{"id":9813,"date":"2010-09-10T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2010-09-10T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T13:50:20","slug":"at-last-a-reason-for-wearing-a-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/at-last-a-reason-for-wearing-a-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"At last: a reason for wearing a tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-1310840\/Pillow-Tie-The-inflatable-tie-lets-sleep-job.html?ITO=1490\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2010\/09\/10\/article-0-0B1E2ED1000005DC-513_468x286.jpg\" alt=\"Add an Image\" width=\"236\" height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tired office male workers can now fall asleep at their desk in comfort &#8211; using a new necktie that contains an inflatable pillow.<\/p>\n<p>The Pillow Tie is available in over 60 &#8216;stylish&#8217; designs and looks just like a normal tie when deflated and worn with a suit, or so its manufacturers claim.<\/p>\n<p>But it also holds a discreet air bag that can be blown-up in less than a breath.<\/p>\n<p>A small mouthpiece &#8211; similar to those found on swimming arm bands &#8211; is hidden behind the &#8216;arrow end&#8217; of the tie.<\/p>\n<p>This allows the wearer to simply lift the tie to their mouth, inflate it and lay their head and &#8216;pillow&#8217; on a desk.<\/p>\n<p>The tie does not even need to be removed from the neck.<\/p>\n<p>It can be deflated in seconds if the boss returns to the office and you want to appear busy.<\/p>\n<p>The company sells the ties using the slogan: &#8216;Because most functions that require a necktie&#8230; deserve to be slept through.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder if there will be a pew-friendly Anglican version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: Tired office male workers can now fall asleep at their desk in comfort &#8211; using a new necktie that contains an inflatable pillow. The Pillow Tie is available in over 60 &#8216;stylish&#8217; designs and looks just like a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/at-last-a-reason-for-wearing-a-tie\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[2273],"class_list":["post-9813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ties","tag-ties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}