Great News
The Men's Dress Furnishings Association, the group that represented American neck tie makers, is no more. It recently shut down because ... well ... the neck tie is dead.
Only 6% of American businessmen wear them anymore.
Those of you who suffered through my long — but ultimately successful — campaign to abolish the tie at the Skunk Works will know that I'm ecstatic. The $&$^@#* neck tie, to me, is the most worthless piece of clothing ever perpetrated on the male of our species.
I presently own two ties, one for funerals and one for weddings. Weddings are on the wane as most of the children of parents of our generation are married off. We are between the glut of funerals of our parent's generation and our own generation. Accordingly, neither of my ties gets much use these days. I can only hope that by the time the funeral tie is needed again, it, too, will be a thing of the past.
And, in no way, shape or form will I tolerate them in any fashion at my own going away party. Indeed, I would encourage everyone to throw any of theirs they might find in the clothes closet into the incinerator as fuel for my cremation fire.
Only 6% of American businessmen wear them anymore.
Those of you who suffered through my long — but ultimately successful — campaign to abolish the tie at the Skunk Works will know that I'm ecstatic. The $&$^@#* neck tie, to me, is the most worthless piece of clothing ever perpetrated on the male of our species.
I presently own two ties, one for funerals and one for weddings. Weddings are on the wane as most of the children of parents of our generation are married off. We are between the glut of funerals of our parent's generation and our own generation. Accordingly, neither of my ties gets much use these days. I can only hope that by the time the funeral tie is needed again, it, too, will be a thing of the past.
And, in no way, shape or form will I tolerate them in any fashion at my own going away party. Indeed, I would encourage everyone to throw any of theirs they might find in the clothes closet into the incinerator as fuel for my cremation fire.
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