Wearing shorts in the winter

[Griff]

Any people in cargo-pants on your walk?

 

[Plumdaff]

Was in a shop earlier, spotted a bloke in shorts and flip flops, I can only assume he's an off duty postman.

 

[Elpenor]

Was in a shop earlier, spotted a bloke in shorts and flip flops, I can only assume he's an off duty postman.

Flip flops

I think they might need a separate thread

 

[danny la rouge]

So, I have to ask, can anyone tell me why these men - and they were all men - wear shorts when they have no apparent reason to and it’s surely too cold?

Because they wanted to.

I have long given up being surprised that other people sometimes want to do things I don’t. For example, some people apparently drink something called a “pumpkin spiced latte” instead of espresso. It’s their life.

 

[WouldBe]

It's more difficult to change from jeans to shorts while out and about.

You can get trousers where you can unzip the legs to make them shorts.

 

[tommers]

Any people in cargo-pants on your walk?

There were a few. We did a little mutual nod of recognition.

 

[newme]

You can get trousers where you can unzip the legs to make them shorts.

Yeh had them before, they are subpar for both purposes. Whereas I can just take off a hoody.

 

[[62]]

Not just British Isles. About 7C in Kortrijk, Belgium this afternoon and there was a fella sitting waiting for his train in shorts.

 

[geminisnake]

You can get trousers where you can unzip the legs to make them shorts.

Unless they are very well made the zip once they are shorts is horrid on your legs

 

[WouldBe]

Yeh had them before, they are subpar for both purposes. Whereas I can just take off a hoody.

Why are you wearing a hoody on your legs?

 

[klang]

Was in a shop earlier, spotted a bloke in shorts and flip flops,

Hat with corks too?

 

[tommers]

Used to work in a building with lots of Aussies and South Africans. Flip flops all year round. The flapping sound echoing round the hallways. Nightmare.

 

[Karl Masks]

I’ll concede that it has been fairly mild in my part of the country until yesterday, but I’ve seen a lot of blokes wearing shorts over the past week.

None of the short wearers were identifiable as postal workers, I would expect them to be in shorts year round, and would consider a complaint to the GPO if they wore trousers . None were playing sport, or working on a site, or any other pursuit where shorts might be desired. They were simply wearing them waking around in the town centre.

A lot of them were young men under 25, quite possibly students, as most of my short wearing spots took place in a university city. But there were a few older men too.

I am rather fond of shorts myself and will don a pair every day from April to early October, but then it just gets too chilly for me. I don’t think I’m someone who feels the cold particularly either, in fact the opposite. It’s baffling.

So, I have to ask, can anyone tell me why these men - and they were all men - wear shorts when they have no apparent reason to and it’s surely too cold?

Nothing like the sight of the insecure and their legs red raw in the very obvious cold.

Trouser up you clowns, wtf is wrong with you

 

[krtek a houby]

Not just British Isles. About 7C in Kortrijk, Belgium this afternoon and there was a fella sitting waiting for his train in shorts.

Irish Isles

 

[Nine Bob Note]

I regret not bringing any shorts with me to my hotel as I sit here, sweltering in denim. Of course, I'd wear shorts (with boots) to work - year round - if permissible. "Cold legs" - who the fuck gets cold legs?

 

[WouldBe]

"Cold legs" - who the fuck gets cold legs?

People without trousers.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Balderdash! So long as your top half and your feet are warm, "long trousers" will make little difference.

 

[WouldBe]

Balderdash! So long as your top half and your feet are warm, "long trousers" will make little difference.

They'll stop the wind whistling round your nether regions.

 

[rich!]

had a recent travel moment of "can I wear shorts and sandals on the Piccadilly line in November?"

Mercifully for all I decided against it.

I will admit to wearing socks and sandals from the airport front door to the baggage collection on the far side of the flight, but that's because steel toecap boots are best checked in.

Shorts outside? I recall during one of the postal strikes someone noting on social media every time they had a photo of depot X voted for the strike unanimously - and the comment was always "and unanimously for shorts"...

 

[Elpenor]

I’ve gone full circle. Wearing them today as it’s too warm to walk in jeans. Might get chilly on the terraces later on but match is a sell out so should be warm?

Seen quite a few short wearers out today.

 

[Silas Loom]

What madness is this? I am in bed and still wearing two thermal layers on my legs. Do you live somewhere with a unique microclimate, Elpenor ?

 

[krink]

Three reasons why I sometimes wear shorts in winter: Wearing shorts is comfortable, stops you overheating if your doing something physically demanding and in winter there are finally no horseflies (my ultimate nemesis) chewing on me.

Don't appreciate being called a twat for it though - nobody would call someone wearing a skirt in winter a twat.

 

[Elpenor]

What madness is this? I am in bed and still wearing two thermal layers on my legs. Do you live somewhere with a unique microclimate, Elpenor ?

It’s about 12 degrees today, finally the wind has dropped, mix of sunshine and showers. I’d get hot legs if wearing my jeans.

 

[krtek a houby]

4 degrees here. No shorts til summer!

 

[tim]

We've been watching Ben Fogle travel round The Hebrides on telly lately. He's one of these guys. In shorts when everyone else is in 4 layers and wet weather gear. I find it hard to understand too.

I find it hard to understand why anyone would want to watch Ben Fogle