Are we better off without pants?

**bobbin** · 08-09-2009, 22:41

Ha! can't agree more, there was a boy in my old school who used to wear his jeans so low there was actually a gap you coulds see through between the top of his trousers and his boxers. Most unpleasent.

**abou** · 08-09-2009, 22:47

I'm quite fond of the University of Edinburgh tartan. I should probably get one since renting it for every special occasion will wrack my wallet.

**IrishHitman** · 08-09-2009, 23:57

Originally Posted by bobbin

Ha! can't agree more, there was a boy in my old school who used to wear his jeans so low there was actually a gap you coulds see through between the top of his trousers and his boxers. Most unpleasent.

What?

Barbaroi Americans....

CRUCIFY AND/OR ENSLAVE SUCH PEOPLE.

**bobbin** · 08-10-2009, 00:06

Originally Posted by IrishHitman

What?

Barbaroi Americans....

CRUCIFY AND/OR ENSLAVE SUCH PEOPLE.

He was scottish actually but no doubt wished he was born in Compton.

**IrishHitman** · 08-10-2009, 00:18

Originally Posted by bobbin

He was scottish actually but no doubt wished he was born in Compton.

Athena preserve us..
A Scot, abandoning his hardy nature to act like a soft twat?!?!?

**Ibrahim** · 08-10-2009, 07:04

Originally Posted by bobbin

Ha! can't agree more, there was a boy in my old school who used to wear his jeans so low there was actually a gap you coulds see through between the top of his trousers and his boxers. Most unpleasent.

most distasteful.

but I can tell you, you got lucky; when I first came to Texas, and got into Boorwood* high,anywhere between 1 in 20 to 1 in 6 males in any given class wore that style at any one time. I kinda stuck out, seeing that I prefer high-waisted pants.

*actually brazoswood. "boor" was a pajorative addition reffering to the low intelligence level of the non-AP students.

**satalexton** · 08-10-2009, 07:52

clearly

pants are still a barbaric thing....

**HunGeneral** · 08-10-2009, 08:41

Well I would prefer pants if I had to choose - many reasosn for it.

Oh yeah and about using clothes to defend against sunburn: most of my realtives wear a wide hat made out of strah (no idea where they got thoose from) and it seems to work well. Anoither method I heard from one of my friends - while working in the fields during summer his grandfather always wore long pants, a shirt with long arms and a smal hat on his head - it might have been not so cool as one would wish but he was always the one who never had any sunburn while harvest time (that means working in the scroching sun of summer from 3 o clock in the morning to 11 before lunch and then the whole afternoon).

One more interresting thing I found: I have finished reading a book a few days ago from Harold Lamb entitled "ALEXANDER OF MACEDON The journey to worlds end" (original title). In it there is a description of the Persians making fun of the Macedonians before the battle of granicus by shouting things at them like "Who payed you for coming here?!" and "Are you woman or what the hell that your wearing skirts?!" (after the battle however the Persians didn't laugh....)

I think this was however a modern idea or do you think in thoose days they really used such insults?