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Q. In response to M.L. from Germany (23 July), with

reference to the ongoing debate about thongs visible above low-cut trouser waistbands, I submit hereunder my German version of Ogden Nash’s poem: Sicher, zieh Dir Hosen an Ueber Deine schoenen Beine Goettlich schreitest Du voran Leider Rueckschau has Du Keine.

R.W., West Chiltington, West Sussex A. Congratulations on your amusing composition.