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British schoolboys don skirts amid shorts ban in heatwave
keyetv ^ | June 22, 2017 | AP

Posted on 06/23/2017 6:32:46 AM PDT by bgill

Boys at a British high school have found a novel way around strict uniform rules banning shorts, as the country swelters through a heatwave. The schoolboys at Isca Academy in the southwestern city of Exeter donned skirts instead of the officially mandated gray slacks. Photos in British media show the boys wearing short-sleeved white shirts, school ties and the gray and white plaid skirts that the girls wear. Devon County Council spokesman David Beasley said about 30 boys turned up to school in skirts on Thursday, when temperatures dropped to a cool 20 degrees Celsius (68F) after days of much hotter weather. None of the skirted students was punished, he said.

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To: Tanniker Smith
"I wonder if any got sent home because their hems were too far above the knee."

Now they'll probably have to add new school rules about "manspreading", like they did in Madrid for a different reason.

21 posted on 06/23/2017 8:27:36 AM PDT by Songcraft
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To: TXnMA

Kilts..for Men?!?

I Don’t Think So!


22 posted on 06/23/2017 11:10:46 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

think again...

23 posted on 06/23/2017 11:52:00 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: ExGeeEye
On the way to that one, I found this :)


24 posted on 06/23/2017 11:53:07 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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