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After Chipp novelty jock straps were pictured by Flanderian in his Sunday "A Chipp Off the Old Block" post, I received a few Emails.
I think the this will amuse some members.
#1 - I am no longer making the jock straps. ( My site does have a novelty "Jock" tie.)
All the jocks pictured were bike athletic supporters which I personally covered with tie material. I had a sewing machine and a TV in my garage. When Dandy Don and Howard Cosell were broadcasting Monday Night Football, I was covering the jock pouches. By the end of the jock run, I could sew them faster than anyone on earth.
As a result of my jock experience the following 3 things came to pass: I learned a lesson, I had a confrontation with Wm Shawn, the legendary editor of the New Yorker, and the following.
We were lining jackets with a cloth I had printed in Italy which had 12 silhouetted sexual positions,each connected with a Zodiac sign. We called the cloth the Zodiac Kamasutra.
I covered one of the jocks with one of the 12 images. I put it on my fathers desk.
At that time, Platform Tennis was hot. There was a big competition sponsored by Vat 69.
They had us make special jackets, ties and crests for the event. The chairman of the company was so pleased with what we made that he arrived at our building in his chauffeur driven Rolls to personally thank my father. My father was a great Anglophile and he invited the chairman up to his office for a drink and a chat.
Upon entering his office my father saw the Kamasutra jock and tried to cover it up. His quest saw it and said it was very funny, so dad gave it to him.
That weekend the British Embassy in D.C. had a black tie function in honor of the Vat 69 chairman. When every one had had a few drinks , the chairman excused himself and then reappeared with the jock over his dinner trousers.
That Monday the Rolls was back in front of the Chipp building. The chairman ( I keep saying Chairman because I don't remember his name.) said he didn't care what it cost; he needed 40 of the jocks sent to the list he gave us. The list included a few Supreme Court Justices, senators, congressman...........
The jocks were shipped.
About a week later we started getting phone calls. This is Justice-----"s office. The Justice received a rather unusual gift and he would like to purchase 12. This is Congressman So and So's office. The Congressman wants to order 8. About 20 VIPs placed orders.
The difference in sophisticated humor and bad taste is who and where.
Paul Winston
www.chippneckwear.com
I think the this will amuse some members.
#1 - I am no longer making the jock straps. ( My site does have a novelty "Jock" tie.)
All the jocks pictured were bike athletic supporters which I personally covered with tie material. I had a sewing machine and a TV in my garage. When Dandy Don and Howard Cosell were broadcasting Monday Night Football, I was covering the jock pouches. By the end of the jock run, I could sew them faster than anyone on earth.
As a result of my jock experience the following 3 things came to pass: I learned a lesson, I had a confrontation with Wm Shawn, the legendary editor of the New Yorker, and the following.
We were lining jackets with a cloth I had printed in Italy which had 12 silhouetted sexual positions,each connected with a Zodiac sign. We called the cloth the Zodiac Kamasutra.
I covered one of the jocks with one of the 12 images. I put it on my fathers desk.
At that time, Platform Tennis was hot. There was a big competition sponsored by Vat 69.
They had us make special jackets, ties and crests for the event. The chairman of the company was so pleased with what we made that he arrived at our building in his chauffeur driven Rolls to personally thank my father. My father was a great Anglophile and he invited the chairman up to his office for a drink and a chat.
Upon entering his office my father saw the Kamasutra jock and tried to cover it up. His quest saw it and said it was very funny, so dad gave it to him.
That weekend the British Embassy in D.C. had a black tie function in honor of the Vat 69 chairman. When every one had had a few drinks , the chairman excused himself and then reappeared with the jock over his dinner trousers.
That Monday the Rolls was back in front of the Chipp building. The chairman ( I keep saying Chairman because I don't remember his name.) said he didn't care what it cost; he needed 40 of the jocks sent to the list he gave us. The list included a few Supreme Court Justices, senators, congressman...........
The jocks were shipped.
About a week later we started getting phone calls. This is Justice-----"s office. The Justice received a rather unusual gift and he would like to purchase 12. This is Congressman So and So's office. The Congressman wants to order 8. About 20 VIPs placed orders.
The difference in sophisticated humor and bad taste is who and where.
Paul Winston
www.chippneckwear.com
