# Could a Person Jump Into Their Pants (While Holding Them)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347 "2013-10-15T21:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/1 "2013-10-15T21:04:23Z")
Question that has ocasionally popped into my head over the years (invariably while putting on my own pants): Could a very athletic and flexible person hold their pants in front of them, leap into the air, and come down with their legs all the way through? Or is this beyond human ability? (I suppose it would better to try this with loose pants, if someone is thinking of it.) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/2 "2013-10-15T21:16:09Z")
Here’s a video of a bunch of people trying it. Some of them kinda succeed with shorts. They have a much greater rate of success when someone else holds the pants. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/3 "2013-10-15T22:26:59Z")
I am pretty sure I could do it with Boxers. At least when I was younger. So I would imagine I could do it with Sweat pants if I rolled the cuffs so they are as short as boxers. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/4 "2013-10-15T22:37:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I am pretty sure I could do it with Boxers. At least when I was younger. > > So I would imagine I could do it with Sweat pants if I rolled the cuffs so they are as short as boxers. Parachute pants. The key to success would be parachute pants. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/5 "2013-10-15T23:58:22Z")
This is how you become a superior being: a man who does _ **not** _ put his pants on one leg at a time, like everybody else. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/6 "2013-10-16T00:17:18Z")
Clown pants. Any clown can do it. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/7 "2013-10-16T00:25:21Z")
I’d bet a person could twist their ankle while trying to jump into their pants while holding them. Close enough? ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/8 "2013-10-16T00:33:28Z")
I’d be more impressed if you could jump out of your pants while holding them. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/9 "2013-10-16T02:38:27Z")
And I’d be more impressed if you could jump into someone else’s pants while holding them. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/10 "2013-10-16T07:29:30Z")
Saw Jackie Chan do it in a movie, can’t rememer which one. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/11 "2013-10-16T07:35:51Z")
Seems confirmed, given the number of youtube vidoes. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/12 "2013-10-16T08:27:04Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > Seems confirmed, given the number of youtube vidoes. What? You’re not going to give us a link to even _ **one** _ video? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/13 "2013-10-16T08:47:26Z")
I don’t see why one couldnt. If you can jump rope you can jump into pants. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/14 "2013-10-16T08:58:03Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I don’t see why one couldnt. > > If you can jump rope you can jump into pants. So… Can you jump rope? Yes? We’re anxiously awaiting the video of you jumping into your pants. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/15 "2013-10-16T16:15:46Z")
My little brother, a natural contrarian, determined that he would NOT put his pants on one leg at a time, so he… …sat on the edge of the bed, and pulled his pants up both legs simultaneously. JUST so he could always respond to that quip with, “Actually, no, I DON’T put my pants on one leg at a time, like any other man.” ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/16 "2013-10-16T16:28:54Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > My little brother, a natural contrarian, determined that he would NOT put his pants on one leg at a time, so he… > > …sat on the edge of the bed, and pulled his pants up both legs simultaneously. JUST so he could always respond to that quip with, “Actually, no, I DON’T put my pants on one leg at a time, like any other man.” When I was young I always put on pants that way. Not out of defiance, it just seemed natural to me. The first time I heard the “one leg at a time like everyone else” line my first thought was “Why would anyone put on pants one leg at a time?” Of course, I discovered when I got taller that putting pants on that way wasn’t so easy anymore. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/17 "2013-10-16T17:07:56Z")
I can do it! But it requires a loose interpretation of the Op’s question. …and a cliff …and, if it’s not over water I can only do it once ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/18 "2013-10-16T17:15:34Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I can do it! > > But it requires a loose interpretation of the Op’s question. > > …and a cliff > > …and, if it’s not over water I can only do it once What about a quarry? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/19 "2013-10-16T17:25:28Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Clown pants. Any clown can do it. [Here they are.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/forum/64667-Kids-Hoopy-The-Clown-Costume-large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.costumecraze.com/CLWN173.html&h=897&w=600&sz=89&tbnid=4r0voBKtTeuTWM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=60&zoom=1&usg=__c70XmvqMJ60df1cSaxLyYnv6PGU=&docid=fHcZwTAdXRkJsM&sa=X&ei=P8teUpP6C9On4APc0YHQCA&ved=0CEIQ9QEwBA) I saw George Carlin walking thru the Detroit airport in a pair of these the week before he died. Definitely a guy who didn’t put his pants one leg at a time like us other smucks. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/20 "2013-10-16T17:31:24Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > What about a quarry? Too many rocks flying around [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347.md?page=2)