A necktie is 100% eye candy.
It has no non-fashion function; except …
it makes a great tourniquet!
People have this necktie business all backwards!
Farmers, lumberjacks, and other professions with a high rate of “tourniquet required” related accidents should be wearing neckties; and business people, office workers, and other low risk “tourniquet wanting” professionals should stop wearing them.
note:
double note: maybe future former necktie wearers could wean themselves off the habit by wearing identity card holders with a little sign saying they gave the price of a necktie to a charity.
triple note: It must be Tony Orlando and Dusk by now.
quadruple note: Is the car driving in front of the “NOTE” a “BLOG“?
quintuple note: I’m still scarce this weekend.
10 responses so far ↓
Turkish Prawn // November 22, 2008 at 2:02 am |
Without a tie, how am I going to hide those unsightly shirt buttons?
-Turkish Prawn
sweetiegirlz // November 22, 2008 at 7:55 am |
I have often wondered what ties are for, then I realized, ties are really niceties.
When you start wearing some like these, you’re bored, switch jobs.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/141035266_9ef4988903.jpg?v=0
bonnieluria // November 23, 2008 at 1:16 am |
Have you tried the untie?
Better knot.
prairieflounder // November 23, 2008 at 6:38 pm |
I am sorry I have to disagree, I think you have it backwards. I believe that he primary purpose of a tie is to be ready, in an instant, to commit suicide. Think about it, a tie is a slip knot tied around the neck.
Maybe, in the extremely competitive world of cooperate tax lawyers, merger and acquisition hit men, etc, CEOs demand company loyalty. What better way to demonstrate loyalty that displaying an instant willingness to die for your company? The tie is not a life saving tool, its a symbol of an unwavering commitment; a display of how much the wearer is willing to take one for the team.
Don’t even get me started on women’s high heel shoes…
-pf
razzbuffnik // November 23, 2008 at 9:57 pm |
To me ties represent mental slavery and I think that Mr Prairieflounder is right in that ties are a type of life threatening noose around one’s neck.
I just wish those creeps that insist that ties have to be worn in the work place etc. would just hang themselves with their ties and leave the rest of us alone.
epicurienne // November 24, 2008 at 12:02 am |
I went to a girls’ school where we had to wear a tie with winter uniform. At the age of 8 I had the option of a fake, elastic tie. My father said NO. He said I should learn to tie a tie because that way I’d know how for the rest of my life. I haven’t worn a tie for 18 years now but if you or Razz or Monsieur are with me and need me to tie YOUR tie, I can. How happy are you?
I must say though that every weekday morning when I see Monsieur tie his tie, I feel sorry for him. It’s a suffocating piece of kit. I looked at a woman on TV today who works the fields with female compatriots and thought, yep, that’s what we should all be doing. No ties, no stupid suits for women, no gyms required because we are in the fresh air, working HARD and being fit the way it was intended. I wonder what happened. It must have been the industrial revolution.
epicurienne // November 24, 2008 at 12:03 am |
Hey PR, sorry, Blue Monkey and I are a bit ranty today.
planetross // November 24, 2008 at 3:24 am |
Thanks for all the comments.
Sorry I was a bit scarce this weekend; but I had a good time if that makes you feel any better.
I have to agree with Prairie Flounder about the ties. Ties do double as nooses quite well. It gives “tie one on” a more sinister meaning though!
robcaldwell // November 24, 2008 at 1:34 pm |
Funny. I think that if you tie your tie too tight, then you feel like you are wearing a noose anyway.
I’m a fan of ties, but not tied too tightly!
robcaldwell: thanks for visiting. I usually get away with wearing a tie only once a year. This year has been tie free! I think they look good, but they don’t feel very nice to wear.
S. Le // November 24, 2008 at 11:54 pm |
Your mind must run at double warp speed! I can barely keep up.
S. Le: I probably just have too much time on my hands.