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Pink shirts and false smiles

 
 
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22:03 / 27.01.04
Having noticed an uncanny resemblance between that guy on Boss Swap (Estate Agent) and one of my acquaintances I suddenly noticed the Pink shirt. Why is it that men who wear suits with pink shirts (and may also be Carnegie converts) have that awful fixed smile which makes them the least trustworthy people you know.
I ask the question, Barbelith. Do any of you wear pink shirts. If so, WHY?
 
 
Ethan Hawke
23:23 / 27.01.04
I know not of the show of which you speak, but I definitely support the use of the color pink, in dress shirts or other clothing. Pink is the new Orange. There's no question about it.
 
 
w1rebaby
23:23 / 27.01.04
I've worn blue shirts, which are pretty bad, and I've worn Pink shirts, but I've not to my knowledge worn a pink shirt. But then I've never worn braces either. What are you trying to say? Eh? Are you calling me a wanker, cube? I'll cut you.
 
 
SMS
23:35 / 27.01.04
Yes. I think they look good on me, and other people tell me they do, too. But I don't have a fixed smile, and I'm probably the most honest person I know. Maybe I'm an anomaly, though. One reason that a man might make a point to wear a pink shirt is that he thinks it is a statement about the confidence he has in his own masculinity. This is usually the response that I've heard when other pink-shirt-wearers have been gibed about it. Maybe that means the person is generally arrogant, declaring to you "look how much of a man I am." In fact, this quality is not completely absent in me, and may be even stronger in the depth of my subconsciousness. Somewhere on Barbelith, I advocated being manly (as I defined it) and I don't think it was received very well. Haus seemed to think it was incredibly sexist and that it implied that women were weak, dishonest and so on. I can't find the thread, but it may be an indication that I have these characteristics that often support an arrogance that tends to make people like me think we can manipulate others with fake smiles and clever lies.
 
 
SMS
02:02 / 28.01.04
What google found looking for "Boss Swap"

What it found looking for "Carnegie Shirt"

Todd, fridge and I all posted more or less at once.
 
 
aus
03:30 / 28.01.04
The pink shirt is a fashion faux pas on the same level as the pale yellow tie that begs the question of whether it was once white, and considerably more embarrassing than the powder blue leather dress shoes that I would wear before I gained enlightenment. However, we should be charitable by assuming he once wore brilliant white shirts along with his lucky red hat.

Obviously you would not want to rudely confront this aquaintance or boldly inform him of the snickers you share with colleagues behind his back. I suggest a more subtle approach. For example, you and his other aquaintances could surprise him with gifts of more appropriately colored shirts. I suggest black or dark gray. You might also include ties in contrast hues. Even a pink tie might be appropriate with a black or gray shirt, but a black or gray tie cannot remedy a pink shirt.
 
 
Squirmelia
09:52 / 28.01.04
People might think their shirts are brown instead of pink, due to colour-blindness. It happens.
 
 
grant
17:56 / 28.01.04
I thought I was wearing a pink shirt once, but it turned out that I'd lost my skin without realizing it at first.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
22:24 / 28.01.04
I thought likewise, but it turned out I was wearing Grant's skin *like* a shirt. Bit diff.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
10:38 / 29.01.04
I am disappointed to learn that grant has pink skin. In my fantasies he has skin like an old well-worn saddle to go with the Yosemite Sam moustache.

I have no view, yea nor nay, on the matter of pink shirt wearing but it is true that there's too much fixed, false smiling going on.
 
 
Smoothly
10:47 / 29.01.04
Isn't there a City tradition where pink shirts are worn when a big deal is closed? Maybe you're confusing fake smiles with very the genuine 'I've just trousered the GDP of a third world country and am off to spend the change in Petrus' variety.
 
  
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