Clothes make the boogeyman?

Speaking of ghosts...well okay, I guess “we” weren’t but for whatever reason, my mind occasionally alights on the subject of the supernatural.

I suppose it’s due to the approach of Halloween and the fact that stores in the area have had ghoulish merchandise displayed since the middle of summer.

At any rate, personally I think I’d find the whole ghostly apparition thing more believable if the entities in question weren’t always spotted wearing the same clothes—presumably the clothes they had on when they died.

I say this because while it seems at least somewhat possible that some form of a persons mind/soul/spirit could “survive” and continue to exist in an other-worldly dimension, it seems quite a bit less likely that a uniform issued by the Confederate Army or an outfit purchased at Sears, Roebuck & Company would enjoy a similar longevity.

Of course it the concept of “eternal clothing” does exist, it adds a new level of importance to choosing something to wear each morning. It also gives new credence to the age old advice about wearing clean underwear in case you’re in an accident!

I had that thought in mind when I purchased an whole new batch of underwear this week. Even fresh out of the wash some of my previous underthings were barely adequate to be worn for another day, let alone all eternity, or even a couple centuries.

And so it was that I found myself at the mall yesterday in search of underwear less likely to embarrass me here, or in the afterlife. Apparently I picked a good time to do it too. As it turns out, Sears was having a sale!