Sir, – One unfortunate consequence of the recent heatwave is the spectacle of men in shorts. There are short shorts, long shorts, baggy shorts, sagging shorts, cotton shorts, acrylic shorts and shocking shorts as in bright blues, luminous limes and outrageous pinks.
There are fellows wearing shorts that looked fine in Ibiza when everyone was sloshed but which look ridiculous on the main street on a sober Saturday afternoon.
And there are men wearing shorts that last saw the light of day at club football matches 15 years ago. And as for these “Bermudas”, with bulging pockets to the north, south, east and west, they should, in my humble opinion, be worn only on safari. Indeed every time I see a fellow in a pair of these I expect to see a pack of mules or a monkey or two in the immediate vicinity.
To cut this short letter short – shorts manufacturers are making monkeys out of men. It took aeons for mankind to get up off all fours and stand on two legs; to drape a pair of shorts about those legs, revealing ape-like, hairy, gnarled appendages, is an insult to evolution and nothing short of madness. – Yours, etc,
GERRY MORAN,
Coote’s Lane,
Kilkenny.