I've never had anything happen like it before or since. Wish I could remember what figure it was, to know if it was even worth it. I'm sure I ended up getting whatever it was in the end, but man, talk about overdramatic. I can only hope the guy pulled it on the wrong person and got what was coming to him.
All the JNCO talk takes me back. I was never cool enough (or old enough) to rock them back in the 90's, but man did I think they were cool. I did have a single pair of normal jeans that had a tiny little version of the chain on the side, and you couldn't even talk to me when I was wearing them- I felt like the coolest kid in school. Ever since my Mom has been reclaiming the lost years of her youth, she's been getting a lot of the punk clothes she used to want to wear but wasn't able to, and has amassed a pretty solid selection of Tripp pants. She even got my sister and niece into them. I know they're not the same as JNCO, but I've always considered them part of the same.... not species, per se, but genus. It's a level of cool I will never be.