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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Kilts in polite society
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Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 12:45:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 27 12:45:00 1985
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>> 	I have a bad neck.  As a result, it's bigger around than
>> normal, and sensitive to pressure.  Why do I HAVE to wear
>> a necktie on "formal occasions"?  Frankly, I like to breathe, and
>
>    Neckties can fit a large neck or a small one equally well --
> they're not like belts with a limited number of holes; you tie them
> to suit yourself, you know.  My experience is that what produces
> that strangled feeling is not the necktie, but a shirt with the
> wrong size collar.  It seems to be easy to get into the habit of
> buying size N and never realizing that size N+1 would fit better.

It's kind of difficult to get a larger size when you're already wearing the
largest that most stores carry (you can go to a big men's shop, but they
have a smaller selection and often charge more). If you're neck is
disproportionately large, I would imagine that a shirt with the right size
collar would have sleaves that hang down to your knees.

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

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