QOTD

[arpad]

Elaborate braiding demonstrated status, in that such grooming was being performed by others.

Comments

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

Whom do you quote?

Last week, I was braiding my daughter's hair new style, and it looked wrong to me. Like, too peasant. I thought for a while what's the difference, and realized the new way she could, theoretically, have done herself.

[arpad.livejournal.com]

No idea, actually. Some medieval history book quoted by someone else.

And yeah - it's funny but the thing could still work...