If you were President of the World what would you ban?

[Gollom]

Can I add Botox/Trout Pout lips?

Whoever told their friend/girlfriend/wife that they looked good should be flogged. There is not a single instance where they look attractive

 

[Londonscottish]

Thought it had been a while without another 'Old man' thread.

I didn't mind some of the early trip-hop stuff and the orginal Jamaican toasting. Some of it was fun, most of it was actually musical. I went to see Eric B and Rakim in New York, saw The Taxi Gang in Brixron Academy, I used to go to the odd R&B night in Ladbroke Grove, plus loads of the sound systems at Carnival. Most recently went to an open mic night in Philly where 5 or 6 of the performsers were rapping - but, crucially, over proper Philly soul.

It's the mainstram gangsta stuff I don't like - it's my gun/my car/my ****/my ho etc with plastic backing tracks. Not my thing.

 

[Londonscottish]

Can I add Botox/Trout Pout lips?

Whoever told their friend/girlfriend/wife that they looked good should be flogged. There is not a single instance where they look attractive

Certainly. Add in the eybrows done in permanent marker pen and it's a weird cross between a Thunderbirds puppet and a porn star.

 

[Swotty]

I see you were elected as spokesperson to say that.

No, I am allowed to call myself a delegate.

And that is the missus' last word on the subject.

Well, every subject, really.

 

[Meldrew2]

I'd ban all Vauxhalls, Peugeots and especially Nissan Micras, and anything modified by the "max power" brigade.

Oh, and I'd ban Audis. That goes without saying.

 

[m80]

Donald Trump. A (dangerous) Fool On The Hill

I like that,
it should be his campaign song.

 

[190]

On the contentious subject of shorts, why do postmen (and postwomen) wear shorts all the time, no matter what the weather?

I suspect because they find it physically less tiring to walk in shorts. I've been walking 5 miles every day in shorts during the hot weather.. After the the recent rains I'm back in long trousers and it seems to me that the walks are harder work. Perhaps steps are not much more tiring in trousers until you repeat the action 10,000 times.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I suspect because they find it physically less tiring to walk in shorts. I've been walking 5 miles every day in shorts during the hot weather.. After the the recent rains I'm back in long trousers and it seems to me that the walks are harder work. Perhaps steps are not much more tiring in trousers until you repeat the action 10,000 times.

Shorts are something I’m asked about all the time. Unless I’m in the board room then I’m wearing shorts, and so lots of people ask me about it.

Shorts are cooler and better ventilated than trousers when hot. Legs are faster drying than trousers when wet. Shorts avoid the additional weight of trousers when wet. There’s less potential for rubbing as there’s nothing on the lower half and the upper halve is looser fitting in shorts. Generally they’re more comfortable whilst walking and postie’s do a lot of walking.

The misconception is that unless the weather is hot and sunny then you feel cold when wearing shorts. If your legs are cold in shorts, then your legs would be cold in trousers. If you’re moving then it has to be very cold to feel uncomfortably cold on the legs. At which point - in the UK at least - it’s probably raining or snowing, in which case it’s easier to warm up when legs dry because trousers dry much more slowly and remain cold to the touch, and the water lowers the temperature of your legs even further.

I started wearing shorts because I have very large legs and finding trousers which are comfortable, and which don’t wear out quickly is much more difficult than finding comfy shorts. Once I started feeling the benefits I just wore shorts more and more. I’m now the shorts guy. I’m not a postie though. Even if I do look like one!

 

[DoberMan]

^^^^
You can get them made to measure.
Or wear a kilt

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

^^^^
You can get them made to measure.
Or wear a kilt

I do. I have my trousers and shorts made just for me.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Tyre Threads!

Banning tyre treads would surely be an MOT fail?

 

[Monkeylegend]

One can only assume that a high proportion of Mercedes owners are grumpy old men, with lillywhite legs and knobbly knees.
I love wearing shorts and my legs are lovely and brown

I would ban grumpy old men who own Mercedes from wearing long trousers

That would take quite a few cars off the road and improve traffic jams and reduce air pollution

 

[Deleted member 65149]

I'd ban threads on the subject of: "If you were President of the World what would you ban? "

I’d ban everyone who goes onto a social media thread of their own free will for the sole purpose of complaining about the thread being there.

 

[markjay]

Any jean/trouser/shorts/tracksuit bottoms worn with the waistband halfway down (or below) the buttocks on persons of the gender that I am not attracted to.

FTFY, and in a politically-correct way, too!.

 

[french]

I like that,
it should be his campaign song.

It might use it as the Rolling Stones have stopped him using there songs, although I doubt Mr McCartney will feel any different ha ha