Canes are strange. I mean, they're normal things for most people who need them, I suppose, but in the past few days, I've seen a couple canes in uncompromising positions, and I feel compelled to tell you about it.
Cane number one was a wooden number, with red and yellow stripes on it. Where did I encounter said cane? In a New York City Taxicab. Someone had left it in the back seat. I can understand a cellphone falling out of a pocket, or even leaving a newspaper, but how do you leave a cane in the back of a cab? I had a vision of a healing evangelist laying hands on a cripple in the back of this cab shortly before my trip... thus rendering the cane useless to the former cripple. I decided this was extremely unlikely.
Cane number two was an amusingly odd fashion statement witnessed on Saturday evening at BLTSteak on 57th Street between Park and Lexington. There was a very fashionable woman who was exiting the restaurant, walking with the assistance of a cane. And wearing 3" heels. I mean, if you need a cane, doesn't that mean you probably don't walk well enough to be wearing heels? Ladies? Any comments here? The bartender (female) agreed with me that it was strange...
So those are the two interesting canes I've seen in the past few days. Who knows what interesting canes I shall come across in the days to come.
Posted by Jon at September 13, 2004 01:08 AM | TrackBackCheck out that weird Raj guy on The Apprentice. In one episode alone he's already worn a fedora, red dress pants, spectator pumps and a bow tie AND he's sported a cane.
A foppish dandy, that man. And a freakin' GEEK.
Posted by: Jake at September 13, 2004 06:23 PM