posted on July 15, 2007 12:10:06 PM new
In England at least, bloomers are an undergarment, and the bottoms are elasticated, they look more like shorts to me, in 1911, they would be longer than we see these days. Culottes look like a skirt, so I don't think that is what they are.
posted on July 15, 2007 09:21:19 PM new
I agree it's a naughty postcard. Lordy, look how much leg is showing! Not nice, then.
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posted on July 16, 2007 01:40:41 PM new
Stone, what is it with "Do you like pie?" My 11-year old says that forty times a day to annoy the heck out of me!
posted on July 16, 2007 07:58:12 PM new
My son swears I like pie / do you like pie originated on Spongebob Squarepants before this video clip. I suspect this was an annoying catch-phrase before Sponge Bob. I did find a lady with similar feelings http://tinyurl.com/yp8xrt but still no clue to the origins.
posted on July 16, 2007 10:21:36 PM new
"I like pie, do you like pie?" is an allusion to the pie-for-breakfast Fabienne (the boxer's girlfriend) in "Pulp Fiction". "Do you like pie?"...yeah, that was her line in a movie that spawned more than a few catch-phrases in its time. Not that pie wasn't around for centuries before Quentin Tarantino, of course.
As for the postcard...my grandmother probably would've called those bloomers, even if they didn't have elasticized or drawsting leg openings.
