Well I'm off to work but first I have to check a few things. Do I have a matching pair of socks on, did I remember to shave? (I dress in the dark and half asleep) I used to wear a tie to work and they were of many colors and designs. One more outlandish than the next.
Well I guess they should match something else your wearing. Some kind of fashion law. Somebody, usually my wife, would check to see what pants and shirt I was wearing and suggest a tie. Occasionally there would be a dispute between my daughter and my wife as to which tie worked the best. I would stand there helplessly hoping that the dispute would come to agreed upon conclusion or I would be forced to pick a tie myself. This might result in me leaving the house looking like Bozo the clown. (Some thought I had succeeded ..the ties are colorful)
I would always get many compliments or at least a comment on those ties...colorful some days and other days something that was appropriate for the approaching holiday or an event that was personal to me.
It was my way of saying that if I had to dress for work in an professional attire I could at least have something that was "me".
I look at them now hanging there, a symbol of days gone by, probably never be used again. Oh well ... time marches on...heh wait I do a collection of odd tee shirts and hats and nobody is around to tell me what to wear...mmmmm.....just don't laugh out loud if you see me at Walmart