Hawaiian shirts

[Diogenes]

Whaa, that is a scary thought - thanks for the info, Dio  

We are the only dept. in our association who has the tradition and I texted a colleague a while ago to see if he knows. So, as far as he remembers it was brought on by an ex-Hawaian pilot who worked in our office and to make him comfortable they started to wear the shirt on sloppy Friday's. Knowing most of my coworkers for over 10 years (we are a bunch of multi nationals, multi racial, multi lingual, aviators, engineers, ex-aviators, aeronautical people, and others from all walks of life) I doubt that any of them would side with those right wing imbeciles. Let's hope none of them is hiding amongst us Tell you what though, since I'm a sh&*t-stirer, I'll mention that at our next virtual staff meeting. Since I'm hosting those and see all the people on my screen, I'm now curious what their reaction will be. 

Oh well, if it was a jet jock who started it, no worries ... goes quintuple for an ex-Hawaiian jet jock.  Sounds like a fabulous department.  Pilots are such flyin’ people!

[PeDe]

Whaa, that is a scary thought - thanks for the info, Dio 

We are the only dept. in our association who has the tradition and I texted a colleague a while ago to see if he knows. So, as far as he remembers it was brought on by an ex-Hawaian pilot who worked in our office and to make him comfortable they started to wear the shirt on sloppy Friday's. Knowing most of my coworkers for over 10 years (we are a bunch of multi nationals, multi racial, multi lingual, aviators, engineers, ex-aviators, aeronautical people, and others from all walks of life) I doubt that any of them would side with those right wing imbeciles. Let's hope none of them is hiding amongst us Tell you what though, since I'm a sh&*t-stirer, I'll mention that at our next virtual staff meeting. Since I'm hosting those and see all the people on my screen, I'm now curious what their reaction will be. 

Oh well, if it was a jet jock who started it, no worries ... goes quintuple for an ex-Hawaiian jet jock.  Sounds like a fabulous department.  Pilots are such flyin’ people!

it is and I like them - well, most of the time. Always on the dot.

[CyrilSebastian]

Different ways to wear the same Hawaiian shirt   
http://www.alohafunwear.c...r-the-same-hawaiian-shirt

[CyrilSebastian]

Hawaiian shirt how to wear     
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxlGztwd20

[fairy]

I totally hate it when some group basically hijacks a tradition, a "something" or other and ruins it for the rest of us, since suddenly it is tainted.
(like here wearing folk costumes is considered "völkisch" (PeDe, you probably know that word?) which is associated with Nazis, I heard people saying that the best thing with Corona was that those "völkische" festivities like the Wiesen and the Wasn couldn't take place)

[anastasia beaverhausen]

I totally hate it when some group basically hijacks a tradition, a "something" or other and ruins it for the rest of us, since suddenly it is tainted.
(like here wearing folk costumes is considered "völkisch" (PeDe, you probably know that word?) which is associated with Nazis, I heard people saying that the best thing with Corona was that those "völkische" festivities like the Wiesen and the Wasn couldn't take place)

Well said, Fairy. What did Hawaiian shirts ever do to deserve this?

[PeDe]

I totally hate it when some group basically hijacks a tradition, a "something" or other and ruins it for the rest of us, since suddenly it is tainted.
(like here wearing folk costumes is considered "völkisch" (PeDe, you probably know that word?) which is associated with Nazis, I heard people saying that the best thing with Corona was that those "völkische" festivities like the Wiesen and the Wasn couldn't take place)

Yup, I heard it as well. When I was young, I was never into Trachten in general, my late mom was, and my sister still is. Only when I moved to the states, it somehow hit me, and I ordered several Dirndls - gave me a feel of home. And now I like to wear them...I even have Lederhosen for women   

It's always and everywhere the same, isn't it?! Stupid people are what stupid people do/say. A handful (metaphorically speaking) of idiots ruining it for the rest of us.