This Product Shouldn't Exist

Last weekend, we tragically bid adieu to Lon and Lisa. Knowing them, it was no surprise that it was a fancy dress party. Laura was looking lovely in a gold dress (and of course Courtney was looking lovely too) . . .



. . . so I decided to accessorize with a gold tie.



Everything seems good, right? The gold matches the dress, and the charcoal accents match my suit. There's just one little problem . . .

IT'S A FAKE TIE!!!



Look, anybody who knows me knows that I wouldn't support this in normal circumstances, but this was the best match for the dress we could find. Fake ties should pretty much be limited to a young boy's First Communion, but I must say that this one is rather ingenious. It operates using a zipper, as you can see below:



A Korean-American friend of mine suggests this was invented so that massively-hungover businessmen could still manage to get their ties on the morning after a bender. Oh well. It cost me about $5 so I can't complain. And at least it isn't accented with sparkles like so many Korean ties.