tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post5299117744227424670..comments2024-02-09T14:11:55.826-08:00Comments on Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: September 3, 1917: A prince, a general, and a bishop walk into a bar...WIIIAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-45362614502565943712017-09-03T11:47:03.227-07:002017-09-03T11:47:03.227-07:00Not too secret, since the scene in the book involv...Not too secret, since the scene in the book involves 2 actors on stage making "sissy" jokes about them.lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-69165240597685677892017-09-03T06:16:27.941-07:002017-09-03T06:16:27.941-07:00The gay thing is new to me; presumably a secret si...The gay thing is new to me; presumably a secret signal, though a rather expensive one. Before WW1, they were definitely more of a girl thing, pocket watches requiring, you know, pockets. Pocket watches, of course, were inconvenient when carrying a rifle, so wrist watches were widely used for the first time during the war, and it stuck. I suspect there was some element of innovation as well, wrist watches having been generally less accurate and more subject to stopping due to shock, than pocket watches.WIIIAIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-65993498698918804982017-09-03T05:19:30.756-07:002017-09-03T05:19:30.756-07:00Apparently wrist watches were considered a gay thi...Apparently wrist watches were considered a gay thing at that time. The military forced the officers to wear them because of the need to coordinate attacks. <br /><br />There is a scene in "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" by Katherine Anne Porter that refers to that.lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.com