One of my favourite scenes in the film Mary Poppins is where Dick van Dyke dances with the penguins.In a marvelous combination of vaudeville, animation and unforgetable Disney, he lowers his trousers (in the best possible taste) to mimic the penguins.
Have you noticed this phenomena amongst teenage boys? Not only content to reveal their derrieres, boxer shorts are carefully chosen to peek over the belt, whilst the crotch and seat hang around their knees.
This fashion statement has made it to the Israeli Defence Force. In the last few weeks I have seen several Corporals and Sargeants leap onto buses with rucksacks, guns and regulation battle fatigues clinging to their hips, defying gravity.
The next time there is a war here, the ground troups will be seen waddling towards the enemy.
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