On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Philip Hart wrote: >On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: >> >> What's the use of wearing braces*, >> Hats and spats and shoes with laces, >> Things you buy in fancy places >> Down on Brompton Road? >> What's the use of shirts of cotton, >> Studs that always get forgotten? >> Such affairs are simply rotten, >> Better far is woad! > >*Woad Ode > >NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS >(to the tune of "Men of Harlech") > >by Colin Douthwaite > *Also, "braces" (British) == "suspenders" (American) We won't get into the matter of pants.