MEN IN SHORTS
Once a man approaches fifty
his veins turn blue, his legs go bandy,
and his knees get knobbly very quickly.
And when the sun by slow degree,
warms the land and warms the sea
many a man obliviously
without a sense of dignity
dons cotton shorts indifferently
not the best of sights to see.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Why do they do it? To make matters worse they often insist on wearing socks with shorts - oh mama mia - and worse still they sometimes even don heavy walking boots - yes with shorts - have they no shame? Plus another cartoon of Athelstan and Barrington who never wear shorts of course !
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Oh lol, I suppose they must still have some sense of self-esteem, or maybe it's just TOO hot for them to cover-up.
And why do footballers wear gloves with short sleeve shirts showing bare arms?! doh!
Must admit I do wear shorts when it is really hot - but I do have lovely legs !!
I wear shorts and I am sixty nine this year. I wear them to try and keep as cool as I can as I just do not like the heat. I do not feel the cold and even in winter I wear short sleeved shirts.
I do NOT wear socks with shorts though.
Pleased to hear you don\'t wear socks - the height of sartorial inelegance.
I wear long sleeve shirts most of the time but I do feel the cold quite badly - in fact I suffer from cold induced urticaria - the opposite to heat rash - and winter months can be quite difficult when I am constantly taking anti-histamine.
I wear shorts year around and pants on top of those .
Thereby lies the difference. Here in the UK the long things that reach down to the feet which we wear during the day we call trousers, shorts are trousers which only reach to the knee, pants are the undergarments which we wear underneath to protect our delicate little places. Confusing isn't it?
Only Superman wears pants on top of his trousers.
\(●!●)/ Whoops ! ! ! #
Tanks MICHAEL ~ Love the cartoon and the PANT / RANT. I am a Creationist and my account (under LEGS) has this comment by the CREATOR. LEGS: I created ADAM (aged about 30) and even though I saw he was GOOD there were some design faults which i wanted to get right with EVE (who would be 25). Apart from the dangly bits (which none of us really liked) I was disappointed with Adam's legs even at 30. Eve's legs on the other hand were so voluptuous to say the least ~ that we wondered if we had made her too sensuous ? The rule book decreed very different rules for legs for YIN (F) & YANG (M). Put simply FEMALES should be encouraged to show as much leg as possible (hence bikinis) and MALES as little ! I wear SPEEDOS for swimming but never shorts ~ except for tennis & marathons etc ! Men's legs ~ like frogs legs ~ should never be on the menu ! I always wear Indigo PJ's in BED ! BRIAN
Thanks Brian but not sure where this leaves me. I wear boxer shorts in bed and I also like the legs of Eve. Come to that I don't dislike frogs legs.
Well MICHAEL ~ You dont answer to GOD so you are free to wear BOXERS in BED and enjoy KIKKENBIILAR ~ you get Jambes du Femme as a bonus ! I once enjoyed a plate of Frogs Legs ~ frotunately I thought they were CHICKEN ! BRIAN
Yes they are a bit like chicken - just have to take a bit more care over the bones !!
Thanks MICHAEL ~ was only when I looked at the bones (being a Natural Scientist) I thought OMG ~ thats Rana Temporania ~ I've just eaten a FROG ! BRIAN
Ha ha love this Michael
But... I'm pushing 60 in
Three years and to be
Honest have legs like
An 18 year old.....
Apparently them and
My bum are my best bits..
When people say it to me
I'm not sure if it's a compliment
Or not.... anyway, good poem sir..
We should go on a leg parade PH - but I draw the line at a bum parade - thanks for your comment.
Aside from all the frivolity above, which I enjoyed thoroughly, Let me say that your poem is impressive ... very well done, Michael! We can use all the humor we can get.
I'll try to keep the humour coming. Trouble s all the chat has detracted from the piece de resistance - the cartoon above featuring my two wee friends. Thanks for commenting.
Great write
Thanks Tony
Welcome
I agree. But a 300 pound woman in spandex is what gets to me
Ooooh - the thought of it - I feel another odd ode coming on.
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