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Dress Codes

What has happened in this country? It was not so many years ago that my grandfather was alive. He worked for many years in the steel mills of Cleveland. He worked for many more years in his 40 X 60 foot back yard, from which he coaxed plums, peaches, pears, apples, figs, and more kinds of vegetables than I can name right now.

He arrived home from the mill wearing dress pants, a white shirt, and a tie. Unless he went outside into the yard to work or cut his grass with the push mower, he wore dress pants, a white shirt, and a tie. All the time. For as long as I remember until he died about 20 years ago.

I admit that I don't dress that way. I avoid wearing suits and "work" clothes, although I have been known to wear a white shirt and tie under a v-neck sweater when playing golf from time to time -- yes, strange, but

Walter Hagen

and Bobby Jones

and Francis Ouimet wore ties while playing at times.

And I have that beat up old MacKenzie leather golf bag that completes the theme.

But this isn't about me. Do people who appear on People's Court and Judge Judy and the other judge shows know they are going to be on TV all over the world? How many minutes notice do they get that they are appearing on one of these shows?

I would guess that the people who appear on these shows have enough time to go out and buy a nice outfit to wear -- something other than a t-shirt and shorts -- and a nice haircut -- something other than a comb-over. Surely, there is enough time to wash one's hair.

Or maybe not. Maybe I expect too much.

Posted by Bill at March 7, 2011 09:01 PM