Is a Members Only™ jacket a sign of a disturbed mind?

[LoZoccolo]

[Bryan]

1. A Members Only™ jacket is not a sign of a disturbed mind.

It is a sign that the wearer is totally awesome and sweet.

It also shows that the wearer possesses a Ben Franklinesque combination of solid American practicality and reserved yet dashing European style. It's appropriate for all occasions, combining the utilitarianism of the mandarin jacket with the daring shortness of the matador jacket; tight enough to show off the goods, but not tight enough to freak out the straights.

It's also light enough for breezy days but warm enough for mildly windy days, with convenient slash pockets for your keys and your pepper spray, and a vertical chest pocket flexible enough for your boutonniere, your PMP300, or your rad badge.

And it has epaulets.

[rakeeb]

2. if I told you I wore a beige Members Only jacket

to an Iron Maiden concert when I was 13 in 1983, would you say I was disturbed? Would I get credit of it was unusally cold and living in so cal I had no other jacket aside from the one my grandmother sent as an Xmas present? Am I reaching here? ;(

[LoZoccolo]

4. This would actually be if someone wore one now.

I myself had a black one some time in the mid-80s.

[Ptah]

3. Other.

Oasis.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. A Members Only™ jacket i

(Don't stop believin'!)

[SKKY]

7. Hold on to that feeeeeeeelin'!!!

[DarkTirade]

6. Only if its not Halloween or an 80s themed event of some sort.

[SKKY]

8. I just this minute decided what I'm going to wear for Halloween...

...I'm going to be "That 80's Dude". Member's Only Jacket (Gotta get on e-bay quick), Boat shoes (no socks of course), What else people. What else???!!!!!!

[PeaceNikki]

9. Polo... popped collar. Zubaz?

[LoZoccolo]

19. Don't forget the sweatband.

If you can get ahold of three Swatches, wear all of them.

Boat shoes would be cool but if you really wanted to freak people out, you can get ahold of some KangaRoos, preferably velcro.

[Deja Q]

10. Watch this brief message, directly from Members Only, and you tell me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8sK2PdrRQ

:evilgrin:

[KG]

11. lamest. commercial. ever.

[Deja Q]

14. Surely that lady who pops in at the end has a redeeming feature or two?

:evilgrin:

[mitchum]

12. Members Only: The only choice in outerwear for the balding rapist!

[LoZoccolo]

17. That is the first thing I think of when I think of Luke from General Hospital.

For people who don't know what we're talking about: on General Hospital, his character raped someone, and a bunch of creepy rape myths served as subtexts in the plot for some time afterward.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Spencer_and_Laura_Webber#Scotty_and_Laura

My mom used to watch General Hospital when I was a kid, and I totally remember "ice princess", and my mom telling my dad about it. His reaction introduced me to the word "hokey", lol.

[JVS]

16. Was that guy supposed to be handsome at some point in time?

The balding white-guy-afro mullet is not a good hairstyle!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. I don't know if it's a sign of a disturbed mind...

But I know there are only like three Members left. Those jackets are HIDEOUS.
Duckie

[LoZoccolo]

18. You can actually still buy new ones.

I'm Sicilian, and for some reason older Sicilian guys tend to wear things like that, and you can sometimes find them at the mom-and-pop men's clothing stores that cater to them. The Sopranos episode was spot-on. Also popular are those shirts that look kind of like polo shirts or golf shirts, with a collar, but at the bottom there's elastic like you'd see on a sweatshirt. It's this weird preference for clothes from 20-25 years ago that I have no explanation for.

[JVS]

15. It's the sign that the wearer is clearly a member (i.e a tool, dick, or penis)