![The workweek is coming to a rapid close, & it’s time for another round of nerve-wracking Ugly Tie Championship League action. The field is back down to two, & today’s ties range from cute to gimmicky.On the left we have Carson using his tie as a hanky. Actually, the tie is adorned with tiny elephants-in-pajamaz, & so Carson is holding it up & making believe it is an elephant trunk. The pattern on the tie is cute. Too cute. It’s the kind of pattern that children’s books are based on (think Babar, but sleepier), & while it does harken back to an age of innocense, it’s not quite as loathesome as we’ve come to expect from Carson.On the right, we have Pete wearing a tie shaped like a cigar. It took us awhile to figure out what exactly was special or ugly about this particular tie (“think ‘Cuba’” he said, & that was hint enough), but once we got it, the room let out a collective groan, followed closely by a rolling chuckle. Ahh, gimmick ties. When they’re not ugly in design, they are in shape. And when they’re not ugly in shape, they are in design. Sometimes both. Usually not neither. And more often than not, they are impressive to behold. Although the facial hair doesn’t factor into the equation, we feel compelled to note that Pete is rocking a self-proclaimed “Confederacy Beard”. Last we checked, the South wasn’t on the verge of rising again, but just in case it happens suddenly, we’re sure Pete’s life will be spared. A painstaking search of a Civil War General photo site (which is like porn to a reenactor) yielded a similar beard on Confedarate General Zebulon York [link: http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/sgy/york.htm]. An amazing name, no?Here’s the full story on Zeb-Yo, in case you’re curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_York.Gimmicky tie defeats cute tie. Pete Wins.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/uPAplJBNk9cywqcvzGvb9Q7b_500.jpg)
The workweek is coming to a rapid close, & it’s time for another round of nerve-wracking Ugly Tie Championship League action.
The field is back down to two, & today’s ties range from cute to gimmicky.
On the left we have Carson using his tie as a hanky. Actually, the tie is adorned with tiny elephants-in-pajamaz, & so Carson is holding it up & making believe it is an elephant trunk. The pattern on the tie is cute. Too cute. It’s the kind of pattern that children’s books are based on (think Babar, but sleepier), & while it does harken back to an age of innocense, it’s not quite as loathesome as we’ve come to expect from Carson.
On the right, we have Pete wearing a tie shaped like a cigar. It took us awhile to figure out what exactly was special or ugly about this particular tie (“think ‘Cuba’” he said, & that was hint enough), but once we got it, the room let out a collective groan, followed closely by a rolling chuckle. Ahh, gimmick ties. When they’re not ugly in design, they are in shape. And when they’re not ugly in shape, they are in design. Sometimes both. Usually not neither. And more often than not, they are impressive to behold. Although the facial hair doesn’t factor into the equation, we feel compelled to note that Pete is rocking a self-proclaimed “Confederacy Beard”. Last we checked, the South wasn’t on the verge of rising again, but just in case it happens suddenly, we’re sure Pete’s life will be spared. A painstaking search of a Civil War General photo site (which is like porn to a reenactor) yielded a similar beard on Confedarate General Zebulon York [link: http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/sgy/york.htm]. An amazing name, no?
Here’s the full story on Zeb-Yo, in case you’re curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_York.
Gimmicky tie defeats cute tie. Pete Wins.
