Red Socks, Velvet Pants

Second only to L-O-V-E, the four letters RSVP stir the soup of emotion, controversy and opinion like, well, only L-O-V-E can. Cloaked in the veil of polite, and often butchered, French, the tag line on invitations leaves little to interpretation when its origin is examined and literally interpreted.  That is, unless, one is a fan of Chucklevision, a BBC series featuring the comedy of The Chuckle Brothers, Paul and Barry Elliot.  When asked the meaning of RSVP, Paul replies, "Red Socks, Velvet Pants", a perfectly acceptable and logical, and many would agree, correct response.  So, for today, this is really real -Répondez s'il vous plaît to me will mean "to reply, if you please".  But for the record, I'm always up for red socks and velvet pants....