My grandmother told us that her father (a British immigrant) was a former member of the Black Watch, so I had a flannel shirt with that pattern (or a very close approximation) for a long time.
Once, I was walking down a street in Los Angeles wearing it, and homeless guy accosted me for spare change by saying "HEY MISTER BLACK WATCH PLAID can you spare some change". It was the first time anybody had caught it.
My father has since cautioned me that my grandmother was probably making it up about her father.
That's nutty... I totally never encountered the phrase before that one (ingenious and unsurpassed) episode of "Harvey Birdman". I can only hear Stephen Colbert saying it, and comparing its intrinsic threat communication with the cover of Rush's seminal "Moving Pictures" album.
did you give the guy money? because that's pretty impressive and he deserves a little sumpin sumpin for his correct identification of your plaid. i would have given him a $10.
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Once, I was walking down a street in Los Angeles wearing it, and homeless guy accosted me for spare change by saying "HEY MISTER BLACK WATCH PLAID can you spare some change". It was the first time anybody had caught it.
My father has since cautioned me that my grandmother was probably making it up about her father.
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