Today’s post is mainly for the guys. But you gals could benefit from it as well in certain situations. It’s a term from the military. It has to do with your appearance.
When I was active on Facebook a year or so ago, I had a female friend sent me a message asking what a gig line was. She saw that several of my ex-cadets were talking about “never leaving the house without checking my gig line just like the Major taught us”.
She was almost afraid to ask, but ask she did.
It is nothing more than the alignment of the shirt seam with the belt buckle edge, and seam of the trouser fly. Simple as that. But oh, so perfect and symmetrical.
Now with a military belt, there is an additional requirement. Those of you who were Scouts would know this. The metal tip of the belt should only show out the buckle, but none of the web belt. But it must come out enough to cover only the rear backing of the metal belt. Simple! (Sorry no picture)
What does “gig” mean? Well, in the military if you got a demerit, often they would say that you got a “gig”. Maybe because long hair, no shine on shoes, and crooked gig lines were often the most common demerit sources, the name just followed.
I wonder where the actor Gig Young got his name?
(Verdana 12)
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