California is eight hours behind the UK, but when it comes to office attire it is closer to eight hundred years behind.
Here is a picture of three of my coworkers that I took today, to show you what I mean.
… but be assured that the fabric is eco-friendly, manufacturers are carbon-neutral, swords duly registered with the local PD after the requisite criminal background check and 7 day waiting period, in the event of a crime the king will order a fair trial manned with a coed jury of one’s peers, and if the death penalty is ordered the Supreme Court will have blessed the form of execution as neither cruel nor unusual punishment.
On second thought, perhaps all these characteristics leave us Californians rather more than 800 years behind the times. And I am not certain whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, or perhaps in that terrible vacuum of grey between the two.
I am a British subject born in 1965, the year that Winston Churchill died. I believe that the climate should be cold and the beer warm. At the less then tender age of 41 I have moved to California. This blog consists of my musings on the resulting culture shock.
… but be assured that the fabric is eco-friendly, manufacturers are carbon-neutral, swords duly registered with the local PD after the requisite criminal background check and 7 day waiting period, in the event of a crime the king will order a fair trial manned with a coed jury of one’s peers, and if the death penalty is ordered the Supreme Court will have blessed the form of execution as neither cruel nor unusual punishment.
On second thought, perhaps all these characteristics leave us Californians rather more than 800 years behind the times. And I am not certain whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, or perhaps in that terrible vacuum of grey between the two.