The Thread That Would Not Die: Shorts? Another UGa problem

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I love that people in the south need a NF for walking to class. Seriously, it just cracks me up everytime somebody mentions it.

Yes that is pretty funny. I never even wore one up here...

Sorry, but I don't see how shorts that are halfway up your thigh when sitting down (as the author claims) are short. I don't equate those with the 70's shorts at all. Everything is shorter when you're sitting down.

And please, a sweater with shorts???? I see sweatshirts and jackets with them up here and it just looks silly. If it's cold enough to need a sweater, it's certainly not warm enough for shorts. And yes I've been boating.

Croakies are a MUST on a boat. Unless of course, you want to risk losing $100 sunglasses if you bend your head to much when you look over the edge of the boat.

[shinerbock]

Haha, damn yankees and their making fun of southerners intolerance to the cold. I mean, yeah I guess its true, but we can't help it. It's about the same as the folks up north reaction to heat waves. Sure we buy out bread and milk for a dusting of snow, but we don't hack off fire hydrants or start dying when the temperature eclipses 90 degrees. On a side note, I always thought GA or AL were probably the most humid places, but holy crap, Washington DC suckkkkks.

[utealum]

Oh, bless your heart. You don't think one should dress in a manner that is appropriate to the season, weather, and activity? Next thing you know you'll be telling me you're wearing seersucker already.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by shinerbock
Haha, damn yankees and their making fun of southerners intolerance to the cold. I mean, yeah I guess its true, but we can't help it. It's about the same as the folks up north reaction to heat waves. Sure we buy out bread and milk for a dusting of snow, but we don't hack off fire hydrants or start dying when the temperature eclipses 90 degrees. On a side note, I always thought GA or AL were probably the most humid places, but holy crap, Washington DC suckkkkks.

We don't hack off fire hydrants or start dying where I'm from either. I just thought it was hilarious when my friends in Alabama would break out a NF and I wanted to go outside in a polo.

People dress stupid everywhere. If somebody wants to start a thread making fun of the way people in the midwest dress, I'll chip in on that too.

[utealum]

Also, people die all across the country from the heat- usually the elderly and/or those who can't afford air conditioning. Poverty and aging are not restricted geographically.

[macallan25]

Yes, there are shirts made specifically for fishing.

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Why am I ridiculous? Because my Wellies will keep my feet nice and dry in case there's a spill in the juice aisle? Because my huge straw hat will keep me from getting a sunburn if I am driving with the top down? Is it because my gardening gloves will keep me from catching a bacterial infection after touching a restroom sink faucet??? You are just a mean, mean person.

ETA: I just have to ask, though, since I don't fish. Are there actually shirts designed specifically for fishing?

[macallan25]

How did you get that from his post? And it is appropriate to wear seersucker now...don't really know what you meant by that.

Originally posted by utealum
Oh, bless your heart. You don't think one should dress in a manner that is appropriate to the season, weather, and activity? Next thing you know you'll be telling me you're wearing seersucker already.

[TSteven]

Originally posted by shinerbock
...there arent too many mountain ranges in Auburn, either.

"Auburn - The Loveliest Village on the Plains."

[utealum]

We've been talking about nothing but wearing alpine ski gear to class in the Southern United States- which is overkill, unless they are suddenly getting subzero temperatures there.

And where I'm from, you don't wear seersucker or white before Memorial Day. (And where I am at the moment, it doesn't get warm enough for seersucker til June or July anyway- that's what I mean by weather+season+activity- you need to dress with all three in mind.)

[macallan25]

Yeah, location would have something to do with it.

[utealum]

Where in the South is seersucker before Memorial Day appropriate? Is it a town where you also wear white into October? Velvet in July? I'm curious... the fashion rules you're describing go against what I learned.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
We don't hack off fire hydrants or start dying where I'm from either.

People dress stupid everywhere.

Don't do it here either but it rarely gets to 90 too.

Can we say Birkenstocks with socks...........(up here)????

[ilikehazing]

Where in the South is seersucker before Memorial Day appropriate?

After Easter is what I have always heard. Same with white.

I love that people in the south need a NF for walking to class. Seriously, it just cracks me up everytime somebody mentions it.

A "Not Frat"?

It's worth it. It still gets cold in the miserable winter, thank god it's almost summer.

[macallan25]

Hey smartass, wearing seersucker beginning on Easter is perfectly appropriate in the South. Sorry that goes against your fashion rules.

Originally posted by utealum
Where in the South is seersucker before Memorial Day appropriate? Is it a town where you also wear white into October? Velvet in July? I'm curious... the fashion rules you're describing go against what I learned.

[utealum]

I thought you were all about classic, timeless fashion? Better be careful which rules you relax- next thing you know you'll be wearing hair product and neck chains.

ETA "my" rules about white and seersucker and open toed shoes (never before Memorial Day or after Labor Day) are followed by all my Southern family and my grandmother would about die if I broke them, though they mystify most good people outside the South.