{"id":6409,"date":"2012-05-17T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=6409"},"modified":"2012-05-17T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T19:41:09","slug":"on-necktie-knots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=6409","title":{"rendered":"On Necktie Knots"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes talks about tying neckties.<\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Let me say that I’m unimpressed with Hayes’ necktie knot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It’s nothing personal. I’m just picky when it comes to neckties and their knots.<\/p>\n

I taught myself how to tie a tie. The reason? I had to wear a necktie, I didn’t know how to tie it, so I worked out in my head how the tie knot needed to work, and BAM!<\/b> It happened.<\/p>\n

The strange irony of working out how to tie a tie intellectually is that I cannot tie a tie while looking in the mirror. It throws off the way things have to go.<\/p>\n

My dad was impressed with my tie-tying skills. You, see, I worked out how to tie a Half-Windsor knot<\/a>. It’s a big knot, it’s a symmetrical knot.<\/p>\n

I’m awesome that way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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