Metros and Pants of KneeCrotchDoom

[moonlettuce]

Apparently I am old. I've never thought of myself as old. I mean, I'm not 30 yet, but what happened on the Metro just goes to show how wrong I am. I'm standing there, and standing opposite me is this lad of about 18-19. And he's wearing trousers. Only, not only is he wearing trousers, he's wearing trousers that have the crotch around his knees. (And yes, for those of you whose first thought was 'MC Hammer,' you're old too.)

Now, I'm pretty sure that if I was young I would have thought, 'Doesn't he look fashionable.'

However, what I thought was: 'How in the gods does he keep those up? Are they superglued to his thighs to keep them from falling down? Are they *meant* to be like that? Maybe his belt has broken and he hasn't noticed yet. Or maybe he *has* noticed and he can't move because his trousers are going to be around his ankles at the first step he takes. Maybe he's been standing there for hours, just going around and around on the Metro, desperately willing his trousers to stay up.'

I thought that maybe I should ask him, but then figured that might be rude in case it *was* a fashion statement and not some sort of HelpINeedASewingKit!emergency.

Then my station came up and I got off the Metro. Part of me hopes the young man and his amazing Pants of KneeCrotchDoom are very happy together.

And then there's another part of me that wonders if he's not still on that Metro, unable to move in case his pants fall down.