surprised to see me in your swell joint?

[soopageek]

Having watched way too many films from the 30s/40s and having become a fan of the show "Boardwalk Empire", I've found myself wishing men still dressed the way they did 70 years ago. I thought to myself, you know, there's no reason why I can't. So after years of being a T-shirt & jeans slacker, I've begun the process of dressing as a gentleman

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Hey there, sailor.

[fairymelusine]

I should hope that you've added the appropriate vocabulary to go along with all of this - if "gams", "dollface" and "how's tricks" aren't coming out of your mouth regularly, I'm going to be very disappointed in you.

[soopageek]

Heh, I haven't been able to bring myself to that point yet. The entire vocabulary for the ladies from that era in our PC world probably wouldn't go over too well: broads, dames, dolls, skirts. I've tried to use "swell" a little more and sometimes I try to throw in "see?" at the end of a sentence when trying to get a point across, a la Edward G Robinson.

Some other things I've thought of doing that might make me insufferable: referring to cars as carriages and the restroom as the water closet or "wc".

[fairymelusine]

Pshaw, I say. I've been doing so for years. 'Course, I'm a chick so I can probably get away with it better, but I've never had anyone get mad it me for calling 'em "dollface". We're all third wave (or even post-third wave) feminists these days, which means it's only the truly annoying chiquitas that should get all twitchy about such things. Of course, that's just MY opinion, and plenty of 'em do anyway, but I think that's just dumb.

[yshaloo]

I see it being VERY confusing for the other truckers if you pull up blaring early 80s punk and then step out looking like that. You're messing with their minds :)

[resonant]

Very awesome!

[porcelain72]

I love all of it. Love it!