Don't lose your cool in winter

Rebecca-Monique Williams

Is it me, or have you also noticed that come winter, all the “bad boys” out there switch their poise from “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m well ghetto!” to “I say, one must carry oneself proper.” All the other three seasons of the year, they’re brave enough to rock low- batties (wear their trousers well below their waist), yet when temperatures hit 6 degrees Celsius or lower, the dusty old belts come out of the wardrobe to be reunited with the loops on their long lost sagging jeans and hide those hideous boxers. The thought of getting frostbite on their derrieres is not an all too attractive one- in fact it’s a rather chilling one.

Hoodies are worn properly for the purpose they were designed for- to keep your head and ears warm- rather than as an urban fashion trend. Now, underneath that hoodie is a smiling young person gratefully cosy in the warmth of their clothes, unlike the dark mysterious figure one crosses the rest of the year round with a permanent screw face which communicates “It’s me against the world”.

Don’t even get me started with the one peg leg chicken walk. Once slippery frost settles on the pavements and becomes an everyday occurrence, these gangster wanabes know to abandon those bops and walk properly before they end up with a broken leg and actually walking bent for the rest of their lives. It’s quite amusing to see these previously confident strutters appear to be struck with a severe case of amnesia, having every memory of knowing how to walk properly erased. Either that or they just feel nostalgic and decide to revisit their first baby steps.

All of this is if you’re even lucky to see them. They strangely seem to hibernate during this season. No more hanging around street corners for the majority of the day, terrorising shopkeepers or passers by. It’s all about being indoors all wrapped up and warm.

It’s funny that despite trying to maintain their persona of being cool, Mother Nature seems to come along and show these bad boys how it’s really done.

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