Bun Warmers
Bun Warmer [bun-warmer] – noun.
ʃi, A beverage consisting of hot coffee, amaretto and Irish creme liqueurs; known to be basic to the survival of the parent of teenagers, particularly in colder climates.
Some things should be above and beyond the call of parental duty.
Sitting on aluminum bleachers in the dark in a thirty-five degree Nor’wester to watch a Homecoming week Powder Puff football game.
On a weeknight for god’s sake.
Sipping a jumbo coffee sans amaretto and Irish creme, tempered to lukewarm by the aforementioned Nor’wester.
Operating a 35mm camera while wearing an unmatched pair of leather gloves insulated with the two-for-a-dollar black knit Walgreens gloves.
Not being allowed to cover my eyes in order to avoid the sight of the it’s-not-that-cold-I’ll-be-fine sixteen-year-old playing front line on the frozen tundra.
Suiting up to do it all over again for tonight’s Homecoming football game.
Yee Bun Warmin’ ha.
October 23rd, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Not trying to interrupt your insight, wisdom or general schwanginess. I’m just here to play my kazoo and hangout.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:57 pm
Fabulous! The Bun Warmers are on me.