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#1 2013-05-24 11:10:01
- Kingston1an
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Spiv style
I always thought it was, pencil moustaches like the man in 'Dad's Army' or the Arthur English charicature in the photo - but these do not look too bad for petty criminals/used car dealers:-
http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/
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#2 2013-05-24 11:14:00
- TheExpandingMan
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Re: Spiv style
Tucking your tie into the top of your pants?
Spivvatura?
#3 2013-05-24 11:24:06
- Kingston1an
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Re: Spiv style
Would be a whole lot of tie for Arthur English to tuck in though.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#4 2013-05-24 11:57:57
- TheExpandingMan
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Re: Spiv style
No shit.
Better keep that website under wraps, or the next thread at Ask Andy will be titled, "Do you think this tie is too long?"
#5 2013-05-25 09:39:32
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Re: Spiv style
Thanks, Kingstonian!
It's a good blog. I love the 1909 illustration!
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#6 2013-05-26 06:44:18
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Re: Spiv style
I'm Reckless Reggie of the Regent Palace,
I'm in love with every gal;
I flirt with Maudie and I flirt with Alice,
I'm a real life Regent's pal.
#7 2013-05-26 07:03:39
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Re: Spiv style
'' Five pounds was a lot of money in 1949 (worth over £150 today) and at that time any five pound note withdrawn from a bank would have had its number noted by the clerk along with the name of the withdrawer.''
...and they say we live in a high surveillance society today.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#8 2013-05-26 07:33:25
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Re: Spiv style
I'm Reckless Reggie of the Regent Palace,
I'm in love with every gal;
I flirt with Maudie and I flirt with Alice,
I'm a real life Regent's pal.
#9 2013-05-26 11:41:11
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Re: Spiv style
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#10 2013-05-27 07:00:48
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Re: Spiv style
Bish - Re: Le Bon -
Isn't that (lack of tie and ghastly scarf aside) more spurious 'retired-galloping-major' style rather than spiv as such? I mean tidy the hair and put on a crisp collar and a proper tie and you have Major Pollack straight out of 'Separate Tables'. Admittedly, Le Bon looks greasy enough to be a spiv but the tache takes it away from spiv simpliciter.
Indeed an analysis of 'types' (including lumpen i-gents), in this respect, might make a very interesting study.
I'm Reckless Reggie of the Regent Palace,
I'm in love with every gal;
I flirt with Maudie and I flirt with Alice,
I'm a real life Regent's pal.
#11 2013-05-27 10:10:43
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Re: Spiv style
Le Bon looks inebriated - a bit Oliver Reed.
Agree moustache is not spiv pencil moustache - bit Fedora Lounge maybe. Retro Wyatt Earp?
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."