Since my dear older friend Worthington shared details about our sartorial conversation, I thought I would add a few more details about him. For one, he did describe his dress accurately, and the photo he chose is an accurate depiction. He wears a lot of tweed and flannel, and he is always wearing a waistcoat (doeskin, tattersall, you name it). However, he lacks in the shoe department, as he only owns two pair of dress shoes (brown cap toes and cordovan penny loafers).
As far as his social habits go, he is a drunkard that drinks far too much scotch. He is a single man that has been divorced twice, and these divorces were the result of his womanizing. Furthermore, he is still a womanizer, but his standards are set very low. He constantly smokes his pipe, and he owns two vehicles (1990 something Jeep Wagoneer with the faux wood trim, and an old 1970 something Jaguar convertible).
As a person, he is pretty nice, and we have been friends for a while. His father is not from WASP stock, but his mother truly is. He attended one of the schools in Virginia (don't remember which one), and he retired a couple years ago.
So there you have it, a little more info about Worthington. Now, Worthington.....let's stop sharing details about each other this second. Agreed?
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I would like to see his taste in..how you say..."Poon", and his favorito scotch'z
Richard,
Temper, temper, temper… Wow, where was all this when people were saying things about your wife, your being a poser, etc? Come one man, so what if the guy has two pairs of shoes, an old jeep, and jaguar.
My question to you is, was it worth it? Others might say that this was a ruse. That your plan of insurrection went array, and that there never was a Mr. Warhol so you needed to ditch him in some sort of fashion.
If it wasn’t worth it, I say make up with your pal, and move on. If it is other (which we will never know), I say shame on you.
He really didn’t say anything to warrant the lashing you gave him. Was what he did cool, certainly not, however, what you did was far worse if his name indeed is what’s posted here. God I hope not.
Richard,
I would be ashamed to have you as a friend. I don't care whether or not you are true WASP. The bigger concern is that you are not a true gentleman. I hope Worthington - real or made up - cleans your clock!
Strunk and White say that you should only add commas before the word and if it is a serial comma in an ordered list. An example of such a sentence follows: I bought one pair of Polo chinos, two pairs of Polo argyle socks that don't match anything I own, three pairs of bit loafers that are completely inappropriate when worn with suits, AND four very dandy ascots. The AP Style Guide is ambivalent on the use of the serial comma before the word and. In either case, neither suggests the use of a comma before an ordinary conjunction. I would expect someone who writes press releases and deals with the media for a living to know this.
Now, as for publicly picking a fight with your dear-old-chum Worthington, please. There was nothing wrong with that post and the fact that the nearly unanimous feedback that putting the Yale crest on the jacket seems striving at best irked you should indicate that his feedback was on the money.
It's sad, really, because this blog started out so well. Then you went and tried to turn yourself into Richard the third.
This has just gotten pathetic. I think I'll move on.
Good lord Richard, if that's how you speak of your friends, what do you say about your enemies?!
I'm not sure what your point is here, Richard. You asked "Worthington" to post and now you are being a little rude to him. This would have been much more tactfully handled off-line.
I'm a big fan of the faux-wood Jeep Wagoneer Limited, by the way. My mother had one in the '80s.
Richard, if you're going to rip off images from other blogs, at least have the decency to cite them accurately. In this case, you took the above image from Will's A Suitable Wardrobe.
Not so fast! I'm rather enjoying all the tidbits i'm hearing about both of you.
The image is an Esquire image that has appeared on many sites. I didn't rip it off, and I used it because it is Worthington's profile photo. Furthermore, I was not making fun of the fact he womanizes, drinks too much, or drives whatever. I actually adore both of his vehicles, and I don't see what I did that was so harsh.
Guys lay off old Richie.....he let me read every word before he posted it. It is all true, and the things he could have said.......that he knows. Hell, all he did was tell you that I am divorced from womanizing (which I proudly admit to), what I wear, and what I drive. Lay off our old pal, I curse at him everyday just for the hell of it. We are cheery ole chums....no worries. In fact, Richard wasn't even mad about my crests posts.......he was just pretending.
So he drinks, hes a flirt and owns a jeep Wagoneer and a Jag while not overinvesting in Stubbs and Weootens. Sounds like authentic WASP stock to me!
I think I could warm up to Worthington. What are his thoughts on ,gin?
Plus, it wouldn't sound very good for me to say I am a womanizer. However, I do admit it has caused me many problems in my life, and I a lot of money :)
Hell, he even said I was pretty nice! Ha, I didn't see that...
Did you two go to public school together?
So two middle aged "country club" pals decide to jest each other via the Internet rather than meeting for some drinks and pretending to be WASPs in person? Does this new money country club of yours have a presence outside of cyberspace, Richard?
Worthington,
Your are a douche bag!
OK, I think you two aren’t getting the point that we are making here. I tried to be tactful in my last post, but I’m going to just say it. SOMETHING STINKS HERE, and we are all seeing it.
A list of reasons why 99.9% of us feel that that Richard was rude in his post.
1. One the title smacks that there is going to be something awful said about Mr. Warhol. Which it did manifest itself.
2. “However, he lacks in the shoe department, as he only owns two pair of dress shoes (brown cap toes and cordovan penny loafers).” This actually came off kind of snarky or snide. You have to understand that WE did not, or do not know how close you two are. So it is expected that we are going to have the sort of reaction that we are having.
3. “As far as his social habits go, he is a drunkard that drinks far too much scotch.” Again, very snarky. Not only that, do we need to know this about the man? I have several family members I feel drink too much, but I would never, even if they have read what I have written publish such words. Besides, and this is to you Mr. Warhol, why would you let someone publish such a thing for the entire world to see.
4. “He is a single man that has been divorced twice, and these divorces were the result of his womanizing. Furthermore, he is still a womanizer, but his standards are set very low.” Damn, again to Mr. Warhol, basically you are saying that you are a slut.
In the end, I’m not even sure why I’m even posting again on the subject. If you two collaborated on this, it is showing your maturity. It wasn’t funny, as you can see from the response that you’ve gotten from it. You are no longer schoolboys, so why behave as such? Believe me I have a scene of humor, a big one but this isn’t funny. Maybe, if we had some clue to the joke, we wouldn’t have reacted in the way we had. Saying he’s “pretty nice” just didn’t do it. I think it confused us more then anything. I don’t know, just me.
His father is not from WASP stock, but his mother truly is. He attended one of the schools in Virginia (don't remember which one) What does this mean? Is he not worthy of being here? If that’s the case, I will exit stage right, as I’m no WASP either, nor are most of your readers.
Please stop this rouse. Worthington is clearly a made up character to highlight some babbling,buffoon, good ole' boy stereotype, which he does so poorly. If either of you had any real connection with the WASP establishment, youd realize how off your personas are. You are outsiders, looking into a world you can't and won't ever be a part of. As someone who grew up outside the WASP establishment but found his home there in, and after college, I can give you only one piece of advice. You can't buy your way in - and trying so hard to look the part will only get you so far. As you've demonstrated on this site, you are extraordinarily class and tactless, no matter your political and social connections. You may think you travel in the right circles, but you are certainly the person that is the end of every nouveau riche joke.
In all honesty, and I do not mean this to be condescending: Be yourself. And if the real you does not fit into this WASP persona you cling to, then drop it. If it is obvious to all of your readers, it has to be obvious to those around you. You can't be someone your not, no matter how much effort you put into it. Those who you emulate will see you as the fraud you are.
Well Worthington, spill which Virginia school you went to..Hampden-Sydney? Washington and Lee? UVA? Do tell us pleasr.
this blog has become a pitiful, self-obsessed diatribe on the importance of being Richard. I actually used to enjoy reading your posts when they were about clothes. This worthington nonsense is ghastly. This will be the last time I visit.
the commentary made this site.......instead of this worthington chap, what happened to the likes of non_such, cerebral, et al
The image is widely distributed...it can also be found in 134 of Flusser's "Dressing the Man".
I know this because I've been doing a lot of footnotes lately.
Richard,
Enough with the 'sock puppets', please. I used to enjoy stopping by your blog because it -and you- seemed a bit quirky. Now, I confess, I stop by for an update on the train wreck.
You can't seriously be this out of touch with reality. Can you? I don't know how much longer I can keep cringing.
Return the blog to what it was before and I think we can all promise to forget this unfortunate diversion.
The level of unintentional comedy on this blog has risen to magnificent heights.
Poloist -- If I didn't want Worthington here, I would not allow him. The meaning of this post is there is no meaning. He and all my readers are welcome here, even the hard cracking anonymous guys and girls.
Richard,
I’m not saying to cut him loose. I just find the whole thing odd that’s all. As stated before, your blog, and you may do with it what you will.
I’m also saying that the added pen to your blog has much of us wondering. That’s it.
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