# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/21 "2013-10-17T17:29:08Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > What about a quarry? Too many people throwing stuff in there. 😃 D&R ---
**Author:** ![Tante\_Dillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Tante\_Dillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tante_Dillie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/22 "2013-10-17T17:51:01Z")
Well, Barmy, I’d suggest it as a bet for the Drones’ Club. Oofy Prosser might take the challenge. Let us know how you get on. ---
**Author:** ![Ksnook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@Ksnook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ksnook)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/23 "2013-10-19T01:26:19Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > What about a quarry? Why not just hunt-at-will? Or a target? ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/24 "2013-10-19T12:07:29Z")
I vaguely remember watching a documentary about the daily life in a fire department. Some of the firemen were on stand-by and they slept in a dormitory inside the fire department, but they kept their pants ready lying on the ground, with the pant legs tugged into their boots. It was explained that the firemen could literally jump into their pants and into their boots in one single move. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/25 "2013-10-20T03:16:08Z")
I remember a 1970s _Reader’s Digest_ anecdote about a space station astronaut doing it without much thought and then realizing the significance. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/26 "2013-10-20T03:57:30Z")
> [@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.” > [@Doug\_K](#): > > 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. Me too, i always sit and put both on at the same time. I never understood that expression or why it was so common. Also, putting pants on one leg at a time also means the pants will touch the ground. Ive been in maybe 2 rooms in my life where the pants wouldnt get dust, hair, water, or dirt from contact with the ground. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/27 "2013-10-21T07:45:16Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Also, putting pants on one leg at a time also means the pants will touch the ground. Nah. If you do it standing up, they usually do touch the ground, but I just tired it, and I was able to put on pants without them touching anything. Sitting down, I find it harder to do both at once without the pants touching the ground. Usually I put one leg on, then the other, then stand up and pull up the pants. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347/28 "2013-10-25T23:54:21Z")
A real man will hold the pants up and in the instant he lets go of them do a double backflip in the air and land his legs into them before they can hit the floor. That’s what I was always taught. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-jump-into-their-pants-while-holding-them/671347.md?page=1)