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Fancy Horses Not Nearly Fancy Enough
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Jaya Saxena
Published Feb 5, 2011
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To us plebs, the idea of horse carriages promenading through the the 56th Annual Viennese Opera Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria may seem like the epitome of wealthy exuberance. But it's that sort of acceptance of the merely ornate, and not a desire for the truly baroque, that keeps us from ascending to those very upper echelons of society. One 28-year-old attendee remarked, “If we’re in full white tie, and completely bedazzled, the horses should be, too." We hope this young squire never settles for anything less than legislation requiring all horses to wear tuxedos.
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