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The last thing I'll ever say about shorts...

For people who take issue with wearing shorts:

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I am over 50.

    Votes: 26 12.0%

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I am under 50.

    Votes: 71 32.9%

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I play mostly for money which is a significant part of my income.

    Votes: 16 7.4%

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I play mostly for fun.

    Votes: 46 21.3%

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I identify as male.

    Votes: 65 30.1%

  • I wouldn't perform in shorts. I identify as female.

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Carrots.

    Votes: 127 58.8%
  • Total voters
    216
  • Poll closed .
#21
Maybe you could indulge the internationals in the audience by adding a few location-specific choices to the poll? Here's a couple of suggestions for us in the antipodes:

"I live in Australia. Even the mere suggestion of wearing shorts doubles my risk of being stung/bitten/eaten by a poisonous spider/snake/jellyfish/shark/wombat. And if I survive that, I will undoubtedly get severe sunburn."

"I live in New Zealand. It is necessary to wear long pants all the time to avoid being scalded by the streams of boiling mud/lava. Besides that, only hobbits wear shorts."
 
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#24
My one time wearing shorts at a gig was decades ago (cargos were not a thing yet), they were Jean cut-offs at a block party. I was rail thin except for my shoulders and legs, no one complained.

Fast forward 35 years, approaching twice the weight I was at that shorts gig. Ironically my legs are the one part of me that isn't fat (I power walk and bike regularly). Skateboard punk sitting outside a hipster coffee shop jumps up in front of me while I'm walking by and practically yells: Whoa! DUDE!, you've got some POWERFUL legs! Are you a surfer, did you used to board?!
One of the weirdest days of my life ensued.


Oh... and carrots!
 
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#25
If style is a factor important to a band I would advise against shorts. Some can pull it off,some can't. Personally,if I see shorts it is almost always accompanied by sandals and is a fools on stools affair.
Or is the reverse and is camo shorts and combat boots jamming metal.
 
#28
52 yrs on the planet in these pictures. You can hate them all you want, I'll still rock my shorts when I'm feelin it. And a hat, too:

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Not too sure anyone's looking at me this gig though.
 
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Jughead6 said:
Maybe you could indulge the internationals in the audience by adding a few location-specific choices to the poll? Here's a couple of suggestions for us in the antipodes:

"I live in Australia. Even the mere suggestion of wearing shorts doubles my risk of being stung/bitten/eaten by a poisonous spider/snake/jellyfish/shark/wombat. And if I survive that, I will undoubtedly get severe sunburn."

"I live in New Zealand. It is necessary to wear long pants all the time to avoid being scalded by the streams of boiling mud/lava. Besides that, only hobbits wear shorts."
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Living in Arizona, all of the above applies. We also have volcanoes and haboobs. ;)
 
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