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Is everyone in the South obese?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by poindexter, Jun 19, 2018.

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  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Have you flown at all in recent years? Cargo shorts were made for the airport. Boarding passes, an abundance of change, the usual array of wallet/keys/phone ... I don't always need cargo shorts, but flying is one time I can't live without them.
     
  2. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Sorry, just ridiculous. I'm not going to risk a heat stroke in order for somebody to think I'm following some unwritten rule.

    I was at a memorial service last night where a few twentysomethings attended in cutoffs and backward baseball caps. That, I thought, was inappropriate.

    Shorts for old men? Count me in.
     
  3. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    They look like delightful people. I'm serious about that.

    This chick? She loudly announced in a crowded media lounge that she net-stalked me and she didn't like my lefty politics. She also intimated that she would make it a point to make my life difficult if I ever wrote anything anywhere that offended her. So yeah, by the end of the season, I was sick, tired, isolated, and the only reason I stuck it out was I wanted so badly for people to see the team I saw that was getting so little respect in NHL bubble. I wanted them to understand and root for people like Barry Trotz, Kevin Kline, Jerrod Smithson, and Mitch Korn to go deep in the playoffs if not get a ring.

    And no, I did not engage in homer journalism although I did parody it a few times.

    Getting back to the South... It sucks. It sucks. It sucks. It sucks. And yes, people here are too effing fat.
     
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Brian McCann's unwritten rules > < justgladtobehere's unwritten rules?
     
  5. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Big part of why I don't miss Nashville. May through September is pretty much hot as balls, with the occasional tornado or hell-sent thunderstorm to break the routine. Still love to visit, though.
     
  6. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Was that joke funny back then?

    Men who refuse to wear shorts or who have something against them are at the top of my list of put-upon putzes. Ya don't live before the Great War.
     
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  7. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    In the mid-80s in Dan Jenkins's world - and in Playboy - it must have been.
     
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    #greatbandnames
     
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  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I don't accept many of the excuses (eating habits, weather, etc) except this one. I would not be walking on two lane roads without shoulder.
     
  10. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    I also don't care if those people are disgusted by male feet when I'm running in my car to get gas or in a beach town. I'm wearing sandals in certain situations. That those people are thrown by feet makes them a weirdo in my mind.

    Reminds me of a family Fourth of July party where one of my cousins acted disgusted at some of us wearing slips/sandals at a lake lot. Alcohol was involved.

    Cousin: "Men's feet are gross."
    Other cousin: "So is your face and I've never asked you to wear a mask out in public. But don't think I haven't been tempted."
     
    Last edited: Jun 20, 2018
  11. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    same people who get in a tizzy when dudes wear hats in a restaurant. relax, ya hardoes.
     
  12. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    It's all about context but living in Cali, shorts are a must in the summer. It's just too hot. But if I'm going to a nice dinner or a classy function, I'm wearing pants. Otherwise, shorts are fine and comfortable and I'm giving up my comfort to appease someone who probably wants me off their lawn.
     
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