Butcher's Dream Necktie

What is a necktie dangling for? too stiff, too thin to be a scarf, a bibi or apron; too smooth to be a good hankie, too short to be a suicide noose to contemplate on. Psychologists say: It's boyscouts knot-tying habit or hangup or status symbol. But to plain folks doing laundry, it's just a collar-tightener, that's pure and simple. Designers say it's a grooming enhancer that's used to express a fashion statement. To butchers it's an appendix for which they all sincerely have no kind sentiment. Although unschooled in sartorial elegance, viewing the necktie as just a dangling thing, a butcher like me still longs for a rare chance to wear one someday like a boardroom king!