whnay.'s good taste thread - Page 252

Originally Posted by etkl 

Actually, you were the one arguing that there is 1 ideal all else is bad. POST 3702. Now I now why you gave up the law. LOL.
My lat post on this. Promise.

Originally Posted by unbelragazzo 

Not that anybody cares, but to me, the reason why "matchiness" is generally unappealing is that it draws attention to itself. But white is so often seen that matching it goes completely unnoticed. It's like all the "he saids" and "she saids" when you're reading a story or novel - it will never seem repetitive if the author just uses them over and over again because you just read over them every time. The rarer the color, the more awkward it is to match it somewhere else in what you're wearing.

Originally Posted by mafoofan 

Exactly: I hate "she saids" and "he saids." They're asinine, conventional or not. Thankfully, more and more writers are junking them.

Originally Posted by oldog/oldtrix 

I was thinking the same thing just this morning:

Originally Posted by unbelragazzo 

To me it's much worse when a writer cycles through their thesaurus finding a new verb for each statement, so that it's "she exclaimed", "he commented", "she parried", "he ejaculated" etc etc.
Although no verb at all and just an exchange of:
"Statement."
"Response."
is at least as good as "he said", "she said".

Originally Posted by etkl 

Actually, you were the one arguing that there is 1 ideal all else is bad. POST 3702. Now I now why you gave up the law. LOL.
My lat post on this. Promise.

Originally Posted by Cantabrigian 

1. You misspelled two one-syllable words.
2. Cold.

Originally Posted by etkl 

I tld u I ws sck.Im lst wo splchk. Wht gd ar vwls anywy.

Originally Posted by Slewfoot 

Today I am wearing a 3-piece tweed suit in dark gray with navy windowpane, blue and white OCBD, white pocket square, navy socks and no tie. I feel it is in good taste. Anyone care to disagree? I didn't think so.

Originally Posted by Manton 

you pass foo's two acid tests because the shirt is not solid white and the socks are not gray.
personally I find a 3-piece with no tie kind of dodgy.

Originally Posted by Manton 

you pass foo's two acid tests because the shirt is not solid white and the socks are not gray.
personally I find a 3-piece with no tie kind of dodgy.

Originally Posted by Slewfoot 

It's tweed so it's cool.
Flannel or worsted would be weird I agree.