I
used to work with a guy who would randomly wear an Alaskan t-shirt to work. It
was just an ordinary blue t-shirt with a big picture of a mountain and the word
“Alaska” on the front, but it was odd because he dressed so nicely ever other
day. Thinking that he was just trying to loosen up a little, I made a comment
one day that it was good to see him going more casual. To which he replied that
it was laundry day and everything else he had was dirty. After that, I always
laughed and teased him when I saw him wearing that t-shirt…must be laundry day.
The
Alaskan t-shirt has now become my euphemism for laundry day. Whenever someone
says they were doing laundry, I always ask if they were wearing their Alaskan
t-shirt. It’s also my assumption when I see someone who normally dresses a
certain way randomly wearing different clothes one day. So, I’ll ask them if
it’s laundry day and they had nothing else to wear. Which is probably more
relevant if someone randomly gets more casual in their dress, but I also do it
if someone randomly gets dressier too!
