SHIRT & PAUL

Paul said they bought it in Brighton. Heather said London. Paul saw a blue shirt with ‘some interesting stuff on it’. Heather saw the greek myths. They both agreed it was expensive. But the money was well spent. In 23 years the shirt has lost just one button and none of its colour. Its quality has been tested, unsurprisingly the shirts near ‘magical powers’ mean Paul’s worn it every week over the last two decades. He says he finds it impossible to feel unhappy wearing it. The only thing that’s tempered how much he’s worn it has been a request from his daughter, Emily. She’s asked him not to show up at parents’ evenings in it, she’s embarrassed to have her dad arrive at school with nude ladies on his shirt. Paul makes a sound argument for the shirt as ‘educational’ – these aren’t any nude ladies, they’re the Sirens from Homer’s Odyssey.

09 Sep 2013