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- From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: TurningTheMatterAroundAGAIN
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 18:14:23 -0500
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- References: <1993Jan20.202639.22948@wetware.com> <1993Jan21.070626.26865@sol.UVic.CA>
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- In article <1993Jan21.070626.26865@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
- }Believe it or not, pants were called "feminalia" by the
- }Romans about 2000 years ago because they were originally
- }designed for women.
- }
- }RealMen[TM] wore togas, FYI.
- }Germans and other northern barbarian men were considered
- }effeminate BECAUSE they wore pants instead of dresses.
-
- Before the 18th century trousers were very disadvantageous. The trouser
- fly wasn't invented until shortly before 1700. An ingenious Turk hit upon
- this idea was a way to facilitate urination, fornication, and rape. It was
- an instant success. The next major advance came in 1893 when Whitcomb L.
- Judson invented the zipper. That's right: this year is the centenary of
- the zipper.
-
- -- Herb Huston
- -- huston@access.digex.com
-