"wanlace" cleared for lift-off

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

Haven't you seen the ads?  That pocket is for your iPod Nano!

(And I really doubt you've ever put change in that pocket -- if you did,
it's probably still wedged in there.)

J-J

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:37:08 -0700 Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com>
writes:
> Not sure (I'm *not* a "suit" kind of guy!) but I don't think so.
> However, jeans and some slacks still do. Though most of us use them
> for change today.
> 
> Hutch
> 
> On 1/10/06, lindafowens <lindafowens at netzero.net> wrote:
> > There used to be fob or watch pockets on men's suits--are there 
> still?
> > Linda
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hutch" <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com>
> > To: <fictionary at plover.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: "wanlace" cleared for lift-off
> >
> >
> > Fascinating! According to 
> <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fob> ...
> >
> > fob (n.) 1653, "small pocket for valuables," probably related to 
> Low
> > Ger. fobke "pocket," High Ger. fuppe "pocket." Meaning "chain 
> attached
> > to a watch carried in the fob" is from 1885.
> >
> > Until this e-mail, I had *only* ever heard it used for the "chain" 
> meaning.
> >
> > "Ya learn something new every day" ... or yer dead! *G*
> >
> > BB,
> > Hutch
> >
> > On 1/9/06, eLLioTT morEton <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > "... four ... three ... two ... one."  With a smile of 
> satisfaction, he
> > > snapped the watch closed and replaced it in his fob.  Not one of 
> them had
> > > admitted to knowing what "wanlace" meant -- each waiting for 
> someone else
> > > to step forward first.  Now it was too late.  "Ladies and 
> gentlemen", he
> > > purred into the gosport, "'wanlace' is a go.  I await your 
> definitions
> > > until 9 a.m. EST on Sunday, January 15th.  That is all."
> > >
> > > em
> 
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