Possibly this comes from the good old Soviet days when every tourist entering Russia brought a trunk full of Levis to sell, and homo sovieticus was desperate to buy them.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 May 2006 07:28 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans > > Hi! > > > What is "blue gold?" > > Fascinating you should ask this question. In my > language/culture there seems to be a term "blue gold" > indicating the time (and grand profit made then) when blue > jeans were the most popular wear item. Since then, "blue > gold" is used as another form of "blue jeans"... I actually > thought that it wasn't the original term and that it was > "borrowed" from American culture... > > > > -- > Boris > > > >
