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New a perfunctory defense of neckties
Strictly speaking, I don't have to wear one at work—I'm a few years away from retirement; I've risen about as high as I'm going to in the organization, and as the in-house art department I rarely have to deal in person with folks outside the outfit—but I always have, even 20 years ago (before I landed the graphics gig) when I used to wear Levis to work, greatly to the irritation of my then-PHB. I outgrew the Levis (in more senses than one, alas), but it seems to me that the necktie serves two useful purposes: it serves as an acknowledgment by the wearer to whom it may concern that he serves within a dominance heirarchy and is prepared to abide by even its most arbitrary and pointless conventions, and the slight strangling sensation reminds this wearer, at any rate, that he's on hostile ground, and should not by word or deed betray to the heirarchy either resentment or contempt.

(Actually, I'm blessedly insulated from most of the office politics, regarded by the younger employees as a harmless eccentric and by management as a cross between a "computer whiz"—which I am obviously not remotely, but these are PHBs—and a court jester. Better a necktie than bells and motley, I always say)

cordially,
Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?
Expand Edited by rcareaga Oct. 16, 2004, 12:34:19 AM EDT
New ..well defended, Horatio
Ah.. seems akin to esoteric 'students' keeping a small rock, whatever in back pocket -- supposedly to remind one to try to Stay Awake. Except.. we get used to Anything, too soon.

Of course, with the brain supply reminding regularly of the small garotte -- OK, I see I'll have to pass this one on to the GRR for discrimination, and maybe a temp Green Card.


:-\ufffd




PS - if you have any Diebold tales able to be limned, I'd love to imagine that the first tap on the stake/heart was delivered by known cohort.
New That's why I refer to it...
...as the "ol' throttling cloth".


Peter
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New Interesting
I once similarly justified it as self-abuse to remind one of the alien environment. By 8:30 it was loosened and the collar open and the sleeves rolled up. Remove some top hair and add some beer gut, throw in size and kineticity - poof, it's near-authentic Lou Grant.

-drl
     PHBs in the comics - (tangaroa) - (8)
         Unfortunately, link does not work. - (a6l6e6x) - (1)
             Link - (FuManChu)
         Ah.. someone else - (Ashton) - (4)
             a perfunctory defense of neckties - (rcareaga) - (3)
                 ..well defended, Horatio - (Ashton)
                 That's why I refer to it... - (pwhysall)
                 Interesting - (deSitter)
         And the VP who fires him - (lincoln)

Well, all right then.
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