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WCDT Strips 3831-3835 (17-21 September, 2018)
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 21 Sep 2018, 00:40 ---I just don't see why anyone would willingly put anything that can be used to strangle them around their neck, and include a convenient grabbable bit to facilitate the process. Granted, I don't like *anything* touching the front of my neck, but wearing a tie just seems like a really stupid thing to do.
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I know I'm in the minority, but personally I love wearing neckties, as they provide a great way (together with socks, obviously) to make the typical business attire more colorful and inject some personal style.
Plus, I don't find them uncomfortable at all.
Necklaces/chains etc on the other hand I just can't stand wearing.
To each their own, always holds true :)
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 21 Sep 2018, 00:40 ---I just don't see why anyone would willingly put anything that can be used to strangle them around their neck, and include a convenient grabbable bit to facilitate the process. Granted, I don't like *anything* touching the front of my neck, but wearing a tie just seems like a really stupid thing to do.
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The purpose of a necktie is to hide the buttons on the front of your shirt, because it would be utterly horrible if anyone happened to see those. I mean, think of the children! :psyduck:
OldGoat:
One of the few feats of physical skill I get to brag about - being able to tie a four-in-hand or a half-windsor without a mirror. (I must credit the Sisters of the Perpetual Knuckle-whack for motivating me in grade school for the four-in-hand. I learned the half-windsor on my own as an act of rebellion.)
And I agree, it's the collar, not the tie that's so damned uncomfortable.
OldGoat:
If Claire sees this she'll swoon.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 21 Sep 2018, 00:40 ---I just don't see why anyone would willingly put anything that can be used to strangle them around their neck, and include a convenient grabbable bit to facilitate the process. Granted, I don't like *anything* touching the front of my neck, but wearing a tie just seems like a really stupid thing to do.
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Funnily enough, it was thought that cravats offered protection, at least psychological in nature, from spear attacks in the 16th century. They were originally worn by Croatian mercenaries who served in the French Army in the 1630s. The neck pieces worn by them fascinated the Parisian nobles and eventually they started wearing them. In fact, the word cravat comes from the French cravate, which was a variation of Croate.
Eventually the cravat worn by Croatians evolved into the necktie we all know and love today. (Or in the case of some people, are absolutely terrified of. Personally, I like a nice tie, completes the look of a suit and serves as a much needed focal and tying point)
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