Pencil Shavings

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Epiphany

Without the invention of the washing machine, denim jeans will not exist. We will all be wearing sarongs. I know this for a fact because T, my friend who hand washes all her clothes, does not wear jeans. If her uppity audit firm would allow it, I'm sure she'll be wearing a sarong.

It is also a fact that the earliest manual washing machine was invented in 1846. "Blue jeans" was patented in 1873 by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, 27 years after the invention of the washing machine, which further proves my epiphany.

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