Something in common; dress codes and Christian intellectuals

I saw two very interesting things this morning; first, Swiss bank UBS has apparently issued a dress code for its employees that goes to 42 pages, and second, a dear brother has issued a call for more Christians to be "public intellectuals." 

What do these have in common?  More or less, a lack of thinking; my take on Dr. Bradley's call to intellectualism is that I don't care whether it's the pastor, other elders, deacons, laymen, janitors, or the organist's poodle Fluffy, I'd like to see anyone in the church doing some serious, logical thinking.  In the same way, the reason that UBS's dress code runs to 42 pages is because either the people writing it, or the people reading it, are either unwilling or unable to think through the issues at hand.

To illustrate the point, here's my family's dress code that we've been trying to apply since 2005.  Just for fun, it can be summarized not in 42 pages, but rather about 42 words.

1.  Pants, skirts, blouses, and shirts come together at the waist or upper hip.

2.  Garments which give a view of large portions of the torso or thigh--whether by tightness or openness--are called "swimsuits" or "undergarments."

3.  Watch out for eye-drawing patterns.

It works equally well for men and women, and I'd suggest even UBS--though one might clarify suit & tie for men, and some equivalent for women.  Maybe 100 words are needed.

As well as some logic instruction in the church, starting of course with the organist's poodle Fluffy.