Shorts all year round
When I lived in Worthing, I frequently saw a bald gentleman wandering around the town. No matter what the weather, he would always have shorts on, never trousers. His sole concession to the cold would be to put a jacket on, but his legs would still be bare. He was always clean and presentable, just a tad underdressed in Winter.

The odd time I overheard him speaking to other people he seemed reasonably lucid and well-spoken (unless I was actually hearing his victim, and hadn't realised), so I don't think he was completely bonkers, just a bit, um, strange.

Maybe he was just an exceptionally hardy fellow. I mean, I've written elsewhere about my tendency not to notice the cold until my friends are human-shaped icicles, but this chap had me beaten.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Mon 3 Nov 2008, 18:57, 7 replies)

Poor you for living there
I'm in Worthing but I've never seen him.
The bag lady however...
(fluffytail, Mon 3 Nov 2008, 22:43, closed)

Bag lady
The one who's about 5' tall (if that) and pushes a supermarket trolley laden to the gunwales with bin bags full of goodness-knows-what?
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Mon 3 Nov 2008, 22:57, closed)

Damn....
I had no idea there was this many Worthing-ites...

I know bag lady very well (as im sure we all do) however shorts man I have never seen, or maybe never noticed. We have more than our fair share of lunatics in Worthing....

(Luckily I'm now in London.... far more normal.) /Sarcasm
(The_Mighty_Spleen, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:06, closed)

Lloyd
worked in the same office. Canberra is not the warmest place in Australia and Lloyd only ever wore shorts and long walk socks, shirt and a sweater or pullover. He lived not far away and I used to see him running to work in below freezing weather. The pullover was alway scarlet. I asked him why he only ever wore the same one. "They were on special so I bought six of them."
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 11:48, closed)

I've missed out.....
I've lived here for years & never seen these freaks you mention!! I need to get out more.
(nonstopdancer, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 11:53, closed)

I wear shorts if I can get away with it
Not short shorts, long ones just past the knee usually. If I can avoid trousers, I'm doing it. Wore em all this weekend with a fleece and a wooly hat and never felt the cold even when walking by the sea in Howth (lovely part of Ireland (Dublin) with a smashing farmers market).

Got a few funny looks but well worth it for the comfort and air about the chap and his bold companions.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 12:07, closed)

Never been there myself
but I understand a night out In Newcastle-upon-Tyne would reveal a large number of similar people.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 13:39, closed)