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    Do you doff yours?

    Why's that? Not even for the Swedish ladies? :D (I think Mr. Wingårdh's (the author's) point was that Americans didn't remove their hats... in America. The book is very entertaining and tongue-in-cheek... he might just have pulled a fast one.)
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    mug shots!

    Wild Root wrote: The ridge is what makes it an "Optimo crown", right?
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    Do you doff yours?

    Interesting reading, gentlemen! A funny thing - and quite contradictory to what I've read here - I have a book on social etiquette written in 1938 (by a Swedish author). In the chapter on hats, the author claims that "Americans seldom remove the hat from their heads - the exception is when they...
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    G-collar shirts...

    ... what's their story? Apart from being a mafioso trademark, the G-collar to me looks kind of retro. When looking at pics from the 1920's, some collars bear a strong resemblance to this modern counterpart. Does anyone know the history of this particular collar style? Looks fabulous...
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    Absinthe

    jamespowers wrote: That's what a good Absinthe should look like - the cloudiness, or louche, occurs when quality Absinthe is mixed with water in the correct manner. As for the effect - yep, that's about what it does. The tingling sensation, loss of/distorted time perception, sense of...
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    Dress shoes

    True, but word has it that since Church were bought by Prada, they now sell sub-standard products with the Church logo on'em... Word's pal, rumor, has it that the clerks at Church's London shop protested against the Prada overtake by starting to wear Crockett & Jones shoes at work! A subtle...

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