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| Thread ID: 87834 | 2008-03-05 21:36:00 | Let's ban men's ties! | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 646703 | 2008-03-05 21:36:00 | I have made a personal vow to never again wear a tie. Never ever. Not even at my mother's funeral. This archaic form of men's fashion is ludicrous. I mean really, this accoutrement is a f****** useless piece of s***! Why is it a requirement in formal settings, eg city work places to wear such a pathetic thing dangling from your neck? Workplaces allow women to get away with wearing almost anything, so why the heck are men required to include this damned choking thing!? Do you agree? |
Greg (193) | ||
| 646704 | 2008-03-05 21:40:00 | I agree completely. I still can't put one on properly either. I own one of these (www.trademe.co.nz) for formal occasions. :banana |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 646705 | 2008-03-05 21:41:00 | I have made a personal vow to never again wear a tie. Never ever. Not even at my mother's funeral. This archaic form of men's fashion is ludicrous. I mean really, this accoutrement is a f****** useless piece of s***! Why is it a requirement in formal settings, eg city work places to wear such a pathetic thing dangling from your neck? Workplaces allow women to get away with wearing almost anything, so why the heck are men required to include this damned choking thing!? Do you agree? Yes, and not just because on the rare ocasion I wear one i have to get my 13yr old step daughter to tie my tie for me as I still haven't figured it out yet. |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 646706 | 2008-03-05 21:41:00 | Agree fully :thumbs:. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 646707 | 2008-03-05 22:02:00 | I hate ties emmensely and, having a long neck, they make me look stupid. Banning them is extreme though. For ultra formal occasions I wear a black bow tie, other than that, I wear a nice shirt and try to look tidy without one. But some people like them... surely? | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 646708 | 2008-03-05 22:04:00 | They must be the dumbest thing used by mankind. I think Cairns in Aussie has banned them. I havent worn one since I left her Majesties service. The Iranians wear suits without ties and they look all right. |
XRNZN (13406) | ||
| 646709 | 2008-03-05 22:31:00 | Yes, and not just because on the rare ocasion I wear one i have to get my 13yr old step daughter to tie my tie for me as I still haven't figured it out yet. Nigel: it is quite simple, really, but when you tie a knot, don't tie it in such a way so that it makes a small skinny knot. Do it properly so that you have a knot that looks good. Use the following instructions for the "Duke of Windsor Knot." Large over small. Up through hole under neck. Under small one - left to right. Over top behind knot. Come out on left. Across small one. Up under and over then down through knot. But I must agree that it is rather silly. What I fail to understand, though, is why, if you have to wear a tie, many people don't use a tie tack or a tie slide to stop it flapping all over the place? I don't enjoy my tie ending up in my coffee (or someone elses!) I also agree that it is some form of discrimination. Women have been able to wear what they like for some time. Why not men? Try an open neck shirt in the style of Brad Pit. Or perhaps have a sex change then you will be able to wear what you want! And I am still of the belief that women do not so much dress to attract or look good for the men, they want to look better than the other women - they dress for other women. Never understand why you want to wear all the good looking gear to work. Nothing wrong with t-shirt and jeans. Where the discrimination really shows itself is at a very formal do when the men dress in the same boring dinner jackets and the women dress with style. If I had to dress like that I would not wear a white shirt, but blue or pink with ruffles. Anything to look a bit different. And when you speak of the women wearing anything, why is it that these days the requirement seems to be to expose as many acres of bosom as is possible? Many seem to stop just above the nipple. Presented with such a large expanse of flesh, is it any wonder that women complain that you are not looking them in the eye when you talk to them? It is so distracting!:o "Flaunting" is the word that springs to mind. My wife does not have the acreage to achieve that look, but even if she did, I would not allow her to dress that way. :illogical |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 646710 | 2008-03-05 22:44:00 | Nice to see so many agree! Roscoe... although most of your post makes sense, your tie tieing doesn't. The important thing if you HAVE to wear a tie is to do the triangular knot. I shudder when I look at men who're important officials or news presenters with a skewed knot. Sorry I can't be bothered to describe how to tie it right now - maybe later. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 646711 | 2008-03-05 23:12:00 | You wouldn't ALLOW your wife to dress that way? A bit heavy handed isn't it? Dinner suits, when cut well, aren't boring at all. Just get a nice one, groom yourself appropriately, and you'll stand out right away, no need for the peacockery. My work doesn't "allow" T-shirts and jeans, so that's not really an option. Inverted comma's because they don't really police it all that well, thank god, but in corporate environments you have no choice. But open neck ftw! | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 646712 | 2008-03-05 23:28:00 | You can't just dispense with 2000 years of tradition.. can you?? www.holl.it But personally the are a pain in the neck and i stopped wearing one about a year ago. I still have one on my work desk just incase.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
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