Baggy pants. Love ‘em, hate ‘em, whatever. But OUTLAW them?
TWELVE STATES have taken action against baggy/saggy pants. You can get fined or JAIL TIME if you wear baggy pants. Why? Because it is offensive. Because you could be hiding a weapon in your baggy pants. Because it is disrespectful.
Does this offend me? No. I’m not looking at anyones ass! I’m looking at their boxers. A freakin’ piece of clothing. NOT OFFENSIVE. Do I think you have a gun hidden under there? Uh, no. Am I feeling like you do not respect me? Huh uh.
Seriously, y’all. Whats next? No low cut shirts? I don’t find cleavage offensive, but you can bet some people do. Is that going to soon be outlawed? How about WINTER COATS? They are big and bulky and OHMIGOD some of them even have POCKETS on the INSIDE! Do you know what you could HIDE in a winter coat? Guess the government better outlaw WINTER so that we don’t need to wear fucking coats.
Seriously, this is the most outrageous thing I have ever heard. The government DOES NOT have the right to tell us what to wear! Where will it end? I am TOTALLY offended by President Bush wearing crocs with socks BUT I DON’T WANT IT OUTLAWED! (Maybe I do, but thats not the point.)
Does anyone else think this is ridiculous? Or are baggy pants so offensive to you that you think they should be outlawed?
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The list will, ultimately have to include then: Large purses (preferably tacky imitation coach and LV bags) and baby doll tops. Yes, baby doll tops must be outlawed, and soon. If I can hide a 10 pound baby under one, surely I could pack a pistol and no one would be the wiser.
But what more would you expect from a president who sends us “free” money but demands that we put it back into the economy? If that was his brainiack idea he should have just sent out debit cards. My cash? Is going in my savings account.
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By Pam on 01.29.08 10:46 am | Permalink
I truly hate the baggy pants. But as for laws… I’m not sure about this one. I would rather see Mr. Bush work on his packing list and move out of the white house. Take a little vacation to Camp David and come home for the swearing in of our next president.
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By shuey6 on 01.29.08 11:22 am | Permalink
Yeah, I’m with you. I’d rather see legislators deal with some of the really important stuff (like the ECONOMY! WAR, perhaps? HEALTH CARE!) than waste their time on baggy pants. Give me a break.
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By Nancy on 01.29.08 11:35 am | Permalink
I hate the baggy pants too. I never understood how someone can walk out of the house looking like they took a crap in their pants and forgot to change but…Do we all remember some of the crap we wore in the 70’s and 80’s? We don’t have too much room to talk.
But people please..if we outlaw them, what will our children have to look back on and say “I can’t believe I wore that!”
By Zephra on 01.29.08 11:50 am | Permalink
Oh my gosh, things like this make me want to stand out in the street and RIP MY HAIR OUT!!! Geeez! I also heard on the news last weekend, that the gov’t wants to put a tax on television sets to make sure that children stop becoming obese!!! I mean for goodness sakes, don’t people just know how to say NO! Without someone having to take them by the hand and tell them things that any idiot should know. Oh, ahem, soapbox, I’m sorry. Man this stuff frosts my butt! Oh and P.S. I LOVE your blog. Thank you so much for sharing!
By Marjorie on 01.29.08 12:21 pm | Permalink
I agree. It’s ridiculous. If they’re going to outlaw any kind of clothes, it should be thongs sticking out above low rise pants. Now, THAT’S a crime. Especially when muffin top is involved.
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By Leslie on 01.29.08 2:17 pm | Permalink
I do hate them, but I hate even more the idea that the government thinks this is any of their business. And I bet you anything Texas is one of the 12- they leap all over shit like this.
When I was a teacher the dress code stated that pants had to fit at the waist and that the diameters of the cuffs couldn’t be more than ten inches wide. Because a sawed off shotgun really does fit in there if they’re wider than that. My kids used to staple their cuffs closed during school and take the staples out after to go hang at the 7-11 or whatever.
But that’s an individual school code. They shouldn’t get to tell us what they think is disrespectful. I happen to think a whole lot of things are horrible that government thinks is just dandy.
Ahem. Stepping off soapbox now.
By kelli in the mirror on 01.29.08 2:25 pm | Permalink
Yeah, I don’t see how those could even be comfortable…I’d be too worried that they were gonna fall down and embarrass me! I saw one kid jumping around at the bus stop whose pants did fall down to his ankles, and all I could think was, “Haha! That’s what you get!” . My son’s middle school, and the elementary school where I work have codes against sagging, and hats worn indoors, and bandannas of any kind, but it’s mostly because of the gang activity around here, not because of weapons. I hate them so much, and when my son tries to imitate a friend’s brother who sags, I tell him ABSOLUTELY NOT…that will not happen in my house, or to my offspring. The friend’s brother even sagged his PAJAMA pants when we had a movie night. WTF ever.
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By baseballmom on 01.29.08 3:10 pm | Permalink
Maybe outlawed by the fashion police, but the government?! Give me a freakin break!
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By Jackie on 01.29.08 3:11 pm | Permalink
you have moved, haven’t you? wow, i’m late to the game.
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By you da mom on 01.29.08 3:26 pm | Permalink
You have got to be joking!!!!
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By Chris H on 01.29.08 5:33 pm | Permalink
Marjorie…They want to tax TVs so that kids don’t get fat? Wow. Our government is…huh, I have no words.
By Karly on 01.29.08 7:27 pm | Permalink
I agree - I mean it’s not like we’re at war. Or having economic problems. Or that our jails aren’t already overcrowded. I wonder about the racial element, since I haven’t heard about any laws barring the equally offensive (and weapon stash possible) fur coat.
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By Jerseygirl89 on 01.29.08 7:50 pm | Permalink
Are they banned period? Or just in schools? It would be ridiculous if they banned them period (and probably against some constitution or other - right?) but I could see how they’d want to ban them from highschools (well even elementary and pre-schools too for that matter) if they could potentially conceal (large) weapons.
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By jasmine on 01.30.08 5:16 pm | Permalink
Jasmine,
In some areas they are just plain banned. The schools can enforce whatever dress code they choose, so many schools don’t allow them. But now CITIES are enforcing this. A dress code for the town you live in? Eh, not so cool.
By Karly on 01.31.08 11:00 am | Permalink
Karly —
Yeah, it is pretty outrageous, but please note, the “Cities” you refer to include Delcambre, a minute shrimp-fishing village about twenty miles south of the lovely burg in which I reside, itself tiny in the scope of metro-universe. I think the problem there was that the low riders, not having the sense their mamas raised them with, were not wearing adequate foundation garments and mooning the town for days. Not a good excuse, but you can see that perhaps the town fathers were trying to do their part for area beautification. The real treat would be if they banned the white shrimpers’ boots so prevalent in the region as well. Now THAT would be a law in the right direction.
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By Elle on 02.01.08 9:58 pm | Permalink
that’s insane! i own like…well my entire pant-ish wardrobe is baggy pants. like…HUGE bellbottom kinds.
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By Jenny on 02.01.08 11:21 pm | Permalink
if this is potentially happening in a lot of places, then i say it’s definitely carrying some racism in it.
People should not be allowed to carry guns (duh), but they should be able to walk around with their boxers hanging out if they damn well choose. I’m not saying I’d do it, but I am saying that boxers are not dangerous. I could probably put a gun in most of the garments that I own and get away with it, but nobody’s banning skirts and garters now are they?
I think a lot of people (our government included) associate baggy off-bum-pants with black people and I think a lot of people (our government included) associate black people with gun crime. There. I said it. And i think that it’s pretty stupid.
By Stephanie on 02.01.08 11:35 pm | Permalink
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