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Wow! That was so poignant! sam
posted by
sam444
on July 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM
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I couldn't agree with you more....
Having lived in England and also been brought up when ties were in fashion, I can't say that there wasn't something quite cool about them; especially in the 1960s in swinging London when the brand name "Mother Wouldn't Like It" ties and other hosiery came out.
But from another point of view I have heard it said that the main reason Englishmen wore ties (according to Frenchmen, who either wore bow-ties, used cravats or berets) was that the food was so terrible in the UK, that the only way to keep the male population from starving - because they would keep throwing their dinner up - was to wear ties that could be tightened and kept the food down.
Women, who were, in those days responsible for cooking, didn't seem to mind eating what they cooked so much.
In my day, women were very subservient in England. There was a story that used to go round about a certain Lady Mary Spencer, who was married to one of the crassest and nastiest Barons in England. He was, as most royalty are, a farmer, and treated Lady Spencer like one of his cattle.
One day a friend asked her: "My dear, how CAN you stand the man touching you; never mind having relations with you? How DO you do it."
Lady Spencer, from one of the most aristocratic families in England and a great patriot answered.
"Oh well my dear; must complain you know; when Tommy comes home from the office, I just go and lay naked quietly on the bed; open my legs and think of England."
She set an example to many women of that era.
posted by
Raphael222
on July 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM
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