Huh. I've never heard of that.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
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Jesse - Jul 27, 2008 4:46:17 pm PDT #9800 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Jul 27, 2008 4:49:51 pm PDT #9801 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm sure it's only important to a small group of aging prepsters.
Jesse - Jul 27, 2008 4:56:02 pm PDT #9802 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And googling leads me to believe the list was made by my boy Digby Baltzell!
megan walker - Jul 27, 2008 4:57:24 pm PDT #9803 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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Jesse - Jul 27, 2008 4:59:33 pm PDT #9804 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He coined the term WASP, has written a lot about American elite culture and Philadelphia and etc. He was a guest speaker to one of my undergrad classes, and since he had just written a book about tennis, that is what he spoke on. Note: the class was not about tennis, or sports in any way. He was just a really great, impressive, dapper, dotty old guy.
Edited for factual and grammatical accuracy.
megan walker - Jul 27, 2008 5:00:53 pm PDT #9805 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
He coined the term WASP.
Oh, that would make sense.
Jesse - Jul 27, 2008 5:03:40 pm PDT #9806 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Although, in his NYTimes obit, his widow said he didn't. But he sure talked about them a lot!
Jesse - Jul 27, 2008 5:14:04 pm PDT #9807 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And just because I'm feeling reminiscent, my real old-man Philadelphia idol was always Ed Bacon.
megan walker - Jul 27, 2008 5:15:36 pm PDT #9808 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hah! He prepped at St. Paul's. That explains so much. I think that place only aggravated my sister's issues.
DavidS - Jul 27, 2008 5:37:53 pm PDT #9809 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In other news, I got a haircut this afternoon!
Surely the gods of Google will smile on this.