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Farmer to well-dressed lady: “Well, miss, I know a Clem Taylor what lives over yonder up the road a piece, but I cain’t say as I’ve heard of any ‘Lorden Taylor’ round these parts.”

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  1. Branjamin W. Peabody says:
    May 20, 2025 at 9:33 pm

    For those who are not of Dr. Boli’s respectable age and perhaps do not remember the ancient days prior to Amazon, “Lord & Taylor” was a department chain.

    A department store was something like Amazon, except you have to shop in person and they would only sell clothes and tie pins and other boring stuff like that.

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  2. Martin The Mess says:
    May 21, 2025 at 6:26 pm

    When I worked at the rival Department Store chain known as Marshall Field and Company, we had nicknames for some of the other Department Stores.

    Lord & Taylor = Overlord and Jailer
    Neiman Marcus = Needless Markup

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