Quote:
Originally Posted by Farmer John
"So seriously did the Lacedaemonian children go about their stealing, that a youth, having stolen a young fox and hid it under his coat, suffered it to tear out his very bowels with its teeth and claws and died upon the place, rather than let it be seen."
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Double breasted jacket, invention of, saved a lot of red faces.
It does make one think that the standard of hygiene must have been fairly poor if you could hide a fox up your vest and nobody smelt it. But that's Wireless Operators, I suppose.