Another Tie of the Month Club Member
Stephen, the summer intern at Mt. Zion Community Church has become a friend and as we’ve worked together on projects we talked and I shered the story of the tie of the month club I made for a friend another for his son. Steven thouht it was a cool idea and wanted one for one of hiis college buddies and the obliging person who loves to pass along a smile, I created another rendition.
I went on an excursion through my closet supply and selected the most out of date, most gaudy, and ugliest ties I could find at out of my own collection. I selected about thirteen of the most horrid ties I could find and gave them to Steven.
I advised him to wrap each tie individually to make the delayed agony of seeing each tie emerge last as long as possible. For each tie, I wrote a “cute” saying that described the tie and alternate uses for it. The printed monthly poem was to be cut and attached to each package. I think the first tie was for New Year’s Eve and was a print to echo the winter holiday. I can’t remember each tie and the sayings, but possibly for Independence Day, I remember offfering a red tie with red blue and white stripes. There was a different verse and tie for the different months.
There were wide ties, narrow ties, medium ties; ties with stripes, designs, or polka dots, but my favorite tie was a very narrow one. It was dark burgandy color with a shiny design woven into the fabric. It was probably in style when Bobby socks and the D. A. haircuts were the in things. It was so long ago that I can’t remember the words of the whole note, but I know the alternate suggestion I offered, if he didn’t want to wear it for a tie, was that he could keep it in his pocket when he was hunting and could use it to drag his deer out of the woods.
The accompanting letter went something like this: Dear sir; you have been enrolled in the “Tie of the Month Club” by a friend. We are sending all of the ties at once so we can keep the postage costs of our service to a minimum for all of our customers. We are relying on your honesty, integrity, and discretion that you only will open one package at a time for the months designated on the accompanying cards. Opening one at a time will enhance the gift and extend the joy of the gift. Thank you again for joining the “Tie of the month Club” and hope you will continue to be a satisfied customer. Sincerely John Doe, president.
The collection of ties and rhymes made Steven smile in anticipation of the surprise his buddy would get on receiving the package. Now all I have to do is wait to see how much the new member enjoys his membership.
Another Tie of the Month Club Member
Stephen, the summer intern at Mt. Zion Community Church has become a friend and as we’ve worked together on projects we talked and I shered the story of the tie of the month club I made for a friend another for his son. Steven thouht it was a cool idea and wanted one for one of hiis college buddies and the obliging person who loves to pass along a smile, I created another rendition.
I went on an excursion through my closet supply and selected the most out of date, most gaudy, and ugliest ties I could find at out of my own collection. I selected about thirteen of the most horrid ties I could find and gave them to Steven.
I advised him to wrap each tie individually to make the delayed agony of seeing each tie emerge last as long as possible. For each tie, I wrote a “cute” saying that described the tie and alternate uses for it. The printed monthly poem was to be cut and attached to each package. I think the first tie was for New Year’s Eve and was a print to echo the winter holiday. I can’t remember each tie and the sayings, but possibly for Independence Day, I remember offfering a red tie with red blue and white stripes. There was a different verse and tie for the different months.
There were wide ties, narrow ties, medium ties; ties with stripes, designs, or polka dots, but my favorite tie was a very narrow one. It was dark burgandy color with a shiny design woven into the fabric. It was probably in style when Bobby socks and the D. A. haircuts were the in things. It was so long ago that I can’t remember the words of the whole note, but I know the alternate suggestion I offered, if he didn’t want to wear it for a tie, was that he could keep it in his pocket when he was hunting and could use it to drag his deer out of the woods.
The accompanting letter went something like this: Dear sir; you have been enrolled in the “Tie of the Month Club” by a friend. We are sending all of the ties at once so we can keep the postage costs of our service to a minimum for all of our customers. We are relying on your honesty, integrity, and discretion that you only will open one package at a time for the months designated on the accompanying cards. Opening one at a time will enhance the gift and extend the joy of the gift. Thank you again for joining the “Tie of the month Club” and hope you will continue to be a satisfied customer. Sincerely John Doe, president.
The collection of ties and rhymes made Steven smile in anticipation of the surprise his buddy would get on receiving the package. Now all I have to do is wait to see how much the new member enjoys his membership.