Go ahead, make my day...

[Aenlic]

Nah, I just scare them away. Being grey-haired and bearded, I just put on a "wife-beater" T-shirt, plaid Bermuda shorts, suspenders, black socks, and beige loafers and go out on my porch and yell, "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!"

[Banquo's Ghost]

Nah, I just scare them away. Being grey-haired and bearded, I just put on a "wife-beater" T-shirt, plaid Bermuda shorts, suspenders, black socks, and beige loafers and go out on my porch and yell, "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!"

Heh.

That's a particularly amusing vision since over this side of the water, suspenders mean the frilly lingerie women wear to hold up their stockings.

I now have this indelible image of Aenlic as a grumpy old man dressed like something out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show harrassing small children. My therapist thanks you.

I hope you don't fly British Airways any time soon.

[Aenlic]

Heh.

That's a particularly amusing vision since over this side of the water, suspenders mean the frilly lingerie women wear to hold up their stockings.

I now have this indelible image of Aenlic as a grumpy old man dressed like something out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show harrassing small children. My therapist thanks you.

I hope you don't fly British Airways any time soon.

Don't make me come over there, young man! Over here suspenders are the springy straps which cross over your shoulders and clip to your pants to hold them up. The frilly lingerie thingies to hold up stockings are called garters over here. Bah!

[Banquo's Ghost]

Don't make me come over there, young man! Over here suspenders are the springy straps which cross over your shoulders and clip to your pants to hold them up. The frilly lingerie thingies to hold up stockings are called garters over here. Bah!

This caused no end of amusement in my youth. My American girlfriend of the time (the days when US marketing chaps used to wear outrageous braces - the English for suspenders ) came home with me to visit here in Ireland. She found a gentleman's tailors where she conceived of the idea to buy me some nice sober braces as a present.

The look of horror on the venerable tailor's face when she asked for "suspenders for my boyfriend" must have been priceless to witness first hand. I could not do so, as this kind of thing was not well thought of in rural Ireland of the time, and I had to leave the country for two decades.

[Aenlic]

This caused no end of amusement in my youth. My American girlfriend of the time (the days when US marketing chaps used to wear outrageous braces - the English for suspenders ) came home with me to visit here in Ireland. She found a gentleman's tailors where she conceived of the idea to buy me some nice sober braces as a present.

The look of horror on the venerable tailor's face when she asked for "suspenders for my boyfriend" must have been priceless to witness first hand. I could not do so, as this kind of thing was not well thought of in rural Ireland of the time, and I had to leave the country for two decades.

Oh, priceless! That's one to trot out on occasion just to make sure the grandkids have the proper amount of abject horror and embarrassment at being descended from you.

[yesdachi]

This caused no end of amusement in my youth. My American girlfriend of the time (the days when US marketing chaps used to wear outrageous braces - the English for suspenders ) came home with me to visit here in Ireland. She found a gentleman's tailors where she conceived of the idea to buy me some nice sober braces as a present.

The look of horror on the venerable tailor's face when she asked for "suspenders for my boyfriend" must have been priceless to witness first hand. I could not do so, as this kind of thing was not well thought of in rural Ireland of the time, and I had to leave the country for two decades.

This type of scenario is the best thing about “multiculturalism”.

I have a great story about an English friend of mine who was asking people in the office for a rubber. She was a bit surprised when one fella gave her one and it was not attached to the end of a pencil like she thought it would be. I have also found that it is easier to find a rubber than an eraser in an office nowadays.