This morning, when I came to my office, there was a group of male students killing time by the main entrance. There were at least six or seven of them, and every single one was wearing pants that reach well below the knee but nowhere near the ankle. Too long to be shorts, too short for full-length trousers; I forget what they're called. Every single one. It really struck me as odd and somehow eerie.

The weather's easily warm enough for shorts - I'm wearing a pair myself - so this puzzling phenomenon must be a fashion-related collective statement. What the heck is this? Have I missed something? Where does this kind of sudden consensus come from? Has some big guy turned a switch somewhere? 14:59