Uberfluff

For some time now, it has been the fashion to do throwback uniform days for various professional sports teams.  Yes, it's a gimmick, but I kind of like it.  It makes me nostalgic for a time when the electric bill was more of an abstract concept than anything with real-world implications.  Not to mention that it strengthens fans' ties to their favorite team, reminding them of the length of their devotion and providing everyone with a good laugh.  (Incidentally, the best throwback uniform of all time is easily the old San Diego Chargers look with the powder blue and gold.  Seriously, they ought to just go back to that one permanently.  I also have a soft spot for the old Patriots helmet with the minuteman about to hike a football--it has a great literal cheesiness to it.  It's like no one can be whimsical or fun in the modern NFL.)

Anyway, I was just thinking that we should expand the throwback day beyond sports and into regular life.  Think about the benefits of introducing a throwback day at the office.  How much would it improve office morale and teamwork if all the women had to come in wearing those skinny little bows around their necks and giant shoulderpads?  And the men could wear their hair slicked back a la Gordon Gecko and sport those too skinny/too shiny ties.  Or we could go all the way back to the '50s and dress like extras in Mad Men.  And why not totally embrace the stereotype and get wasted at lunch and grope the receptionist in the supply closet?  Stupid, no fun sexual harrassment law.

I'm still hoping to put a similar idea into effect for a party AnneArchy once suggested--where everyone has to attend as their former self.  I think it would be a lot of fun to see all of my responsible, job-having friends in their knee-high Doc Martens or marijuana leaf hats.

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