Delia and the Hoop

[barondave]

Delia and the Hoop
MN-StF picnic at the May Day 2008 celebration, May 4 2008CE
Picture posted by request of pegkerr!

minnehaha K staked out an area that also attracted a small drum jam and several brightly colored large hula hoops. And lots of kids, many of whom tried the hula hoops with greater and lesser success. Delia was pretty good at it.

No one knew what the "RL" on her shirt stood for. (Probably Ralph Lauren, as rvrjoe775 notes in comments.) Back In The Day, we knew what was on our shirt, usually a political statement. In The Day After Back In The Day, our shirts were walking advertisements, and we knew what we were promoting, even if we were just wearing a giveaway and didn't actually agree with the sentiment or use the product. Today, kids will throw on any article of clothing adorned with any text, and not worry about what kind of signpost they're being. Moving gifs on the hoof.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I did not stake out an area near a small drum jam and several brightly colored hula hoops. Did not, did not. I staked out an area that had a comfortable margin of greensward around it in all directions. While I was volunteering in the parade, the drum jam set up camp, and the hula hoops appeared.

K.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Edited per comment.

RL

[rvrjoe775.livejournal.com]

Since we're talking about clothing, it seems very likely to me that RL would be Ralph Lauren.

Re: RL

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Makes perfect sense. Edited per comment. Still, what was odd was that neither she nor her sister knew what it meant. I don't wear t-shirts and tend not to wear commercially splashed clothing, but if I do I at least know what it is I'm a signpost for.

Bumper Stickers, was Re: RL

[idea-fairy.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of someone selling a car without taking the bumper stickers or window decals off. The buyer doesn't bother taking them off either.

When anyone asks what a certain sticker means, they reply something like "I don't know, it came with the car."

Re: Bumper Stickers, was Re: RL

[barondave.livejournal.com]

You can trick out your car any way you want. I dislike being an ad for the dealership, and could (in theory) scrape their info off. And add something else, like a Mercedes hood ornament. But I don't, and few people do. Laziness abounds.

[calimac.livejournal.com]

It stands for "right left". It may be upside down from her view, but it will tell her which side is her right and which is her left. Useful for dyslexics.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

For some of us, we a shirt with "UD" would be helpful.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I'll point out that the shirt was a hand-me-down from a cousin!

Thanks for the picture, it's great! I'll cross post it if you don't mind? (I can save a copy to my LJ account and link to that if you prefer so I don't steal your bandwidth.)

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Sure, cross post by saving the picture to your account. Remember, this is the medium-res version for LJ. If you want the larger pic, let me know.

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

Yay hoops!!

(sorry, sad hooper here) Hooping is so much fun, go Delia!

[etakyma.livejournal.com]

Ralph Lauren it may be... But I prefer to think it stood for "Real Life" - to allow the "moving gifs on the hoof" as you put it to differentiate from their online life...

;D

Delia

[7ivy7.livejournal.com]

Forget the shirt. Beautiful child, wonderful picture!