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Re Kids, Blaze wants them. So do I, but I think he wants 'em earlier than I do I think I'll have him do most of the childcare, teehee.

If you think kids are bad, wait until you meet adults!

Adults? Are there such things anymore (biology aside?)

We're close to being rid of them once and for all!

I actually LOVE wearing a tie. It's the only thing that makes the hassle of putting on a suit worthwhile IMO. Which is why I completely don't understand this new trend of wearing a suit without a tie on in offices these days - if you've gone to the trouble of putting on that uncomfortable shirt and trousers and jacket and shoes, why not put on the ONE thing that's going to bring all those elements together and actually make you look smart rather than half-assed?!

I think suits in general are overrated though. I understand having to look good for a client, but who gives a s*** what I'm wearing when I'm stuck at a desk reviewing contracts or whatever for 9 hours?

And they are SO COMPLETELY unsuited and impractical for our hot West Australian climate. I hate that a short two minute walk from bus stop to office in the morning is enough to mean I'm *dripping* with sweat before I've even sat down, and then I have to sit there boiling all day because all the girls in their skirts and short sleeve tops complain that they're too cold when you try to turn the AC up! It's ridiculous! And just a completely out-dated holdover from our colonial ancestry who lived in a much colder climate. There is a reason that the indigenous populations of this and our neighboring countries never wore much clothing! This country gets HOT! I've noticed that businessmen and politicians in the Pacific Islands wear short sleeve shirts and skirts with sandals as their formal wear and I think that would be 10,000 times more appropriate here than the torture suits they make us wear.

I like how ties make me look snappy as well, Blacula, but I prefer comfort AND style over just style.

And I completely agree with you on suits. Tropical countries shouldn't have to wear them. And like you, I sweat really easily so I need to bring a change of clothes with me whenever I come to work. (Thankfully, our office doesn't require suits - a long-sleeved shirt is enough).

Also thankfully, formal wear in the Philippines is either a suit (which I will only wear at night and in airconditioning!) or the Barong Tagalog. Lightweight and breezy

In Bermuda day to day work attire is often shorts and a short sleeve button down. Which is incredible since most of the executives are in full suits and ties when they're visiting their counterparts in London and the US.

So IMO, if Bermuda has gone casual, so should other warm climates! I don't envy you guys in tropical climates at all having to wear full suits. In the summer here in the NYC area of the USA, I'm a no-jacket, sleeves rolled up, no tie kind of man. If no one else is in the office, I wear a polo.

Overly-pampering pets with things like birthday parties and massages. I mean, it's not like your pet is going to appreciate or understand all that extravagance - and even if the pet realized, "hey I'm getting something special today", the pet won't know why.

Re shorts, I think one reason they haven't gotten widespread acceptance in the business world is because pants are seen as a symbol of maturity. Typically, the age when you begin to wear pants is also around when puberty hits, and you start wearing pants to cover up your leg hair

And you know how squeamish society can be about leg hair. Some people think it's overly sexual, others just think it's dirty. You're not manly without it, but you can't go around showing it off in a formal setting either.

I'm gonna stray to the side that says you can and are manly without leg hair.

Actually, some women I know are divided over that as well Some like looking at men's leg muscles, others just expect hair.

Ibby, I work for myself. And I wear shorts. And may someone get tutty fruity stuck in their hair ifn' they don't like it!

I'm a man, baby, a man! I got the long eyebrow hair, the nose hair, the chest hair, the leg hair. And there ain't no "manscaping" goin' on here! Gruntsnortscratchbelch

Can I work for you rick? So I can wear them shorts all day every day too!

Same here. The day I shave anything other than my face, game over.

Well, I'm getting old now so I guess I may have to get rid of nose hairs from time to time...

Shaving at all is overrated. Beards have been 'in' and 'out' at various times in my life (and in various places I've lived, New England seems more tolerant of them than when I lived in Arizona or Oklahoma) but I just don't care. I've had a beard since I was seventeen, and it's not changing now!

I mean, sure, I'll brushhog it back before it spreads up to my eyes or down my throat to make friends with my chest hair, but that's it.

(There was one guy in college who would let it go during the winter, and his beard crawled right up his cheeks to the bottoms of his eyes. He looked like a wolf-man!)

I don't shave either. Guys who dislike my hairy lip/pits/legs/whatever should exercise their freedom to go look at something else.

Shaving is a pain in the ass and all those bleaches/removers suck, too. Expensive, time-consuming, etc. Also, frankly grown-out leg hair feels better to the touch than stubble does.

Stubble makes me itch. I shave my face twice a week just to keep myself looking neat. I do trim a bit elsewhere because I like how it looks, and I shave my chest because there are only a half-dozen hairs there and I have absolutely no hope of growing more.

Chocolate milk.

I'm going to have to partially disagree with you on that, Teeds. Pre-fabricated mass-market chocolate milk available in cartons at the supermarket is oversweet and generally icky, but D.I.Y. chocolate milk made with good quality powdered or liquid chocolate is wonderful.

Greek Yogurt. Stuff's dry and flavorless. Maybe it's the brand I tried but at twice the cost even on sale, I think I'll stick with regular. Besides, I'm not even sure why I'm supposed to eat it.

Single-malt Scotch.

Tastes like shampoo. Really, really expensive shampoo. I prefer the lowbrow blended varieties, personally.

Count me in as someone who loves good quality chocolate milk! Stuff's also great for giving me an energy boost.

Oh yes, it's hideous. I do not get the attraction.

Chocolate milk is often *too* sweet for me. (And I'm a major sweets-lover.) Milk is better flavored with a splash of egg nog, some Bailey's Irish Cream or Kahlua or, my personal favorite, Chambord (black raspberry flavored liquor).

For spices, saffron. $65 an ounce, and it's kind of blech. Gimme some good old black pepper, any day.

Excessive organization. Sometimes its nice to run wild in the breeze.