On Sun 13 Jan 2008 08:47:00p, Goomba38 told us...

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Oh my goodness, we were just talking about them today. Jewish
>> and Italian, I do not know why. I think the discussion started in
>> reference to the movie Goodfellas. You never saw plastic covered
>> furniture? They even came up with stuff that had breathable holes
>> all over so when you sat down, WHOOSH all the air came out.
>>
>> Sorry if anyone is offended, it's just true. Funny as hell.
>>
>> nancy
>
> Nope. never actually saw any in real life, just on television and spoken
> about jokingly. Perhaps my folks have seen it? How long ago did it go
> out of "fashion" ??
>

Heh, in Cleveland some probably still do it. :-) I would guess it waned in
the mid-late '70s.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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