Putting On The Foil

While I was gearing up to take Molly out in the cold and the snow this morning, I was reminded of a scene out of one of my all time favorite movies, Slap Shot with Paul Newman. It is a movie about a minor league hockey time that acquires three brothers, the Hanson brothers, that for what they lack in hockey skill, they make up for with their pugilistic abilities. The scene I was thinking of is that the three brothers are getting dressed in the locker room before the game and they are taping tin foil to their hands so their hands won't hurt so bad when they fight. Paul Newman as their coach ask them what they are doing and one of the brothers replies "just putting on the foil coach."

Molly has no clue as to what I have to do so she can go out in this weather for ten minutes. I have to put on three layers of clothes including my Appalachian State hoodie, my Seattle Seahawks toboggan, gloves, and I have to put garbage bags under my boots. The garbage bags is my version of "putting on the foil." I put the garbage bags on my feet and then put my boots on because I still have to wear one of those surgical boots on my right foot. The surgical boot is open-toed, it is not that comfortable, and in the snow, I would be better off if I had an anchor tied to my foot. I also like to keep my feet dry and after several times of trial and error, I have found that this method works best.