tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post6502730817226455269..comments2023-11-02T02:40:48.410-07:00Comments on Crime Fiction Collective: Bad Santa: Uniforms, Costumes, and PerceptionL.J. Sellershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-59106278960271264762012-01-19T14:44:33.484-08:002012-01-19T14:44:33.484-08:00Well thought! A couple of years ago, I improvised ...Well thought! A couple of years ago, I improvised a nun costume with the things I had in my closet for a costume party. Well a friend of mine, churchgoer, saw the pictures and asked me whether I was wearing actual nun garments... so it looks like some usiforms are really easy to pull!Nuri148https://www.blogger.com/profile/01449091560453147662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-89389458240375235532011-12-21T17:17:05.706-08:002011-12-21T17:17:05.706-08:00Tom, maybe the nuns were criminals in costume, esc...Tom, maybe the nuns were criminals in costume, escaping from the scene of a crime! LOLJodie Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180607353893233389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-15775221053868334182011-12-20T09:46:11.373-08:002011-12-20T09:46:11.373-08:00This is a funny (albeit embarrassing) true story. ...This is a funny (albeit embarrassing) true story. One night I'm heading home after work when I hear a radio call about a possible bank robbery with suspect's heading in my direction in a sedan. Then in the lane to my right I see four hooded individuals in a Dodge Aries (I can see it in my mind plain as day). I'm thinking AH-HA! Gotcha sukkas! Imagine my surprise when I pull along side and see four Nuns (Habits and all) driving along. I laughed the whole way home! In my defense, they looked way more menacing from behind than from the front.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-37139231248692123032011-12-20T09:34:16.695-08:002011-12-20T09:34:16.695-08:00There you go again, Tom, putting those twisted ide...There you go again, Tom, putting those twisted ideas in my head. Nothing like a little grist for the mill as I plan my next novel. Thanks for a great post!ANDREW E. KAUFMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835920472268730244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-7064228858128357642011-12-20T08:31:13.386-08:002011-12-20T08:31:13.386-08:00DELICIOUS! As usual, your post gets those creative...DELICIOUS! As usual, your post gets those creative ideas dancing in my head . . . right along with the sugarplums (whatever they are).<br /><br />Thanks, Tom.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-78589434972318185382011-12-20T08:25:21.666-08:002011-12-20T08:25:21.666-08:00Excellent post. I particularly enjoyed your insigh...Excellent post. I particularly enjoyed your insight into how contradictory actions can shatter the perception created by the uniform. You always give me great things to consider for my next book.L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-27721717976108372212011-12-20T08:01:23.025-08:002011-12-20T08:01:23.025-08:00I grew up in an Air Force family, and to me the Ai...I grew up in an Air Force family, and to me the Air Force uniforms have always denoted safety and certainty.<br /><br />When I was in corporate America I found I was most comfortable in a blue suit.<br /><br />Your last line made me wonder what my reaction would be if a man in an Air Force uniform pulled a gun on me. Probably just as unsettling (for me at least) as the Santa scenario.<br /><br />This post is a keeper -- just to remind myself of some of the possibilities in upcoming plots.<br /><br />Thank you!Fran Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230580828240178414noreply@blogger.com