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What was he thinking of?!?

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pompa Mon 15-Dec-14 17:06:00

In my teens I had a friend at Uni that would only wear a tee shirt until the end of December. When ask if he was cold, "Yes, but no way am I wearing anything else yet"

Marmight Mon 15-Dec-14 16:28:00

I followed my neighbour's son (11) down the road today - he was just off the school bus, wearing a short sleeved cotton shirt, long trews and not a jacket in sight, whereas I was in thick tweedy poacher's coat over a thick jumper, hat, gloves, scarf. etc...... It was 0*.I don't understand how they don't feel the cold tchconfused
I think we should have a snowflake emoticon wink

glammanana Mon 15-Dec-14 15:47:19

DS1 has just left after picking up his birthday prezzie,he had been to lunch with fiancee wearing baggy knee length cargo shorts timberland boots and a hoodie topped with a trapper hat !! the mind boggles alright.

soontobe Mon 15-Dec-14 15:45:43

Cute.

felice Mon 15-Dec-14 15:38:37

SO got yelled at by DD this lunchtime, when he was going to give our shared garden a quick tidy up with DGS, SO was just wearing shorts and old deck shoes. 5° here and drizzling too, DGS had taken one look at him climbing the stairs and started taking his clothes off, anything SO does DGS copies ( he doesn't see him often and adores him).

I was in the kitchen and hadn't seen him changing out of his work suit.
He really couldn't understand what the fuss was about.
MEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just assumed he was putting on old clothes plural.....

absent Mon 15-Dec-14 01:22:09

It's not really any different from all the young women we used to see in Darlington on their way to Christmas and New Year parties wearing spaghetti-strap dresses or tops and minute skirts, no tights and strappy sandals with heels of Everest proportions. The only thick covering they had was spray tan. And it seems as if it always snows heavily in Darlington in the winter.

Katek Sun 14-Dec-14 22:58:23

Haha annod!! He's shown various galoot (good Scot's word) tendencies over the years but freezing to death takes the biscuit!

annodomini Sun 14-Dec-14 22:49:12

Were all his trousers in the wash/at the cleaner's?

Katek Sun 14-Dec-14 22:06:45

Plays/played rugby (has just ruptured biceps tendon), maybe it's part of the culture!

thatbags Sun 14-Dec-14 22:03:36

Maybe it's the latest thing in Cool Doodism. Fashion's gotta hurt, y'know, or it aint real wink

soontobe Sun 14-Dec-14 21:36:38

Admittedly though, I need to be wrapped up on the top half of me, and dont need to be anywhere near as warm on my bottom half.

soontobe Sun 14-Dec-14 21:35:08

Make you shiver just thinking about it.

Katek Sun 14-Dec-14 21:22:04

Nope...he's another of those engineers! Heavy weight Canterbury hoodie on the top and shorts on the bottom!

tiggypiro Sun 14-Dec-14 21:15:19

Definitely must be a postman - mine is still in shorts.

Ana Sun 14-Dec-14 21:12:40

Is he a postman?

Katek Sun 14-Dec-14 21:10:56

SIL and dd turned up earlier today to collect DGS from his sleepover with us. Now bearing in mind we had lying snow yesterday and temp of 4c today....why was the SIL wearing shorts??