TiT sighting!

[Miss Mia]

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horseface  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 09:13 PM
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Important news about Obamas Ties
   
He would often not even wear a tie rather just do that unbuttoned shirt thing. Then occasions arose where he had to wear a tie. For awhile it was a disaster. He only had like two ties, remember that? I do. I prayed nightly, "Dear God, please send your holy tie bearer to Barack Obama. He needs more ties!"

And now, though I refuse to post pics of his now successful tie collection because I'm going to go make a smoothie and don't feel like looking for them, I just wanted to make this post in honor of barack Obamas tie guy, wherever you may be, whoever you are, this ones for you.

MercutioATC  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 09:17 PM
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2. Agreed. Cool ties are killer.
   
...and, if you can pull it off, cool suspenders.

Think David Hyde Pierce (Niles) on Frazier. Best collection of cool suspenders ever.

TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Apr-25-08 09:19 PM
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4. Yeah, especially when they get caught in the fanbelt.
   
I do have a tie, though.

Wore it once.

Hand-painted by a blind painter.

MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Apr-25-08 09:45 PM
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8. Ties aren't as much about being acceptedly stylish as they are about being different.
   
...at least, that's my philosophy.

TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Apr-25-08 09:18 PM
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3. He could have mine.
   
But I only have one, painted by the one and only Ginny Doyle, a great painter who has lost her sight.

So, on second thought, I suppose I will keep it.

Never mind.

[FlippyDoo]

I actually did an interview with that tie that I'd like to share...

Flippy: Hello ladies and gentlemen. Today we are lucky enough to do a rare interview with TiT's tie. How are you doing today.

Tie: Honestly, I'm all knotted up at the thought of being here.

Flippy: No need to be. Just tell us a bit about yourself.

Tie: I'm awesome.

Flippy: So we've heard. Can you explain?

Tie: First, I'm owned by the Titman. I'm his only tie. Did you know he's the second most decorated enlisted man in the history of the Navy?

Flippy: Ummm, yeah, we all know that little tale.

Tie: Titman is awesome too.

Flippy: So he says, but getting back to you, we've read that you were hand-painted by a blind painter.

Tie: That's what the Titman says, but my awesomeness goes much deeper than that.

Flippy: Explain please.

Tie: Okay, do you remember back during the American Revolution when George Washington crossed the Delaware River and captured the Hessians in Trenton?

Flippy: Yes. That is viewed by many as a turning point for the colonials.

Tie: What's not been told is that just before the battle began George Washington's eyes were blinded by sweat. I was cut from the very cloth that he used to wipe his eyes. If he hadn't wiped the sweat from his eyes so he could see the battle would have been lost.

Flippy: Wait a second! Wasn't it freezing cold when that battle took place!

Tie: ...well...you can sweat in the cold. Plus, he was nervous having me around because he knew I was...I was...okay! He knew I was once part of the same cloth that was used to make the Shroud of Turin! Yeah. He was scared that I'd get damaged and that had him sweating.

Flippy: Sure. Right. I'll give you credit for one thing. You're pretty fast at coming up with stuff.

Tie: Well, that's probably due in part to my being the second most decorated neckware item in the haberdasher's shop.

Flippy: <sigh>

Tie: It's true. Like when Columbus made his first voyage across the Atlantic. It's a little known fact that near the end of the first leg of the trip his sail was shredded in a storm. They were dead at sea. He didn't have enough cloth to repair the sail. Luckily he had me and was able to stitch me into the sail to repair it. If not for me he never would have discovered the New World.

Flippy: Okay, I've heard enough. I think it's time to bring out our second "guest".

Tie: Hey!!! There's a moth over there!!!

Flippy: I know. He's our second guest. We call him the moth of truth.

<noise and commotion>

Flippy: Wow. I never would have thought that a tie could actually run. Of course I should have expected it. It's not like he's just any old piece of neckware. He's TiT's awesome only tie.

[stickyboot]

With copying the entire thing, Flippy, that was priceless.

P.S. I think it was "the second-most decorated enlisted man in the history of the Navy." But hell, he's just a stupid tie-what does he know? Maybe there's some dribbled wine stains covering up that part.

[bijou]

Flippy: I know. He's our second guest. We call him the moth of truth.

<noise and commotion>

Flippy: Wow. I never would have thought that a tie could actually run. Of course I should have expected it. It's not like he's just any old piece of neckware. He's TiT's awesome only tie.

 Just hilarious, thanks Flippy. 

[BlueStateSaint]

Another awesome post by FlippyDoo!

BTW, H5!

[FlippyDoo]

With copying the entire thing, Flippy, that was priceless.

P.S. I think it was "the second-most decorated enlisted man in the history of the Navy." But hell, he's just a stupid tie-what does he know? Maybe there's some dribbled wine stains covering up that part.

You are absolutely correct. I did leave out "decorated". I've got it changed now. It's tough typing when you're a half Irish Setter, half pigeon fictional spirit guide.

[BlueStateSaint]

With copying the entire thing, Flippy, that was priceless.

P.S. I think it was "the second-most decorated enlisted man in the history of the Navy." But hell, he's just a stupid tie-what does he know? Maybe there's some dribbled wine stains covering up that part.

You are absolutely correct. I did leave out "decorated". I've got it changed now. It's tough typing when you're a half Irish Setter, half pigeon fictional spirit guide.

With the wings or the paws?

[dutch508]

or his pecker?

[stickyboot]

With copying the entire thing, Flippy, that was priceless.

P.S. I think it was "the second-most decorated enlisted man in the history of the Navy." But hell, he's just a stupid tie-what does he know? Maybe there's some dribbled wine stains covering up that part.

You are absolutely correct. I did leave out "decorated". I've got it changed now. It's tough typing when you're a half Irish Setter, half pigeon fictional spirit guide.

I know. And I meant to say "without." But you're still effortlessly awesome in all of your incarnations, unlike some characters who pretend to be.

[Chris_]

Fantastic Flippie!

H5!