# Happy National Bow Tie Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170 "2015-08-28T13:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/1 "2015-08-28T13:56:25Z")
Happy [National Bow Tie Day](http://www.nationalbowtieday.com), everyone! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/2 "2015-08-28T15:02:37Z")
I wore a bow tie to a wedding a couple weeks ago. Garnered lots of comments, especially from the ladies that were present. My wife told me I am to never wear it again. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/3 "2015-08-28T15:44:23Z")
They’re really stretching it for new holidays. Myself, I’m waiting for National Crotchless Panties Day. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/4 "2015-08-28T15:47:41Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I wore a bow tie to a wedding a couple weeks ago. Garnered lots of comments, especially from the ladies that were present. My wife told me I am to never wear it again. I wasn’t allowed to wear a bow tie to my wedding. ☹ (She also nixed my backup plan – a fez – and a stingy trilby after that. ‘Stop scrunching your hair!’) I often receive compliments on Bow Tie Wednesdays when I go out for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/5 "2015-08-29T15:30:32Z")
Bow ties are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/6 "2015-08-29T15:49:16Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Bow ties are cool. I think so. [Bill Nye](http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA5LzE5LzQwL2JpbGxueWVzY2llLjUyYzc2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/35d31e02/92c/bill-nye-science.jpg) [‘Doctor George’ Fishbeck](http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/kabc/images/cms/032515-dr-george-fullshot.jpg) [Sean Connery](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/237x/dd/a7/b3/dda7b3477fa67af1ba90cb196d752138.jpg) [Daniel Craig](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0351/2969/files/James-Bond-diamond_grande.jpg?662) [Willy Wonka](http://www.capetownmylove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bowtie_tellme.jpg) Tell you about how I tied it myself? Well, first I put it around my neck. Then I used the long end to make an overhand knot. Next I brought the short end up into position and brought the long end over it. Then I folded up the ends of the short end and passed the middle of the long end through the hole in the knot. Then I pulled it tight and adjusted it. 🙂 And, of course, [The Doctor](http://tardistopia.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/matt-smith_doctor_who11.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/7 "2015-08-29T16:41:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > And, of course, [The Doctor](http://tardistopia.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/matt-smith_doctor_who11.jpg). This is what I was referring to… My tech lead wears bow ties at the office sometimes. He can pull it off. I don’t think I can. I wear one once a year, at the Breast Cancer Awareness Pub Trivia that my local pub. It’s pink. (My bow tie. Not the pub. The pub is more of a dark red.) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-bow-tie-day/729170/8 "2015-08-29T18:25:59Z")
I can remember when John Molloy (_Dress for Success_) said, “In general, I have found that people believe that a man in a bow tie will steal.” It was about 1977.