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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Shirt buttons
Message-ID: <362@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 18:07:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 19 18:07:27 1985
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References: <1649@decwrl.UUCP> <2587@ihuxf.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <2587@ihuxf.UUCP> features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) writes:
>	BTW, do you know why men's suitcoats have buttons on the
>sleeves?

My understanding is that Napoleon invented that design  to  discourage  his
officers from wiping their noses on their sleeves.

Doesn't this belong in net.trivia?  (Is there a net.trivia? ).
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