Althouse: Men in shorts.

January 7, 2014

Men in shorts.

A reader emails this picture (with the subject line "Men in shorts"):

24 comments:

Anonymous said...: Dang, those are some skinny legs, but nice.; 1/7/14, 1:24 PM
Shawn Levasseur said...: Does snow shoveling fall under the "athletic activity" exemption?; 1/7/14, 1:28 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Those legs haven't seen shorts in a while. Pale as a slug's belly.
Big hands.; 1/7/14, 1:34 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Bare legs are one thing.

No gloves is insanity.; 1/7/14, 1:38 PM
lemondog said...: Ah, come on...who ya trying to kid. Those boney knees belong to Meade.; 1/7/14, 1:39 PM
lgv said...: He should be eating an egg salad sandwich.; 1/7/14, 1:49 PM
Humperdink said...: What's up with the boots? Sandals out for repair?

I think guys in shorts in winter are trying to make a statement. Look at me, I'm tough. Tattoo mentality.; 1/7/14, 1:52 PM
Big Mike said...: Whoever he is, in shorts and no gloves he's way tougher than I am. Or less sane.; 1/7/14, 1:52 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Note that he's got the laptop open to Althouse.; 1/7/14, 2:04 PM
Tank said...: Ann Althouse said...

Note that he's got the laptop open to Althouse.

If 50 of us sent you pictures like that, would you eat an egg salad sandwich - or post a compilation of pictures?

1. Shorts.
2. No gloves.
3. Snow.
4. Althouse.; 1/7/14, 2:07 PM
n.n said...: Rebel with a cause?; 1/7/14, 2:09 PM
Meade said...: "Ah, come on...who ya trying to kid. Those boney knees belong to Meade."

Ha! I wish.; 1/7/14, 2:10 PM
Mark said...: I bet his aren't made of brass either.; 1/7/14, 2:14 PM
traditionalguy said...: What we see here is Colin Kaepernick showing off the only un-tattooed part of his body in -7F weather. Colin likes cold weather.; 1/7/14, 2:21 PM
Clyde said...: Madness! Here in Southwest Florida, it was down in the lower 40s this morning. I know, sounds balmy to all of you folks Up North, but it's cold for here. Most people at work wore jeans and had a sweatshirt, including me, but there were a few hardy souls who wore shorts as usual. I normally wear shorts at work for comfort, but not when it's that cold. Sometimes you just have to have that reality check and dress appropriately for the weather.; 1/7/14, 2:49 PM
Clyde said...: "Up North" starts at the Florida-Georgia border, by the way. Some would put it even further south than that!; 1/7/14, 2:50 PM
Bilwick said...: I often wonder if the shorts-in-winter people are the same as the wool-hats-in-August people.; 1/7/14, 3:06 PM
Rocco said...: Clyde said:
"'Up North' starts at the Florida-Georgia border, by the way. Some would put it even further south than that!"

Florida: The only state where the further north you go, the further South you go.; 1/7/14, 3:31 PM
Will said...: After seeing the 20 foot snow sculpture of a shark on the news out of Minnesota, Elliot Spitzer gets started sculpting a giant toe; 1/7/14, 4:13 PM
AllenS said...: Can a person still find Meade on this blog? On another blog, he accused me of classism. I know, go ahead and laugh. Well, I'm here to say that yes, you are correct. I have dirty socks that have more class than you, Meade.; 1/7/14, 5:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Good grief, the Lemmings, have to come over here and start trouble now? Pathetic.; 1/7/14, 6:01 PM
Meade said...: I'm sorry to hear that, Allen. You probably have Dirty Socks Syndrome. I can help you with planting acorns but you'll likely need a trained professional technician to help you with your Dirty Socks Syndrome. Good luck and God speed.; 1/7/14, 6:21 PM
heyboom said...: I played a nice round of golf this morning in SoCal. Didn't wear shorts, either. My two friends did though.

They don't read Althouse.; 1/7/14, 6:39 PM
el polacko said...: granted, i live in california, but i still hear comments all winter about the fact that i wear shorts year-round. i find long pants to be uncomfortable so i don't own any. however,i do wear gloves to keep my fingers warm when the temps dip into the 50's.; 1/8/14, 7:29 PM