Men’s fashion conformity

Mark came home the other day and announced that they’d all agreed that they should wear shorts to work on Friday. Forgive me, but I just burst out laughing. The picture of a bunch of middle-aged geeky engineer-types sitting around making group fashion decisions is just too weird. How do you suppose that came about?

Was there a memo?

This just isn’t the sort of conversation I imagine these guys having at lunch. How did this get started; who started it; what discussion preceded it; was it meant as a joke related to something else – or a joke ON someone else? Mark has previously recounted lunch conversations about Sci Fi movies, Chinese food, laptop computer purchase decisions, funny stories in the Onion, walking sticks, politics, and of course his personal favorite, miscellaneous bodily functions. But where, in that conversational set, does one of these guys suddenly pop up with an enthusiastic “I know – let’s all wear shorts on Friday!”

And have the rest of them agree.

Mark really won’t say how this all happened. He claims he doesn’t really remember…