OT: 108th Obsequious Banter Thread: Nine dozen eggs and not one broken

[landsbergfan]

Shorts are for the gym, sports, and home. No, I don't care how much you can fit in your tactical cargo shorts.

Explain this then

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Explain this then

You've now made me wonder if anyone makes tactical and/or cargo jorts.

 

[ajgoal]

You've now made me wonder if anyone makes tactical and/or cargo jorts.

They make cargo kilts.

 

[Embiid]

Well ain't this the gas...

Safety agency considers ban on gas stoves amid health fears

“This is a hidden hazard,” Richard Trumka Jr., an agency commissioner, said in an interview. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

www.ocregister.com

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I wear cargo shorts when shooting (Polo, natch) because the extra pockets help me with carrying extra batteries, tools, and other smaller gear. And dick pills, just in case.*


* - Only if she makes the first and second moves. This has been a public service announcement of HFBoards. We now return you to your previous jocularity - already in progress.

 

[Superman33]

As a personality trait, I'm anti social construct norms. I think it is insane that as a society we're like, "Oh, you can't be professional unless you're wearing this extra long piece of cloth wrapped around your neck and tied in some way, of which there are acceptable ways and some of them are fancier than others." That is some nonsense. Who cares? Do I know the information or not? There is zero difference between my quality of work or capabilities when I'm wearing a hoodie and gym shorts compared to when I'm wearing a full suit.

That being said, I'm fine with "dressing professionally" when the situation calls for it. I have about 10 patterned dress shirts (y'all with 20+ are living large) and different, but neutral, colored dress pants. When I give presentations in person I rock what is essentially a hipster/nerd/preppy look with a dress shirt (neck button +1 down undone) and matching pants. Really helps to convey my "change the world via technology" schtick.

I was teaching 8th grade in a room without AC about 7-8 years ago and we were allowed to wear shorts if it was above 80 outside. My room faced the sun all day, so the giant wall of windows had one heck of a greenhouse effect on the indoor temp. A kid asked me why I wasn't wearing shorts on a day in the 70s and I told him the temperature rule. He was flabbergasted and he wasn't wrong. "So if you wear shorts you're going to become a bad teacher? I don't get it." Me neither, kid. Me neither.

 

[landsbergfan]

Well ain't this the gas...

Safety agency considers ban on gas stoves amid health fears

“This is a hidden hazard,” Richard Trumka Jr., an agency commissioner, said in an interview. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

www.ocregister.com

lol its called an exhaust fan

 

[Starat327]

Or we know it looks ridiculous and it makes people think twice about talking to the crazy.

I hate that we have common ground here.

And befoee you ask: no, it's not enough for you to park the camper.

 

[ajgoal]

I hate that we have common ground here.

And befoee you ask: no, it's not enough for you to park the camper.

Why would I want to park it at your place?

I could park at @Hollywood Cannon's for a month before he notices.

 

[Starat327]

Why would I want to park it at your place?

I could park at @Hollywood Cannon's for a month before he notices.

...my place is @Hollywood Cannon driveway.

 

[ajgoal]

...my place is @Hollywood Cannon driveway.

So you're saying at least I have an RV. Which one of these guys is you?

 

[Starat327]

So you're saying at least I have an RV. Which one of these guys is you?

Clearly you've never seen his driveway. Ive got a chalet about 7 miles up.

 

[Lord Defect]

Cargo shorts are hideous.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not wearing short sleeved button ups to work or a wedding/funeral or anything like that. I'm not a serial killer.

You’ll have to pry my cargo shorts from my cold dead hands, err legs.

 

[ajgoal]

You’ll have to pry my cargo shorts from my cold dead hands, err legs.

Ew.

 

[FLYguy3911]

In high school we had to wear blazers. I rocked the shit out of short sleeve dress shirts underneath. Would have been sweating bullets otherwise.

 

[Lord Defect]

I think I have 5 dress shirts, about the same in ties. Two suits. No one suit, the one got a little snug and was a wee bit tight to begin with. One pair of dress shoes.
One of those five shirts may be short sleeve, im not sure. I don’t dip into that side of the closet.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Yeah, but do you own a pair of illin' disco shoes, mang?

 

[Starat327]

You’ll have to pry my cargo shorts from my cold dead hands, err legs.

Nope. You can keep them. Generally speaking, people like to keep terrible things like cargo shorts contained to prevent spread.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Anyone got the cargo pants with the zip off shorts?

 

[Starat327]

Anyone got the cargo pants with the zip off shorts?

@Lord Defect does

 

[Embiid]

Formal dress shirts and and less formal "button downs" make up my collection. Those 60 shirts were mostly button downs. I have about another 60 plus that still sort of fit me although some button up a bit snug but are salvagable. I think maybe 3 out or all of those were short sleeve.

I rarely wear ties except for formal meetings and even then I try to skirt around wearing them. Suits and blazers...have a bunch but rarely wear them even if I have been told I look good wearing one. I feel too constricted and would hate if my work was not mostly business casual.

Anyone got the cargo pants with the zip off shorts?

I had them..from Structure..now Express..I actually loved those pants back in the day.

 

[Lord Defect]

Yeah, but do you own a pair of illin' disco shoes, mang?

No but you of all people here wouldn’t surprise me if you had one

@Lord Defect does

Maybe 20 years ago. Those were awesome to wear at school. We had a no shorts dress code. 90° weather and I could wear pants all day long until school was over and wear shorts the rest of the night.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Shorts are for 60-65 degrees and up. Any lower and you're that guy.



Shorts in the cold don't fit anyone, they just think it does and are oblivious to how ridiculous it looks

There are people where I work who wear shorts year round. I get it, it gets warm in the plant but I get cold just watching people walk outside in the winter in shorts. Besides, I am getting older and have little tolerance for winter weather. I wanted to stay in Phoenix when we were there last month

 

[ajgoal]

Anyone got the cargo pants with the zip off shorts?

You laugh, but these things are great when backpacking in the rainforest when you actually do want both options with as little space used as possible.

 

[DancingPanther]

Anyone got the cargo pants with the zip off shorts?

Wore them in elementary school and used the zips pretty often. I'm not ashamed to admit it