...not in Kansas anymore...

The people here are different.

Very different.

Not really like anybody anywhere else we have lived.

Sometimes it's interesting & sometimes it's just odd.

Here's just one recent  example:

I have a collection of pins & brooches.

I like to wear them on my jackets & I quite often switch them around according to the season or my whims or whatever.

One of my favorites is a star shaped "sheriff" badge which says "Wells Fargo Agent".

It was a promotional give-away that I have had for literally 35 years.

I wear it all the time. I have for 35 years.

In all that time I have received a few comments on it.

Mostly along the lines of "new sheriff in town" kind of thing.

No big whip.

So a month or so ago I pull it out & pin it on my Levi jacket ~ as I have done dozens of times in the past.

You would not believe the comments I have received!

Some from folks I know but many from strangers, people in stores, that sort of thing.

And 1 or 2 was along the "new sheriff in town" line.

But most of them want to know if it is REAL. Or what it says (duh). Or why I am wearing it. Or am I some kind of peace officer. Or whatever.

They are totally annoyed/surprised/clueless when I say "No. It's just a pin."

They totally do NOT get it.

Is it just me?

Am I really that odd?

I mean, I know that I am odd but I don' think it is me in this case.

I have worn that badge for years, in many different areas & around all kinds of different people & never had it be an issue.

I am pretty sure it is just here.

Not sure what it is about these folks but it is sure something.

I finally took my badge off & put it away.

Too many comments of the weird variety. It just wasn't fun to wear anymore.

I have other examples of  "not being in Kansas" anymore but this was the just the latest.

And in my opinion, one of the weirder.

Blessings.