My Own Golden Boy

Like Jerry, I seem to have an abnormal obsession with old T-shirts. I am particularly attached to my T-shirt from the first Pedal Pittsburgh event I participated in from 2005. It's gotten so worn out that I had to sew up the holes it was developing in the axillary area (armpits for those not in the medical profession). As I was putting it on today it occurred to me that I should give it a name before it meets its maker.

Episode 78 - The Marine Biologist

(Jerry picks up a yellow shirt and walks to Elaine, who is on the phone)

Jerry: Elaine, see this T-shirt, six years I've had this T-shirt, it's my best one, I call him...Golden Boy
Elaine: I'm on the phone here.
Jerry: Golden Boy is always the first shirt I wear out of the laundry. Here, touch Golden Boy!
Elaine: No thanks. (to the phone)Yeah, Yeah I'll hold.
Jerry: But see, look at the collar, see it's fraying. Golden Boy is slowly dying. Each wash brings him one step closer, that's what makes the T-shirt such a tragic figure.
Elaine: Why don't you just let Golden Boy soak in the sink with some Woolight?
Jerry: No!!! The reason he's iron man is because he goes out there and plays every game. Wash!!! Spin!!! Rinse!!! Spin!!! You take that away from him, you break his spirit!

(Elaine is suddenly excited)

Elaine: (to the phone)Yeah. Oh! What? He is! Oh! this is so fantastic! I'm so excited! Yes I'm excited, OK I'll be in soon! OK, OK, I'm coming, yeah, yeah I'm coming, I'm coming! (Elaine jumps up and dances around) Yuri Testikov, the Russian writer!
Jerry: The guy in the gulag!
Elaine: Yeah! Pendant's publishing his new book, and I'm working on it! Lippman and I are going to the airport to pick him up Thursday in a limousine!
Jerry: You wanna borrow Golden Boy!

I think I'll call my Pedal Pittsburgh T-shirt Iron Man! The name has the Pittsburgh industrial connection and it's a direct quote from the above exchange in The Marine Biologist! Now I'm excited! (Pardon all the exclamation points.)