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I don't recall the name, but the fez is familiar

Is the Major's cap from the Shriners? Dynzmoar 12:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I find many sources that mention his fez but no specific mention of the Shriners. Pepso 13:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Today, the fez is associated almost exclusively with the Shriners. In Major Hoople's case, it probably came from the Victorian affectation for Orientalism, a term referring to the Middle East under control of the Ottoman Empire. Sherlock Holmes had a Turkish slipper hanging from his mantelpiece, just one example of a connection between Orientalist decor and bachelorhood in that era.

To me Major Hoople seemed more like a humorless old British officer, who would be more likely to wear the combination of fez and smoking jacket than an American. In the 1960's the panel appeared in the Springfield (Mass.) Union. Major Hoople's mouth looked "stitched together", and would say "Fap!" when disgusted, which was pretty much always. Monomoit (talk) 21:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pepso: Please check the edit I made to paragraph 1 of the "Our Boarding House" article and let me know...

Hi:

Please check the edit I made to paragraph 1 of this article and let me know if my correction is off base. (The previous version said "fustian," which was [surely] a typo.)

Thanks,

Doug

After looking up both words in a dictionary, I think fustian is a better fit. I'm changing it back. SlowJog (talk) 03:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

who published?

In 2005, publisher Leonard G. Lee of Canada's Algrove Publishing reprinted Aherns' work ...

This language suggests that Mr Lee did the reprint on his own, as a side project unrelated to his role at Algrove (whatever that might be). Is that intended? —Tamfang (talk) 20:45, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good job. —Tamfang (talk) 00:44, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]