Scott Brown wore $750.00 pink leather shorts on his first date with his wife

[Enrique]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28Brown-t.html

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Arianna told me that he showed up for his first real date with her mother, Gail Huff, a TV newscaster to whom he has been married for more than 23 years, in pink leather shorts. It’s family lore.

The pinkish color drained from his face when I asked him about it during a conversation in his campaign office just before we took off in the truck. He clarified that the shorts weren’t something that he went out and purchased — it wasn’t like that at all. “I did the couture shows, and instead of paying in cash, they paid in clothes,” he said. “And one of the things I had to wear were leather shorts. And these happened to be pink.”

As he told the story, he seemed, almost in spite of himself, to get into it. “If I wore these now,” he said, “I’d get shot. But it was the ’80s. Pastels were in. It was all pastel-y.” The shorts went with his tan at the time and a pair of white shoes that he owned, so he gave them a whirl. “Gail comes out and she’s like, ‘Those are pink shorts.’ I said: ‘Yeah, you like them? They’re great. Comfortable. Feel this leather.’ ” With this last phrase, he slowly stroked the side of one of his thighs, apparently miming the gesture he made in front of her.

He emphasized: “This isn’t cheap leather. This is, like, $750 shorts back then.” He shook his head at the memory. “Crazy stuff.”

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[polichick]

1. And she went out with him a second time?! nt

[dsc]

2. on the right guy pink leather sounds yummy

[gateley]

3. dupe delete

[gateley]

4. No kidding. I would have closed the front door. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. ...on his honker.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Massachusetts came up short, too.

Pink undies on Scottie- woo, woo.

:rofl:

[Turbineguy]

6. Pink Lederhosen.

Charming.

[varelse]

7. what a wild and crazee guy

:P

[onehandle]

9. Fred Garvin – male prostitute.

Prostitute... Model... Whatever.

[Rick Myers]

20. DUzy!!!

That's a funny reference...

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Wake me up, before you go go

He's right. They were in fashion.

In so many ways, we've become WAY less tolerant and progressive than we were in the era of Ronnnie Raygun.

[onehandle]

11. Puh. In fashion in about five square blocks of L.A. and NYC.

Not so much in 'real' America.

There's your 'hero,' teabaggers.

'I drive a truck... and wear pink leather shorts.'

[Enrique]

13. and guess what he bought the truck for?

“We’re in the famous truck,” he pointed out, needlessly. “It’s a regular truck.” Yes and no. As Arianna, the younger of his two daughters, told me, he originally purchased it not so he could haul lumber but so he could attach it to a trailer bearing her horse.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. Really? cause pink clothing for guys was all the rage here in central Nebraska

I was there. I remember. Hard to get more "real" America than that.

I find it much more amusing that so many enlightened DUer's look down their noses at pink on a man - I expect it from knuckle-dragging Republicans.

I think they've already thrown Mr. Brown under the bus anyway, haven't they? Didn't he vow to stand with the Democrats and vote yes on the jobs bill and commit some other mortal sin already?

I want to see a photo of him leaning on the truck wearing his old pink shorts. That would be a keeper.

[onehandle]

18. I don't care what people wear. But teabaggers do. That's the point.

Whatever fuel helps make them run a teabagger candidate against Senator Softcore in 2012 is fine with me.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. I'm good with that. A few nice billboards should do nicely.

and for what it's worth, I was neglectful in my post. When referring to the reactions of some on DU to a man wearing pink I did not mean to impugn your intentions at all. I communicated poorly. I was referring to other posts I've seen here.

[bullwinkle428]

12. SO disappointed in DU - "Thread worthless without pictures", anyone?

:evilgrin:

[Quantess]

14. That's okay. I won't hold that against him.

[a la izquierda]

15. I think I just threw up in my mouth.

If my husband came home in pink leather shorts I think I would literally die laughing. Just thinking about my beanpole husband in pink leather shorts gives me the giggles.:rofl:

ETA: For some reason, the line "Who wears short shorts?" just popped in my head.

[Contrary1]

16. Ok, here goes...

On the 1st date with my future husband, he knocked on the door wearing an open shirt, cut-off jeans, sandals, love beads, a silver chain with a peace sign pendant, and a bottle of wine in each hand.

My mother almost fell out of her chair.

Many years later, she told me that I should be nicer to him; that I would never find a better man.

She was right. We are going on 38 years here.

There are plenty of things to bash Scott Brown with. This is not one of them.

[Enrique]

19. we gotta mock this

when the GOP's newest hero, the guy that Peggy Noonan said looks like a "regular guy, a real American", wears $750 pink leather shorts, we are required, under the Constitution as I understand it, to mock him.

[Contrary1]

27. Who am I to argue with the Constitution?

You are correct. I'm stuck in the 70's here; I need to get with it.
Mock on! :hippie:

On edit: If my future husband had worn pink leather shorts, I wouldn't be here right now...and neither would he.

[klook]

21. Now he looks like this

[DesertRat]

22. “If I wore these now,” he said, “I’d get shot."

..."But it was the ’80s. Pastels were in. It was all pastel-y.”

Sorry Brownie. I was an adult in the '80's and pink leather shorts were NOT in. :eyes:

[Kat45]

23. Not even for women.

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

25. I'm sure a few of us have regrets from the 80s

But damn, $750 pink leather shorts??? I had my limits.

[saltpoint]

26. Actually, who among us doesn't wear $750 shorts around virtually

all the time?