A Strange Sighting
Yesterday on the uptown 5 train, I saw identical twins.
The custom of dressing identical twins to be identical in every way has always struck me as strange. And yet, somehow, with children, Doublemint gum commercials, and those Coors models, I can understand the impulse.
These two women were in their 50s, I'd guess. They wore identical outfits - black pants, white shirts, and black leather jacket with the same stitched pattern across the shoulders. Their hair was cut in the same style (long with bangs) and they shared the same dyed black color, except that both had exactly a third of an inch of their brown and gray roots exposed. And I'm pretty sure they were both wearing dentures. Something about the perfection of the teeth, the color of the gums, and the shape of their mouths.
They didn't speak a word to each other the entire time I was around them, on either the platform or the train.
And I was a little freaked out.
Labels: commute, observations
posted by Dan G @ 8:36 AM
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2 Comments:
They didn't speak aloud, anyway. There is a reason psychologists have been fascinated with twins since forever.
I have to say for my twins they look damn cute in matching or near matching outfits. I prefer same or similar outfits in different colors, like one in denim overalls and the other in khaki overalls. I don't do it all of the time and I would also be a bit weirded out if they ended up doing it past elementary school age much less into their 50's.
I bet some sort of prank will be done in highschool though requiring matching or switching clothing. I just bet you.
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