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   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Paul S Person  writes:   
      
   [snip]   
   >>The thing that bugs me is that men's formal jackets come with all   
   >>the pockets sewn up.   
     .....   
   >As to sewn pockets -- gentlemen simply do not put things in their coat   
   >pockets. The very idea of using them! Or, rather, didn't way back when   
   >sewing them shut became common practice.   
      
   In some article (no way Icould track it down...) the Top Cop recalls   
   how when he busted Crime Boss he noticed the crook had sewn all   
   the pockets shut.   
      
   When he asked why, the gangster replied "so you can't plant   
   stuff on me!"   
      
      
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