Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

OK, so maybe it's a little tacky to borrow this Steve Martin movie title, but I couldn't resist! Do those pants scream BILL MILLER or what? And besides, I'd be willing to bet that Bill ("Punky"/"SlimeDog") Miller is the one rare exception who would violate this premise, and wear such pants into the afterlife!

Fans of Punky hold dear memories of playing golf with him, and busting his balls over his absurd lack of fashion sense.

I personally have a fond memory of being at the mid-Season outing in Saratoga in 1987(?), and I was grabbing some food after golf and many frosty brewskies.




MidSeason 1987 (?) L-R: Kluep, Coupster, Brit, Nort


MidSeason 1987 (?) L-R: Stosh, Toby, Coupster, Brit

So I'm sitting in this restaurant because I was already kicked out of a different restaurant (it was some family-run restaurant where Dad was cooking in the kitchen. Mom & hot daughter - she was about 18-19 yrs old - were serving the customers. All I did was share my typical, eloquent, yet drunken comments about how impressed I was with the daughter's firm, ample, perky breasts! Hey, they were magnificent! Apparently Mom & Dad were not impressed with my accolades and they told me to get the hell out of there before they called the police!)

Now where was I? Oh, that's right, so I'm attempting to get food in a second restaurant now, and I'm finally starting to eat. I'm also alone because I somehow got separated from just about everyone I knew (that part is kinda blurry), when all of a sudden Cooner and his posse stroll into the place. Does anyone remember this? Who all was there?

We greet each other in Ballwasher fashion, I slide over to make room, and then they strategically seat themselves in a different booth, while looking at me sitting in my booth "with all my friends" (remember, I was alone). Nevertheless, we strike up a snappy booth-to-booth repartee, and the discussion led to an observation that there was a TV crew outside for some unknown reason.

This made me point out that if Punky were ever to leave his job at GE, and seek a challenging new career, he could fulfill a vital role in a lucrative television career, simply by wearing his trademark pants. He could stand-in for failing test-patterns!

-Nort