By contrast I am against the miserable trend of girls with nice legs wearing short loose dresses and having sports shorts on underneath - not knickers.

Denied therefore is that chance moment when the summer breeze briefly flicks the skirt upwards and a nice view of the legs' final destination is the reward.

Twice lately this disappointment has happened to me.

It is mean spirited, niggardly, prudish and, mostly, ungenerous of the girls to be denying the harmless pleasure of random chance to we poor blokes. As Macbeth said "If chance would have me King then chance may crown me, without my stir. (involvement.)