Dressing for Dinner.

[Slick]

I think you're awright. Could have called them "Shermans" which would have been a bit harsh.

I can think of numerous occasions when I could utilise that particular nougat.

 

[Gwylan]

I would look down on them a bit for not wearing smart shorts and short-sleeved shirt like me, but I guess it's fine. I'd rather that than someone who dresses smartly and doesn't know how to behave in a restaurant or other eatery. I do always pack smart things for a sunny holiday just for that reason. Though I think the "British Etiquette" is being more watered down with each generation. And who determines what smart is anyway? If you have a £100 shirt that is ripped and creased, it doesn't look as smart as a £7 T-shirt that is new and nicely ironed IMHO

Oh dear me, it's not the price it's the cut.

 

[Gwylan]

I'm wearing a Polo jacket today.

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Last refuge of a total bounder.

 

[Gunk]

I'm wearing a Polo jacket today.

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I’m wearing a Polo jumper

 

[Andy in Germany]

A spectre is haunting Cycle Chat; the Spectre of polo shirts*.

Proletariat of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your sartorial elegance.

*Naturally from Marx and Spencers...

 

[Gunk]

Marx and Spencers

is that the Russian version

 

[newts]

Most of all because it's not particularly accurate! I've been to a few around my neck of the woods which are in really cool old buildings, very clean with tasty food and excellent value.

I've eaten in quite a few around the country over the last 20 years when working away & they're generally mediocre at best! The meats & vegetables are usually over cooked & poor quality. You get what you pay for just like wetherspoons cheap food.

 

[Gwylan]

What? Are we saying that's better or worse than a polo shirt?

Less bad?

 

[Gwylan]

is that the Russian version

The best that Gum could offer would be too good for polo proletariat

 

[Gwylan]

A spectre is haunting Cycle Chat; the Spectre of polo shirts*.

Proletariat of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your sartorial elegance.

*Naturally from Marx and Spencers...

You cannot lose what you never had!

 

[winjim]

Less bad?

Go on then, on the spectrum of beachwear to white tie, how are you dressing for dinner?

 

[Gunk]

I've eaten in quite a few around the country over the last 20 years when working away & they're generally mediocre at best! The meats & vegetables are usually over cooked & poor quality. You get what you pay for just like wetherspoons cheap food.

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[Drago]

'Slacks' comes from the sixties.

Most of us have a slack sphincter by the time we reach sixty.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Why would anyone watch Talk TV?

That 2 hat Piers Morgan is on Talk TV now. He's just said in an interview "I'm Irish". He talks shoot and thinks highly of himself.

 

[Randomnerd]

OED has "slacks" going back to 1824 for "loose fitting trousers"

Rather a good word, of you fancy yourself as a bit-part in a Wodehouse story.