress whose customers liked to be fitted personally.
“What kind of clothes,” I asked.
“Outfits for triplets,” came the response.
“Wow,” I said. “That sounds like such a clever niche idea. There have to be quite a few people around the country in that position, hard to find just the right look in multiple versions.”
“Oh, yes. Very often if I get it just right, the way they want it, they’ll order one in green and one in pink and one in purple, that kind of thing.”
“Amazing. Seems to me I should know at least one person who could benefit from that but for the life of me I can’t remember who just now. It will come back to me. So, why don’t you sell them in stores?”
“Nah. The stores hassle you to make a lot at a time and then they’ll pay you a fraction for wholesale of what I can get by retail. And as for the specialty orders, you would not believe how many stores have in-house seamstresses who are ready to fill those orders. But I make a nice living this way, flying around, meeting my customers face to face, fitting them just right. People appreciate that, tell their friends.”
“Is that what you always wanted to do? Is sewing something that brings out your creativity?”
“Well, yeah, I’m plenty creative and it is definitely a talent. You understand they like colors which stand out and shiny material, there’s a lot that goes into it. I work hard to get it just right, and I think I do a good job, but that is not what I started out doing. I was trained as a singer but somehow I have not yet managed to turn that into a full career.”
“Darn, why can’t I remember which friend of mine is in that position. What is your name by the way?”
“Mika.”
“M-I-K-A? Like Mika Brzezinski?”
“Who is that?”
“Oh, she was a newswoman on CBS, worked with Dan Rather back in the day. Now she is a sidekick to Joe Scarborough on a cable show about politics called Morning Joe. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski who used to be National Security Adviser under President Carter.”
About the Author
Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events. Here he speaks at the Rally for Religious Freedom in Miami on June 8, 2012.
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Dai Alanye | 7.23.10 @ 7:29AM
How low! I read all the way thru only to find a shaggy dog story.
Funny thing is, my grandmother used to do that very thing. That is, for infants, and not triplets nor the travel except by bus to Cleveland.
ds80| 7.23.10 @ 8:36AM
... the funniest part being, "Darn, why can't I remember which friend of mine is in that position. "
Stan| 7.23.10 @ 12:29PM
I thought it was going to be dog clothes.
sinanju| 7.23.10 @ 1:11PM
Bwahahahah! A twist worthy of M. Knight Shaymalamadingdong. I have to hand it to you. The part about triplets kept me scratching my head all through the piece. For clothing purposes, triplets are just three babies the exact same size. What's so special about that? It just didn't seem like a viable business model. Especially when her ladyship said she does not use a website.
But strippers would be a more close-knit professional community than far-flung parents of triplets, and word-of-mouth would be effective for marketing one's wares. I'm well aware of the websites marketing er, dancewear/clubwear/intimate apparel and their stuff tends to look pretty cheesy and cheaply made. Of course, for a pro, one would need something custom-fitted, and if our heroine was in the dressing room of a gentleman's club, fitting out a client, her colleagues would be interested as well. A fascinating niche, though I find myself wondering if she really was a "singer" to begin with.
John Navratil| 7.23.10 @ 5:24PM
I've got a vision of the new reality shows...
Dancing with the Triplet Strippers
Eight in the Buff
Who wants to be an Exotic Dancer
American Ecdysiast
The Gentleman's Apprentice
Alan Brooks| 7.23.10 @ 8:58PM
btw,
I'm starting up an airline company:
Acme Airlines.
$30 off if you bring your own parachute.
DocSmith| 7.24.10 @ 9:31AM
Very funny. Mrs. DocSmith works in a bank and one of the tellers started a little home business making and selling purses. A bank customer was a stripper, and the stripper encouraged her to bring her purses to the club some night to show her wares. She finally got the courage to do that, and she sold out. she said the girls were eager to sit and visit with her, and when they saw something they liked, they would go out and dance a few numbers then come back and pay her for the purse. And these sold in the $100 - $150 range. Many bought more than one, and they just wen and danced a few numbers to raise the cash.
Of course, the next day the teller had to explain where she got all the $1 bills from. LOL
Adult toys | 7.4.11 @ 3:34AM
l like the space.support.
thank you.