An Al Flowers Fashion Accessory...

Photo By John Hoff

Al Flowers is many things:

Failed mayoral candidate. Loud, disruptive gadfly-at-large. The undisputed intellectual leader of at least four people. And the winner of a multi-dollar legal judgment.

Now Al Flowers is also a kind of fashion trend setter, thanks to a story associated with his arrest.

Check out that purple Crown Royal bag, pictured above. What's in the bag? Why it's...

...ammunition, of course.

See, after word came about a pistol found in a purple cloth bag at a residence associated with Al Flowers, folks who read the story thought, "Why, that would have to be a Crown Royal Whiskey bag. WHO ELSE makes bags like that?" Now NoMi residents (well, at least one NoMi resident) must scramble to get their own Crown Royal bag for the storage of sensitive items, or be left out of the fad. And nobody wants to be left out of the fad. (Well, except for Lennie Chism, who isn't allowed to possess guns or ammunition)

It should be pointed out the charges were dropped against Al Flowers. To which I say: that only adds to the mystique of the purple cloth storage bag!

(Blogging from Grand Island, Nebraska)