"Skullion had little use for contraceptives at the best of times. Unnatural, he called them, and placed them in the lower social category of things along with elastic-sided boots and made-up bow ties. Not the sort of attire for a gentleman." Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue (1974)
"Made up bow ties" Was there ever such a crushing disappointment? Discovering that one's beau was wearing one was skin to a man finding out that his date was packing chicken fillets in her Wonderbra.
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