What's the use of wearing braces / hats and spats and shoes with laces

Randomly happened across Cody's demonstration of How to Woad Your T-Shirt.

This, um.  Well.  Now I understand this bit:

I don't know how they make it, but I always know when,
For the odour alone would knock you dead,

Somehow, though, he managed to get through the entire video without singing.  (And, given the average quality of YouTube performances of "Woad"?  Singing ability is not required.)