Today I discovered Merlin Mann's 5ives.com site. I'm not sure why I haven't heard about this site before. He's been doing it for awhile, and gosh darn, it sure is funny. Be careful though! It's highly addictive and there is deceptively more lists than you think there could ever be. I'm so glad that people like Merlin exist. I'm glad I'm not one of them, but I'm glad he's here.
Reading through Merlin's lists of five got me to thinking what lists I would come up with. His posts about words got me thinking of words, and wordplay, and one in particular got stuck in my head. And I found I couldn't go beyond it.
Slacks.
Nobody wears "slacks" anymore. Have you noticed that? We wear pants, jeans, chinos, maybe cords, or even sometimes trousers, if the occasion warrants. But slacks? No way. It brings to mind 70's polyester princess wear.
I wonder why that is?
