# Ask the guy wearing a nice pair of brown wing-tips about love, life and his outfit

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**Created:** [September 12, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929 "2007-09-12T16:56:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/30 "2007-09-12T20:14:56Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Today is H.L. Mencken’s birthday – is this something the wingtip shoe contingent celebrates in any particular way?  
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First rule of the wingtip shoe contingent: Never talk about the wingtip shoe contingent.  
haha I’m just kidding. Actually that’s the second rule. The first rule is: Wear wingtip shoes. The third rule of the wingtip shoe contingent is to joke nervously while trying to avoid questions about the wingtip shoe contingent.

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