Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 23, 1994
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Boopsie: My, what a romantic time that must have been... A time when men and women wore linen, and servants kept it pressed. J. Pretensions operator: Thank you for calling J. Pretensions. How may I help you? Boopsie: Yes. I'd like to place an order from your catalog, please. Operator: May I have your first item, please? Boopsie: Yes, first I'd like one pair of the Rudyard Kipling Bombay jodhpurs... Operator: In teal, salmon, or colonial white? Boopsie: Teal, please. I'd also like the F. Scott Fitzgerald collar stays, the Emily Bronte flower press and the Ernest Hemingway expedition ensembel, in Petite. Oh, and one of those exquisite hat boxes that your founder fell in love with on his last trip up the Yangtze. The ones that so reminded him of Lauren Bacall, Lindbergh, and the Duke of Windsor. Operator: And what's your name, ma'am? Boopsie: Me? Why, I'm...I'm nobody. Operator: It's on your credit card, ma'am. Boopsie: Listen, do you think the Elvira Madigan whalebone corset would go with the Aaron Burr dueling pants?