Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on May 21, 2010 at 06:40:35 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: Skull and Crossbones clothing posted by Peter Ceresole on May 21, 2010 at 00:57:43:
I have just come from lunch in EC3 with a friend who is a hostage negotiator for amongst other things ships grabbed by Somali pirates. He handled one such case for my outfit, which is how we came to know each other.
I should at this point mention the old City custom of wearing outrageous ties on a Friday.
Leslie was wearing a splendidly piratical skull and crossbones tie, bought in darkest Jermyn Street; when I complimented him on it he said that he had sent one to his German partner, who like him is ex Army, who thanked him and said he would wear it when next in London but he could never wear it in Germany as the motif is illegal in Germany.
It took a moment for the penny to drop.