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#1 2010-08-13 02:09:25
- shamrockmonkey
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overheard at brooks brothers
shopper to salesman, pointing at table of classic pattern makers ties;
"Have you seen Vineyard Vines?? This reminds me of their stuff!"
I brush my teeth with minty paste/I hate when Liquor goes to waste.
#3 2010-08-13 03:43:34
- robbo
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
Typical, like them saying to me and all my other mates when we ask were the iron shirts are. Sir, we are re-knowned for our non-ironed shirts which are here.
#5 2010-08-13 04:31:50
- Rip Rig & Panic
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
Young sirs, you are all wasting your time and your cash at Brooks Brothers. Exercise a little patience, then go talk to John Simons.
#6 2010-08-13 04:39:25
- Rip Rig & Panic
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
"They might as well be selling potatoes..." Kenny Lovegrove went in to find no-one had ever encountered those magical words 'Ivy League'.
Flusser is at least good on explaining why this sector of retailing has turned to shit.
#7 2010-08-13 04:41:07
- nouvelle vague
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
^I love that quote 
'Jean-Paul Sartre and john lee hooker'
#10 2010-08-13 05:03:00
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
I wonder why it's similar in the US, though. Don't they have some old staff who know their onions?
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#11 2010-08-13 05:12:08
- Rip Rig & Panic
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Re: overheard at brooks brothers
When I was a regular Ebay user, I found the trick was to do daily trawls of the UK site. You'd be surprised what popped up. Brooks shirts, a suit, a terrific overcoat (£10, from a lass in Birmingham). Paul Stuart cords for £1.99. A Paul Stuart raincoat for £1.99. Even my Nordstrom saddle bucks came from an American lady living in Cambridgeshire. I also found the charity shops round Camden High Street worth a shufti. Again, Brooks.