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Of all the animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbour, and yet we herd together.

The Beggar's Opera: John Gay

'No sorrow, no salutary terror, no abhorrence, no seriousness; nothing but ribaldry, debauchery, levity, drunkenness and flaunting vice in fifty other shapes. I deemed it impossible that I could ever have felt any large assemblage of my fellow-creatures to be so odious.'

Charles Dickens: A letter to the London Daily News on attending a public hanging in Newgate Gaol

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Looking on the bright side of life

If I suspected middle age was creeping up on me, now I know for sure; my first reaction to this was, "Well done that man!"

(For those lucky enough to have no knowledge of the brand, Hollister is a purveyor of trendy clothes to affluent youth, known for a) in-store models of astounding pulchritude and b) shops so dark that it is virtually impossible to see the price tags - or, indeed, the clothing, which, come to think of it, explains a lot.)

4 comments:

James Higham said...

Way over the head, this one, Macheath.

Macheath said...

JH, did you follow the link?

Demetrius said...

Do they do a good range of Harris Tweed jackets?

Macheath said...

Demetrius, if you want them with seams on the outside, a massive logo stitched to the front and in acid green...