Pluggers by Rick McKee for June 27, 2023

the gloves’ real mates must be around somewhere

Yes I will admit that I have done that form of glove usage ;-)

I worked construction for years when I was younger. Since I’m right-handed, I was always taking my right glove off and sooner or later would lose it. So I had a bunch of extra left-hand gloves in a bag in my truck toolbox. One day the new guy on our crew was getting a level out of my toolbox for me. He asked me what was I doing with a sack of left-hand gloves and could he have some? Turns out he was a lefty who was always losing his left glove and had a bunch of extra right-hand gloves in his truck! We had a good laugh and traded each other our extra gloves. We each ended up with several “new” pairs of gloves! One of those strange things in life that just work out and we became good friends until he moved away a few years later.

Eh everything fair in glove and war!

And then there’s a “pair of pants” which refers to one item of clothing. Or a “pair of scissors”.

In a similar vein, when you break a skI, save the other one. Eventually you will break one of the new pair.

if you only have two gloves and they’re both right-handed, you can always turn one glove inside out for an emergency left-handed glove

Especially with my gardening gloves.

and he has another pair just like then, if he could find them

Wait, what? You say that like it might not be true.

My hubby was like that when it came to his winter gloves.

Just like a Pluggers orphan sock collection. If anyone notices, they’re looking too hard and need to get a life. Like Singles – guy Pluggers don’t care.

I can usually find matching ones but often the right hand has tears and holes. I sure wish they sold single gloves.

But don’t mix leather with latex.

oh my oven mitts are like this, how can you lose a whole oven mitt let alone one from two sets?? I don’t know how but we’ve managed to lol.

Even when I wear gloves I get dirt under my fingernails.

Can’t throw away a good glove! I’ve worn a mismatched glove upside down on the wrong hand. Guess that makes me a Plugger for sure!

Been to Stillwater, nice place

Somewhere there’s another pair just like them.

Over thar in Scotland they shilly-shally.