01-27-2012, 11:29 AM
You may jest about the theft of a waist-coat--but I tell you it is no small thing.
For many years, in order to liven up a grey day, I would sport all manner of stylish examples, and the best of these, I thought, was one which was very largely silver-coloured. It was admired, but much more admired by the girls than the blokes, who probably thought I was a bit of a prick. Then one day it vanished. At least grand larceny, probably a felony, and I never doubted that it was a member of the fair (or unfair) sex who was responsible.
I cannot find the source for the list-- it looked like a cutting from an old Lodon paper associated with the London Gazette, and it was not until I got to the bottom, that I read that it had been published in 1969 in The Australian, I think, as a supplement, but was some form of prank. Yet these lists do exist, so I do not understand what is going on.
As for the boat, again, I can't find what I was looking at, but wiki has it--and I am afraid the account is not, er, an honorable one. It appears to have been a drunken floating brothel. I was tempted to comment, but feel it is not my place......Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Juliana
PS Are we supposed to post links on here?
For many years, in order to liven up a grey day, I would sport all manner of stylish examples, and the best of these, I thought, was one which was very largely silver-coloured. It was admired, but much more admired by the girls than the blokes, who probably thought I was a bit of a prick. Then one day it vanished. At least grand larceny, probably a felony, and I never doubted that it was a member of the fair (or unfair) sex who was responsible.
I cannot find the source for the list-- it looked like a cutting from an old Lodon paper associated with the London Gazette, and it was not until I got to the bottom, that I read that it had been published in 1969 in The Australian, I think, as a supplement, but was some form of prank. Yet these lists do exist, so I do not understand what is going on.
As for the boat, again, I can't find what I was looking at, but wiki has it--and I am afraid the account is not, er, an honorable one. It appears to have been a drunken floating brothel. I was tempted to comment, but feel it is not my place......Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Juliana
PS Are we supposed to post links on here?