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February 03, 2006

The latest craze is worth a thousand bon mots

Young Flea-readers often write to ask how they might comport themselves with grace at social gatherings no matter the formality or informality of the event. I am pleased to pass on Marvin Kitman's 1961 article, "Monocles". It is frightfully modern but in matters of style I have found it is often best to stay au courant.

Millions of American men lean on cigarettes and hang on to highball glasses to avoid falling down in social situations. If you are one of them, why not switch to a monocle? The avant garde college men currently reviving the monocle in the U.S. are finding there is no faster way to gain self-confidence, poise and identity.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 3, 2006 06:24 AM

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For some reason, the corporate web filters consider that site to be taboo, and full of "adult content".

Posted by: Chris Taylor at February 3, 2006 03:01 PM

Which only shows the good sense of my skepticism regarding such filters! The site is called "Java's Bachelor Pad" and there is a link to another article regarding "Femme Fatales" (those being Gigi Valiant and Rita Hayworth). Otherwise I cannot see much that is remotely racy. Perhaps there are some dodgy metafilter tags I am not seeing.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 3, 2006 04:31 PM