New law against sagging pants!

[bozothedeathmachine]

Linky (http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/BREAKINGNEWS/70813038)

I think it's a stupid fashion. But illegal? Wouldn't this make all underwear ads illegal also? I'm glad to hear my home state has everything under such good control they can begin legislating dress codes.

[Puppycow]

This is the same mentality as the Taliban requiring women to wear burkas and men to not shave or wear western clothes.

[Zep]

Would it also be illegal to yank the offender's trousers down in public without notice?

[fishbob]

Anyone caught wearing sagging pants who exposes his or her underwear will be subject to a fine of up to $150 plus court costs, or face up to 15 days in jail.


Hmmm.
No underwear and sagging is no longer a crime?

I predict a crack epidemic.

[Corpse Cruncher]

Hmmm.
No underwear and sagging is no longer a crime?

I predict a crack epidemic.:D


No please anything but that.

I must admit I find the fashion of saggy pants awful. If they are going to criminalise it then surely, having and wearing grey underwear should be also outlawed?

Could this pantie reveal be classed under the indecency/exposure laws?

[ponderingturtle]

Linky (http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/BREAKINGNEWS/70813038)

I think it's a stupid fashion. But illegal? Wouldn't this make all underwear ads illegal also? I'm glad to hear my home state has everything under such good control they can begin legislating dress codes.

Well there go all the plumbers.

[tsg]

Mansfield aldermen old men voted unanimously at today’s 4:30 p.m. meeting to enact the new law.

Fixed it.

ETA: One wonders how they would react if there was a law banning wearing shorts pulled up to your chest with dress socks and sandals.

[Zep]

Mansfield aldermen voted unanimously at today’s 4:30 p.m. meeting to enact the new law.Then they all hitched their pants up under their arms and went home muttering.

[tkingdoll]

Holy cow. Could this be any more backward?

Define 'nudity' and 'underwear'.

BURN ELVIS RECORDS! OUTLAW DANCING! THE CHILDREN ARE WANTON!

[Katana]

I'd actually like to see the end of the muffin-top first, please.

[tsg]

Other laws currently being considered by the Mansfield old men aldermen:

Maximum speed limit on any road will be 4 mph.
All tennis balls will be sold with holes pre-drilled to fit over the legs of walkers.
Every third restaurant must be a Country Kitchen BuffetTM.
"Freedom of Speech" will be interpreted to cover complaining about Social Security benefits and nothing else.
All basketball courts will be converted to shuffleboard.
Skateboards are illegal except for transporting a lame dog.

[Modified]

Obviously they didn't consider the fact that saggy pants help the police catch criminals. I once saw two kids who were being chased by the police park their car across the street from my house and start running. One was wearing "regular" shorts. He jumped the neighbor's fence and apparently got away. The other had on saggy jeans, and barely managed to shuffle and hop twenty feet before they caught him.

[Miss Anthrope]

I'd actually like to see the end of the muffin-top first, please.

Thank you.

So basically, we're going to prosecute fashion designers.

[Katana]

Thank you.

So basically, we're going to prosecute fashion designers.


:D

Absolutely!

For crimes against humanity.

Do you think that we can get class-action status?

[tsg]

:D

Absolutely!

For crimes against humanity.

Like making spandex pants in "plus" (or whatever the current pc term for "fat" is) sizes.

Do you think that we can get class-action status?

Can we include hair dressers as well? I've been seriously traumatized by the mullet.

[Regnad Kcin]

Do you think that we can get class-action status?Against those who have no class, I hope!

[ponderingturtle]

Like making spandex pants in "plus" (or whatever the current pc term for "fat" is) sizes.


Well as people like Marilyn Monroe would fit well into the fashion industries view of plus sized, I am not sure that you can truly say that.

But I know from my uncle that the PC term where he works is not obese, or bariatric patient, but the B Team.

[quixotecoyote]

Well as people like Marilyn Monroe would fit well into the fashion industries view of plus sized, I am not sure that you can truly say that.

Ma-ma-ma-myth!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1385806

[ponderingturtle]

Ma-ma-ma-myth!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1385806

Ah but I specified plus sized models.

from this Google Image Search (http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=plus+sized+models&spell=1)
It would not seem that if she was in modeling today she would be classed as a plus sized model.

[rtalman]

Ah but I specified plus sized models.

from this Google Image Search (http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=plus+sized+models&spell=1)
It would not seem that if she was in modeling today she would be classed as a plus sized model.According to Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_size_model) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_size_model%29), a plus sized model is categorized as having a dress size (U.S. measurements) of 8 or larger.

From snopes (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmdress.asp)
A woman of Marilyn's height, at the extreme of Marilyn's weight range (140 lbs), would probably wear a size 12 dress today

[fuelair]

Thank you.

So basically, we're going to prosecute fashion designers.
Given that they are basically useless, go for it!!!:)

[TragicMonkey]

An enlightened society would make a law against sagging pants for the unattractive. If you have what the scientists call a booteus beauteous, then there is not only no possible reasonable objection to its exposure, but indeed, exposure becomes a civic duty.

At least, that's going to be the closing argument when my case comes to trial.

[tsg]

An enlightened society would make a law against sagging pants for the unattractive. If you have what the scientists call a booteus beauteous, then there is not only no possible reasonable objection to its exposure, but indeed, exposure becomes a civic duty.

At least, that's going to be the closing argument when my case comes to trial.

It will most likely end in the very first case to find a person guilty of Non Habeus Corpus (lit. "you don't have the body").

[a_unique_person]

Can we include hair dressers as well? I've been seriously traumatized by the mullet.

My wife came home from the hairdressers in tears, once.

[DmKrispin]

While they're at it, can they do something about those god-awful capri pants everyone loves so much? IMO, the only women who can look good in capris are Mary Tyler Moore (v1.0) or tall women with long skinny legs and small feet. Cropped pants make short people look shorter and fat* people look fatter. Is that really the look most capri-wearers are going for?

And don't even get me started on those mid-calf, baggy, rumpled, usually dirty khaki cargo shorts that I derisively call "man-pris"! They look like gauchos or split skirts for men!


*I am fat and I don't consider "fat" to be offensive or even pejorative anymore. I believe that if you're fat, you should freely use the word fat .... and if you're skinny, you should just sod off!