There are people even today that go to buffets and will stick food into their pockets. I think when you reach the point of hoarding/stealing food as such, the mess it will make on the inside of the pocket is beside the point.
And through out history there have been court cases against people who have stolen food and other items by stuffing the ill gotten gains into a pocket or otherwise in their clothes. ISTR a 16th case of a man charged with steal a LOT of food stuff by stuffing it into his padded rolled pants. alex On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd agree with that. > > Firstly, even though a pocket may have been sizable enough to accomodate > the items referred to, it wouldn't be waterproof. > > Secondly, who in their right mind would put them all in there together??? > My coat has poachers pockets - designed for the transportation of freshly > shot game birds and therefore waterproof (not that I use it for such) - I > still wouldn't be putting cake and wine and chicken in there all at once... > > > I'd suspect it's some sort of sarcy joke about the size of women's pockets, > and the amount that they carry round in them - in the same way as you get > jokes today about women with the kitchen sink in their handbags. > -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
