Recent content by HoundstoothLuke

I understand that amongst some types in Weimar Germany, it was popular for women to wear men's clothing, such as white-tie for evening dress.

Or they're discussing the events unfolding behind them and what the future would hold then. The woman in the middle doesn't to me look like she's relaxed and with a nonchalant attitude, but turning to listen to the man in the dark t-shirt. Same for the man in the orange t-shirt. It doesn't seem...

I thought the whole image of Ralph Lauren was that of a preppy, WASPy, old money type, with anglophilic influences? So how on Earth does this fit in?! http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/S2013MEN-RLAUREN/#20

I reached six foot when I was 13, and found myself being "volunteered" for the rugby team. If any of us tried to skive off, we were sent off with bin bags to pick up rubbish from the grounds.

And if you read my comment, you'll see there's a winking smiley face at the end. That means it's a joke.

Isn't being dim-witted and aggressive the job requirement for a games teacher? ;)

Out here in the provincial cities you will see plenty of shorts. Usually accompanied by either a tank-top (or indeed no shirt), and an "England" tattoo on the back of the head, or on the hands. Quite long shorts too, past the knee.

stamping on individuality, which is exactly the same as every other modern bathroom. Still, cookie-cutter "individualism" is about par for the course in modern society, as has been stated many times here on the FL.

I don't see the point in "de-Americanising" the clothes. McDonald's is such a recognisably American brand after all, up their with Hollywood and Coca-Cola. And as for this line "eating out isn't a sport, it's a luxury ".... It's McDonalds, changing the uniforms won't make it quality food.

Corporate names almost never do stick. For example, most people I know call it the London Eye or Millennium Wheel, not the EDF Eye or whatever it's supposed to be called.

I remember seeing the Liberty Ball. I didn't think it's all it's cracked up to be...

Big Ben isn't being renamed, the tower is. Big Ben is the bell ;)

There are no hi-vis vest in the police force in this county. Instead it's a hi-vis stab-proof vest worn over a black polo shirt. Paramilitary, unfriendly, and now scruffy.

Heh, my first thought went to Georgia... The country...

London is actually much nicer than more provinicial areas of the UK when it comes to drunken idiots. I live in Sheffield, and certainly West Street (one of the main drinking streets) is certainly not a nice place to walk down on a Friday or Saturday night. That said, I do think a lot of the...