Is it hideous? Yes, yes it is. That’s not the poll. The poll is - he works as a teacher - am I gonna get him fired?
You know, 'cus homer is in a towel and all. FWIW, Homer is on the phone and the caption says “You’ll have to speak up, I’m in a towel.”
Can you fire people for egregious crimes of fashion?
<ducks and runs>
I know - it actually burned my hand when I clicked the “Confirm Order” button on Neckties.com, but it’s what my brother really wants, so I got it for him. 
Nah. His kids will love it, and so will his fellow teachers. I’d be willing to bet that his principal compliments him on it!
Yah - he’s actually got quite a collection of wacky ties - sort of his signature - there’s a good chance one of us is adopted…
Anyhow - the SO was just thinking if a kid came home and said “Mr. Wonderland had a naked man in a towel on his tie!” there could be trouble.
Any kid worth the name would say “Homer Simpson,” not “a man.”
I don’t think you’ll get him fired. Having a brother with no aesthetic sense isn’t fireable. Hell, look at Jimmy Carter.
But if he actually wore the thing, then he’d deserve whatever he got.
This must be a joke.
Teachers are the worst dressed profession in the world, aren’t they? I mean, no offense, but my Mom’s a teacher; he style is roughly 1987, and she’s one of the more up to date ones. Staff rooms at your local schools are a horrifying vision of shoulder pads, stirrup pants, and ill-fitting sport jackets.
My 10th grade Algebra 2 teacher (in 1994) wore a different-colored Members Only jacket every single day of the school year. Entire months had to pass before he repeated a color!
Of course he’s badly dressed - as I said, one of us must be adopted.
But that’s not the point - the point is that Homer is in a Towel. You know - so he’s partially naked?
Does your brother plan to wear anything WITH the tie? Or just the tie? He won’t get fired unless his principal and board all have huge poles up their asses. Besides, teachers have such sweetheart tenure contracts, that short of being caught in the hot tub with the girl’s tennis team, not much can get a teacher fired, certainly not wearing a funny tie.
Hell, a teacher in ANY kind of tie is quite a thing.
So I don’t need to worry about his B-day gift then?
I mean, apart from the fact that purchasing it may prevent me from getting into fashion heaven, of course.
Hell, I wear black jeans and Hawaiian shirts, and I teach! I can usually go 4 months before repeating a shirt, and ask around…my shirts define loud (and tacky!)
Wearing a tie of any sort is dressing up.
Well, he will have to choose to wear it to school so it will be his fault if he gets fired for it.