Oxymorons
I am confused.
The other day, while visiting Crestline Village with my mom, I noticed a store named "Lazy Bags." The name alone gave me some trouble. What could a lazy bag mean? As a work-from-home gal, "lazy" got my attention, but the "bags" part just seemed to get in the way. Was it an all-purpose transport system? A means of toting children and/or pets? Some kind of deluxe travel pillow?
Then I noticed that the name of the store was in rainbow-colored letters. Could it be a gay-friendly boutique? And, if it was, "lazy bags" took on some entirely new connotations. (None of which I understand or make much sense mind you, but it seems like the possibilities should not be discussed here.)
(A quick note to the uninitiated: The regular rainbow of seven colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, indigo) is just a rainbow. A rainbow with six colors (when you combine the purples) represents gay pride. Since Lazy Bags repeats red and orange after using a six-colored rainbow, I'm guessing their rainbow is just a rainbow or wasn't given nearly this much thought.)
Then, I looked underneath the main sign to see "Fine Bean Bag Furniture." Now, I'm sure that the proprietors of Lazy Bags are incredibly lovely people with lovely products, but as a child of the '80s, I have a really hard time imagining "fine bean bag furniture." I assumed bean bag chairs only existed as part of the I'm-about-to-waste-hours-of-my-life-that-I'll-never-get-back trifecta of bean bag chair, video game console and pot. (I also assumed no one over the age of 18 could get out of a bean bag chair without a roll-out and pulling themselves up on the nearest door knob or nailed-down object. If they can, I don't want to know about it. I still have some rug burn scars -- and less pride -- from the last time I attempted a bean bag escape.)
Plus, this store is in Crestline, one of the hubs of Mountain Brook, an affluent neighborhood of Birmingham. Known for ladies who lunch, I can't seen many women wrapping up a day at the Club by inviting their friends back for martinis in the bean bag lounge.
This is one trend I'll be keeping my eye on, and I wish those behind Lazy Bags the best of luck. In the meantime, I'll be practicing my discreet roll technique.