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Via Geek Press, who also brings us this: who gets to grope you?
[Afternoon update]
Here’s more info on the Venn diagram at BoingBoing.
Comments are closed.
They got one thing wrong, though.
Those blue gloves? Nitrile, not latex.
For years, I’ve wondered about the origin of the neck tie. Was it invented by a masochistic, discomfort loving man or a sadistic, man-hating woman?
Larry, it was the French. So the answer is “Yes.”
“For years, I’ve wondered about the origin of the neck tie. Was it invented by a masochistic, discomfort loving man or a sadistic, man-hating woman?”
It was invented by the Croatians but adopted by the French. The term cravat for a necktie is a linguistic shift on Hrvat (“r” is a vowel in that part of the world — pronounced Her-vaht), the name for things Croatian or of Croatia in their own language. Where Hrv or Hrvat came from is speculated to be Persian in origin for some strange string of connections.
So again, the answer to your question is yes.
Thanks for the answers. They were both informative and insulting to the French. Bonus.
The necktie is a noose disguised by a fashion accessory.