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#14553 01/06/01 04:43 PM
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>And how do you type while wearing a straitjacket?


It's just a jacket, not an overcoat!!



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One item that has a great quantity of names is the flic-flacs...those soft rubber/plastic floppy sandles that cost next to nothing

Also known as flip-flops, surfer sandals or, in Hawaii called slippers pronounced slippahs. wow


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Military kids (from God knows where) called 'em zorries. Haven't heard that term since.
They were probably stationed in Japan!
Zori is the Japanese for the sandal.
(At least that is what my Japanese neighbor and friend told me when we lived next door to each other in Hawaii.)
Sometimes people call them Tabis but tabi are the fabric, ankle-height "socks" with big toe covering separate from the other toes. That's so the thong of the zori slips in. When you remove the Zori upon entering a house, your feet are still covered by tabi.
In Japan tabi can be plain black or white or any other fabric. Some QUITE expensive.
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Thanks, wow.
As I recall, most of the military kids I knew had spent some time in the Far East.
Zori makes perfect sense now.


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>And how do you type while wearing a straitjacket?
It's just a jacket, not an overcoat!!


TED!!! I suppose the saying from Jo's contest list would be appropriate here (the one I can't say, that is).

But I still say, you're entitled to boast all you want--
thong ended but malady lingered on! Oh, ha, ha!

And--flannels are long underwear: one-piece. Though
certain slacks are called that, also.
Bel--you're too young to have worn bobby-socks!
shanks--dungarees are what blue jeans used to be called.
Bob--I love your squirmin' German!
nemo--not to worry about a lack of "boulders", my dear.
The true you will be known and loved, no matter the
packaging.







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Jackie sympathises: nemo--not to worry about a lack of "boulders", my dear.
The true you will be known and loved, no matter the
packaging.


... or the lack can be corrected by the application of silicone (sic) science, of course ...



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... or the lack can be corrected by the application of silicone (sic) science, of course ...


I'm sure the thought was well-intentioned, Capital Kiwi, but I'd rather not indulge in surgical self-mutilation to conform to an artificial, phallocentric perception of female beauty and the importance thereof.


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Nemo, I have no expectations as all my illusions have long since been shattered on the rock of harsh reality.

Personally, I completely fail to conform to the female concept of male beauty and have absolutely no intention (or ability, for that matter) to correct the lack. I stopped worrying about it around about age 20.

I merely point out possible solutions. Plus have a bit of fun with a word at the same time ...



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I can remember wearing a garment called a "liberty bodice" when I was a little fella in Britain during the early/mid-forties. Anyone shed some light on this?


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a "liberty bodice" when I was a little fella in Britain during the early/mid-forties.

Welcome back, Dearest! Could it have been a vest that somehow supported the WWII effort? Perhaps it had a picture on it, or was made of some alternative material so the "real" stuff could go to the soldiers?


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