I had the same thought! What a pair we are. :)
SOOOO glad this story is over!
I always had a hard time visualizing that expression literally…and you hardly hear it anymore.
Is anybody else reminded of “Son of the Invisible Man” from Amazon Women on the Moon?
In 1984, they would be parachute pants.
I thought it was going to be a pair of shoes.
I had a knock-off one that I used a lot. I don’t remember it being tough on the joints. I thought they claimed it was low impact.
The British are always making cutesy-poo little abbreviations for words, like “brekkie” for “breakfast.” I had never heard of “recce,” but I figured it must mean “reconnoiter”.
Sometimes I’ll just randomly go “Smock, smock, smock, smock, smock.”
Confound their politics,Frustrate their knavish tricks!
I had the same thought! What a pair we are. :)