On Mar 4, 3:41 pm, " >
wrote:
> Last week there was an article in the NY Times about why people do not
> check there coats when they dine out. Today there was a letter to the
> editor about the article, and there was something in the letter that I
> cannot figure out. The letter follows:
>
> We were with four other couples. When we claimed our coats, the woman
> called the names of their owners, which were emblazoned in the
> luxurious linings of their respective minks: “Sandy?” “Barbara?”
> “June?” When she got to my black cloth cape, she loudly announced “A &
> S?”
>
> I was very much younger then, but I can still feel the blush creeping
> up from my toes.
>
> end of letter.
>
> I cannot figure out why: "When she got to my black cloth cape, she
> loudly announced “A & S?”, made her blush. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
> PS: The places I eat expect you to keep your coat.

I dunno, I'm kind of naive, but the only thing I can think of is that
the A & S is a brand name of the coat, and the others were custom made
by furriers and had the owner's names embroidered inside (very common
with expensive furs).

N.