[ckilmer]

This was a common practice among the upper middle class upper west siders of manhattan two decades ago—when I was there teaching at a private high school.

I’m surprised its taken this long to get out into the general culture.

[Buckeye McFrog]

This was a common practice among the upper middle class upper west siders of manhattan two decades ago

I have seen articles endorsing the practice in back issues of Readers Digest from a couple of years either side of 1970.