Double Drinking Dorothy Hamill

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78 UT Cactus

If you are too young to recall the famous wedge haircut made famous by 1976 Olympic figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill, consider yourself lucky. It was a trend amongst women of the late 1970s, and the immediate regret caused many to self-medicate with frosty longneck beers. Consider these two ladies, rocking the double H: the Hamill and highwaisted jeans. And just in case you can’t read their shirts, they say: Bored Martyrs. Indeed.

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  1. Priceless. I remember Hamill and her g-awful hair style but I don’t recall any actual contact with ladies sporting the cut. Of course fading memories etc. So what is a bored martyr? What makes them martyrs? What has them bored? So many ? Dorothy twins. My Mom’s name was Dorothy. Folks called her Dot.

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    1. I have no idea what makes them bored martyrs. When I think Dorothy, of course it’s from Oz or The Golden Girls. But I guess Dottie West was a Dorothy, too. I bet it will come around back in style. Do you say it with three syllables or just push it into two?

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  2. I do remember that cut. What really is bothering me, again, is what they decided to wear. They actually picked those clothes out of their closets and put them on in a particular order (plaid long-sleeve shirt under t-shirt, check) on purpose. Bored martyrs indeed.

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      1. Am glad now we are not neighbors. (well, not really, but for fashion sake) Today it is thrift-store jeans (still, American Eagle) and a goldy, blacky top with some shimmer, and a thick black belt. Which is ok–I could put some flash jewelry and make my face up nice and pass for not horrible. But I am cold, so I put on my very fave zip-up mauve Split Rock lighthouse hoodie. You would not be happy with me.

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      2. I would–because you’re my friend and you’re trim. I wore thrift store jeans and a jingling snowman sweater (seriously) to go surprise a birthday girl and then rocked that outfit right over to the Goodwill, where I bought two fat-girl skirts, including the cardinal sin: black velvet. Like I’m Wynnona or Stevie Nicks. Who wears velvet? 1989 does.

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  3. I feel so voyeuristic sitting in on you and Liz with these last two comments, Kerbey. Thank you! I am rocking faded blue jeans with a white T that says Post-Standard 300-Mile Lunchtime Walking Club on the front, on top of which I layered my well-worn and comfortable blue long-sleeved Three Dollar Dewey T purchased at a tavern of that great name in Portland, Maine.

    Now the two Bored Martyrs in the above photo are wearing the front way too wide to be a proper Dorothy Hamill. And the woman to the right looks like a young Lily Tomlin to boot.

    About The Dorothy. After she purchased the Ice Capades, the flagging franchise came for a show in Syracuse and I was sent to do some interviews at the arena. The Dorothy was sitting royally in a folding chair and media types were given a few minutes each in her presence. My turn came and I looked at her beauty with the still-perfect hair and wonderful Gold Medal face and my tongue became tied for just a split second as my heart went pitter-patter.

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    1. No arguing Dorothy Hamill is pretty. And no surprise that you have of course been in her presence, oh, Forrest who has seen many things.

      I am not familiar with your clothes, but I am glad they are keeping you warm.

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  4. I admit I had to use the goog:
    Bored Martyrs, University of Texas:
    A social organization for women dedicated to the enjoyment of leisure time. The group is a spoof of Mortar Board, a campus honorary society, and meets monthly at Scholz’s.

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    1. Ah, yes, Scholz’s Biergarten, or however it’s spelled. The drinking age was 18 then, so everyone in college could legally drink. That sounds absurd to me. Aren’t most people dedicated to leisure time? That’s what I do all day, dedicate myself to the enjoyment of leisure time. Don’t you??

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