Discussion
JQ said:
Absolutely - they make perfect sense. People clearly just like looking down on others. I suspect the real reason for the backlash is that they are quite expensive and there's either jealousy from those who don't have them or upset from those who do have them and are upset Waynetta's now got one.
Believe me, I could afford one and have been body boarding since I was eight years old. However I manage quite well with a towel. Ganglandboss said:
Loads of people I dive with started wearing Crocs, and I have used that joke many a time. I swore I would never copy them, but they are fantastic when diving on a liveaboard boat. Usually you will put your undersuit on in the morning. The undersuit is usually a thick padded thermal onesie, or similar trousers and top. You then put your drysuit on to dive, and afterwards (assuming it has not leaked too much), you take the drysuit off and stay in the undersuit.
Crocs are great, because the undersuit socks are the same thick material, and are very easy to wear over them. They are also quite comfortable on deck, and quite grippy. We had an unwritten rule they could not be genuine Crocs - only Aldi.
So my OH bought me these...
For a gangland boss, you have very delicate and well moisturised ankles. Crocs are great, because the undersuit socks are the same thick material, and are very easy to wear over them. They are also quite comfortable on deck, and quite grippy. We had an unwritten rule they could not be genuine Crocs - only Aldi.
So my OH bought me these...
Its not a coat! But it is brilliant after surfing or windsurfing in the winter. Getting out of a wetsuit in the pissing rain in the UK is horrible, but sitting in your car in a wet wetsuit is worse, not to mention the contortionist gymnastics needed to get out of a wetsuit in the car.
Slow.Patrol said:
JQ said:
Absolutely - they make perfect sense. People clearly just like looking down on others. I suspect the real reason for the backlash is that they are quite expensive and there's either jealousy from those who don't have them or upset from those who do have them and are upset Waynetta's now got one.
Believe me, I could afford one and have been body boarding since I was eight years old. However I manage quite well with a towel. boyse7en said:
A towel serves a completely different purpose though. It is designed to remove water from your body. A Dryrobe is designed to keep you warm, provide a relatively discreet changing area, or stop the upholstery in the car getting wet if you don't want the faff of changing.
To be fair we can walk to the beach and even in a damp wetsuit you don't get cold. Strip off in the back garden. I guess if we had to get into a car and undress in a public car park, then it would be useful. However few surfers locally use them. Some cold water swimmers maybe.
Nethybridge said:
Wow, people being judged for the clothes they wear rather than the content of their character.
There are some questionable people, long term posters, on this platform.
Do you not see how those two sentences could be seen as contradictory. Are you not judging people you have never met and commenting on their character?There are some questionable people, long term posters, on this platform.
Dog Star said:
There’s a Facebook Group called “Dryrobe w
kers” where people post pics of them spotted in the wild.
See also: https://www.instagram.com/dry_robe_count_/?hl=en-g...kers” where people post pics of them spotted in the wild. We were down in Padstow last Easter, the amount of women walking around in the camo ones with the pink lining to go to the pub was utterly ridiculous.
The closest any of them had been to any water that day was necking a bottle of prosecco.
Eventually it became quite a funny game of I-Spy. Bonus points if the wearer was falling out of a badly parked Range Rover.
Cotty said:
I think its just one of these items of clothing that if you wear it outside of the environment where it is supposed to be worn then it looks silly. A bit like wearing sliders or shorts in winter, dinner jacket outside of a black tie event (traveling to and from accepted), morning suit outside of a wedding or the races. I have a race suit but it does not get worn outside of a kart track.
I wondered into a Tesco Express one time wearing (on top of other stuff) a trapeze harness, as I'd run out of backy and needed a fresh pack to roll up a few before the next race. Yes, I know smoking rollies is council (although I stopped 12 years ago)
The Ferret said:
That video in the OP is an absolute belter 
Indeed. Dryrobes look bloody ridiculous when just shuffling along to the shops, walking the dog or strolling down the high street. Luckily I'm able to express that opinion just as those who wear these things are entitled to wear them in such a way and give zero f
ks what I think. Got similar but pricier 
one for wacking on when getting out of the sea.
i think the issue here is a functional item being co-opted (wrong word but cant think of correct one, pedants please step in) into a fashion/lifestyle brand choice of those who have never used for its intended and don't really need it for their chosen purpose, when normal coats/attire would be fine and equally good( eg dog walking, standing on the side of a cold muddy rugger pitch etc).
its now a fashion accessory which i think the OP and FB group are pointing out, and take umbrage with.
such as any brand to be seen in by certain members of the public. My mother in law in law (does that scan)has one for dog walking.
each to their own, no issue with them wearing them, but just think a bit silly looking when out of their natural environment, but doesn't bother me unduly, anymore than someone with their trousers at half mast or any other item of clothing i wouldn't personally want to wear in certain situations.
as for all the, don't judge people for what they wear bllx, oh please do go away, this is the Pie and Piston...take your faux offence elsewhere!
Like it or not people have and always will judge others on personal choices they make and what they wear. Such is human nature.
one for wacking on when getting out of the sea.i think the issue here is a functional item being co-opted (wrong word but cant think of correct one, pedants please step in) into a fashion/lifestyle brand choice of those who have never used for its intended and don't really need it for their chosen purpose, when normal coats/attire would be fine and equally good( eg dog walking, standing on the side of a cold muddy rugger pitch etc).
its now a fashion accessory which i think the OP and FB group are pointing out, and take umbrage with.
such as any brand to be seen in by certain members of the public. My mother in law in law (does that scan)has one for dog walking.
each to their own, no issue with them wearing them, but just think a bit silly looking when out of their natural environment, but doesn't bother me unduly, anymore than someone with their trousers at half mast or any other item of clothing i wouldn't personally want to wear in certain situations.
as for all the, don't judge people for what they wear bllx, oh please do go away, this is the Pie and Piston...take your faux offence elsewhere!
Like it or not people have and always will judge others on personal choices they make and what they wear. Such is human nature.
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