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On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 4:34 AM Tom Bishop <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This has been a wonderfully instructive and interesting thread. I feel a > bit like that line in the Talking Heads song: “How did I get here?”. The > OED entry for bikini itself seems to have been compiled by a comic genius – > just reading through the citations had me laughing out loud. For instance, > this one: > > > > 1950 *News of World* 25 June 5/6 ——made an unsuccessful attempt > yesterday to swim in a Hampstead Heath pond in her home-made ‘Bikini’ > costume. > > > > *What was it exactly that was unsuccessful here from the perspective of > the News of the World, I wonder?* > > > Well, off the top of my head, the main possibilities are: - The Hampstead Heath locals didn't let her anywhere near the pond dressed like *that*. Besides, this is a local pond for local people. - She successfully got into the pond but then sank like a stone (maybe should have invested in swimming lessons after all). - She successfully got into the pond and swam for a bit, but quickly discovered that *home-made* bikinis (crochet?) are only a good idea in theory, so before she knew it, she was successfully swimming in a Hampstead Heath pond, but not in her home-made 'Bikini' costume... ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the SIDNEY-SPENSER list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=SIDNEY-SPENSER&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/SIDNEY-SPENSER, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/