“Whenever a man in a tie comes on the television, we always turn it off because we know he’s not being funny or interesting in any way”
Jeremy Clarkson, a popular British TV host and journalist, criticised Croats and the French for inventing the necktie in his weekly column for The Sunday Times.Referring to a recent decision by the British Parliament stating that ties would no longer be obligatory in the House, and more precisely, to the Transport Minister’s objection to the decision, in his typically Clarkson-like manner, the TV host wrote a lengthy column about how he thought there were some slightly more important topics a Parliament should be discussing, such as Brexit.
Referring to a recent decision by the British Parliament stating that ties would no longer be obligatory in the House, and more precisely, to the Transport Minister’s objection to the decision, in his typically Clarkson-like manner, the TV host wrote a lengthy column about how he thought there were some slightly more important topics a Parliament should be discussing, such as Brexit.
“…And ties are stupid. No. Don’t argue. Because they are. They serve no purpose.
I’ve done some checking and it seems that the idea of the tie came about in the 17th century when some Croatian mercenaries turned up in France wearing knotted handkerchiefs around their necks.
Instead of saying, “Thank God you’re here. We need all the help we can get to fight these pesky Protestants”, the French — because they are French — said: “Wow. Cool neckwear, boys.” And immediately rushed off to create what became known as the cravat,” Clarkson writes in his piece.
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He goes on saying that later when rich young Englishmen went on grand tours of Europe, they started wearing “idiotic stuff round their necks to make them look more French,” adding that he had made a vow when he left school that he would never wear a tie again, concluding that only boring and vain people wear them.
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