Tonight Dad, Steven and I were on the metro headed home when Dad spotted a young Ukrainian guy (I think it was a guy) standing by the door. His attire sparked a fun conversation:

Dad (joking): Check out that guy, he’s in the navy.
Me: That’s an ugly leather bomber jacket. No way it’s real.
Dad: No, really, Look at the patch… I think it says “navel”
Me: Yeah, it does! “U.S. Navel”
Dad (pointing): Looks like he’s an “Aviator” in the “Air Force” too.
Me: So he’s got an American belly-button and flies. That’s interesting.

The moral of the story: When you buy clothes with messages in a foreign language make sure you know what they say. (And don’t ride the metro after 11:00pm if you want to avoid freaks.)