Bah, who uses clip ons anymore

I use these

http://www.absoluteties.com/ziclonti.html

Pulitzer Prize material.

God love the Andy Rooney generation of columnists - and I am an occasional bowtie tie-er myself, let it be known - but at this point they ought to catch on that the most culturally relevant thing they can do is assume room temperature.

"Wearing a clip-on bow tie makes a guy look like a dork."

Yeah, it's the clip-on that makes the difference...

He's right. Men should wear real ties (bow or necktie). Clip-ons are for boys and McDonald's managers.

this dude isn't who I'd go to for opinions on "real men".

Bacon Bits: He's right. Men should wear real ties (bow or necktie). Clip-ons are for boys and McDonald's managers.

Except for security/law enforcement. Great way to be strangled to death by a nogoodnik.

I actually prefer to look like a dork, and like my clip on bow tie for that reason.

Unlike a reglear (new window) tie, it never falls in my soup, unless I'm extremely drunk.

Bill Wundram smugly refits his typewriter dustcover, having just crafted the best hard-hitting piece of journalism in the Quad-city area for years. With that Andy Rooney out of the way, the growing noospaper industry is Wundram's to conquer.

I like to tie one on my penis and perform puppetry at parties

@Hyperbolic Hyperbole
ahh,like the greatest curmudgeon of them al, Henry Rollins :-)

The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

Same with fezzes

Bow ties are surprisingly hard to find. You can't just walk into the local clothing store and pick one up. I used to be able to get them at a local western wear shop but they no longer carry them.

Vampire_Blues: The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

Same with fezzes

And Stetsons.

/Wearing a Stetson right now

If you have delicate ears be warned (and get off Fark)

I am going to say something racist:

White folks can't pull off the bow tie

/sorry
//you know it's true

TravisBickle62: I like to tie one on my penis and perform puppetry at parties

So you're who was doing that...

I have to wear bow ties a lot. I've never figured out how to tighten them once their tied, or whether that's even possible. So I have to nearly choke myself as I'm tying it, so that it isn't hanging slack once it's tied. Any suggestions?

the_chief: Pulitzer Prize material.

Wurlitzer Prize Material.

sad tag for what this man's 'noos' career and perspective on life has been reduced to.

/now there's a haircut you can set yer watch to

MiamiBlues: If you have delicate ears be warned (and get off Fark)

I am going to say something racist:

White folks can't pull off the bow tie

/sorry
//you know it's true

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Nope...bow ties generally make black guys look like Steve Urkel (even though he didn't wear them often). Some exceptions must exist, but your pic is not proof.

JonnyBGoode: Bow ties are surprisingly hard to find. You can't just walk into the local clothing store and pick one up. I used to be able to get them at a local western wear shop but they no longer carry them.

One of my local dept stores has a bunch. I can't remember which one. It was weird to see.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

Bow ties are cool

MiamiBlues: If you have delicate ears be warned (and get off Fark)

I am going to say something racist:

White folks can't pull off the bow tie

/sorry
//you know it's true

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Disagrees:


Bow ties are cool.

tardigrade: I have to wear bow ties a lot. I've never figured out how to tighten them once their tied, or whether that's even possible. So I have to nearly choke myself as I'm tying it, so that it isn't hanging slack once it's tied. Any suggestions?

I flip up my collar before tying the tie. The slider to adjust length is easily accessed behind my neck by feeling for it, then I flip the collar down.

Bowties are not hard to tie at all; they just take a little more practice than regular neckties. And the real benefit comes at the end of the evening - the dork who leaves a clip-on hanging from his neck looks like a total loser, but the untied bowtie hanging from a man's neck leaves him looking like James Bond.

supayoda: The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

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TheManofPA: The Stealth Hippopotamus: I heard that bow ties were cool. I learned this from the BBC

Bow ties are cool

I honestly hate both of you.

MiamiBlues: If you have delicate ears be warned (and get off Fark)

I am going to say something racist:

White folks can't pull off the bow tie

/sorry
//you know it's true

Yea yea yea we've heard it all before, same with fedoras, ice cream suits, basically anything even a little dandified. Bullshiat.

Your comeback is to say gay White guys can wear anything.

You know who else liked to wear bow ties...

Men should wear real ties (bow or necktie)

You obviously don't live in Seattle. The only guys who wear ties here are the teenage Mormon missionaries.

I once went to a meeting with investment bankers. We thought that we should show maturity and wear a suit and tie. We were the only guys in the room with ties: even the bankers were in sweaters.

Bow ties, real and/or clip on...are the last bastion of the thoroughly gay.

Came for Dr. Who references, leaving happy.

/Bow ties are cool, they don't flop around everywhere like a real tie does. (tie clips are an abomination)
//It is easier to tie a bow tie than a real tie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJv4Qh7zR3E)
///Finding bow ties is hard.

Yup, the epitome of "cool"





These days ascots are where it's at.

The only thing cool (timelords notwithstanding) about a bow tie is that it's just one letter away from being "bowie", which is cool whether it's a singer or a knife.

For those outside the Quad Cities, Mr. Wundram is our resident cranky old man newspaper columnist. He can often be seen with an onion affixed to his belt, yelling at a cloud, and his opinions in no way reflect the majority of most residents here.

JonnyBGoode: You know who else liked to wear bow ties...

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Holy cow...Those are his Buckeye Newshawk Awards, aren't they?

sno man: If you are going to step up and try a bow tie, learn how to actually tie a real one. having said that...
I'll just let Chris Kimball make a case for or against the coolness of a bow tie...
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If you're going to link to another web site, learn how to actually make it pop in another window.

misanthropicsob: MiamiBlues: If you have delicate ears be warned (and get off Fark)

I am going to say something racist:

White folks can't pull off the bow tie

/sorry
//you know it's true

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Nope...bow ties generally make black guys look like Steve Urkel (even though he didn't wear them often). Some exceptions must exist, but your pic is not proof.

What a badass black man in a tie may look like: (note is not a bow tie)