Originally Posted by
RGM1
On the subject of wearing a fly, I tried to wear a fly to a Halloween party thinking since I was already the most over dressed person there it wouldn't hurt. However, when it came to attaching it to my jacket, I could not figure out how to attach brooch without damaging jacket. Is the brooch just a counterweight or should it be pinned to jacket?
Stretching my memory somewhat, as far as I am aware you describe the two schools of thought on the subject well. Neither, were much use as far as I was concerned. Hence the plaid was condemned to the moth ball treatment in a trunk! 
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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