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J.R. wrote:I still have my blue woolen scarf and occasionally wear it to footy matches when the temperature is around zero.
You big fairy. Only when the temperature hits minus five do I stop going to football matches stark naked. And even then I only wear a posing pouch.

As for the scarf, I had the enormous misfortune to arrive at the school just after the tasteless "collegiate" effort had been introduced (man was that a woeful-looking piece of offal), so I could only look on with gut-gnawing envy at the older lads and their Rolls Royce woollen scarves. Sadly I had already developed enough of a conscience as to be mentally incapable of nicking a nice woolly one for meself. But maybe EnglishAngel could knit one for me, what with her being a billionaire playgirl with all the time in the world on her hands.

So what became of that godawful collegiate thing and what replaced it? Some sort of hideous acrylic horror?
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[quote="Spoonbill"][But maybe EnglishAngel could knit one for me, what with her being a billionaire playgirl with all the time in the world on her hands.

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Why not grab needles and wool and head on down to Brighton Hospital? I'm sure that Kerren's Occ Therapist would think it an excellent aide to Kerren's recovery.
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Spoony, I would knit you one, if given loads of dosh upfront for the purest, most beauteous wool.

A gentleman such as yourself would not tolerate a hideous acryllic horror, I do see that! :shock:

The knitting group to which I belong meet in a Wool Shop, and group members get a discount on the purest and most beauteous, if that would interest you! I must check to see if the deepest navy and most subtle mustard yellow are stocked.
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On a fashion note - how about a co-ordinating posing pouch?
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Angela Woodford wrote:On a fashion note - how about a co-ordinating posing pouch?

The Mind Boggles !!!!

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I used to attend the Paris Lingerie show for work (life as a civil servant can be really tough!!) and was amazed at the wide range of male posing pouches on display. The mind really boggles after that!!
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J.R. wrote:The Mind Boggles !!!! :shock:
Hopefully, the knitting won't...

But Pierre! The Paris Lingerie Show! I'm a) deeply envious and b) attending as a civil servant? Please explain - I shall know no rest until you do. Do French civil servants need particularly superb underpinnings?
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'Underpinnings' - what a wonderful expression! These days my preferred description of my own underwear is 'armour plated' - but you really didn't need to know that, did you!
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Fjgrogan wrote: These days my preferred description of my own underwear is 'armour plated' - but you really didn't need to know that, did you!
But Frances, you and every sleb on the red carpet! "Spanx" is the armour plating, I believe!
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Angela
For part of my career, I was the UK National Pavilion coordinator for Trade Fairs in France (around 100 events a year) and as such was required to monitor the finished product by occasional site visits which included Paris Fashion Week. I got to know Paris and Cannes quite well!!
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I still have my blue woolen scarf and occasionally wear it to footy matches when the temperature is around zero.
Do you turn one end inside-out and stick it on your head?

Do post a pic!
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yamaha wrote:
I still have my blue woolen scarf and occasionally wear it to footy matches when the temperature is around zero.
Do you turn one end inside-out and stick it on your head?

Do post a pic!

NO I DON'T.
That habit died after I left school.
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