[Phil Yearout]

Went to the Chisholm Trail show today, which is the largest and ostensibly the best area show. The first thing I saw was a guy manning a booth wearing a t-shirt that said:

G_ F_ck Y_ _rs_lf
Want to buy a vowel?

This guy was at least as old as I am. Now, I suppose I would have thought that was really funny, about 51 years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school. But really? I will say, though, that there were a couple of guys about high school sophomore age taking his picture with their cell phones. He seemed really pleased.

The next thing I saw was a guy probably in his late 20's wearing a t-shirt that said:

F*CK OBAMA

Only with an actual "U" in place of the asterisk. Now, I don't care what your politics are, should you really be allowed to wear a shirt saying that about our president? You might think it, and that's your right, but to wear it on a shirt? Really?

Maybe I really am just getting old, but I was offended by both, and just a little ashamed to be associating with folks who would go out in public like that.

Oh, by the way: the show was a bust. Saw a couple decent Ithaca SBT's but not a single decent Parker or Fox. Came home with the money I left with, except for the $10 to get in.