Catholic dress code

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If you are a Catholic male living in my corner of snoburbia, you must follow the unwritten summer dress code. Men must wear polo (or Polo) shirts tucked into belted khaki shorts. You get bonus points for belts with embroidered whales or anchors. (However, whales on shorts are too flashy.) Shoes must be brown loafers. You probably should part your hair and comb it neatly to one side. This way it will stay in place while you are perfecting your lawn.

If you wear your shirt untucked, you are a heathen - possibly a Unitarian.

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Comments

[CF Oxtrot]

I had a flashback to reading Lisa Birnbach's Preppy Handbook while reading this entry.

My favorite part of Snoburbia is how "casual friday" requires wearing the same thing as non-casual Mon - Thurs, but abandoning the necktie. So casual, the loss of the necktie! Super-cazh!

If you're really lucky, Boss-Man will let you slum a little and allow PGA Golf Pro dress codes, minus the corporate sponsor logos adorning PGA touring pros' shirts. EXCEPTION: If you work for the corporation in question, and you're wearing Your Master's Logo on your shirt.

[Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag]

This sounds way more like Republican or WASP/Prerry dress code. I'm Catholic and can't recognize this description in any of the males I see at church -- some are in guyaberra shirts, others in dark-colored suits, still others go way casual with jeans and t-shirts.

[M.]

I doubt that uniform is confined to Catholics. I propose a more inclusive term, "Middle-Aged Wanker Dress Code." Because we all know there are wankers of every faith.

[S.]

What about those who wear no shirt at all?