The death of the monocle signaled a sad passing of an age of elegance in men's single-lensed eyepieces. None of the newfangled devices for correcting the vision in only one eye can even compare.
This gentleman's closely trimmed sideburns results in a rakish 1:1 ratio, possibly even a scandalous negative ratio of 1:0.5. Shocking. In a more licentious age, I'm sure many a tipsy lady's ankle would have been exposed to him during a beach visit.
4 comments:
What a cad! His parents would have disowed him to see their son with such a ratio.
You are the greatest man I have ever known. Or not known.
if I'm not mistaken, this is Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer and partner to (the also mustachioed) W.S. Gilbert. only a very fine pair of mustaches could inspire such quality operettas!
Thanks, great blog.
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