"blake murphy" > wrote

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:50:42 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>"Goomba38" > wrote
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>> 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" ??
>>
>>I know people had them well into the 70s. I really don't know when ...
>>or if ... people stopped buying that. For all I know it still goes on.

> you mean plastic furniture covers aren't a sign of my leap into the
> middle class? shit.

Well, look at it this way. Now you get to enjoy peeling yourself
slowly off the sofa in hot weather. An experience not to be missed.

nancy