The line in the title dates to 1810, is attributed to the Romantic poet William Blake, and is reputed to be the source of the children’s taunt “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about pants and pantaloons in particular. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘pants’
“Deceiver, dissembler, your trousers are alight!”
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 598 Comments › )Filed under Christianity, History, Open thread, Religion at August 14th, 2021 - 4:07 am
Right In His Pants. Ewww.
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 56 Comments › )Filed under Art, Humor, OOT, Open thread at November 12th, 2011 - 11:00 pm
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The glorious green Chinese dragon dude first appeared in Strange Tales #89 in a story by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It’s your standard monster tale– big beastie wakes up, wreaks havoc, is cleverly defeated by a lowly human. The story takes place in “Red China;” the hero of the piece wakes Fin Fang Foom up in order to defeat a Red invasion force, but the creature becomes unchecked and has to be put back to sleep with magical herbs and stuff.
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The silliest aspect of the story lies in the existence of Foom’s pants. It was long ago, you see, and the Comics Code didn’t want a naked dragon running around, or so the story goes. Hence, to prevent a draconian super-schlong from flopping about, purple shorts were provided.
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But hey, who’s going to tell a giant psychic shape-shifting super-strong fire-breathing kung fu dragon what to do, eh?
This particular collectible from 1961 (Strange Tales #89) had an estimated value of $352 in 2009. Go figure.
And while we’re going and figuring, let’s don our purple pants, crank up the Rec Room Jukebox and do the Fin Fang Foom on The Overnight Open Thread.
Getting Low Grades? Pull Your Pants Up.
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 102 Comments › )Filed under Democratic Party, Humor, Open thread, Politics at April 2nd, 2010 - 8:00 pm
Thank God for legislators, for a new scourge has reared it’s ugly head.
New York State Senator Eric Adams is getting to the bottom of it. It seems that New Yorkers just won’t pull their pants up, and the Hon. Mr. Adams has just the solution: start an ad campaign to educate the peasants on the proper way to wear pants.
According to the campaign ads, this student has a 1.0 grade point average and suffers from low self-esteem all because of his pants.
So how to combat this problem of young Brooklyn males with low grades and low self-esteem exposing their underwear? Put up billboards of young Brooklyn males with low grades and low self-esteem exposing their underwear. Pure efficient brilliance.
The campaign is titled “STOP THE SAG!” and it’s only a matter of time before the Screen Actors Guild files a defamation lawsuit. Here’s the companion video that describes it all:
I don’t know about you, but when I see some baboso walking around in public with his chonis hanging out, the first things that come creeping into my mind are not ethnic and racial stereotypes. But to be fair, the “Don’t Be A Nut, Cover Your Butt” advertisements only cost the Senator $2,000 of his unspent election campaign funds, and a billboard company got paid.
Once this crusade achieves its lofty goal, I hope the Senator is ready for the next wave of juvenile clothing rebellion. I’ve already got a slogan ready: “You’ll Be A Hunk When You Cover Your Junk.”
Did someone say “Open Thread?” Pull up your trousers and have at it.
