To button or not...?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Irish Jack’s quotation of one of The Chap’s rules makes no impression on me whatever.
Look at their rule No 2: “THOU SHALT NEVER NOT SMOKE.”
That one I won’t follow, so why should I follow rule No 6: “THOU SHALT NEVER FASTEN THE LOWEST BUTTON ON THY WESKIT.”
And who make Edward VII the ultimate arbiter anyway?
And then there is rule No 10: “THOU SHALT ALWAYS CULTIVATE INTERESTING FACIAL HAIR. By interesting we mean moustaches, not beards.”
No, thanks, I’ll hang on to my beard.
Regards,
Mike

Rule #2: As Brother Kipling said, "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke..." as is a pipe. Cigarettes, at least since the demise of Balkan Sobraine Blacks, can no longer be regarded as proper smokes, and therefore should be avoided.

Rule #6: Sadly, for those of us of lesser rank, the king is always the final abriter in matters of sartorial taste, and reprieves from sentences of death. And since, at least in those circles that matter, buttoning the bottom button of one's waistcoat is considered a form of social death, one may consider himself reprieved if following the example of the king.

Rule #10: But your facial hair, like that of Kings Edward VII, George V, and Czar and Martyr Nicholas II of Russia, is interesting. Unlike that billy-goat goatee sported by Bubba down at the tire store. No, a full-bearded gentleman, such as yourself or Rex, is every bit the proper gentleman.

Now that that's settled I'm putting on my trouser clips, hopping on my Raleigh bicycle, and nipping into the village to have a pint and a pie at my local.

Cheers!

Scott