Cooper: Mistaken for a surfer dude

Oceanside, CA -- Wearing Abercrombie & Fitch clothing has magically transformed a 59-year-old man into a thirtysomething "surfer dude."

Milton Cooper, who is vacationing from Clinton, Ohio, said he was confused at first when a young buff man carrying a surfing board came up to him and told him to "go get your gun, dude, and meet the crew at Coconut Point."

"I thought there was a robbery in progress on the beach or something," said Cooper. "And then someone explained to me that gun is surf slang for surfing board, that there is a surfing showdown just up the beach from where we were, and that I was mistaken for one of the surfers competing."

Cooper said he was thrilled and flattered by the incident and immediately credited the brand new Abercrombie & Fitch clothes he was wearing.

"It's got to be the Abercrombie clothes I bought this morning and am wearing now," said Cooper. "I know for sure it's not the Special K diet I started yesterday."

The insurance broker said he is considering updating his wardrobe exclusively with Abercrombie & Fitch, but doesn't want to make a hasty decision.

"I'll walk around some more in these threads and see how it goes," said Cooper. "If I get mistaken for a life guard, then I'm definitely doing it."