My other tie
“Don’t you ever wear something other than a black tie?” my students asked.
“Why sure,” I told them, “I do, in fact, have one other tie that I’ll wear to work.”
So last week I showed up to work with my favorite tie, a gift from family.
I wore all black, black shirt, black slacks, and a black tie. Except…it wasn’t entirely black.
It was black bordered with a white, ostentatious pattern on its front. It came with a kind of fake diamond tie clip.
And when my students saw the tie, they said “OOooooh” and they said “Aaaaahhhh” and they said “You’re not wearing a black tie! It’s a nice one, too!”
And I said
“It’s my drug lord tie.”
felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Conversations, Fashion Police, The Coal Mine, family, students :: No Comments »