Men and clothes....

Stella, my DS  #1 wears flip-flops year round and it drives me nutso! Wouldn't you think that if it's January and cold enough for a jacket and wool hat that it would be too dang cold for flip-flops?? He also wears long underwear with shorts in the winter. My reasoning is that if it's warm enough for shorts, there's no need for long undies.  If it's cold enough for longjohns, it's too cold for shorts.  I really think he's hoping we'll all take up a collection for him to get a spot on *Queer Eye for the Straight Guy*. []

People here in Utah do stuff like that:  It could be ten degrees outside, and you will see someone in one of those thick puffy parkas with the hood up cinched tight. (Like Kenny on South Park ) Then you look down to see shorts and flip flops.  I don't get it.   Jules

I know some people will come in with sneakers, shorts, and a heavy sweater then they complain how cold it is outside. I have to bite my tongue from telling them what idiots they are to be going outside in 15 degree weather with 3 inchs of snow on the ground dressed like that.
 
As for me I wear mens t-shirt and jeans. I hate getting dressed up in anything nice and I hate dresses or skirts with a passion. I was raised around my brothers friends.
 

The subject of men and clothing leads me to think of the next logical subject:  men and half-clothing:  PLUMBER'S CRACK
NNnnnnoooooOOOOOOooooo!!!  What is it with men and the need for visually assaulting the unsuspecting person behind them with a glimps of vertical smile??!?     Jules

 
My brother is guilty of that one! I know when I was coming home from work some guy was checking one of his tires on his truck becuz it had a flat and there is a huge hairy butt crack looking at me! How nasty and it was windy to that day I'm sure he had to feel a breeze.[align=right]

The story of the socks made me laugh for a good five minutes! And I haven't even read this whole thread yet! This is certainly a hot topic!

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You guys are ALL so spoiled!! My son's daddy thinks upscale is a shirt that has sleeves and a collar. EVERY single t-shirt he owns has a reference to marlboro, motorcycles, trucks, beer, etc. I like beer and motorcycles myself, but I don't have to have a picture of jo camel on a hog w/ a truck in a sunset being chased by loose women on my clothing. He considered pants with less than twelve holes in the butt, crotch, and legs not quite broke in yet. Pants and shirts w/o oil stains are 'Courtin' duds'. Lordy!!!! [:@] Jules

Jules, believe it or not, I have you beat! My boyfiend--no typo--is a dump truck driver and heavy equipment operator. He has his own bulldozer, several dumptrucks, a crane (which he uses to haul his laundry up in the air to dry) and a front-end loader. He spends his summer making all his money for the year (because you can't work in the winter in Alaska).

Thing is, his work season is about five months long. He wears nothing but EXTREMELY GREASY, oil-stained, torn, threadbare, falling-apart Carhartts, ripped super-stained and with Godknowswhat on them T-shirts and very, very very dirty hats. Oh, and everything thoroughly covered with literally GOBS of cat hair.

The kicker:

HE REFUSES TO WEAR ANYTHING ELSE. EVER.

We are going to a fancy restaurant? They might be washed (or not) but that's what he's wearing. I'm performing at a banquet, that's what he's wearing. We are going dancing? That's what he's wearing.

If we were getting married I think I'd ask him to go naked.

Now you know just one reason why I live by myself!!!!! He's got lots of wonderful qualities, but looking good with clothes ON isn't one of them!

Here is Scott while working on the fires we've had up here. He's walking toward me to grab me and kiss me.....imagine my anticipation....

Here is Scott in his version of clean clothes. We were on a trip. Gee, what a huge difference, eh?
(Do I get a prize? [sm=uhoh.gif])

Jean, you get the prize! He wears his construction hat off duty?!

Your man looks like MY guy in the clothing dept.  He drives a truck (flatbed) and has to climb up onto grimy crushed cars to chain them down.  He is also a biker, and the more used/worn the better. He does not like new things.  Nor is showering a big priority.  When ever I am blasted with the verticle smile I place a pencil there to hold it.  It sure ticks him off but that's the price of ur hiney hangin' out.  Jules

Jean, your b/f is the prize!
 
Jules, that's a pretty funny visual of the pencil thing.  Gross, but funny.
 
Ever wonder why we love these guys so much?

See, the thing is, he only works like that five months out of the year. The rest of the year he lives off what he made in the summer. And yet he still insists on wearing the same clothes year round!

Yes, he always wears a hat, although *sometimes* he washes it.

Oh, and those pictures are from last summer and the year before. He's still wearing the same pants, except now they have huge, black oil stains on them and are all torn up.

My landlord said he couldn't wash his pants at my house anymore because they leave the washer TOO DIRTY. And that was after I washed his pants last time, when I had to wash them TWICE. I should have done it three times...

When he comes over he's starting to at least change into "clean" clothes. If he comes over directly from work I'm refusing to touch him. I'm going to start telling him, as he comes in the door, "STRIP or go home!"

Wait, hmmmm, maybe I'm not exactly using the right training method....
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About 3 years ago we drove down to Bakersfield to visit a friend and while we were there we took her out to dinner at a nice, upscale Italian restauant.  There was a guy sitting in there eating dinner and wearing jeans, a white tank top undershirt and a cowboy hat. Lordy! Whatever happened to *no shirt, no shoes, no service*? 

Yeah, I wonder about that, too, fuzzy.  When I was still married, we went out for our anniversary to a very nice, very expensive restaurant and were shocked to see a very, very large man in there in cut-off sweatpants.[:'(] 

One thing I did figure out, is a great grease cutter because of where I work, my clothes were constantly greasy dirty and I hated it.  I got the idea from the highway patrol.  Some troopers keep two litre bottles of Coke on hand for clean up at highway accidents.  It has a high acid content and works wonders when there are copious amounts of blood from car wrecks.  That's why you can marinate a steak in it.  Anyway, I am digressing here badly.  I run a hot wash, use a little extra detergent, and pour in an entire two litre bottle of Coke classic.  Diet does not work. Works like gang buster on greasy clothing.    I use my son's wet wipes for the greasy ring in the washer. You are basiclly (sp?) spending an extra dollar per wash to 'salvage' the work clothes.    Jules

Today I saw a guy get out of his car he has dress shorts on they looked like they were pressed yet he wore grass stained sneakers, nasty looking stained socks, and had no shirt on with a huge beer gut.

C'mon admit it, you were overcome with desire, weren't you...lol
Jules

[:'(]God no! I rather him have a shirt on! He looked like he was going to have a baby any moment with that beer belly. Plus he was 40 years older then me so add some wrinkles on that.