i stumbled upon this last night, and found it amusing. my intention was to post responsive to Sparteye's "Poison Pen" thread, but i was daunted by the length of the thread and am thus sharing it here:
This is from a site devoted to the code of etiquette in Victorian courtships (
http://www.stormi.com/luv.html)
Those with thin, wiry, cold blooded, prominent features should marry round- featured, warm hearted and emotional types. The cool will unite the warmth.
Those with bright red hair and a florid complexion have an excitable temperment and should marry those with jet-black hair or a brunette.
The very fined hair, soft and delicate should not marry those like themselves.
The curly-haired should unite with those that have smooth straight hair.
The extremely irritable, nervous person should unite with the sympathetic,
slow and quiet type. This way, the excitable will be quieted by the
gentleness of the other.
The quick -motioned, rapid speaking person should marry the
calm and deliberate type..
The warmly impulsive should unite with the stoical.
Those who don't fit into specific categories (not short nor tall, not
brunette nor blond) who are more of an average type, may marry
those who are similar in form to themselves.
