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No so much a sailor suit, but early 1900's.
Yeah, it IS a sailor suit. But more like early 1800s.

Ralph Lauren just got the hat wrong. Must've thrown you off.

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The white pants would never cut it for the winter Olympics, since they take place after Labor Day.

Other than the crazy beret thingies and that they were made in China, I have no issue with the USA outfits.

I wonder what the favorite pizza is in Spain?
 

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I thought I was old...! :eek: Since 1748, British Royal Navy uniforms have been white and navy blue...where we derived the classic blue blazer.
As I said I've seen them, went out drinking with them, they came over and toured our boat, they didn't look like that.

Anyway I guess I have to spell it out for everyone. The uniforms look like what was worn around the 1910-1920's. See Chariots of Fire for reference.
 
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As I said I've seen them, went out drinking with them, they came over and toured our boat, they didn't look like that.

Anyway I guess I have to spell it out for everyone. The uniforms look like what was worn around the 1910-1920's. See Chariots of Fire for reference.

Sorry Meyers...I wasn't questioning what you saw...just trying to be humorous...not my forte. One of my hobbies is the British Navy before and after the French Revolution, and they wore the indigo dyed jackets and white pants back then. So I was not referring to what you've seen in the 20th - 21st Century. The whole blue blazer with brass buttons look supposedly started there, but this may just be lore.
 

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As I said I've seen them, went out drinking with them, they came over and toured our boat, they didn't look like that.

Anyway I guess I have to spell it out for everyone. The uniforms look like what was worn around the 1910-1920's. See Chariots of Fire for reference.
Made me think of Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot (one of THE BEST comedies ever made and one of my all time favorite movies).

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Sorry Meyers...I wasn't questioning what you saw...just trying to be humorous...not my forte. One of my hobbies is the British Navy before and after the French Revolution, and they wore the indigo dyed jackets and white pants back then. So I was not referring to what you've seen in the 20th - 21st Century. The whole blue blazer with brass buttons look supposedly started there, but this may just be lore.
No problem. My thoughts weren't anything to do with any navy. It was that they looked like they were from the 1910-1920's, when they had to travel by ship to England, no cross Atlantic flights. Then the thread went off into what kind of navy uniforms they were like. Which had nothing to do with what I was thinking.
 

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Made me think of Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot (one of THE BEST comedies ever made and one of my all time favorite movies).

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Great movie. :)

"Nobody's perfect"
 
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What else could they do?

When there's a color the name of which coincides with the name of your organization, you kind of have to choose it.

Might have been the other way around...
 
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Made me think of Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot (one of THE BEST comedies ever made and one of my all time favorite movies).

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And that was a very riske scene for the times...think the Catholic Church may have condemned it...
 
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Damn, OneTrick.

My subtle humor sometimes gets too subtle to be classified as humor.

You should run that music from Jaws every once in a while to remind me I'm swimming with the sharks now...! ;)
 
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