PANTS!!!
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jonnyboy at 07.29.08 - 12:33 am
PANTS PANTS PANTS!!!!@@!!!
I need bike pants for commuting!!!!
Knickerpants!!!
I have found that jeans suck during the summer. I see a lot of 3 quarter length pants goin on everywhere and they look like a good blend of form & function. Is there a good solution pricewise or do I really need to pay 80 buckaroos for these PANTS from O20?
Did I mention screaming PANTS is fun not only over the interwebs but also in person?
SMASH PANTS GOOSE!!!!
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I got some from H&M for like $28.
Or just take some old pants that you are board of and cut off the bottom 1/4.
pavetheplanet07.29.08 - 12:46 am
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Long ago and far away, I had a friend named Will, and Will had a theory: The three funniest words in the English language are monkey, bacon, and pants.
He would regularly shout PANTS for no ostensible reason other than it was the most shoutable of the three funniest words in the English language. He would occasionally shout MONKEY, and BACON too, usually at vegetarians, such as the patrons we served in our vegetarian restaurant, god bless him. But PANTS was the top shout-earner by a landslide.
I hope you find the pants you're looking for. When you do, you can be sure you will hear a chorus of people shouting PANTS as you bike by. And by "a chorus of people" I mean "me." In honor of Will Capel, may he rest in peace.
This has got to be the longest and most-involved "bump" in the history of "bumps." It also references a dead guy. Do I get some kind of credit for that? Comic book store credit would be ideal, but I'm not so picky.
katiepoche07.29.08 - 1:30 am
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I need to meet this friend of yours named Will.
Long long ago in the city of Columbus Ohio I discovered (with the help of a fellow employee at a lame interactive company) that shouting the word "PANTS" in combination with other words was not only extremely satisfying but strangely entertaining.
Your bump has the utmost validity. There is just something about the way that it rolls off the tongue. I don't know what it is. Screaming PANTS is seriously contagious when you have the right company.
I prefer to add "SMASH", "GOOSE", "RASH", "BLISTERING", or "BASH" before a good PANTS
The true key to its success is having someone to bounce the core word back at you.
jonnyboy07.29.08 - 1:39 am
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WHEN I SAY PANTS, YOU SAY MOB.
PANTS!
MOB!
PANTS!
MOB!
PANTS!
MOB!
PAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTSSSSSS
MMMMMMMMMMOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!
By the way, I have a pair of cut offs with holes in them that I am selling for 150$.
imachynna07.29.08 - 1:42 am
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My college girlfriend also found the words pants to be extremely amusing. But, when asked for an explanation, all she would offer was, "Pants sounds like fancy."
You can't argue with logic like that.
theroyalacademy07.29.08 - 1:45 am
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For the record (I say that too much), I don't really have cutoffs for 150$. You can go to a hipster store and get expensive used pants. :) Heh heh heh.
imachynna07.29.08 - 1:46 am
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In all seriousness, I'd really like a pair of.... you know... that will last a long time and many commutes
jonnyboy07.29.08 - 1:48 am
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I seriously doubt you are going to get much pants seriousness at 2am.
Sorry.
theroyalacademy07.29.08 - 1:50 am
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A Google image search for "pants" returns this image as its top result >>>
theroyalacademy07.29.08 - 1:51 am
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a.) theroyalacademy, that image is amazing.
b.) I fully intent to respond to the best and most serious of my abilities, even at this late hour, on the topic of pants. Carhartt's. I swear tomatoes was wearing a pair of short, fitted Carhartt's at brunch on Sunday. At least they looked like Carhartt's. Also, Jesse K. is forever in short pants (PANTS), and he's a nice dude. He'll probably let you in on his PANTS secrets if you ask. (But he's not on the forum.)
c.) You can't meet Will. I wasn't kidding about the "may he rest in peace." Will died in 2005. The world's loss.
d.) theroyalacademy,you really can't argue with logic like that. But then when you're talking about the merits of the word PANTS in relation to other shoutable words, I tend to put logic underneath some furniture. Just for a while.
katiepoche07.29.08 - 1:58 am
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More on that image: Just looking at it, I want to say PPPFFFFFFFTTT.
katiepoche07.29.08 - 1:59 am
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"I tend to put logic underneath some furniture. Just for a while."
Best thing I've heard all week.
imachynna07.29.08 - 2:03 am
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I think the British have it right re: pants. It is best used as an adjective, roughly interchangeable with rubbish (which is also an awesome adjective).
Try it:
--The MR forum threads lately have been totally pants.
--Indeed. Not to mention all the rubbish ideas that people are proposing for ride themes...
--Shall we have some tea, then?
--Yes. Let's.
nathansnider07.29.08 - 2:09 am
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Dude, we just watched that episode of X-Files with the inbred family with the mother on the cart under the bed and, let me tell you, it is not a good idea to put your logic under that family's furniture, because the scary inbred mother will EAT IT. And what will you do when you need your logic then? Nothing! That's what. You'll just have to ask the inbred mother. And she doesn't have any feet, let alone logical answers to your questions. She'll just keep jibber-jabbering about family values. FAMILY VALUES, I TELLS YA! So, alls I'm saying is you best keep your logic in your pocket, or in a mason jar on the shelf, and leave the spaces under furniture for inbred mothers and the like.
theroyalacademy07.29.08 - 2:11 am
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I've been wearing a pair of cut off dress pants I got at Salvation Army last year. They cost 1.50 and you can wear them for a few months straight without any tearing. They are nice and light and if you want you can reinforce and experiment with little risk. This is the most economical option, Kyber has fancy pants perhaps he could give you a review.
I'm a good test bed for clothing since once it goes on it doesn't come off for a good amount of time.
franz07.29.08 - 2:17 am
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I look for nylon or light cotton PANTS in thrift stores, and cut off the legs, hem the ends and run a thin shoe string through the hems. Buy a "cinch thingy" at a soprts store to clinch the shoe string (now drawstring) below the knee.
This pair cost $3 including the "cinch thingy".
Look for cargo pants, with pockets on the side of the leg. They work best for carrying stuff while cycling.
During the summer, I switch to light weight shorts (with cargo pocket) I find in the same thrift shops.
For winter night riding, I have a pair of nylon cargo pants which I did not cut off. Just roll up the legs, and roll them down when it gets cold.
Creative Thing07.29.08 - 6:51 am
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I really hate telling people about my favorite thift stores or places to find good buys but you guy are all rad and I love this guys store so I'll tell you.There is a place in silverlake called L.A. skate,it sells used and some how new really really cheap clothing and skate gear.I have gotten stuff from there pretty cheap ,20 or 30 bucks for name brand stuff that is normally 80+.a lot of skating companys make clothing that is breathable and great to ride in.the store is on Hyprion somehere past lyric I think.
blackout_blacklung07.29.08 - 7:31 am
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There's this crazy invention called SHORTS you may want to look into.
Not only are they cool, cheap, comfortable and easy to ride bikes in, but when you get to your destination and get off your bike, you don't look like a manpri wearing dork.
YMMV.
JB07.29.08 - 7:53 am
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Holy crap this is the BEST THREAD IN WEEKS I tell you!
Although I must say, I really thought somebody on the ALC team would have started it, since PANTS was a big thing with us. We use the word interchangeably with the word 'excited'... and I believe it's because i have a habit of saying 'excited pants' which just turned into plain 'pants'. But close to the AIDS LifeCycle ride we'd have strings of gmail threads that were nothing but the word PANTS in different colors and sizes.
Why is that word so unanimously entertaining?
canadienne07.29.08 - 10:30 am
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What kind of fool would pay $80 for a pair of pants?!?!?
As mentioned before, $15 Dickies and the hand me downs I keep wearing get along just fine.
As for jeans, I usually just roll up the pant-legs, LL-COOL-J style.
bentstrider07.29.08 - 10:41 am
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(I just seached my gmail for the word PANTS to see if i could get a good screen shot of one of the team's PANTS-themed email threads... but it gave me 110 results. That's not 110 emails, that's 110 email
threads where the word pants was mentioned several times. Reading them makes me want to pee my PANTS.)
canadienne07.29.08 - 10:43 am
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Just for the love of God, don't turn a pair of skinny jeans into clamdiggers...
Capri's + Cameltoe = unsexy...
nancine07.29.08 - 10:50 am
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Pants? We don't need no steenking PANTS!
Joe Borfo07.29.08 - 10:55 am
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I learned recently that the male equivalent of cameltoe = monkey knuckle.
I've been wanting to share that.
Perhaps I'll go twitter it, PC.
Ms. Stephanie07.29.08 - 11:00 am
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Can I get a wut wut for MOOSEKNUCKLES?
Best pants evar happen to be shorts.
Buy some jeans, cut em right above the knee.
Gangsta status
NEWB31007.29.08 - 12:39 pm
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Fuck all that!!
It's all about sportin' them Parachute pants on the most epic of rides!
bentstrider07.29.08 - 12:45 pm
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I remember reading somewhere that the camel toe (or moose knuckle or whatever) was once high fashion amongst European royalty. Just for the dudes, though. I think I probably read this somewhere in the Rotten Library, but no way am I going to go browsing through that while at work.
nathansnider07.29.08 - 12:51 pm
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I don't get how manpris are any better than jeans. When I sweat (which happens a lot in summer), even shorts tend to ride down as they grip on your sweaty legs. I'm thinking short shorts are the way to go. Or maybe a kilt.
And once I heard a British guy exclaim, "Oh pants, I broke my dongle!"...and I laughed for about 30 minutes straight. Software nerds will get that joke.
hatehills07.29.08 - 1:09 pm
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My shants are made from lightweight cotton which is much cooler in the summer heat than a long tight pair of jeans.
franz07.29.08 - 1:16 pm
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It's not monkeyknuckle, it is MOOSEknuckle. Rolls off the tongue better - the word, not the object. Though I suppose there's something to be said for having your mooseknuckle licked, too.
ideasculptor07.29.08 - 1:19 pm
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@ hatehills, there are tri shorts that might as well be man panties so one could double it up and wear those under a kilt...
nancine07.29.08 - 1:21 pm
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canadienne, my sister used to add "pants" to words! And "head," as in "Rad-head!" This was in "Reality Bites"-era 1990s. Now, she dated Will, the guy who shouted PANTS, which is how I came to open up a vegetarian restaurant with his bacon-loving self, which is how I came to know all this.
PANTS.
jonnyboy, any luck? Finding BACON, I mean. Or MONKEYS.
katiepoche07.30.08 - 11:18 pm
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Pants, bacon, I have no idea what all of these things have in common, but it went from, "OOOOOKAY", to, "This shit is really starting to freak me out like that Dolls movie I saw when I was five!!"
Please find a nice pair that doesn't sag like you're at the strip-club!!
bentstrider07.30.08 - 11:25 pm
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Hhhhhhh, the three funniest words in the English language are MONKEY, BACON, and PANTS, as outlined by Will Capel, a dead guy. Read the whole thread before you freak out, benstrider, jeez.
But I do agree with your thing about people not wearing pants that are too low. Thank you for posting that. It was very relevant, and timely too. jonnyboy is buying new pants soon. How embarrassing if he bought pants and didn't think to check for that!
katiepoche07.31.08 - 12:28 am
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@katiepoche
-I was almost the victim of a pantsing a few times.
The first time, I was wearing shorts beneath my sweat-pants in PE.
The second time, I held them britches up and kicked the guy in kneecap.
The rest of the time since, I've been wearing normal-sized Dickies and denim with those cool belts with the stenciled buckles.
Hell, I've been thinking of getting two more so I could wear my initials on my belt.
As far as reading the entire thread, it grew pretty quick and I lazily skimmed it while keeping my eyes on the 605 at the same time.
bentstrider07.31.08 - 3:06 am
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I'm still on the HUNT FOR PANTS!!!@!!
I WILL PANTS MC'DANCE IN MY PANTS...
BACON PANTS....
MONKEY PANTS....
ALL SORTS OF PANTSING WILL COMMENCE
jonnyboy07.31.08 - 2:19 pm
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think like a real crank mobster: sans pants is the new pants.
canadienne07.31.08 - 3:08 pm
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i'm on the franz style....i was biking to work one day and my dress pants got caught in the chain and ripped....i cut them down to shorts....then i had 3 pairs of old cords....cut them down to shorts.....Westwood has a store that everything is $3.95. tons of stuff. army jackets, t shirts, flannels, slacks, levis, all of it. only $.95 each.
barleye07.31.08 - 3:17 pm
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I have some
Bicycle FixationHemp City Knickers and they have been great to me. I know some people with the woolies and they have said great things about them too.
I don't think I ever spent more than $100 on pans before but they have been very good to me. There are so comfortable that the first day I got them, I straight passed out in them that night.
These pants are designed and made in LA in a fair trade shop using sustainable materials. They aren't cheap, but they are a good value.
trickmilla07.31.08 - 3:34 pm
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the store in westwood is on westwood blvd. 1 1/2 blocks north of wilshire. a few doors down from noodle planet. sweaters, army jackets, down jackets, down vests, tons of stuff. belts, sun glasses.
barleye07.31.08 - 4:34 pm
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Yeah, the $3.95 store is pretty cool. Only went there once though.
imachynna07.31.08 - 5:17 pm
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Thank You Mart (the $3.95 store in Westwood) is indeed pretty awesome. I've found some amazing deals there. But then I've also ended up buying absolute crap I didn't need because it was "only $3.95." So be careful about that.
theroyalacademy07.31.08 - 8:24 pm
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bentstrider, I was just rilin' you up. I know, it's hard to read entire threads.
I hate reading. I like writing, though. You know what else I like? Bikes.
AND PANTS>
katiepoche07.31.08 - 8:46 pm
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I SAY WE HIT UP THE FAIRFAX SWAPMEET AND THE 1 DOLLAR JETRAG SEIL
HANDBONE07.31.08 - 9:12 pm
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Naw, I'm not gonna change my pants. Naw I'm not gonna change my pants. NANANANANANA, not gonna change my pants. Not gonnnnna chaaaaaange!
branded08.1.08 - 1:53 am
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I bet when I get my new PANTS I'll be able to skid for twice as long.
I am SO EXCITED FOR SKID PANTS
jonnyboy08.1.08 - 7:57 am
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tern- gray slacks!
theroyalacademy- yeah, I ended up getting a bunch of shit I didn't need too.
HANDBONE- 1$ sale- I mean seil- FTW
My pants are falling down right now.
imachynna08.1.08 - 3:28 pm
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While it is sometimes not the best place for pants (since they don't have a dressing room and you just have to guess if things will fit you; unless you're willing to just try on pants in the aisle, as I've seen people do), the best thrift store I've found in town is VALLEY THRIFT at the corner of Lankershim and San Fernando.
theroyalacademy08.1.08 - 3:54 pm
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One way to check if PANTS will fit your waist is to wrap the waist of the PANTS around your neck. The circumference of your neck is just about half that of your waist, & since the circumference of the waist of the PANTS is halved when the button's done up, it's a good way to check without taking off your PANTS.
Turns out your neck's a little less than half, so if you can overlap about an inch or so of fabric, they should fit. You look insane doing it, but it works.
This might only work for chicks. Any confirmation of this trick from a dude?
katiepoche08.1.08 - 4:15 pm
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branded
08.1.08 - 4:53 am
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oh great who let this piece of trash in here?
Graham08.1.08 - 4:19 pm
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katiepoche
I saw that on an episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
And no, I don't watch that show. Hahaha.
My pants fall off because after a few hours/two days of wear they get kinda saggy.
imachynna08.1.08 - 4:28 pm
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@katiepoche
Is that some kind of trick to get us running around the store with pants on our heads? Because let me tell you, I don't need to be tricked into doing that!
vladster08.1.08 - 4:38 pm
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"so you don't look like a manpri wearing dork."
Ouch, I guess I'm a dork then.
At least I'm in good company:
Fausto Coppi on the left, on a training ride
cabhauler08.1.08 - 6:18 pm
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branded
08.1.08 - 4:53 am
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oh great who let this piece of trash in here?
Graham
08.1.08 - 7:19 pm
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seriously dude. peace out.
HANDBONE08.8.08 - 1:30 pm
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Syoma, I haven't been on a ride with you in forever. Now that you are all out getting edumacated and everything. Are you pillowfighting tonight?
theroyalacademy08.8.08 - 1:35 pm
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bicyclefixation.com Made by our friend, right here in L.A.
Expensive, but nice, comfortable. expensive. I have s pair.
tern08.8.08 - 1:42 pm
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I ordered a pair of the swrve dynamics, heard some good things about them and I got a really good price.
PANTS WILL BE MINE
I WILL FIND THE POWER OF THE PANTS
AND IT MIGHT BE AWESOME
jonnyboy08.8.08 - 2:21 pm
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Don't wear pants, ever. We are in Southern California. Just wear shorts and rock leg/knee warmers underneath. When you get into discussing capris or whatever you'd call just-below-the-knee pants, you might as well turn to spandex for the lower half of the leg.
Some leg warmers come in awesome materials like 3M Illuminite and they make you more visible at night. If I didn't have a full time job, I'd put all my effort into marketing the next generation of leg and arm warmers, making them all stylish and stuff.
jericho1ne08.8.08 - 3:01 pm
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The Swrve PANTS are in! They are wonderously comfortable!!
Never again will my upward leg stroke be hindered by sticky hipster jeans!
PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS PANTS
FINALLY!!!
jonnyboy08.10.08 - 6:00 pm
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Eddie, not much man! Been having a nice chill Sunday with my girlfriend. Just watching some olympics & doing some maintenance on the bike!
Wish I could have been there for robotz, but I'll be there for CRANK MOB this coming weekend- Hopefully I can introduce my girl soon, too! Fingers crossed!
jonnyboy08.10.08 - 6:11 pm
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FINGERS CROSED, GOOD LUCK, SEE YOU AT CRANK MOB, PEACE JOHHNYBOY.
eddieboyinla08.10.08 - 6:14 pm
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BUMP PANTS
I had to, it was relevant in another thread
jonnyboy09.9.08 - 12:20 am
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speaking of pants and shoes
i need a good pair of both.
theshues09.9.08 - 12:27 am
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How much were those swrve dynamics?
skd09.9.08 - 12:40 am
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AAHHHMSMERKLJWEKLRJSER
PANTSPANTSPANTSPANTSPANTPANSPTNAPTNAS!!
jonnyboy01.8.09 - 9:40 pm
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wow, I've never spent more than $40 on a pair of pants, and my favorite pair cost only $5 at walmart. mind you, they ripped within the first week, but they happened to rip at just the bottom 1/4.
savings of $75, mine.
tortuga_veloce01.8.09 - 10:45 pm
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You should definitely support wal-mart rather than local cycling companies, wouldn't want any of those private business owners to take revenue away from wal-mart!
Local pants, I haz dem.
jonnyboy01.8.09 - 11:02 pm
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SRSLY... Goodwill pants + scissors = GO.
unless you have expendable income, there is no reason to buy new, they will just get thrashed anyhow... think of all the food fights, sandy beaches, and no pants parties you have (or haven't, which you should) attend.
Aqueous Atom01.9.09 - 11:52 am
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All hail pants! I was looking for another thread and found this one, which is terrific. Especially the part about the English using pants as an adjective. This thread is the pants!
kryxtanicole02.28.09 - 7:48 pm
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P.S. Please give me or Racquel your old pants. We needs 'em. It's ok if they have holes or don't fit us. We be making stuff wif ur pants. Hand 'em over.
kryxtanicole02.28.09 - 7:49 pm
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Pants to that.
I think I used "pants" wrong.
katiepoche03.1.09 - 8:06 am
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Latke pants?
Is that sour cream on your pants, or were you just happy to see me?
katiepoche03.5.09 - 7:25 pm
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English breakfast tea latte pants.
jonnyboy03.5.09 - 7:26 pm
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SHANTS!
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capris
pedal pushers
short cutoff pants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shants
tortuga_veloce03.5.09 - 7:51 pm
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Those are some super spiffy summer pants, and I like 'em!
jonnyboy03.6.09 - 12:41 am
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Stilline is at DEN DINNER
PANTS ARE WONDERFUL DAMMIT
jonnyboy04.16.09 - 12:15 am
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Pants!
What is up with everybody wearing their needlessforumdramapants lately? Those are winter clothes, people. Time to put them away.
Pants!
nathansnider04.16.09 - 12:21 am
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PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
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PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PANTS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PANTS
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PANTS
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jonnyboy04.16.09 - 12:25 am
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I'm not drunk at den dinner, shut up.
jonnyboy04.16.09 - 12:25 am
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bumpy pants
mashing pants
ribbed pants
diglett pants
pikachu pants
pirate pants
poodle pants
forum pants
streamofconsciousness pants
jonnyboy04.27.09 - 12:41 am
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I've got a shark bike out of some pants I really liked that got caught in my drive-train.
I'm gonna take 'em down to the seamstress in my neighborhood (thai lady working out of a kiosk in the Thailand Plaza on Hollywood Blvd.) and make em 3/4 pants for the summer.
trickmilla04.27.09 - 9:34 am
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same happened to me.... 2 blocks from my house... i rode all the way from pan pacific with no problem, and 2 blocks from my house in inglewood i get off my bike to get something from my back pack, when i get back on and start start pedaling it ripped the hell outta my favorite pants. :(
theladiesman04.27.09 - 9:51 am
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!!!!!!!
PANTS
PANTS
PANTS PANTS
PANTIES PANTIES
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES!!!!!!
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES
PANTS PANTS PANTS
PANTS PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
!!!!!!!
revolutionary04.30.09 - 10:42 pm
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Pants is a noun.
Pants is an adjective.
Pants is a transitive verb.
nathansnider05.1.09 - 12:31 am
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revolutionary says:
"!!!!!!!
PANTS
PANTS
PANTS PANTS
PANTIES PANTIES
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES!!!!!!
PANTIES PANTIES PANTIES
PANTS PANTS PANTS
PANTS PANTS
PANTS
PANTS
!!!!!!!"
+1
jonnyboy05.1.09 - 10:50 am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCwP0K7oApo
TheRaquel05.1.09 - 3:39 pm
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I was just looking back through old threads today and forgot this one existed, but it is by far one of my favorites.
+1 to the PANTS thread.
BethWillowYeah!05.9.12 - 12:59 pm
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I miss Jonnyboy on the threadz.
Always enjoyed his posts.
But I guess there's still work to be done at the Hacienda.
July responding to a
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05.9.12 - 3:47 pm
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So what ever happened with the Levi's 511 Commuters? Can't find my size anywhere (34/32)
nthkl05.9.12 - 5:56 pm
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I JUST GOT SOME HANDMEDOWN PANTS!!!!
andres8406.11.12 - 3:13 pm
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Take care of them like your brother did... my least favorite son Shues...
Roadblock responding to a
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06.11.12 - 3:28 pm
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Interesting! Thanks for posting.
champagne responding to a
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07.13.12 - 7:48 am
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