# Men - what is your problem when it comes to shorts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113 "2009-09-30T16:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113/161 "2009-10-03T05:06:52Z")

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I know a guy, a very manly man of men (and a really nice guy), who upon his holiday after returning from Afghanistan attempted to enter a local strip club in his very practical kilt. He enjoys them as a practical garment and had not considered it as a difficulty in the situation. And it had literally been two days since the only local skirt was attached to a burkha. It took half an hour, but the decision was finally to allow him in, as there was no policy agin’ it.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113/162 "2009-10-03T06:52:18Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> Probably easy to interpret hostility if, say, you were the type of person whose SO dreams of eviscerating with a knitting needle every time you open your mouth because you’re so damned confrontational. Hypothetically.

See what I mean? You’re demonstrating bizarrely inappropriate, violent ideation because somebody disagreed with you.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113/163 "2009-10-03T06:54:03Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> I know a guy, a very manly man of men (and a really nice guy), who upon his holiday after returning from Afghanistan attempted to enter a local strip club in his very practical kilt. He enjoys them as a practical garment and had not considered it as a difficulty in the situation. And it had literally been two days since the only local skirt was attached to a burkha. It took half an hour, but the decision was finally to allow him in, as there was no policy agin’ it.

How did the Chippendale’s dancers like his dress?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-is-your-problem-when-it-comes-to-shorts/512113/164 "2009-10-03T11:58:46Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> See what I mean? You’re demonstrating bizarrely inappropriate, violent ideation because somebody disagreed with you.

Not because “somebody disagreed with you”, but because “somebody gets his kicks from being perpetually, constantly confrontational.”

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