Thought For Today
Why don't the bottom buttons on wasitcoats work?
Started: 9th Feb 2012 at 14:53
Do your wasitcoats reach your bottom?
Do you feeel the need to button it?
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 14:56
Last edited by Mac: 9th Feb 2012 at 14:56:36
I want to know. I'm curious. As anyone will tell you.
Nice bit of schmutter
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 14:56
Ask a serious question and look what happens.
Google isn't helping either.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:00
Do the 'Wear the fox hat' one while you're at it.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:02
Last edited by dostaf: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:02:53
Aww! Not sure if there are haters about, but there are certainly some as mad as hatters.
I know, button up, Jo Anne.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:04
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29th April 2008 18:32
Just a bit off topic.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:11
I don't think I'll be asking yon lady about westkit buttons, Jo Anne.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:16
Interesting Makes a nice change...
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:17
Last edited by Mac: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:18:16
I see she's safely buttoned up.
Just.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:18
Last edited by dostaf: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:18:59
Wise, Dostaf (15:16)- she is clearly a stitch up artist.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:19
Last edited by jo anne: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:20:40
Neither use, nor ornament - I agree.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:22
The button and my help.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:24
I bet you've tried, too.
I can't find anything. The mester will probably have an answer. He knows knowledge.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:26
He might well know the answer - a very smart man, no doubt.
I've not tried yet - I'll look later.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:29
'Waistcoats with more than four buttons should have the bottom button undone, just as regular suit vests are normally worn.'
But no mention why
Google 'suit vest' time.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:30
Oooohhhhhhh.
According to AAC's "Book"/CDROM ------ Why no men's garment is designed to be fastened by the bottom button: King Edward VII, “Bertie”, son of Victoria (1841 – 1910, King 1901 - 1910) was so heavy that he could not get the bottom button fastened on his vest or to be more historically kind, maybe he just forgot. His subjects taking it as a fashion statement followed his lead and today no man’s suit, sports jacket or vest is designed to button the bottom button. The tradition of not buttoning the bottom button may have also come from the early waistcoats, which were very long. It may have been out of necessity of being able to walk that the bottom buttons were left undone.
Here
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:33
Why don't the bottom buttons on wasitcoats work
prrobbally because the person wearing it is a fatty
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:33
Last edited by walshy76: 9th Feb 2012 at 16:21:03
Well done, Dostaf, but you could have just waited til Walshy posted, had you known.
Did you learn that in History, Walshy?
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 15:46
More February clarification for those that may need it.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 16:11
Google is good.
Dostaf - the fellow cuts quite a dashing figure, being restricted to having the bottom button for decorative purposes only.
Very interesting.
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 16:28
Last edited by jo anne: 9th Feb 2012 at 16:29:34
King Edward V11, he was a fatty and couldnt fasten the bottom button. So it became fashionable. Also when riding a horse, it stopped the waistcoat riding up. Grooms traditionally dont fasten the bottom button on a waistcoat. Hope this helps in your quest
Replied: 9th Feb 2012 at 18:11
It's probably because it's not been ironed!
Replied: 10th Feb 2012 at 20:30
That could have presented a problem.
Replied: 10th Feb 2012 at 20:34
Who needs a coat for their waist anyway?
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:06
Me. In this weather.
I only start showing my midriff, thong and tramp stamp when the clocks go forward.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:13
Clocks are almost always going forward!
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:16
I won't mention me Albert.
Google that if you wish.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:19
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:20
Midriff is a particular term to denominate the section of the human body between the thorax/chest and the pelvis/hips. It is used (1) as a genteel avoidance of synonymous belly (with its primary external physical feature, the navel); (2) as a synonym for waist; and (3) as a name for the area around (yet mainly below) the diaphragm (particularly including the stomach region).
Kench?
EDIT
Eh!
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:36
Last edited by dostaf: 12th Feb 2012 at 19:39:53
It's not a word I knew before WW.
Edit Can I type kench was beyond my ken before WW?
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:01
Last edited by jo anne: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:04:43
Thus serving as a reminder to the detractors, that some of this drivel can actually be informative.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:04
Detractors?!
I'd imagine the more take-aways, the greater the kench.
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Take-aways? Their cost can add up.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:14
The tractors. (Typed in the same accent as used on corny old joke about a certain chiropodist)
corny - chiropodist
See what I did there?
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:17
Is John Deere a detractor?
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:27
Dostaf is an ex tractor fan - so he might be a John Deere detractor.
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Last edited by jo anne: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:32:02
Cheers, Jo Anne.
I was just about to call in a debt. 10 Feb 17:16
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:40
No John Deere - Ploughman's Pickle
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:45
I thought I was very generous to him.
Even though he complains if I mention ventilation units.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:48
You have recycled it quite a lot.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:50
Just when you think it's gone stale ...
... it gets a fresh airing.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:53
Mind you, the 'octogenarian parachutist' one was original.
Even if it was based on an old one about a chap with a speech impediment.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 20:55
the 'octogenarian parachutist' one was original
Not quite a repeat then.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:13
Not yet. Coincidentally, here's another Albert Not a lot of poeple know that.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:33
Albert E. Arkwright
And, coincidentally, Ronnie was also a George.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:41
E ? I didn't know that.
"Albert" 5:20
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:47
I see it's googleable. (Wiki)
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:50
Last edited by dostaf: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:50:59
That's where I found it. wikipedia - click on Arkwright.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:54
I knew it from the episode. Just had an idea and a google. I knew there was only his surname above the shop window.
But look at his licensing plate above the door
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Last edited by dostaf: 12th Feb 2012 at 21:58:33
I recommend 'The King's Speech', by the way.
Replied: 12th Feb 2012 at 22:04