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  • K kubben

    Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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    Nemanja Trifunovic
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    A) A well dressed engineer has no credibility[^]


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      Over a shirt? I don't have that many sick days. Ben

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      Malcolm Smart
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      Be sick over your shirt. The smell of vomit will hide any hint of BO.

      "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

      "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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      • K kubben

        Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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        Craster
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        kubben wrote:

        B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style.

        Give it a sniff first, though.

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        • S Sam_c

          go to work in a shirt tell the boss its this, nothing or superhero power BO. then go to the shop and buy 5 shirts so that i have more than 2 for a week.

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          kubben
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          I do have a tee shirt with a superman logo on it. hummm... Ben

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          • M Malcolm Smart

            Wake my wife up and get her to wash and iron one for quickly for me.

            "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

            "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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            kubben
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            My wife gets up late, wouldn't work too well. Ben

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              A) A well dressed engineer has no credibility[^]


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              kubben
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              I remember seeing that one in the paper. It is a good one. Ben

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                kubben wrote:

                B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style.

                Give it a sniff first, though.

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                kubben
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                Yes the sniff test. An already worn once shirt is ok if it passes the sniff test. The problem is my nose doesn't smell all that well. So what might smell ok to me, might not to someone else. Ben

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                • M Malcolm Smart

                  Be sick over your shirt. The smell of vomit will hide any hint of BO.

                  "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

                  "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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                  kubben
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                  So what would hide the smell of the vomit? Ben

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                  • K kubben

                    Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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                    leckey 0
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                    I'm one of those who makes sure the night before that I have clothes ready. My hubby not so much. In those occasions he'll take a dirty shirt, spray with Febreeze and re-iron.

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                    • K kubben

                      So what would hide the smell of the vomit? Ben

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                      Malcolm Smart
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                      Where I work, the guy opposite.

                      "More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF

                      "I haven't spoken to my wife now for 48 hours. I don't like to interrupt her.

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                      • L leckey 0

                        I'm one of those who makes sure the night before that I have clothes ready. My hubby not so much. In those occasions he'll take a dirty shirt, spray with Febreeze and re-iron.

                        _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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                        kubben
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                        We do have Febreeze and an iron. Of course, it is too late now I am already at work. Ben

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                        • K kubben

                          Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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                          kubben wrote:

                          A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style.

                          Style? to a geek? I wear a company logo polo shirt or dress shirt when VIPs tour. Outside of 24hour notice to wear anything specific, all bets are off. My wife does not like my Hawaiian shirts, but then, she doesn't have to wear them. ;) I always have something ancient, somewhere, or out of season (a long sleeve shirt ugh...). And I can actually wear a T-shirt, so a bit of advantage. IF, and I do mean "if", it were ever to come down to the end of my shirts. You can take Leckey's idea one step farther. Fabreeze lightly and a quick dry in the dryer. They also make quick-fresh towlettes for the dryer, if this is a reoccurring problem, buy a box, toss one in the dryer with the shirt for 5 minutes.

                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            kubben wrote:

                            A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style.

                            Style? to a geek? I wear a company logo polo shirt or dress shirt when VIPs tour. Outside of 24hour notice to wear anything specific, all bets are off. My wife does not like my Hawaiian shirts, but then, she doesn't have to wear them. ;) I always have something ancient, somewhere, or out of season (a long sleeve shirt ugh...). And I can actually wear a T-shirt, so a bit of advantage. IF, and I do mean "if", it were ever to come down to the end of my shirts. You can take Leckey's idea one step farther. Fabreeze lightly and a quick dry in the dryer. They also make quick-fresh towlettes for the dryer, if this is a reoccurring problem, buy a box, toss one in the dryer with the shirt for 5 minutes.

                            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            kubben
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                            I did decide on A), because like you said as a geek I am not too worried about what I look like. It is Friday and I am not going to be on the client site, so I don't think anyone will notice. Of course, if some new prospective clients come in today, it might be a little embarrassing, but it is Friday so we will see what happens. Ben

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                            • S sw thi

                              Wear a jacket over the shirt, doesn’t matter where it’s out of style or dirty. Have you ever heard of an Indian dress called chudidhar? It has a shawl sort of thing called dupatta, which we can wrap anyway we want to. You can hide anything under it. Very useful I tell you. :-D

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                              You can hide anything under it

                              *Paul regrets living in an age where a joke placed here about "hide anything under it" and "terrorism" would get flamed instead of laughed at*

                              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                              And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                              • N Nemanja Trifunovic

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                                Paul Watson
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                                That explains Jobs then... ;)

                                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                                And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                                  Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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                                  The sticky wall test is all that matters; throw at a wall, if it sticks don't wear it. Otherwise, wear it. (I'd go with A. Rather be comfortable, clean and unstylish than uncomfortable, dirty and stylish. Got a job to do and it isn't Male Model or Clothes Horse.)

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                                  And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                                  • K kubben

                                    We do have Febreeze and an iron. Of course, it is too late now I am already at work. Ben

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                                    leckey 0
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                                    The febreeze/iron combo seems to work pretty well. There is also a product (I think Downy makes it) that you spray to take out wrinkles. It works but I hate the smell of it.

                                    _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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                                      The sticky wall test is all that matters; throw at a wall, if it sticks don't wear it. Otherwise, wear it. (I'd go with A. Rather be comfortable, clean and unstylish than uncomfortable, dirty and stylish. Got a job to do and it isn't Male Model or Clothes Horse.)

                                      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                                      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                                      I went with A. I am not a Clothes Horse either. Ben

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                                        The febreeze/iron combo seems to work pretty well. There is also a product (I think Downy makes it) that you spray to take out wrinkles. It works but I hate the smell of it.

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                                        kubben
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                                        I think in the end I just need to buy some more shirts. Ben

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                                        • K kubben

                                          I like the idea, but I would have to wear a suit to wear a jacket. I had a nice jacket once, but I never wore it so I finally gave it away. Ben

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                                          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                                          But what about the smell of sweat from old shirts particularly when you are in hot countries like India and have to wash your clothes on a daily basis? Bottles of deodarants might be required. :-D

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