The Hawkeroo is, and so am I:



Fuck that haphazard, unsymmetrical-looking Single-Windsor, and the horribly unkempt-looking Schoolboy Knot.

(Had a real estate closing yesterday wherein an the elder attorney gentleman across from me commented on my knot. It was a pretty neat conversation.)

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

Double Windsors are for closeted 'mos. That dude was coming on to you.

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Double palomar

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The smallest knot possible. Otherwise even extra-long ties stop above my navel as if I was a hillbilly.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Double Windsors are for closeted 'mos. That dude was coming on to you.

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You fish with neckties?

You scoundrel!

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

I always used the schoolboy. Small knots were in fashion when I came of age. And it's easy to get the tie to belt length. But bigger knots have come back in style so I've occasionally gone to a Windsor. Sometimes it's hard to get the tie to the right length. I don't know how Trump has his ties hanging down between his knees. They must be extra long or something. Anyway, it's a dumb look.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I do double-windsor simply because I don't know how any other way.

And yes, to get around his belly and still hang to his knees Trump must have 9-foot ties.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Panther, do you wear a tie every day?

I do a single Windsor because that's just what I've always done. I probably only wear a tie 5 times a year, though.

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It looks like I do the Pratt method but I kind of just figured it out myself because I wear one once or twice a year.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Four-in-hand

(apparently that's the same as a schoolboy, though I had not heard of that term)

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Only a few will know this. Always necessary with Fireline.

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Elections have consequences.

I always use it with braided line. It is unbreakable. You could reel in a shark. It doesn't work well with mono, though, IMO.

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Always a suit and tie to Court, of course, but for client meetings and Real Estate Closings my rule is that if we have never met (new client), I always wear a suit and tie.

For existing clients, I usually go with a quarter-zip, sweater, or sweater vest over a collared shirt - sometimes with tie, and sometimes not. In summer, I wear a polo shirt a lot.

Any time I am in a contentious deal wherein the other attorney has been a dick, is a hardass, or otherwise is going to put up a fight, I always wear a non-busy tie (no pattern or very simple pattern) and either the Armani or the hand-made suit that the old Italian seamstress lady next door (whose husband was a haberdasher for Hart Schaffner Marx for over 40 years) made for me as a gift.

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

So nice you said it twice!!!

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

exactly the same as me. I could never get a double Windsor long enough.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Me too but a single always looked lopsided to me.

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Elections have consequences.

Single Windsor. Wait, isn't a single Windsor a half-Windsor and a double is just a Windsor? I guess I don't know what I do. But it must work because on the rare occasions where I wear a tie (besides funerals), I prove to be very interesting to the ladies.

Yeah, I actually do a double Windsor, I guess. I wasn't sure what it was called. It's just the one I was taught to do when I was young.

It is definitely hard to get them long enough... my torso is disproportionately long, so I buy real long ties and then just start with it really long when i start tying it. By the time I'm done, it doesn't even look long.

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bolo

Correct.

Rocked one of these to my 8th grade banquet with my MC Hammer-style suit (and sockless deck shoes) at the legendary Chateau Bu-Sche

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

I always feel like I have the upper hand in a negotiation when I'm the better dressed guy.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Cravat.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Did you feel like you had the upper hand after the farmers destroyed you and took all your money?

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8th grade banquet? Wow my wedding was there.

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Elections have consequences.

Yep.

Its huge.

However, the old Jew partner who trained me to be a lawyer would tear everyone to shreds in his wrinkled dockers, old sport coat, and old man-with-bad-feet black gym shoes.

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

I guess the way I do it is called Four-in-Hand. Really easy actually although the knots are usually pretty small. Don't really know any other ways and I
don't wear ties enough to really experiment much. I did buy a real bow tie for a charity event a few years ago and learned how to tie that which was kind of cool but again, I haven't worn it since. Might wear a tie 1-2 times a year. Maybe. I don't go to court as often as I did as a younger man

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Nice!

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE