[Closed] Grown men in shorts..............odd?

Post men and or women. Come rain or shine the pins are out.

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I wear shorts daily for work, then when i get home.
Like you ill wear shorts all year round-till it gets reet brass monkeys!
Still got flip flops on in November!

Post up a picture and I will give you the benefit of my opinion. Do you go for the whole school boy look like that AC/DC guitarist?

no way!!

I have to wear a suit for work so when I am not working 95% of the time I'm in cargo shorts or baggies

i pretty much wear shorts all year round and frankly i don't care if anyone thinks it's odd

or are you turning up at work in your boxers? That would be odd.....

No - nothing odd at all with shorts. I would say that the bloke is being a little odd himself in thinking that. Tell him to "**** off" in a polite sort of way.

Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society. I stopped wearing shorts after infant school personally.

i just hope i look better in my shorts than barnes does in his....................... 😉

Most grown men in this country alternate between garish nylon tracksuits with 'Le Coq Sportif' emblazoned across them and the classic square toed slip-on shoes with entirely superfluous metal buckle/stonewashed jeans/pastel coloured easy-iron short sleeved shirt mega combo.

Why should anyone care what they think of your attire?

i know barnes does and so do i for 10 months of the year, but is it odd for grown men to wear shorts in everyday life.

I only reluctantly wear long pants about 12 hours a year :o) But I don't have any tattoos...

Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society

ya think ? In my case it just represents comfort and determination!

Tend to wear shorts and flip flops from may to October. To hell with what people think. Am 37 BTW. The wife hates it though.

If you men have a nice pair of pins. then show them off.

I spent a lot of my life hiding my legs because I thought they were skinny and embarrassing. Then I discovered through rugby and skiing that despite their size they were much faster and stronger than most. Then a girl in a niteclub chatted me up and told me that the thing that most attracted her to me was my thighs. After that I thought sod it, I don't care what they look like and wear shorts pretty much all the time when I'm off duty, and sometimes even on it. Wear what you are comfiest in, if it's not the shorts it would be something else. Some people just aren't happy unless they are picking fault.

Shorts here for as long as possible,working outside it gets a bit cold by the end of November, but I never wear longs to cycle in

Shorts for me 🙂

Mrs BigJohn & I rode down to the pub last night and I was in shorts, mainly so I don't get caught up in the chain, which is a bugger when your riding home pissed on a fixed with clips'n'straps. She was in something called Capri pants or something.

57 here, and still not decided what I want to do when I grow up.

"Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society"

Care to enlighten us shorts wearers as to what that is, Penrod?

Laid back and scruffy!

I'm 34 and wear shorts and flipflops all year round unless it's snowing out and even then I tend to wear them indoors.

Care to enlighten us shorts wearers as to what that is, Penrod?

Don't mind Penrod, he appears to be stuck in the 1940's.

Long trousers for me, when I can

Then again, I'm made to wear shorts for work - might be figure hugging but that gold lamé's gradually wearing through to my coccyx, I'll tell you

I like shorts when it's warm weather

Lol @ BigJohn - I'm "only" 45 and not only have I still not decided what I want to be when I grow up but I haven't even decided if I actually want to grow up at all...

Oh, and shorts most of the time when I'm not in work, here...

my hubby wears shorts in the evening and weekends... just something hes done for ages...'feels more comfortable' he says after wearing trousers all day.. nowt wrong with that... 😉

I love me shorts, Its jeans I cant stand.

I hate riding in trousers, it's so uncomfortable.

I like shorts when it's warm weather

Me too, above 7C will do it 🙂

And maybe colder too if I'm riding about lots. When I lived in balmy southern climes (Bristol) I wore shorts every day for a year (except at work). People thought I was mad! I thought people were mostly southern shandy drinkers.

in between with 3/4 ers, have 2 pairs of camo endura that just seem to keep alternating between washing and wearing, dont like jeans, WTF about where you fit into society? wear what you like 😮

i am on the lookout for some dark cord cargo type shorts, if anyone has any idea's where i might get some??

32 here and wear shorts most of the year. I'm fortunate enough to be able to wear them to work half the week too.

57 here, and still not decided what I want to do when I grow up.

Me neither, in fact why bother growing up at all? Oh and long trousers are boring . . . fact!

PS: I actually bought a frock today . . . not a long one though 😉

Penrod Pooch - Member
Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society. I stopped wearing shorts after infant school personally.

Like most men born between the wars, my grandfather wore a boring grey suit every day from the time he started work 'til the day he died.

When he relaxed in the house, he took his tie off.

Today, with a hint of rain in the air he would have had an overcoat with him as well. I'll bet he sweated like a french cheese.

He would also ask why everybody wore shorts all the time, if he was alive today.

Shorts in warm weather, or doing sports. Cold weather means trousers.

And wearing flipflops other than at the beach or in a gym changing room is just wrong.

Penrod Pooch - Member
Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society. I stopped wearing shorts after infant school personally.

So that was just before you disappeared up your own arse.

Like most men born between the wars, my grandfather wore a boring grey suit every day

my dad was born between the wars. I have photogrpahic evidence that he wore a suit to get married, but I never saw him in one.

What would he have thought of grown men in lycra?!

simonfbarnes - Member

Like most men born between the wars, my grandfather wore a boring grey suit every day

my dad was born between the wars. I have photogrpahic evidence that he wore a suit to get married, but I never saw him in one.

You forgot to add that he was a naturist.

You forgot to add that he was a naturist.

actually, I can only recall seeing him naked once 🙂

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i am on the lookout for some dark cord cargo type shorts, if anyone has any idea's where i might get some??

Thanks (gok) Ton you just gave me an idea what to do with my torn Howies cords.

To turn it around, it would be very odd for a man to turn up at my work wearing anything more formal than a shirt and trousers. If someone is in a suit, it's because they are being interviewed for something. I'd guess that today well over half the men will be wearing shorts or shorter trousers of some sort, and many will carry on doing that through the year.

The benefits of working in a mild part of the country, not being customer facing, and having an overly warm office to work in?

The recent propensity of the British to male to wear shorts and flip flops at all times says more to me about the collapse of our society than binge drinking, knife crime etc. ever will.

Did you ever see The Beatles wear shorts?
Did you ever see Isambard Kingdom Brunel wear shorts?
Did you ever see the Sex Pistols wear shorts?
Stephen Hawking?
Churchill?

Thought not, I rest my case.

They hadn't been invented then

says more to me about the collapse of our society than binge drinking, knife crime etc

where do you hide the knife ?

Did you ever see The Beatles wear shorts?
Did you ever see Isambard Kingdom Brunel wear shorts?
Did you ever see the Sex Pistols wear shorts?
Stephen Hawking?
Churchill?

they all had rubbish legs :o)

Always in shorts, not old enough for long trousers, I'm only 44 😉

JtotheP68 - Member
The recent propensity of the British to male to wear shorts and flip flops at all times says more to me about the collapse of our society than binge drinking,

The only thing new about binge drinking is the phrase 'binge drinking'.

One of my grandfathers served in India and never stopped wearing shorts once he returned home to his job as a market gardener in Huddersfield.

He said he always felt sorry for people who had to wear suits to work.

Also 44 tend to wear shorts most of the time, though I can't at work as its a food factory :/

Shorts are ok at any time of the year however flip flops unless on a beach should be left well alone!

Pik n Mix - Member
Shorts are ok at any time of the year however flip flops unless on a beach should be left well alone!

I don't tend to wear flip-flops but I do find that a very strange attitude.

If you spend any meaningful length of time on a beach, you'd be barefoot?

I love wearing shorts and would love to wear them at work but I don't think it's allowed for safety reasons.
I always seem to be too hot, especially my legs and feet and they help me cool down a bit. I wear them year round at home and only wear trousers when I'm out if it's brass monkeys or a wedding or something.
I used to ride BMX a lot and you pretty much had to wear baggy shorts to fit the knee and shin pads underneath.
The shorts I wear now are still longer than the knee and baggy. Even in colder weather my legs feel warm cos of the extra length.
34 this year!
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Its your workmates that are weird!

It's not odd, but perhaps unconventional.
Shorts when I can here.

Big John:

57 here, and still not decided what I want to do when I grow up.

I don't tend to wear flip-flops but I do find that a very strange attitude.

If you spend any meaningful length of time on a beach, you'd be barefoot?

Depends how hot the sand is!

mogrim - Member

I don't tend to wear flip-flops but I do find that a very strange attitude.

If you spend any meaningful length of time on a beach, you'd be barefoot?

Depends how hot the sand is!

I'll give you that!

But living in Wales and being on the beach pretty much every few days I've yet to get blistered soles.

Penrod Pooch - Member
Shorts on a man say something to me about where you see yourself in society. I stopped wearing shorts after infant school personally.

lol - spoken like someone who worries way too much about what other people think of them.

Shorts unless it's snowing, though I need to wear longs for work.

And I'll wear cycling tights if it's [i]really[/i] muddy. Only when cycling, mind you.

spoken like someone who worries way too much about what other people think of them.

actually, he has rubbish legs too 🙁

does he have tattoos simon ? lol

does he have tattoos simon ?

that could be it, he did his own as a child and wants to hide them 🙂

Since moving to Ethiopia, I've only worn shorts round the house, or when out cycling.

Sadly, they aren't socially acceptable here at all. And being one of the only "faranj" in town I don't wish to draw any more attention to myself...

IdleJon - Member

I don't tend to wear flip-flops but I do find that a very strange attitude.

If you spend any meaningful length of time on a beach, you'd be barefoot?

Never been to a volcanic beach then.

I will however rephrase, flip flops are ok if travelling to and from the beach or poolside. That work better 😉

I've worn shorts and T shirt to work most days this year - most people are in slacks and shirt, but no one has complained so far (39 BTW).

Would like to, but personal rule is shorts only at home or on bike as it is unfair to humanity to inflict my legs on them.

shorts I wear now are still longer than the knee and baggy

Below the knee they are trousers you have grown out of not shorts!

Or are they chav 3/4 s worn with Lonsdale trainers?

For me, less is better. Hence I wear shorts as much as I can throughout the year (at home and out n about). No-ones ever had an issue with it - in fact, people often ask why I keep wearing shorts when it gets cold.

I think you need to clarify exactly what sort of shorts you mean. If you mean the longer, baggy, knee length MTB style shorts, then fine.
I gave up wearing the 1970's style short shorts because I find that, when you're sitting on the sofa, the sight of the twins playing "peek a boo" through alternate leg holes sends out the wrong signals when the vicar comes round for tea.

Tinners - Member

I think you need to clarify exactly what sort of shorts you mean. If you mean the longer, baggy, knee length MTB style shorts, then fine.
I gave up wearing the 1970's style short shorts because I find that, when you're sitting on the sofa, the sight of the twins playing "peek a boo" through alternate leg holes sends out the wrong signals when the vicar comes round for tea.

"Shorts are essential to hard work, to hiking and to camping. They are less expensive and more hygienic than breeches or trousers. They give freedom and ventilation to the legs."

I still haven't grown out of shorts at 47 and wear them almost all year.
[i]Proper[/i] shorts, mind, none of this knee length baggy nonsense that people call shorts these days.

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[i]Proper shorts, mind, none of this knee length baggy nonsense that people call shorts these days.[/i]

I've seen some of those shorts before.....

Aah, there you go. 😉
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BST = British Shorts Time.

Dibbs - Member

BST = British Shorts Time.

Like that one (shorts on at the moment)

I wear shorts most of the year, have to wear a suit at work though which is a bit rubbish.

Shorts here too, usually 10+ months a year unless it's snowing (though I did wear jeans more this winter, mainly because I realised I had some nice jeans that I'm never, ever going to wear out...)

Interesting to see when I was in Mexico that the menfolk in the countryside there never appear to wear shorts (and are usually wearing collared shirts too). Is that a Latin country thing?

I've usually favoured the baggy, just below knee ones, which I buy a size too large for the length (though I have some Carhartt YMCA ones somewhere too...)

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I and about 50% of my staff live in shorts or 3/4 for work. We would think it odd if anyone turned up in shirt/tie/suit/smart trousers.

Ahh you see Ton you have a good set of legs 😉

Carry on.

He has little ladies legs, on a massive mans body