Re: cigarettes and pants

Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:14:40 -0400 (EDT) 

I guess I'm a bit of a thoroughly Nineties kinda guy, but given the facts that:


>
>1. Apart from some females and all children in the stories, EVERYONE
>smokes. A hell of a lot. 


and   


>2. So many of Salinger's characters, too, have ill- fitting 'pants' 


....my first reaction was to wonder whether it is/was more politically
incorrect to smoke or be sloppy....

Cheers,

Paul