12 Degrees, Pouring Down, My Brother and His Friends are Wearing Shorts Outside
Steffan_Leach
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When did shorts and a t-shirt become standard British Summer wear for boys?
They absolutely refuse to wear trousers, even though it's been cool and wet since schools broke up. They're 11 to 18 years old. It has been pouring down in Lancashire the last few days with temperatures not much higher than 12 degrees but still they all wear shorts. They just don't seem to care.
Last summer when I was walking with my brother and some of his friends from school, I saw a kid wearing t-shirt and shorts in torrential rain and asked them if the kid was okay. They said, "He's uh.. Yeah Weird. He's weird. Really weird. He wears shorts in all weathers."
Now they think it's fine.
One boy has even started cropping thier pants, cutting of the bottoms and making them into shorts, so his mum can't force him to wear trousers. What's gonna happen come winter??
They absolutely refuse to wear trousers, even though it's been cool and wet since schools broke up. They're 11 to 18 years old. It has been pouring down in Lancashire the last few days with temperatures not much higher than 12 degrees but still they all wear shorts. They just don't seem to care.
Last summer when I was walking with my brother and some of his friends from school, I saw a kid wearing t-shirt and shorts in torrential rain and asked them if the kid was okay. They said, "He's uh.. Yeah Weird. He's weird. Really weird. He wears shorts in all weathers."
Now they think it's fine.
One boy has even started cropping thier pants, cutting of the bottoms and making them into shorts, so his mum can't force him to wear trousers. What's gonna happen come winter??
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My hubby will be 65 next month has been wear shorts since end of March he flatly refuses to put long trousers on, he keeps telling me it's summer
Yup ... I wore shorts to school until I was about 14 ... and as you mention, it was all year round!
I can't help but wonder what dreaded affliction the OP imagines will befall anyone who gets wet legs when it's 12 degrees outside!
In fact, unless you're wearing waterproofs, it's more uncomfortable (in my opinion) to have wet long trousers as they take an age to dry out when it stops raining.
Rumour has it that some sports people even wear shorts in winter!
I wonder how they cope? ;-)
Plus I have awesome calves, so any excuse to display them
Have to admit I'm the same. I rarely wear a coat. In winter I prefer a long sleeve t-shirt. It has to be cold and wet for me to wear a coat or sub zero temps. Even though it's been raining constantly here since Saturday I am yet to unpack my coat.
I only wear long pants because of dress code at work.
Apart from playing footie I've not worn shorts since.
Ditto for me - I'm wearing them right now - and sandals.
No black socks though!
I've been in shorts since March/Apri and will probably continue to do so till at October,much more comfortable then jeans.
You'll still see some with chattering teeth in October.
Until he died a few years back, one of my friends with benefits' grandfather wore shorts. He was 80 when he died.
(PS - I wear shorts as well (probably shorter than theirs) regardless of the weather. Mind you, I can get away with wearing tights underneath them.)
BIB
Nooooo no socks, most time no shirt or pants just shorts lol said he save me washing
Most of the time I wear fleece pants. More comfy for sitting around in jeans.
Temperature may not be tgat great but its still fairly humid. I doubt I'll wear jeans or trousers till about October.
I've often wondered if men's legs just don't get cold, as I notice shorts-wearing men will layer up their top halves when it gets chillier, but leave the shorts on. The other evening I saw a man in shorts walking his dog, but on his top half he was wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt and a padded gilet, which made me
I suppose you get to keep your leg hair as well, which is probably nice and insulating.
I remember waiting for the bus at 3:30pm at school in the pouring rain and very few of the boys would put their coats or jumpers on, and even those who did refused to use their rainhoods.
The girls, far more sensible, were be-coated and mostly had umbrellas too.
TBH it's a godsend. The flamin' child is in yet another growth spurt, shorts can be kept going much longer than jeans etc and jeans can be cut into shorts. One of my pet peeves is too short ankle swinging trousers, at least with shorts I stand half a chance of getting a decent amount of wear out of them.
Yeah, my legs don't really get cold either and my legs are quite hairy.
I wear shorts all year round. As long as me knackers and torso are warm I don't care about the rest.
But I may well be wearing a padded gilet over my polo shirt.
The downside is that when you're naked the legs are bronzed from ankle to thigh as are the arms from just above the elbow to wrist and the face from neck up.
A bit like an incomplete painting by numbers.:D