Remembering the '70s with Sen. Klobuchar

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) admits that she’s among the many people who had awkward fashion moments in the 1970s.
 
The senator went off-topic to recall a teenage job during an energy policy event hosted by The Hill Tuesday.
 
“Back in the late '70s, when you were a car hop at A&W, they made you wear a very tight T-shirt that said ‘take home a jug of fun,’” recalls Klobuchar, who was born in 1960.

The Minnesota Democrat is known to be among the senate’s funnier members, a talent that she brought to the Democratic National Convention here.
 

Beyond recalling her gig at the root beer stand, Klobuchar provided other laughs during the event, which was co-hosted by Ingersoll Rand Co., a company with energy-efficiency-related product lines.
 
Klobuchar had an energy-related riff on Garrison Keillor’s description of Minnesota’s fictional Lake Wobegon on his “Prairie Home Companion” radio show.
 
“Our state is a state where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the HVAC systems are above average,” she quipped.

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