Comments on: No, these Chaps are not the kind that is commonly preceded by the adjective "assless".

No, these Chaps are not the kind that is commonly preceded by the adjective "assless".

orange swan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:24:21 -0800

Advice for the Chap at heart.... "The web site you are about to enter contains words and images that may induce excessive languidity and an increase in levels of panache, leading to an overall rise in self-esteem. So sink into your deepest armchair, pour yourself a gin and tonic, light a cigarillo, and prepare to join the sophisticated world of The Chap." Being a Chap is, apparently, much more than just an excuse to wear a fedora and spats. The proper Chap has a Manifesto and a valet, shops at the Chap Emporium, and possibly practices the gentle art of househusbandry.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:25:34 -0800

Chaps are not people, they are garments for cowboys.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:26:00 -0800

"I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman." ~ Kevin Spacey And I suddenly like Kevin Spacey quite a lot.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:42:03 -0800

I would love to have a gentleman's gentleman. No, not that sort--I have one of them already.

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:43:27 -0800

Watch this: Monty Python - Upper Class Twit Of The Year

By: Plutor

Plutor — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:43:45 -0800

Uh oh, I feel my panache increasing. *runs to the bathroom*

By: mk1gti

mk1gti — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:45:28 -0800

Huzzah Cheahs ! ! !

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:56:18 -0800

Goddammit, I miss Miguel.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:58:38 -0800

Oh, wait, I spoke too soon! What I should have said was: Calling Miguel... Miguel Cardoso wanted in thread 52942...

By: willmize

willmize — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:01:00 -0800

I did not know one could walk into a hostelry and order some pussy. Oh. Ooooooooh. Got it. Never mind. But I would like to buy a nice fez.

By: poppo

poppo — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:37:51 -0800

I apologize in advance for this long quote, but I must...from the letters section: Sir, I feel moved to write to you in light of a curious encounter I had last Thursday week at five and twenty to four in the afternoon. I had just taken an afternoon stroll to my tobacconist and was in the process of taking myself off to tea when I chanced upon a very unlikely sight. As I waited to cross a busy thoroughfare, I chanced to look out into the traffic, where I aspied a Hackney carriage which was waiting to turn onto the main road. The taxicab's rear windows were wound down with some species of plastic mesh preventing any passage through the opening and there, sitting upon the back seat, was a solitary beagle. The hound in question was sitting politely, facing the front of the taxi with an air of the utmost canine civility and, for a moment, I was gripped by an enormous sense of pride to live in a country that treats man's best friend so well. But, I am sad to say, my sense of pride quickly turned to rage when I realised the ramifications of this spectacle. Gentlemen: what business has a beagle to be in a taxi? What chance does a hare have against such an unfairly motorised adversary? With such flagrantly unsporting behaviour is it any wonder that field sports are under threat? Yours etc. Major The Right Hon. Bentley Collingwood-Hilliam (Disgraced)

By: poppo

poppo — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:38:17 -0800

I'm still laughing

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:55:09 -0800

I haven't started yet. Maybe I need a Chap-Stick in my chaps.

By: mrs.pants

mrs.pants — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:57:40 -0800

I believe one of the contributors to Chap Magazine is also a member of the very lovely Handlebar Club! Chaptastic! I curtsy to all of you gents!

By: Scoo

Scoo — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:12:28 -0800

Top shelf old man! And long overdue, I might add.

By: GeorgeBickham

GeorgeBickham — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:22:45 -0800

I wonder if The Chap was inspired by The Chap-Book ,which was inspired by chapbooks.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:46:28 -0800

We find ourselves very amused by the gentleman.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:52:42 -0800

The New Yorker used to publish such letters to British editors under the headline, There'll always be an England. Except they were real.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:53:16 -0800

this is awesome.

By: alasdair

alasdair — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:01:40 -0800

The Chap is on the Internet? I sensed a certain joie de vivre about the old mechanical brain this morn, but dared not hope for such a splendid and civilised advance! Ahmed, bring me a glass of gin and I shall peruse some scandalous French lithographs in celebration.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:05:15 -0800

Sounds like Victorian-Era Superhero

By: itchylick

itchylick — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:06:30 -0800

"In a high-street coffee chain which offers tea on its menu, ask for a pot of Lapsang souchong, a cup and saucer and some toast with Gentleman's Relish." Gentleman's Relish?

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:15:18 -0800

The mere fact you are unaware of Gentleman's Relish speaks volumes about you sirrah. I only hope that you are either a Lady or you are from one of the new territories.

By: idest

idest — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:17:22 -0800

Gentlemen's Relish is anchovy paste. Not something exclusive to Chaps, however. Blokes like it too. Or at least mine does.

By: idest

idest — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:18:53 -0800

Dammit, I even previewed to see if anyone had gotten there FIRST, seanyboy!

By: sciurus

sciurus — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:26:35 -0800

Y'all might like Lord Whimsy too.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:48:19 -0800

Indeed. From Lord Whimsy: FEATS OF SARTORIAL CUNNING! JAUNTY VERSE! DEFTLY RENDERED TURNS OF PHRASE! WITTICISMS! UNBRIDLED PEDANTRY! DUST MOTES! ICY HAUTEUR! WELL-MUSCLED HINDQUARTERS! If it weren't for the first and last, I'd have thought he was referring to MetaFilter.

By: redsparkler

redsparkler — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:51:42 -0800

That is positively delightful. Freshens the old heart a nudge.

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:52:31 -0800

I certainly do like Patum Peperium. And I've been an avid reader of The Chap for a long time. Dashed shame to have the old rag exposed to the great unwashed here at MetaFilter, mind. Not quite the thing at all. Poor show.

By: greycap

greycap — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:01:51 -0800

Patum Peperium is one of my vices - I ignore the fact that it's target audience is 80 year old Tufton Bufton's in St James's gentlemen's clubs, it's great on toast or muffins. Unfortunately I can't make it to the Chap Olympics...

By: greycap

greycap — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:02:59 -0800

Oops, awful apostrophe use there - that should be its and Tufton Buftons.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:15:28 -0800

Offer "gentlemen of the road" (hobos) not money – which they might spend on food – but a nip of cognac from your hip flask. This almost made me fall out of my chair.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:28:15 -0800

Nice post, old bean! Is there a www.TheChav.com out there?

By: Sparx

Sparx — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:03:55 -0800

Chaps are not people, they are garments for cowboys. With respect, sir, it appears that supposition was fully put paid to by the exhibitionist antics of a certain 'Christina Aguilera' within (in the most sympathetic of ironies) a pit full of the worst kind of mud. However, feel free to cling to your cherished colonial notions. They are, after all, most adorable.

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:04:39 -0800

My chapette and I went to this marvellous place tonight. It was sheer chap heaven.

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:05:44 -0800

The Williamsburg location, not the East Village. So much more chapesque.

By: Mocata

Mocata — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:47:56 -0800

Double post, sort of.

By: infobomb

infobomb — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:25:24 -0800

The band are really very good as well (also on MySpace) (Lo-fi/punk/electronica, rather intense live, but inspired by the magazine). Yeah, yeah my favourite band sucks etc.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:35:19 -0800

I found that one, Mocata, but since there are no comments at all in that thrad and three out of its four links are dead and the other one just leads to a map, I figured there was no way of even knowing what that post was talking about.

By: Mocata

Mocata — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:07:28 -0800

Oh sure, totally fair enough.

By: imperium

imperium — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:37:49 -0800

The Chap Olympics pictures are now available thanks to the electric services of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

By: Decani

Decani — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:10:53 -0800

Oh God, that looks hilarious. It is now my ambition to enter the chap olympiad. How sad is that?