When Rules Collide

[thinman]

Originally Posted by Manton

You are supposed to wear black shoes at night. But you aren't supposed to wear black shoes with odd jackets. (I know some of you deny the latter rule, but you are all wrong.)

So, when you are going out at night in an odd jacket and trousers, what do you do? What do you do?

When two rules collide, I feel free to ignore them both

(I disavow the last rule, however, and frequently disobey the first). So I would wear (a) cordovan or (b) very dark brown shoes, such as EG's dark oak, in place of black shoes. I do this frequently when I decide to wear a navy blazer and charcoal trousers in the evening (When I travel, I usually don't have black shoes with me, but I usually have a pair of cordovan shoes because the color is so versatile).

BTW, is the first rule "black shoes at night" or "no brown shoes at night"? If the latter, then my cordovan shoes are totally appropriate.

 

[RJman]

You guys really don't have enough to worry about.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by RJman

What an unbelievable outrage that people post about clothes on a clothing forum.
Fixed.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Manton

usual distortion of the positions Manton doesn't agree with.

Fixed.

 

[Manton]

It's not my fault you're a Commie.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Manton

It's not my fault you're a Commie.

Think about the harm you've done.

I don't get it. I'm as much of a Commie as Francois Mitterand.

 

[Orsini]

Originally Posted by Manton

I climbed up this mountain in the desert, and this disembodied voice gave me a stone tablet, and on it, the rule was carved.
Gee... I don't suppose the tablet said anything about number of sleeve buttons on a blazer/odd jacket or orientation of sleeve buttons. That could be helpful right now on the "other side".

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by RJman

I'm as much of a Commie as Francois Mitterand.
So you're a Nazi collaborator?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Manton

So you're a Nazi collaborator?

That's beneath you, Manton. For shame. Don't Godwin me.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by RJman

That's beneath you, Manton. For shame. Don't Godwin me.
You are right, to be more precise, I should have said "So you collaborated with the Nazis?" I did not mean to imply that either you or Mitterrand was actually a Nazi.

 

[Infrasonic]

Originally Posted by Manton

You are right, to be more precise, I should have said "So you collaborated with the Nazis?" I did not mean to imply that either you or Mitterrand was actually a Nazi.


But now the question has been aired...

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Manton

You are right, to be more precise, I should have said "So you collaborated with the Nazis?" I did not mean to imply that either you or Mitterrand was actually a Nazi.

Eat a bag of penises.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by RJman

Eat a bag of penises.

They come in bags now?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Infrasonic

But now the question has been aired...

You eat one too. If Manton won't share.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by grimslade

They come in bags now?
As I have said before, it seems to depend on which religion you belong to at birth.