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I used to buy all my shirts at brooks brothers, but that was completely ruined about 20 years ago. they discontinued the shirt i liked. if i had only known this - i mean, if you're going to discontinue an item that thousands and thousands of people buy, announce it. say, 'we will no longer be making our excellent brooks brothers cotton shirts that we made for 5,000 years. we're going to change them in some awful way. we're alerting you so you can buy a lifetime supply.' shirts don't go bad, they're not peaches.
-Fran Lebowitz
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I Used To Buy All My Shirts

Fran Lebowitz
I used to buy all my shirts at brooks brothers, but that was completely ruined about 20 years ago. they discontinued the shirt i liked. if i had only known this - i mean, if you're going to discontinue an item that thousands and thousands of people buy, announce it. say, 'we will no longer be making our excellent brooks brothers cotton shirts that we made for 5,000 years. we're going to change them in some awful way. we're alerting you so you can buy a lifetime supply.' shirts don't go bad, they're not peaches.
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