hawkinsst7

hawkinsst7 t1_jcwcje1 wrote

Heh. I once trolled an old boss with this. He was very much into fashion. Me, not so much.

So I was looking for shoes to go with a tux when I was in Rome, and I wandered into some store near the Spanish steps. Looked at their shoes, too fancy and expensive and I left.

Day or two later I was chatting with him, and I described to him where I went. "I think it was something like Feragami or something."

"salvadore Ferragamo?! That place is super famous?"

"nah, if they were that famous, I'd have heard of it. You want famous, look at Dockers."

I knew what he meant, but it was totally worth it to hear him have a stroke when I compared dockers to high Italian fashion.

It may be high quality. It may be well known in an industry. But to me, super famous means the layperson who isn't involved in the industry is aware of it. It'sgotten so much air time, that it's percolate out of the enthusiast realm.

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hawkinsst7 t1_j0uqi7s wrote

Years ago, I had what would probably be a shower thought, but really I was just coming from dental surgery :

We can do arcane gestures on a slab of metal and glass, and magically know more, communicate with other, or even affect the real world.

Really puts into context Arthur c. Clarke's quote.

>“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”

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hawkinsst7 OP t1_its3n8y wrote

So he sucks at tying it properly. Add "tying a tie" to the list of things he's not good at.

A tie should come to your belt line. If its too short (because you have a long torso, or a big round gut for it to go around), it doesn't lay right or look good at all.

Yes, you're right, a tie that's too long also looks dumb too.

If you're trying to stretch every inch out of the ties you normally just grab off the rack, just to get it to lay right or not end pointing at your belly button, be aware that there are longer ties out there that may fit better.

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