"Don't clash with me," I joke. "Don't wear DC to my Marvel". I indicated the gray on gray design of The Punisher on my tee-shirt.
"I can do better than that." She pulls on a grey tee-shirt of her own. In the center is a red oval with a cougars head.
"Who's symbol is that?"
"You don't remember the Thundercats?" She asks, with feigned astonishment on her face. "More people will recognizes them than The Punisher."
"I seriously doubt that."
And that start our little game of 'one up' for the evening. "You can ask anyone which symbol they recognize, I bet you I get more votes." We pull into Chilis for dinner. "Hey did you see my belt buckle?" I left up my shirt in the parking lot to reveal a white three inch round head of Jack Skellington.
"Oh yeah", she says and lifts up her own shirt to reveal the triangular Superman buckle on her own belt.
I laugh. "We are two of a kind aren't we." We high five each other and start to debate who's buckle would be more recognizable.
We end up sitting ate the bar and order appetizers for dinner. I concede her buckle might be more well known if we include the overseas market. I don't mention Superman is DC and she wasn't supposed to clash.
When the bartender has a moment, I point to Wendy's shirt and ask him if he knows the symbol. He racks his brain for a minute. I start to think I am going to get my first point when he blurts out the right answer. When I show him my shirt, he easily guesses correct.
Tied at one to one we ask another bartender. This guy doesn't remember the Thundercats, claiming he is to old (27), the same age as Wendy. He does remember The Punisher. I soften the blow to her ego. "What do you expect from a man with a giant red chili pepper on his shirt."
The girl who brings out our food doesn't remember either. She guesses a cougar and a skull and we both brush her off as being lame.
"See I'm a pretty cool chick," she states proud of her Attack of the Show style knowledge.
"Yeh, I usually manage to surround myself with pretty cool girls."
"No you don't," she insists. "You attract crazy girls." I state that I think all women are crazy, present company included. With my two to one victory we rush off to see The Fourth Kind. A classic example of another crazy girl--freaky good though.
