Saggy Pants Trip up Perps

[Marc Chevalier]

I guess the police appreciate the fact most criminals have no common sense. It makes them that much easier to catch.

White collar criminals excepted. They tend to make bigger steals, too. But hey, their pants stay on!

Too bad for their victims, but hey, that's Social Darwinism for ya.



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[Viola]

One of my more disreputable classmates assured me that baggy pants aided in the jumping of fences and other obstacle-course type stunts as you run away from the cops. More freedom of movement. I guess there's a point of diminishing returns.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I guess there's a point of diminishing returns.

SNAP! lol :eusa_clap

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[DanielJones]

I heard somewhere once that the whole baggy clothing 'look' (okay, 'disaster' is a better word) was derived from sloppy-issue prison denims; that is, da boyz who wanted to look tuff and kool took their cue from the prison look.

If that's true, then the turkey mentioned in that article is already trussed up for the pen.

Yes, the whole baggy droopy drawers thing started in the prison but not because it twas the tough thing to do. The kids on the street think it's the tough look, but those that have served hard time know a different reason to wear the pants pulled way down showing the boxers. The ones who wore their pants that way were the b**ches. That's right, they're the girlfriend. Not such a tough image anymore is it? So now we have one more thing to laugh at these fools for.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[jamespowers]

Too bad for their victims, but hey, that's Social Darwinism for ya.



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That's what guns are for. Shoot 'em in the baggy pants.

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

Yes, the whole baggy droopy drawers thing started in the prison but not because it twas the tough thing to do. The kids on the street think it's the tough look, but those that have served hard time know a different reason to wear the pants pulled way down showing the boxers. The ones who wore their pants that way were the b**ches. That's right, they're the girlfriend. Not such a tough image anymore is it? So now we have one more thing to laugh at these fools for.

Cheers!

Dan

Exactly what I heard.

 

[DanielJones]

That's what guns are for. Shoot 'em in the baggy pants.

Regards,

J

Nah, you have to aim higher or you may miss something vital. lol

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Benny Holiday]

I heard worse. It had something to do with easy access in the pen.

Thanks for the clarification JP and Daniel. Just when you think society couldn't get any sillier - or sadder . . .

 

[jamespowers]

Nah, you have to aim higher or you may miss something vital. lol

Cheers!

Dan

Marksmanship is the key to not missing anything that might help idiots procreate.
What is even more stupid is that this idea is actually vintage. Yes, they must all be BIG, BIG Stringbean fans from the 40s through the 70s. Hee Haw must have been their personal time. :eusa_doh: Check it out. I give you Stringbean---the saggin' pants idiots' idol:

I guess there will be a big run on banjos sooner or later.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Lady Day]

It not just gheto fab/ bling bling style

Just saw this on the dinner table when we were having fruit. My godbrother was even laughing his head off. He said it was just ridiculous. And then he realized he was wearing cargo shorts that hung the same way.

It seems to be most mens casual garb in general. My brother, who is sudo preppy oxford old school Boyz to Men, came to visit me and he needed to buy a jacket (coming to SF with no jacket, sigh) so we went to look for one and he was frustrated cause the one he wanted wasnt in XL. Okay, my brother is litterly a 26-28" waste on a rainy day, and that jacket would have wrapped around him twice. I even pinched the jacket to show him! Hes a board! So with my sweetness and feminine manipulation, I ,managed to get him in a Large. A small, small victory for me.

But I wonder what the deal is. Guys clothes are all loose to loosh-ish, but we gals have to have our modern garb be a second skin. Mumphff.


LD

 

[Marc Chevalier]

But I wonder what the deal is. Guys clothes are all loose to loosh-ish, but we gals have to have our modern garb be a second skin.

David Niven would have said something along the lines of, "Some men prefer to hide their, er, shortcomings."

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[Marc Chevalier]

Okay, my brother is litterly a 26-28" waste on a rainy day, ...

Lady Day, your typos have more humor in them than a gaggle of Lenos and Lettermans lol

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[Lady Day]

Lady Day, your typos have more humor in them than a gaggle of Lenos and Lettermans lol

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I just gragamated from school, so my brain is still on vacation, that and Im too lazy to re-read my posts.
Youll have to forgive me.

LD

 

[Veronica Parra]

Nothing to forgive. They're very witty! (Can wit be accidental? Sure it can!)

 

[adamgottschalk]

Conspiracy of the 5-0

I have to add that when I was in community college in Seattle, I was in a fascinating "integrated studies" class (18 credits of one class, different disciplines within it). One day we were given a lecture by a self-titled "hip-hop scholar" who had brought with her two similarly titled young men. They had some outrageous things to say, but the most notable was the lady saying that the police had gotten all the kids to wear their pants way low exactly so that they'd be more likely to fall down when running away. How exactly the police had been able to achieve this end was not at all clear. But I think she was at least 75% serious.

I like the factoid about prison life and girlfriends. Not only does it just plain make sense, it goes along with a host of other bits of symbolism/etc. in prison life, gang life, etc.

 

[The Wingnut]

I've been wondering how on earth the 'gangstas' run when they're in trouble since the early '90s when the trend started. I was pretty cocky with the latino gang-bangers in high school because I knew my tightly laced sneakers and properly cut 501s would give me an edge over their pants sized for a polar bear and laceless basketball shoes...all I'd have to do is run until they tripped or lost a shoe trying to keep up.

Stupid is as stupid does...or in this case, dresses.

 

[ScionPI2005]

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal about young thieves getting tripped up by the baggy, saggy pants.

An excerpt from "Perpetrator Problem:
It's Hard to Run Away In Falling Trousers" in today's Wall Street Journal, page A1:

Denny Fuhrman, a 58-year-old police officer in Lynnwood, Wash., was escorting a handcuffed suspect to his patrol car one afternoon in 2004 when the youngster twisted free and took off running.

As he bolted, the baggy blue jeans he was wearing fell down around his ankles, sending him tumbling onto the pavement of a busy street. "He was rolling around in traffic, looking like a fish out of water," recalls Mr. Fuhrman.

Mr. Fuhrman's suspect wiggled out of his trousers before getting up from the street and running toward a nearby mall, as the police officer radioed a description to his colleagues: "White male, running, no pants, in handcuffs," Mr. Fuhrman recalls saying. The young man was arrested at the entrance of a J.C. Penney store after Janice Lewis, a 61-year-old passerby, grabbed his shirt collar and held on to him until police arrived.

lol

This is a Criminologist's dream!

 

[Edward]

But I wonder what the deal is. Guys clothes are all loose to loosh-ish, but we gals have to have our modern garb be a second skin. Mumphff.
LD

Nowt as odd as fashion, eh? I remember back in the 80s when we used to wear our trousers so tight half the guys that grew up then are probably infertile now, and the tops so baggy a small African nation could probably have camped out under one of 'em.... funny old world!