Secret Societies have been a part of American History since it began, and we have to look no further than to our first President of the United States to find a prominent member of history that was a member of one. George Washington was of course a Mason, and many other high ranking political figures were also members of the Mason society. Then we of course have the Skull & Bones at Yale who boast members such as Howard Taft and the Bush clan.
Being that my friends and I are fascinated by this culture, we decided to dub our weekly guys night a secret society meeting. Sure, it is corny but we dress in our most preppy attire and enjoy a fine evening of dinner and cigars coupled with intense conversations. We discuss everything from politics, classic fashion, and the box at the Texas Rangers stadium (an inside joke). The name of our little group is Dukes of Crestwood Manor, and we are planning to have a tie and crest created for the club.
I have no clue who the group is above, but I thought it looked like a good picture to use to portray a secret society. They look just a little bit snobbier than frat boys, and they must be taking their annual photo. The chap in the navy blazer, white OCBD, repp tie, Nantucket Reds, and velvet slippers kind of reminds me of myself when I was his age. He clearly is the best dressed of the bunch. Look at how his trousers appear to be perfectly cut, and how the other chaps have that horrid bunching effect at the bottom. His haircut is also sharp and very reminiscent of my own.
Do you want to be a member of the Dukes of Crestwood Manor? Well, you can't! But, you can start your own group and maybe we can send each other secret notes on fancy stationary sealed with wax of course.
17 comments:
Stationery is the correct spelling.
I am a Stone Cutter.
You've pushed it too far, Richard. You can't expect people not to believe this blog is satire after this post. "Dukes of Crestwood Manor"?
Yeah, yeah. Kinda like the "Lords of Flatbush", right?
Is this group related to the Dukes of Hazzard?
I'm in the Illuminati. We're not that WASPy but we control it all.
"Secret Societies have been a part of American History since it began, and we have to look no further than to our first President of the United States to find a prominent member of history that was a member of one."
Did you really write that sentence?
1. It's not much of a secret society if you blog about its activities.
2. "Dukes of Crestwood Manor" is a very, very sad name. Will there be a tube of toothpaste on your crest?
3. The thought of you in an "intense conversation" is humorous.
Congratulations on the exponential elevation of your level of douche-osity.
"Crestwood Manor" sounds like the name of a trailer park.
Maybe it's perfect for your secret club.
Why would multiple dukes share the same manor?
This must be more like "Dukes of Hazzard"? Do they call you "Richard Duke" or "Ricky Duke"?
If you are fascinated by this "culture" why not join the Masons? Were you not in a fraternity at school?
I wonder what non_such would say about this?
The picture is of Taft...maybe it is Skull and Bones!
To Be One Ask One
Before I joined the Knights Templar, I was a Shriner. Don't let the cute scooters fool you, those guys are murderous perverts out for world domination. They also will urinate in the beer used for playing beer pong, which is beyond disgusting.
If someone mentions the Dudes of Crestwood Manor, are you required to leave the room? I used to always yell out "Skull and Bones" at football games against Yale to see if you could make any of them leave.
Old boys, notice how I described our efforts as "corny". There is nothing important going on at our little meetings.......or is there?
Ooh Ooh, remember the Duke brothers that employed Winthorp before replacing him with Mr. Valentine? The commodity traders in Philadelphia? They had a nature vs. nurture bet, a gentleman's bet that required the work of Mr. Clarence Beaks.
Were these Dukes of the Crestwood Manor Dukes?
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