You do the best you can with what you've got..

**Tony** · 31st January 13, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

No no no this wont do at all. Zardoz in a picture without scantily clad females. What has the world come too?

It could have been worse. He could have been dressed as scantily as the invite requested....

**tundramanq** · 31st January 13, 05:21 PM

Don't know, think Zardoz would look pretty hot in just kilt, hose and shoes. Would gather more "scantily clad females" !?

**Zardoz** · 31st January 13, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

Don't know, think Zardoz would look pretty hot in just kilt, hose and shoes. Would gather more "scantily clad females" !?

Ahh... wrong on both counts!

**BCAC** · 1st February 13, 02:47 AM

Yes, but..........!!!!!

**RockyR** · 2nd February 13, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Seriously, how many times does it happen that an invitation says "black tie" and someone shows up at the doorway wearing workout shorts and sneakers?

My one example, quoted above was a guy who showed up at my best friends wedding wearing grubby jeans and pink/blue striped t-shirt. Every other guy in attendance had at least a sportcoat and tie on...that was me. Many had on 2 or 3 piece suits. His reason?

Ties are work of the devil. Ties are representative of how society binds us into roles which stifle our lives. Ties are evil foisted upon us by Corporate America. He feels that he is standing on his principles, striking a blow for individuality and creativity by refusing to ever wear a tie or get dressed up at all.

Hey, it's his right. If he doesn't want to wear a tie to his good friend...and my best friends wedding, when it was OBVIOUS that he should do so, then that's his business. .....Just like it's my business that I have never, ever, since that day bothered to invite him to *anything*.

I'm reminded of a story I was told by a college professor.

The professor was a Lutheran Minister (and professor of theology). He had a house guest who was a buddhist monk. They had corresponded for a long time and invited the monk to his home as a friend and to do a seminar at the college. The minister's wife prepared a large meal of steak and various vegetables and starches. The monk was very grateful and ate everything on his plate.

After dinner, they retired to the living room and relaxed and chatted as friends do. In the conversation, it was revealed that the monk was a vegetarian. The wife was horrified that she prepared a meat dinner for him and was upset that he didn't say anything and compromised his principles and ate the meat. His response was, "It would have been rude of me to ask you to make something special for me. As my host, this is what you prepared, so I ate it."

I think your friend's buddy can learn from the monk.