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.

Comments

[spikeface.livejournal.com]

You're not old. People of all ages think those pants are stupid.

[mattimooz.livejournal.com]

In that case I am old too!!

[gwendolen.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's one of these everyone-over-18-hates-them-phenomenas-?

My cousin (no ass, no hips) wears those too and yes, fashion, though I'm wondering how he keeps them on. Even more fashionable if you can see their boxer-shorts above the waist-line.

I hate those pants, as my mom so aptly put it: He looks like he shit in his pants.

[temaris.livejournal.com]

Definitely old.

In your thirtieth year... that'll be the reason why.

Mmm. Yes.

*nods

[lost-house.livejournal.com]

that's the one saving grace, i'd hate to see them with the crotch around the knees, waistband hovering at mid-thigh and no boxers showing above them :D

i have a theory that they attach velcro to the underpants... i keep seeing them on guys getting off the train & climbing the station stairs with the trousers mysteriously hovering with no visible means of support... it's not natural i tell you.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Don't feel old. My 19-year-old brother's been wearing his pants down to his crotch for about the past 8 years. I have lots of fun pants-ing him.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Even when I was very very young, I never thought "he's so fashionable". At least not as a good thing.

But then again, I was much older ten years ago than I am now.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I've also had my eyeballs scorched by the asscrack of doom trousers, since tight jeans where the waistband hangs about a millimetre above the pubic hair/ halfway down the arsecrack seem to be very popular where I live.

And, frankly, I've yet to see anyone they look good on, no matter how anorexic they are.

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this always makes me feel old too. I have no idea how they keep them up, other than cinching the belt so tight around their arses that they can't walk properly.

I did see something worse in the pub a while ago though - there was a guy who *looked* like he was wearing these trousers, but on closer inspection they turned out to be jeans designed to look like that. Yup, you can buy jeans that actually have a fake waistband and pants sewn to the top so it just looks like they're going to fall down. The mind boggles ;)

[laurissa.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! Right there with you honey! We're not old - they're just dickheads! :D

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Stupid Pants of KneeCrotchDoom.

*grin*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Yay, join us in our ancientness *grin*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I'm pretty sure that they go and have them surgically attached. Bonding them directly to the skin is the only way they stay up, it's gotta be.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Who? Me? I'm only 24, I am...

*whistles innocently*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

The other option is they made a pact with some demons.

"I desire money, women and the ability to keep stupid pants on!"

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's tempting.

Except, if I do it to a perfect stranger they may hit me.

Still tempting though.

*grin*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I still want to know how they keep them up, though.

*grin*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Ack! Poor you. They aren't amazingly popular up here, but I'm starting to see more and more.

*sigh*

We'll just have to watch porn to wash the images from our minds *grin*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

O_O

Thats just... bizarre.

And faintly disturbing.

Possibly more of the faintly disturbing.

But still bizarre.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Even worse, they're dickheads whose pants are going to fall down Any. Minute. Now.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I can't say that my brother hasn't tired to hit me. ;)

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Invisible suspenders.