"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2011-03-11, Felice > wrote:
>
>> Would you believe I have a plastic bag of handkerchiefs in the fridge?
>> They've only been there a week, though. I think I'm one of 16 Little Old
>> Ladies who still irons her linen handkerchiefs.
>
> I've never used a hanky. Ick! Like a Japanese character in an Ian
> Fleming book tells James Bond, "We do not understand why anyone would
> carry bodily excretions around in pocket like prized possesion". My
> thoughts, exactly.
>
> nb

They're for the ladylike pat (or for dropping at a gentleman's foot). A
serious blow gets a tissue. In my day, one couldn't leave the house without
a clean "for show" hankie!

Felice