Men Who Wear Scarves...

shm_uk
shm_uk Posts: 683
edited December 2010 in Commuting chat
Why on earth would you voluntarily want to like Private Pike from Dad's Army ??!?!?

You just look like your Mum's dressed you.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Because it's cold and I don't like my neck being exposed?
  • ndru
    ndru Posts: 382
    ^ This
    And some people don't give a bowel movement about what others think of their appearance as long as they are comfortable and warm.
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    Dad's Army or Brideshead Revisited, its how you wear it that counts.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Quite.

    Some of us are cool enough that we don't get a dad's army reference and have to google it.

    You are clearly too old... :wink:
  • hatbeard
    hatbeard Posts: 1,087
    ndru wrote:
    ^ This
    And some people don't give a bowel movement about what others think of their appearance as long as they are comfortable and warm.

    ^ this - real men care more for function over form.

    see: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 9#16624559
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  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    What, like this?

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  • to be fair i'd say private pike was fine - its the more feminine fold it in two and tuck through the loop I find more disturbing when viewed on men.

    anyway - get a buff :D

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    Anyway if you're wearing a suit, what's the alternative?
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    Now, this is a real man with a real scarf.


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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Those Daleks are very neatly parked!

    Yep, scarves are fine - better than a buff for its intended purpose. Mad craziness that anyone would suggest otherwise!
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  • shm_uk
    shm_uk Posts: 683
    Then there's men who use umrella's.
    Sissys.

    Heh.
  • Alphabet
    Alphabet Posts: 436
    but a big long flappy scarf isn't that sensible on your commute - wouldn't want to get it caught in the gears/wheels/cranks. buff on the bike, scarf for walking
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,932
    Scarves are fine

    Scarves with teeshirts seem a bit odd.
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  • Anyway if you're wearing a suit, what's the alternative?

    The right Buff can set off a suit quite well.
    (I'm a suit and shemagh man meself!)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    If a buff sets of a suit quite well, you're wearing the wrong suit...
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Scarves on men is worng, real men may care more about function over form, but they wouldn't need to wear a scarf if they were real men.

    Not as bad as a man wearing Ugg boots though (yes seriously) that was REALLY disturbing, and it wasn't even in Brighton!

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Scarves on men is worng, real men may care more about function over form, but they wouldn't need to wear a scarf if they were real men.

    Not as bad as a man wearing Ugg boots though (yes seriously) that was REALLY disturbing, and it wasn't even in Brighton!

    Simon

    A real man knows when he needs to wear a scarf. Only an idiot wanders around freezing to death and thinking that that makes them a real man!

    As for Ugg boots - terrible, dreadful, horrible on anyone, male or female. The nastiness of the product transcends any gender issues!
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  • Rolf F wrote:
    As for Ugg boots - terrible, dreadful, horrible on anyone, male or female. The nastiness of the product transcends any gender issues!

    They are slippers. No need for them being worn outside or by men ever.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Ginjafro wrote:
    Now, this is a real man with a real scarf.


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  • shm_uk
    shm_uk Posts: 683
    If you're ascending everest, wear a scarf.
    If you're a Polar Explorer, wear a scarf.
    If you're an Alaskan crab fisherman, wear a scarf.
    If you're a North-Canadian logger, wear a scarf.

    If you're just going to work in the UK, don't wear a scarf because you look like a massive sissy girly.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    No umbrellas, no scarves?

    This guy is clearly not a gent.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    shm_uk wrote:
    If you're ascending everest, wear a scarf.
    If you're a Polar Explorer, wear a scarf.
    If you're an Alaskan crab fisherman, wear a scarf.
    If you're a North-Canadian logger, wear a scarf.

    Probably all excellent examples of exactly the situations where you really shouldn't wear a scarf :lol:
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  • Who the hell are you people? In other news, what's with men on bicycles in sissy lycra? Man up and get a car!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,612
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Mens-Scarves-Se ... er-Styles-


    Someone please tell me why more men don’t take advantage of automatic sex appeal? Scarves are like dress shirts – every man can look good in one. So why don’t y’all wear them more often?
  • hatbeard
    hatbeard Posts: 1,087
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Mens-Scarves-Sexy-Winter-Styles-


    Someone please tell me why more men don’t take advantage of automatic sex appeal? Scarves are like dress shirts – every man can look good in one. So why don’t y’all wear them more often?

    jake gyllenhal looks like he's recreating the hasselhof burger eating video in that top picture. :lol:
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  • AndyOgy
    AndyOgy Posts: 579
    Scarves on men is worng, real men may care more about function over form, but they wouldn't need to wear a scarf if they were real men.

    Not as bad as a man wearing Ugg boots though (yes seriously) that was REALLY disturbing, and it wasn't even in Brighton!

    Simon

    As a Brightonian, I take extreme offence at that. What exactly are you saying, that Brighton is full of unfashionable people?

    I think that you've got Brighton mixed up with Hove.
  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    As a Brightonian surely you've noticed that other thing Brighton is famous for?
  • AndyOgy
    AndyOgy Posts: 579
    guinea wrote:
    As a Brightonian surely you've noticed that other thing Brighton is famous for?

    Yeah, but that's not just Brighton. Other places also sell sticks of rock with the name of the town written all the way through it.
  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    There is the Lord Flashheart look...