MetaFilter posts tagged with pants

What are the forces that prevent you from doing so?

notyou — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:47:37 -0800

Is there a man (or woman) among us with pluck enough to wear Big Bill Haywood's workingman's pants?

That is what I want to urge upon the working class; to become so organized on the economic field that they can take and hold the industries in which they are employed. Can you conceive of such a thing? Is it possible? What are the forces that prevent you from doing so? You have all the industries in your own hands at the present time. There is this justification for political action, and that is, to control the forces of the capitalists that they use against us; to be in a position to control the power of government so as to make the work of the army ineffective, so as to abolish totally the secret service and the force of detectives. That is the reason that you want the power of government. That is the reason that you should fully understand the power of the ballot. Now, there isn't any one, Socialist, S. L. P., Industrial Worker or any other workingman or woman, no matter what society you belong to, but what believes in the ballot. There are those--and I am one of them--who refuse to have the ballot interpreted for them. I know, or think I know, the power of it, and I know that the industrial organization, as I stated in the beginning, is its broadest interpretation. I know, too, that when the workers are brought together in a great organization they are not going to cease to vote. That is when the workers will begin to vote, to vote for directors to operate the industries in which they are all employed.

Foul Bachelor Goons

The Whelk — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:37:42 -0800

Something Awful Goons share stories and thoughts on the bachelor life

Going out to battle for freedom and truth

Abiezer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:41:47 -0800

Look at my fucking red trousers! "A collection of photographs in celebration of the vibrant and burgeoning red-trousered communities of London and elsewhere."

What about the invisible jet?

thecjm — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:40:51 -0800

Wonder Woman has had many costumes over the years, but starting today her outfit will be a little more ... practical.

no pants, no problems

hat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:14:28 -0800

Welcome to Friday afternoon. Time to stand up, drop trou, and air out your junk. The song is by The Poxy Boggards. Lyrics here if you'd like to sing along.

Olympic Pants Wars

ocherdraco — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:20:54 -0800

At first, it seemed the Azeris would win the Olympic Pants War handily, but then Norway, with its argyle advantage (in crazy and crazier varieties), seemed to have taken the lead. Now, US snowboard cross racer Nate Holland (competing, of course, in this wonderful outfit) is stepping in to set the pants rules for his own sport. But in the end, no matter what country they're competing for, it's the figure skaters who have won. As history has shown us, they always have the best pants of them all.

Take off your pants!

ohyouknow — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:47:32 -0800

Try not to notice the other pantsless people, unless someone points them out to you. If asked, pretend you have no idea why everyone else has no pants.

Son of a Nigerian banker caught with pants on fire leads to suspicion of Nigerians with trouser related problems

Blasdelb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:29:52 -0800

This last Christmas Day Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23 year old son of a prominent Nigerian banker attempted to bring down a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight with an explosive mixture containing PETN, a popular addition to amateur explosives. Then this Sunday a young Nigerian gentleman in intestinal distress caused caused the crew of his flight to alert authorities who detained and quickly released him.

Fashion backward

ssmith — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:33:07 -0800

You'll have all eyes on you with Winkers! (SLYT)

It's not acceptable in the 00s

ashaw — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:46:37 -0800

Twitter documents the breakdown of Calvin Harris , British electropop musician due to critical reviews. (RT @everyone #calvinharrisisarichpersonskid)

LA's Got Talent

exogenous — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:15:46 -0800

Hammer Pants mob invades a retail clothing store. SLYT

PANTS! (not including fish)

desjardins — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:56:26 -0800

"We all put our pants on one leg at a time." Well, not these guys.

I don't know how to plug butt.

tehloki — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:51:43 -0800

Don't Shit Your Pants: A survival horror game

Pants Optional

homunculus — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:32:48 -0800

Pants Optional - A Relatively Civilized Fashion Primer for the Well-Clad. [Via]

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will

homunculus — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:20:15 -0800

Right Again. The passions of John Stuart Mill (previously).

Tights Are Not Pants

Pater Aletheias — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:17:20 -0800

Tights Are Not Pants. It's time to stop the madness.

Should we have a meet up?

shothotbot — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:15:34 -0800

When is the 7th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride? This Saturday, January 12th, New York City. They seem to have done it in 2006 as well. Village Voice article on 2006's shenanigans.

Land of the free

Bovine Love — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:50:32 -0800

Land of the free. So long as you don't wear unapproved pants. The racist angle kind of surprised me; I would think people would be outraged on the basic principle alone.

That's quite a hi-hat you have there

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:58:09 -0800

"DrumPants are a set of pants that enable the wearer to produce drum sounds by hitting various parts of the pants with his hands. The wearer thusly becomes a cyborg musician, his body assuming the roles of both player and instrument, allowing for spontaneous electric hambone solos or even collaborations with other musicians in a band setting."

No Pay for Lost Pants

Slap Factory — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:50:36 -0800

A very big day for the District of Columbia Superior Court. In Pearson v. Soo Chung (pdf of opinion), Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled that Custom Cleaners is not liable to Roy L. Pearson for "various calculations of damages that go as high as $67 million" over "a pair of allegedly missing pants." The other shoe is yet to drop. Judge Bartnoff ruled that Pearson must pay the defendants' court costs and will consider forcing Pearson to pay the defendants' attorneys' fees. ( previously.)

A story of one man's search for the meaning of mortality and a nice pair of pants, maybe with pleats.

lekvar — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:04:39 -0800

Possibly the greatest comic-book ever written about a dead man wandering through Hell in search of his pants, Stig's Inferno is available online! Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Aww, pants!

aftermarketradio — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:25:43 -0800

Meet Roy L. Pearson, Jr.. He's suing a small mom-and-pop dry cleaning business for damages regarding the loss of his prized pantaloons. Nice trousers, to be sure, but are they worth $67 million? Apparently, Mr. Pearson has a history of litigious lunacy (txt file). For more on frivolous lawsuits, check out these articles written by America's sweetheart Seanbaby!

A Third Way for the Anglicans?

parmanparman — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:28:14 -0800

Is Catholic-Anglican Reconciliation the only way forward? The Anglicans aren't Protestant, they're Catholics! In 1920 the Church of England - Anglicans - called for its reconciliation with the Catholic Church, and in 1925 the Catholic Ecumenical movement sought to make the Anglicans an autonomous Catholic church with the Archbishop of Canterbury as its patriarch. It would have been similar to the Coptic and Syro-Malabarese churches. The move was quashed by Pope Pius XI, who ended the ecumenical movement there and then. If conservative Anglicans chose this third way, instead of infighting over sexuality and gender issues or establishing a new model for membership, it could keep its married priests, its land, its churches, it's membership, and the Archbishop of Canterbury would still have a job.

PANTALONES!

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 05 May 2006 07:26:59 -0800

NO PANTS DAY! And Cinco De Mayo! Muchos muchos grande pantusos?

Yer drawls are showin!

casu marzu — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:23:15 -0800

"This is the police, pull 'em up!" Perhaps feeling pressure from Louisiana to keep pace in the stupid laws arms race, the Virginia House of Delegates voted 60-34 on Tuesday to impose a $50 fine on anyone found wearing pants low enough that a substantial portion of undergarments is showing. The bill (still pending in the Virginia Senate), introduced by Virginia Beach fashion maven Algie Howell, has attracted international attention and charges of racism.