Comments on: argh (or, this is also why people wear pleated pants) https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 By: blueberries https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:29:54 +0000 #comment-2731 I had to buy a black suit for my wedding (it was cheaper than renting tuxes, and all my groomsmen needed suits too). Now we look like the Guys Who Own Black Suits.

The nice thing is that now I own a suit I can wear to a funeral (for certain values of “nice thing”).

]]> By: gcrumb https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:04:19 +0000 #comment-2730 “guys don’t ask directoins”

… Or use spell-checkers.

]]> By: gcrumb https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:13:19 +0000 #comment-2729 I suspect it’s just defensiveness.

I present the following hypothesis as a corollary to ‘guys don’t ask directoins’: Any guy who does ask is required to pretend that he knew the location all along, and to argue with the direction-giver about the validity of said directions.

]]> By: fiercekitty https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:11:11 +0000 #comment-2728 Seconded.

]]> By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:10:00 +0000 #comment-2727 That’s it, basically. And doubly so because when someone comes to me and says “I don’t know anything about suits except that I need one” I know it’s going to end up going exactly this way!

]]> By: mahakala https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:00:03 +0000 #comment-2726 Serious. Deadly serious.

]]> By: tubesocksandals https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:55:42 +0000 #comment-2725 Agreed. I’m probably somewhere in-between. I choose to not know the rules and disregard the ones I do know. :-)

I guess the most annoying thing in this scenario is the whole “I’ve asked you for your advice, but I didn’t like it so I’ll ignore it” thing, which drives me bonkers. It’s like they’re just asking you to justify some decision that they’ve already made, and if you don’t you must have been wrong. Arrrg. >:-P

]]> By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2724 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:49:13 +0000 #comment-2724 Up here where it snows it’s a bit more relevant than down there in the Endless Sunshine!

]]> By: sensitive_one https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:40:52 +0000 #comment-2723 white and light is good all year round here in california. :D

i didn’t know people still obeyed the no white after labor day rule. my mom used to live by it.

]]> By: anonymous https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/21/argh-or-this-is-also-why-people-wear-pleated-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:24:50 +0000 #comment-2722 Dude, I so had to physically restrain Schmidty from ordering a black blazer. Eventually I laid down the law and got him a navy wool blazer, grey charcoal flannels, and he STILL owns a black suit. Ick.

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