On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 02 July 2008, ss wrote: > [snip] >> Ah but we have also lost the habit of wearing light, loose clothes that > > But there are real practical excuses for that, for example: > > - Salwars etc are not quite as practical for physical labour. > > - The Gymkhana Club would never let us in with that kind of clothing. > > -Taj. > >
Oh, those clubs...you are not let in if your tee shirt doesn't have a collar (another heat-trap feature of clothing ; it was designed to hold the heat-trapping tie, which in Hindi is pithily called the "kanth-langot" or "neck-loincloth") and if you are not wearing heat-trapping socks and shoes, but are comfortably in a pair of sandals. But of course these restrictions apply only to men! It's nice to see the pyt's wearingskimpy spaghetti tops and high-heeled sandals, swanning in while the males get caught by the receptionist or whotever it, whose job, apparently, is only to sit at the entrance and keep noting whose tees have collars..... HOW we love telling other people that certain things can't be done! The best examples I have seen of this attitude of ours are these two great all-purpose signs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2114565917/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/453538172/ It's a mindset... There, I've done my bit for the thread drift. Deepa
