Shorts Man, Sale

Has anyone mentioned Shorts Man of Sale? He goes into Sainsburys wearing those 70's nylon short shorts, with the split up the sides. He wears them with white trainers and grey socks come sun, rain or hurricanes. The shorts are made all the more poignant by the large strides he insists on taking.
I have seen his butt-cheeks more times than i care to recount, often while he is leaning over the checkout to grab his weekly shopping. Not to be confused with the washing machine repair man of Sale who wears shorts all the time. The difference being that he is vaguely compis-mentis. Apparently he lives round the corner from us. I couldn't be happier.

Confirmation, shorts man does live near Cooper Sports. He frequents all the local supermarkets and although appears very aggresive towards people, probably is harmless. Never seen him in anything other than shorts. My theory is that he Lassi Veeron (sp?)
(Scandinavian long distance runner) awaiting his next goats' blood transfusion.He does very long strides in his short strides.
submitted by sale-is-safe

Shorts does indeed live near cooper sports, in fact i saw him last winter (freezing with shorts and a bag of shopping) launched from a taxi as he was asking for a ride from Sale Station to cooper sports. Taxi driver through a quid at him and told it wasnt worth his spit to take him
submitted by Wee Willie

Shorts man, gets a taxi everyday for someone to talk to, very lonely man, worries that the world is about to end

Shorts man lives just off wardle road. He's a legend. He always crosses the road if someone is walking towards him and has the stoopiest walk I've seen. Wears shades in Winter, but not summer. He's barred from Village Store/Robinson's for trying to nick from there.