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The Empress' Tired Attire

Same Dress To The Party Backoff Algorithm
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With the advent of RFID technology, this problem can finally be solved. A straightforward party website registry would prevent any clashes, while a realtime RFID scanner at the gates of the hall can avert last minute disasters.
theircompetitor, Jun 08 2005


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       What's with the category?
Acme, Jun 08 2005
  

       What address, I mean what's a dress, I mean, what jutta said.
blissmiss, Jun 08 2005
  

       ""The only accessory that sets apart is our tie, and our underwear, which no one sees.""   

       I've seen some ties that are a lot worse than some of the underwear that I've had occasional glimpses of. In my area the guys sometimes drop that eastern tie & coat look and wear what I think of as the Hawaian punch outfit loaded down with gold chains, watches etc. Some of those shirts! Eeek!
Isayhello2u, Jun 09 2005
  

       What if I, or any other lady, want to wear a thrifty frock from a charity shop? I may be misinterpreting but this system seems only to work when each guest buys something new from an RFID-using store.   

       Perhaps we should just all revert to the Walter Scott-created shortbread-tin stereotype of kilts and tartans, each couple wearing their own as appropriate. Thus matching fabrics lead to celebratory reuinions, not blackened faces and recriminations.
calum, Jun 09 2005
  

       But as far as I can tell, wouldn't this only work if you were checking the website while all the other guests were arriving to the party? There's fashionably late, and there's waiting until everyone else has arrived to go there.
hidden truths, Jun 09 2005
  

       Or take a nice shawl with you (no, not you calum). The chances of another woman turning up with the same dress *and* shawl are astronomically small.
wagster, Jun 09 2005
  

       Or tie-dye that nice cocktail dress/ballgown. Even if someone else has the same idea, it's not going to look the same.
Detly, Jun 09 2005
  

       <timid question>Why is it that turning up somewhere in the same outfit isn't a cause of amusement for girls like it is for chaps? Is it because your style is then no longer your own? Or is it because identical outfits facilitates easy visual comparison so the other girls all mutter about who wears it better?</timid question>

I've always wondered, but never found a definitive answer.
DocBrown, Jun 09 2005
  

       The answer I have always been given is a silent look that says "if you don't understand there's no point in explaining". You might be getting several of these right now, but you won't know.
wagster, Jun 09 2005
  

       //If you don't understand there's no point in explaining//Exasperating! This would seem to me to be the very best reason to explain something. Oh well, the quest continues...
DocBrown, Jun 09 2005
  


 

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