THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WORK SHORTS!!
Unless you're a postman.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Jun 28, 2006 2:52:28 pm PDT #4528 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2006 2:52:36 pm PDT #4529 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jilli, are they a better alternative to regular shorts? I mean, would crappy shorts be allowed? I still don't think there are that many jobs where you can wear shorts.
-t - Jun 28, 2006 2:53:00 pm PDT #4530 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, Jesse (eta: and Jilli). I had a sudden attack of sartorial worry.
DH's boss wears shorts to work, but that's just a casual office and he just wears, you know, shorts. Not "work shorts", which put me in mind of the carhops on roller skates wearing shorts as part of their uniform.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2006 2:53:42 pm PDT #4531 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Unless you're a postman.
OK, you got me there. I love the postman shorts.
All I'm saying is, (for the most part) there are jobs where you can wear shorts and jobs where you would want to wear a suit, and those jobs do not intersect.
Tom Scola - Jun 28, 2006 2:54:11 pm PDT #4532 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
When I worked at AT&T Labs, there was a guy who wore shorts the entire year round.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2006 2:55:56 pm PDT #4533 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Doesn't anyone remember the fad of wearing Bermuda shorts everywhere back in the early 1980s, in the midst of the preppy fad? I remember it being about 35 degrees out at a Friday night football game, and one of my classmates had Bermuda shorts, knit knee highs (tartan pattern, of course), penny loafers, and a Fair Isle sweater over a turtleneck. This was typical wear in 1982.
Gus - Jun 28, 2006 2:57:52 pm PDT #4534 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
People in New York have a narrow view of fashion.
t What in the hell am I doing talking about fashion?
Cats are cute and fuzzy. They do hijinks, too.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2006 2:59:09 pm PDT #4535 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Mine tried to bite my upper arm yet again this morning, so I kicked her off the bed and got ready for work.
Atropa - Jun 28, 2006 2:59:14 pm PDT #4536 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, are they a better alternative to regular shorts? I mean, would crappy shorts be allowed?
Crappy shorts are probably allowed (I've never been able to find a dress code for this company). The work shorts don't seem a better alternative to me, but that's because I think they're all overly ... fussy? Trying too hard to be clever and fashion-forward? If someone wants to wear shorts, great. Trying to make them look like they're supposed to be part of an upscale-ish, business-casual work outfit? It looks like they're trying too hard.
Yes, I am cranky and unreasonable about these sorts of things.
P.M. Marc - Jun 28, 2006 3:01:48 pm PDT #4537 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hey! The wireless on the bus works today!
You know, I went to work today wearing black PJ bottoms, a black wifebeater, and a long crocheted jacket. Oh, and my usual Birks.
I lose at fashion.