Dallas to consider if it's governments job to tell people where to wear

[RB TexLa]

their pants. Can't have free people deciding where to wear their pants, the horrors.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-pants_23met.ART.North.Edition1.3e70c11.html

[niyad]

1. I am SOOOOO glad to know that dallas has no more pressing issues to

deal with than saggy pants. we must insist that their leaders tell all the rest of us how they managed such a feat in our time.

[Bobbieo]

2. I remember at CA. college in the 60's

that female students were not allowed to wear pants or jeans on campus.

[TripeOmatic]

5. I also recall that sometime around that time there was one woman who,

when confronted with the rule, stepped neatly out of her pants and stuffed them in her bag. "What? No pants? Ok." She'd evidently planned it well because she was wearing a really short mini-dress that looked like a normal top until the pants came off. 'Bout time.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

12. Well I for one have always supported females getting out of their pants.

[pitohui]

15. wasn't that babe paley?

the way i heard it told was swanky manhattan restaurant, yves st. laurent pantsuit with tunic top that could pass as a mini when she coolly stepped out of the pants in front of the maitre d

[derby378]

3. Ah, but minors don't have the same rights as adults

That said, however, I'm no fan of the droop. If you want to wear the droop, wear an oversized T-shirt so I don't have to stare at your boxers all day.

But I wouldn't go so far as to say it should be outlawed.

[RB TexLa]

7. They are looking at banning it for everyone

not just children.

[derby378]

8. Dallas school trustees have no legal authority over adults

Or is there something in the article I'm overlooking?

[RB TexLa]

11. Yes, it's the Dallas City Council he is addressing

"Mr. Price said he wants the city to create an ordinance or strengthen one that prohibits public lewdness. Such a rule would affect mainly young adults and children, some of whom get their pants several sizes too big to achieve the saggy effect."

[CoffeeCat]

4. So, if someone doesn't properly iron...

...their clothing, will the city of Dallas be "pressing" charges?

[MadMaddie]

6. So when are they going to incorporate the "National Uniform"

I mean....can't have individualism...and self identity in the facist new world.

[TripeOmatic]

9. Uh, does anyone who isn't bored stiff with themselves actually care

what anyone else wears? People who care what someone else wears have too much time on their hands and too little imagination to fill it.

[Matariki]

10. methinks it's much too 'black' for someone's delicate sensibilities

they *might* have a case if people's bare asses were hanging out - but underwear? i don't think so. i'll hazard someone is afraid of 'negroes'.

[TripeOmatic]

14. Methinks you've hit the nail far too neatly on the head.

And ... how un-PC of you to do so - in public no less - mwahahahaha. I mean, uh, what's the phrase? Oh yes, "It's just not done my dear!" Personally, if you really think about it, even bare asses hanging out wouldn't make their case. Have you ever seen those plumber dudes who can't keep their ass-cracks from riding out of their pants - while the family stands around wringing their hands in awe and despair? No problem there though.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. A legislator tried to do this in Virginia last year.

It's bedtime, and I don't want to look it up.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Same thing, but Virginia

I looked it up.

Google for "virginia legislation baggy pants"

ACLU: Virginia Senate Panel Kills Controversial Pants Bill That Elicited Worldwide Ridicule