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Mowing the Lawn in a dress....sounds like a good idea...or not?
Shawnasee
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I put this in Debate and Discourse even though I think there is no debate.
1. Should one mow their lawn while attired in a short dress?
2. Should one mow their lawn while attired in shorts?
3. Should one mow their lawn while attired in clothing that covers your legs?
I don't know how to do a poll? But with your answer, can you please explain why or why not any of the above options is a good/bad choice?
edit: for a 3rd choice...
1. Should one mow their lawn while attired in a short dress?
2. Should one mow their lawn while attired in shorts?
3. Should one mow their lawn while attired in clothing that covers your legs?
I don't know how to do a poll? But with your answer, can you please explain why or why not any of the above options is a good/bad choice?
edit: for a 3rd choice...
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Other than that, it's really just a matter of which you'd rather wear. I suppose the flying debris could do some sort of wacky trick shot and fly up your skirt... but other than that, it's pure aesthetics.
Now when I edge, I wear pants, because edging tends to throw dirt and rocks and sticks and shit all over the place.
I don't really think it matters. Sure, I've had things thrown from the lawn mower hit me in the leg that might have cut me up if I was wearing shorts, but it isn't a common occurrence. Also, might be a good idea regardless of clothing to clean up any debris you may find before mowing the lawn to avoid injury or damage to your lawn mower.
Boy, I tell you what.
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When I watch you mow the lawn I also do it naked.
I suspect jeans are the safest, but if you're mowing properly the chances of injury are remarkably low so wear whatever works.
This is a pivotal question.
That's why I had a kid. I just have to wait about 8 more years.
PSN : Bolthorn
I was that kid until I moved out.
Sometime later I found out how much my pops used to pay our old landscaping people...
But seriously the only real worry would be something coming out and hitting your leg and even that isn't much of a thing to worry about. I'd mow our huge lawn on the farm in shorts all the time.
I guess getting sweaty or dirty could be a worry as well, so it'd make sense to dress appropriately for that.
Only took 15 posts! Nice.
What is the point of this thread anyway?
On behalf of pervy dudes everywhere, I'd just like to thank the scantily-dressed lawn-mower ladies of the world.
I don't mow my lawn. I pay some guy who mows the lawns of all the seniors in the neighbourhood (I'm not old, just lazy.) I've never checked to see if he wears a dress or not.
I'd just be happy that she wanted to mow the lawn. I think if I died my wife would have NO idea how to even start the damn thing.
PSN : Bolthorn
My wife actually knows how to use lawn equipment, which is a fucking blessing. She even did it this weekend, as a Father's Day gift to me.
To answer your question So It Goes - the OP was trying to justify being mean to his wife by showing her the overwhelming number of you out there who agree with him. But I'd say it was a fail. No one thought the safety issue of mowing with bare legs was anything to get excited about.
Shawnasee - sit back with your beer in hand and just enjoy those pretty little legs pushing your mower for you.
My nieghbour was mowing his lawn while wearing sandals. Something went flying and hit him in the foot. It hit a large blood vessel, my father had to drive him to the hospital. There was lots of blood and the guy couldn't work for two weeks. It's best not to have exposed legs. Blood shed could occur.
Bitch tells me where I can and can't look I bite her lady parts. Very little provocation, I bite your lady parts.
You're pushing a very loud metal contraption with spinning sharp blade up and down the lawn. The same lawn where any number of nasty, multi-legged, insectoid and/or arachnid creatures live.
And you are pissing them off to an incredibly high degree.
And there are your bare legs. Looking all pink ( brown, or whatever other shade you favor ), fleshy and imminently biteable.
No sir; I'll stick to wearing jeans to do my lawn-work, thank you very much.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
You must live in an area with some pretty serious fucking insects. Worst thing you would run in to where I live is a bee or a hornet, and they don't tend to nest in the grass.
Oh, or fire ants I guess...but jeans won't save you from those. They'll be inside your shoes before you know it.
Or I just really get skeeved out by insects. Also, I don't wear shoes for lawn-work; combat boots with kerosene soaked rags wrapped around the ankles. I'm not going to make it easy for the little fuckers to get at me.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
Haha. I thought I smelled bad after lawn work, you must smell an absolute treat.
There was even a time or three drivers would honk their horn as they passed by.
It doesn't really get her angry though.
It gets hot here. Real fucking hot.
I've mowed the grass in army BDU pants in the Florida summer. I didn't really notice much of a difference.
The funny part here is that neither shoes, nor pants, are really going to protect you from the sort of lacerations that a piece of lawn equipment would cause if it actually struck you enough to bleed you out.
I can see those being comfortable. Damn functional, even. [edit] I mean, you can probably carry at least four beers in your pockets.
Funny thing is, the only pair I've got, I cut off. I don't mow the grass anyway. I'm horribly allergic to the stuff. If it were up to me, I'd go out there with a bag of rock salt and take care of the fucker once and for all. My wife though, is not big on that idea, so she takes care of the lawn.
Actually, a well-placed impact doesn't need much depth. Really, though, you learn why you shouldn't wear shorts pretty quickly simply because there's more than enough shit on the lawn that would hurt like fuck if sent at your legs even if you pick up all the sticks beforehand that you won't be wearing shorts while mowing again any time soon. Every time I have mowed in shorts (I'm lazy, okay?), I was hit in the legs by at least one little piece of god know's what. The skin's never been broken, but it stings.
Also in regards to safety: you should never leave your mower running when you go out/get off to move debris (not only will you likely be circumventing a safety feature, you're endangering the surroundings). Clear out toys/balls/sticks/stones/etc. before you start running around with motorised equipment.
From a comfort standpoint. That's fairly subjective; pants would probably heat you up the most. If it's particularly muggy the lawnmower's exhaust is going to heat up your legs. Generally dresses and skirts are fancier than regular jeans and shorts, so I'd avoid yardwork in them since you'll just end up getting them all sweaty, covered in grass and probably smelling of gasoline fumes. I prefer shorts.
If you're weedwhacking, that's when you'll want to not wear shorts. It's unlikely that something will get launched at you fast enough to draw blood, but you'll constantly get hit with small debris that will sting (and dirty up your legs). That's the same reason you'll want to wear shoes. If you're using a plastic wire trimmer it'll really hurt when you hit your foot or leg (shoes help here, but pants don't make much of a difference). If you hit yourself with a metal bladed trimmer...well, don't do that; it won't matter what you're wearing.
(I wear shorts for both)
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I don't actually mean that you could exsanguinate on the lawn. I used the phrase "haters gonna hate" to describe someone laughing at their wife bleeding to death. Of course of I'm not entriely serious.
Simply, bare legs make you much more vulnerable to injury in the case, rare but possible, that a piece of metal debris is fired at you by the spinning lawn mower blades. It's happened before and the experience would be much less inconvient if you are properly dressed.