Griffin Speaks

ROSCOE DASH AND ROCKO

My daughter Alexis Griffin, the bona fide genius that I wrote about several years ago was accepted to several wonderful colleges and universities. She is now at the point where she has to decide which of these wonderful schools she will attend. Several of the schools that accepted her have arranged for her to visit their campus. 

On Friday, Debra and I took Alexis to the airport to catch a flight to visit Mt. Holyoke and Smith College two of the Seven Sister schools. She will visit Bryn Mawr another Seven Sister school next weekend. When we arrived at the Montgomery airport around 4:30am, there were several young African American men also in line to catch a flight. I was floored by their appearance. I thought the sagging pants were completely disrespectful. Of course, as usual I pointed out to Alexis that she should never bring a young man home who dressed like that if she did not want to kill me. As usual, she gave me a devilish grin. I also pointed out to her that observing those young men made me appreciate the clean cut young boys that she has as friends.

We gave Alexis a hug and she was off to South Hadley, Massachusetts and North Hampton, Massachusetts to visit Mt. Holyoke and Smith College. When Alexis stopped in Atlanta to change planes she called me and told me that the two guys who I thought were thugs were in fact famous rappers, Roscoe Dash and Rocko. She was excited that they gave her an autograph. I told her my opinion about the sagging pants remained the same even though they were rich and famous. My comment to the famous rappers is “pull up the pants!”

 In the words of my dad, “You must honor the chair whether it is sitting, walking or lying down.”

Greg Griffin is a free lance writer. You can read his previous articles by visiting his web page at www.greggriffin.com or write to him at P.O. Box 250194 Montgomery, Alabama 36125-0194. 

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