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Doctors' Neckties Transmit Germs

Posted by timothy on from the ties-are-a-disease-in-themselves dept.

bzipitidoo writes "Real geeks don't wear neckties, and maybe the rest of the world wishes they didn't have to. Ties had a minor comeback with the recent bad job market, but hopefully that's behind us. Apart from the obvious that neckties are uncomfortable, useless, in-the-way, and therefore a waste of time and money, too-tight ties constrict blood vessels and raise eye fluid pressure which increases the risk of blindness. Now there's a new study showing that doctors' neckties transmit germs. One suggested remedy from the article is tie condoms."

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  1. Remember folks... by RuneB · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...make sure you always use protection when seeking the advice of a medical professional.

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  2. Well by daeley · · Score: 3, Funny

    One suggested remedy from the article is tie condoms.

    And would those be "ribbed for her pleasure"? My suggested remedy from the article is to close the browser window and try to forget the whole thing. ;)

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  3. Absolutely Useless by wjwlsn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Neckties are an absolutely useless piece of frippery for men who wish they could dress with the elegance and style of a woman, but are afraid to wear pretty dresses in public. Well, I say to all you hidden cross-dressers out there, give up your ties and dress as you truly wish! Just remember to shave your legs.

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  4. A recent survey of IT shops ... by bigsteve@dstc · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... provides startling evidence that developers who wears a ties are 10 times more likely to spreads bugs from one program to another. A sample of ties from a large IT organisation tested positive to a number of potentially dangerous bugs including Bufferium Overflowiae, Memorensis Leakii and Pointeria Danglensis. PC developers were also infected by an insidious Redmondia meme which cause fatal code-bloat in many projects. In contrast, a survey of secretarial staff in the same organisation showed a complete absence of ties ...

    Yet another good reason not to wear a tie to the office :-)

  5. Re:how unfortunate by Scarblac · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here are some reasons to wear a tie: -You'll appear more professional than your workmates who don't wear one

    And if you work in an environment where the rest of the professionals don't wear a tie, they'll think you have a need to appear this way, you apparently need to mask incompetence.

    -You'll appeal more to management types

    Where I work, management types do not wear a tie except when visiting clients. You'll look ridiculous.

    -You gain the appearance of having status and importance
    -It's the only safe place in formal workwear for a man to express himself.

    I say, fuck that. The only time I care about formal workwear is when making a first impression on a new client, and then I want to appear as a competent professional. I'll express myself on all the other occassions.

    -Ties are a "success indicator", which essentially means that you will be viewed more favourably by persons of the female persuasion (unless your tie has flashing boobies on it).

    This is true, and a good reason for wearing a tie.

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  6. Re:how unfortunate by Bazzargh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I almost always wear a jewelled codpiece. Obviously the poster of this article is profoundly against the wearing of formal underclothing, and from the sound of it doesn't know how to strap one on without castrating himself. A codpeice should be exaggerating, not constricting.

    Here are some reasons to wear a jewelled codpiece:
    -You'll appear more medieval than your workmates who don't wear one
    -You'll appeal more to codpiece-wearing types
    -You gain the appearance of having status and importance
    -It's the only safe place in formal underwear for a man to express himself.
    -Codpieces are a "success indicator", which essentially means that you will be viewed more favourably by persons of either persuasion (unless your codpiece is extremely small).

    If any of those reasons has any bearing on the job you actually do, you're probably a codpiece salesman or Henry VIII. The people climbing upwards on the ladder of success will wonder why you pay more attention to what you wear than who you are, or how well you did your job.