Shorts? Another UGa problem
 

Guys in short shorts aren’t cool
Published , April 20, 2006, 06:00:01 AM EDT
UGa newspaper


Who said it was attractive for guys on campus to wear shorts that show off their tan lines? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, pay attention for the short shorts that frat guys wear and the hairless thighs they inevitably expose.

It’s a problem that has plagued the University for years now, ever since I was a freshman. I started noticing these short shorts and the types of guys who wore them when I lived in the dorms.

At first, I thought it was just a troubled phase these guys were going through. I assumed they just wore short shorts because they had no better fashion sense.

But I was wrong. It seems as if these short shorts are a trend now, and every frat guy on our campus wears them.

I usually get into one of my classes about five minutes early, only to wait around for the lecture to start. The other day, my time was instead consumed by staring at the amount of skin this particular guy was showing off.

I usually don’t take pride in noticing other men’s legs, but since his shorts were more than halfway up his thighs when he sat down, I couldn’t help but stare in disgust. It usually doesn’t bother me this much, but then I started looking around the room.

Seven out of the 16 other guys in the room suffered from the same problem: extremely short shorts. And most of them, I know from observing the shirts they wear, are in fraternities.

I’ve started concluding on my own that our traditional Greek fraternities on campus breed short shorts-wearing guys. It’s like they have their only style, the complete “frat-tastic” guy. You can always pick them out on campus because they all walk together.

And if you catch two or three pairs of semi-hairy legs together, it’s not women who forgot to shave that morning. It’s these guys who think that wearing short shorts is appealing. Not only do their short shorts give them away, but they almost always wear pastel colored T-shirts that flaunt their fraternity social. They seem to always model the dark sunglasses with the croakie that fastens their sunglasses to their head, too, as if their sunglasses are going to fall off anyways.

As much as it confuses me as to why all these fraternity guys dress the same, I really don’t see the problem ever going away. Nothing bothers me as much as those short shorts, though. If only they could just not wear short shorts, the world would probably be a much better place.

You know, I appreciate walking around the Chemistry building because my chances of seeing frat guys’ leg skin are less than those on Milledge Avenue. For you fraternity guys, I beg of you: be different, stand out. But please, wear longer shorts. Showing too much skin in your thigh area is definitely not attractive.

— Jeff Czech is a senior from Martinez majoring in marketing.

Hmmm, wonder if it's jean shorts.

Did anyone else chuckle at this and think "jorts?"

Re: Shorts? Another UGa problem
 

Please tell me that this article was a joke. I just have too many things to say about it.

Can someone post a picture of the ultimate "fratty" wearing this uniform of short shorts, pastel t-shirts, and croakies?

I've never seen a college student wearing croakies, ever. I think if any guy at my alma mater wore that outfit he'd quickly get a beat down.

Taken from an online response to the student newspaper where the aboved article was published.

Don't worry. I'm confused too. :confused: Is this maybe a southern thing, cuz guys up here tend to wear loooooong shorts that are worn so low they are practically falling off.

Lol, I just watched the movie 54 last night.... makes me think of that.

Yeah, i have NO Idea what this is reference too.

Boy legs in shorts are not sexy.

Re: Re: Shorts? Another UGa problem
 

This is one thing I am really grateful about about Tech. Only a couple of the fraternities here breed that sort, so I am spared the thigh-age that is abundant at the SEC schools. (Yay for our "inferior" Greek system! Not only do our fraternity guys not all own croakies, but the majority of them cover themselves appropriately!)

Okay, I have been avoiding my work by goofing off on here waaaay too much today ...

"Get a beat down." Thats pretty classy. Most of us that dress this way care very little about looking "cool" and whether the look is old fashioned or out dated. We care about looking respectable and presenting ourselves well in front of others. To me, gelled hair, too tight popped collared shirts ripped up Hollister jeans, and man bracelets makes you look like trash.

So here's my take on it, since the last one got deleted (I would assume because of profanity but of course the mods are always so wacky!)

First someone wanted to see an "ultimate fratty guy" or so on.
http://image36.webshots.com/36/1/62/...8kWerbw_ph.jpg
I think this is a good image, I'm not a fan of their shorts or some of their looks but it's good enough for searching for "fratty" on google.


And then here's a link to an LSU article on being fratty:
http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/dis.../415261f18a4ca

Short:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...4/manthigh.jpg

Just right. Anything longer is bad in my opinion.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../manthigh2.jpg

polos is completely correct.

mine are always the latter