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" Listen. When it comes to dressing yourself, no rules are set in stone. Sartorial codes that were once mainstays have fallen by the wayside while new guidelines have cropped up in their stead. And you can bet those rules will be replaced in due time, too. Sure, there are things that we, ourselves, would never wear \u2014 but to each his own. We&amp;#039;ve seen guys pull off the most ridiculous of outfits through sheer confidence and brio. And yet, today we found one hard-and-fast rule that we&amp;#039;re pretty sure applies to all men on this planet: Don&amp;#039;t dress like a mermaid. So here we are, having a talk that we never thought we would have, thanks to Floridian Eric Ducharme, who chooses to wear a fin and pretend to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid a few times a week. Thank God (or the SVP of Development at TLC) for shows like My Crazy Obsession, which bypasses the traditional freak show format and allows us to gawk at strangers from the comfort of our own homes (preferably in sweatpants). So, as we approach the sunny summer months with their beach-bound vacations and tropical sojourns, we&amp;#039;ll do our best to advise you on swim trunks and how to wear a suit in scorching temperatures. We&amp;#039;ll talk warm-weather footwear, and proper off-duty etiquette. But there&amp;#039;s one piece of advice that we can guarantee you won&amp;#039;t find on the pages (print, Web, or otherwise) of Esquire: Under no circumstance will we endorse wearing a fin. This, we can promise you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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