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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I would take that "hidden flashes" thing with a very big grain of salt!
    *snip*

    I would take it with a whole salt-lick, like the cattle use in the field. Furthermore, when I see stuff like that, I personally tend to look at the entire website and its purveyor with a rather jaundiced eye wondering what else they've fabricated outside of the garters and that story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I would take that "hidden flashes" thing with a very big grain of salt!

    It's merely fashion. The garters used to be tied around the outside, then they started rolling over the tops of the hose, but you could still see the garters hanging down.
    Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post

    I would take it with a whole salt-lick, like the cattle use in the field. Furthermore, when I see stuff like that, I personally tend to look at the entire website and its purveyor with a rather jaundiced eye wondering what else they've fabricated outside of the garters and that story.
    I have altered the wording on the article, making clear that this part is folklore.
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