Comments on: Maybe I’m Shallow http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/ Economics; Travel; Film; and Technology. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:47:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard G Brown http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Richard G Brown Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:52:13 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/#comment-3238 :-) :-)

]]> By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 andrewferrier Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:46:53 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/#comment-3237 "Apart from 2004-2005 fashion" It's 2006! Get, like, with the program, man! “Apart from 2004-2005 fashion”

It’s 2006! Get, like, with the program, man!

]]> By: Richard G Brown http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Richard G Brown Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:18:20 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/#comment-3180 "there’s normally little logic in a suit jacket and jeans, say." Apart from 2004-2005 fashion :-) "His outlandish outfits certainly give me pause for thought" You're just jealous of his suit pockets. You like the lining. “there’s normally little logic in a suit jacket and jeans, say.”

Apart from 2004-2005 fashion :-)

“His outlandish outfits certainly give me pause for thought”

You’re just jealous of his suit pockets. You like the lining.

]]> By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 andrewferrier Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/#comment-3166 Hmm, there's definitely some logic to what you say. I guess my thought process is, if I'm smart, I want to present the whole image - hence why I wear a suit AND a tie - there's normally little logic in a suit jacket and jeans, say. Maybe the pomegranate juice accessory is part of that. Harry Hill's observation sounds compelling, although I have a difficult time relating it to much of middle England, who actually seem obsessed with the trivia of how other people look and behave. Maybe that's just how they appear to think. His outlandish outfits certainly give me pause for thought :) Hmm, there’s definitely some logic to what you say. I guess my thought process is, if I’m smart, I want to present the whole image - hence why I wear a suit AND a tie - there’s normally little logic in a suit jacket and jeans, say. Maybe the pomegranate juice accessory is part of that.

Harry Hill’s observation sounds compelling, although I have a difficult time relating it to much of middle England, who actually seem obsessed with the trivia of how other people look and behave. Maybe that’s just how they appear to think. His outlandish outfits certainly give me pause for thought :)

]]> By: Richard G Brown http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 Richard G Brown Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:43:41 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/31/maybe-im-shallow/#comment-3135 If anything, I'm the reverse. I care - too much - what other people think of me and it manifests itself in strange ways. If I'm off work during the week, I hate taking the tube at rush hour in case people think I don't have a job. If I'm dressed scruffily (not that I ever am :-p ), I may be inclined to spend more extravagantly than normally in case anybody thought I couldn't afford it. Likewise, if I'm dressed smartly, I feel less need to signal money and so would not be ashamed to pick up some value beans. I read an interesting interview with the comedian Harry Hill in the paper over the weekend. His insight was, basically, that we spend our twenties worrying about what people think about us and then realise one day that, actually, most people don't really care. His claim was that we should do what we want and not care what anybody else thinks. This advice is obvious but it did make me think about my own behaviour. If anything, I’m the reverse. I care - too much - what other people think of me and it manifests itself in strange ways.

If I’m off work during the week, I hate taking the tube at rush hour in case people think I don’t have a job.

If I’m dressed scruffily (not that I ever am :-p ), I may be inclined to spend more extravagantly than normally in case anybody thought I couldn’t afford it. Likewise, if I’m dressed smartly, I feel less need to signal money and so would not be ashamed to pick up some value beans.

I read an interesting interview with the comedian Harry Hill in the paper over the weekend. His insight was, basically, that we spend our twenties worrying about what people think about us and then realise one day that, actually, most people don’t really care. His claim was that we should do what we want and not care what anybody else thinks. This advice is obvious but it did make me think about my own behaviour.

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