Coincidence??
August 30th, 2007Ethan and I were watching TV last week and in this show’s ending credits there was a guy named Maurice, I forget his last name but I thought “That’s a name I never hear of, I’ve never even known anyone named Maurice.” Unless I counted “Maurice the Pants Man” and even then, I didn’t know him, just the name of the store.
It was weird to remember that, I asked Ethan if he remembered that store, he said no and I moved on to thinking about something else.
The next day I found myself waiting in the lobby of an office building and looking through some books that were out on the table. I found one about metrowest, opened it up and on the first page I opened to I saw this:
Upon closer inspection I saw this:
Maurice the freakin’ Pants Man!!!
When I got home I immediately told Ethan about how weird it is that I hadn’t thought about Maurice the Pants Man in forever and then I did, and then the next day I randomly see the sign in a book. I said that HAS to mean something. Ethan, being the more rational of the two of us, thought it was a little weird but that was all. I kept saying “No , it must mean something, don’t you think??” Finally, knowing the only answer that would satisfy me, he gave up and said “I guess that means he’s coming back then”.
I realize M the PM most likely is not coming back and I probably wouldn’t care that much if he did but I thought it should mean something.  Weird coincidence anyway.
Some call me the space cowboy…some call me maurice…
Comment by Chad — August 30, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
I often ask for “more rice”…does that count?
Comment by BMR — August 31, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
Maurice the Pants Man was a small chain of casual clothing stores that first opened in Worcester in the 1950’s or 60’s (unknown). The stores were owned by Maurice Ravelson and later his family. The stores eventually all closed between 1995 and 2002.
Comment by Peter — August 31, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
Wow. What a flash from the past. I love the old picture. I remember going to Houlihan’s. And my grandparents used to stay at the Howard Johnson’s when they came to visit. What was the name of this book?
Comment by Susie — August 31, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
I seem to recall that they used a very catchy jingle in their advertising, but I can’t remember the exact tune.
Comment by Michael — September 1, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
wait, next to maurice’s…strawberry records.
Comment by michael — September 14, 2007 @ 2:40 am
I remember that the jingle sounded a lot like the song “I know what boys like” by the Waitresses.
“Maurce the PANTS MAN, Maurice the PANTS MAN”
Comment by Matthew — October 3, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
what ever happened to Houlihans? It was always packed. It couldn’t have gone out of business.
Comment by Jen — December 17, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
Maurice, the Pants Man, he’s got more than just pants…. much more!
Comment by Blott — June 25, 2008 @ 11:12 am