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more about #chavs Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit): Genetic? Eh, it's an age thing. I saw a bunch of underage chics in miniskirts outdoors at our New Year's Ball drop. I (and everyone other sensible per... more » bowleserised: As the immortal Kenickie put it: "I can't work with heavy coats they're not revealing have to see each other's clothes so we're all freezing" more » Lizawithazee: Without a coat, where does one hide one's weapons, drug paraphernalia, and bootleg liquor? more » SomeAuthorGirl: This isn't a localized phenomenon. Where I lived in the southern Rockies for many years hardly anyone bothers with such things unless you are actively... more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Also, my little brother is running around in shirts and a t-shirt all the time. THankfully he switches away from sandals to sneakers in the winter, bu... more » veronykah: I have never understood this. i live in LA and you won't catch me in a skirt HERE in the winter. Shit its 58 and I'm drinking tea and freezing. I thi... more » elitza owns the last Enzo shirt: I'm constantly yelling from my car at the UMich girls in heels and minis hiking through six+ inches of snow. I think they forgot where they live. I've... more » Snaffles: Dude. Having just spent the weekend in Liverpool, I can say that isn't a stereotype, that is REALITY. I walked out of a bar Saturday night, looked up ... more » tscheese: I grew up in South Dakota, where average temperatures can plummet below 0F for days at a time in winter. I've been living in the NYC area for about fi... more » Pocahaunted: OH MY GOODNESS! This is so topical for me right now. I am doing my PhD between Newcastle and New York and just came out from a night on the 'toon'. I... more » nessalicious: When I lived in Coventry for a few years I started doing this, I think you just get used to it. A bit like when I came back from living in Cabos after... more » SarahHeartburn: People here in Madrid refuse to acknowledge any season other than summer, and only grudgingly acknowledge winter. Last month we had a rare 4 inch snow... more » Triphena: I almost never wear a coat, only when it's raining or snowing really hard and I've got something nice on. If it gets down to, like, 10 degrees I might... more » Rare Affinity: Having worked in Newcastle during the winter over a decade ago, I can vouchsafe that even then the "lassies" there were prone to wander around the tow... more » PrettyNotPretty: Last January, I decided it would be super fun to remove my coat and sweater and do cartwheels down Avenue A in a tube tob. It...wasn't. Drunk or not, ... more » DangerMouse: In college, we called these coatless women in skimpy clothes "freshmen". more » samethingwedoeverynightpinky: Meh. I walk around without a coat because I am too cheap for coat check, known to leave coats/hats/gloves places and never see them again, and feel mi... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Yeah, I always attributed this to a few other reasons: There's no coat check and they don't want to drag their coats around all night. They don't want... more » Uncommon Whore: Even on a summer night in San Francisco I wear a jacket. Them bishes are crazy. more » KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: I used to do this in college. Its called being drunk and too cheap to pay to check my jacket. I was a dumbass. I now wear warmer clothing in winter. more » -
#geordies
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British Jezzies have probably heard the stereotype that northern "Geordies" are known for venturing out in skimpy duds without coats. A team of scientists is seeking to determine whether this underdressing is genetic. [MentalFloss]
