Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[12BitSlab]

I wore a suit almost every day of my career. Casual day was unbuttoning the suit jacket.

I could wear any color suit as long as it was navy or grey, any color shirt as long as it was white, any kind of tie as long as it was silk, and any kind of shoes as long as they were black leather wingtips.

I got used to wearing a suit to the point where I didn’t notice it.

When Mrs. 12BitSlab and I go on a cruise, I still take at least 2 suits and 1 tux.

 

[beans-on-toast]

They used to beat us to within an inch of our lives at school.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Everyone has their own way of doing things and approaching life.

 

[12BitSlab]

They used to beat us within an inch of our lives at school.

Filthy mouths and bad attitudes. Kinda sounds like the GOF’s club.

 

[GonePlaid]

I wore a suit almost every day of my career. Casual day was unbuttoning the suit jacket.

I could wear any color suit as long as it was navy or grey, any color shirt as long as it was white, any kind of tie as long as it was silk, and any kind of shoes as long as they were black leather wingtips.

I got used to wearing a suit to the point where I didn’t notice it.

When Mrs. 12BitSlab and I go on a cruise, I still take at least 2 suits and 1 tux.

On my cruises I took 2 suits:

 

[GwenOnBass]

Some I know are perfectly happy working by cruise ship employee rule books.

 

[the slug]

I once played wearing a chicken suit!

 

[Thumpr]

I once played wearing a chicken suit!

Per standard TB regs, please provide pics!

 

[beans-on-toast]

I once played wearing a chicken suit!

How cool is that.


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Among the surreal imagery, Lewis Carroll references, and fanciful wordplay in The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” is the mention of the Eggman. This has long been known to refer to The Animals’ singer Eric Burdon, who was given the nickname by John Lennon. According to Bob Spitz in The Beatles: The Biography Lennon bestowed the nickname in “a reference to a 1966 orgy he attended with Eric Burdon, who earned the nickname for breaking raw eggs on girls during sex.”

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[Al Kraft]

I wore a suit almost every day of my career. Casual day was unbuttoning the suit jacket.

Been there and glad I'm still not doing that...although I have no bad memories of those decades! My colleagues were all in Navy or Marine Corps uniforms, so it seemed only appropriate I should look squared away.

 

[GwenOnBass]

"You're all wearing uniforms," Frank Zappa is said to have told his audience in the Mothers of Invention days.

 

[Al Kraft]

"You're all wearing uniforms," Frank Zappa is said to have told his audience in the Mothers of Invention days.

Some sacrifices we're asked to make for our work are more painless than others. Unlike my military colleagues I could at least choose which suit and tie I got to wear on any given day.

 

[GwenOnBass]

How cool is that.


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Among the surreal imagery, Lewis Carroll references, and fanciful wordplay in The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” is the mention of the Eggman. This has long been known to refer to The Animals’ singer Eric Burdon, who was given the nickname by John Lennon. According to Bob Spitz in The Beatles: The Biography Lennon bestowed the nickname in “a reference to a 1966 orgy he attended with Eric Burdon, who earned the nickname for breaking raw eggs on girls during sex.”

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Well. Was rather a bit young at the time to appreciate.

 

[mikeoso]

I actually didnt mind wearing the uniform. It meant I didnt have to think about what to put on in the morning.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I actually didnt mind wearing the uniform. It meant I didnt have to think about what to put on in the morning.

Which begs the question, what were you wearing before you put on your uniform?.

You wouldn’t want to get into a firefight wearing anything but your uniform.

 

[beans-on-toast]

"You're all wearing uniforms," Frank Zappa is said to have told his audience in the Mothers of Invention days.

Uniform implies all the same, no individuality. Was he insulting them?

 

[mikeoso]

Which begs the question, what were you wearing before you put on your uniform?.

You wouldn’t want to get into a firefight wearing anything but your uniform.

Well, in reality, I found I didnt actually want to get into firefights while wearing it either. But, like most things, I learned that a few minutes too late to do me any good.

 

[mikeoso]

Uniform implies all the same, no individuality. Was he insulting them?

Probably.

 

[12BitSlab]

Uniform implies all the same, no individuality. Was he insulting them?

Zappa was referring to the concept made popular in the 70’s of “the conformity of non-conformity”. It was a dig at those who claimed to be different but dressed and thought the same as their peers.

 

[shadowtippy]

Zappa was referring to the concept made popular in the 70’s of “the conformity of non-conformity”. It was a dig at those who claimed to be different but dressed and thought the same as their peers.

Bell bottom jeans and a tee shirt. The uniform of the non-conformist.