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[ToraToraTora]

Is it the law that if you have prosthetic legs you must wear shorts so that everybody knows?

[newmodarmy]

Have you got any statistics to back this up?

[andy-hughes]

I don't believe so, no.

[ToraToraTora]

back what up? I asked a question.

[newmodarmy]

Maybe Barmaid can tell us.

Okay, if it was a question without an agenda then- No.

[Countrylover]

No, but what's the problem?  Postmen wear shorts all year rounds.  The guy showed that there is no need to hide your disabilities.  

[bednobs]

didnt we have this convo b4 about billy monger?

yes, we did - just looked https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question1793688.html ;

[Countrylover]

Do you enjoy picking on people in quiz shows?

[bednobs]

and in  all fairness, if you DON'T have prosthetic legs and you wear shorts, everyone knows too

[Countrylover]

Thanks for posting that Bednobs.  

[ToraToraTora]

It's the whole, "look at me I've got no legs but I'm still walking about" thing  - Put some kin long trousers on like I suspect most of them do and we don't even know, that is surely the idea isn't it?

[bhg481]

If you have prosthetic legs you can wear shorts all year round because your legs won't feel cold. I much prefer shorts but abandom them in winter.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - // It's the whole, "look at me I've got no legs but I'm still walking about" thing  - Put some kin long trousers on like I suspect most of them do and we don't even know, that is surely the idea isn't it? //

It may be.

Another question might be - why do the appearences and actions of quiz show contestants cause you so much grief that you continually vent your spleen about them on here?

[ToraToraTora]

This is not about him being on a quiz show, it just that time and again I see people with prosthetic limbs and they always want to make sure everybody knows. He's just doing a another Billy Monger as pointed out above.

[andy-hughes]

TTT // I see people with prosthetic limbs and they always want to make sure everybody knows. //

And that's a problem because ... ?

People present themselves in a massive variety of ways, in order to show the world an aspect of themselves that they want the world to see.

That can be anything from a lady dying her hair, wearing make-up, jewellry, carrying a branded handbag, the list is endless.

Men wear suits, certain haircuts, tattoos, rings, piercings, again, the list goes on.

We all do it, to make ourselves feel comfortable and confident.

Sometimes you see someone and for a brief moment, you think they look good, or they look a sight, or they look attractive, or they look ugly, and then you move on, and of course, they are doing the same thing to you at the same time.

Most of us simply accept it as the way life is.

But for some reason, you are unaturally irritated by this simple aspect of human nature.

You get scant, if any support for your approach on here, but you persist in presenting it.

That's your choice, but you are hardly creating a groundswell of support in what looks like your disdain for complete strangers going about their business, and not affecting you in any way, except that way you allow them to.

Something to think about ...

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "But for some reason, you are unaturally irritated by this simple aspect of human nature." - so (yep) you accept it's just them wanting to make sure everybody knows?

[Countrylover]

Perhaps, when people have an awkward gait, or body shape looks different, I.e. short legs,  they prefer others to see why.  I would.  

[-SharonA-]

I expect you want people with one arm to wear long sleeves?? And those with digits missing on their hands to wear gloves?

[bednobs]

or it could be the other reasons from last time.  do you accept that when people with legs wear shorts, it's because they want everyone to know they have legs?

[ToraToraTora]

no sharon, no equivalency there.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - // Question Author

AH: "But for some reason, you are unaturally irritated by this simple aspect of human nature." - so (yep) you accept it's just them wanting to make sure everybody knows? //

I don't 'accept' it, because it's not something I spend a nanosecond thinking about.

I do accept, as I pointed out, that everyone presents a persona to the world that they wish to be identified by, and that's human nature.

But as far as individual aspects of such presentation, it has never crossed my mind that prosthetic limb users are dressing in a way that 'makes a point'.

But if it did cross my mind, it would be there long enough to be dismissed, and then it would be gone forever.

I don't care.

Why would I?