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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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On 4 Oct 2024 20:26:54 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> When his mother saw them she exclaimed 'Oh, what gay laces!'. We
> cringed ...

Only because you saw it as somehow embarrassing.

There is a lovely ad, from the earlier part of last century, for a company 
selling multicoloured dyed-wool yarn, I think it was. Their slogan was “we 
made the rainbow gay”.