Al Bundy from Married With Children was the high school football hero who wound up with the hottest girl, married her, and ended up becoming a shoe salesman. Were life so fair that all the popular guys in school wound up in such a miserable existence, the world would be a utopian paradise.
I lived down the street from the local Big Man On Campus. Handsome guy. Had a dirtbike when he was a kid, then graduated to a pristine gold Pontiac Firebird when he was 16. Had great keggers, hung out with other popular kids doing all the popular stuff. Bagged the best-looking girls of course. Great personality in general, though he had that typical, "Hi, I'm popular, nice to meet you" attitude.
So what does the most popular kid in my school wind up as? Used car salesman. Granted, he actually owns the lot, so that kind of makes him an executive used car salesman, but as far as I'm concerned, it's one microstep above muffler repair shop owner, or bait-and-tackle-shack-on-the-interstate proprietor. The culinary arts bottoms out with burger flippers, and retail bottoms out with used car salesmen.
"'Ay Mikey, ain't we moved that '82 Camino yet? Well'n roll back the odometer a lil', that'll catch a nibble or two. I need that $650 sale to make alimony this month."
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