Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Farideh:
My father calls neckties 'corporate nooses'.
I don't like things touching the front on my neck either. You'll never catch me in a cowl neck, and I'll only wear a scarf if it's really fricken cold.
Rincewind:
I have a very vague recollection of reading something about neckties actually being nooses back in Ye Olde Days. If the King (or whatever) decided you were being untruthful, you'd be hung by your neckwear. It occurs to me that I read a lot of strange stuff when I was young and hiding in a library.
zmeiat_joro:
I have a vague recollection of them being an evolution of the cravat. Confirmed. And apparently bow ties are also.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 15 Apr 2022, 14:34 ---I have a vague recollection of them being an evolution of the cravat. Confirmed. And apparently bow ties are also.
--- End quote ---
Fun fact - the Polish word for necktie is actually "krawat" (pronounced pretty much the same as "cravat"). And I think the connection is preserved in some other languages, too (French, I think, for one).
shanejayell:
Now I kinda want 'Questionable Content: the Musical.'
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