Can you just imagine a bunch of poofters dressing one of you curmudgeons up for a full bag? Wait, a group of hard core veterans would be better!
Lemme see, we could have them do a "before" and "after" of you, Ray, Nick and RAB. Terry could be the savvy announcer since he has some fashion sense. Walter could be the camera man.
Hey, sounds like a great reality TV show!
Posts: 19168 | Location: The LOST Nation | Registered: 27 March 2001
I don't know about the shirts, Will, but I have two pair of the zip-off pants. I like them, and they are the only trousers I wore on my last trip to RSA. For shirts, y'all ain't gonna believe this s@#t! My wife went to the Goodwill store and bought five nice, nearly new, khaki shirts, three of which were Dockers. I am still wearing them. My buddy, Killer, asked me, "Doesn't it bother you that some dead guy wore them?" It doesn't. He won't need them anymore (LOL).
Posts: 853 | Location: St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: 08 January 2004
Gee big guy, I think I'll just stay with my Wranglers and tan cotton shirts..I always toss a couple of pair of shorts in, but not in Tanzania where wranglers and heavy cotton fight off the Tetsi flies...Then there are the ticks of RSA and the Mopani flies of the Masai...Only the bloody PHs of Africa can wear shorts in that kind of bug country, they have built up an immunity...
I do wear shorts for golf however!!
Posts: 41858 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000
I tried zip-off trousers in Mozambique. Never again! There's a local hibiscus that has a pretty little flower but grows on a vine that is living barbed wire . . . and it's the thickness of a pencil lead. In the shade it's invisible until you run into it. Then it's easy to see because of all the bright red when you run into it! Tetse flies are another consideration. Maybe I'd wear shorts in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Besides, the Fab 5 is trying to train Metrosexuals whatever they are. I never heard of a Metrosafarial.
Posts: 2690 | Location: Lakewood, CA. USA | Registered: 07 January 2001
I have no idea what the hell a metrosexual is, and probably don't want to know.
My boy is moving from here in town to Florida at the end of this month (okay, so I cry just a little, but usually just once a day) and always wanted to go bone fish fishing.
I figured this is my excuse to visit Florida, do a little fly fishing, and buy a new fishing shirt.
Fashion and Functionality on Safari: A Guide to the Sartorial Necessities for the Bush
Chapter 1. Elephant Hunter - Fashion Disaster: Bill Stewart. Chapter 2. Silk and Wait-a-Bit Thorns: A Definite No-No. Chapter 3. There's More Than One Shade of Khaki. Chapter 4. Mix and Match Separates for Camp. Chapter 5. Perry's Hat - What Was He Thinking When He Bought That Thing?
Posts: 5338 | Location: A Texan in the Missouri Ozarks | Registered: 02 February 2001
This has got me at the verge of tears....I could see the true good humor of the initial posts, then there was Terry Carr's flash of brilliance with a new book proposal, and then, as usual, Saeed steps in with a piece of profound evidence that every one else was 'dancing' around when it came to appropriate safari-wear! Oh my, Walter is indeed a man not to shrink from any opportunity to make us laugh...especially when he is on safaris!! Thank you Saeed! Walter you are going to have to shave that belly if you are going to expose it! Na, that would not do any good...!
Posts: 669 | Location: Alaska, USA | Registered: 26 February 2004
I just heard it on TV the other day and did a search.
Metrosexual - the term refers to a single man who loves to indulge and pamper himself -- going against the stereotype of men as boorish slobs with questionable grooming habits.
Have fun fishing, I have some of those shirts also. If I could get slowed down, I wouldn't mind going to chase bone fish, never chased um yet, but its got to be a blast. Good luck.
Posts: 1868 | Location: League City, Texas | Registered: 11 April 2003
Saeed Now see, I would never wear a bandana with that outfit.....It says Pirate, It says Caribbean. I suggest something more African, perhaps a bush hat with leopard skin band (fake leopard skin of course)set at a rakish angle and an ostrich feather in the hat band jauntly waving around
Posts: 7976 | Location: Bloody Queensland where every thing is 20 years behind the rest of Australia! | Registered: 25 January 2001
Quote: Can you just imagine a bunch of poofters dressing one of you curmudgeons up for a full bag? Wait, a group of hard core veterans would be better!
We have a local version of FabFive on Swedish television, and about a month ago, the poofters took care of a gentleman named Peter Vilidu who is the Swedish King's head gamekeeper. Amongst other things, they redecorated Mr Vilidu's trophy room, painting it dark crimson and remade it nicely in some sort of Hemingway fashion, so there is still hope for Nick et al.
Regards, Martin
Posts: 2068 | Location: Goteborg, Sweden | Registered: 22 May 2002
Tetse flies are another consideration. Maybe I'd wear shorts in Kwa-Zulu Natal. 
The tan lines are a worry 
