Re: [CH] A T-shirt story.
Uncle_Dirty_Dave (xrated@ameritech.net)
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:46:26 -0500
> With all this talk of membership cards, T-shirts and the like, I thought
> ya'll would enjoy this. I have been involved in the consumption of the heat
> since I first discovered it while living in Colorado in the early 80's.
> Thing is, I never knew there was even such a term as Chile-Head for those
> like us. Then, I was back in Boulder for a visit in the fall of 1999, when
> I happend on a hot sauce store on that walking mall they have there. On the
> wall was a T-shirt. Being of less than perfect eyesight I first thought it
> was a Grateful Dead shirt. I was curious as to why a Dead shirt would be in
> such a store. The clerk handed me this shirt. It was tie-die bright blue,
> with a pic of the same skeleton figure, only surrounded by red chiles
> instead of flowers, with the words CHILE HEAD. The clerk told me this was
> term folks had adoped for heat consumers, etc. I plunked down the $30 and
> bought the shirt. Has anyone else seen this T? Happy Heatster!
Your eyesight may be challenged - but, that clerk has perfect eyesight.
He saw you coming. $30 for a freaking Tee shirt?????!!!! That's robbery
unless it comes with Kelly McGillis stuffed in it (for us of the male
gene, that is)
ENJOY!!!
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