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Ugly Ties

Since I will no longer be having to wear a tie to work each day, I was forced by a certain spouse of mine to eliminate some of my older ties. I did have quite a few as I had inherited my dad's huge tie collection so I had a very respectable collection of unrespectable ugly ties.

I decided to offer the ties (good ones and some of the ugly ones) and some of my other dress clothes to the male students at WOLBI. On one of our trips to the dining hall I took an armload of ties and other stuff to donate. I made an announcement about what I was going to do and was immediately surrounded by wide-eyed, hungry looking young men. I felt like a wounded fish in a shark feeding frenzy with all these guys circling around me. Anyway, after the mad scramble I think everyone got something.

On the Friday of that week I heard that a new weekly tradition had started, Troy's Ugly Tie Day.



What a legacy to leave.

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3 Responses to “Ugly Ties”

  1. # Anonymous Kendra

    Who got the grocery store shelf one, or did you keep it for memory sake?  

  2. # Anonymous Kendra

    Oh, so now Friday is Troy's ugly tie day instead of Burgen-day? Congratulations Naomi on getting Troy to part with that wonderful collection. :)  

  3. # Blogger Troy & Naomi Johnstone

    Not sure about the shelf tie.. I may still have that in the unrespectables.  

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