Believe it or not, MAD Magazine had a two-page spread on exactly this subject within the last couple of months.


Tom Lehrer, ca. 1960:

"It doesn't matter how sincere it
Is or how heartfelt the spirit
Sentiment will not endear it
What's important is -- the price!"

Autre temps, meme moeurs*
Is that the same thing as "SSDD"?


*translation: "Other times, same customs" (an ironic paraphrase of the French saying "Autre temps, autre moeurs," which is "Other times, other customs," roughly meaning we didn't used to do things this way.)