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trof

(54,255 posts)
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:33 PM Jun 2017

Paisley. IN or OUT?



I have a few paisley ties.
I think I may have had a paisley shirt or two back in the hippy days.
How about you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(design)
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Oh HELL yes. I love PAISLEY!
8 (73%)
Oh HELL no. I didn't like it back then.
2 (18%)
I dunno. I got a tie I kinda like?
0 (0%)
Ain't that Persian?
0 (0%)
Naw, it's Scotisch. Sorta.
0 (0%)
It's a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity.
1 (9%)
6.? No shit?
0 (0%)
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Paisley. IN or OUT? (Original Post) trof Jun 2017 OP
I've always seemed to have a few paisley ties over the years Major Nikon Jun 2017 #1
I was more into reps. trof Jun 2017 #2
I have a Brioni paisley tie that's one of my current favorites Major Nikon Jun 2017 #6
For me, it's a color thang. furtheradu Jun 2017 #3
why don't you just admit you are SCREAMING for my help, trof? Skittles Jun 2017 #4
Aw, SWEETIE? trof Jun 2017 #5
They look like amoeba's. Historic NY Jun 2017 #7
amoeba are shapeless blobs. I think you mean paramecium. TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #9
Um...I have, wear & love an orange long sleeved button front shirt from LandsEnd. irisblue Jun 2017 #8
I wore those shirts to school with dark olive iridescent pants Special Prosciuto Jun 2017 #10
I want blue paisley seat covers for my truck discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #11
I dislike paisley Generic Brad Jun 2017 #12
I never heard this called "paisley" until I was at least in my teens Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #13
I'm guessing dad was into... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #14
Thanks! That must have been where he got it, I never knew Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #15
At my school they were called distribution requirements discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #16
That sounds tough! But it sounds like a well rounded education Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #17
Lots of folks see math as a foreign language discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #19
We started taking French in junior high around here which is unusual Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #20
I took German in 9th & 10th grade discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #21
What's a tie? Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #18
It is a thing, which if not tied correctly and aligned with buckle and fly, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2017 #22
Yeah. Straighten up that gig line, mister! trof Jun 2017 #23
The only Paisley I like mainstreetonce Jun 2017 #24
It's Zoroastrian. Who knew? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #25
paramecium deek Jun 2017 #26
It is indian. Vagina shapes. Not ready for it to come back. applegrove Jun 2017 #27
Always have and always will love paisley. nt Kahuna7 Jun 2017 #28

trof

(54,255 posts)
2. I was more into reps.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:52 PM
Jun 2017

But I haven't worn a tie in ages.
Not even to the last funeral/memorial I went to. The gulf coast is pretty laid back.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
6. I have a Brioni paisley tie that's one of my current favorites
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:00 PM
Jun 2017

It looks different depending on which way the light hits it. It's a subtle effect, but interesting when you notice it.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
3. For me, it's a color thang.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:54 PM
Jun 2017

Purple, blue, green, teal, turquoise.
Awwww.
Trippy stuff, but Nature colors!💙💜💚

O, & if it makes YOU feel goood & happy, it is SO in.

Skittles

(152,966 posts)
4. why don't you just admit you are SCREAMING for my help, trof?
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:54 PM
Jun 2017

MOVING YOU TO THE TOP OF MY LIST PRONTO

irisblue

(32,829 posts)
8. Um...I have, wear & love an orange long sleeved button front shirt from LandsEnd.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:39 PM
Jun 2017

I look good in it & I feel cheerful in it.

Rhiannon12866

(203,035 posts)
13. I never heard this called "paisley" until I was at least in my teens
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 04:35 AM
Jun 2017

My Dad always referred to them as "gametophytes&quot sp?). I have no idea why.

Rhiannon12866

(203,035 posts)
15. Thanks! That must have been where he got it, I never knew
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 07:33 AM
Jun 2017

Or really thought about it much, that's just what they were called, LOL. My Dad was an engineering student - he was manager of a utility - but he must have taken other courses.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
16. At my school they were called distribution requirements
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 07:51 AM
Jun 2017

You had to take 2 courses from 4 of the 5 areas excluding courses from your major subject.
1 English & history
2 Math & foreign language
3 Pysch & poli sci
4 fine arts (music, art...)
5 Geology, chemistry...

I easily eliminated area 1 since teachers that are good at teaching history are so rare and good English teachers even more so.

Rhiannon12866

(203,035 posts)
17. That sounds tough! But it sounds like a well rounded education
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:16 AM
Jun 2017

My school was "progressive," that was he word they used, even back then. We only had to take certain courses to qualify for a major. But it took me awhile to decide on one and there were a lot of things I was interested in. The one thing I avoided like the plague was math - that was my weak subject always. So of course when I became a Psych major, I had to take statistics. I still don't know how I made it through. The teacher was awfully nice and must have taken pity on me,

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
19. Lots of folks see math as a foreign language
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:37 AM
Jun 2017

I was always amused that my school grouped them into one area.
Don't be analyzing me.

Rhiannon12866

(203,035 posts)
20. We started taking French in junior high around here which is unusual
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:49 AM
Jun 2017

Other countries start teaching languages in the grades and it's not unusual for people to be fluent in more than one language. We're the only ones who expect everyone everywhere to speak English - and chances are they do.

I visited the USSR back before it fell, went with my grandmother and her peace group to visit their "sister city" 2 1/2 hours up on the Caucasus Mountains, but we visited a lot of other places too. I sat next to a girl about my age at an opera one night and we chatted during the intermission. She spoke Russian and was fluent in both French and Italian, kept apologizing that she "never finished her English." That's when I was grateful for my years of French, but it was pretty rough going...

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
21. I took German in 9th & 10th grade
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 09:23 AM
Jun 2017

My pronunciation was fair but the rules of grammar and half a dozen different words for "the" never made sense. I hear English is rather tough if you're going the other way. My wife took French. She held up our end of the conversation with our table partners from France at dinner in Spain a while back.

My Spanish is limited to asking for butter and the bathroom. In my best foreign language mashup: "Ich hable kleine Espanol."

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
22. It is a thing, which if not tied correctly and aligned with buckle and fly, ...
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:21 AM
Jun 2017

..., will cause you to do many pushups. Many.

Who taught you to tie a tie, Marine?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
25. It's Zoroastrian. Who knew?
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:34 PM
Jun 2017

"Some design scholars believe it is the convergence of a stylized floral spray and a cypress tree: a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity. It is a bent cedar, and the cedar is the tree Zarathustra planted in paradise. The heavenly tree was “bent” under the weight of the Arab invasion and Muslim conquest of Persia. The "bent" cedar is also the sign of strength and resistance but modesty. The floral motif was originated in the Sassanid Dynasty and later in the Safavid Dynasty of Persia (from 1501 to 1736), and was a major textile pattern in Iran during the Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties. In these periods, the pattern was used to decorate royal regalia, crowns, and court garments, as well as textiles used by the general population." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(design)

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