Published on 12, July, 2020
I've noticed that if I log out of the forum and log back in (not something I always do) then the landing page is an open thread from years ago.
Hence, I believe, this is why some members are answering very old threads - because it's there in front of them and they don't notice that the thread is donkeys' years old.
How old (long) is a donkey's year?
I have clothing that is even older than my jeans, I have my late father's dinner jacket and matching trousers, which certainly date to the 1950s. Amazing quality, heavy woollen broadcloth and real silk facings and linings.
Debbie said:So, what's the oldest item in YOUR wardrobe?
I have a jacket that was my mom’s in college (so like 20yro?). Not very old but it’s older than me..
I'm glad you've ammended the thread title. I think it's possibly not actually clothing, but a vinyl record which are temporarily/permanently stored there.
... It has just dawned on me that you may have been being funny and this was meant to be said in the style of Through the Keyhole. Blame my autism for my initial literal response
So, what's the oldest item in YOUR wardrobe?
I've got a very old Six Million Dollar Man T-Shirt that I just can't bring myself to get rid of. (This is in relation to Martin's trousers and also not a sign of me going mad) Come to think of it, I think that show could very well be my first special interest.
I can still get in them, but sitting down while wearing them is now an impossibility, alas.
For those non native English speakerators, 'donkeys' years' is just one for our very many expressions.
Despite appearances, I haven't gone completely bonkers.
I don't however, own a half a century old pair of jeans like one of us does
Lol
I always thought that Desmond Dekker's song 'Israelites' - as well as 'Baked beans for breakfast' - had the line 'Shirt, them a-tear up, trousers ago'. Apparently, it is in fact, 'Shirt, them a-tear up, trousers are gone'. However, the idea of trousers being a measurement of time stuck with me. Given that I have a pair of flared jeans in my wardrobe dating back to the 1970s, the implication is that the 'trouser' might be quite a long time.
Ah that’s why I wondered few times why someone answers a post 10 years old…