Adios, Swedish Knit.

[il Padrino Ute]

So let me get this straight:

No suit jackets,
ipads for all,
facebook proselytizing,
skype calls home,
cell phones,

Next thing they will be letting kids' moms go on their missions with them. Missionaries nowadays are total pussies. I predict higher apostasy rates as a result all of this.

Like I said...

[Jeff Lebowski]

Outside of the MTC, I wore a suit exactly twice: on the plane ride there, and on the plane ride home. Other than that, nothing but shortsleeves.

Look at you.

I don't recall if we had a mission rule or not on suits. I remember wearing them because it was cold outside.

[BigPiney]

Woah, you can wear sandals.



I mean, you shouldn't wear those, but they allow it. The end of times, my friends.

[The_Douger]

Pshaw... Look at all you hipster missionaries too cool to wear a suit.

I was doing it before it was cool to do it. Now it's cliche.

[The_Douger]

So let me get this straight:

No suit jackets,
ipads for all,
facebook proselytizing,
skype calls home,
cell phones,

Next thing they will be letting kids' moms go on their missions with them. Missionaries nowadays are total pussies. I predict higher apostasy rates as a result all of this.

Some kid in my ward came home because he missed his mom. I judged him heavily and appropriately.

[BigPiney]

Some kid in my ward came home because he missed his mom. I judged him heavily and appropriately.

[Indy Coug]

Some kid in my ward came home because he missed his mom. I judged him heavily and appropriately.

I sure hope his future fiance does too.

[MarkGrace]

Look at you.

I don't recall if we had a mission rule or not on suits. I remember wearing them because it was cold outside.

And I drank Coke!

[Clark Addison]

Hong Kong was too hot for suits in the summer, but we were required to wear them to church. WIth 8 or 10 missionaries in a ward, everyone did; as there was bound to be a snitch in the group.

Even though winters were cool, we were not required to wear suits. I wore sweaters all winter.

[myboynoah]

Damn, the whole world is going to hell.

[lambdacoug]

Some kid in my ward came home because he missed his mom. I judged him heavily and appropriately.

Wow. Just wow.

[Applejack]

Never wore a suit once after I left the MTC. That was over 20 years ago.

In my missions, Dockers and short-sleeve white shirts were the order of the day.

Me too. With two months to go, however, some stuffy exec in SLC decided Dockers were a no-no, so I had to go buy "dress slacks." I walked into a Brazilian department store, asked them for their cheapest pair of "calcas," and walked with a pair of beautiful dark blue slacks (with just a hint of eggplant). My life changed that day, my friend - I had suffered through 22 months of heavy, cotton pants under an unforgiving devil sun, whereas these slacks made me feel as if I were walking around with nothing on! It was a revelation.

The best part was on p-day when I washed these beauties by hand, the liquid that came out was the color of a nice bordeaux. It allowed for many a joke about water turning into wine.

[Moliere]

Hip, or just smart enough to not wear waaaaaay-overdue-for-a-drycleaning cheap, cheap suits everyday in public. (So gross to think about now).

My feelings exactly. Missionaries rarely have nice suits and the cheap look.....well really cheap. Come to think of it, we should stop encouraging bishoprics to wear suits because more often than not they are incredibly cheap and ill fitting. We have one bishopric counselor that has suit pants that are at least two inches too long and his suit jacket is so big it looks like a sheet on him. He's not poor, just horrible at dressing himself. I for one haven't worn a suit to church in over 5 years and the suits I own are decent quality and have been tailored to actually fit me.

In Paris, we were allowed to shed the jacket from May to September. In fact, having to wear a suit jacket everyday in the winter was likely the cause of my unwillingness to wear a suit jacket to church now and into the future.

[Jeff Lebowski]

My feelings exactly. Missionaries rarely have nice suits and the cheap look.....well really cheap. Come to think of it, we should stop encouraging bishoprics to wear suits because more often than not they are incredibly cheap and ill fitting. We have one bishopric counselor that has suit pants that are at least two inches too long and his suit jacket is so big it looks like a sheet on him. He's not poor, just horrible at dressing himself. I for one haven't worn a suit to church in over 5 years and the suits I own are decent quality and have been tailored to actually fit me
.

Heaven forbid we have some poorly dressed people at church.

[Art Vandelay]

If any of you own Mr Mac stock, I recommend you dump it ASAP.