I have recently begun to notice that the problem with much of this city's young females is that they have, what Liz has coined, "swayback disease". Those of you unfamiliar with this phenomenon will begin to notice it everywhere. You spot a young girl (anywhere from pre-teen up through mid college) and wait for them to stop walking. As they stand around, chatting on their cell phones, they begin to relax, and their bellies begin to protrude between their skirt and midrift - if you haven't been watching and suddenly come across one of these girls, you immediately think that they have a pot belly! When in fact, if they simply stood up straight, the belly goes away and they go back to looking like Kate Moss...(I know I sound old and crotchety here and I don't care...Stand up straight damned!).
So, Liz and I were walking along in the mall, and I stopped dead in my tracks, said a little prayer to the gods of Madison Avenue (please stop!) and pointed out that all of the mannequins in the window at Charlotte Russe all had contracted the deadly swayback disease! I managed to find a picture of it on line - you can buy her here.
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This is all very true. And in case Nathan reads this, I actually have to give him credit for the word "swayback." It is so very useful, in so many circumstances.
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