Saturday, August 19, 2006

 

Tying one on

I know with a title like "Tying One On" you're expecting some post about binge drinking and my college fraternity days. Well that's not going to happen. This is all about Krystal Adventures. Perhaps you were looking for the "Binge Drinking Adventures" blog? That's down the hall on the left. Have a nice day!
Now for those paying attention, my current big adventure has to do with finding a way to get my Thursday Krystal fix on board a luxury cruise ship in the Bahamas. While I think Jennifer and I have a workable plan to purchase one (or 12) and smuggle bring them on board, I simply cannot rely on that. I must have a contingency plan. Since we're likely going to have Krystal the day we board the ship, and I can probably whine and cry and annoy Jennifer til she gives in and we go back to Krystal upon our return should plans go awry, I think I have my bases covered. But what if the Captain decides to confiscate my Krystals for his own dining pleasure? I mean who can resist, ya know? (Boy how cool would it be to be selected to "dine with the captain" and invite him back to the stateroom for some Krystals, instead?)
So anyway, I have a back up back up plan. On board ship you have to dress up for dinner. While I don't mind "dressing up" for dinner, I absolutely hate the vague terms they use to describe dressing up: Formal, Semi Formal, Casual, Business Casual, and the ultra vague Smart Casual. Personally I think the fashionistas make these terms up so you have to buy more clothes. And then the red carpet snobs can make fun of you for over/under dressing and look down on you for not understanding their cryptic dress code lingo. Personally, I say give me pictures and examples or shut up. But I digress.
It is fairly certain that a coat and tie fits somewhere in the "acceptable" range for dinner. Being in the Bahamas, I will certainly look for any excuse to ditch the coat, but boy have I got the tie issue covered:
I know the image may be a bit hard to see. I had my coworker Kimber do some tweaking to the picture to make it a bit clearer. You should be able to "rollover" the picture to see the slightly edited version and find the surprise hidden inside! If all else fails, click on the picture and you'll see it. (I admit it: I just wanted to play with fun rollover graphics.) If it's not working for you then you probably have javascript disabled, or you dont have a modern computer, or perhaps you are severely colorblind. And I strongly suspect this wont work if you get the blog via email. Sorry!
Anyway, I have had this little gem for quite a while but haven't worn it yet. We are no longer required to wear ties at work (thank goodness) so my tie wearing opportunities have dropped to almost nil. I suppose I could have just worn the tie anyway, but lets face it: being the Krystal Kid is one thing. Krystal Kid in a Krystal Tie sounds like the punchline of a bad joke.
I believe that these ties were worn by the store managers but I don't recall seeing any lately. Not that I spend a great deal of time checking out Krystal manager's clothing choices.
So my plan is: Krystal or not, on Thursday, I'm wearing the Krystal Tie to dinner. At least if there is no Krystal in my belly there will be one on my chest. I won't actually wear the tie WHILE I eat the Krystal for fear of getting mustard on the tie. Oh what sad sad irony that would be! Krystal mustard on my Krystal tie.
Now I just have to hope no one attempts to steal my tie OR my Krystal, and also hope that Jennifer doesn't push me overboard because of my tie.
If she could find a Krystal dress to match the Krystal tie then I'm sure all would be well. I have checked the Krystal.com online store and they don't have dresses. Perhaps a 3XL t-shirt and a belt? As I said, I don't understand the whole "casual/formal" thing. I guess by now that's obvious, right?
Krystal Lovers like hot buns.

# posted by JasonJ1052 @ 12:36 PM
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