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For the second time in about the past year now, someone has referred to or thought my Wested was a "Members Only" jacket?!?!? The first time it happened was really bad, fronted out by the comedian on stage at the comedy club (that's what I get for sitting at the front stage side table). Now, I'm old enough to remember (O.K., I admit it, I had one) "Members Only" jackets. I don't remember them even being in leather, they were always some fashion colored fabric. How can "our" jacket be that mistaken? Uh, I furgetted, peeples is stoopid.
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Actually, if I recall, the more elite "members" could afford leather versions of that very 80's jacket. :P
The Indy jacket looks NOTHING like a members only jacket, except for it's waist length fit
He probably had a handful of different jokes to use for different situations that pop up in the audience, and he just used you because you were as close to a M.O. jacket as he could find.
What did he say, BTW? Something like:

"A Members Only jacket??? What are you, the LAST member???"
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I haven't seen a 'Members Only' jacket in years. Nope....never had that occur. Regards. Michaelson
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I haven't heard that either. Members Only jackets were made of that really light airy nylon. I could see confusing a Wested with a bomber jacket, but a Members Only is a leap.

I think the best come-back there is to feign ignorance and force the person to explain to you what a Members Only jacket is (was).

"A Members Only jacket, you say? Hmm. What is that? I've never heard of it... Oh, you say it's a jacket from when? And who used to wear them?... Huh. And how do you know so much about these?"
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Post by Trevelyan »

Would someone clue me in on the "members only jacket". I'm picturing the satin jackets of the 80's, but I really have no idea what you guys are talking about.
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I'm curious too. What's a 'members only jacket'? :-s
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Post by Bufflehead Jones »

All the members only jackets that I remember were like a cotton waist length jacket. I don't remember them being made out of nylon.
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Post by Feraud »

Hey Michigan Smith, did you heckle the comedian? I hope so! :D The guy took a huge leap in logic to get from Wested to Members Only. I too remember them in a "windbreaker" material/style.

So who was the other brain surgeon to mistake your Wested?
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Post by Trevelyan »

Thanks Hemingway, everything makes sense now. I never knew those were referred to as members only. You guys are right, they don't look at all like a true bomber jacket, let alone a Wested Indy. I like in the first link how they describe it as belonging to a former male model...and that's important because? Insert your favorite Zoolander quote here.
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Yep, that neck strap is the dead give away of a 'members only' or wannabe jacket of it's ilk. :? Regards. Michaelson
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because members only jackets belonging to former male models make you look "really, really, ridiculously good looking". :-&
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"Members Only" was the brand name and the company that designed and produced these.
Insert your favorite Zoolander quote here.
"I was... bulemic."
"You mean, you can read minds?"
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Post by Michigan Smith »

The second time was the other day at work, a co-worker was telling a tale of a group of us and a night at the Al Bundy Memorial Gentlemens Club last year. And, I still deny I was present that night, since there are no photos to prove otherwise.
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When I was a kid, I wore a Member's Only Jacket for an Indy jacket...

:oops:

There, I said it, are you happy? :roll: :P
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You are a brave kid. :wink:

I wore a box and pretended I was a computer. Hey, it was all mainframes back then... :oops:
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Post by Kentucky Mason »

I had a Members Only jacket as a kid too...I put a Ghostbusters patch on the arm and wore it with a proton pack. Theit were epaults I think, where I threaded the pack's straps...ah those were the days. Seems like they may have had an inside pocket just large enough to hold an Atari 2600 cartridge...
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