Re: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

David V. Loewe, Jr wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:32:21 GMT, Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

David V. Loewe, Jr wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:41:13 GMT, Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
David V. Loewe, Jr wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:50 +0100 (BST), prd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul
Dormer) wrote:
karljohanson@xxxxxxx (KarlJohanson) wrote:
No Kip. He meant "can girls wear jumpers". "Jumpers" are cables for starting your car. You can wear them like suspenders.
This is very amusing for a UK reader, where a jumper is a woolen top, a
bit like a sweater, and suspenders are what women (used to?) wear to
keep their stockings up, and are usually considered very sexy.
Suspenders here in the US are *both* the things women wear to keep
their stockings up (if they wear anything to keep them up) *and* the
shoulder strap devices men use to keep their pants up (in lieu of a
belt).
We call the things men wear to hold up their trousers "braces".
1) I know.

2) what do you call the things put on teeth to realign them?
Braces.

So...

Which one was Bernie Taupin talking about when he wrote "My sister
looks cute in her braces and boots, a handful of grease in her hair"
in the song Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting?

Lady alone knows - he's kind of weird <g>

Probably the clothing item - he's describing a typical "bovva boot" gang girl.

"bovva boots" are Doc Martins. As in "you give me bovva (bother), I give you the boot". (sometimes waiting till the other person started the "bovva" was considered wimpy).

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