# COPS (The TV Show) and shirtless males **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118 "2015-07-24T23:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/21 "2015-07-25T01:46:29Z")
I live in a poorer, rural area. I see men walking around shirtless in public _all the damned time._ I probably saw half a dozen just today. Ranging from “shirtless holding a bbq in the front yard” to “shirtless walking down the street” [paired with super-baggy athletic shorts and sneakers for maximum gross factor] to “shirtless and running” (which I suppose I will allow) to “shirtless and fishing while drinking beer out of a paper bag.” Seriously. All the time. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/22 "2015-07-25T02:25:07Z")
> [@apollonia](#): > > I live in a poorer, rural area. I see men walking around shirtless in public _all the damned time._ I probably saw half a dozen just today. Ranging from “shirtless holding a bbq in the front yard” to “shirtless walking down the street” [paired with super-baggy athletic shorts and sneakers for maximum gross factor] to “shirtless and running” (which I suppose I will allow) to “shirtless and fishing while drinking beer out of a paper bag.” > > Seriously. All the time. “And how’s that workin’ for ya?” [Doctor Phil] ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/23 "2015-07-25T02:47:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [The Beijing Bikini | Greg's China](https://gregschina.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/the-beijing-bikini/) I shoulda stuck with the broken link. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/24 "2015-07-25T02:49:49Z")
Haha! Oh Canada, you’re precious. 💘 ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/25 "2015-07-25T02:51:47Z")
> [@pool](#): > > I live in the South, I see it all the time. Yea this^ It is way more common in the hot south. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/26 "2015-07-25T03:23:50Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I shoulda stuck with the broken link. To be fair, it’s a blame sight better than the “assless pants” the little kids, who theoretically are being potty-trained, wear so they can piss and crap wherever the mood strikes. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/27 "2015-07-25T13:32:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “And how’s that workin’ for ya?” [Doctor Phil] As much as it sucks, you can’t put a price on the entertainment value of spotting a dude walk down your street wearing jorts with no shirt and a giant snake chilling on his shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/28 "2015-07-25T14:57:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Seriously? I don’t see it at all here. Well, you see, there is a thing called “heat” in much of the U.S. in summer, which hangs around all night in many places (including the South), and people (especially the subset prone to drinking, getting into domestic disputes and randomly discharging firearms) may dispense with shirt-wearing during these leisure activities. I don’t doubt that shiftlessness is much less common in Newfoundland, Manitoba etc. during the summer when it might induce hypothermia after just a few minutes. These shirtless males would do well to cover up their sagging over-bountiful flesh and tattoos, and even women mostly agree (according to my poll of Mrs. J., who sometimes watches “Cops” with me). Didn’t we do this topic here not that long ago? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118/29 "2015-07-25T16:27:31Z")
I don’t generally wear a shirt in the summer when I walk Leet the Wonder Dog[sup]TM[/sup]. I live in a moderately up-scale suburb. I am not exactly a swim wear model, but everybody is looking at the dog anyway. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-the-tv-show-and-shirtless-males/726118.md?page=1)