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Actually, Bob is my B-in-L, but he's not the "Bob" in the story. The B-in-L Bob works for a snarky oil company down in Houston and cleans his fingernails with his car key since they frown on knives in his "corporate environment".
 
From Wikipedia:

...And Bob's your uncle is an expression of unknown origin, commonly used in Britain and Commonwealth nations. Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions, similar to the French expression "et voilà!".

"Bob's your uncle" is an exclamation that is used when "everything is all right" and the simple means of obtaining the successful result is explained. For example: "left over right; right over left, and Bob's your uncle – a reef knot". It is sometimes elaborately phrased Robert is your mother's brother or similar for comic effect. With his customary whimsical humour, P.G. Wodehouse extended it to "Robert's your father's nearest male relative".
 
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The employee manual states the colors that can be worn which include black, but the pictures in the manual that show the shirt/pant combination don't show a black shirt. Like I said.......I'm meeting with my district tomorrow and getting to the bottom of this conundrum. I figure the squeaky wheel gets the oil...............or it gets replaced.
 
cbwoods67 said:
Fashion discussion? Really?!
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What's wrong with having some fashion sense? Sometimes it's good to get an outside viewpoint on something like that. I am rather fond of making sure I dress well since I am a large fellow it is easy to get into the habit of cotton shorts with a T-shirt that is stained and a size and a half too small.

Snakebreaker said:
Definitely agree with the white pants.....that's a no no, and in sales it's an absolute death sentence. I'm a pretty good sized guy as well but the pleating doesn't seem to get in the way too much. Pretty much all my slacks are black dress pants and I think I'm able to pull off the black on black fairly well.....but then again.......pigs don't know pigs stink. So far I've gotten two thumbs down on the choice in shirts, so I suppose I may not pull the black on black off as well as I've thought. Or the pleats for that matter.
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The hardest part is that if the two blacks aren't an exact match it looks just... off.
GSO1962 said:
I'd have to see the black-on-black to really make a call on it, but the black shirt with gray (or grey?) slacks sounds like it would work. Got my son a medium grey suit at Men's Wearhouse a few weeks back and it looked pretty good with a black shirt...although we wound up picking a purple and a white shirt that time.
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Every man should have a black and/or a grey suit in their closet. I have too many suits, I know. I have a grey, a black, a green, a charcoal, a navy blue, a navy blue pinstripe, and a tuxedo. I also have an entire rainbow of shirts, red, white, grey, black, purple, pink, violet, salmon, blue, black, blue checkered, tone on tone white herringbone. Some are french cuffs, some are regular cuffs, some are spread collars, some are narrow collars. Then I also have ties of every color of the rainbow, and pocket squares, and braces (silk suspenders... yes there is a difference)

zzyzzogeton said:
Is it specifically forbidden in the official personnel manual as published by the company HR? Or is some kinda low-level mangler BS?

When I worked at a little computer company in central Texas (rhymes with Hell), one of my 18 manglers (let's call him "Bob") (in 9.5 years - almost a new one every 6 months) tried to implement a "Ties on Monday" policy. The first week, I "forgot". The 2nd week, I went to Badwill and bought the brightest, loudest, most obnoxious tie I could find. His asked me to tone it down. The 3rd week, I wore a Boy Scout neckerchief. He said, "I mean a "real" tie." So, the 4th week I wore a Western bolo tie. When he bitched, I politely stated that the Western Bolo was the official tie of Texas and had been so since 1985. Now, he gets really upset and said, "Quit screwing around. You know the kind of tie I mean."

To which I said nothing, just turned around, went to his boss and asked him (my boss's boss) for a copy of the new personnel manual. When he asked why, I just told him that since ties were now mandatory on Mondays, and "Bob" didn't like any neck wear I chose to wear, I wanted to see what kind of tie was now mandatory wear as specified in the manual since my 4 year old version did not specify an official tie, or that a tie was required and that I didn't remember seeing a specified mandatory tie in my contract. And that I would have to take off to go to HR to get one if he didn't have a copy.

He said that there was no new manual, that there was no "Ties on Monday" policy and don't worry about it.

"Bob" was no longer our manager the next day.
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THAT is hilarious!

Snakebreaker said:
The employee manual states the colors that can be worn which include black, but the pictures in the manual that show the shirt/pant combination don't show a black shirt. Like I said.......I'm meeting with my district tomorrow and getting to the bottom of this conundrum. I figure the squeaky wheel gets the oil...............or it gets replaced.
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Won't know till you ask. I say go for it!
 
Chameleonbear said:
Every man should have a black and/or a grey suit in their closet. I have too many suits, I know. I have a grey, a black, a green, a charcoal, a navy blue, a navy blue pinstripe, and a tuxedo. I also have an entire rainbow of shirts, red, white, grey, black, purple, pink, violet, salmon, blue, black, blue checkered, tone on tone white herringbone. Some are french cuffs, some are regular cuffs, some are spread collars, some are narrow collars. Then I also have ties of every color of the rainbow, and pocket squares, and braces (silk suspenders... yes there is a difference)
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Negative, no man needs a suit.
 
I've never owned a suit, and I plan on not breaking my streak. I didnt even wear one at my own wedding....Hell, I didnt even wear shoes:D

I had a pair of dark Dockers rolled halfway up my calf and a off-white button down shirt my father in law gave me (I wore it in honor of him because he was too sick to make the trip). The wedding was on a public but hidden beach in Northern Michigan on Lake Michigan and the reception was in an old schoolhouse (converted into a township hall) out in the country that was free because my grandpa was the mayor...It barely cost anything except the gas to get up there (500 mile round trip). Best wedding ever lol

And the best part was my grandpa also married us
 
OutdoorsFamilyMan4 said:
I've never owned a suit, and I plan on not breaking my streak. I didnt even wear one at my own wedding....Hell, I didnt even wear shoes:D

I had a pair of dark Dockers rolled halfway up my calf and a off-white button down shirt my father in law gave me (I wore it in honor of him because he was too sick to make the trip). The wedding was on a public but hidden beach in Northern Michigan on Lake Michigan and the reception was in an old schoolhouse (converted into a township hall) out in the country that was free because my grandpa was the mayor...It barely cost anything except the gas to get up there (500 mile round trip). Best wedding ever lol

And the best part was my grandpa also married us
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Wait,..... Your married to your wife AND your Grandpa ? Are you Mormon ? ....lol Snark
 
I bought one suit ever... I had a nice custom suit made for me while in Korea. Italian silk, tailored to my body.. Took several fittings and weeks to make. Once i got it i LOVED it.. It felt great and looked amazing...

Then when i came home the people that shipped all my stuff back to the states stole it.... I mean "lost" it.... And i never even had a chance to wear it, other than trying it on once when i got it, and once for my wife to see when she was visiting me in Gwangju. Id believe it was really just lost... Except for the fact i packed it in a box of my dress blues... And that box made it.. Minus just the custom suit....

Now ill never buy another suit, that was the first one i bought, and i could never afford a suit like that made here in the states.. It would cost over a thousand dollars, i have checked. So now ill rent one if and when the need arises.
 
Maxwell's Clothiers Limited. Its a Chinese company that sets up a fitting day in some major cities around the world. You go you get fitted, then you can get whatever you want made. If they don't already have the style of shirts/ suits you want in stock, all you need to do is send them a picture of what you want and they will copy it in your size. For my wedding I got a James Bond single button tux made ($550). I also ordered a pinstripe black suit, 3 different styles of long sleeve shirts (two with french cuffs so I can sport my bling cufflinks), and two short sleeve shirts. My entire order came to $1200. The brand name tux alone would of cost me $4800 for just jacket and pants....

I used to dress up nice every now and again when I was younger. While working certain types of security it was mandatory that you have a black suit and black plain tux. Now I get annoyed when I have to dress up. Not enough room for all my knives :D
 
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