Why don't Irish lads wear shorts

kerryjack

I like to wear shorts myself any fine day,, was in the local the other eve nice crowd in there, a beautiful summers eve and I was the only one wearing shorts, and of course you get the comments ,ah you will break the weather , ah have seen better legs hanging out of a nest,

Pawwed Rig

I wear shorts most days. On a night out I wouldn't though

One_Of_Shanks

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I wear shorts most days. On a night out I wouldn't though

God no, on a night out shorts are for drinking!

GLaDOS

I'll usually wear shorts if the weather permits.

The problem is, a lot of the time it doesn't.

ILikeBoats

Outside of work, going for a night out and other formal occasions, I will be in shorts for the duration of the summer.

CalamariFritti

A) it's really not warm enough to be wearing shorts. It's warm enough so you could be wearing shorts yes but not like you'd have to.
doesn't look great anyway. Goes right there with those sandals some people seem to love. Just looks awful.

kerryjack

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I wear shorts most days. On a night out I wouldn't though

I never go out at night I usually go out in the evening and come home in the morning so I gess I am alright wearing shorts than.

kerryjack

CalamariFritti wrote: »

A) it's really not warm enough to be wearing shorts. It's warm enough so you could be wearing shorts yes but not like you'd have to.
doesn't look great anyway. Goes right there with those sandals some people seem to love. Just looks awful.

I am well past looking good, its all about comfort for me .

kerryjack

kerryjack wrote: »

I like to wear shorts myself any fine day,, was in the local the other eve nice crowd in there, a beautiful summers eve and I was the only one wearing shorts, and of course you get the comments ,ah you will break the weather , ah have seen better legs hanging out of a nest,

Get a new local.

I wear shorts if its warm.

Wanderer78

CalamariFritti wrote:

A) it's really not warm enough to be wearing shorts. It's warm enough so you could be wearing shorts yes but not like you'd have to. doesn't look great anyway. Goes right there with those sandals some people seem to love. Just looks awful.

Socks and sandals = heaven

Pat Mustard

kerryjack wrote: »

I like to wear shorts myself any fine day,, was in the local the other eve nice crowd in there, a beautiful summers eve and I was the only one wearing shorts, and of course you get the comments ,ah you will break the weather , ah have seen better legs hanging out of a nest,

They do. Just that most wouldn't wear shorts when heading out in the evening.

kerryjack

Pat Mustard wrote: »

They do. Just that most wouldn't wear shorts when heading out in the evening.

Why not

Pat Mustard

kerryjack wrote: »

Why not

First, even on warm summer days, it can turn cooler later on. The idea of shorts is comfort so if it's not going to be as comfortable, there's no point.

Secondly, shorts usually give a very casual look. If people intend to look a little more dressed up for going out later on, shorts may not fit the bill.

thejaguar

I wear shorts all year round - admittedly the exposure to the outdoors will decline in duration & frequency as the winter rolls on.
I'd like to be able to wear shorts going out of an evening if it's warm enough but you run the risk of severely limiting your options as the evening wears on. That's certainly the case in Dublin.

Lex Luthor

Depends what you mean by wearing and when?

As soon as I get home from work I am in them and will stay in them until bed. I wouldn't wear them to work or going out. There are lads in work at moment wearing them but for what I do a long pair of trousers is safer.

beertons

I've worn trousers about 5 times since April. Twice I was at a wedding. Tis roasting out.

kerryjack

beertons wrote: »

I've worn trousers about 5 times since April. Twice I was at a wedding. Tis roasting out.

Well the same as myself when you get used to shorts its very hard to start wearing trousers again. I am a bit surprised that some people think you cant go out wearing a nice pair of shorts and a shirt, like we are touristy country after all.

beertons

A shirt?

Don't get carried away there Jack!

Yourself isit

kerryjack wrote: »

Why not

It looks pretty dumb.

Sure some cultures can handle shorts. Cultures with athletic people and tanned legs. Not us.

Wibbs

Yourself isit wrote: »

It looks pretty dumb.

Sure some cultures can handle shorts. Cultures with athletic people and tanned legs. Not us.

TBH I'd kinda be on the same page as YI here. Shorts on a tousled blonde haired beach bum of 22, or a footballist on the job, grand, on a more portly short of leg pasty chap of forty not so much. But that would be me. Plus again with me you've likely seen better legs on an oil rig. Though as folks are often low on vitamin D then it can only be a good thing on that score.

Liam McPoyle

I wear shorts pretty much all year round. My niece and nephew got great mileage out of me wearing them mid December a couple of years ago when we went to see Its a wonderful Life in the IFI.

I find them the most comfortable in terms of leg wear and I generally don't feel the cold on them so happy days.

Now when I say shorts I mean knee length cargo pants / camo pants / combats and not some budgie smuggling short shorts.

The extra pockets for wallet, phone, car keys, e-cig and what not are a god send.

Lt Dan

kerryjack wrote: »

I like to wear shorts myself any fine day,, was in the local the other eve nice crowd in there, a beautiful summers eve and I was the only one wearing shorts, and of course you get the comments ,ah you will break the weather , ah have seen better legs hanging out of a nest,

You have seen the American tourists? That is why

Ya didn't see Cowboys in Texas where shorts either

kerryjack

Lt Dan wrote: »

You have seen the American tourists? That is why

Ya didn't see Cowboys in Texas where shorts either

Don't get that one whats the American tourist got to do with this

Can't wear them, the tip of the lad always shows

Sleeper12

I wear shorts every day from March /April to October /November

seenitall

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can't wear them, the tip of the lad always shows

Not the same thing, but when my boyfriend goes running, you can see his tackle in all its glory well outlined through his Lycra shorts amuses me no end!

ILikeBoats

seenitall wrote: »

Not the same thing, but when my boyfriend goes running, you can see his tackle in all its glory well outlined through his Lycra shorts amuses me no end!

Fitting username

jimgoose

On warmer weekend days lately I've spent the whole day in tennis-shorts and T-shirt, including down t'Woolpack for a few saucepans with the lads. I don't know if I qualify as a "lad" at 45, but I have good legs. There's a lot to be said for this air-cooling malarkey - I'm freeballing all the way to Baghdad! :cool:

kerryjack

When I say shorts I mean something like these

kerryjack

You would be a quare yoke if you lad peeped out the leg of these

jimgoose

kerryjack wrote: »

You would be a quare yoke if you lad peeped out the leg of these

You would indeed. It's supposed to be pointing in the other direction.

ILikeBoats

hytrogen

Yourself isit wrote:

Sure some cultures can handle shorts. Cultures with athletic people and tanned legs. Not us.

Well our trolls have to come out from under the bridge or computer screen sometime and when they do, those matchsticks will be blisteringly glary!

Pawwed Rig

Yourself isit wrote: »

It looks pretty dumb.

Sure some cultures can handle shorts. Cultures with athletic people and tanned legs. Not us.

Ireland doesn't have athletic people??
Sport participation is massive here and growing

Lt Dan

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Ireland doesn't have athletic people??
Sport participation is massive here and growing

Walk through the usual thorough fares of Dublin on a sunny day, try the beaches and even the parks........tell us that most of them are athletic ....rather ironic considering the amount of running from the police that they do

And that is before we comment about the moronic tattoos of the calves and other parts of the leg that said creatures have on display

Ghastly

OldMrBrennan83

This post has been deleted.

Lt Dan

kerryjack wrote: »

Don't get that one whats the American tourist got to do with this

They wear them, even when it rains. Have no etiquette then when they come into pubs sit down in their shorts.

They also look like dorks in them, look like camp leaders for scouts

Ghastly

noble00

I think Irish men have lovely legs , I know loads of lads that wear shorts and they look good in them

Burial.

Only wear them when playing GAA, going for a run or at the beach. Never worn them on a night out except when on shagging holidays abroad when it's too warm wear full length pants in a bar/club. I'm tanned all over and I have good legs but I just prefer wearing pants. I know lots of lads who wear them religiously including a few nutters who wear them during the Winter.

Pelvis

Because I don't want to look like a knob.

Pat Mustard

Burial. wrote: »

Only wear them when playing GAA, going for a run or at the beach. Never worn them on a night out except when on shagging holidays abroad when it's too warm wear full length pants in a bar/club. I'm tanned all over and I have good legs but I just prefer wearing pants. I know lots of lads who wear them religiously including a few nutters who wear them during the Winter.

You play GAA and you are tanned all over, eh?

I just don't believe it! :pac:

Burial.

Pat Mustard wrote: »

You play GAA and you are tanned all over, eh?

I just don't believe it! :pac:

Ha! Back in the day I had a proper cyclist's tan going on but I've become partial to the odd sunbed session.

Middle Man

CalamariFritti wrote: »

A) it's really not warm enough to be wearing shorts. It's warm enough so you could be wearing shorts yes but not like you'd have to.
doesn't look great anyway. Goes right there with those sandals some people seem to love. Just looks awful.

I don't really wear shorts myself, but what's the big deal once they come down as far as the knee? It's better than all those bloody tight trousers that are in most cases deeply unflattering on Irish men.

bigpink

The new look in Limerick is tough looking lads wearing very camp gay shorts

jimgoose

bigpink wrote: »

The new look in Limerick is tough looking lads wearing very camp gay shorts

the_syco

Wear shorts all the time to and from work (in Toronto atm), but I find that my legs are still fairly white, whereas my arms have gotten a bit of tan.

Dr Crayfish

Irish lads do wear shorts. Every youngfella around where I live anyway wears those ridiculous grey cloth tracksuit shorts right up until November or so these days. When I was a teenager in the 90s you'd have got torn apart for wearing shorts.
I wear them at the weekend if I'm cycling to town or going for a walk and it's nice out, those kind of Chino shorts that you can wear with certain shoes and trainers. Cargo shorts are no longer acceptable unless it's 2000 and you're in one of the American Pie movies.