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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going
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To: goldworldnet who wrote (180056)6/28/2009 1:06:00 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (2) of 225578
 
Basically I reached a point where I started dressing for myself instead of other people.

I only wear suits (and ties) when the occasion requires (rarely).

When I was a kid my father explained to me why he wore a suit to work. He called it his "Buffalo Hide" theory. Back when the Indians hunted buffalo, they would disguise themselves by throwing on buffalo hides. That allowed them to infiltrate the herd. If they didn't have the hide on, the herd would identify them as being different and would become hostile and sometimes attack.

My father always said, when he had to go out in the herd, he'd disguise himself so the herd members would think he was one of them and would not turn on him.

Quite a sensible approach I'd say. Fortunately now, the herd has dressed down. In my universe, suits, and even sport coats and ties, are largely optiona and only required for certain occasions (I wore a sport coat and tie when I foreclosed the mall. LOL).
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