I do not like throw pillows. I find them annoying.

[SamAdams76]

It does seem that men are wearing neckties less and less. Taking the train to Manhattan, I only see a few men wearing ties these days. I'm thinking maybe they keep their ties at the office and put them on there? After all, not only do I keep a stash of ties in my office but I have my dress shoes there as well so I don't have to wear them back and forth on the train. Instead, I come into the city wearing slip-ons like Mr. Rogers used to put on when he came into his house on that children's TV show. Then I put the dress shoes on in the office where I keep them nice and shiny. I'll go over to Grand Central every now and then to get them shined.

But the neckties are definitely on the wane in corporate America as the trend is to dress down. It is now not uncommon for business executives to come to work in jeans, a sports jacket and an open collar. All the better to sneak out a little early to get in some golf.

I still wear ties most of the time but they have always been a pain for me. I could never get the full Windsor knot down pat because I'm left-handed and have trouble with the instructions like you see on that Art of Manliness website. So I get by with the half-Windsor or the four-in-hand.

Styles do change over time. Back in our Colonial Days, men used to dress more similar to women, with powdered wigs, stockings and often lacy type garments.

So I think in about another 100 years - or perhaps sooner - the necktie will officially be in the dustbin of history. And so I say, good riddance to neckties and the Full Windsor Knot.

I was on the Saw Mill Parkway today traveling to and from business in Tarrytown and was tailgated both ways. I was going about 65-70 mph but still not enough for some people obviously.

All of which puts me in mind of those infernal throw pillows that women like to toss on beds and couches. I hate throw pillows. They seem to serve no purpose whatsoever. When I go to sit on the couch, I toss them aside. When I go to bed, I toss them to the floor.

Can anybody explain the purpose of a throw pillow?

They are uncomfortable to sit on. They are not comfortable to use as a real pillow for sleeping. They look stupid. They get in the way. You just can't sit down on a couch covered with throw pillows unless you get rid of those throw pillows.

Also, throw pillows gets my wife mad at me for no good reason because I am always tossing them around and getting them out of the way. I wish there was no such thing as throw pillows. But that is just my opinion and apparently my opinion counts for squat when it comes to throw pillows.

[RedMonqey]

Real men will(or should) have a suit, dress shirt and a couple of ties. at least one set(for weddings, funeral’s and to be buried in)

I got my first suit when I turned 18. I felt like I was an adult and as the old saying went.

‘When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

Rings true today some forty years later.

The pillows, it’s a woman’s “nesting habit’ thingy.

Don’t mess with a woman’s nest.

[central_va]

Fart mufflers.

[Big Red Badger]

Now What?

[Disambiguator]

I had a bottle of Ouzo once, and my wife “accidentally” (so she claimed) dropped it on a concrete floor. Whoops.

[MarDav]

As a high school teacher, I wear a tie to my job every day. They have “jeans day” most Fridays, but I refuse to dress down. Part of my job is to set a good example...

...and now you’re telling me corporate America is in full surrender mode on this issue!

[shoff]

How true! My wife will never put things away but will park them on the closest flat service.

[outofsalt]

Just cover them with doilies.

[SamAdams76]

Neckties are definitely on the wane in the corporate world. It happened rather suddenly too.

Business suits can actually look professional without a tie but you need to have a decent shirt with a good collar, otherwise it is easy to look like a slob. It's harder to pull this look off when you are overweight but on thin people, it can be a sharp look.

[Albion Wilde]

Throw pillows are a necessity for short people, mostly women, who try to sit on most sofas and armchairs, to support their lower backs.

I was taking a class in the “libraty” at church, which has sofas and armchairs, and absolutely could not become comfortable enough to pay attention until I donated throw pillows.

[Albion Wilde]

Shouldn’t this be moved to ‘Breaking News’?

Or at least a courtesy [Vanity] tag. The number of vanities on FR is getting seriously annoying, especially the untagged ones.

[Albion Wilde]

ping to post 49

[cyclotic]

I intend to be demonstrating some products that tend to be very messy and permanent. $30 shirts aren’t on my radar nor more expensive ones.

[Albion Wilde]

The big throw pillows are horrible. They are for decorative purposes and 100% useless. They belong on the floor, under the dog.

I so agree. I hate it when I spend the night at a friend's house and their guest bedroom has pillows (with fancy shams) six or eight deep on the bed, often with a smaller one or two in front, covering half to two-thirds of the mattress surface. So 1980s. I hate having to put pillows on the floor I've just walked on in order to get a night's sleep. Think what contamination they left behind on the bed from the last guest who walked on that floor and put the pillows back on the bed.

Eleven throw pillows in addition to the two sleep pillows -- sheesh. It looks like a display at a Pier 1 Imports store, not a "make yourself at home" atmosphere to a houseguest.

That said, two or three small throw pillows are a necessity on most sofas for short or short-legged people, like many women.

[Albion Wilde]

Ties were invented to keep shirts clean when eating. Men always wore something around their necks. In the olden days it was easier to wash a tie/jabeau than it was a shirt. Women don’t wear ties because they wear low cut necklines.

At its most basic level, clothing is part of mammal reproductive signalling. Men's neckties signal the sword (protective) or the phallus (fertile). Women's clothing implying "access" to breasts also signals fertility or the attractiveness to a mate. That's why, in the old days, men used to prefer that their wives cover up most of the time after marriage, to discourage interlopers.

Now that men aren't killing other men to have an exclusive claim on a wife, women are using revealing clothing more freely after marriage, and later in life, which is pretty much vanity, or just nostalgia, or getting their money's worth from plastic surgery.

[Albion Wilde]

I gave this pillow to my sister. She says her cat is afraid of it.

That's a good way to keep the cat off the sofa.

[Albion Wilde]

As a high school teacher, I wear a tie to my job every day. They have “jeans day” most Fridays, but I refuse to dress down. Part of my job is to set a good example...

Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele

[dfwgator]

Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele

Everybody needs to watch this! Hillarious!

[Albion Wilde]

I intend to be demonstrating some products that tend to be very messy and permanent. $30 shirts aren’t on my radar nor more expensive ones.

Can you wear a man apron?

[fini]

I understand and agree, but if you have the time, go to a thrift store (especially if one is located near a college). My son has a top of the line wardrobe from going to thrift stores: Aramani, Brooks Bros, etc... Paying five to ten cents on the dollar is pretty attractive.

My son is a bottom scale worker in an international bank and he went to a large meeting with the international higher ups and he was every bit as well dressed as they were. The difference is that they paid $400 for their $400 shoes and he paid $20 for his $400 shoes.

I am at the end of my career and I have enough clothes to last me one more career because of thrift stores. I treated thrift stores like hunting. You go three times and see nothing and on the fourth trip you bag your season limit (because someone retired).

When my father died we had to send his whole wardrobe to Goodwill, because he was a different size than his children. We donated to Goodwill over 100 dress shirts still in their original wrappers.

[Chickensoup]

most of our throw pillows are down filled.

comfy.

We use our big pillows as bolsters on the beds when sitting up, although I am looking into those beds that tilt like a hospital bed.