Where I live, most of the blokes wearing 3/4 length trousers at the moment are Antipodeans ("Kangaroo Valley" has moved westward in 30 years from Earls' Court to Shepherd's Bush) in "boardies" accompanied by the de rigueur accessories of "thongs" (flip-flops), t-shirts, wrap around sunglasses, and blonde sheila - some people are eternal optimists (it was bucketing down with rain yesterday)