<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Ja. Back in those days, men’s fashion included a bizarre notion of a “codpiece.” <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">I am not kidding, they really did that. We can suppose it would feel good after it warmed up a bit, but just imagine the smell, even if they stuffed a fresh one down there every day. And don’t even get me started on the waste of food, when people all around were hungry. No wonder the proles rose up. Someone said, “Ewww, that’s revolting!” and someone else said “Good idea!” and off he went to Madame Guillotine.<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:18.6667px">spike </span></p><span class="gmail-HOEnZb" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Since the 18th century French did not bath, but rather used perfumes to cover up the smell, a rotting fish might have been a welcome fragrance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Waste of food would be conspicuous consumption - a hallmark of nobility.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">bill w</p></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:30 PM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px">Lack of education and healthcare, sanitation, clean</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px">water, etc. (i.e. just survival) are their main concerns</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px"><br></span></div></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:27.2px">Yes - just like the 18th century French. You are saying the bigger the difference, the less the envy and anger. Right? bill w</span></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:15 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 31 October 2016 at 16:38, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
> Send that man a copy of a French history book featuring Louis XVI. bill w<br>
><br>
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</span>India society is very different. The poverty is unbelievable to<br>
Western eyes. About 60% of the population are below the poverty line<br>
(depending on your definition). Somebody having a mansion is the least<br>
of their worries. Lack of education and healthcare, sanitation, clean<br>
water, etc. (i.e. just survival) are their main concerns.<br>
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BillK<br>
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