The “Old Man” Sweater
March 16th, 2007

I keep a cardigan sweater in my office just in case it gets cold. We’ve experienced a huge warm spell this week (mid-70’s)until today which turned ridiculously cold(freakin’ 38 degrees). So I got to break it out today and horrify all of my co workers. I think it’s great, and really essential to office life.. I figure if old ladies can wear sweaters and middle aged women can wear sweaters and keep tissues in their sleeves (which is #2 on the all time grossest thing in an office area. #1 is when coffee pot sits on a burner all day and then gets dehydrated and caked on to the glass pot…. nasty) I should be allowed to wear a sweater that would’ve been found on an fine elder gentleman who would tell stories about World War II or something else, “When I was a kid movies were a nickle”.
Tim Grahl’s response was my favorite:
Dan: Hey tim.. it’s cold out, I’m busting out my old man sweater.
Tim: OH MY GOD, why? Please feel free not to wear that again.
Do you have any office rituals that you like to do.
Fin



January 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I’m 30, but have been an old man for for the past 20 years. Dig the Sweater