Once upon a time, before you were born, or maybe not, cheap clothes were just, well—cheap. You bought them in nasty, bare-bones stores, and even though you looked really great—because you are so beautiful that anything looks good on you!—when people asked you where you got that amazing thing, you were inclined to shrug and say vaguely that you couldn’t remember or that it was a gift or some other bad lie.

... Eu não sei se já vos aconteceu, mas dei-me conta que uso nas férias estes calções de ganga, - que já antes tinham sido umas calças -  há muitos anos. Seguramente há uns sete anos. Tenho outros, mas estes andam comigo o verão todo para todo o lado. Aliás, nem sei para que meto ...