A little off subject

I know that this blog is generally a bit more poetic than the one I keep for my family, filled with private thoughts, and shared with only a few. But, I just can't resist sharing this. So a few weeks ago my father asked me what I would like to have in my Christmas package and seeing as we'd be having temps around -13 the only things I could think of were long under wear and base layer type clothing to try to keep some heat in this body of mine. The next logical question of my father's was "what size" I thought "hmmm I'm tall, let's say a large just to be sure they're long enough." Well earler this week my Christmas package arrived and since it was absolutely freezing and everything inside the box has to be written on the customs form I thought I would go ahead and open it. Inside among a number of useful things I found a pair of old school waffle style long underwear. Needless to say I was pretty pumped about this. However I thought it a bit strange that there was a picture of a man on the front of the package. Upon turning it over I realized that my father thought it a good idea to purchase me a pair of MENS large long underwear. Now I know that I gained a few pounds while living here for the first few months but never in my life have I been in need of a pair of pants that would fit a 38-42 waist.

But I thought "hey they're elastic right, they might be able to fit" That was until I noticed the enormous pouch in the front of these pants.

My friend Francesca suggested we run to the grocery to buy a bunch of bananas to fill it with, but reason got the better of us and we decided against it. However I would like to know at what point my father thought I was a rather large man with a huge package and that this would be an appropriate gift...