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Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:20 am
by Tubajug
Random polling/trolling:

When you tie your neck (or bow) tie, do you consciously add the center "dent" or "dimple?" Or do you go no dent?

I was randomly thinking about this as I got dressed this morning and thought it would make for a nice (if not completely random) survey question.

I have always put a center "dent" in my ties. How about you fine folks?

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:35 am
by iiipopes
I wear bow ties on a regular basis. For everybody else:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie" target="_blank

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:37 am
by bort
I dress well, but wear ties infrequently.

For me, it's more like "****, how do I do this again?"

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:42 am
by Tubajug
I use all sorts of knots and have "trained" my ties to have the dent in them by now. I also wear bow ties on a regular basis. I'm a school teacher and I enjoy dressing up, so I get lots of practice. I'm usually in a tie 5-6 days a week.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:18 pm
by Three Valves
Half Windsor with dimple is the correct response.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:39 pm
by Donn
I would expect to make several attempts, just to get something that vaguely resembles a standard knot. (Bow tie might take a couple tries, too. The problem is that these exercises are undertaken very infrequently.)

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:01 pm
by MaryAnn
Only venue: Brass band uniform. Tie: clip-on, in band color.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:15 am
by alfredr
I only know one way to tie a tie.



It is not a bow.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:23 pm
by MN_TimTuba
For decades while teaching and in sales/finance I was a 6 day a week tie guy, always with a 4-in-hand (which I'm told is mighty passe); I always tried to fill-in the dent. No good reason, I just always did. Nowadays it's the typical 'casual office' setting; if I sport a tie they think I'm applying somewhere else. Kind of tired of polos and khakis, though.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:46 pm
by Donn
MN_TimTuba wrote:I always tried to fill-in the dent.
With what? I know mustard is the classic choice, but one gets tired of the odor, I would think.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:23 pm
by MN_TimTuba
bloke wrote:The tie itself is phallic.
The dimple in the tie is vaginal.
That is all.
The Bloke himself is warped.
That is all.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:27 pm
by Three Valves
I warned him not to major in Psych with a minor in Women's Studies!!

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:28 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Donn wrote:
MN_TimTuba wrote:I always tried to fill-in the dent.
With what? I know mustard is the classic choice, but one gets tired of the odor, I would think.
Nobody cares about a tuba player's odor. As a matter of fact, it's kind of expected.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:39 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Ahhh, then that explains this - http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/files/ ... _group.jpg" target="_blank

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:06 pm
by Donn
minmintie.blogspot.com wrote:For over two thousand years - since at least the Quinn dynasty -
Does anyone happen to know about the Quinn dynasty of two thousand years ago? I really doubt it has anything to do with Quinn the Eskimo, so don't bother with that.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:20 pm
by MN_TimTuba
That's what happens when you take 8th grade 4 times.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:13 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Nice! Achieving my diploma is something I still perspire to.

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:09 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Well, that seems easy, here - https://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.co ... poster-jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank How does that fare with ya?

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:05 pm
by Three Valves
My spigot is doing just fine, thank you!!

Re: Tying the Knot

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:59 pm
by Three Valves
You think I’d share if it wasn’t??