Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87

[Cyrano]

I like pants.

You know, you made MOD. That's...frightening. That's like me being SysAd for GitP. Or me being ANYTHING in authority of GitP.
It's....disconcerting.

[Lucky]

We didn't actually try anything. We stopped because making random posts is booooring.

Speaking of boring:

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[Dragonrider]

You know, you made MOD. That's...frightening. That's like me being SysAd for GitP. Or me being ANYTHING in authority of GitP.
It's....disconcerting.

You know, we learned about this in karate: You don't bite the hand that feeds you. You don't talk back to your sensei. You don't diss the mods. Or even say anything that even halfway could be semi maybe in a vague form interpreted as such. (And after all, you're comparing him to YOU. )

Yeah, I know, brownie points were INVENTED by suck-ups like me.

[Rawhide]

Worldwide Pants Incorporated

At the end of every episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, the Worldwide Pants Incorporated logo would pop up with a different saying. The one that stuck to my mind was "I like pants", it was so unexpected, so... out there.

[The Great Skenardo]

When you think about it, the concept is actually a pretty logical one.

"Hm," thought the ancient man of yore, "I wish my legs and stuff wouldn't get scratched up by all these thistles what I have to pull out of my field. Maybe I should wrap my legs in some sort of cloth tubes or something?"

Also, because he was getting tired of the snickering of the ladyfolk.

[Lilly]

You know, you made MOD. That's...frightening. That's like me being SysAd for GitP. Or me being ANYTHING in authority of GitP.
It's....disconcerting.

"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." *Chesire cat grins and fades away*

[Dragonrider]

What I wanna know is, how come it took till the 20th century to get women (in our country, at any rate) out of skirts and into said tubes of cloth? Do women's legs not get scratched by said thistles?

(Don't make that into something dirty cuz I can see it coming )

Not that I've got anything against skirts, mind, I like skirts, but honestly, when you think practically.... *shakes head*

[Lucky]

What I wanna know is, how come it took till the 20th century to get women (in our country, at any rate) out of skirts and into said tubes of cloth? Do women's legs not get scratched by said thistles?

Well you see...

(Don't make that into something dirty cuz I can see it coming )

Blast.

[Ego Slayer]

Worldwide Pants Incorporated

At the end of every episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, the Worldwide Pants Incorporated logo would pop up with a different saying. The one that stuck to my mind was "I like pants", it was so unexpected, so... out there.

Heh...

Well, since Letterman has been mentioned, I may as well ask if there's anyone else besides me who is no longer amused by The Late Show?

[Hell Puppi]

I always thought kilts had it right...seems like guys would like some more 'freedom' down there than pants offer.
But thats me.

[Rawhide]

"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." *Chesire cat grins and fades away*

I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

[Jack Squat]

I always thought kilts had it right...seems like guys would like some more 'freedom' down there than pants offer.
But thats me.

kilts are fun, but not too many guys are good at recreating this

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[Dragonrider]

For my birthday dinner last Saturday, my parents took me out to one of the nicest restaurants in town (keeping in mind it's just a little Western town). I wore a skirt. My mom wore a skirt. My dad wore his Utilikilt (which was longer than either of our skirts).

I was like... "Dad, could you be...NORMAL for one evening? Just for me?"

But of course, he can't. I guess I know where I get it.

[The Great Skenardo]

What I wanna know is, how come it took till the 20th century to get women (in our country, at any rate) out of skirts and into said tubes of cloth? Do women's legs not get scratched by said thistles?

(Don't make that into something dirty cuz I can see it coming )

Not that I've got anything against skirts, mind, I like skirts, but honestly, when you think practically.... *shakes head*

Skirts are probably easier to make than tubes of cloth. I think the original answer to that question is buried in the mists of Tradition. Probably for greater ease in childbirth?

Besides, everyday clothing hasn't been motivated solely by practicality for some thousands of years now.
The 19th-century and nowadays spring especially to mind.
"I'm running from predators, but I have to use one hand to hold up my pants! On the other hand, I could probably use my T-shirt as a parachute if I jump off that cliff..."

"Stay back, I know how to tie a Windsor, and I've got a cummerbund and spats besides!"

[Rockphed]

Wait, you first ask why it took so long for women to get out of skirts, and then wonder why your dad was in a skirt? Something is very odd.

As for why it took so long to get women out of skirts: Men thought that if women wore pants the morals of everybody would go down hill. I have not noticed such, but I am less than half a century old. Maybe the morals of everybody went down the tubes 40 years ago, and I didn't notice. At any rate, women wearing tight pants look really good.

[Skippy]

I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

Aww... I was going to write the white text part... And then I found it out...

[Rawhide]

An appeal for sanity.

[Serpentine]

What I wanna know is, how come it took till the 20th century to get women (in our country, at any rate) out of skirts and into said tubes of cloth? Do women's legs not get scratched by said thistles?

You know, the ancient Greeks thought the Persians were effeminate because they wore pants and beards...
Anyway, I suspect that if you look carefully, behind all that damnable Victorian era uber-prudishness, you'll find a lot of pants-wearing females through history.

[Penguinizer]

Hmm...

I might aswell go insane. I'll save my sanity for when I need it. There's only so much of it to go around...

[InaVegt]

Giantitp looks different from a text based browser, you know. You should try it sometime, I guess.

IRC is also very different from inside the terminal.

[Rawhide]

[Castaras]

You're a cruel person, Rawhide. Very cruel.

[Azrael]

You're a cruel person, Rawhide. Very cruel.

Cruel? Or awesome?

[InaVegt]

I'm just going to ignore that, Rawhide. You do realize it's not sporting to use images to answer someone who can't
see them, that's like using hand signals to tell something to a blind person.

Do note that I cheated and looked it up in firefox, so I know what you said.

*sticks out tongue* (or, for those with visible images: )

[The Great Skenardo]

I haven't had good experience with the GITP IRC room; I didn't see anyone I knew there, and everyone seemed grumpy.

[Azrael]

I haven't had good experience with the GITP IRC room; I didn't see anyone I knew there, and everyone seemed grumpy.

... welcome to IRC?

[Serpentine]

I haven't had very good experience with it either. I'm always the only one there It's okay though, I've found the AIM chat ^_^

[Skippy]

I haven't used that one. But since I don't use AIM, I guess it's only logical...

[Alarra]

I haven't used that one. But since I don't use AIM, I guess it's only logical...

It's okay, we'll have the msn one up more again and you can chat in there.

[phoenixineohp]

Those did quiet down lately, didn't they.