Post #260829 by Rattiki on Sat, Oct 14, 2006 8:30 PM

fool (plural: fools)

1. (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
2. A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court.
3. A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.

Take your choice. I like #3 :wink:

On 2006-10-14 19:20, Mr. NoNaMe wrote:

Well, Now I am bummed that you feel insulted. I didn't think that I could ever really insult anyone personally.

I may be arrogant and obstinate but I'm not illiterate.
:looking you in the eye smugly arms crossed:

I really thought that one's tiki appearance would have not really mattered at a tiki event (the Hukilau; Mai Kai 50th)

You thought wrong.

I suppose I would have looked like a fool in a tuxedo with tails as it was not the opera or I was not the emcee at the circus.

You would have been over dressed. :wink:

I'd prefer being the emcee.:wink: For that matter, the clown.
I have been to weddings in sandals with rainbow socks wearing a suit. The great/grandparents and brides & grooms have always loved it. Stange/estranged aunts and uncles and siblings usually don't like it. People that know me, either personal or business, would be more dissappointed if I did NOT buck the system rather than conform.

And I too am bucking the system by taking for what is for some an unpopular stance risking the chance of being referred to as a patronizing snob......as if I care! :lol:

Teaching one to make a proper mai tai is NOT the same as teaching rules of etiquette for a formal function.

Yes your right, the latter is more important. One is a drink recipe, the other is a recipe for civility. There was a time when there were whole schools of learning dedicted to the endevour of proper etiquette. It is time that some of these values return to our culture.

I don't think that a soiree is a formal function. Even a tiki event.

Sometimes it is, and in this case it was.

Should we meet, I am sure that you would consider me the lower end of the hoi polloi.

Very doubtful you seem to be a man of integrity, just a bad dresser by choice. :wink:

I think I'll get my very first Jimmy Buffet CD tomorrow. The whole catalogue maybe?

He used to be my neighbor, but he's still not Tiki. :D

Truth is that just because I believe sandals do not formal wear make, does not mean I am an up tight ass or unable to have fun and make fun of myself or play the public fool either. But I do believe the time has come for this generation to realize that formality DOES have function and is a important part of civility and our civilzations. To me the new social rebellion is to look and act classy when ever possible (this does NOT equate boring or stuffy) let the Gen X & Y crowd wallow in their tawdry vulgarity with their pants around there knees, their underpants up their bottoms and their mouths spewing profanity. :roll: I have chosen to rebel in a new way, 'shooting white' and lookin' sharp!

Of course to a wedding I would wear a proper tux :D

Friday are Bowling Shirt and Fez Nights for me! :D

[ Edited by: Rattiki 2006-10-15 15:19 ]