Those notorious Swoveralls

or, How I became the hit of the Slawburger Festival and the fashion plate of the bowling alley

John I. Carney
6 min readApr 22, 2024

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Collage of three photos of the author, John Carney, wearing Swoveralls brand fleece overalls. In the left photo, he is wearing a hat and doughnut-print overalls and standing next to a food truck sign reading “I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE DOUGHNUTS.” In the center photo, he is wearing navy blue overalls in his kitchen. At right, he is at a bowling alley, posing with a bowling ball, wearing the doughnut-print overalls.

Let’s be clear up front: I have a gut. Too much of a gut. I am obese. There, I’ve said it. Because of the gut, belts are sometimes uncomfortable for me. If I sit for a long time, a belt buckle or a too-wide, too-stiff belt can cut into me and make me…

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John I. Carney

Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike