Dogging

I am calling bullshit on bug chasing being anything beyond an relatively isolated set of cases.

This BMJ article does a good job on pulling it apart.

Yup, that's why I placed trend in quotes. Although looking at my post now I wish I said something like "underground fetish of unknown popularity".

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Originally posted by TomK:
An old Scottish word. Presumably from the same root as breeches.

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cheers, tom.
please forgive my ignorance of the scottish vernacular.
do you agree that blue jeans and black 'dress' shoes look somewhat silly?
the addition of a white polyester 'suit' shirt and white sports socks renders the ensemble ridiculous.
with regard to 'slim fit' blue jeans on a 40+ year old man (the type clarkson wears), my point is that the term 'mutton dressed as lamb' can apply equally to men as it does to women.
brightly-coloured leggings and white trainers outside of a sports centre is another case in point for chaps in the 40+ year old bracket, as are comical attempts at hiding baldness.
I just find the concept of desperately clinging on to the last remnants of ones youth by parading about in such a manner somewhat sad (but funny).
sorry for being so off topic!

TN

Trinny & Susannah said much the same about Clarkson when he appeared on their show and noted that "He should be selling vegetables in a market in that jacket".

Although Clarkson, in one of the few times I've agreed with him, basically said they were a bunch of clothes fascists and if he wanted to dress like a ridiculous buffoon it was up to him.

He summed up his rules for selecting clothes as:

"The thing about a shirt is, can you see the nipples? Trousers, can you see the genitals? If the answer's 'No', it's OK."

Matthew

indeed.
and thus neatly pigeon-holes himself in the category of buffoon, or bouffant, as his hairstyle would indicate.

TN

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Originally posted by Trevor Newall:

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Originally posted by TomK:
An old Scottish word. Presumably from the same root as breeches.

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cheers, tom.
please forgive my ignorance of the scottish vernacular.
do you agree that blue jeans and black 'dress' shoes look somewhat silly?
the addition of a white polyester 'suit' shirt and white sports socks renders the ensemble ridiculous.
with regard to 'slim fit' blue jeans on a 40+ year old man (the type clarkson wears), my point is that the term 'mutton dressed as lamb' can apply equally to men as it does to women.
brightly-coloured leggings and white trainers outside of a sports centre is another case in point for chaps in the 40+ year old bracket, as are comical attempts at hiding baldness.
I just find the concept of desperately clinging on to the last remnants of ones youth by parading about in such a manner somewhat sad (but funny).
sorry for being so off topic!

TN

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Yes Trevor, I get your point. Having been a "jeans person" all my life I thought initially that you were suggesting that crimplene was the chosen fabric for the over 40s. I agree that frizzy perm, jeans so tight you can't pull them up properly so they look like they're cutting you in two half way up your arse, finished off with white socks is not the look of the discerning gentleman. It seems to please Jeremy though.

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Originally posted by Nick Lees:
Thank you for giving me the best laugh of the week.

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you are welcome. I'm glad you agree that the attire I refer to comes under the category of high comedy.

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I can just picture you stalking round the streets of Devon in a nice pair of crimplene slacks, tweed jacket (with sensible leather patches on the elbows) asking anyone dressed in jeans for their birth certificates...

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nick, don't be so ridiculous, it's Farah slacks with a tweed jacket.
one dons one's crimplene slacks with one's Barbour.
speak to mick, he will ensure you are au fait with the necessary etiquette.

TN

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Originally posted by TomK:
Yes Trevor, I get your point. Having been a "jeans person" all my life I thought initially that you were suggesting that crimplene was the chosen fabric for the over 40s. I agree that frizzy perm, jeans so tight you can't pull them up properly so they look like they're cutting you in two half way up your arse, finished off with white socks is not the look of the discerning gentleman. It seems to please Jeremy though.

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indeed so, tom.
incidentally man-made fabrics such as crimplene are rather vulgar, and do not normally feature in the attire of a discerning gentleman.
however as a kilt-wearing scot, I presume you already know this.


TN

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Originally posted by Trevor Newall:
however as a kilt-wearing scot, I presume you already know this.


TN

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Trevor,
I’ve only once worn a kilt and that was many years ago at a family gathering in Long Island when I was a rather athletically-built 16 year old. It belonged to a long dead distant relative who had been a pipe major or something in Paisley at the turn of the century. I remember feeling rather splendid in it, even though the accompanying tie-dye vest and flip-flops didn’t really do it justice. I also remember spending most of the evening surrounded by American females of all ages, the reason for which was a complete mystery as I attended an all-boys school at the time and women were an alien species to me. If only I knew then what I know now!

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Originally posted by TomK:
I also remember spending most of the evening surrounded by American females of all ages, the reason for which was a complete mystery

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I haven't worn the kilt as often as I'd like either, but my experience has been similar to yours: women seem to love a man in a kilt.

She Who Must Be Obeyed keeps on at me to buy one, which I would do if they weren't so expensive.

Davie

.....And you don't even have to do the shortbread tin thing -

http://www.utilikilts.com/

Somehow I particularly like the option of the 'beer gut cut'.....

throb