http://manolomen.com/2007/04/24/semper-paratus/ Fashion and Lifestyle Advice for Men Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:39:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://manolomen.com/2007/04/24/semper-paratus/comment-page-1/#comment-99236 Chris Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:19:09 +0000 http://manolomen.com/2007/04/24/semper-paratus/#comment-99236 Now <i>that's</i> a gentleman. These days people think you're a freak if you wear a tie, and they persist in calling a suit "formal." Worse, they think a tuxedo is the height of formality. Now that’s a gentleman. These days people think you’re a freak if you wear a tie, and they persist in calling a suit “formal.” Worse, they think a tuxedo is the height of formality.

]]> http://manolomen.com/2007/04/24/semper-paratus/comment-page-1/#comment-98206 La BellaDonna Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:09:16 +0000 http://manolomen.com/2007/04/24/semper-paratus/#comment-98206 Oh, I love this! It reminds me of the gallant gentleman who was bathing in the Seine in the nude, as was the custom in the early part of the 19th century. He heard cries coming from an overturned coach on a nearby road, and rushed to the rescue of the ladies trapped therein. As he reached in to them to extricate them from the vehicle, he apologised to them most sincerely for his lack of <i>gloves.</i> Oh, I love this! It reminds me of the gallant gentleman who was bathing in the Seine in the nude, as was the custom in the early part of the 19th century. He heard cries coming from an overturned coach on a nearby road, and rushed to the rescue of the ladies trapped therein. As he reached in to them to extricate them from the vehicle, he apologised to them most sincerely for his lack of gloves.

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