# Giraffe neck tie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561 "2016-12-01T21:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/41 "2016-12-02T17:26:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Nonsense. [Here is a picture of a horse wearing a bespoke suit.](https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UsH9If0xN3hxd-pN-sNnk9w_JLw=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6189325/CdhjAXyWoAEhjyo.0.jpg)The entire chest is not facing forward but that part of it that is is covered by the tie. The giraffe has a similar anatomy with just a longer neck. If you’re holding out that horse as an example of good fashion, I don’t know what to say to you. Capri pants with mismatched lengths? Baggy fit through the thighs? What appears to be an overly bulky Full Windsor knot? Single Michael Jacksonesque glove? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/42 "2016-12-02T17:46:30Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So which instrument would the giraffe play in this Human League tribute band? For some reason the first thing to come to mind was a saxophone, but I have no idea how a giraffe could actually play one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/43 "2016-12-02T19:10:33Z")
At the start of the day, top of the neck. After a grueling workday, loosened around the bottom of the neck. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/44 "2016-12-02T19:46:13Z")
I don’t think the question can be answered until I know how giraffe shirts are styled. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/45 "2016-12-02T20:13:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > If you’re holding out that horse as an example of good fashion, I don’t know what to say to you. Capri pants with mismatched lengths? Baggy fit through the thighs? What appears to be an overly bulky Full Windsor knot? Single Michael Jacksonesque glove? That is one of the finest horse suits I have ever seen. I believe that is a perfect example of horse tailoring, your average attempt leaves the horse unable to move without disturbing the lines. If you have better examples please link to them. I don’t have a horse but if I did have one and needed him to accompany me to a formal event I’d want to make sure he was properly dressed. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/46 "2016-12-02T20:57:55Z")
Necktie at the bottom. If he goes on vacation somewhere cold and needs a scarf, that would go at the top. (Although it should then wrap all the way around the neck.) And what about an okapi? [Okapi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/47 "2016-12-02T21:20:58Z")
I’m struggling with an intellectual paradox: I firmly believe a giraffe should wear a bow tie at the top, yet a regular tie should be worn at the base. Where should a lady giraffe wear her necklace? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/48 "2016-12-02T22:11:00Z")
Wouldn’t a necklace naturally slide to the base of the neck? (Unless it was too tight.) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/49 "2016-12-02T23:35:19Z")
So many wrong people in this thread! Sure humans wear their ties at the bottom of their necks, but on a giraffe that just looks silly. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/50 "2016-12-02T23:37:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That is one of the finest horse suits I have ever seen. I believe that is a perfect example of horse tailoring, your average attempt leaves the horse unable to move without disturbing the lines. If you have better examples please link to them. I don’t have a horse but if I did have one and needed him to accompany me to a formal event I’d want to make sure he was properly dressed. Formal event? A horse in a penguin suit? Would the tails of an equine tailcoat be long enough to cover the horse’s tail? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/51 "2016-12-03T01:44:26Z")
However we might debate about how one would wear a tie, I’m sure we can all agree that the proper hat for a giraffe is a bowler. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/52 "2016-12-03T02:26:36Z")
Pork pie ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/53 "2016-12-03T02:27:11Z")
Not a stovepipe? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/54 "2016-12-03T02:28:12Z")
There’s one doper who should be an expert on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/55 "2016-12-03T03:01:03Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > For some reason the first thing to come to mind was a saxophone, but I have no idea how a giraffe could actually play one. 😃 Same here, but when he would go into one of those long, loud notes, and lean back for emphasis, that sax would go up. And up. And UP–it would look real cool. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/56 "2016-12-03T18:22:30Z")
A tie at the top would dunk whenever mr. giraffe drank. Also, it looks (more) ludicrous. As for ms. giraffe, the accoutrement of choice would be a choker and thus worn at the middle. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/57 "2016-12-03T21:29:55Z")
Well, if humans suddenly developed four feet necks, does anybody believe the ties would move up? Thought not. I mean, how would you even tailor the shirts? With a sort of necksleeve and buttons running up it? No. In case of sudden mass human neck lengtening, shirts would stay the way they are, and ties would stay where they are. Consequently, the natural place for a tie is at the bottom of the neck—after all, its function is to cover the buttons. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/58 "2016-12-04T02:12:44Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Even more gauche! That’s what napkins are for. Napkins strike me as a bit tone-y for a giraffe. Which is not correct. Tone-y is what you expect from tigers, not giraffes… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/59 "2016-12-04T02:14:45Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > It’s a tie. Not a noose. So you say. I say “Balderdash!” ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561/60 "2016-12-04T02:25:59Z")
I voted bottom, but I think the illustration in the link has the bottom tie too low, almost as if it’s been loosened and is hanging down. I would have drawn it with the knot higher up in front. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561.md?page=4)