#breeches — Public Fediverse posts
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@dougfir Ha! Indeed...
Robinson Crusoe: "I have mentioned that I saved the skins of all the creatures that I killed, I mean four-footed ones, and I had them hung up, stretched out with sticks in the sun, by which means some of them were so dry and hard that they were fit for little, but others were very useful. The first thing I made of these was a great cap for my head, with the hair on the outside, to shoot off the rain; and this I performed so well, that after I made me a suit of clothes wholly of these skins—that is to say, a waistcoat, and breeches open at the knees, and both loose, for they were rather wanting to keep me cool than to keep me warm. I must not omit to acknowledge that they were wretchedly made; for if I was a bad carpenter, I was a worse tailor."
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#December 14, 1843
#OTD John Claudius #Loudon, #Scottish #Botanist & #Writer died.He wrote the #Duke of #Wellington about his #Waterloo #Beeches - #Trees #Planted after the #Battle.
But the Duke #Misread the #Letter.
He thought the #Note was from the #BishopOfLondon (not Loudon) regarding his #Breeches or #Pants - not his Beeches.The Duke wrote back:
"My servant will show you SO many pairs of breeches, but WHY you wish to inspect those I wore at Waterloo is quite beyond [my] comprehension."