# I wore a suit today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189 "2003-10-08T00:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **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:** [October 8, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/1 "2003-10-08T00:56:40Z")
Sartorial elegance is not one of my strong points. I’d wear jeans every day to work if it were allowed. I mean, I don’t have to impress anyone. So I wear jeans on “Casual Friday” and khaki trousers the rest of the week. Saturday I was in my closet and I saw my suit hanging there. “I wonder if this fits?” though I. I tried on the jacket, and it did (although it was a little loose). I decided to wear it today, just for kicks. It’s a dark charcoal-grey number. I put on a nice darkish-blue Italian-made shirt and a tie my sister gave me as a Christmas present a couple of years ago. I looked smashing! (Especially with my new buzz-cut.) I did have to walk over to the mall to buy a new belt because I’ve lost some weight and my belt had run out of holes. “Do you have a job interview?” “Are you giving a presentation at the meeting?” “Are you going to a wedding/funeral today?” “Did you wear a suit for voting in the election?” “That’s a nice suit!” (“Thanks. My father was buried in it.”) At the end of the day I finally admitted it. I just wore it to get a reaction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/2 "2003-10-08T01:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* I looked smashing! (Especially with my new buzz-cut.)_\* Uh huh… Link? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/3 "2003-10-08T01:12:11Z")
I can relate to that so well. I own one suit, a fine, fine double-breasted grey job that I got for a reception a few years ago. Had a nice black Italian shirt, and a deep red tie (borrowed). I was the shit! Otherwise, khakis, jeans, polo shirts, and t-shirts are my “uniform”. I have had the good fortune of working for firms whose dress code is that relaxed. I haven’t tied a tie in so long, it usually takes me several tries before I get it right. 🙂 I own ONE tie of my own … a nice charcoal grey. Funny thing, I actually _LIKE_ to wear my suit. I never thought I’d say that. And, yep, I will, on occasion, drag it out and wear it just for the reaction. It’s great, ain’t it? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/4 "2003-10-08T01:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Uh huh… Link? 😃 Heh. I’m _single!_ Who’d take the photo? I have four pics of me on the web. One was when I was in makeup for a film I worked on (hint: I was hacked to death in the title sequence), one is when I was slating a scene on the same film and the set was in a very hot room in New Orleans in the summer, one is of me with rather shaggy hair and the helicopter I was flying that day, and one is of me in a helicopter I was landing (you can’t tell it’s me). Oh yeah, two more: I’m holding my then-new nephew and biting his head. 😃 Alas, no suit pics. > [@](#): > > It’s great, ain’t it? Yup. It’s fun. There is one guy in the office who is always “dressed to a ‘T’”. Ironically, I was better-dressed than he today! ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/5 "2003-10-09T01:12:36Z")
and what may I ask were you wearing under the suit???😉 Tell me. Inquiring minds wanna know. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/6 "2003-10-09T01:41:19Z")
Well, a lot of good the suit did me. I was laid off today! (But that’s another MPSIMS thread.) ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/7 "2003-10-09T02:28:29Z")
At first I read that as “I was laid today!” and I thought damn that IS a good suit. Condolences on the loss of the job. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/8 "2003-10-09T02:43:55Z")
So sorry about your job **Johnny L.A.**. It sounds like it’s a good thing you dusted off that wedding/funeral/interview suit. You may need it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/9 "2003-10-09T16:47:43Z")
\*\*Johnny L. A. \*\* Sorry to hear you were laid off. Being laid on would have been much better. (Just think if I were there I could stroke your back, hold you close, let you lay you head on my bosom and if that still didn’t make you feel better I could always bake you a cake for after the lovin’). ---
**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:** [October 9, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/10 "2003-10-09T17:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Just think if I were there I could stroke your back, hold you close, let you lay you head on my bosom Then why would I _want_ to go back to work? 😃 > [@](#): > > I could always bake you a cake for after the lovin’ Would that be a low-carb cake? 🙂 Speaking of cakes, I made myself birthday cakes the last two years. [This is my first attempt](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/cake.jpg). I didn’t have cake pans, so I used a frying pan. Also, I must’ve missed the part where it said you had to let the cakes cool before putting the frosting on. It tasted good, though! [This is my second attempt (last June)](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/cake2.jpg). Tasted just as good, but it _looked_ better! (Actually, I think the first cake had more character. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/11 "2003-10-10T02:42:25Z")
Great first attempt, Johnny. 😃 Character? So that’s what you call it? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wore-a-suit-today/206189/12 "2003-10-10T17:47:46Z")
Well, it was _baked_ by a “character”! 😃